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Subject: Re: pitiful performance of an SATA150 drive
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Mikhail T. wrote:
> Hi, Søren!
> 
> I noticed a big MFC to dev/ata today and rebuilt the kernel. Unfortunately, 
> the drive's write-performance did not change. Just FYI...

You are sure you dont have hw.ata.wc turned of ?
Other than that I seriously doubt its a fault in ATA...

-Søren