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YAFFS2: Yet Another Flash File System

  • Dr Dobbs; By Sasha Sirotkin (Posted by femtolinux on Jul 31, 2010 1:20 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
As Linux has become more widely used in embedded systems, the number of file systems which work directly with the flash storage (i.e. via MTD device as opposed to some block device hardware emulation layer such as the one present on most DiskOnKey devices) has grew substantially.

FemtoLinux allows to run applications in kernel mode on ARM, MIPS and PPC

FemtoLinux is a new Linux flavor optimized for real-time embedded systems. Our design goal is a low system call and interrupt-to-application latency and overhead. We achieve this by allowing to run critical Linux applications in kernel mode.