[ECOS] JFFS2 alternative

[Øyvind Harboe]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Gary Thomas<gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> Øyvind Harboe wrote:
>> JFFS2 is fine for smaller file systems, but it breaks down completely
>> on large file systems.
>>
>
> What do you mean "it breaks down completely"?

JFFS2 needs to scan through *all* write nodes upon mount.

Imagine what happens when you have a giga/terrabyte flash
where you write millions/billions of tiny log entries..... it would
take *forever* to boot.

Also memory consumption is proportional to the # of write
operations so that's another trainwrecker.

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Øyvind Harboe
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