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Diffstat (limited to 'util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c index d291e7b0..3ef0d57a 100644 --- a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c +++ b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ * Regarding: * Retries on zero-return. * - * 10 retries is generous, + * 5 retries is generous, * but also conservative. * This is enough for e.g. * slow USB flash drives, @@ -29,11 +29,17 @@ * Any more is too much * and not of much benefit. * + * 3-5 will tolerate buggy + * USB drives for example, + * but won't spin as long + * on really buggy and slow + * networks e.g. slow NFS. + * * At least 3-5 recommended. * Pass this at build time. */ #ifndef MAX_ZERO_RW_RETRY -#define MAX_ZERO_RW_RETRY 10 +#define MAX_ZERO_RW_RETRY 5 #endif /* * 0: portable pread/pwrite |