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Subject: RE: will jffs2 write to device when doing "read-only" operation like "ls"?
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> will jffs2 write to device when doing "read-only" operation like "ls"?

To my knowledge NO. JFFS and JFFS2 work just fine with read-only devices so
I assume that writing for no reason is not necessary.