Re: [PATCH]fs/jffs2/wbuf.c: add compatibility support for OOB data block

Jörn Engel
2005-07-26T09:36:24Z

On Tue, 26 July 2005 10:29:40 +0200, Steven Scholz wrote:
> To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org

Please keep everyone on the Cc: list.

> Is there any chance to extend the code so that EBS will use the first mount
> to generate a summary instead having the need of a user space tool to
> create an JFFS2 image with EBS?

That's a lot of code for something inherently inefficient. EBS should
create summaries for *new* blocks that are written, sure. But if you
try to GC every single block without summary, your mount time will be
well beyond it would have been without EBS.

Jörn

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