On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Alexandre Aractingi wrote: > ... and this indeed made my Genesys-based USB-to-IDE converter work with > 2.6.7, both for write and read commands. I transferred over 14G of data > with no problem. Only after some operations the drive became > write-protected, I had to unmount / remount it, but otherwise everything > was fine. > > I experienced upload rates from 6 to 20 MBps (but the FAT partition on > the drive might cause problems too, it's an old, messy one). > > Somehow I lost my network when using this config, but I seem to recall a > thread about that too, I'll dig into that later. > > Thanks to everyone who made it possible! Of course I'm available to test > any change/enhancement that you guys would want to add...
This is great! As a test, see what happens when you don't use the first part of the patch. That is, keep max_sectors set to 128 instead of reducing it to 64. If that doesn't work and the drive locks up, try setting max_sectors to 120. Generally speaking, larger values mean higher throughput -- up to the point where the drive stops working! We already know that Genesys devices can't handle max_sectors larger than 128. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
