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    [SCSI] sg: fixes for large page_size · 6460e75a
    Douglas Gilbert authored
    This sg driver patch addresses the problem with larger
    page sizes reported by Brian King in this post:
    http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=115867718623631&w=2
    
    
    Some other related matters are also addressed. Some of these
    prevent oopses when the SG_SCATTER_SZ or scatter_elem_sz are
    set to inappropriate values.
    
    The scatter_elem_sz has been tested up to 4 MB which should
    make the largest data transfer with one SCSI command, 32 MB
    less one block, achievable with a relatively small number
    of elements in the scatter gather list.
    
    ChangeLog:
        - add scatter_elem_sz boot time parameter and sysfs module
          parameter that is initialized to SG_SCATTER_SZ
        - the driver will then adjust scatter_elem_sz to be the
          max(given(scatter_elem_sz), PAGE_SIZE)
          It will also round it up, if necessary, to be a power
          of two
        - clean up sg.h header, correct bad urls and some statements
          that are no longer valid
        - make the def_reserved_size sysfs module attribute writable
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDouglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
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