Re: how to select the filesystem for nand flash?

[zhuzhenhua <zzh.hust@gmail.com>]

On 3/10/06, David Daney <ddaney@avtrex.com> wrote:
> zhuzhenhua wrote:
> > In the linux, I find there are two solutions for nand flash: one is
> > YAFFS2/JFFS2 + MTD, other is EXT2/EXT3+FTL. Because we have to
> > implement vfat based FTL for our u-disk,so i wonder if  the ext2/ext3
> > + FTL is stable enough to be root filesystem?
> > thanks for any hints.
>
> If you are going to be writing to the rootfs then you will want either
> yaffs or jffs2 as they distribute the wear across the entire device
> instead of concentrating it on a few blocks.
>
> Most implementations I have seen (and what I do myself) is to have a
> read-only rootfs on cramfs of squashfs, and then have a seperate
> writable partition with either yaffs or jffs2.
>
> David Daney.
>
thanks for your advice.
if i don't want u-disk function, i will select your solution.
but i don't know how to use yaffs or jffs2 to implement a u-disk
it seems that i have to use fat+FTL