From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 13eFVf-0006L6-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:36:23 +0100 Message-ID: <39D1DB9E.D1BAA64E@auriga.ru> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:35:58 +0400 From: Nick MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Woodhouse CC: jffs-dev , mtd Subject: Re: Finalized TODO list for NAND and JFFS... References: <39D091DC.3218DE2D@cotw.com> <21835.969974378@passion.cygnus.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: David Woodhouse wrote: > Also add a checkpointing system or some way of removing the necessity of > scanning the whole of the flash on mount. > > For a 21MB filesystem, that takes over a minute. > > -- > dwmw2 By the way, can't we shorten mount time for Intel chips by rewriting read routines in such a way that they don't send Read Status Register command when chip->status is FL_READY? I think we can. Acually, I have tried already and it shortens mount time dramatically. So the question, as I can see it, is can we be sure that Status Register has 7th bit set when chip->status == FL_READY? Any comments? Nick To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org