[U-Boot-Users] Re: JFFS2 support - was: (no subject)

Martin Egholm Nielsen
2005-04-01T06:40:02Z

Hi,

> AND PLEASE PROVIDE A USEFUL SUBJECT!!!!
Hear!

>>sorry to be a pest, A while ago I posted a message asking about
>>support for JFFS2 within U-boot.
>>I didn't get a response so I'm wondering if anyone uses this feature?
> Yes, we are. Some of our customers are.
I am, as well - with ppc-kernel 2.4.20 patched with a newer mtd-code,
though.
However, I know that in U-Boot version 1.1.2 and prior there is a "bug"
writing jffs2-images if the device has bad blocks.

>>in reading the code, it seems
>>as though there are many comments indicating that the support is a
>>"less than elegant" implementation.
> Feel free to improve it ...
:-)

>>btw: the problems I am having seem to be related to reading symbolic
>>links.
I haven't tried that, sorry...

// Martin