svn: head/usr.bin: . trim

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at freebsd.org
Fri Nov 30 11:55:16 UTC 2018


On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 06:44:48PM +0700, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> 30.11.2018 18:34, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> 
> > Another point: the manpage says, "It is only relevant for flash based
> > storage devices that use wear-leveling algorithms", which is an argument
> > against generic "trim".  I would mind less of it would be called ftrim(8)
> > or ssd_trim(8) or flash_trim(8), but still prefer Maxim's approach.
> 
> Speaking of naming issues:
> 
> NAME
>      dd - convert and copy a file

IMHO this description should be fixed (but that's the whole another bug).

> I still prefer unix-way: "each utility does one simple task".
> And that's not about dd :-(

Yes, I understand you.  Like I've said, a little more flash-media-related
name would perhaps be more appropriate for such an utility.

./danfe


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