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Subject: Re: MTD Device Stats
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:03:24 +1300
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The problem with this is that "free" and "used" are determined by higher 
level usage - ie the file system - rather than the device itself. Dunno what 
JFFS gives you, but you can see these stats in YAFFS through /proc/yaffs.

On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 11:00, Justin Wojdacki wrote:
> Is there an "mtdstat" or similar program that I can use to get the
> stats of an MTD device? Basically, I want to know the state of the
> physical device (free blocks, used blocks, etc.).