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.TH "BLK_QUEUE_MAX_HW_SEGMENTS" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
blk_queue_max_hw_segments \- set max hw segments for a request for this queue
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
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void blk_queue_max_hw_segments  (request_queue_t * \fIq\fB, unsigned short \fImax_segments\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIq\fB\fR
the request queue for the device
.TP
\fB\fImax_segments\fB\fR
max number of segments
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
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.