Name

blk_queue_max_phys_segments — set max phys segments for a request for this queue

Synopsis

void blk_queue_max_phys_segments (struct request_queue *  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 physical data segments in a request. This would be the largest sized scatter list the driver could handle.