On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:38:07 -0500 "Eric Wood" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Eric, > Rob van Nieuwkerk wrote: > >> http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/ > > > > A common mistake. > > jffs2 is only useful with raw flashchips (so it can do > > wear-levelling). On a CF (in IDE mode) you don't have any control > > over what physical > > flash blocks are used for what logical disk sectors (that's what the > > CF takes care of itself). jffs2 on CF does not make any sense. > > This looked interesting... > Does that mean that jffs2 isn't a raw filesystem without going through IDE Well, read the first sentence of the link you quoted ... : JFFS2 is a log-structured file system designed for use on flash devices in embedded systems. Rather than using a kind of translation layer on flash devices to emulate a normal hard drive, as is the case with older flash solutions, it places the filesystem directly on the flash chips. > translation? I don't understand what IDE has to do with CF. A CF behaves just like a IDE disk on the outside. It takes care of block remapping & wear-levelling inside, completely transparent to the outside user. greetings, Rob van Nieuwkerk _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
