Commit d835971b authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab Committed by Martin K. Petersen
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   scsi_mid_low_api
   scsi-parameters
   scsi
   sd-parameters

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

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Linux SCSI Disk Driver (sd) Parameters
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@@ -5,18 +8,20 @@ cache_type (RW)
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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
===========================   === ===   ===========   ==========
 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:
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.:
"temporary " to the cache type string. E.g.::

  # echo "temporary write back" > cache_type