[Yaffs] [Yaffs-archive] Re: yaffs hangs on mount

[Charles Manning]

On Saturday 13 September 2003 03:23, Daniel Haensse wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I updated mtd stuff on the 2.4.20 uclinux distro and added the yaffs fs and
> tool stuff to it. When I try to mount /dev/mtdblock0 /mnt it shows
> yaffs: dev is 7936 name is "1f::00" and the system hangs. We use a big
> endian processor.
>
> Any hints?
>
> regards
>
> Dani

YAFFS is working for people using big endian devices (PowerPC etc).

Hints:
* Do you get any kernel messages?
* What does /proc/yaffs tell you?

The bit that takes the time during a yaffs mount is the scanning 
(yaffs_Scan()). Enable some tracing and see if that gets you further.

-- CHarles


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