> > On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 3:00 PM Asutosh Das <asutoshd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > The write performance of TLC NAND is considerably > > lower than SLC NAND. Using SLC NAND as a WriteBooster > > Buffer enables the write request to be processed with > > lower latency and improves the overall write performance. > > > > Adds support for shared-buffer mode WriteBooster. > > > > WriteBooster enable: SW enables it when clocks are > > scaled up, thus it's enabled only in high load conditions. > > > > WriteBooster disable: SW will disable the feature, > > when clocks are scaled down. Thus writes would go as normal > > writes. > > btw, in v5.8-rc1 (plus handful of remaining patches for lenovo c630 > laptop (sdm850)), I'm seeing a lot of: > > ufshcd-qcom 1d84000.ufshc: ufshcd_query_flag: Sending flag query for > idn 14 failed, err = 253 > ufshcd-qcom 1d84000.ufshc: ufshcd_query_flag: Sending flag query for > idn 14 failed, err = 253 > ufshcd-qcom 1d84000.ufshc: ufshcd_query_flag_retry: query attribute, > opcode 6, idn 14, failed with error 253 after 3 retires > ufshcd-qcom 1d84000.ufshc: ufshcd_wb_ctrl write booster enable failed 253 > > and at least subjectively, compiling mesa seems slower, which seems > like it might be related? This looks like a device issue to be taken with the flash vendor: The device reports that it supports wd, but returns inalid idn for flag 0xe... Thanks, Avri
