From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 17Js5B-0002F6-00 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2002 09:41:53 +0100 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <3D0D9DA9.6090404@emsoftltd.com> References: <3D0D9DA9.6090404@emsoftltd.com> <3D0D981D.8040602@emsoftltd.com> <18852.1024302161@redhat.com> To: Jason Chan Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Bad Block management routine for MTD NandFlash driver? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 09:41:50 +0100 Message-ID: <19294.1024303310@redhat.com> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: jason@emsoftltd.com said: > I trying to use EXT2 for my nandflash driver. Is that OK? No. You need _some_ kind of file system which is capable of dealing with flash -- either a real file system directly on the flash such as JFFS2, or a 'translation layer' like the SmartMedia one or NFTL if you really need to use ext2 for some reason. -- dwmw2