Q: Filesystem choice..

[Eric W. Biederman]

Charles Manning <manningc2 at 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