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Date:      Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:47:05 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Soeren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk>
To:        Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: atacontrol not reflecting disabled write cache (or rogue hdd?)
Message-ID:  <200304240547.h3O5l6Vm002937@spider.deepcore.dk>
In-Reply-To: <200304240156.25990.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>

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It seems Michael Nottebrock wrote:
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> I've recently changed hw.ata.wc to 0 (via loader.conf.local) on two systems 
> and on both systems atacontrol cap still says write cache supported & enabled 
> (sysctl confirms the setting being 0). One system is 5.0-RELEASE, the other 
> 4.8-RC.
> 
> Is atacontrol lying or do the drives insist on write caching?

I'd say the drives insists on it beeing on...

-Søren



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