Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:53:53 -0700 (PDT) From: John David Duncan <jdd@greatschools.net> To: <carter@pair.com> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: soft updates, write cache Message-ID: <20011017104044.Y5727-100000@bronze.greatschools.net> In-Reply-To: <20011017153516.62503.qmail@smx.pair.com>
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 carter@pair.com wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a bit unclear on the interactions of soft-updates and drive write cache. > I hear one should disable the write cache on IDE/ATA drives when using > soft-updates. Why? This is the second reference I've seen to this on this list, but there is no mention of it at www.mckusick.com or in the softupdates code... and there's not any immediately intuitive problem, either; scsi adapters and drives have long performed many levels of caching. - JD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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