Re: [PATCH 3/4] block, documentation: Explain the word 'segments'

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Bart,

> 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.

I don't have a problem clarifying the documentation. But the sysfs knobs
have a "segment" suffix so for better or for worse it is part of the
block layer lingo.

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering



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