Re: mtdblkdev and Familiar code questions

>Does the mtdblkdev code work with udrives?

yes, any device which shows up as a block device should work.
On my test box, in normally use a floppy disk as flash memory ;)

>What compression ratio does JFFS2

its basically zlib (gzip). when I was testing, i copied a compiled linux
kernel onto a drive (twice) and got about 2.6:1. Of couse compression is
dependant on file type.

>Can I have swap and mtdblkdev/JFFS2 partitions on my udrive at the same time?

yes, you should just be able to create two partitions then make one
jffs2. a partition is also just a block device as far as linux is concerned

>About how long before a tarball can be downloaded?

http://intimate.handhelds.org/blkmtd/index.html should have the relevant info.

I dont know much about getting it working with familair as i dont actually own
an IPAQ.

note, it is now called blkmtd not mtdblkdev (that was the original name)

cheers
si
Received on Wed Jun 27 2001 - 14:16:28 EDT