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authorDamien George <damien.p.george@gmail.com>2019-12-10 16:58:53 +1100
committerDamien George <damien.p.george@gmail.com>2019-12-10 16:58:53 +1100
commitb310930dba3a35dbe4d790f461caf27d78b4c7b9 (patch)
treed38b8f3a8d5d3373b41c28f5a74f7dcb3b75baee
parent159388f85072af9aa704f48f6d75bea5b943178b (diff)
docs/library/uos: Add notes and links about littlefs failures.
-rw-r--r--docs/library/uos.rst8
-rw-r--r--docs/reference/filesystem.rst7
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/library/uos.rst b/docs/library/uos.rst
index 84d341ac2..5505e6434 100644
--- a/docs/library/uos.rst
+++ b/docs/library/uos.rst
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ represented by VFS classes.
Build a Lfs1 filesystem on *block_dev*.
+ .. note:: There are reports of littlefs v1 failing in certain situations,
+ for details see `littlefs issue 347`_.
+
.. class:: VfsLfs2(block_dev)
Create a filesystem object that uses the `littlefs v2 filesystem format`_.
@@ -204,8 +207,13 @@ represented by VFS classes.
Build a Lfs2 filesystem on *block_dev*.
+ .. note:: There are reports of littlefs v2 failing in certain situations,
+ for details see `littlefs issue 295`_.
+
.. _littlefs v1 filesystem format: https://github.com/ARMmbed/littlefs/tree/v1
.. _littlefs v2 filesystem format: https://github.com/ARMmbed/littlefs
+.. _littlefs issue 295: https://github.com/ARMmbed/littlefs/issues/295
+.. _littlefs issue 347: https://github.com/ARMmbed/littlefs/issues/347
Block devices
-------------
diff --git a/docs/reference/filesystem.rst b/docs/reference/filesystem.rst
index 32d013849..cd8600928 100644
--- a/docs/reference/filesystem.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/filesystem.rst
@@ -214,13 +214,18 @@ Littlefs
Littlefs_ is a filesystem designed for flash-based devices, and is much more
resistant to filesystem corruption.
+.. note:: There are reports of littlefs v1 and v2 failing in certain
+ situations, for details see `littlefs issue 347`_ and
+ `littlefs issue 295`_.
+
Note: It can be still be accessed over USB MSC using the `littlefs FUSE
driver`_. Note that you must use the ``-b=4096`` option to override the block
size.
.. _littlefs FUSE driver: https://github.com/ARMmbed/littlefs-fuse/tree/master/littlefs
-
.. _Littlefs: https://github.com/ARMmbed/littlefs
+.. _littlefs issue 295: https://github.com/ARMmbed/littlefs/issues/295
+.. _littlefs issue 347: https://github.com/ARMmbed/littlefs/issues/347
To format the entire flash using littlefs v2::