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From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
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Subject: two ata write chaching request
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hi there,

i'd really like to see

1) write caching to be turned on and off for individual hdds
   (i.e. hw.ata.X.wc) and
2) to be able to turn write chaching on and off on the fly.

any thoughts on these two topics? is it technically possible?

cheers.
alex

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