[PATCH 06/21] fs: jffs2: Move SYS_JFFS2_SORT_FRAGMENTS to Kconfig

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Sat Oct 29 02:26:59 CEST 2022


Move the symbol SYS_JFFS2_SORT_FRAGMENTS to Kconfig and use the only
remaining part of doc/README.JFFS2 that is still relevant and useful to
the help for this option.

Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
---
 doc/README.JFFS2 | 30 ------------------------------
 fs/jffs2/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 doc/README.JFFS2

diff --git a/doc/README.JFFS2 b/doc/README.JFFS2
deleted file mode 100644
index fddefb174690..000000000000
--- a/doc/README.JFFS2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-JFFS2 options and usage.
------------------------
-
-JFFS2 in U-Boot is a read only implementation of the file system in
-Linux with the same name. To use JFFS2 define CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2.
-
-The module adds three new commands.
-fsload  - load binary file from a file system image
-fsinfo  - print information about file systems
-ls      - list files in a directory
-chpart  - change active partition
-
-If you do now need the commands, you can enable the filesystem separately
-with CONFIG_FS_JFFS2 and call the jffs2 functions yourself.
-
-If you boot from a partition which is mounted writable, and you
-update your boot environment by replacing single files on that
-partition, you should also define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_SORT_FRAGMENTS. Scanning
-the JFFS2 filesystem takes *much* longer with this feature, though.
-Sorting is done while inserting into the fragment list, which is
-more or less a bubble sort. That algorithm is known to be O(n^2),
-thus you should really consider if you can avoid it!
-
----
-
-TODO.
-
-	Remove the assumption that JFFS can dereference a pointer
-	into the disk. The current code do not work with memory holes
-	or hardware with a sliding window (PCMCIA).
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/Kconfig b/fs/jffs2/Kconfig
index 0e79c3409062..3bf01cd03137 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/jffs2/Kconfig
@@ -17,3 +17,15 @@ config JFFS2_NAND
 	depends on FS_JFFS2
 	help
 	  Enable support for NAND flash as the backing store for JFFS2.
+
+config SYS_JFFS2_SORT_FRAGMENTS
+	bool "Enable JFFS2 sorting of filesystem fragments (SLOW!)"
+	depends on FS_JFFS2
+	help
+	  If you boot from a partition which is mounted writable, and you
+	  update your boot environment by replacing single files on that
+	  partition, you should also define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_SORT_FRAGMENTS.
+	  Scanning the JFFS2 filesystem takes *much* longer with this feature,
+	  though.  Sorting is done while inserting into the fragment list,
+	  which is more or less a bubble sort. That algorithm is known to be
+	  O(n^2), thus you should really consider if you can avoid it!
-- 
2.25.1



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