[PATCH] libata: increase 128 KB / cmd limit for ATAPI tape drives

2007-10-30 Thread Tony Battersby
Commands sent to ATAPI tape drives via the SCSI generic (sg) driver are limited in the amount of data that they can transfer by the max_sectors value. The max_sectors value is currently calculated according to the command set for disk drives, which doesn't apply to tape drives. The default max_se

Re: [PATCH] libata: increase 128 KB / cmd limit for ATAPI tape drives

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Cox
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:44:35 -0400 Tony Battersby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Commands sent to ATAPI tape drives via the SCSI generic (sg) driver are > limited in the amount of data that they can transfer by the max_sectors > value. The max_sectors value is currently calculated according to the

Re: [PATCH] libata: increase 128 KB / cmd limit for ATAPI tape drives

2007-11-03 Thread Jeff Garzik
Tony Battersby wrote: Commands sent to ATAPI tape drives via the SCSI generic (sg) driver are limited in the amount of data that they can transfer by the max_sectors value. The max_sectors value is currently calculated according to the command set for disk drives, which doesn't apply to tape dri