Re: [SCSI] Set max_phys_segments to sg_tablesize

[mika.penttila]

>>> 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.


But this fix may hurt performance with well behaving drivers in iommu systems. It's better to fix the broken drivers I think.

--Mika


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