On 03/14/2016 05:27 AM, Finn Thain wrote: > The benefit of limiting can_queue to 1 is that atari_scsi shares the > ST DMA chip more fairly with other drivers (e.g. falcon-ide). > > Unfortunately, this can limit SCSI bus utilization. On systems without > IDE, atari_scsi should issue SCSI commands whenever it can arbitrate for > the bus. Make that possible by making can_queue configurable. > > Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fth...@telegraphics.com.au> > > --- > drivers/scsi/atari_scsi.c | 83 > ++++++++++++---------------------------------- > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-) > Hmm. We actually have a similar reasoning in the aic7xxx driver, where the driver core wants to setup pointers to the _next_ command. So maybe it makes sense to add a pointer to the 'next' command somewhere in the NCR core structure, to be submitted whenever bus arbitration tells you so?
But in the end it really looks like a real issue somewhere in the code, be it the driver or the block/scsi layer. Nevertheless, setting it to '1' is certainly the correct way here. Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <h...@suse.com> Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke Teamlead Storage & Networking h...@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: F. Imendörffer, J. Smithard, J. Guild, D. Upmanyu, G. Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
