>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Chances are, though, that unlike "real" SSDs your CF is slow enough >> that it actually benefits from being treated like a rotational >> device. Jan> Thanks. But performance is not my primary concern or I wouldn't Jan> have chosen a system consisting of low-performance components ;-) Jan> (the CompactFlash card is only one example; others include the Jan> 500MHz Geode CPU, Via Rhine NICs, a tiny amount of RAM etc). I care Jan> more about low power consumption and the system has to be only just Jan> fast enough for my needs. There are "real" SSDs in CompactFlash form factor and they do fare much better than the consumer cards. Made a significant difference on my Geode boxes, anyway. But most importantly they have much better write endurance than the camera cards which is the reason I originally got them. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
