Subject: Re: followup to ATA flash newfs problem
To: None <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/12/2002 01:26:06
In message: <20020711130905.I12337@dr-evil.shagadelic.org>
            Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> writes:
: On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 12:55:27PM -0700, Tad Hunt wrote:
: 
:  > On a related note, does NetBSD have a "flash friendly" filesystem?
: 
: Wasabi Systems has a flash wear-leveling device that allows you do
: run any type of file system on memory-mapped flash.  This is not yet
: part of the main NetBSD sources.

Also, my tests of trying to wear out CF parts in a destructive test
environment leads me to believe that the CF parts do fairly decent
wear averaging on their own.  YMMV.

Warner