Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:49:02 +0100 (CET) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 14/15] misc: Configurable number of supported IDE interfaces |
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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).
I don't know what you tried, for me it does.
> > 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.
You _can_ use it, I didn't say you have to use it.
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