Re: SSD "trim" support

[Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner%fz-juelich.de@localhost>]

simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost said:
> the use of the name "TRIM" in the UFS layer could be a bit more
> generic.  This same VOP could be used for example to handle freeing up
> blocks with a flash device backing a UFS filesystem.  Maybe use
> something like DIOCFREEBLOCKS instead of DIOCTRIM?

Yes, "TRIM" is ATA specific. It was just lazyness because it was
the shortest name, thus less to type.
Other possible names would be "discard" or "delete".
(FreeBSD uses the latter.)

best regards
Matthias



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