From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030230AbVHZTmG (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:42:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030233AbVHZTmF (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:42:05 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:40576 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030230AbVHZTmE (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:42:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:31:14 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Lennart Sorensen Cc: Pavel Machek , Christoph Hellwig , "Machida, Hiroyuki" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Posix file attribute support on VFAT (take #2) Message-ID: <20050823213114.GB846@openzaurus.ucw.cz> References: <43023957.1020909@sm.sony.co.jp> <20050816212531.GA2479@infradead.org> <20050822114629.GA29046@elf.ucw.cz> <20050823140414.GA28578@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050823140414.GA28578@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > Unfortunately, it makes sense. If you have compact flash card, you > > really want to have VFAT there, so that it is a) compatible with > > windows and b) so that you don't kill the hardware. > > VFAT is plenty good at killing hardware. It's a terrible filesystem for > flash cards (if they don't do their own wear leveling properly). Most Well, they actually do test those cards with VFAT. Rumors are, they have some VFAT specific hacks in flash card firmware. -- 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms