Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 09:15:13 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Improvements to fsck performance in -current ...? Message-ID: <3F7DA091.9060606@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <3F7C5A33.A13BC11C@mindspring.com> References: <20030930221148.54E7E5D07@ptavv.es.net> <3F7A76B3.6080508@liwing.de> <3F7C5A33.A13BC11C@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > Unfortunately, IDE disks do not permit disconnected writes, due > to a bug in the original IDE implementation, .... > > Therefore IDE disks almost universally lie to the driver any > time write caching is enabled on an IDE drive. I understand that SATA has fixed a number of problems in the command set over PATA. Does anyone know if SATA handles this issue correctly? Tim
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