Re: [PATCH] ppc64: Bump MAX_HWIFS in IDE code

Anton Blanchard
2004-11-09T21:26:14Z

> > diff -puN include/asm-ppc64/ide.h~bump_ide_hwifs include/asm-ppc64/ide.h
> > --- gr_work/include/asm-ppc64/ide.h~bump_ide_hwifs 2004-08-25 08:11:54.357759525 -0500
> > +++ gr_work-anton/include/asm-ppc64/ide.h 2004-08-25 08:11:54.366758100 -0500
> > @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
> > #ifdef __KERNEL__
> >
> > #ifndef MAX_HWIFS
> > -# define MAX_HWIFS 4
> > +# define MAX_HWIFS 16
> > #endif
>
> hrmph. That costs 50kbytes, excluding ide-tape. It's worth a config
> variable, I think.

Ouch. BTW i386 has it set to 10, it should be looked at as well.

Anton