What about 
	dd if=/dev/cciss/c0d1p1 of=/dev/null bs=4096k
Should be similar, right?  When I had tried that, I still got a max 
of 64 SG's coming down.   Tried lots of other block sizes too...
Maybe it's something to do with disk performance.  A raid 1 volume of two
disks seems to give me 64 SGs, but a raid-0 set (1 disk) gets me
just 32.  Maybe adding more disks in a stripe-set would get me more.
I haven't experimented enough to see if that behavior is consistent.
[...]
> Besides, if you put 8kb on the stack you are already seriously in
> trouble. 
That is what I thought, but I could't remember where I learned it.
Anyway, here is a new cciss patch to work with your ll_rw_blk.c patch
to use more than 31 scatter gather entries.
-- steve
 drivers/block/Config.help  |   16 +++
 drivers/block/Config.in    |    3 
 drivers/block/cciss.c      |  216 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 drivers/block/cciss.h      |   10 ++
 drivers/block/cciss_cmd.h  |   13 ++
 drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c |   26 +++++
 6 files changed, 237 insertions, 47 deletions
--- lx2544ac3/drivers/block/cciss.c~sgc3	Mon Oct 28 15:18:44 2002
+++ lx2544ac3-root/drivers/block/cciss.c	Mon Oct 28 16:02:07 2002
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h> 
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ static int cciss_proc_get_info(char *buf
                 "       Current Q depth: %d\n"
                 "       Max Q depth since init: %d\n"
 		"       Max # commands on controller since init: %d\n"
-		"       Max SG entries since init: %d\n\n",
+		"       Max SG entries since init: %d/%d\n\n",
                 h->devname,
                 h->product_name,
                 (unsigned long)h->board_id,
@@ -173,7 +174,8 @@ static int cciss_proc_get_info(char *buf
                 (unsigned int)h->intr,
                 h->num_luns, 
                 h->highest_lun, 
-                h->Qdepth, h->maxQsinceinit, h->max_outstanding, h->maxSG);
+                h->Qdepth, h->maxQsinceinit, h->max_outstanding, h->maxSG,
+		h->sg_limit);
 
         pos += size; len += size;
 	cciss_proc_tape_report(ctlr, buffer, &pos, &len);
@@ -248,6 +250,44 @@ static void __init cciss_procinit(int i)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
+static int supports_sg_chaining(ctlr_info_t *h)
+{
+	int fw_ver =	(h->firm_ver[0] - '0') * 100 + /* [1] == '.', skip */
+			(h->firm_ver[2] - '0') * 10 +
+			(h->firm_ver[3] - '0');
+	/* 1st generation controllers need >= 2.32 firmware */
+	if (h->pdev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_COMPAQ_CISS)
+		return (fw_ver >= 232);
+	/* 2nd generation controllers need >= 1.78 firmware */
+	if (h->pdev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_COMPAQ_CISSB)
+		return (fw_ver >= 178);
+	/* All controllers >= 3rd generation (will) support this. */
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static void cciss_allocate_extra_sg_pages(int ctlr)
+{
+	/* Allocate extra SG list pages if supported and requested */
+	if (supports_sg_chaining(hba[ctlr]) && CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES > 1) {
+		hba[ctlr]->sglist_pool = (SGDescriptor_struct *)
+		pci_alloc_consistent(hba[ctlr]->pdev,
+			(CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES-1) * MAXSGENTRIES *
+				NR_CMDS * sizeof(SGDescriptor_struct),
+			&(hba[ctlr]->sglist_pool_dhandle));
+		if (hba[ctlr]->sglist_pool == NULL)
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "cciss%d: Scatter-gather list "
+				"chaining not enabled.", ctlr);
+	}
+}
+
+static inline int figure_sg_limit(int i)
+{
+	/* figure out how many SGs we want to support for this board. */
+	if (supports_sg_chaining(hba[i]) && hba[i]->sglist_pool != NULL)
+		return CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES * (MAXSGENTRIES-1);
+	return MAXSGENTRIES; /* no SG list chaining. */
+}
+
 /* 
  * For operations that cannot sleep, a command block is allocated at init, 
  * and managed by cmd_alloc() and cmd_free() using a simple bitmap to track
@@ -258,7 +298,7 @@ static void __init cciss_procinit(int i)
 static CommandList_struct * cmd_alloc(ctlr_info_t *h, int get_from_pool)
 {
 	CommandList_struct *c;
-	int i; 
+	int i, j;
 	u64bit temp64;
 	dma_addr_t cmd_dma_handle, err_dma_handle;
 
@@ -273,14 +313,40 @@ static CommandList_struct * cmd_alloc(ct
 		c->err_info = (ErrorInfo_struct *)pci_alloc_consistent(
 					h->pdev, sizeof(ErrorInfo_struct), 
 					&err_dma_handle);
-	
-		if (c->err_info == NULL)
-		{
+
+		if (c->err_info == NULL) {
 			pci_free_consistent(h->pdev, 
 				sizeof(CommandList_struct), c, cmd_dma_handle);
 			return NULL;
 		}
+		c->sgdlist[0].sgd = c->SG;
+		c->sgdlist[0].dma = cmd_dma_handle +
+			((void *) c->SG - (void *) c);
 		memset(c->err_info, 0, sizeof(ErrorInfo_struct));
+
+		if (h->sglist_pool != NULL) {
+			c->sgdlist[1].sgd = (SGDescriptor_struct *)
+				pci_alloc_consistent(h->pdev, SGD_SIZE *
+					(CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES - 1),
+					&c->sgdlist[0].dma);
+
+			if (c->sgdlist[1].sgd == NULL) {
+				pci_free_consistent(h->pdev,
+					sizeof(ErrorInfo_struct), c->err_info,
+					err_dma_handle);
+				pci_free_consistent(h->pdev,
+					sizeof(CommandList_struct), c,
+					cmd_dma_handle);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			memset(&c->sgdlist[0].sgd[0], 0, SGD_SIZE);
+			for (j=1;j<CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES-1; j++) {
+				c->sgdlist[j+1].sgd =
+					(void *)c->sgdlist[j].sgd+j*SGD_SIZE;
+				c->sgdlist[j+1].dma =
+					c->sgdlist[j].dma + j * SGD_SIZE;
+			}
+		}
 	} else /* get it out of the controllers pool */ 
 	{
 	     	do {
@@ -300,6 +366,20 @@ static CommandList_struct * cmd_alloc(ct
 		err_dma_handle = h->errinfo_pool_dhandle 
 					+ i*sizeof(ErrorInfo_struct);
                 h->nr_allocs++;
+		c->sgdlist[0].sgd = c->SG;
+		c->sgdlist[0].dma = cmd_dma_handle +
+			((void *) c->SG - (void *) c);
+		if (h->sglist_pool != NULL)
+			for (j=0; j < CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES-1 ; j++) {
+				c->sgdlist[j+1].sgd =
+					(void *) h->sglist_pool +
+					SGD_SIZE *
+					(i * (CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES - 1)+j);
+				c->sgdlist[j+1].dma =
+					h->sglist_pool_dhandle +
+					SGD_SIZE *
+					(i * (CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES - 1)+j);
+			}
         }
 
 	c->busaddr = (__u32) cmd_dma_handle;
@@ -307,11 +387,8 @@ static CommandList_struct * cmd_alloc(ct
 	c->ErrDesc.Addr.lower = temp64.val32.lower;
 	c->ErrDesc.Addr.upper = temp64.val32.upper;
 	c->ErrDesc.Len = sizeof(ErrorInfo_struct);
-	
 	c->ctlr = h->ctlr;
-        return c;
-
-
+	return c;
 }
 
 /* 
@@ -326,6 +403,9 @@ static void cmd_free(ctlr_info_t *h, Com
 	{ 
 		temp64.val32.lower = c->ErrDesc.Addr.lower;
 		temp64.val32.upper = c->ErrDesc.Addr.upper;
+		pci_free_consistent(h->pdev, SGD_SIZE *
+			CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES,
+			c->sgdlist[0].sgd, c->sgdlist[0].dma);
 		pci_free_consistent(h->pdev, sizeof(ErrorInfo_struct), 
 			c->err_info, (dma_addr_t) temp64.val);
 		pci_free_consistent(h->pdev, sizeof(CommandList_struct), 
@@ -1771,6 +1851,8 @@ static inline void complete_command( ctl
 struct cciss_map_state {
 	CommandList_struct *command;
 	int data_dir;
+	int sgelem;
+	int sgpage; 
 };
 
 static void cciss_map_sg(request_queue_t *q, struct scatterlist *sg, int nseg,
@@ -1778,16 +1860,32 @@ static void cciss_map_sg(request_queue_t
 {
 	struct cciss_map_state *s = cookie;
 	CommandList_struct *c = s->command;
+	SGDescriptor_struct *sgd;
 	ctlr_info_t *h= q->queuedata;
 	u64bit temp64;
 
-	c->SG[nseg].Len = sg->length;
-	temp64.val = (__u64) pci_map_page(h->pdev, sg->page, sg->offset,
-					  sg->length, s->data_dir);
+	sgd = &c->sgdlist[s->sgpage].sgd[s->sgelem];
 
-	c->SG[nseg].Addr.lower = temp64.val32.lower;
-	c->SG[nseg].Addr.upper = temp64.val32.upper;
-	c->SG[nseg].Ext = 0;  // we are not chaining
+	/* if we hit end of SG page, then chain to new SG page, if we can */
+	if (s->sgelem == MAXSGENTRIES-1 && h->sglist_pool) {
+		s->sgpage++;
+		/* Set this SG elem to point to dma-able addr of next SG page */
+		temp64.val = (__u64) c->sgdlist[s->sgpage].dma;
+		sgd->Addr.lower = temp64.val32.lower;
+		sgd->Addr.upper = temp64.val32.upper;
+		sgd->Ext = CISS_SG_CHAIN;
+		sgd->Len = SGD_SIZE;	/* total no. of bytes in a SG page. */
+					/* (wrong for last page.) */
+		sgd = &c->sgdlist[s->sgpage].sgd[0];
+		s->sgelem = 0;	/* Start at SG zero on the new SG page */
+	}
+	temp64.val = (__u64) pci_map_page(h->pdev, sg->page, sg->offset,
+				sg->length, s->data_dir);
+	sgd->Addr.lower = temp64.val32.lower;
+	sgd->Addr.upper = temp64.val32.upper;
+	sgd->Len = sg->length;
+	sgd->Ext = 0;
+	s->sgelem++;
 }
 
 /* 
@@ -1810,7 +1908,7 @@ queue:
 		goto startio;
 
 	creq = elv_next_request(q);
-	if (creq->nr_phys_segments > MAXSGENTRIES)
+	if (creq->nr_phys_segments > h->sg_limit)
                 BUG();
 
 	if (( c = cmd_alloc(h, 1)) == NULL)
@@ -1849,8 +1947,11 @@ queue:
 		map_state.data_dir = PCI_DMA_TODEVICE;
 
 	map_state.command = c;
+	map_state.sgelem = 0;
+	map_state.sgpage = 0;
 
 	seg = blk_rq_map_consume(q, creq, cciss_map_sg, &map_state);
+	seg += map_state.sgpage;
 
 	/* track how many SG entries we are using */ 
 	if( seg > h->maxSG)
@@ -1860,7 +1961,16 @@ queue:
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "cciss: Submitting %d sectors in %d segments\n", creq->nr_sectors, seg);
 #endif /* CCISS_DEBUG */
 
-	c->Header.SGList = c->Header.SGTotal = seg;
+ 	if (seg > MAXSGENTRIES) {
+ 		c->Header.SGList = MAXSGENTRIES;
+ 		/* fixup last chained sg page length, probably not SGD_SIZE. */
+ 		c->sgdlist[map_state.sgpage-1].sgd[MAXSGENTRIES-1].Len =
+ 			map_state.sgelem * sizeof(SGDescriptor_struct);
+ 	} else
+ 		c->Header.SGList = seg;
+ 
+ 	c->Header.SGTotal = seg;
+	
 	c->Request.CDB[1]= 0;
 	c->Request.CDB[2]= (start_blk >> 24) & 0xff;	//MSB
 	c->Request.CDB[3]= (start_blk >> 16) & 0xff;
@@ -2328,6 +2438,33 @@ static void free_hba(int i)
 	kfree(p);
 }
 
+
+static void bail_out(int i)
+{
+	if(hba[i]->cmd_pool_bits)
+		kfree(hba[i]->cmd_pool_bits);
+	if(hba[i]->cmd_pool)
+		pci_free_consistent(hba[i]->pdev,
+			NR_CMDS * sizeof(CommandList_struct),
+			hba[i]->cmd_pool, hba[i]->cmd_pool_dhandle);
+	if(hba[i]->errinfo_pool)
+		pci_free_consistent(hba[i]->pdev,
+			NR_CMDS * sizeof( ErrorInfo_struct),
+			hba[i]->errinfo_pool,
+			hba[i]->errinfo_pool_dhandle);
+	if (hba[i]->sglist_pool != NULL)
+		pci_free_consistent(hba[i]->pdev,
+			(CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES-1) * MAXSGENTRIES *
+				NR_CMDS * sizeof(SGDescriptor_struct),
+			hba[i]->sglist_pool,
+			hba[i]->sglist_pool_dhandle);
+	free_irq(hba[i]->intr, hba[i]);
+	unregister_blkdev(MAJOR_NR+i, hba[i]->devname);
+	release_io_mem(hba[i]);
+	free_hba(i);
+	printk( KERN_ERR "cciss: out of memory");
+}
+
 /*
  *  This is it.  Find all the controllers and register them.  I really hate
  *  stealing all these major device numbers.
@@ -2376,6 +2513,11 @@ static int __init cciss_init_one(struct 
 		free_hba(i);
 		return(-1);
 	}
+	/* Assume we can't do SG page chaining until we know otherwise */
+	hba[i]->sglist_pool = NULL;
+	hba[i]->sglist_pool_dhandle = (dma_addr_t) NULL;
+	hba[i]->sg_limit = MAXSGENTRIES;
+
 	/* make sure the board interrupts are off */
 	hba[i]->access.set_intr_mask(hba[i], CCISS_INTR_OFF);
 	if( request_irq(hba[i]->intr, do_cciss_intr, 
@@ -2398,24 +2540,8 @@ static int __init cciss_init_one(struct 
 		&(hba[i]->errinfo_pool_dhandle));
 	if((hba[i]->cmd_pool_bits == NULL) 
 		|| (hba[i]->cmd_pool == NULL)
-		|| (hba[i]->errinfo_pool == NULL))
-        {
-		if(hba[i]->cmd_pool_bits)
-                	kfree(hba[i]->cmd_pool_bits);
-                if(hba[i]->cmd_pool)
-                	pci_free_consistent(hba[i]->pdev,  
-				NR_CMDS * sizeof(CommandList_struct), 
-				hba[i]->cmd_pool, hba[i]->cmd_pool_dhandle);	
-		if(hba[i]->errinfo_pool)
-			pci_free_consistent(hba[i]->pdev,
-				NR_CMDS * sizeof( ErrorInfo_struct),
-				hba[i]->errinfo_pool, 
-				hba[i]->errinfo_pool_dhandle);
-                free_irq(hba[i]->intr, hba[i]);
-                unregister_blkdev(MAJOR_NR+i, hba[i]->devname);
-		release_io_mem(hba[i]);
-		free_hba(i);
-                printk( KERN_ERR "cciss: out of memory");
+		|| (hba[i]->errinfo_pool == NULL)) {
+		bail_out(i);
 		return(-1);
 	}
 
@@ -2431,7 +2557,7 @@ static int __init cciss_init_one(struct 
 #endif /* CCISS_DEBUG */
 
 	cciss_getgeometry(i);
-
+	cciss_allocate_extra_sg_pages(i);
 	cciss_scsi_setup(i);
 
 	/* Turn the interrupts on so we can service requests */
@@ -2439,21 +2565,16 @@ static int __init cciss_init_one(struct 
 
 	cciss_procinit(i);
 
+	hba[i]->sg_limit = figure_sg_limit(i);
 	q = &hba[i]->queue;
         q->queuedata = hba[i];
 	spin_lock_init(&hba[i]->lock);
         blk_init_queue(q, do_cciss_request, &hba[i]->lock);
 	blk_queue_bounce_limit(q, hba[i]->pdev->dma_mask);
-
-	/* This is a hardware imposed limit. */
-	blk_queue_max_hw_segments(q, MAXSGENTRIES);
-
-	/* This is a limit in the driver and could be eliminated. */
-	blk_queue_max_phys_segments(q, MAXSGENTRIES);
-
+	blk_queue_max_hw_segments(q, hba[i]->sg_limit);
+	blk_queue_max_phys_segments(q, hba[i]->sg_limit);
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(q, 512);
 
-
 	for(j=0; j<NWD; j++) {
 		drive_info_struct *drv = &(hba[i]->drv[j]);
 		struct gendisk *disk = hba[i]->gendisk[j];
@@ -2521,6 +2642,11 @@ static void __devexit cciss_remove_one (
 			    hba[i]->cmd_pool, hba[i]->cmd_pool_dhandle);
 	pci_free_consistent(hba[i]->pdev, NR_CMDS * sizeof( ErrorInfo_struct),
 		hba[i]->errinfo_pool, hba[i]->errinfo_pool_dhandle);
+	if (hba[i]->sglist_pool != NULL)
+		pci_free_consistent(hba[i]->pdev,
+			(CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES-1) * MAXSGENTRIES *
+				NR_CMDS * sizeof(SGDescriptor_struct),
+			hba[i]->sglist_pool, hba[i]->sglist_pool_dhandle);
 	kfree(hba[i]->cmd_pool_bits);
  	release_io_mem(hba[i]);
 	free_hba(i);
--- lx2544ac3/drivers/block/cciss_cmd.h~sgc3	Mon Oct 28 15:18:44 2002
+++ lx2544ac3-root/drivers/block/cciss_cmd.h	Mon Oct 28 15:42:13 2002
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 //general boundary defintions
 #define SENSEINFOBYTES          32//note that this value may vary between host implementations
+
+/* MAXSGENTRIES is the max scatter gather entries per SG page,
+   some adapters support chaining SG pages, using the last SG
+   entry to point to the next SG page. */
 #define MAXSGENTRIES            31
 #define MAXREPLYQS              256
 
@@ -195,8 +199,11 @@ typedef struct _SGDescriptor_struct {
   QWORD  Addr;
   DWORD  Len;
   DWORD  Ext;
+#define CISS_SG_CHAIN 0x80000000
 } SGDescriptor_struct;
 
+#define SGD_SIZE (sizeof(SGDescriptor_struct) * MAXSGENTRIES)
+
 typedef union _MoreErrInfo_struct{
   struct {
     BYTE  Reserved[3];
@@ -226,6 +233,11 @@ typedef struct _ErrorInfo_struct {
 #define CMD_MSG_DONE	0x04
 #define CMD_MSG_TIMEOUT 0x05
 
+struct sgd_list_t {
+	SGDescriptor_struct *sgd;
+	dma_addr_t dma;
+};
+
 typedef struct _CommandList_struct {
   CommandListHeader_struct Header;
   RequestBlock_struct      Request;
@@ -241,6 +253,7 @@ typedef struct _CommandList_struct {
   struct request *	   rq;
   struct completion *waiting;
   int	 retry_count;
+  struct sgd_list_t sgdlist[CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES];
 #ifdef CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE
   void * scsi_cmd;
 #endif
--- lx2544ac3/drivers/block/cciss.h~sgc3	Mon Oct 28 15:18:44 2002
+++ lx2544ac3-root/drivers/block/cciss.h	Mon Oct 28 15:18:44 2002
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ typedef struct _drive_info_struct
 	int 	cylinders;
 } drive_info_struct;
 
+#if CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES < 1
+#error "CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES must be greater than 0 and less than 9"
+#elif CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES > 8
+/* eight is rather arbitrary...no real limit here. */
+#error "CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES must be greater than 0 and less than 9"
+#endif
+
 struct ctlr_info 
 {
 	int	ctlr;
@@ -77,9 +84,12 @@ struct ctlr_info 
 	dma_addr_t		cmd_pool_dhandle; 
 	ErrorInfo_struct 	*errinfo_pool;
 	dma_addr_t		errinfo_pool_dhandle; 
+	SGDescriptor_struct	*sglist_pool;
+	dma_addr_t		sglist_pool_dhandle;
         unsigned long  		*cmd_pool_bits;
 	int			nr_allocs;
 	int			nr_frees; 
+	int			sg_limit;
 
 	// Disk structures we need to pass back
 	struct gendisk   *gendisk[NWD];
--- lx2544ac3/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c~sgc3	Mon Oct 28 15:18:44 2002
+++ lx2544ac3-root/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c	Mon Oct 28 15:18:44 2002
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ scsi_cmd_stack_free(int ctlr)
 	"Unknown" : scsi_device_types[n]
 
 #if 0
-static int xmargin=8;
+static int xmargin=24;
 static int amargin=60;
 
 static void
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ print_bytes (unsigned char *c, int len, 
 static void
 print_cmd(CommandList_struct *cp)
 {
+	int i;
+	int sg, sgp;
+	SGDescriptor_struct *sgd;
+
 	printk("queue:%d\n", cp->Header.ReplyQueue);
 	printk("sglist:%d\n", cp->Header.SGList);
 	printk("sgtot:%d\n", cp->Header.SGTotal);
@@ -329,7 +333,25 @@ print_cmd(CommandList_struct *cp)
 	printk("edesc.Addr: 0x%08x/0%08x, Len  = %d\n", 
 		cp->ErrDesc.Addr.upper, cp->ErrDesc.Addr.lower, 
 			cp->ErrDesc.Len);
-	printk("sgs..........Errorinfo:\n");
+	printk("SGS:\n");
+	sgp = 0; sg = 0;
+	sgd = cp->sgdlist[sgp].sgd;
+	for (i=0;i<cp->Header.SGTotal;i++) {
+		printk("0x%08x%08x : %d: %d %s\n", sgd[sg].Addr.upper,
+			sgd[sg].Addr.lower, sgd[sg].Len,
+			sgd[sg].Ext, sg >= MAXSGENTRIES-1 ? " chain" : "");
+
+		if (sg == MAXSGENTRIES-1 && ! sgd[sg].Ext &&
+			cp->Header.SGTotal != cp->Header.SGList)
+			printk("Extended SG bit expected, but not set!\n");
+		sg++;
+		if (sg >= MAXSGENTRIES) {
+			sg = 0;
+			sgp++;
+			sgd = cp->sgdlist[sgp].sgd;
+		}
+	}
+	printk("Errorinfo:\n");
 	printk("scsistatus:%d\n", cp->err_info->ScsiStatus);
 	printk("senselen:%d\n", cp->err_info->SenseLen);
 	printk("cmd status:%d\n", cp->err_info->CommandStatus);
--- lx2544ac3/drivers/block/Config.help~sgc3	Mon Oct 28 15:18:44 2002
+++ lx2544ac3-root/drivers/block/Config.help	Mon Oct 28 15:18:44 2002
@@ -196,6 +196,22 @@ CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA
   boards supported by this driver, and for further information
   on the use of this driver.
 
+CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES
+  This is the number of scatter gather pages to pre-allocate
+  for each command block.  Each page for each command can hold
+  up to 31 scatter gather elements.  Values greater than 1 may
+  yield better performance at the cost of memory usage.  The 
+  minumum value is 1, which is also likely to be a reasonable 
+  value.  You may observe the values reported in 
+  /proc/driver/cciss/cciss* for "Max SG entries since init X/Y".  
+  There are two values, X/Y, where X is the maximum number of SG 
+  elements used by any one command so far, and Y is the total 
+  number of scatter gather elements available for each command.  
+  If X == Y, then at least once, some command used up all its 
+  available scatter gather elements.  If X remains less than Y 
+  after some period of running a typical load, then there is no 
+  benefit in increasing this parameter.
+
 CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE
   When enabled (Y), this option allows SCSI tape drives and SCSI medium
   changers (tape robots) to be accessed via a Compaq 5xxx array 
--- lx2544ac3/drivers/block/Config.in~sgc3	Mon Oct 28 15:18:44 2002
+++ lx2544ac3-root/drivers/block/Config.in	Mon Oct 28 15:18:44 2002
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ if [ "$CONFIG_PARIDE" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_
 fi
 dep_tristate 'Compaq SMART2 support' CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA $CONFIG_PCI
 dep_tristate 'Compaq Smart Array 5xxx support' CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA $CONFIG_PCI 
+if [ "$CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA" = "m" ]; then
+	int '       Maximum scatter gather pages per command' CONFIG_CISS_MAX_SG_PAGES 1
+fi
 dep_mbool '       SCSI tape drive support for Smart Array 5xxx' CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE $CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA $CONFIG_SCSI
 dep_tristate 'Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 $CONFIG_PCI
 dep_tristate 'Micro Memory MM5415 Battery Backed RAM support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM $CONFIG_PCI $CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
.
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