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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:52:18 -0600
From: ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 write cache?
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, David Eckhardt wrote:

> Sam Hopkins (sah@softcardsystems.com) pointed out to me in
> private mail this charming message:
>   http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0304.1/0450.html
> which is a post from a Maxtor employee to the effect that IDE
> drives are allowed to arbitrarily re-order writes if the "write
> cache" is turned on.


if only the ide drives talked 9p ...

only about 1/4 kidding.

ron