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- Lines: 38
- Date:
Fri Sep 27 07:52:29 1996
- Orig file:
v2.0.21/linux/drivers/scsi/advansys.h
- Orig date:
Sat Aug 17 21:19:27 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.0.21/linux/drivers/scsi/advansys.h linux/drivers/scsi/advansys.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: advansys.h,v 1.11 1996/08/12 17:20:44 bobf Exp bobf $ */
+/* $Id: advansys.h,v 1.12 1996/09/23 18:12:02 bobf Exp bobf $ */
/*
* advansys.h - Linux Host Driver for AdvanSys SCSI Adapters
*
@@ -85,10 +85,12 @@
1, /* unsigned unchecked_isa_dma:1 */ \
/* \
* All adapters controlled by this driver are capable of large \
- * scatter-gather lists. This apparently obviates any performance
- * gain provided by setting 'use_clustering'. \
+ * scatter-gather lists. According to the mid-level SCSI documentation \
+ * this obviates any performance gain provided by setting \
+ * 'use_clustering'. But empirically while CPU utilization is increased \
+ * by enabling clustering, I/O throughput increases as well. \
*/ \
- DISABLE_CLUSTERING, /* unsigned use_clustering:1 */ \
+ ENABLE_CLUSTERING, /* unsigned use_clustering:1 */ \
}
#else /* version >= v1.3.0 */
#define ADVANSYS { \
@@ -126,10 +128,12 @@
1, /* unsigned unchecked_isa_dma:1 */ \
/* \
* All adapters controlled by this driver are capable of large \
- * scatter-gather lists. This apparently obviates any performance
- * gain provided by setting 'use_clustering'. \
+ * scatter-gather lists. According to the mid-level SCSI documentation \
+ * this obviates any performance gain provided by setting \
+ * 'use_clustering'. But empirically while CPU utilization is increased \
+ * by enabling clustering, I/O throughput increases as well. \
*/ \
- DISABLE_CLUSTERING, /* unsigned use_clustering:1 */ \
+ ENABLE_CLUSTERING, /* unsigned use_clustering:1 */ \
}
#endif /* version >= v1.3.0 */
#endif /* _ADVANSYS_H */
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