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Subject: Re: Flash File Systems or Translation Layers?
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gnn@freebsd.org wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> So, a few of us have talked off list of the need for a flash file
> system or translation layer for FreeBSD in order to better target the
> kind of boards we want to support.  The one lead I had was to a poorly
> written, binary only solution with nasty licensing.   That is, it was
> a dead end.  Does anyone know of anything that exists now that we
> might coopt or have the knowledge to do this right/well?

I thought about doing a port of jffs2.  Probably a rewrite actually, so 
we can have a non-GPL version.  It's waiting on me getting to the point 
where I need it though. =)

-- 
Benno Rice
benno@FreeBSD.org