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

Ferenc Havasi
2005-07-26T09:59:58Z

Jörn Engel wrote:
>>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.

I agree. It would be technically difficult to implement and would make
the first mount time very-very long.

Ferenc