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Subject: Re: erase block < 8KiB
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I think the best solution is to modify mkfs.jffs2 tool.
So your sectors are smaller and you flash better used.

Regards


Il giorno lun, 03/10/2011 alle 10.52 +0200, angelo ha scritto:
> Hi all,
> 
> i read several mail about this limitation.
> 
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2011-February/033851.html
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2011-June/036498.html
> 
> 
> I have a 4 KiB erase-size, common of some SST nor flash'es like mine 
> (SST 39VF3201B).
> 
>  From all the posts i read here in the list, there seems not to be any 
> solution guaranteed.
> 
> The tricky change to mkfs.jffs2 don't work for me. It seems to work for 
> small files, but i still get error messages copying a 600KB file in the 
> partition.
> If it's true that the minimal jffs2 block is 4KB + some bytes, of course 
> the patch to mkfs.jffs2 can't work.
> 
> Some one suggested the "virtual erase block" solution. I would like to 
> try to implement it, if i have the time.
> 
> In any case, for the common users, is there maybe another flash file 
> system that can work with 4KiB erase size ?
> 
> Many thanks,
> Regards
> 
> Angelo Dureghello
> 
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