linux-kernel - Re: ext2 on flash memory

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:44:31 +0200
From:	DervishD <lkml@...vishd.net>
To:	Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@...a.inka.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ext2 on flash memory

    Hi Bernd :)

 * Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@...a.inka.de> dixit:
> In article <11f674920706111735l7dec2136t32d40ee2ab4ccca4@...l.gmail.com> you wrote:
> > All of the posts fail to address the question here: what is the
> > correct file system, or does one exist yet, for wear leveling flash
> > storage.  JFFS2 and logfs are nice for MTD, but for better flash
> > memories that are likely to be used in the future like solid state
> > hard disks, what is the answer?
> 
> FAT - you can stick it into Windows Boxes on the road.

    But then you lose the UNIX metadata. What if you want to keep the
UID/GID and mode (and any other metadata information, for that matter)?

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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