Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:03:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:03:08 -0500 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:64171 "EHLO imladris.demon.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:03:07 -0500 From: David Woodhouse To: Pavel Machek Cc: Andreas Jellinghaus , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20030203125449.GB480@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20030202223009.GA344@elf.ucw.cz> <20030203073028.B4C2920BD9@dungeon.inka.de> <20030203125449.GB480@elf.ucw.cz> X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 03 Feb 2003 23:12:33 +0000 Message-Id: <1044313953.28406.44.camel@imladris.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Compactflash cards dying? Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 906 Lines: 23 On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 12:54, Pavel Machek wrote: > Ouch... I can't imageine how even VFAT would work on something not > 8-bit-clean. I doubt FAT only uses 7bits... So use a pseudo-file-system which lets you store 8-bit data on such a device storing only 7-bit data. It's no less sensible than taking a real flash device and hacking up a pseudo-file-system which makes it pretend to be a block device, then using a 'normal' file system on top of that. It's just a shame that CF doesn't generally give you real access to the underlying flash and let you use a real file system designed for the purpose rather than its silly 'translation layer' :) -- dwmw2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/