Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759364AbYJMMKc (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:10:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756846AbYJMMKX (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:10:23 -0400 Received: from lazybastard.de ([212.112.238.170]:33957 "EHLO longford.logfs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756843AbYJMMKW (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:10:22 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:10:10 +0200 From: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel To: Pavel Machek Cc: Chris Snook , Stefan Monnier , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Filesystem for block devices using flash storage? Message-ID: <20081013121009.GA22447@logfs.org> References: <48ED1D62.8080100@redhat.com> <20081011143552.GA1556@ucw.cz> <20081012130103.GA14119@logfs.org> <20081013105700.GD1729@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20081013105700.GD1729@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> 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: 1012 Lines: 27 On Mon, 13 October 2008 12:57:00 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > > 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. I don't doubt that. There is a lot of crap for sale. But your description above does not match any crap I have ever encountered or heard about. Nor would it explain why you "loose data even normal use, no power fails needed." ;) Jörn -- Schrödinger's cat is not dead. -- Illiad -- 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/