Name

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

Synopsis

void blk_queue_max_hw_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 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.