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Merge branch 'tape-block-sizes'
authorHeiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:26:26 +0000 (10:26 +0200)
committerHeiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:26:26 +0000 (10:26 +0200)
commit5e09c0a03eb9a2710e42d2291751ed27e1b14f76
treec4e4239ebe67478e16d5af8bda27479e9e10ed34
parentec9b3b85ea28ac4ecd7483b0c8c4745948051ed7
parent319d3d66537e615e0729ae734099fe01581bc09d
Merge branch 'tape-block-sizes'

Jan Höppner says:

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The tape device driver is limited to a block size of 65535 bytes since a
single CCW can only transfer up to 64K-1 bytes (The count field is a
16bit value). This series introduces data chaining for all read/write
functions to support block sizes larger than 65535.

The tape device type 3490 (emulated) and 3590/3592 can handle up to
256K. [1]

[1] https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=blksize-system-determined-block-size

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Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
drivers/s390/char/tape_char.c