Re: [PATCH 6/6] sd: Update thin provisioning support

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>>>>> "hch" == Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> writes:

hch> I don't think we can simply break all existing setups with support
hch> for earlier SBC drafts.  I think we should use the TPU and TPWS
hch> same bits if present and else fall back to our current heuristics.

Originally my patch included support for "legacy" TP devices triggered
by TPE=1 but no TP VPD page listed in page 0.  I also supported the even
older TP approach (WRITE SAME without the UNMAP bit, all zero payload).

However, I talked to a few partners and everybody were going to add the
TP VPD to their firmware builds right away.  So I ripped out the compat
stuff because I felt it was weird to have explicit support for an
intermediate SBC3 release in there.

How would you feel about a sysfs switch to "force" TP on for devices
that don't report it correctly?

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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