Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 23:08:04 -0400
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Disk write cache (Was: Hyper-Threading Vulnerability)
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On Sunday 15 May 2005 22:32, Mark Lord wrote:
> >took place on another list, and wrote a test gizmo that copied a
> >large file, then slept for 1 second and issued a sync command.  No
> >drive led activity until the usual 5 second delay of the
> > filesystem had expired.  To me, that indicated that the sync
> > command was being
>
>There's your clue.  The drive LEDs normally reflect activity
>over the ATA bus (the cable!). If they're not on, then the drive
>isn't receiving data/commands from the host.
>
>Cheers

That was my theory too Mark, but Jeff G. says its not a valid 
indicator.  So who's right?

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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