--- linux-2.6.18-128.1.14.orig/include/linux/blkdev.h 2009-06-19 04:03:20.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.18-128.1.14/include/linux/blkdev.h 2009-09-04 16:31:30.000000000 -0400 @@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ extern int blkdev_issue_flush(struct blo #define MAX_PHYS_SEGMENTS 128 #define MAX_HW_SEGMENTS 128 #define SAFE_MAX_SECTORS 255 -#define BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS 1024 +#define BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS 2048 #define MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE 65536