bob prohaska  writes:

> Anssi Saari  wrote:
>> bob prohaska  writes:
>>
>>> The writer seems to understand the question, and answers it clearly. That's
>>> a better start than many vendors. I'm a little baffled at the last
paragraph,
>>> however. Does Linux handle trim differently than, for example, Windows?
>>
>> TRIM is a command sent to the drive, defined in the USB standard. How
>> could Linux handle it any differently? Frankly, I think it's telling
>> that Startech mentions "Kernel 2.6.3", which was released in 2004. They
>> might be just a little bit out of touch. Like two decades or so.
>
> That's discouraging....I'm not up on Linux kernel numbers, so it didn't
> register with me.

Actually, I don't want to be too hard on Startech. They did give a
knowledgeable answer about the UASP support in their devices and that's
actually great and really enough to know if their stuff works in Linux
or not. Personally I think it'd be great if companies went with that wrt
Linux, i.e. just say something like "we support standards x, y and z so
if Linux supports those it'll work fine." At least when it's a question
about standardized protocols.

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