Re: Discard support (was Re: [PATCH] swap: send callback when swap slot is freed)

Bill Davidsen
2009-08-17T16:38:55Z

James Bottomley wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 14:19 -0400, Mark Lord wrote:
>
>> James Bottomley wrote:
>>
>>> Heh, OS writers not having access to the devices is about par for the
>>> current course.
>>>
>> ..
>>
>> Pity the Linux Foundation doesn't simply step in and supply hardware
>> to us for new tech like this. Cheap for them, expensive for folks like me.
>>
>
> Um, to give a developer a selection of manufacturers' SSDs at retail
> prices, you're talking several thousand dollars ... in these lean
> times, that would be two or three developers not getting travel
> sponsorship per chosen SSD recipient. It's not a worthwhile tradeoff.
>
> The best the LF can likely do is try to explain to the manufacturers
> that handing out samples at linux conferences (like plumbers) is in
> their own interests. It can also manage the handout if necessary
> through its HW lending library.
>

Of install the hardware on a machine and give people access to the
machine in time slots. Faster than FedEx-ing the hardware, and
relatively fast to reinstall the OS from scratch. Testing of this type
doesn't need huge bandwidth.

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