Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:34:08 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [blockdevices/NBD] huge read/write-operations are splitted by the kernel |
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On Mon, Sep 08 2003, Sven Köhler wrote: > >You'll probably find that if you bump the max_sectors count if your > >drive to 256 from 255 (that is the default if you haven't set it), then > >you'll see 128kb chunks all the time. > > > >See max_sectors[] array. > > To make it clear: > the kernel will never read or write more sectors at once than specified > in the max_sectors array (where every device has its own value), right?
Correct
-- Jens Axboe
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