Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Allow number of IDE interfaces to be selected (X86) | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:55:55 +0100 |
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On Sad, 2005-06-25 at 16:41, Nick Warne wrote: > A small patch I done to allow X86 users to select the max number of IDE > interfaces they have - this eliminates the need for passing idex=noprobe on > the command line and/or stops the needless probes at boot on non-existant IDE > interfaces.
The needless probe cases patch went into -mm already. Also your change doesn't eliminate the need for noprobe in cases where its not the first or second interface in order.
The assumption most x86 users will only have two IDE interfaces is also generally wrong today, although they may fall under the SATA driver on newer boards.
I don't think this patch should go in - the one real reason for having it in embedded boxes was saving memory. The right fix for that is already something Bartlomiej has talked about fixing - the static allocation of the ide_hwifs array itself.
Alan
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