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.TH "BLK_QUEUE_MERGE_BVEC" "9" "14 August 2003" "" ""

.SH NAME
blk_queue_merge_bvec \- set a merge_bvec function for queue
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
void blk_queue_merge_bvec  (request_queue_t * \fIq\fB, merge_bvec_fn * \fImbfn\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIq\fB\fR
queue
.TP
\fB\fImbfn\fB\fR
merge_bvec_fn
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Usually queues have static limitations on the max sectors or segments that
we can put in a request. Stacking drivers may have some settings that
are dynamic, and thus we have to query the queue whether it is ok to
add a new bio_vec to a bio at a given offset or not. If the block device
has such limitations, it needs to register a merge_bvec_fn to control
the size of bio's sent to it. Per default now merge_bvec_fn is defined for
a queue, and only the fixed limits are honored.
.SH "ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT"
.PP
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.0.