Re: Is it good for a PDA fs?

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

Oleg Drokin wrote:

>Hello!
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>On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 12:56:30AM +0400, Hans Reiser wrote:
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>>>CF is different story. They fight level of wearing in underlying layer.
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>>Meaning that they hide it in the device driver, and the FS does not need 
>>to be aware of it?
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>Yes. Otherwise CF media would be pretty much useless in conjunction with VFAT.
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Good thinking on their part.  Sure makes our job easier....

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>>>Building ARM kernels is easy.
>>>I always build kernels for my ARM toys myself.
>>>and I bet that Zaurus kernel is based off some -rmk kernel with
>>>may be minor patches (sources of these should be available at Sharp
>>>of course).
>>>So getting (making) new kernel should be trivial.
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>>I think I probably care more about downloading and trying the latest 
>>kalendar than installing a new kernel on it.;-)   It is nice to have ssh 
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>Yes, exactly. I do not see how you (or any other user) would benefit from
>using anything but vfat in CF, but disadvantages are pretty clear.
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Space would be saved if the journal was shrunk in size....

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>Bye,
>    Oleg
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Hans