From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: joakim.tjernlund@lumentis.se
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: jffs2_gcd_mtd4 <defunct>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 16:12:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6549.1001257974@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <IGEFJKJNHJDCBKALBJLLEEDLEPAA.joakim.tjernlund@lumentis.se>
joakim.tjernlund@lumentis.se said:
> When i mount a jffs2 FS as root FS I get this [jffs2_gcd_mtd4 <defunct>
> ] process(and a [jffs2_gcd_mtd4] process as well). This will not
> happen if I mount jffs2 as a extra FS after boot(mount /dev/mtdblock4 /
> jffs2)
Init doesn't reap children which are already dead by the time it's started.
I think this was declared to be a bug in init itself.
> We are suffering somewhat from long mount times and I remember
> something about checkpoints in jffs2 would solve this problem.
> Correct?
> Anybody working on this? I would be happy to do some testing if
> needed.
Many people have been talking about it. I've seen no code yet, nor even
serious debate on the details of how to do it.
> I remember seeing something about beeing alble to control the
> compression level in jffs2(at mount time?), but I can not find in the
> sources. Is it implemented yet?
This is a lot more straight-forward, but still not yet done.
--
dwmw2
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-23 15:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-22 16:09 nftl driver Nikolai Vladychevski
2001-09-23 8:32 ` David Woodhouse
2001-09-24 22:12 ` Nikolai Vladychevski
2001-09-24 23:10 ` David Woodhouse
2001-09-23 15:06 ` jffs2_gcd_mtd4 <defunct> Joakim Tjernlund
2001-09-23 15:12 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
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