Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758392AbYJMK5R (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:57:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755525AbYJMK5E (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:57:04 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:34875 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755513AbYJMK5C (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:57:02 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:57:00 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: J?rn Engel Cc: Chris Snook , Stefan Monnier , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Filesystem for block devices using flash storage? Message-ID: <20081013105700.GD1729@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <48ED1D62.8080100@redhat.com> <20081011143552.GA1556@ucw.cz> <20081012130103.GA14119@logfs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081012130103.GA14119@logfs.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 19 > On Sat, 11 October 2008 16:35:52 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > I don't think ext3 is safe w.r.t. whole eraseblocks disappearing. So > > if you write data 'nearby' root directory and power fails, bye bye > > filesystem, and journal will not help. > > No device I've ever seen is that stupid. I have adata SD flash cards that loose data even normal use, no power fails needed. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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/