Re: Is it good for a PDA fs?

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

Chris Dukes wrote:

>On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 11:52:07AM -0500, The Doctor What wrote:
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>>Having just bought a Sharp Zaurus with a 64meg MMC and a 256 CF, my
>>mind instantly jumps to the question, can it be used to pick up
>>chicks?
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>>When I was done with that avenue of thought, I wondered if it's
>>worth it to figure out how to build my own kernel just to add
>>reiserfs to it.
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>>I know about it's handiness with journalling, etc. and that'd be
>>useful for the occasional glitches I've had.
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>>Does ReiserFS has anything that is more useful or less usefull for
>>such a small memory application?
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>Standard journalling techniques just fry a portion of the compact flash
>faster.  The tail merging might save space, but I would like to see
>a study of its effects on the longevity of compact flash.
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>I think, but could be mistaken, than you want JFFS or JFFS2.
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I also have a sharp zaurus with 256M CF......


Currently the CF uses VFAT, yes?

I bet it has the same wear issues, and no space savings....

The zaurus has a non-standard kernel though, and it is based off of some 
rather old release (2.4.4?).  You would want to apply their kernel 
extensions to 2.4.18 or later I think  before using reiserfs....  If you 
do so, and get it working, let me know, the only reason I haven't used 
reiserfs on my CF is that I don't know where to get a recent kernel with 
their (presumably useful to the PDA) extensions....

You know, using a kernel that old seems like a really bad idea, the 
early 2.4s were simply beta-tests in my mind, I'd like to upgrade for 
reasons not just filesystems.....

Marcelo is doing a great job with keeping 2.4 stable.....

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Hans