Subject: Re: New device buffer queue strategy
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: tech-perform
Date: 09/04/2002 22:24:37
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 01:19:15PM -0700, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> We already "sort of" have a way to do this ... the minphys entry point.
> 
> The problem is that only physio uses minphys.  The file system does not.

And the request size is cut after the transfer request has been set up.
It would be better if the upper level had the info to set up a buf of the
proper size.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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