Re: Disk write cache (Was: Hyper-Threading Vulnerability)

Eric D. Mudama
2005-05-18T04:03:12Z

On 5/15/05, Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> wrote:
> There's your clue. The drive LEDs normally reflect activity
> over the ATA bus (the cable!). If they're not on, then the drive
> isn't receiving data/commands from the host.

Mark is correct, activity indicators are associated with bus activity,
not internal drive activity.