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Date:      Wed, 5 Jun 2013 06:30:44 -0700
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>
To:        Steven Hartland <smh@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "svn-src-stable@freebsd.org" <svn-src-stable@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org" <svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r251372 - in stable/9/sys/cam: ata scsi
Message-ID:  <4A91EB3F-56FD-4E94-9981-0422032C9240@scsiguy.com>
In-Reply-To: <201306041047.r54AljAX050733@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201306041047.r54AljAX050733@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Jun 4, 2013, at 3:47, Steven Hartland <smh@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Author: smh
> Date: Tue Jun  4 10:47:44 2013
> New Revision: 251372
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/251372
>=20
> Log:
>  Enhanced BIO_DELETE support for CAM SCSI to add ATA_TRIM support.
>=20
>  Disable CAM BIO queue sorting for non-rotating media by default.

Using the elevator makes perfect sense even for random access devices when o=
perations can be merged. Even SSDs have fixed, per-command overheads and mer=
ging writes may help prevent fragmentation.  On drivers that support unmappe=
d I/O, merging should be fairly cheap.

It would be an interesting performance experiment.
>=20

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Justin=



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