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Linux 6.16 To Introduce Block Write Streams For NVMe Flexible Data Placement "FDP"
Linux block subsystem maintainer Jens Axboe has queued up a set of patches being worked on the past number of months around block write streams for making use of NVMe SSDs supporting the NVMe Flexible Data Placement (FDP) specification.
Linux block subsystem maintainer Jens Axboe has queued up a set of patches being worked on the past number of months around block write streams for making use of NVMe SSDs supporting the NVMe Flexible Data Placement (FDP) specification. Those wanting to learn more about NVMe Flexible Data Placement in general can see this Samsung blog post going into detail over the feature and benefits. These patches as of yesterday made it into linux-block.git's for-6.16/block branch and thus expected to make it into the mainline kernel once the Linux 6.16 merge window gets underway around the end of May.
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