Driver add the input parameters support for max_sectors for megaraid sas gen2 chip. Customer can set the max_sectors support to 1MB for gen2 chip during the driver load. Signed-off-by Bo Yang<bo.yang@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+) diff -rupN old/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c new/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c --- old/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c 2010-09-17 03:19:31.000000000 -0400 +++ new/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c 2010-09-17 03:20:49.000000000 -0400 @@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ module_param_named(poll_mode_io, poll_mo MODULE_PARM_DESC(poll_mode_io, "Complete cmds from IO path, (default=0)"); +/* + * Number of sectors per IO command + * Will be set in megasas_init_mfi if user does not provide + */ +static unsigned int max_sectors; +module_param_named(max_sectors, max_sectors, int, 0); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_sectors, + "Maximum number of sectors per IO command"); + MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_VERSION(MEGASAS_VERSION); MODULE_AUTHOR("megaraidlinux@xxxxxxx"); @@ -3587,6 +3596,27 @@ static int megasas_io_attach(struct mega instance->max_fw_cmds - MEGASAS_INT_CMDS; host->this_id = instance->init_id; host->sg_tablesize = instance->max_num_sge; + /* + * Check if the module parameter value for max_sectors can be used + */ + if (max_sectors && max_sectors < instance->max_sectors_per_req) + instance->max_sectors_per_req = max_sectors; + else { + if (max_sectors) { + if (((instance->pdev->device == + PCI_DEVICE_ID_LSI_SAS1078GEN2) || + (instance->pdev->device == + PCI_DEVICE_ID_LSI_SAS0079GEN2)) && + (max_sectors <= MEGASAS_MAX_SECTORS)) { + instance->max_sectors_per_req = max_sectors; + } else { + printk(KERN_INFO "megasas: max_sectors should be > 0" + "and <= %d (or < 1MB for GEN2 controller)\n", + instance->max_sectors_per_req); + } + } + } + host->max_sectors = instance->max_sectors_per_req; host->cmd_per_lun = 128; host->max_channel = MEGASAS_MAX_CHANNELS - 1; diff -rupN old/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h new/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h --- old/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h 2010-09-17 02:19:46.000000000 -0400 +++ new/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h 2010-09-17 02:19:46.000000000 -0400 @@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ struct megasas_ctrl_info { #define MEGASAS_MAX_LD_IDS (MEGASAS_MAX_LD_CHANNELS * \ MEGASAS_MAX_DEV_PER_CHANNEL) +#define MEGASAS_MAX_SECTORS (2*1024) #define MEGASAS_DBG_LVL 1 #define MEGASAS_FW_BUSY 1 -- 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