By the way, don't be surprised if F2FS finds its way onto Android handsets -- a potential benefit of submitting the file system to the Linux kernel tree. F2FS is a log-based file system which aims to remedy several issues found with current offerings. The documentation gives a solid explanation:.
We chose a log structure file system approach, but we tried to adapt it to the new form of storage. Also we remedy some known issues of the very old log structured file system, such as snowball effect of wandering tree and high cleaning overhead. Because a NAND-based storage device shows different characteristics according to its internal geometry or flash memory management scheme aka FTL, we add various parameters not only for configuring on-disk layout, but also for selecting allocation and cleaning algorithms.
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For a generic spi flash driver, see this. Skip to content. Star 1. Branches Tags. Could not load branches. The initial specification for Yaffs version 2. Describes the development of Yaffs to deal with next-generation NAND chips which have larger 2Kb pages and don't allow page rewrites. This newer design is be significantly faster write: 1. Notes on how to use Yaffs Yaffs1 and some details of the internal structures - useful if you want to mess with the code.
This document is included in the Yaffs1 download. Details of Dec state of nand driver, and overview of how drivers fit together for use with different hardware and filesystems. Not really intended for public consumption, but a useful backgrounder and explanation of the evolution of YAFFS. A Flash File System stores data on flash memory, rather than a hard drive. A flash filesystem is used to manage the data and get the best out of flash memory.
As two examples, a flash memory chip needs to be erased in blocks before it is rewritten and a flash file system will manage that; flash memory has a limited number of writes per block so many flash file systems incorporate a wear levelling mechanism to ensure the writes are spread out. A flash file system is most useful as a part of an embedded system,.
As a developer, you can read from and write directly to your Flash memory on an embedded system, but unless your use is extremely limited, you'll probably find that you come up against problems that Flash file systems have already solved.
These are the two fundamental flash architectures and have very different characteristics in performance, reliability, erase cycles, life span, and price. They also differ fundamentally from hard disk drives, and so need specialised handling. As well as the normal file system functions, a flash file system embedded in hardware should help the device to start and stop quickly and deal well with losing power with no warning, without corrupting the data; and, manage the foibles of flash memory, protecting the stored data with extreme reliability.
Log structuring means that data is written to the file system as a sequence of changes to the file system. This has the advantage that there is less overhead, and so it's faster than a non-log-structured system.
More important though is that it is more robust against power failure. It also means that a file may be fragmented. For hard drives, fragmentation can mean much slower access due to the time required to mechanically move the read heads around the disk, but flash memory has no moving parts so there is no overhead for flash. Yaffs is log structured a flash file system architecture which is faster and more robust than the alternatives.
It is sometimes desirable to use regular block file systems such as FAT with flash memory. In such cases, a Flash Translation Layer presents flash memory or a flash file system as if it's an ordinary hard drive. An FTL is an incomplete storage solution it still requires a file system. This makes two layers where data can be damaged and lost: in the FTL and in the flash memory file system. True file systems for flash memory , such as Yaffs, do not use FTLs.
They deal directly with the idiosyncrasies of flash, providing a faster and more reliable solution. When power to any storage device is suddenly lost, the device can end up in an unknown state and may have damaged areas. Most file systems have to work hard to ensure that they are in a consistent state after power loss.
E mbedded file systems for flash may make allowances for unscheduled power loss with a recovery process. Yaffs is built with fault tolerance as a guiding principle and so is designed so power loss is considered a normal event. Flash chips wear out. Each time a part of the flash memory is erased and written, it is slightly damaged. Embedded f lash file systems note the danger, and sometimes try to spread the damage rather than having it concentrated in one region, so prolonging the life of the memory and the life of the device.
Yaffs is designed so that extra wear leveling is unnecessary. NAND flash may experience degradation or loss of data owing to reads of pages in the same block or data changes in neighbouring blocks of the NAND device.
There are ways in which flash memory can be corrupted — for instance F-N tunnelling problems and leaky oxide layers. See our detailed discussion of flash memory problems. But every bit counts, and especially if it's part of critical data or essential to the correct working of a system. Flash error correction keeps track of a section of memory to tell if there's corruption, and provides ways to correct these small errors.
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