Re: [patch] SGIIOC4 limit request size

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Feb 01 2006 - 08:38:02 EST


On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 03:36:07AM -0800, Jeremy Higdon wrote:
> Here's one that removes xcount. It seems to work too.
> Should we set hwif->rqsize to 256, or are we pretty safe in
> expecting that the default won't rise? The driver should be

255 is the safest for LBA28 devices because a small number incorrectly
interpret 0 (meaning 256) as 0. And that can have unfortunate results
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