Re: [PATCH 2/2] IB/iser: set max_segment_size

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On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 08:34:03AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Hello Christoph,
>
> ib_sg_to_pages() can handle segments that are larger than mr->page_size. 

The interface handles it fine, but we'll still end up using a segment
per (MR) page.

> Have you considered to set queue_limits.max_hw_sectors instead of 
> max_segment_size?

That's what NVMe does, but I don't think it's a good idea.  Because
of the unaligned start into the page this means you have to set the limit
to one lower than the actual hardware limit.
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