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Offline Alex Schaft

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Enable write back
« on: October 07, 2006, 08:00:39 AM »
Hi,

My raid controller is set for write-back mode, but I get the following in /var/log/messages:

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Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: megaraid cmm: 2.20.2.6 (Release Date: Mon Mar 7 00:01:03 EST 2005)
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: megaraid: 2.20.4.6 (Release Date: Mon Mar 07 12:27:22 EST 2005)
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: megaraid: probe new device 0x1000:0x1960:0x8086:0x0523: bus 3:slot 3:func 0
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] -> GSI 24 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: megaraid: fw version:[713R] bios version:[G401]
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: scsi0 : LSI Logic MegaRAID driver
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: scsi[0]: scanning scsi channel 0 [Phy 0] for non-raid devices
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: scsi[0]: scanning scsi channel 1 [virtual] for logical drives
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel:   Vendor: MegaRAID  Model: LD 0 RAID5  476G  Rev: 713R
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: SCSI device sda: 976560128 512-byte hdwr sectors (499999 MB)
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: sda: asking for cache data failed
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: SCSI device sda: 976560128 512-byte hdwr sectors (499999 MB)
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: sda: asking for cache data failed
Oct  7 06:51:03 qlinux kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through


What do I need to add to the megaraid_mbox line in modprobe.conf to get it to use write-back?

Thanks,
Alex
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