Re: [PATCH] Configure IDE probe delays

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-08-27T18:04:57Z

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).

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