Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: increasing scsi_max_sg / max_segments for scsi writes/reads | From | James Bottomley <> | Date | Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:12:41 -0500 |
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On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 23:17 -0700, sai narasimhamurthy wrote: > I tried working on scsi_malloc to increase burst size > , but to no avail ..all I got was hanged system every > time I started data transfers! > Has anyone worked on scsi_malloc , I am still trying > to figure out what changes were made in 2.6 to > overcome this problem of limited bursts.
The change in 2.6 was to dump scsi_malloc and use mempools instead for the sg list.
> Any pointers are very greatly welcome...I have never > worked on this part of the code before .
Upgrade to 2.6 ... seriously ... what you're trying to do is what 2.6 was designed for.
James
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