From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 208.177.141.226.ptr.us.xo.net ([208.177.141.226] helo=ash.lnxi.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with smtp (Exim 4.30 #5 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1AlNNE-0003xG-LX for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 07:11:00 +0000 To: manningc2@actrix.gen.nz References: <20040127042233.C8D0416623@desire.actrix.co.nz> From: ebiederman@lnxi.com (Eric W. Biederman) Date: 27 Jan 2004 00:13:06 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20040127042233.C8D0416623@desire.actrix.co.nz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: "Eric W. Biederman" cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Q: Filesystem choice.. List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Charles Manning 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