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Subject: Re: JFFS2 on 8MB Flash-Chip conneted to MPC850 works extremly slo w:( 
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jonas.holmberg@axis.com said:
>  I sometimes get decompression errors from cramfs with a configuration
> like that. My guess is that you really shouldn't have a
> cramfs-partition on the same flash- chip as a jffs or jffs2 partition
> since cramfs doesn't use mtd and does not know if the chip is busy
> writing or erasing?

The mtdblock driver ought to deal with it correctly. If it doesn't, it's 
broken.

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dwmw2