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| author | Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> | 2020-04-17 08:12:22 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> | 2020-04-17 08:12:22 +0200 |
| commit | 08d99b2c23dfa84ca5b5e5c194062a0550888b71 (patch) | |
| tree | f4cf81ba52b375bbafd3b7ee2603b3a4cae7fe30 /Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.rst | |
| parent | 13e3d94110d82e318d640d0980896d32e02ba4d6 (diff) | |
| parent | 8f3d9f354286745c751374f5f1fcafee6b3f3136 (diff) | |
Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next
Backmerging required to pull topic/phy-compliance.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.rst b/Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..87d554008bfb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.rst @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +====================================== +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 |