Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:09:33 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > I don't know if there is any way to turn of a write buffer on an IDE disk. > You want a forced set of commands to kill caching at init?
Wrong model
You want a write barrier. Write buffering (at least for short intervals) in the drive is very sensible. The kernel needs to able to send drivers a write barrier which will not be completed with outstanding commands before the barrier.
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