TRIM Support in Lucid

[Tim Gardner]

On 01/10/2011 10:22 AM, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I was looking at the following LP bug:
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/644694
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> I noticed the following for the 2.6.32.22 stable release:
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> * sata_mv: fix broken DSM/TRIM support (v2)
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> Does this suggest that TRIM is now supported for SSDs in Lucid?
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> Thanks,
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> Joe
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If memory serves, the TRIM command was implemented at the block layer as 
of 2.6.32, but was not used by any file systems until later versions of 
the kernel.

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com