linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hpsa: SCSI driver for HP Smart Array controllers

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Message-Id: <20090306181302X.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Date:	Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:13:22 +0900
From:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
To:	jens.axboe@...cle.com
Cc:	scameron@...rdog.cca.cpqcorp.net, fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mike.miller@...com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	coldwell@...hat.com, hare@...ell.com, iss_storagedev@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hpsa: SCSI driver for HP Smart Array controllers

On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:55:29 +0100
Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> wrote:

> > If it's settable at init time, that would probably be enough for
> > the vast majority of uses (and more flexible than what we have now)
> > and a lot easier to implement.
> 
> Completely agree, don't waste time implementing something that nobody
> will ever touch. The only reason to fiddle with such a setting would be
> to increase it, because ios are too small. And even finding out that the
> segment limit is the one killing you would take some insight and work
> from the user.
> 
> Just make it Big Enough to cover most cases. 32 is definitely small, 256
> entries would get you 1MB ios which I guess is more appropriate.

I guess that the dynamic scheme is overdoing but seems that vendors
like some way to configure the sg entry size. The new MPT2SAS driver
has SCSI_MPT2SAS_MAX_SGE kernel config option:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=123619290803547&w=2


The kernel module option for this might be appropriate.
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