On Monday 24 September 2007 09:01, Renaud Cerrato wrote:
> Using Linux 2.6.21 on AT91RM9260 ARM machine with YAFFS2
> support: when mounting, permissions & ownerships are not
> transfered ?

Transferred from where?

> # ls -la /etc | grep config
> drwxr-xr-x    1 root     other        2048 Sep 24 11:59 config
> # mount -t yaffs2 /dev/mtdblock3 /etc/config
> yaffs: dev is 32505859 name is "mtdblock3"
> yaffs: passed flags ""
> yaffs: Attempting MTD mount on 31.3, "mtdblock3"
> yaffs: restored from checkpoint
> # ls -la /etc | grep config
> drw-rw-rw-    1 root     root         2048 Sep 24 12:57 config

Yaffs has some crazy defaults for 'mode' on root and lost+found 
dirs on a new filesystem.  AFAIK once you set them (chmod) they 
are persistant.  You can fix the default: see YAFFS_ROOT_MODE 
and other defines in yportenv.h, 0755 is better value.