From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.43 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1DiF1p-0005t9-Lx for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:16:48 -0400 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DiEvM-0006xa-Jr for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:10:04 +0200 Received: from S01060004e28f4900.du.shawcable.net ([70.67.196.121]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:10:04 +0200 Received: from andre by S01060004e28f4900.du.shawcable.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:10:04 +0200 To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org From: Andre Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:01:25 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <004d01c57074$ad3758d0$6702a8c0@niro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: news Subject: Re: suggestion on use of linux-mtd List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sergei Sharonov halliburton.com> writes: > You may forget about jffs2 on such large flashes. Depending on the size of the > writes that filled the disk it will take anywhere from ten minutes to hours > to mount jffs2. The only other alternative that uses mtd is yaffs. It does > mount significantly faster, but the user base is small and there is no active > development going on (as far as I can tell). ok, I will not pursue jffs2. > > What exactly does one get with *just* NFTL, i.e. does it makes sense to run > > ext3 on top of NFTL? Is NFTL production ready? > > Are you going to power cycle your nftl+ext3 setup? I would be > interested in results. Yes, as soon as I find out the state of NFTL. I got a little scared by the following comment in the howto: quote: "DO NOT EVER USE THE nftl_format UTILITY WITHOUT FIRST SEEKING ADVICE ON THE MAILING LIST. It will erase all blocks on the device, potentially losing the factory-programmed information about bad blocks. (Someone really ought to fix it one of these days - ed)" Does NFTL include wear leveling and/or bad block remapping?