Messages in this thread | | | From | Juergen Beisert <> | Subject | Re: ext2 on flash memory | Date | Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:49:36 +0200 |
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On Tuesday 12 June 2007 23:09, Jason Lunz wrote: > In gmane.linux.kernel, you wrote: > > I was wondering: is there any reason not to use ext2 on an USB > > pendrive? Really my question is not only about USB pendrives, but any > > device whose storage is flash based. Let's assume that the device has a > > good quality flash memory with wear leveling and the like... > > Have a look at the UBI layer. It adds wear-levelling to MTD devices. Of > course, to use it on a regular blockdev like this you'll have to do > something like usb-storage (sd) -> block2mtd -> ubi -> jffs2. But it can > be done afaik.
Then you will do some kind of wear leveling (jffs2) over wear leveling (pendrive). Does this makes sense?
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