Doug, You are correct, it answers one interpretation of the question.
The question was "What did NVFS buy us? Seems like its just breaking a lot of stuff...". IMHO, the question was not "what was intended", but "what did we get". We got a non-determinant and unreliable implementation. I'm all for reliable non-volatile storage, but I'll trust NVFS as a non-volatile alternative, and admit it has bought us something, when it is able to survive an unexpected reset, which at this point is all too frequent. BTW, backup software is not the only way to use SD cards, or other form of non-volatile storage. Apps have always been able to read and write them directly. NVFS tries to do this "automatically", but IMHO, gives us a false sense of security by having us believe that our stuff is magically backed up. NVFS does not (yet) do a deterministic job of "automatically" backing stuff up. This is very important, if data state is important. -------------------- Jeff Loucks Work 425-284-1128 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home 253-851-8908 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile 253-691-8812 -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Handy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:11 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: NVFS articles online Jeffry >Sorry Ben, but with great respect I must disagree and beat a dead horse. >Your answer ignores the question. It does not ignore the question -- it answers the question (IMHO). >1) The SD card solved the non-volatile issue several years ago Only if people used backup software and regularly ran backups. The NVFS implementation "backs up" to non-volatile storage with every database close, call to DmSyncDatabase, etc. Some of my software includes automatic backups (of my app databases) to SD cards when present in part because people are not good about taking responsibility for backup themselves. I think the theory of NVFS-like feature was great and is a welcome improvement in my book. I think the only problem is there wasn't a beta period where us developers could help test compatibility issues prior to publicly shipping devices. It would be nice if they issued a ROM update for the T5 to address some of the issues though. Doug -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
