[ELDK] [PATCH][RFSB] Expand mkfs.jffs2 options

Detlev Zundel dzu at denx.de
Tue Jul 27 10:14:20 CEST 2010


Hi Ron,

> --- On Thu, 7/1/10, Detlev Zundel <dzu at denx.de> wrote:
>
>> From: Detlev Zundel <dzu at denx.de>
>> Subject: Re: [ELDK] [PATCH][RFSB] Expand mkfs.jffs2 options
>> To: "Ron Madrid" <ron_madrid at sbcglobal.net>
>> Cc: eldk at lists.denx.de
>> Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 2:47 AM
>> > +config JFFS2_CLEANMARKER_SIZE
>> > +       depends
>> JFFS2_CLEANMARKER
>> > +       int "CLEANMARKER
>> size"
>> > +       default 0
>> > +       help
>> > +         Write
>> 'CLEANMARKER' nodes with the size specified. It is not
>> normally
>> > +     appropriate to specify
>> a size other than the default 12 bytes.
>> 
>> I never used that option so I'm unsure about this.  Do
>> we ever want to
>> change this value?  I really would like to only offer
>> options that are
>> sensible to change.
>
> Probably not.  I put it in since it is an option.  Leaving
> it out all together and assuming the default would probably
> be best.
>
>> If it is sensible to have this option, then from what I
>> read in the
>> documentation, 12 is indeed a good default as it does not
>> seem to depend
>> on the actual device.  Am I right?
>
> That is my understanding of the option as well.

Ok, I removed that option and commited the result.

Thanks again!
  Detlev

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