Fast rollout process on jffs2?

[Steven Scholz]

David Vrabel wrote:

> 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.

But isn't it padded with 0xFF only?

Or will it place the magic "1985 2003" as well?

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Steven