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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Subject: Re: Sysfs attribute file for max_sectors
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 22:14:24 +0100
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To: Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>
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On Tue, Jan 06 2004, Patrick Mansfield wrote:
> Alan -
> 
> Given that we currently don't have any user level intitiated scanning, how
> can you modify max_sectors in user space prior to the scsi_alloc_queue()
> call done during scan?
> 
> Is there a block interface to modify max_sectors?

No. As James very clearly stated (and that I back 100%), max_sectors is
a driver template setting. It doesn't make sense to expose it, it's not
a configurable item.

-- 
Jens Axboe