Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [RFC] External Rootfs (e.g. USB)

2010-02-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Still, you need jffs2 there (both the jffs2 partition and the jffs2 >> modules). That's a lot of flash space for something that's not >> actually needed. And of course, it's also an added step when >> installing upgrading the firmware. > Having a fallback jffs2 is something most people have sa

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [RFC] External Rootfs (e.g. USB)

2010-02-20 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 00:19 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> > This has to be manually configured after the first > >> > boot (and requires a reboot after a sysupgrade first boot). > >> H... that's a problem. It means that you can't just have > >> squashfs+extroot but need a jffs2 inbetween j

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [RFC] External Rootfs (e.g. USB)

2010-02-18 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> > This has to be manually configured after the first >> > boot (and requires a reboot after a sysupgrade first boot). >> H... that's a problem. It means that you can't just have >> squashfs+extroot but need a jffs2 inbetween just for this >> little cconfig. > Actually the squashfs/jffs2 is

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [RFC] External Rootfs (e.g. USB)

2010-02-17 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 10:20 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Here is the first part of the rootfs on external (i.e. not the squashfs, > > jffs, or boot root) rootfs (right not just usb, but can easily be > > extended to others). > > Thanks, this is a needed feature, indeed. > > > This has to be m

Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [RFC] External Rootfs (e.g. USB)

2010-02-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Here is the first part of the rootfs on external (i.e. not the squashfs, > jffs, or boot root) rootfs (right not just usb, but can easily be > extended to others). Thanks, this is a needed feature, indeed. > This has to be manually configured after the first > boot (and requires a reboot after