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[PATCH] update max_sectors documentation
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The max_sectors has been split into max_hw_sectors and max_sectors for some
time. A patch to have blk_queue_max_sectors enforce this was sent by
me and it broke IDE. This patch updates the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
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Mike Christie authored and Jens Axboe committed Mar 27, 2006
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Expand Up @@ -132,8 +132,18 @@ Some new queue property settings:
limit. No highmem default.

blk_queue_max_sectors(q, max_sectors)
Maximum size request you can handle in units of 512 byte
sectors. 255 default.
Sets two variables that limit the size of the request.

- The request queue's max_sectors, which is a soft size in
in units of 512 byte sectors, and could be dynamically varied
by the core kernel.

- The request queue's max_hw_sectors, which is a hard limit
and reflects the maximum size request a driver can handle
in units of 512 byte sectors.

The default for both max_sectors and max_hw_sectors is
255. The upper limit of max_sectors is 1024.

blk_queue_max_phys_segments(q, max_segments)
Maximum physical segments you can handle in a request. 128
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