On Monday 27 June 2011 15:32:52 Peter Pilley wrote:
> Everyone on List
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> What are the differences between
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> __u8 deleted: 1; // This should only apply to unlinked files.
> __u8 softDeleted: 1; // it has also been soft deleted
This is described in HowYaffsWorks.pdf.
Soft deletion is only used in yaffs1 mode.
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> These have been described in yaffs_guts.h
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> would there values only possibly be 0x01 or 0x00?
Yes, that is what C bitfields mean.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_field
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> yaffs_guts suggests they appear in the oob area but I cannot see
> anything like this however I am still trying to identify what flags
> say it is a live file or data_chunk
They are not in the oob area. What makes you say that this is suggested?
-- Charles