From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261239AbUH0Rx1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:53:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266769AbUH0Rx1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:53:27 -0400 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:47814 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261239AbUH0RxZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:53:25 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Configure IDE probe delays From: Lee Revell To: Greg Stark Cc: Denis Vlasenko , Alan Cox , Todd Poynor , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Linux Kernel Mailing List , tim.bird@am.sony.com, dsingleton@mvista.com In-Reply-To: <87wtzkmq4l.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> References: <20040730191100.GA22201@slurryseal.ddns.mvista.com> <1091226922.5083.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1091232770.1677.24.camel@mindpipe> <200407311434.59604.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <1091296857.1677.286.camel@mindpipe> <87wtzkmq4l.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1093629202.837.37.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:53:22 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 13:45, Greg Stark wrote: > Lee Revell writes: > > > I wonder if 83 probes are really necessary. Maybe this could be > > optimized a bit. > > Or if the kernel could be doing something useful during that time. I don't > suppose it's possible to probe two different ide interfaces at the same time, > is it? > Did the patch to move this into a #define ever get merged? Seems like a no brainer, as it eliminates a magic number. Lee