[U-Boot-Users] Checking the validity of rootfs (jffs2) on nand flash

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Aug 8 23:40:26 CEST 2006


In message <e0590900608081212v9d01dcfr7ed1bdcf2a2858cf at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> I'd like to get some advice/suggestion on how u-boot can check the
> validity of rootfs on nand flash.

Unless the FS is readonly (so you can compute a static checkum) there
is no general way to check the validity of an arbitrary file system.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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