From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: John Burch <jburch@vincisystems.com>, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: reach of jffs2 within image vs. partition
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 16:13:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200304021613.17222.tglx@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <002101c2f918$bbd9a710$1200a8c0@JOHNB>
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 15:06, John Burch wrote:
> Will JFFS2 ever read/write an area of flash memory that is within the
> same mtd partition but outside of the jffs2 image (as defined -p switch
> of mkfs.jffs2)? In other words, if the jffs2 image spans 0x0 - 0x120000
> and it lies within an mtd partition that spans 0x0 - 0x140000, will the
> last 128k, spanning from 0x120000 - 0x140000, ever be accessed in any
> way by jffs2? Would that 128k area be as safe/non-volatile there as in
> a separate partition?
JFSS2 is mounted on a partition and accesses the hole partition.
If you want to reserve an aera in your flash chip for other purposes, put this
area in a seperate partition.
--
Thomas
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-02 13:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-02 13:06 reach of jffs2 within image vs. partition John Burch
2003-04-02 13:11 ` David Woodhouse
2003-04-02 13:41 ` John Burch
2003-04-02 13:44 ` David Woodhouse
2003-04-02 14:03 ` Jörn Engel
2003-04-02 14:04 ` David Woodhouse
2003-04-02 14:13 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
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