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| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/fstrim.8 | 9 |
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diff --git a/sys-utils/fstrim.8 b/sys-utils/fstrim.8 index f7e7aa9ef..c6ecca706 100644 --- a/sys-utils/fstrim.8 +++ b/sys-utils/fstrim.8 @@ -76,10 +76,11 @@ the end of the filesystem. .IP "\fB\-m, \-\-minimum\fP \fIminimum-size\fP" Minimum contiguous free range to discard, in bytes. (This value is internally rounded up to a multiple of the filesystem block size.) Free ranges smaller -than this will be ignored. By increasing this value, the fstrim operation -will complete more quickly for filesystems with badly fragmented freespace, -although not all blocks will be discarded. The default value is zero, -discarding every free block. +than this will be ignored and fstrim will adjust the minimum if it's smaller than +the device's minimum, and report that (fstrim_range.minlen) back to userspace. +By increasing this value, the fstrim operation will complete more quickly for +filesystems with badly fragmented freespace, although not all blocks will be +discarded. The default value is zero, discarding every free block. .IP "\fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fP" Verbose execution. With this option .B fstrim |