Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261704AbTEHOjT (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 10:39:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261706AbTEHOjT (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 10:39:19 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:28349 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261704AbTEHOjS (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 10:39:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 16:51:44 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5 ide 48-bit usage Message-ID: <20030508145144.GC20941@suse.de> References: <20030508132314.GZ823@suse.de> <20030508133702.GC823@suse.de> <20030508144712.GB20941@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030508144712.GB20941@suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 780 Lines: 20 On Thu, May 08 2003, Jens Axboe wrote: > that for now. It _is_ essentially two seperate issues, right? One is > getting good request sizes on 48-bit commands, the other is taking some > decent advantage of 48-bit commands. That came out totally wrong :-) One issue is getting good request sizes on 48-bit commands (ie taking advantage of 48-bit commands). The other issue, which I left out, is cutting 48-bit lba overhead by not using it when not necessary. The attached patch deals with the former issue, obviously. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/