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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/utils.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/utils.xml b/winsup/doc/utils.xml
index ad17c9796..f79a928df 100644
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@@ -1933,6 +1933,7 @@ D: on /d type fat (binary,user,noumount)
(default).
sparse - Switch on support for sparse files. This option only makes
sense on NTFS and then only if you really need sparse files.
+ This flag is always silently enabled on SSD drives.
text - Files default to CRLF text mode line endings.
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