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From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To:     Rita Lin <ritach_lin@phison.com>
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Subject: Re: nvme-pci: disable write zeros support on SSDs
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 02:03:01AM +0000, Rita Lin wrote:
> Dear receivers,
> 
> We would like to apply to disable write zeros support on Phison SSDs.

Can you explain why these SSDs do claim write Zeroes but it doesn't
actually work, and why this is not fixable in a firmware update?