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 4.52 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1E2nrI-0003AI-Pa for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:30:59 -0400 Message-ID: <42F9D758.9070104@imc-berlin.de> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:30:48 +0200 From: Steven Scholz MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn_Engel?= References: <42F9BA34.6090008@prie.de> <20050810083828.GA16583@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <42F9BF5F.7060603@prie.de> <42F9C28D.4070206@yandex.ru> <42F9C4AF.6030505@prie.de> <42F9C612.2050301@yandex.ru> <42F9C980.7030301@prie.de> <20050810100557.GA18149@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <42F9D377.8090700@imc-berlin.de> <20050810102854.GB18149@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> In-Reply-To: <20050810102854.GB18149@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Bernhard Priewasser , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Compiling JFFS3 List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Jörn Engel wrote: > On Wed, 10 August 2005 12:14:15 +0200, Steven Scholz wrote: > >>>The name "JFFS3" ist confusing... >>> >>>JFFS has a strictly log-structured design. JFFS2 is still >>>log-structured, >> >>log-structured == journaling ? > > > Not really, but opinions differ on this subject. > > A journal is basically the same as a log. But a journaled fs has the > journal/log _in addition_ to some other data layout. A log-structured > fs _only_ has the journal/log. > > JFFS2 is log-structured and the name is a bug, imo. My personal > implementation of a JFFS2 successor is called LOGFS, btw. It makes > perfect sence, since LOGFS is just as log-structured as JFFS2 is > journaled - not at all. ;) ;-) However, I hope the new name will be easier pronouncable! ;-) -- Steven