Re: [patch] Revert "block: remove artifical max_hw_sectors cap"

2015-07-30 Thread Jeff Moyer
"Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)" writes: >> Christoph, did you have some hardware where a higher max_sectors_kb >> improved performance? > > I don't still have performance numbers, but the old default of > 512 KiB was interfering with building large writes that RAID > controllers can treat as

RE: [patch] Revert "block: remove artifical max_hw_sectors cap"

2015-07-29 Thread Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
hat.com Adding linux-scsi... > Subject: Re: [patch] Revert "block: remove artifical max_hw_sectors cap" > > Christoph Hellwig writes: > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 03:17:07PM -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote: > >> For SAN storage, we've seen initial write and