On 13-09-25 08:44 PM, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
"Bernd" == Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Hey Bernd,
Bernd> I'm afraid we have another problem. I'm currently working on to
Bernd> get discard working for our LSI2008 HBAs with attached sata-SSDs
Bernd> and the heuristics in sd_read_write_same with based on VPD page
Bernd> 0x89 is not correct for this HBA - its SATL supports write-same
This has nothing to do with the WRITE SAME heuristics.
It's true that depending on wind and whether we might issue WRITE
SAME(10) or (16) with the UNMAP bit set to perform discard operations on
the low level device. But we use a set of different (and somewhat more
reliable) heuristics to decide which command to send down for that
purpose.
For discards to a SATA device to work you need a recent phase LSI
firmware. And you need the target mode firmware (IT). There is no
UNMAP->DSM TRIM translation in the RAID (IR) firmware.
If your SATA SSDs reports DSM TRIM support, the LSI firmware will set
LBPME=1 in READ CAPACITY(16) and the LOGICAL BLOCK PROVISIONING VPD page
will indicate a preference for the UNMAP command (LBPU=1).
Also, LSI firmware is well-behaved in general and will report ILLEGAL
REQUEST when you send down a command that can't be handled.
An example with a LSI 9212-4i4e running the latest firmware
(P17) connected to a SATA SSD (via an expander):
# sg_vpd /dev/sg1 -p sinq
standard INQUIRY:
PQual=0 Device_type=0 RMB=0 version=0x06 [SPC-4]
[AERC=0] [TrmTsk=0] NormACA=0 HiSUP=1 Resp_data_format=2
SCCS=0 ACC=0 TPGS=0 3PC=0 Protect=0 [BQue=0]
EncServ=0 MultiP=0 [MChngr=0] [ACKREQQ=0] Addr16=0
[RelAdr=0] WBus16=0 Sync=0 Linked=0 [TranDis=0] CmdQue=1
Vendor_identification: ATA
Product_identification: INTEL SSDSA2M080
Product_revision_level: 02M3
# sg_vpd /dev/sg1 -p bl
Block limits VPD page (SBC):
Write same no zero (WSNZ): 0
Maximum compare and write length: 0 blocks
Optimal transfer length granularity: 0 blocks
Maximum transfer length: 0 blocks
Optimal transfer length: 0 blocks
Maximum prefetch length: 0 blocks
Maximum unmap LBA count: 4194303
Maximum unmap block descriptor count: 32
Optimal unmap granularity: 1
Unmap granularity alignment valid: 0
Unmap granularity alignment: 0
Maximum write same length: 0x0 blocks
# sg_vpd /dev/sg1 -p lbpv
Logical block provisioning VPD page (SBC):
Unmap command supported (LBPU): 1
Write same (16) with unmap bit supported (LBWS): 1
Write same (10) with unmap bit supported (LBWS10): 0
Logical block provisioning read zeros (LBPRZ): 0
Anchored LBAs supported (ANC_SUP): 1
Threshold exponent: 0
Descriptor present (DP): 0
Provisioning type: 0
# sg_opcodes -n /dev/sg1
Report supported operation codes: operation not supported
Room for improvement there. It also supports a useful set
of mode pages (including some chageable fields) and two
log pages.
Doug Gilbert
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