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From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI sym53c8xx_2: bigger transfer limits
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:41:22 -0700
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 09:14:31PM +0200, Kai Makisara wrote:
> This patch enables clustering and sets max_sectors to 0xffff to enable 
> reading and writing of large blocks with tapes (and large transfers with 
> sg). This change is needed after the sg and st drivers started using 
> chained bios through scsi_request_async() in 2.6.16.

Seems  entirely reasonable  to me.  Did you  want this in 2.6.16, or is
2.6.17 soon enough?