Re: [PATCH] Make number of IDE interfaces configurable

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 11:29:34AM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 06:02:50PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 05:29:52PM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > >...
> > > --- 2.6.orig/include/linux/ide.h	2006-05-11 15:07:32.000000000 -0500
> > > +++ 2.6/include/linux/ide.h	2006-05-12 14:01:53.000000000 -0500
> > > @@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ static inline void ide_std_init_ports(hw
> > >  
> > >  #include <asm/ide.h>
> > >  
> > > -#ifndef MAX_HWIFS
> > > +#if !defined(MAX_HWIFS) || defined(CONFIG_EMBEDDED)
> > > +#undef MAX_HWIFS
> > >  #define MAX_HWIFS	CONFIG_IDE_MAX_HWIFS
> > >  #endif
> > 
> > Why do you need this?
> 
> Doesn't work without it?
> 
> Most platforms define MAX_HWIFS.

OK, now I got it.

Setting this value is sometimes done in heder files and sometimes 
done in the Kconfig file.

That is extremely ugly.

Bart, would you accept a patch to set in in the Kconfig file on all 
architectures?

cu
Adrian

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