From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: [PATCH] switch scsi upper driver probing to the driver model Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 10:32:50 +0200 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20030517083250.GV812@suse.de> References: <20030516182039.A7369@lst.de> <3EC5B3B8.9020308@torque.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:41378 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261309AbTEQIUF (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 May 2003 04:20:05 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EC5B3B8.9020308@torque.net> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Douglas Gilbert Cc: Christoph Hellwig , James.Bottomley@steeleye.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 17 2003, Douglas Gilbert wrote: > - the SG_IO ioctl in the block level > - limits maximum transfer size to 65536 bytes Correct, we can remove that though. > - does not support mmap-ed IO [and would need > something like a reserved buffer concept to do it] Why should it? > - does not support direct IO False, it uses direct IO all the time if the alignment is correct. > - needs work (debuggings) Know of any bugs? -- Jens Axboe