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Dear sailors,

please install and use systemd's fstrim.timer to regularly (e.g. weekly) trigger a "block discard" ("trim") on FLASH media which supports it.

Currently SailfishOS mounts only vFAT filesystems with the "direct discard" option, but all other filesystems are never using a discard / trim.

Executing fstrim -a manually is working fine on SailfishOS since at least v2.2.0, even on encrypted partitions (which can be easily checked per lsblk -D); tested on Jolla 1 and Xperia X.

Trigger of this feature request is "[Phoronix] Fedora Looking At Finally Enabling FSTRIM By Default In Fedora 32".

A comprehensive documentation of the technical background, impact, benefits etc. is provided at the "[Fedora Wiki] Changes/EnableFSTrimTimer".

HTH & happy sailing!

Dear sailors,

please install and use systemd's fstrim.timer to regularly (e.g. weekly) trigger a "block discard" ("trim") on FLASH media which supports it.

Currently SailfishOS mounts only vFAT filesystems with the "direct discard" option, but all other filesystems are never using a discard / trim.

Executing fstrim -a manually is working fine on SailfishOS since at least v2.2.0, even on encrypted partitions (which can be easily checked per lsblk -D); tested on Jolla 1 and Xperia X.

Trigger of this feature request is "[Phoronix] Fedora Looking At Finally Enabling FSTRIM By Default In Fedora 32".

A comprehensive documentation of the rationale, technical background, impact, benefits etc. is provided at the "[Fedora Wiki] Changes/EnableFSTrimTimer".

HTH & happy sailing!

Dear sailors,

please install and use systemd's fstrim.timer to regularly (e.g. weekly) trigger a "block discard" ("trim") on FLASH media which supports it.

Currently SailfishOS mounts only vFAT filesystems with the "direct discard" option, but for all other filesystems are it never using executes a discard / trim.trim AFAICS.

Executing Performing a fstrim -a manually is working fine on SailfishOS since at least v2.2.0, even on encrypted partitions (which (their "trim" capability can be easily checked manually per lsblk -D); tested on Jolla 1 and Xperia X.

Trigger of this feature request is "[Phoronix] Fedora Looking At Finally Enabling FSTRIM By Default In Fedora 32".

A comprehensive documentation of the rationale, technical background, impact, benefits etc. is provided at the "[Fedora Wiki] Changes/EnableFSTrimTimer".

HTH & happy sailing!

Dear sailors,

please install and use systemd's fstrim.timer to regularly (e.g. weekly) trigger a "block discard" ("trim") on FLASH media which supports it.

Currently SailfishOS mounts only vFAT filesystems with the "direct discard" option, but for all other filesystems it never executes a discard / trim AFAICS.

Performing a fstrim -a manually is working fine on SailfishOS since at least v2.2.0, even on encrypted partitions (their "trim" capability can be easily checked manually per lsblk -D); tested on Jolla 1 and Xperia X.

Trigger of this feature request is "[Phoronix] Fedora Looking At Finally Enabling FSTRIM By Default In Fedora 32".

A comprehensive documentation of the rationale, technical background, impact, benefits etc. is provided at the "[Fedora Wiki] Changes/EnableFSTrimTimer".

A detailed discussion and analysis of this topic by a third party (lwn.net) is provided in this article (paywalled until 2020-01-06).

HTH & happy sailing!

Dear sailors,

please install and use systemd's fstrim.timer to regularly (e.g. weekly) trigger a "block discard" ("trim") on FLASH media which supports it.

Currently SailfishOS mounts only vFAT filesystems with the "direct discard" option, but for all other filesystems it never executes a discard / trim AFAICS.

Performing a fstrim -a manually is working fine on SailfishOS since at least v2.2.0, even on encrypted partitions (their "trim" capability can be easily checked manually per lsblk -D); tested on Jolla 1 and Xperia X.

Dear sailors,

please install and use systemd's fstrim.timer to regularly (e.g. weekly) trigger a "block discard" ("trim") on FLASH media which supports it.

Currently SailfishOS mounts only vFAT filesystems with the "direct discard" option, but for all other filesystems it never executes a discard / trim AFAICS.

Performing a fstrim -a manually is working fine on SailfishOS since at least v2.2.0, even on encrypted partitions (their "trim" capability can be easily checked manually per lsblk -D); tested on Jolla 1 and Xperia X.

• Trigger of this feature request is "[Phoronix] Fedora Looking At Finally Enabling FSTRIM By Default In Fedora 32".
• A comprehensive documentation of the rationale, technical background, impact, benefits etc. is provided at the "[Fedora Wiki] Changes/EnableFSTrimTimer".
• A detailed discussion and analysis of this topic by a third party (lwn.net) is provided in this article (paywalled until 2020-01-07).

HTH & happy sailing!

Dear sailors,

please install and use systemd's fstrim.timer to regularly (e.g. weekly) trigger a "block discard" ("trim") on FLASH media which supports it.

Currently SailfishOS mounts only vFAT filesystems with the "direct discard" option, but for all other filesystems it never executes a discard / trim AFAICS.

Performing a fstrim -a manually is working fine on SailfishOS since at least v2.2.0, even on encrypted partitions (their "trim" capability can be easily checked manually per lsblk -D); tested on Jolla 1 and Xperia X.

• Trigger of this feature request is "[Phoronix] Fedora Looking At Finally Enabling FSTRIM By Default In Fedora 32".
• A comprehensive documentation of the rationale, technical background, impact, benefits etc. is provided at the "[Fedora Wiki] Changes/EnableFSTrimTimer".
• A detailed discussion and analysis of this topic by a third party (lwn.net) is provided in this article (paywalled until 2020-01-07).

HTH & happy sailing!

P.S.: ... and the outcome for Fedora is "Fedora 32 Greenlit For Enabling FSTRIM Support By Default".", which is what most other Linux distributions already implement.

Dear sailors,

please install and use systemd's fstrim.timer to regularly (e.g. weekly) trigger a "block discard" ("trim") on FLASH media which supports it.

Currently SailfishOS mounts only vFAT filesystems with the "direct discard" option, but for all other filesystems it never executes a discard / trim AFAICS.

Performing a fstrim -a manually is working fine on SailfishOS since at least v2.2.0, even on encrypted partitions (their "trim" capability can be easily checked manually per lsblk -D); tested on Jolla 1 and Xperia X.

• Trigger of this feature request is "[Phoronix] Fedora Looking At Finally Enabling FSTRIM By Default In Fedora 32".
• A comprehensive documentation of the rationale, technical background, impact, benefits etc. is provided at the "[Fedora Wiki] Changes/EnableFSTrimTimer".
• A detailed discussion and analysis of this topic by a third party (lwn.net) is provided in this article (paywalled until 2020-01-07).

HTH & happy sailing!

P.S.: ... and the outcome for Fedora is "[Phoronix] Fedora 32 Greenlit For Enabling FSTRIM Support By Default", which is what most other Linux distributions already implement.