Modularzing USB

Mitch Bradley wmb at laptop.org
Thu Jun 5 13:23:31 EDT 2008


C. Scott Ananian wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Chris Ball <cjb at laptop.org> wrote:
>   
>
> While we're compiling a wishlist, Scott would like FUSE modules (for
> various nefarious purposes), squashfs (for USB updates using
> olpc-update), and "some additional flash filesystem other than jffs2".
>  We'll always use jffs2 for /boot, but UBIFS has been the frontrunner
> for / and /home; I don't know whether UBI is compatible with Mitch's
> partition scheme, though.  dwmw2 and wmb, could you duke that out and
> let me know who wins?

The UBIFS guys seem to be willing to do UBIFS entirely inside a RedBoot 
partition.  I have been talking to them off and on, and got no pushback 
from them about that approach.

>   I think logfs is probably the best bet if UBIFS
> is unworkable; dwmw2 could you advise?
>  --scott
>
>   




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