[ELDK] [RFSB] mkfs.jffs2 build options

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Ron Madrid,

In message <870334.93379.qm at web83506.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> you wrote:
> Whenever I've built my jffs2 image (manually) I have
> used a few options that are currently not supported by
> the RFSB.  I am guessing because no one has bothered to
> add these capabilities up to this point.  The options
> that I have been using are -n, --pad, and -s.  The fact
> that these aren't included makes me think that perhaps
> I'm using these options unnecessarily.

I guess it's more that JFFS2 is not being used that often any more.
It was OK on NOR flash (and the typoical partition sizes we had at
these times), but with NAND it becomes obsolete: it does not address
the issue of NAND block going bad just by reading them, and it does
not scale with typical partition sizes we have now.  Did you compare
YAFFS and UBI/UBIFS (especially UBI is highly recommended from the
reliability point of view).

> If it is simply the case that no one has needed them
> until now I'd be happy to supply a patch to add these
> options.  Any feedback would be great.

Patches are always welcome.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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