[U-Boot] [PATCH] drivers: block: Allow to cache 4K blocks by default

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Mon Dec 10 12:28:11 UTC 2018


On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 05:13:58AM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 12/09/2018 09:55 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> > The default settings of the block cache so far only allow to hold single
> > 1K blocks. However, larger filesystems tend to use 4K. Failing to cache
> > those massively degrades access performance unless you manually tune the
> > cache first. This is not desirable.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka at siemens.com>
> 
> I submitted the same patch before [1], oddly enough it was not picked by
> Tom.
> 
> [1]
> http://u-boot.10912.n7.nabble.com/PATCH-RFC-blk-Increase-cache-element-size-td337975.html

Based on a quick re-read, I had filed that patch as "Marek says he'll
look into a more complex but general scheme".  If that's not the case
then yes, we can just do that.  Thanks!

-- 
Tom
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