On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 05:22:02PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> > However, what about less obvious cases?
> >
> > A large file could be created, for example, with dd:
> >
> > # dd if=/dev/zero of=./testfile bs=4m count=1
> >
> > Then discarded:
> >
> > # blkdiscard -v ./testfile
> >
> > Would
nia writes:
> blkdiscard(8) seems like a command in -current that's useful for regular
> maintenance of SSDs.
>
> I would assume that a regular run of:
>
> blkdiscard -v /dev/rwd0d
>
> would be useful to TRIM an entire SSD, obviously destructively, so would
> be useful when reinstalling NetBSD.