> ------- Comment #6 from stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2008-12-23 05:59 ------- > You can change the max_sectors setting through sysfs. However the last time I > looked, the block layer limited max_sectors to 512 KB or something on that > order, so you can't get too much improvement. > > Why is a limit of 120 KB unreasonably small? All it means is that you have to > use more system calls to transfer the same amount of data. Is anything wrong > with that? Tapes need large block sizes. We can accommodate both: Just check for TYPE_TAPE in the slave_configure() and bump the limit back up. Any USB tape that doesn't do large block transfers will be truly broken. James -- 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
