[newlib-cygwin/main] Cygwin: pathnames.xml: sparse mount option is always set on SSDs

Corinna Vinschen corinna@sourceware.org
Mon Feb 17 10:17:06 GMT 2025


https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=5790c180d1a58076c63c444b7556c10f9d0a646e

commit 5790c180d1a58076c63c444b7556c10f9d0a646e
Author:     Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 17 11:16:42 2025 +0100
Commit:     Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
CommitDate: Mon Feb 17 11:16:42 2025 +0100

    Cygwin: pathnames.xml: sparse mount option is always set on SSDs
    
    Reported by: Christian Franke <Christian.Franke@t-online.de>
    Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>

Diff:
---
 winsup/doc/pathnames.xml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml
index 83aca953b707..1668f83167e9 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ the options, including their meaning, follows.</para>
 	      (default for all other mount points).
   sparse    - Switch on support for sparse files.  This option only makes
               sense on NTFS and then only if you really need sparse files.
+	      This flag is always silently enabled on SSD drives.
 	      Cygwin does not try to create sparse files by default for
 	      performance reasons.
   text      - Files default to CRLF text mode line endings.


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