Hi!

> >> This is a brief summary of our initial filesystem performance study of 
> >> f2fs against existing two filesystems in linux: EXT4, NILFS2, and f2fs.
> >> 
> > 
> > Hmm, flashes are actually optimized for VFAT, right? Can you compare
> > against that?
> > 
> 
> Do you mean SD-cards? Because, as I can understand, "raw" flash (I mean NAND 
> chip) hasn't any special filesystem-related optimization. Moreover, as I 
> know, this optimization takes place in the begin of device (because FAT 
> metadata is placed in the volume's begin). But if you have several partition 
> on a device then you haven't any optimizations for second and next FAT 
> partitions. So, in-place modified metadata of f2fs is placed in the begin of 
> the volume also.
> 
> Or, maybe, do you mean some another special optimization for VFAT? 
> 

I meant SD-card, sorry. Compare factory-formatted VFAT on SD card with
f2fs running on the same partition.

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