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Date:      Mon, 03 Feb 1997 11:35:38 -0800 (PST)
From:      Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
To:        "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
Cc:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, dyson@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: XXXminpys question
Message-ID:  <XFMail.970203120737.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
In-Reply-To: <199702010403.XAA02913@dyson.iquest.net>

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Hi John S. Dyson;  On 01-Jan-97 you wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi John S. Dyson;  On 31-Jan-97 you wrote: 
> > > It will require some restructuring of the pbuf (physical I/O buffer)
> > > code, but isn't that bad to do.  It has been in my queue for a while.
> > > If the driver-savvy people can work out a way to query the driver for
> > > the maximum I/O size, I can/will implement the upper level changes.
> > > 
> > > John Dyson
> > 
> > Is this not the purpose of the xxx_minphys entry point to the driver?
> > 
> > Simon
> > 
> Yes, except is that indeed the *right* way to do it?  I am suggesting
> that we review that choice first.

Coming to think about it, this really describes max_transfer, not min_phys.
No?

Simon



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