Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [Q] FAT driver enhancement | | From | OGAWA Hirofumi <> | | Date | Wed, 03 Apr 2002 20:54:31 +0900 |
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Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 10:27:52PM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote: > > Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no> writes: > > > > > OGAWA Hirofumi wrote: > > > > > > > > Jos Hulzink <josh@stack.nl> writes: > > > > > Questions: > > > > > > > > > > 1) How do you think about the checking of the FAT tables ? It definitely > > > > > will slow down the mount. > > > > > > > > Unfortunately if FAT table has bad sector, FAT tables may not be the > > > > same. > > > > > > And then you don't want to mount unless you know what you > > > are doing. And those knowing what they are doing can be bothered > > > to use some kind of "force" option in this case. Or perhaps an > > > option that selects which FAT to trust. > > > > I mean I/O error, not data damage. > > It is the block layer's responsibility to retry such soft errors and recover.
Yes.
> Probably the best you can do, is retry the read a few times if there > is an error reported, and then fail if it persists.
Umm, there is a `copy of FAT table' for this kind of error. If the I/O error occurs, the FAT driver should use the other FAT table. -- OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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