Re: [Fwd: Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: disk write cache, redux]

2006-06-16 Thread Dana H. Myers
Dana H. Myers wrote: > Phil Brown wrote: >> Pawel Wojcik wrote: >>> Only SATA drives that operate under SATA framework and SATA HBA >>> drivers have this option available to them via format -e. That's >>> because they are treated and controlled by the system as scsi drives. >>> >From your e-mail

Re: [Fwd: Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: disk write cache, redux]

2006-06-16 Thread Philip Brown
Dana H. Myers wrote: Phil Brown wrote: hmm. well I hope sun will fix this bug, and add in the long-missing write_cache control for "regular" ata drives too. Actually, I believe such ata drives by default enable the write cache. some do, some dont. reguardless, the toggle functionality bel

Re: [Fwd: Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: disk write cache, redux]

2006-06-16 Thread Dana H. Myers
Phil Brown wrote: > Pawel Wojcik wrote: >> Only SATA drives that operate under SATA framework and SATA HBA >> drivers have this option available to them via format -e. That's >> because they are treated and controlled by the system as scsi drives. >> >From your e-mail it appears that you are talk

Re: [Fwd: Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: disk write cache, redux]

2006-06-16 Thread Phil Brown
Pawel Wojcik wrote: Only SATA drives that operate under SATA framework and SATA HBA drivers have this option available to them via format -e. That's because they are treated and controlled by the system as scsi drives. >From your e-mail it appears that you are talking about SATA drives connec

Re: [Fwd: Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: disk write cache, redux]

2006-06-15 Thread Pawel Wojcik
Only SATA drives that operate under SATA framework and SATA HBA drivers have this option available to them via format -e.  That's because they are treated and controlled by the system as scsi drives. >From your e-mail it appears that you are talking about SATA drives connected to legacy control