kern/106340: Need to control disk write cache on per-disk basis
mjacob at freebsd.org
mjacob at freebsd.org
Mon Dec 4 10:51:30 PST 2006
> FreeBSD only allows setting disk write cache mode on a system wide basis,
> and only at boot time. NetBSD allows setting the disk write cache mode
> of each disk individually, and does not require a reboot. See the NetBSD
> dkctl(8) man page.
Which disks are you talking about? ATA disks?
For scsi disks you can do modepage edits via camcontrol that change it
on a per-disk basis, so I assume you must be talking about ATA disks
here, in which case it sounds like a simple addition to atacontrol(8).
-matt
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