Slow mount of JFFS2 root file system

[Jörn Engel]

On Tue, 15 January 2008 09:22:04 -0500, Lin, Bin (Bin) wrote:
> 
> I have ARM9 systems with JFFS2 root file system. For some reasons, e.g.
> system crash or power failure, when system boots up next time, it takes
> much longer time than usual to mount jffs2 root file system. It can hang
> at following message for 3-10 min. Once this happens, the mount will
> take the same long time in every reboot later on. Even though it take
> long time to mount root file system, the system can still come up and
> function well. This problem occurred in less than 10% of boards in the
> field, but can not be reproduced in the lab. I have been struggling with
> this is issue for weeks.

What stops you from retrieving one such board from the field?  Should be
easy to debug once you have it on your desk.

Jörn

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