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Re: [issue1231] The problem with USB stick and msdosfs

From:	Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:48:31 -0800 (PST)

    Insofar as msdosfs goes the BIO's are done in msdos 'clusters',
    which I think are around 4K.

    USB flash sticks are one and two-chip solutions with virtually
    no buffering or smarts.  Trying to chase performance on these things
    is pointless.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>

References:
- Re: [issue1231] The problem with USB stick and msdosfs
  - From: Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@parodius.com>

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