Re: [PATCH] Configure IDE probe delays

Lee Revell
2004-08-27T18:08:49Z

On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 14:05, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Friday 27 August 2004 19:53, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 13:45, Greg Stark wrote:
> > > Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> 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.
>
> No and it won't because it is not a 'magic number' but rather a 'random
> number' (see Alan's mail for explanation).
>

OK, sorry. Missed that one the first time.

> BTW Lee, 48-bit addressing doesn't mean that capacity > 137GB
>

What determines whether 48 bit addressing will be used then?

Lee