On Tuesday November 14, pegasus@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hello, > > this is getting more and more annoying. > > Somewhere in the stack reiserfs-dm-md-hd[bd] lies the problem that's causing "bio too big device dm-10 (256 > 255)" errors, which cause i/o failures. > > It works as expected on reiserfs-dm-sda and on ext3-dm-md-hd[bd]. > > Debian Etch, 2.6.17-2. > Please try this patch (I can give more detailed instructions if needed). NeilBrown Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> ### Diffstat output ./drivers/md/dm-table.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff .prev/drivers/md/dm-table.c ./drivers/md/dm-table.c --- .prev/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2006-11-14 15:23:08.000000000 +1100 +++ ./drivers/md/dm-table.c 2006-11-14 15:23:57.000000000 +1100 @@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ static void combine_restrictions_low(str lhs->max_segment_size = min_not_zero(lhs->max_segment_size, rhs->max_segment_size); + lhs->max_hw_sectors = + min_not_zero(lhs->max_hw_sectors, rhs->max_hw_sectors); + lhs->seg_boundary_mask = min_not_zero(lhs->seg_boundary_mask, rhs->seg_boundary_mask); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
