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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:02:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 01:02:30 +0000 |
| commit | 76cb841cb886eef6b3bee341a2266c76578724ad (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 4.19.249.upstream/4.19.249
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.txt b/Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8e5af00d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Linux SCSI Disk Driver (sd) Parameters +====================================== + +cache_type (RW) +--------------- +Enable/disable drive write & read cache. + + cache_type string | WCE RCD | Write cache | Read cache +----------------------------+---------+-------------+------------ + write through | 0 0 | off | on + none | 0 1 | off | off + write back | 1 0 | on | on + write back, no read (daft) | 1 1 | on | off + +To set cache type to "write back" and save this setting to the drive: + + # echo "write back" > cache_type + +To modify the caching mode without making the change persistent, prepend +"temporary " to the cache type string. E.g.: + + # echo "temporary write back" > cache_type |