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Subject: Re: 2.6.{14,15-rc4} harddrive cache not detected
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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On Iau, 2005-12-08 at 19:44 +0100, Sebastian Kärgel wrote:
> According to the manufactor the new harddrive should have 8mb cache.
> /proc/ide/ide0/hda/cache also show "0"

Zero doesn't mean "no cache" in that field it means it hasnt provided
the info. I wouldnt worry too much - we dont actually use the cache info
for anything but pretty reporting.