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author | Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> | 2012-03-28 13:41:24 -0400 |
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committer | Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2012-03-28 13:41:24 -0400 |
commit | fe878f34df89ad4af758f40bbec829807dc93a00 (patch) | |
tree | eaa377c640fd595391491725ab477f29062374b1 /Documentation/device-mapper | |
parent | 035220b33d6865d81d5433600def53373cca7127 (diff) |
dm thin: correct comments
Remove documentation for unimplemented 'trim' message.
I'd planned a 'trim' target message for shrinking thin devices, but
this is better handled via the discard ioctl.
Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt index 1ff044d87ca4..da50347c0053 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt | |||
@@ -237,16 +237,6 @@ iii) Messages | |||
237 | 237 | ||
238 | Deletes a thin device. Irreversible. | 238 | Deletes a thin device. Irreversible. |
239 | 239 | ||
240 | trim <dev id> <new size in sectors> | ||
241 | |||
242 | Delete mappings from the end of a thin device. Irreversible. | ||
243 | You might want to use this if you're reducing the size of | ||
244 | your thinly-provisioned device. In many cases, due to the | ||
245 | sharing of blocks between devices, it is not possible to | ||
246 | determine in advance how much space 'trim' will release. (In | ||
247 | future a userspace tool might be able to perform this | ||
248 | calculation.) | ||
249 | |||
250 | set_transaction_id <current id> <new id> | 240 | set_transaction_id <current id> <new id> |
251 | 241 | ||
252 | Userland volume managers, such as LVM, need a way to | 242 | Userland volume managers, such as LVM, need a way to |