Please test AutoUnmountNotifications implementation

[Vassilis Pandis]

--- Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis at kaarsemaker.net> wrote:

> On za, 2006-08-05 at 09:24 +0200, Silvan Gebhardt wrote:
> 
> > you can include "sync" as mountoption. on windows it is "optimize for
> > fast remove" on systray
> 
> That will reduce the lifetime of the average usb stick quite a lot,
> which is why Ubuntu (and windows) don't do this by default.
>  


I have submitted a spec [1] abount mounting removable devices 'sync'. When doing so, I forgot
about the limited write cycles limitation in flash devices. I then searched the web for reliable
information on just how many write cycles a flash device can sustain, but couldn't find reliable
information. IIRC I  found numbers in the 100K+ range (sorry, [2] is all I have bookmarked). I'm
just mentioning this since Silvan brought it up. I don't think that mounting synchronously is a
great idea after all (disclaimer: my technical ability prohibits me from expressing an informed
opinion).

Thanks and sorry if this is slightly offtopic.

[1] http://wiki.ubuntu.com/SyncMount
[2] http://www.bitmicro.com/press_resources_flash_ssd_db.php


		
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