Re: [SOLVED] USB Storage speed regression since 2.6.12

From: DervishD
Date: Thu Sep 01 2005 - 12:26:06 EST


Hi Mark :)

* Mark Lord <lkml@xxxxxx> dixit:
> >the new implementation seems to rewrite the fat on every single
> >write (that's the reason of the slowdown, probably), and since I'm
> >not sure about the quality of the flash memory present in the
> >device, it is very probable that it would wear the first sectors
> >:( So I have to mount it 'async' under 2.6.13; I didn't have to do
> >that on older
> Nearly all flashcard devices (CompactFlash, SD, MMC, ..)
> have built-in wear-leveling in the on-card controller logic.

I know, but this device is a very cheap MP3 player, and I'm
afraid that the builtin flash memory is not good enough to have
leveling circuitry... Just in case, using async is good.

Thanks for the advice :)

Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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