JFFS3 & performance

[Artem B. Bityuckiy]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, [iso-8859-1] Jörn Engel wrote:

> On Wed, 19 January 2005 13:07:39 +0000, Artem B. Bityuckiy wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > 
> > > Another idea is to calculate the checksum while reading/writing(much like
> > > the networking code does). That would probably require support from the MTD layer
> > > and that the checksum is stored at the end of the JFFS3 node.
> > Hmm. How to do this? In case of NAND we issue 
> > read command and provide buffer, and it is up to driver/hw how to read. 
> > One may use DMA.
> 
> Something like this?
> 
> int jffs3_write_with_checksum(void *data, ...)
> {
> 	...
> 	if (mtd->write_with_checksum)
> 		return mtd->write_with_checksum(data, ...);
> 	mtd->write(data, ...);
> 	mtd->write(checksum(data), ...);
> }
> 
> Jörn
Can't get it - What is the goal? Some advandages?

> 
> -- 
> Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized
> things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data
> structures, not algorithms, are central to programming.
> -- Rob Pike
> 

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