2.2.18 status + jffs2

david stevenson david at avoncliff.com
Fri Oct 24 07:05:06 EDT 2003


On Friday 24 October 2003 8:50 am, David Woodhouse wrote:
> I'd be reluctant to talk to you if it was 2.4.18 you were using.
> 2.2.18 is just too old.
>
> Someone did work on backporting JFFS2 to the 2.2 kernel a couple of
> years ago. If I recall correctly, last time I asked, he'd abandoned the
> effort since it no longer made any sense to be using 2.2.
>
> Update your kernel.

OK, not the reply I had hoped for but understood.

Can I propose the documentation needs updating to this status.
In ftp.infradead.org/pub/mtd/patches a readme to say the 2.2.x is no longer 
supported. And changes to the mtd-jffs-HOWTO.txt where specific instructions 
how to use 2.2.18 are given.
David




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