Re: Is it possible for the ext4/btrfs file system to pass some context related info to low level block driver?

st discussed them a couple of weeks ago at the Linux Storage Workshop. In the meantime: Can you point me to the relevant eMMC stuff so I can see how many tiers or classes we have to work with there? -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the lin

[PATCH] mmc: Remove distinction between hw and phys segments

We have deprecated the distinction between hardware and physical segments in the block layer. Consolidate the two limits into one in drivers/mmc/. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen --- diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c index e876678..efcad8c 100644 --- a

Re: How to make kernel block layer generate bigger request in the request queue?

e rare for a normal fs type workload. Certainly not in the 50% ballpark. I'll take another look when I have a moment... -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in the body of a message to maj

Re: How to make kernel block layer generate bigger request in the request queue?

7;s time to get with the program and implement proper scatter-gather. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html