Re: [ECOS] JFFS2 eCos port updated.

[Jonathan Larmour <jifl at eCosCentric dot com>]

Gary D. Thomas wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 08:24, David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> > The current JFFS2 code has been updated to work in eCos again, and the 
> > master CVS tree contains a script which can be used to make an EPK of it.
> >
> > The core JFFS2 code is now almost clear of Linuxisms, which mean all the 
> > Linux-like code in the eCos parts are now almost entirely inexcusable.
> >
> > While I'm happy to maintain the core parts and make sure they remain
> > portable enough to continue working in eCos, I'd quite like a volunteer to
> > maintain the eCos-specific bits of JFFS2 -- preferably starting with a 
> > rewrite :)
There's all that inode cache stuff still to get working too. Sigh.

> > It'd also be nice to see RedBoot commands added for mounting, reading and 
> > possibly also writing to JFFS2 partitions -- other bootloaders have been 
> > able to boot Linux kernels from a JFFS2 partition for some time now, and 
> > it's a shame RedBoot can't do it when all the actual code to do the JFFS2 
> > parts is there already.
> >
> > Any volunteers?
>
> Count me in :-)  I've been wanting to do this for a long time
> as well, so now's as good a time as ever.
Gary, do you still have the spec for this? Want me to try and dig it out?

Jifl
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