On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Alex Bligh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > --On 30 May 2011 14:13:04 +0200 Goswin von Brederlow <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> I don't think that not supporting extremely large requests is going to >>> be a problem in practice, providing we return a proper error code. >> >> Maybe there should be an option field for this so client and server can >> agree on a reasonable size. The client MUST then split larger requests >> into smaller chunks. > > Note you will need to fix the kernel module (I think) if you want to limit > the maximum size of a request. I am not aware of any current limit > on the size of a request (other than 2^32 bytes).
nbd limits requests to 127KB: /sys/block/nbd0/queue/max_hw_sectors_kb:127 -- Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Nbd-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nbd-general
