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SubjectRe: [PATCH] block: remove artifical max_hw_sectors cap
On 10/17/2014 07:12 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 02:12:58PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 06:59:34PM +0000, Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) wrote:
>>> One supporting example: A low limit interferes with creation of
>>> full stripe writes for RAID controllers.
>>
>> Yes, both Linux mdraid and parity raids are often crippled by the
>> default. The mdadm default of 512kb for each chunk combined with
>> the default limit very much guarantees a horrible out of the box
>> experience.
>
> Jens, can you apply this patch once the 3.19 queue opens?

Yup, lets get it applied.

--
Jens Axboe



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