Re: [blockdevices/NBD] huge read/write-operations are splitted by the kernel

[Jens Axboe]

On Mon, Sep 08 2003, Sven Köhler wrote:
> >You'll probably find that if you bump the max_sectors count if your
> >drive to 256 from 255 (that is the default if you haven't set it), then
> >you'll see 128kb chunks all the time.
> >
> >See max_sectors[] array.
> 
> To make it clear:
> the kernel will never read or write more sectors at once than specified 
> in the max_sectors array (where every device has its own value), right?

Correct

-- 
Jens Axboe

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