>>>>> "nab" == Nicholas A Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: nab> The concern is when older hardware drivers are reporting say nab> queue_max_hw_sectors=128 with initiators are not actively honoring nab> block limits EVPD MAXIMUM TRANSFER LENGTH, that would result in nab> I/Os over 64K generating exception status. Given that you're already splitting I/Os in IBLOCK I think it would probably be better to pick a size you're comfortable with. 4 or 8 megs sound reasonable to be -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- 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