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Date:      Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:27:46 +0700
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, Steven Hartland <steven.hartland@multiplay.co.uk>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
Subject:   Re: svn: head/usr.bin: . trim
Message-ID:  <a77e429a-7fa3-2b87-044d-260be380d631@grosbein.net>
In-Reply-To: <20181130115515.GA28531@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20181130011713.42B641D27@spqr.komquats.com> <0e233c0c-6c80-4618-9618-48162362a849@multiplay.co.uk> <20181130084955.o4loxtuswdsvzksy@ivaldir.net> <20181130105714.GA84052@FreeBSD.org> <15e4f063-d081-9c38-be3e-44bc622cc50e@freebsd.org> <20181130113422.GA14353@FreeBSD.org> <df7ba408-2caf-92fb-8083-26bad4055bb3@freebsd.org> <20181130115515.GA28531@FreeBSD.org>

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30.11.2018 18:55, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:

>>> Another point: the manpage says, "It is only relevant for flash based
>>> storage devices that use wear-leveling algorithms", which is an argument
>>> against generic "trim".  I would mind less of it would be called ftrim(8)
>>> or ssd_trim(8) or flash_trim(8), but still prefer Maxim's approach.

[skip]

> Yes, I understand you.  Like I've said, a little more flash-media-related
> name would perhaps be more appropriate for such an utility.

This excludes virtio_blk and ZFS. Perhaps, manpage should be corrected
as quoted phrase has been taken from news -E description as is.




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