CLEANMARKER!!

Artem B. Bityutskiy dedekind at yandex.ru
Thu Dec 22 12:07:14 EST 2005


Josh Boyer wrote:
> It's an optimization of mkfs.jffs2.  If it didn't write those
> cleanmarkers in the image, JFFS2 would scan flash, find free
> eraseblocks, and go erase them again since the cleanmarker is missing.
>  With the cleanmarkers there, the erase of already erased blocks is
> omitted.
Well, this is for empty eraseblocks. Those with data could be devoid of 
cleanmarkers.

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Best Regards,
Artem B. Bityutskiy,
St.-Petersburg, Russia.




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