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authorrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2001-12-22 14:21:20 +0000
committerrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2001-12-22 14:21:20 +0000
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o Refer to hw.ata.wc as a 'loader tunable' rather than a 'kernel variable'
for consistency with the rest of the document. Since we've already described the properties of loader tunables elsewhere, remove the duplicate description of it being a boot-time property. MFC after: 3 days
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@@ -691,15 +691,9 @@ sysctl variable.
If IDE write caching is turned off, you can turn it back
on by setting the
.Va hw.ata.wc
-kernel variable back to 1.
-This must be done from the boot
-.Xr loader 8
-at boot time.
-Attempting to do it after the kernel boots will have no effect.
-Please see
-.Xr ata 4
-and
-.Xr loader 8 .
+loader tunable to 1.
+More information on tuning the ATA driver system may be found in
+.Xr ata 4.
.Pp
There is a new experimental feature for IDE hard drives called
.Va hw.ata.tags
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