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From: MikeW <mw_phil@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Wanted - simple NOR Flash filing system - JFFS2 ?
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:09:08 +0000 (UTC)
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Charles Manning <manningc2 <at> actrix.gen.nz> writes:

>  
> It is far too grand to call this a file system. 
> This is a bit more like a linear file store, or even more proimitive than 
> that.
> 
> I agree with the basic principle: if you don't need a full fs, then why use 
> one? You don't need a chainsaw to cut butter!
...snip...
> 

I note from an earlier newsgroup thread 
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.mtd/3255/focus=3271

that it would be possible to wind down the min blocks requirement
for a JFFS2 filesystem, after all with the usage pattern I described,
who cares about garbage collection or spare blocks ?

It would be very nice if you could somehow set this minimalist option
when doing a mk.jffs2, such that the driver would then be happy (on
that particular filesystem partition) with even a single eraseblock,
but obviously if the block ever filled up you could hardly expect
the driver to handle it for you.

Comments from dwmw2 ?!

Regards,
MikeW