Re: [Gumstix-users] ext2 filesystem in buildroot

[Dave H. <dhy...@gm...>]

Hi Ken,

> Don't forget that ext2 doesn't do wear levelling.
> Some ideas are discussed in the U-Boot docs:
> http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/RootFileSystemDesignAndBuilding
> especially 9.6.4 - 9.6.6

I'll take a look.

My understanding is that MMC card takes care of wear leveling. The
most common file system is VFAT, which also doesn't do wear leveling.

> Using a nfs root for development is a good alternative.

If you have the ethernet access, and a server...

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