Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Compactflash cards dying? | Date | 3 Feb 2003 19:39:15 -0800 |
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Followup to: <1044313953.28406.44.camel@imladris.demon.co.uk> By author: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > So use a pseudo-file-system which lets you store 8-bit data on such a > device storing only 7-bit data. > > It's no less sensible than taking a real flash device and hacking up a > pseudo-file-system which makes it pretend to be a block device, then > using a 'normal' file system on top of that. > > It's just a shame that CF doesn't generally give you real access to the > underlying flash and let you use a real file system designed for the > purpose rather than its silly 'translation layer' :) >
Well, it also let them implement the translation layer using a different storage device, which may be more appropriate for the task, or by playing other hardware-specific games.
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