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.TH "BLK_QUEUE_MAX_PHYS_SEGMENTS" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
blk_queue_max_phys_segments \- set max phys segments for a request for this queue
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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\fB
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void blk_queue_max_phys_segments  (request_queue_t * \fIq\fB, unsigned short \fImax_segments\fB);
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.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
physical data segments in a request.  This would be the largest sized
scatter list the driver could handle.