On 17.12.20 17:56, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
Maximum transfer size when accessing a kernel block device is only relevant
when using SCSI passthrough (SG_IO ioctl) since only in this case the requests
are passed directly to underlying hardware with no pre-processing.
So by “with no pre-processing” y
Maximum transfer size when accessing a kernel block device is only relevant
when using SCSI passthrough (SG_IO ioctl) since only in this case the requests
are passed directly to underlying hardware with no pre-processing.
Same is true when using /dev/sg* character devices (which only support SG_IO)