Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:00:29 +0100 (GMT) | From | Chris Evans <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.111: IDE DMA disabled...BLAH...BLAH... |
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On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Mark Lord wrote:
> Yet, for some inexplicable reason, Linux continues to default > to "external cache == ON" on all systems, when it would be a > heck of a lot better off to disable caches at boot time. > > After all, a user-level utility could easily be written (with > kernel hooks) to turn the caches on after booting, if safe to do so.
Aha. Well said :)
Chris
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