UBIFS To Default To Zstd Compressed File-System With Linux 5.13+

[phoronix]

Phoronix: UBIFS To Default To Zstd Compressed File-System With Linux 5.13+

Adding to the growing list of changes for Linux 5.13 is the UBIFS file-system now using Zstd for file-system compression by default...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.13-UBIFS-Zstd

[intelfx]

Zstandard continues its victorious crusade.

[sb56637]

> UBIFS as the file-system for un-managed flash memory devices

So this would be for SSD and NVMe drives that don't manage blocks on their own? What are some examples of brands and models? I've been reading more recently about how SSDs usually have their own layer of opaque logic that does what it wants independently of the filesystem, which is somewhat worrisome.

[intelfx]

> UBIFS as the file-system for un-managed flash memory devices

So this would be for SSD and NVMe drives that don't manage blocks on their own? What are some examples of brands and models? I've been reading more recently about how SSDs usually have their own layer of opaque logic that does what it wants independently of the filesystem, which is somewhat worrisome.

No brands or models. This is for flash storage in embedded systems.

[sb56637]

No brands or models. This is for flash storage in embedded systems.

Ahh, I see, thanks for the clarification.