* Re: [gentoo-embedded] What file system I should use with flash?
@ 2006-08-09 15:59 99% ` Mike Frysinger
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From: Mike Frysinger @ 2006-08-09 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-embedded; +Cc: Joshua Pollak, Kfir Lavi
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On Wednesday 09 August 2006 09:54, Joshua Pollak wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Wednesday 09 August 2006 01:39, Kfir Lavi wrote:
> >> I have read about JFFS2 but it is not supported in gentoo (or is it?).
> >> What will be your recommendations for such filesystem?
> >
> > if you need rw, then jffs2 or yaffs2
> >
> > jffs2 is prob the easiest route since it's already in the kernel
> >
> > i dont know what you mean by "supported" as all you need is userspace
> > utilities to generate the jffs2 image (in the portage tree as mtd-utils)
> > and a kernel to mount it (in the mainline kernel)
>
> Do you use initrd to bootstrap, or do boot loaders like lilo and grub
> understand jffs2? I've been using ext2 on my CompactFlash simply because
> I'm too lazy and haven't had time to learn how to use initrd.
i havent used jffs2 on an x86 ... the embedded machines i play with use u-boot
which understands jffs2
-mike
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