Re: Windows and TRIM support - files, not devices

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Hi,

On 28 January 2017 at 01:05, Rebecca Cran <rebecca@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've been looking at the TRIM support in Windows 8 and newer, and have come
> across a potential problem. Other OSes use TRIM on a physical/block device,
> but Windows only provides support for TRIM on files.

What happens when using Hyper-V with raw disks that support thin
provisioning? Is there some secret kernel only method that converts
guest requests to the appropriate ATA/SCSI command in that case?

(https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/drivers/storage/thin-provisioning
wasn't much help)

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