On 08/27/10 19:16, Chuck Coffing wrote:
> Do not explicitly create a root directory in the image, to match the actual
> behavior of the filesystem.
>
> The yaffs filesystem creates root and several other fake directories in memory
> (see yaffs_CreateInitialDirectories); they are neither created nor necessary in
> the NAND.
> Index: mkyaffs2image/mkyaffs2image.c
> ===================================================================
> --- mkyaffs2image.orig/mkyaffs2image.c	2010-08-26 17:15:39.000000000 -0600
> +++ mkyaffs2image/mkyaffs2image.c	2010-08-26 17:16:07.000000000 -0600
> @@ -569,8 +569,7 @@
>   	}
>   	
>   	printf("Processing directory %s into image file %s\n",argv[1],argv[2]);
> -	if(write_object_header(1, YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY,&stats, 1,"", -1, NULL) == 0)
> -		process_directory(YAFFS_OBJECTID_ROOT,argv[1]);
> +	process_directory(YAFFS_OBJECTID_ROOT,argv[1]);
>   	
>   	pad_image();
>
>
> _________

4/4 stands for "fourth out of four" but it's in fact the 5/4 !! While 
true blood hackers always count from zero it does not make much sense 
when listing patches. How will someone looking back at patch 4/4 realise 
it is not the last one in the set?

thanks for the effort, those are significant short-comings you've picked up.