Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265523AbTFMUXP (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:23:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265525AbTFMUXP (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:23:15 -0400 Received: from krusty.dt.E-Technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.163.1]:37131 "EHLO krusty.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265523AbTFMUXN (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:23:13 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 22:36:56 +0200 From: Matthias Andree To: Linux-Kernel mailing list Subject: Re: SCSI Write Cache Enable in 2.4.20? Message-ID: <20030613203656.GB27043@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Linux-Kernel mailing list References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 591 Lines: 13 On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Cress, Andrew R wrote: > IMO, it isn't "necessary", but it is very desirable, and should be the > default, to disable write cache on SCSI disks for any system that is > concerned about reliability. The question was if Linux was up to using ordered tags between the requests, which would allow to use the write cache safely. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/