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Date:      Mon, 14 Dec 2015 20:59:08 +0000
From:      Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Initiate TRIM/DELETE to a range of blocks from userland?
Message-ID:  <566F2D9C.5010106@multiplay.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <CAH7qZfvTQ4a409SVO2Aqv9qP4SUfxrCL4pduk7AqY4%2BeAeTd%2BA@mail.gmail.com>
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http://blog.multiplay.co.uk/dropzone/freebsd/ioctl-delete.c will do this 
for you.

Be aware it will just do it so you can really shoot your self in the 
foot if your not careful.

On 14/12/2015 20:52, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Hi guys, let's say I have a raw device (e.g. "ada1") and I want to
> generate BIO_DELETE to a range of offsets on that device. Is there any
> way to do it now, and if not, what do you think would be the most
> proper way to get something like this implemented? New ioctl and some
> new flag for the dd(1)?
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