Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932336AbWJEWMt (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 18:12:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932345AbWJEWMt (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 18:12:49 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:55456 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932336AbWJEWMs (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 18:12:48 -0400 X-Authenticated: #20450766 Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 00:12:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Guennadi Liakhovetski To: Jeff Garzik cc: James Bottomley , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel , linux-scsi Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] scsi updates for post 2.6.18 In-Reply-To: <45256728.2060004@garzik.org> Message-ID: References: <1159995678.3437.80.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <45255A02.2010308@garzik.org> <45256728.2060004@garzik.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 965 Lines: 24 On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote: > 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... Ok, tested with 8MB, an updated patch submitted. Thanks for the suggestion Guennadi --- Guennadi Liakhovetski - 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/