Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:57:46 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: IO blocks are limited to 512KBytes (blk_queue_max_sectors) |
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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
-- Jens Axboe
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