Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: Arkadi Shishlov <arkadi.shishlov@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] file system question
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:10:40
Message-Id: 4BB226DA.200@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-embedded] file system question by Karl Hiramoto
1 On 03/30/10 18:07, Karl Hiramoto wrote:
2 > On 03/30/2010 04:14 PM, Arkadi Shishlov wrote:
3 >> On 03/30/10 16:28, Karl Hiramoto wrote:
4 >>
5 >>> I've used ext3 and riserfs on CompactFlash but neither seems to be 100%
6 >>> error proof. I've wanted to try NILFS2 but haven't done it yet.
7 >>>
8 >> Let us know then, because something must be done to nilfs2_cleanerd
9 >> which like
10 >> to write a lot.
11 >>
12 > Sounds like a bad idea on flash then.
13
14 Its probably depends on workload a lot, plus how often cleanerd is allowed to
15 work or is it enabled at all.
16 It actually might be better for flash, cause its not hammering multiple blocks
17 with journal and metadata (sync) or double writes of data=journal. Working in
18 sequential manner is presumably advantageous for (cheap) FTL too.
19 Just a guess... Need someone to try it out in real product. :)
20
21 The built-in checkpoint/snapshot feature is nice to have.