From: Charles Manning <manningc2@actrix.gen.nz>
To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Cc: "Johnson, Charles F" <charles.f.johnson@intel.com>
Subject: Re: JFFS2 Max Flash Size?
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:37:15 +1300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200703020937.15812.manningc2@actrix.gen.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B1EDF20A6EAAD74EA65E46F774F17845EFDA5B@orsmsx413.amr.corp.intel.com>
On Thursday 01 March 2007 10:17, Johnson, Charles F wrote:
> I've heard there is scalability issues with JFFS2 with large flash
> sizes. So my question on this list is for a NAND flash design, is
> there a maximum size that JFFS2 can handle ?? 4GB, 8GB, ????
I don't know where JFFS2 hits the wall, theoretically or practically, but I do
know that people are using YAFFS on 6GB partitions.
YAFFS does use u32s internally but only thinks in pages and 32-bits worth of
pages go a long way. You'll hit practical limits (like RAM required) long
before that.
-- Charles
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-01 20:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-28 21:17 JFFS2 Max Flash Size? Johnson, Charles F
2007-02-28 21:29 ` Josh Boyer
2007-03-01 20:37 ` Charles Manning [this message]
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