Compiling JFFS3

Jörn Engel joern at wohnheim.fh-wedel.de
Wed Aug 10 06:28:54 EDT 2005


On Wed, 10 August 2005 12:14:15 +0200, Steven Scholz wrote:
> 
> >The name "JFFS3" ist confusing...
> >
> >JFFS has a strictly log-structured design.  JFFS2 is still
> >log-structured,
> 
> log-structured == journaling ?

Not really, but opinions differ on this subject.

A journal is basically the same as a log.  But a journaled fs has the
journal/log _in addition_ to some other data layout.  A log-structured
fs _only_ has the journal/log.

JFFS2 is log-structured and the name is a bug, imo.  My personal
implementation of a JFFS2 successor is called LOGFS, btw.  It makes
perfect sence, since LOGFS is just as log-structured as JFFS2 is
journaled - not at all. ;)

Jörn

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