Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751034AbWAVTFe (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:05:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751314AbWAVTFe (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:05:34 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:39952 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751034AbWAVTFd (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:05:33 -0500 Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:05:33 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: John Richard Moser , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: soft update vs journaling? Message-ID: <20060122190533.GH10003@stusta.de> References: <43D3295E.8040702@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 856 Lines: 26 On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 09:51:10AM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >... > - I would not use a journalling filesystem at all on media that degrades > faster as harddisks (flash drives, CD-RWs/DVD-RWs/RAMs). > There are specially-crafted filesystems for that, mostly jffs and udf. >... [ ] you know what the "j" in "jffs" stands for > Jan Engelhardt cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/