JFFS2 mount time

Jörn Engel joern at wohnheim.fh-wedel.de
Sat Dec 18 12:52:22 EST 2004


On Sat, 18 December 2004 17:32:35 +0000, Gareth Bult (Encryptec) wrote:
> 
> There's a public health warning attached to this code ..
> 
> I've not cleaned it up and I've not added any comments ..

I'll wear protective gloves then.  Thanks!

> fyi; I don't use mkfs.jffs2 .. I flash_eraseall the device then work
> from there with "tar".. there seems to be no benefit [for me] to using
> mkfs and it seems a little more reliant on the device size than the
> erase program.

Makes a lot of sense.  Both approaches have some advantages.

Jörn

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