YAFFS2

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YAFFS2 Overview

This page provides a quick overview of the YAFFS2 file system. For a more complete description, see How Yaffs Works.

Details on how TSK implements YAFFS2 can be found in YAFFS2 Implementation Notes.

YAFFS2 Terms

  • Chunk : Data unit consisting of a page and spare area
  • Block : Group of chunks ( a block is the unit of erasure)
  • Object : A YAFFS2 file/directory/etc
  • Object ID : Unique identifier for each object
  • Chunk ID : Position of this chunk in the file (0 = header, 1 = first chunk)
  • Sequence Number : Increments with each block written and stored in each chunk of a block (used to order blocks chronologically)


Reference Docs