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20 years ago

How to use JFFS2?

I have tried to use jffs2 and I gotten it to work "somewhat". I write a sentence to a file and I just read the first word back. I would like to see a step-by-step guide to how to use jffs2. I haven&#...
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20 years ago

> How do I make a filesystem there? I might have access to Linux if that's

> any help (as in mkfs.jffs2). Do I make a image that's 1 MB large and then

> burn it to flash?

Yes ... but if you erase the entire partition prior to writing it to flash,

there's no need to pad your jffs2 image (since it'll be padded with 0xff).

If your initial jffs2 image is small WRT the partition size, this can

improve your download/programming time.

Regards,

--Scott