RE: [PATCH -mm 11/11] aacraid: use pci_set_dma_max_seg_size

Salyzyn, Mark
2007-10-24T16:44:30Z

Not requesting you to test (aacraid), just scoping any effort.

The cards in question are the (old) Dell PERC variety that would trigger
the need. I will notify our Dell liaison to see what they can do.

Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: FUJITA Tomonori [mailto:tomof@acm.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:22 PM
> To: Salyzyn, Mark
> Cc: tomof@acm.org; akpm@linux-foundation.org;
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org;
> James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com; AACRAID; fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp
> Subject: RE: [PATCH -mm 11/11] aacraid: use pci_set_dma_max_seg_size
>
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:34:23 -0400
> "Salyzyn, Mark" <mark_salyzyn@adaptec.com> wrote:
>
> > ACK
>
> Thanks.
>
> > Based on the presence of the call. 2.6.22, for instance,
> does not have
> > this capability...
> >
> > I did not test this change, just accepting on the
> principals. How much
> > testing of the change did you do Fujita?
>
> Unfortunately, I tested only the main component (device and pci
> changes) with ppc64 IOMMU. I don't have the other IOMMUs.
>
> I didn't test the aacraid patch but I guess that I have aacraid in the
> workplace so I can test the patch (without the IOMMU chages).
>