Re: kern/41889: st(4) driver splits larger IO request into peaces - compability problem with other OS's

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/41889; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: kern/41889: st(4) driver splits larger IO request into peaces
        - compability problem with other OS's
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:20:37 +0000

 On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:50:00AM +0000, 
Wolfgang.Stukenbrock%nagler-company.com@localhost wrote:
  > The current implementation of physio() (in kern_physio.c)
  > determines the maximum possible transfer size of the underlying HW
  > be fist clamping to MAXPHYS and then asking the driver for further
  > restrictions.
 
 See also PR 38643. :-|
 
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 David A. Holland
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