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SubjectRe: IO blocks are limited to 512KBytes (blk_queue_max_sectors)
On Thu, Jun 15 2006, Frederic TEMPORELLI wrote:
> So, what is the nice way to change the block layer for getting large IO
> blocks (> 1024 sectors) ?

# echo large_value > /sys/block/<dev>/queue/max_sectors_kb

where large_value <= max_hw_sectors_kb

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Jens Axboe

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