From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.imc-berlin.de ([217.110.46.186]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1DbKVV-0005zB-Lm for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 26 May 2005 11:42:50 -0400 Received: from mailserver.berlin.imc-berlin.de (mailserver.berlin.imc-berlin.de [10.0.0.19]) by mail.imc-berlin.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55D942F016 for ; Thu, 26 May 2005 15:50:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailserver.berlin.imc-berlin.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B710A11C51 for ; Thu, 26 May 2005 17:42:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.0.2.10] (scholz.berlin.imc-berlin.de [10.0.2.10]) by mailserver.berlin.imc-berlin.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E71F9BD9 for ; Thu, 26 May 2005 17:42:46 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4295EE70.8000608@imc-berlin.de> Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 17:42:40 +0200 From: Steven Scholz MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org References: <20050526152256.GS6681@pengutronix.de> <4295ED9E.6000508@arcom.com> In-Reply-To: <4295ED9E.6000508@arcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Fast rollout process on jffs2? List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , David Vrabel wrote: > Robert Schwebel wrote: > >>Is there a method for faster rollout of an embedded root filesystem on >>jffs2? I'm currently first erase the chip from u-boot, then copy the >>image created with mkfs.jffs2 into the empty flash. On first startup it >>seems to detect that the partition is larger than the actual image and >>it takes quite some time before the / mount is finished. >> >>Does anybody know a faster variant? > > > You can pad the JFFS2 image with the --pad option to mkfs.jffs2. But isn't it padded with 0xFF only? Or will it place the magic "1985 2003" as well? -- Steven