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Re: JFFS2 alternative
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Gary Thomas<gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> Øyvind Harboe wrote:
>> JFFS2 is fine for smaller file systems, but it breaks down completely
>> on large file systems.
>>
>
> What do you mean "it breaks down completely"?
JFFS2 needs to scan through *all* write nodes upon mount.
Imagine what happens when you have a giga/terrabyte flash
where you write millions/billions of tiny log entries..... it would
take *forever* to boot.
Also memory consumption is proportional to the # of write
operations so that's another trainwrecker.
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