Commit 0c766e78 authored by Bart Van Assche's avatar Bart Van Assche Committed by Jens Axboe

block, documentation: Explain the word 'segments'

Several block layer users who are not kernel developers do not know that
the word 'segment' refers to an element in a DMA scatter/gather list. Make
the block layer documentation easier to understand by stating explicitly
what the word 'segment' stands for.
Reviewed-by: default avatarMartin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarBart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
parent 6728ac33
......@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ This is the maximum number of kilobytes supported in a single data transfer.
max_integrity_segments (RO)
---------------------------
When read, this file shows the max limit of integrity segments as
set by block layer which a hardware controller can handle.
Maximum number of elements in a DMA scatter/gather list with integrity
data that will be submitted by the block layer core to the associated
block driver.
max_sectors_kb (RW)
-------------------
......@@ -109,11 +110,12 @@ size allowed by the hardware.
max_segments (RO)
-----------------
Maximum number of segments of the device.
Maximum number of elements in a DMA scatter/gather list that is submitted
to the associated block driver.
max_segment_size (RO)
---------------------
Maximum segment size of the device.
Maximum size in bytes of a single element in a DMA scatter/gather list.
minimum_io_size (RO)
--------------------
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