Re: [PATCH] block: remove artifical max_hw_sectors cap

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 06:59:34PM +0000, Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) wrote:
> One supporting example: A low limit interferes with creation of
> full stripe writes for RAID controllers.

Yes, both Linux mdraid and parity raids are often crippled by the
default.  The mdadm default of 512kb for each chunk combined with
the default limit very much guarantees a horrible out of the box
experience.
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