From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] scsi updates for post 2.6.18
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:12:24 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45256728.2060004@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0610052129020.6619@poirot.grange>
Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> Sure, it WOULD be nice, but I don't know how. The "don't know" refers to
> the case 16MB block size, my tape supports only 16MB - 1 byte (according
> to st report). Is there a way to test various block sizes with CDs /
> hard-disks / ZIP / scanners? Would something with sg_dd work? Looks like
> it must be only sector size. Can I low-level format a disk with 16M
> sector?:-)
>
> Another possibility is to limit the block size at 8MB - I can test that.
I would say, increase it to whatever the max is you can test...
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-05 20:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-04 21:01 [GIT PATCH] scsi updates for post 2.6.18 James Bottomley
2006-10-05 19:11 ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2006-10-05 19:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-10-05 19:56 ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2006-10-05 20:12 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2006-10-05 22:12 ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2006-10-05 23:34 ` Douglas Gilbert
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2006-09-24 2:37 James Bottomley
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