On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 21:47 +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Lothar Gesslein dixit:
> 
> >> /jffs                     1728      1728         0 100% /tmp/.fwcf/root
> >just another mountpoint of the former partition, no idea why it's
> >needed, but it's normal
> 
> Read the FWCF design specification.

Let me rectify this: No idea why it's needed _to be always there_. Since
it's only needed for setup and commit, i don't see why it's not only
mounted when needed. But in fact, i don't really care, would just be
"cleaner". Or i forgot to cosider something, and it's really needed...

As said, no idea. But it's normal (which is the required information
here).

> 
> >> fwcf                     15208       252     14956   2% /etc
> >also a tmpfs, residents in ram unless manually written (see below)
> 
> Always resides in RAM.

Okay, again, i'll correct myself. It _always_ resides in RAM, but its
contents can be manually _copied_ to flash via fwcf commit. To be the
100% correct you seem to demand, only the contents not already on flash
get copied with fwcf commit.

But i don't think the average user wants to be bothered with such
details, and the fact that /etc is a tmpfs on ram which has be written
to flash with fwcf commit, is the basic info one needs.
Or the other way round, just saying that it _always_ resides in ram
without telling the full fwcf story, doesn't help to understand our
way /etc is handled.

Maybe this applies only for me, but at least i try to give the required
information to help, and not too much more. If one is interested in
further aspects, the given websites provide the full story.

Good Night
-- 
Lothar Gesslein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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