From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261525AbVFZSIT (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:08:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261534AbVFZSIT (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:08:19 -0400 Received: from mail.linicks.net ([217.204.244.146]:49931 "EHLO linux233.linicks.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261525AbVFZSIO (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:08:14 -0400 From: Nick Warne To: Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IDE probing IDE_MAX_HWIFS Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:08:12 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <200506251210.37623.nick@linicks.net> <1119808271.28644.33.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1119808271.28644.33.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200506261908.12398.nick@linicks.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 26 June 2005 18:51, you wrote: > On Sad, 2005-06-25 at 12:10, Nick Warne wrote: > > Looking at the Kconfig, I see APLHA & SUPERH do get an option to change > > this to suit > > drivers/ide/Kconfig > > To make embedded systems as small as possible > > > Now my question :-) Is there a specific reason why this isn't included > > in other architectures? > > They are not embedded ? Heh. Yes I know now, but I was thinking along the lines that if someone knows how many IDE interfaces they have it could be specified exactly - I didn't/don't see why it is considered an option for config_embedded only to be allowed to do that. Nick -- "When you're chewing on life's gristle, Don't grumble, Give a whistle..."