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* Small correction in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/wal-reliability.html
@ 2011-06-17 11:55 Achilleas Mantzios <[email protected]>
2011-06-18 02:54 ` Re: Small correction in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/wal-reliability.html Greg Smith <[email protected]>
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From: Achilleas Mantzios @ 2011-06-17 11:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-docs
It reads :
'On FreeBSD, IDE drives can be queried using atacontrol, and SCSI drives using sdparm. '
but it should be:
'On FreeBSD, IDE drives can be queried using atacontrol, and SCSI drives using camcontrol. '
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Achilleas Mantzios
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* Re: Small correction in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/wal-reliability.html
2011-06-17 11:55 Small correction in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/wal-reliability.html Achilleas Mantzios <[email protected]>
@ 2011-06-18 02:54 ` Greg Smith <[email protected]>
2011-10-10 17:27 ` Re: Small correction in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/wal-reliability.html Robert Haas <[email protected]>
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From: Greg Smith @ 2011-06-18 02:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-docs
On 06/17/2011 07:55 AM, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> It reads :
> 'On FreeBSD, IDE drives can be queried using atacontrol, and SCSI drives using sdparm.'
> but it should be:
> 'On FreeBSD, IDE drives can be queried using atacontrol, and SCSI drives using camcontrol.'
>
FreeBSD's Common Access Method (CAM) looks to be the preferred driver
layer to interrogate. sdparm is available on Linux and FreeBSD, but
it's a second-class citizen talking to CAM on the latter. To quote from
one of the docs on it, FreeBSD sdparm "SCSI commands are routed through
the CAM pass-through interface". Talking directly to it with camcontrol
does seem to be the preferred route for some things.
However, the UI to sdparm is a bit easier to use when it is available.
Actually changing the write cache state with camcontrol requires black
magic--you have to construct the right SCSI packet by hand. I can't
find any example.
Bruce just touched this section of the docs recently, so this part
actually reads just:
SCSI drives use <command>sdparm</command>.
Now. Perhaps the following makes sense:
SCSI drives can be queried using <command> camcontrol
identify</command>, and the write cache both queried and changed using
<command>sdparm</command> when available.
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Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US [email protected] Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services, and 24x7 Support www.2ndQuadrant.us
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* Re: Small correction in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/wal-reliability.html
2011-06-17 11:55 Small correction in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/wal-reliability.html Achilleas Mantzios <[email protected]>
2011-06-18 02:54 ` Re: Small correction in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/wal-reliability.html Greg Smith <[email protected]>
@ 2011-10-10 17:27 ` Robert Haas <[email protected]>
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From: Robert Haas @ 2011-10-10 17:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Greg Smith <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-docs
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Greg Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 06/17/2011 07:55 AM, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
>>
>> It reads :
>> 'On FreeBSD, IDE drives can be queried using atacontrol, and SCSI drives
>> using sdparm.'
>> but it should be:
>> 'On FreeBSD, IDE drives can be queried using atacontrol, and SCSI drives
>> using camcontrol.'
>>
>
> FreeBSD's Common Access Method (CAM) looks to be the preferred driver layer
> to interrogate. sdparm is available on Linux and FreeBSD, but it's a
> second-class citizen talking to CAM on the latter. To quote from one of the
> docs on it, FreeBSD sdparm "SCSI commands are routed through the CAM
> pass-through interface". Talking directly to it with camcontrol does seem
> to be the preferred route for some things.
>
> However, the UI to sdparm is a bit easier to use when it is available.
> Actually changing the write cache state with camcontrol requires black
> magic--you have to construct the right SCSI packet by hand. I can't find
> any example.
>
> Bruce just touched this section of the docs recently, so this part actually
> reads just:
>
> SCSI drives use <command>sdparm</command>.
>
> Now. Perhaps the following makes sense:
>
> SCSI drives can be queried using <command> camcontrol
> identify</command>, and the write cache both queried and changed using
> <command>sdparm</command> when available.
Done, in master and REL9_1_STABLE.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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