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Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:25:46 -0400
Subject: Re: [9fans] disk/^(mbr format fdisk prep)
From: "Joel Salomon" <salomo3@cooper.edu>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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boyd, rounin said:
>> So, jffs/jffs2/yaffs are designed to work direct onto
>> NOR/NAND flash, hence they have wear-levelling.
>
> i think this is a complete waste of time.  it adds complexity
> and the YAFS [Yet Another File System] syndrome.
>
> such things should just appear as raw disks and you
> stick whatever f/s you like on 'em.
>
> if you want to wear-level it stick a user mode wear-leveller on top of =
it.
> isn't that what plan 9 does really well?
>

How would one go about adding a "user mode wear-leveller" atop kfs, for
example? general outline is okay.

--Joel