On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Jeff Sutherland wrote:
> I'm sure others will comment on the specifics of burning a flash image
> into flash memory. Please note that JFFS2 flash images are EXTREMELY
> sensitive to kernel versions due to the rapid pace of development of
> jffs2 currently. If you are not creating your own images (it's not that
> hard, really, especially if I can do it) you may struggle with this.
True. However JFFS2 format didn't change for a few months now. It
shouldn't be much of a problem in the future.
> What we should be posting on our ftp sites are .tgz archives of file
> system directory trees suitable for conversion to jffs2 images. That way,
> the kernel version problem is mitigated (create the jffs2 image with the
> tools that come with your kernel source) and, you'll be able to modify
> the image more easily to suit your own needs.
True. The same probably apply to ramdisks as well.
However I wanted my Assabet-RedBoot howto to be simple. Instructing people
to build their own JFFS2 tools would have increased the failure factor and
require yet more RTFM. When things are initially working with the sample
files then it's more motivating to create your own.
Nicolas
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