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SubjectRe: [PATCH 08/20] lightnvm: complete geo structure with maxoc*
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On 02/22/2018 10:52 AM, Javier Gonzalez wrote:
>> On 22 Feb 2018, at 10.45, Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> wrote:
>>
>> On 02/22/2018 08:55 AM, Javier Gonzalez wrote:
>>>> On 22 Feb 2018, at 08.45, Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 02/21/2018 10:26 AM, Javier González wrote:
>>>>> Complete the generic geometry structure with the maxoc and maxocpu
>>>>> felds, present in the 2.0 spec.
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c | 4 ++++
>>>>> include/linux/lightnvm.h | 2 ++
>>>>> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
>>>>> index cca32da05316..9c1f8225c4e1 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
>>>>> @@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ static int nvme_nvm_setup_12(struct nvme_nvm_id12 *id,
>>>>> dev_geo->c.ws_min = sec_per_pg;
>>>>> dev_geo->c.ws_opt = sec_per_pg;
>>>>> dev_geo->c.mw_cunits = 8; /* default to MLC safe values */
>>>>> + dev_geo->c.maxoc = dev_geo->all_luns; /* default to 1 chunk per LUN */
>>>>> + dev_geo->c.maxocpu = 1; /* default to 1 chunk per LUN */
>>>>
>>>> One can't assume that it is 1 open chunk per lun. If you need this for specific hardware, make a quirk for it.
>>> Which default you want for 1.2 if not specified then? I use 1 because it
>>> has been the implicit default until now.
>>
>> INT_MAX, since it then allows the maximum of open chunks. It cannot be assumed that other 1.2 devices is limited to a single open chunk.
>
> So you want the default to be that all blocks on the device can be
> opened at the same time. Interesting... I guess that such a SSD will
> have a AA battery attached to it, but fine by me if that's how you want
> it.

I feel you're a bit sarcastic here. One may think of SLC and other
memories that does one-shot programming. In that case no caching is
needed, and therefore power-caps can be limited on the hardware.

>
> Assuming this, can we instead set it to the reported number of chunks,
> since this is the hard limit anyway.
>

Works for me.

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