From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Cc: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>, kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: SD/MMC cards: how crappy they are?
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:49:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49555179.6010300@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081226214625.GA25153@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
Pavel Machek wrote:
>> Also had a batch of cards which would silently "correct" the partition
>> table for you to align the partitions to its flash erase blocks.
>
> Can you mention the manufacturer/model? Silendt data corruption is a
> nasty thing....
I would, if I remembered. It was a few years ago. All I can remember
now is that it wasn't one of the well-known brands like SanDisk or PQI.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-26 21:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-02 14:48 SD/MMC cards: how crappy they are? Pavel Machek
2008-12-02 16:30 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-02 16:56 ` Theodore Tso
2008-12-02 17:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-04 10:32 ` Pavel Machek
2008-12-04 19:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-26 21:46 ` Pavel Machek
2008-12-26 21:49 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-12-26 22:39 ` Pavel Machek
2008-12-27 1:03 ` Ben Pfaff
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