From: ebiederman@lnxi.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: manningc2@actrix.gen.nz
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Q: Filesystem choice..
Date: 27 Jan 2004 00:13:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hdyhuanx.fsf@maxwell.lnxi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040127042233.C8D0416623@desire.actrix.co.nz>
Charles Manning <manningc2@actrix.gen.nz> writes:
>
> First up: Do you really need a full-blown file system? Maybe something more
> along the lines of a linear file store is more suited. Maybe too just some
> basic storage in binary partitions.
As I don't have one at the moment I don't. At the moment I am considering
my options. I am looking at having several different pieces of firmware
by different authors so a filesystem would be useful.
> YAFFS is not really designed for NOR, though it has been used for NOR. For
> the sizes you're talking about YAFFS would not really be a good choice
> because the file headers use one "chunk" per file. THis eases garbage
> collection, but swallows flash.
Thanks, that was my impression but having it confirmed is appreciated.
Eric
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-27 7:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-25 21:53 Q: Filesystem choice Eric W. Biederman
2004-01-25 22:49 ` Jörn Engel
2004-01-26 6:42 ` David Woodhouse
2004-01-26 7:09 ` Eric W. Biederman
2004-01-26 7:40 ` David Woodhouse
2004-01-26 8:34 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2004-01-26 8:38 ` David Woodhouse
2004-01-26 9:28 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2004-01-26 9:23 ` Eric W. Biederman
2004-01-26 9:31 ` David Woodhouse
2004-01-26 16:20 ` Eric W. Biederman
2004-01-26 15:32 ` Jörn Engel
2004-01-27 4:30 ` Charles Manning
2004-01-27 7:13 ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
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