Questions about MTD + flash file system

Richard Weinberger richard at nod.at
Thu Oct 9 09:43:37 PDT 2014


Am 09.10.2014 18:40, schrieb Wei Wang:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a question about the MTD device for embedded applications. As typically designers are more likely to use an eMMC or block interface-based flash devices + a block-oriented
> file system for the storage system on an embedded system, what's the typical use case for the MTD + flash file system? What's the advantage of the later one against eMMC +
> block-oriented file system?
> 
> If an eMMC becomes more powerful, is there any merits that is provided by using an raw flash device + flash file system?

Power cut resistance.

Thanks,
//richard





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