Re: Running FreeBSD on M.2 SSD

2020-02-29 Thread Mario Olofo
Hello, sorry my lack of vocabulary and thanks for the clarification I think that it's a waste of space for me, and I'm afraid that this empty space is making the problem just less frequent. I remember that many years ago I implemented a FFS for an embedded system, and the SD Card was 4k "aligned",

Any sync-serial driver users (ce/cp/ctau/cx)?

2020-02-29 Thread Ed Maste
Is anyone using sync serial drivers ce, cp, ctau, or cx? NYCBUG's dmesg didn't turn up any entries. I suspect these are obsolete and ought to be removed. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Running FreeBSD on M.2 SSD

2020-02-29 Thread Antony Uspensky
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020, Chris wrote: The TLDR of 4k vs 512 largely has to do with the size of the files going onto your medium. Many files of a smaller size fit better on a 512 boundary. Whereas larger mp3s or archives fair better on a 4k boundary. BTW these are called SECTOR sizes. Not pages.

Re: Any sync-serial driver users (ce/cp/ctau/cx)?

2020-02-29 Thread Warner Losh
On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 1:18 PM Ed Maste wrote: > Is anyone using sync serial drivers ce, cp, ctau, or cx? NYCBUG's > dmesg didn't turn up any entries. I suspect these are obsolete and > ought to be removed. > These date from the 2000s. They were important for point to point links until maybe

Re: Running FreeBSD on M.2 SSD

2020-02-29 Thread Daniel Kalchev
Is TRIM still on? I understand the quirks patch indicates the drive has some trouble with 4K aligned writes. If memory serves it I also indicated broken TRIM so to be safe you need both. Daniel > On 29 Feb 2020, at 2:46, Mario Olofo wrote: > > Hello guys, a little update that let me more