[sldev] Re: Reformatting Textures for the cache

[Jason Giglio]

David Baker wrote:
> I couldn't disagree more.  In redesigning the cache system we must 
> presume that the user we are writing for is running a hugely fragmented 
> FAT32 drive

No.

> options - so we have to presume that maybe 40-50% of SL users will be 
> running FAT32.  Consequently any option that is non-optimal for FAT32 

Bullshit.  Windows can't even create a FAT partition bigger than 32GB 
during installation.

> should be seen as a non-starter - which I suspect includes most direct 
> file system options.
> 
> If we want to rely on file system functionality we are going to have to 
> look at file-system-in-a-file solutions - perhaps using something third 
> party rather than dusting off the VFS - but not relying on direct file 
> system storage unless we can prove that that is the best option _on FAT32_.

FAT32 is irrelevant.

-Jason