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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2023-12-01 00:36:35 +0300
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2023-12-01 00:37:35 +0300
commit832e91422c4ae9b2dcd0c307779f3dd53ee9c0ac (patch)
tree0d36ea9890619b32e82b0df10d9f9842cb1509cd /winsup/doc/new-features.xml
parent8b01c5d6903fbcbb14c52db45c12494b53493c5a (diff)
Cygwin: sparse support: enable automatic sparsifying of files on SSDs
Given that SSDs don't have a seek penalty, we can enable automatic sparsifying of files on SSDs, even if the "sparse" mount option is not set. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
index c5e6cdd7f..56509bdc3 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ New API call: fallocate (Linux-specific).
FIFOs now also work over NFS.
</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+Enable automatic sparsifying of files on SSDs, independent of the
+"sparse" mount mode.
+</para></listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>