This patch enables clustering and sets max_sectors to 0xffff to enable reading and writing of large blocks with tapes (and large transfers with sg). This change is needed after the sg and st drivers started using chained bios through scsi_request_async() in 2.6.16. Signed-off-by: Kai Makisara <kai.makisara@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- linux-2.6.16-rc5/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c 2006-02-04 13:25:48.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.16-rc5-k1/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c 2006-02-18 09:45:24.000000000 +0200 @@ -1978,7 +1978,8 @@ static struct scsi_host_template sym2_te .eh_bus_reset_handler = sym53c8xx_eh_bus_reset_handler, .eh_host_reset_handler = sym53c8xx_eh_host_reset_handler, .this_id = 7, - .use_clustering = DISABLE_CLUSTERING, + .use_clustering = ENABLE_CLUSTERING, + .max_sectors = 0xFFFF, #ifdef SYM_LINUX_PROC_INFO_SUPPORT .proc_info = sym53c8xx_proc_info, .proc_name = NAME53C8XX, - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
