Re: two ata write chaching request

From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger_at_mac.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:29:30 -0800
On Dec 20, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Alexander Best wrote:
> 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.

NetBSD's dkctl allows one to enable and disable read or write caches on a per-device basis, on the fly.  Presumably atacontrol or whatever the new ada / ACHI driver uses for control would be the FreeBSD equivalent....

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck
Received on Mon Dec 20 2010 - 22:29:35 UTC

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