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On 13/03/2008, Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net> wrote:
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>  On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Ivan Voras wrote:
>
>  > On 12/03/2008, Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>  >
>  >> Hmm - somehow read right past the bit where you say you have a 512MB
>  >>  cache - sorry! However, worth checking it is set to write-back rather
>  >>  than write-through.
>  >
>  > As far as I can see it is set to write-through (though the HP's array
>  > configuration utility isn't explicit about it, everything
>  > performance-wise than can be turned on is turned on, including write
>  > cache).
>
> What kernel are you running?

7-STABLE since Feb 29, amd64+ULE.