From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from www.kernelconcepts.de ([212.60.202.195] helo=mail.kernelconcepts.de) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.62 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1GMjEU-00065x-UW for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:41:43 +0100 Message-ID: <45053D5C.5020005@kernelconcepts.de> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:41:32 +0200 From: Nils Faerber MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Felix Joussein Subject: Re: howto jffs2 + mtd References: <450534E0.2000405@joussein.com> <45053680.1060206@kernelconcepts.de> <45053A19.5050801@joussein.com> In-Reply-To: <45053A19.5050801@joussein.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Felix Joussein schrieb: >> You do not need that on the mtdblock device. This is only useful on real >> flash devices, i.e. physicall mapped flash devices, not USB sticks or CF >> cards. > So, how else do I get a jffs2 filesystem on my usb or cf? Oh, sorry, I should have been more precise. You do not need the flash_erase or flash_erase_all. The rest of the process is the same. > As I understand any other filesystem would shredder my usb-stick after a > approx. 1 mio writes? But anyway, JFFS2 is not a very good idea on a USB stick. The problem is that the stick's flash controller already does wear levelling and error correction for you, transparantly. With JFFS2 you might end up with doing the process twice which might result in even worse performance than with a "normal" filesystem, like EXT2. You should be pretty safe with an ext2 if you mount it with "noatime" option and if possible, read-only. > Thanks again, > Felix Cheers nils -- kernel concepts GbR Tel: +49-271-771091-12 Dreisbachstr. 24 Fax: +49-271-771091-19 D-57250 Netphen Mob: +49-176-21024535 --