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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: slow/delaying usb connection to archos/rockboxRe: slow/delaying usb connection to archos/rockbox
From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:55:56 +0200 On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 16:29:11 +0200, Vladimir Pantelic wrote: > Linux could be much quicker though if it would use the information > in the FS_Info sector of FAT32 where the number of free clusters > and the last cluster allocated are stored. So Linux has to read tha > whole FAT to know how much free space there is on the drive. > The kernel sources say that Linux does ignore this information, I > have no idea why ? For what I know, the FS_Info is not guaranteed to be correct. So Linux doesn't bother, and always reads the while FAT. That approach works on fast drives, but slow USB drives suffer from it. /Linus -- Linus Nielsen Feltzing, linus_at_haxx.se on 2002-09-21Received on 2002-09-21 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |