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Andrew Morton authored
From: Bjorn Stenberg <bjorn@haxx.se> OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> This simple patch makes the linux fat filesystem driver use the next_cluster field in the fat_boot_fsinfo structure. This field is a hint where to start looking for free clusters. Using this field makes a big difference for disks connected over slow links such as USB 1.1. Finding the first free cluster on a 40gig fat-formatted usb disk can today take several minutes. This patch cuts it down to a fraction of a second. Also, commit the next_cluster search hint toand from the superblock in write_super/fill_super.
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