On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 08:55:15PM -0500, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

 > The rule is simple:  ordered tags are performed in-order, and simple tags
 > may be reordered, depending on the drive's configuration -- but all 
 > outstanding simple tags must be completed before any ordered tag completes.

Right, I think this only means "command completion", however.  I'm not
sure it means "data on platter".  This is why you want to use e.g.
ORDERED with a SYNCHRONIZE CACHE command.

-- 
        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>