Fast rollout process on jffs2?

[David Vrabel]

Robert Schwebel wrote:
> 
> Is there a method for faster rollout of an embedded root filesystem on
> jffs2? I'm currently first erase the chip from u-boot, then copy the
> image created with mkfs.jffs2 into the empty flash. On first startup it
> seems to detect that the partition is larger than the actual image and
> it takes quite some time before the / mount is finished. 
> 
> Does anybody know a faster variant? 

You can pad the JFFS2 image with the --pad option to mkfs.jffs2.

David Vrabel
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