From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from webapps.arcom.com ([194.200.159.168]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1EOsti-0003Bx-2y for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:20:51 -0400 Message-ID: <434A2452.3090107@arcom.com> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:20:34 +0100 From: David Vrabel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vitaly Wool References: <5080.61.95.208.3.1128750482.squirrel@61.95.208.3> <43479777.5060309@ru.mvista.com> <1128765885.1728.82.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <4347C82A.3060209@ru.mvista.com> In-Reply-To: <4347C82A.3060209@ru.mvista.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: nreddy@netenrich.com, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: "Timing issue when we use SPANSION 8MB Flash" List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Vitaly Wool wrote: > Thomas Gleixner wrote: >> Vitaly Wool wrote: >>> >>> am I right that it's a NOR flash? What's the reason for using JFFS2 >>> on it then? >> >> Err, why shouldnt he use JFFS2 on NOR ? Is there a better suited file >> system which can handle NOR FLASH? > > cramfs ;) When you can write to cramfs let me know! In case you didn't know, JFFS2 (and its predecessor, JFFS) was actually originally designed for NOR flash -- NAND support was added later. David Vrabel -- David Vrabel, Design Engineer Arcom, Clifton Road Tel: +44 (0)1223 411200 ext. 3233 Cambridge CB1 7EA, UK Web: http://www.arcom.com/