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 1DlBiR-0001v7-UQ for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:20:58 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DlBaq-0004Lt-4o for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:13:10 +0200 Received: from halhoupro3.halliburton.com ([64.154.26.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:13:04 +0200 Received: from sergei.sharonov by halhoupro3.halliburton.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:13:04 +0200 To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org From: Sergei Sharonov Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:12:16 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200506222051.32784.vestby@alfanett.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: news Subject: Re: boot to MTD-partitioned NAND from DOS w/loadlin? List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi, > It is technically possible to use pretty much any file system, Could you please explain how can "any" file system be used on top of mtd/nand? As far as I understand at the very minimum the bad blocks would prevent that. I believe there are no translation layers available for bare nand, only for DOC. > but for > writable filesystems you will quickly get into trouble without the wear > levelling of jffs2/yaffs. What about all these digital cameras running FAT on memory cards? Is any wear leveling happening in this case? (And yes, I know, it is better to have it). Sergei