ext4 - What file system does Android use? -
which file system android use? have read both ext4 , yaffs2.
android used yaffs2
file system. after android 2.3, file system became ext4
.
yaffs2
used nand
flash in embedded systems such mobile phones. includes wear-leveling , gc mechanism
nand
flash, single-threaded.
according ars technica article, reason android switched ext4
yaffs2
file system because yaffs2
single-threaded, , "would have been bottleneck on dual-core systems." android, in 2010 looking forward when many cores used in smartphones. looking back, obvious right decision. smartphones went dual core around time of galaxy s2
. more smart phones released in quad-core configuration, 6 , 8 core configurations on horizon.
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