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commit    9bbdffadf757346b64973e568d2e6ef2b755d99d
Author:   Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date:     Wed Nov 22 01:09:20 2023 +0000

    doc: FreeBSD uses camcontrol identify, not atacontrol, for cache
    
    This is for IDE drive cache control, same as SCSI (already documented
    properly).
    
    Reported-by: John Ekins
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20170808224017.8424.69170@wrigleys.postgresql.org
    
    Author: John Ekins
    
    Backpatch-through: 12


doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml index ed7929cbcd7..bb2a61b8017 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ <listitem> <para> On <productname>FreeBSD</productname>, IDE drives can be queried using - <command>atacontrol</command> and write caching turned off using + <command>camcontrol identify</command> and write caching turned off using <literal>hw.ata.wc=0</literal> in <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>; SCSI drives can be queried using <command>camcontrol identify</command>, and the write cache both queried and changed using [parent: 43bbaa83f95c]