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Subject: Re: jffs2 and flash sectors 
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paul.lai@intransa.com said:
> How cognizant of flash sectors is jffs2? 

Very.

> Will an inode and it's data cross flash sector boundaries?  

No single node (log entry) will cross sector boundary. An inode may have 
nodes in any sectors though.

> Or will jffs2 align them to fit within and start them on flash sector
> boundaries?

http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/jffs2.pdf

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