android_kernel_motorola_sm6225/drivers/infiniband
David Dillow c07d424d61 IB/srp: add support for indirect tables that don't fit in SRP_CMD
This allows us to guarantee the ability to submit up to 8 MB requests
based on the current value of SCSI_MAX_SG_CHAIN_SEGMENTS. While FMR will
usually condense the requests into 8 SG entries, it is imperative that
the target support external tables in case the FMR mapping fails or is
not supported.

We add a safety valve to allow targets without the needed support to
reap the benefits of the large tables, but fail in a manner that lets
the user know that the data didn't make it to the device. The user must
add "allow_ext_sg=1" to the target parameters to indicate that the
target has the needed support.

If indirect_sg_entries is not specified in the modules options, then
the sg_tablesize for the target will default to cmd_sg_entries unless
overridden by the target options.

Signed-off-by: David Dillow <dillowda@ornl.gov>
2011-03-15 19:37:23 -04:00
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core Merge branches 'amso1100', 'cma', 'cxgb4', 'misc', 'mlx4' and 'qib' into for-next 2011-01-29 20:45:04 -08:00
hw Merge branches 'nes' and 'qib' into for-next 2011-02-17 14:04:59 -08:00
ulp IB/srp: add support for indirect tables that don't fit in SRP_CMD 2011-03-15 19:37:23 -04:00
Kconfig Update broken web addresses in the kernel. 2010-10-18 11:03:14 +02:00
Makefile IB/qib: Add new qib driver for QLogic PCIe InfiniBand adapters 2010-05-23 21:44:54 -07:00