From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lionel Bouton Subject: Re: USB-Storage, slow speed with sync option Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:38:13 +0200 Message-ID: <432843E5.1060209@bouton.name> References: <43277485.6030802@yahoo.de> <1126690298.4248.44.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4327FB2C.5000207@yahoo.de> <1126694013.4248.49.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4327FEE7.7020707@yahoo.de> <43281B5E.2090702@bouton.name> <1126702271.4248.56.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43284126.8040007@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ns.bouton.name ([70.85.16.101]:8199 "EHLO mail.bouton.name") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030188AbVINPiW (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:38:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <43284126.8040007@rtr.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Lord Cc: Erik Slagter , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Mark Lord wrote the following on 14.09.2005 17:26 : > Erik Slagter wrote: > >> >> It's a very bad solution, because it's slow, but worse, it wears out >> particular sectors, although the only good option (make the stick >> non-removable when in use is not quite feasible). > > > Bad, YES. Slow, VERY. > > Wears out sectors? Not really. > These flash sticks, along with CF and SD cards, all include > built-in controllers that do automatic wear-leveling. Do they all have such controllers now? Last time I checked, low quality parts didn't have them and it wasn't easy to verify which ones did.