JFFS2 - speed up while booting

[Jamie Lokier]

Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> hedwin <hedwin.koning at gmail.com> wrote on 06/01/2010 21:10:31:
> 
> > From: hedwin <hedwin.koning at gmail.com>
> > To: Ricard Wanderlof <ricard.wanderlof at axis.com>
> > Cc: Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund at transmode.se>, linux newbie
> > <linux.newbie79 at gmail.com>, Darwin Rambo <drambo at broadcom.com>, "linux-
> > mtd at lists.infradead.org" <linux-mtd at lists.infradead.org>
> > Date: 06/01/2010 21:10
> > Subject: Re: JFFS2 - speed up while booting
> >
> > One thing we did to speed up JFFS2 booting is delaying the garbage collection
> > process from starting.
> >
> > Hedwin
> 
> Yes, maybe GC should be delayed a minute. It is not really needed initially.

Conceivably, the blank check could be delayed for each block
individually until just before using the block too.

-- Jamie