Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Nov 2005 09:37:37 -0800 | From | Matt Mackall <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 14/15] misc: Configurable number of supported IDE interfaces |
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 06:34:27PM +0100, Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Matt Mackall wrote: > > > It's intentional. The current CONFIG_IDE_MAX_HWIFS is a hidden > > variable that sets a per architecture maximum. To the best of my > > knowledge, there's no way to do, say: > > > > default 4 if ARCH_FOO > > default 1 if ARCH_BAR > > > > ..so I'm stuck with using two config symbols anyway. > > Where is the problem? This should work fine.
Does it? Didn't work when last I checked (which was a while ago).
> With the latest kernel you can even use a dynamic range: > > config IDE_HWIFS > int "..." > range 1 IDE_MAX_HWIFS
But this suggests a good reason to hold on to both variables.
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