From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 11 11:10:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 345AB106564A for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gofdu-freebsd-usb@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F107B8FC13 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:10:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gofdu-freebsd-usb@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KHGVm-00075t-FC for freebsd-usb@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:10:02 +0000 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:10:02 +0000 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:10:02 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:07:22 +0200 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <200806180148.46908.hselasky@c2i.net> <200806182026.m5IKQLw5016490@fire.js.berklix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig1AA1626D0451421A84035C2E" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080505) In-Reply-To: <200806182026.m5IKQLw5016490@fire.js.berklix.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: best block size for file systems on USB media ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:10:03 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig1AA1626D0451421A84035C2E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Julian Stacey wrote: > But what if the internal stick hardware works on say 10K chunks ? > is there anyone on this list who knows how USB sticks work internaly ? > ( I remember at least one chap some time back, on some freebsd list, > being quite authoritative on max read write patterns before failure, > maybe he knows about blocking & if there's cache too ? ) I think PHK knows what you need - he was the one usually delivering low-level details on flash memory in previous discussions. (If you're going to ask him, it would be nice if you asked on a list, I'm interested in the same subject). --------------enig1AA1626D0451421A84035C2E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIdz7qldnAQVacBcgRAooaAJ4mMLEUVFLVV0IchIgyrYp+CkG4SACeIXfp KBIukYx89rPel6tMDXOyx/Y= =pBC0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig1AA1626D0451421A84035C2E--