[U-Boot] uboot to read kernel and rootfs from a bootfs.

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Nov 21 08:35:29 UTC 2018


Dear Michael,

In message <CAGVhguFAT+hAgOK1D-eQ5-C=mS09H-ZHaqhbR1yrDbeYfnT9Vw at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> we were thinking that jffs2 would be best for the bootfs since we gain the
> wear leveling. There are really only a few files in the bootfs and not much
> r/w activity except on upgrades of images and boot, so I don't think we'll
> have a problem mount time or gc,

JFFS2 is a dead horse.  Use UBI/UBIFS instead.

> I looked briefly at ubifs but it seems that uses abotu 10% more space and
> we are really looking to be close on space so I am avoiding this.

Use UBIFS.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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