So in YAFFS2, Variable Chunk ID has been lifted up to 32 bits. That limits
any particular file to 2^43 (assuming 2048-byte
chunks). And this is ultimate theoritical maximum file system size YAFFS2
can recognize in one partition? Is there any other limit?

2008/10/30 Charles Manning <manningc2@actrix.gen.nz>

 On Friday 24 October 2008 22:19:59 Ken Yu wrote:
> > Hi, all:
> > In yaffs_guts.h, YAFFS_MAX_CHUNK_ID is 0x000FFFFF.
> > If my nand flash page size is 2048 bytes, it means that the max nand size
> > yaffs can recognize is 2GB.
> > Am I right?
>
>
> No.
>
> That chunk Id refers to the chunk Id in a file (ie offset of chunk numbers
> into a file).
>
> That limits any one file to approx 2GB with 2048-byte chunks.
>
> This limit can be reasonably easily lifted to cope with larger files.
>
>
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