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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] uboot to read kernel and rootfs from a bootfs.
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:35:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181121083529.C6C65240403@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGVhguFAT+hAgOK1D-eQ5-C=mS09H-ZHaqhbR1yrDbeYfnT9Vw@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Michael,

In message <CAGVhguFAT+hAgOK1D-eQ5-C=mS09H-ZHaqhbR1yrDbeYfnT9Vw@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> we were thinking that jffs2 would be best for the bootfs since we gain the
> wear leveling. There are really only a few files in the bootfs and not much
> r/w activity except on upgrades of images and boot, so I don't think we'll
> have a problem mount time or gc,

JFFS2 is a dead horse.  Use UBI/UBIFS instead.

> I looked briefly at ubifs but it seems that uses abotu 10% more space and
> we are really looking to be close on space so I am avoiding this.

Use UBIFS.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-21  8:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-20 19:26 [U-Boot] uboot to read kernel and rootfs from a bootfs C Michael Sundius
2018-11-21  8:35 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
     [not found]   ` <CAGVhguGjKWY+qaHmfCRSZfSRSsGG8Gep2BV6-gKx6zDCoU0obg@mail.gmail.com>
2018-11-21 15:38     ` Wolfgang Denk

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