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JPete11 · 06-30-2013

Hi, I have an Intel 335 240GB SATA drive installed behind a PATA bridge (old Thinkpad X41). I'm running Linux 2.6.32 (and 2.6.34 is also an option that works with this hardware -- later kernels don't seem to be able to set up the framebuffer how I wa...

JPete11 · 07-10-2013

Thanks, I am aware of all that. On 2.6.34, attempts to use TRIM cause fatal errors and shut down the driver. I assume this is because of limitations of the PATA bridge. That is why I was looking for an alternative. I am not going to risk secure erase...

JPete11 · 07-09-2013

Since the logical block number has to be mapped internally to get the physical block number, it seems an obvious optimisation to keep a special physical block number for an all-zero block. Since an SSD isn't really read-write (a write goes to a diffe...

JPete11 · 07-01-2013

Yes, it appears that TRIM is not available over the PATA bridge that I have (maybe in combination with my kernel version). Should I imply from your reply that zeroing unused blocks is not beneficial? You imply it in your answer but do not state it. T...

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