Slow JFFS2 as root file system

[Josh Boyer]

On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 07:17 -0700, z l wrote:
> Linux 2.6.18 running on EP9302 ARM processor based
> board booting with JFFS2 128MB NAND FLASH as root file
> system takes 3 - 4 minutes to get root file system
> mounted.  Is this typical for JFFS2?  Anyway to
> shorten the time?

Perhaps take a look at the CONFIG_JFFS2_SUMMARY option in the kernel,
and the corresponding sumtool in mtd-utils.  That will help speed up
mount times at least.

josh