From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from samar.sasken.com ([164.164.56.2] helo=pcd135.sasi.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 15M4C2-0007Ys-00 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:57:54 +0100 Message-ID: <3B52FB55.ADBF2045@sasken.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 14:33:57 +0000 From: Ashok M Padmanaban MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jfss-dev@axis.com, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Buffer cache in JFFS Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------569B4A6FE0F559FC2DE02686" Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------569B4A6FE0F559FC2DE02686 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Iam lookong into the concept of making the writes to the flash device ( using JFFS2) minimum by using buffer cache. my queries regarding this: * JFFS2 doesnt access data via the buffer cache : Is it that to keep the data consistent even after a sudden power lossage or for some other reason. * why buffer cache is not implemented in JFFS2, which would have increased the life of the flash device. * can i at all implement buffer cache for jffs2. * What is the Maxinum file size supported in JFFS2? thanks ashok --------------569B4A6FE0F559FC2DE02686 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="ashokmp.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Ashok M Padmanaban Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ashokmp.vcf" begin:vcard n:.m.padmanabhan;ashok tel;work:5281461/5281229 ext 3096 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:sasken communication technologies ltd;internt access solutions version:2.1 email;internet:ashokmp@sasken.com title:software engineer adr;quoted-printable:;;3008,12 th B cross,=0D=0Aindranagar ;banglore;;;india x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:ashok .m.padmanabhan end:vcard --------------569B4A6FE0F559FC2DE02686--