Re: [SCSI] Set max_phys_segments to sg_tablesize

[Herbert Xu]

mika.penttila@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> Many SCSI host drivers assume that use_sg will be <= sg_tablesize.
>> Hence they may break under 2.6 as the number of physical segments
>> is not limited by sg_tablesize.  This patch fixes that.
> 
> Physical segments don't matter,  hw segments does and it's bounded by sg_tablesize.

It does matter if the driver can't cope with it.
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