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blk_queue_max_hw_segments

Name

blk_queue_max_hw_segments -- set max hw segments for a request for this queue

Synopsis

void blk_queue_max_hw_segments (request_queue_t * q, unsigned short max_segments);

Arguments

q: the request queue for the device
max_segments: max number of segments

Description

Enables a low level driver to set an upper limit on the number of hw data segments in a request. This would be the largest number of address/length pairs the host adapter can actually give as once to the device.

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