http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12207 ------- Comment #17 from anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2008-12-23 20:19 ------- Reply-To: fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:56:21 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12207 > > > > > > ------- Comment #16 from stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2008-12-23 18:56 ------- > USB is working fine, and the patch you proposed should take care of tape > devices okay. However the block layer still limits max_sectors to > BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS (see the code for blk_queue_max_sectors), which is defined > as 1024. Thus there's no way to request a transfer of more than 512 KB, unless > st.c does some fancy footwork. st uses pc requests thus max_hw_sectors matters. st.c can use large block sizes without any fancy footwork. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. -- 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
