Erez Zilber wrote: > I'm not sure that I understand the meaning of max_sectors in > scsi_host_template. Did you have a look at scsi_mid_low_api.txt? http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt;h=6f70f2b9327e1f0db7bc05bdbf2d6ce3b2fcbdcf#l1232 > Is it the maximum data length of a single SCSI command? Yes. > Is it in bytes? No, it is in units of 512 bytes. > What's the size of a sector? "Usually" 512 bytes according to above doc. Always 512 bytes from the point of view of block/ll_rw_blk.c::blk_queue_max_sectors(). http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=block/ll_rw_blk.c;h=75c98d58f4ddf7252e2717e0924b9d6a8925b4e5#l590 -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== =-== --==- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: 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
