linux-kernel - Re: document ext3 requirements

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Date:	Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:13:08 +0000
From:	Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...oo.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
CC:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, tytso@....edu,
	mtk.manpages@...il.com, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: document ext3 requirements

Pavel Machek wrote:
> Is there linux filesystem that can handle that? I know jffs2, but
> that's unsuitable for stuff like USB thumb drives, right?

This raises the question that if nothing can handle it which FS is the 
least bad? The last I heard people were saying that with cheap SSDs the 
recommendation was FAT [1] but in the future btrfs, nilfs and logfs 
would be better.

[1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/14/129
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