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  JFFS2 options and usage.
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  JFFS2 in U-Boot is a read only implementation of the file system in
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  Linux with the same name. To use JFFS2 define CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2.
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  The module adds three new commands.
  fsload  - load binary file from a file system image
  fsinfo  - print information about file systems
  ls      - list files in a directory
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  chpart  - change active partition
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  If you boot from a partition which is mounted writable, and you
  update your boot environment by replacing single files on that
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  partition, you should also define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_SORT_FRAGMENTS. Scanning
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  the JFFS2 filesystem takes *much* longer with this feature, though.
  Sorting is done while inserting into the fragment list, which is
  more or less a bubble sort. That algorithm is known to be O(n^2),
  thus you should really consider if you can avoid it!
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  There only one way for JFFS2 to find the disk. It uses the flash_info
  structure to find the start of a JFFS2 disk (called partition in the code)
  and you can change where the partition is with two defines.
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  CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK
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  	defined the first flash bank to use
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  CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR
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  	defines the first sector to use
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  TODO.
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  	Remove the assumption that JFFS can dereference a pointer
  	into the disk. The current code do not work with memory holes
  	or hardware with a sliding window (PCMCIA).