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Add a block device cache to speed up repeated reads of block devices by
various filesystems.
This small amount of cache can dramatically speed up filesystem
operations by skipping repeated reads of common areas of a block
device (typically directory structures).
This has shown to have some benefit on FAT filesystem operations of
loading a kernel and RAM disk, but more dramatic benefits on ext4
filesystems when the kernel and/or RAM disk are spread across
multiple extent header structures as described in commit fc0fc50.
The cache is implemented through a minimal list (block_cache) maintained
in most-recently-used order and count of the current number of entries
(cache_count). It uses a maximum block count setting to prevent copies
of large block reads and an upper bound on the number of cached areas.
The maximum number of entries in the cache defaults to 32 and the maximum
number of blocks per cache entry has a default of 2, which has shown to
produce the best results on testing of ext4 and FAT filesystems.
The 'blkcache' command (enabled through CONFIG_CMD_BLOCK_CACHE) allows
changing these values and can be used to tune for a particular filesystem
layout.
Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson <eric@nelint.com>
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config BLK
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bool "Support block devices"
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depends on DM
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help
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Enable support for block devices, such as SCSI, MMC and USB
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flash sticks. These provide a block-level interface which permits
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reading, writing and (in some cases) erasing blocks. Block
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devices often have a partition table which allows the device to
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be partitioned into several areas, called 'partitions' in U-Boot.
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A filesystem can be placed in each partition.
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config DISK
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bool "Support disk controllers with driver model"
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depends on DM
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default y if DM
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help
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This enables a uclass for disk controllers in U-Boot. Various driver
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types can use this, such as AHCI/SATA. It does not provide any standard
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operations at present. The block device interface has not been converted
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to driver model.
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config BLOCK_CACHE
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bool "Use block device cache"
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default n
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help
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This option enables a disk-block cache for all block devices.
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This is most useful when accessing filesystems under U-Boot since
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it will prevent repeated reads from directory structures and other
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filesystem data structures.
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