Hello,
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 06:15:37AM +0000, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> Added Files:
> src [tls-maxphys]: MAXPHYS-NOTES
>
> Log Message:
> Initial snapshot of work to eliminate 64K MAXPHYS. Basically works for
> physio (I/O to raw devices); needs more doing to get it going with the
> filesystems, but it shouldn't damage data.
>
> All work's been done on amd64 so far. Not hard to add support to other
> ports. If others want to pitch in, one very helpful thing would be to
> sort out when and how IDE disks can do 128K or larger transfers, and
> adjust the various PCI IDE (or at least ahcisata) drivers and wd.c
> accordingly -- it would make testing much easier. Another very helpful
> thing would be to implement a smart minphys() for RAIDframe along the
> lines detailed in the MAXPHYS-NOTES file.
glad to see you're working on this ! It's been something I've had in my
TODO list for a while. I'll have a look at the IDE driver ASAP,
getting it going shouldn't be too hard.
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Manuel Bouyer <bou...@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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