Re: Fixing the SCSI layer

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 5 Sep 1999 01:44:33 +0100 (BST)

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> Besides, cleaning up the code, has anyone identified specific performance
> problems that need to be fixed in the SCSI mid-layer? For some reason the
> Interphase FC adapter is topping out at ~72MB/s on sequential reads,
> this seems rather low, knowing that we can get 90+ with identical hardware
> under NT.

The code is too heavy weight. I See performance limits with the Symbios
FC card too. In paticular the commands/second is very very limited.

Alan

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