On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Lukáš Czerner <lczerner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Sep 2012, Lukas Czerner wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:49:15 -0400 >> From: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@xxxxxxxxxx> >> To: util-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, kzak@xxxxxxxxxx >> Cc: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: [PATCH] blkdiscard: add new command >> >> blkdiscard is used to discard device sectors. This is useful for >> solid-state drivers (SSDs) and thinly-provisioned storage. Unlike >> fstrim this command is used directly on the block device. >> >> blkkdiscard uses BLKDISCARD ioctl or BLKSECDISCARD ioctl for the secure >> discard. >> >> All data in the discarded region on the device will be lost! > > Hi Karel, > > any progress here ? Where is the patch for blockdev? I'm still convinced randomly named tools per new kernel ioctl is not what we want. People should get their act together, and not add the tool of the week to util-linux. Thanks, Kay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
