[Yaffs] Re: Yaffs direct

[Wookey]

+++ Ian Oliver [06-04-20 10:08 +0100]:
> In article <200604200805.41158.manningc2 at actrix.gen.nz>, Charles Manning wrote:
> 
> Is this summary correct -
> Not only doesn't Linux yaffs need MTD, but it can't us it?

Yaffs doesn't need MTD, but it can use it if you like (and most people do
under linux).

> But yaffs direct provides chunk management so we can sit our own fat/fat32 on 
> top of it? (with some interface wrangling to map the block requests to the yaffs 
> chunk management - we need fat32 for the non-Linux case)

I think that's possible, yes, but Charles is best-placed to comment on the
efficiency and how much work is involved. It is something a few people have
mentioned (as fat-comptibility is obviously generally-useful) but I'm not
aware of anyone having actually implemented it.

Wookey
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