Hi,
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > > It's intentional. The current CONFIG_IDE_MAX_HWIFS is a hidden
> > > variable that sets a per architecture maximum. To the best of my
> > > knowledge, there's no way to do, say:
> > >
> > > default 4 if ARCH_FOO
> > > default 1 if ARCH_BAR
> > >
> > > ..so I'm stuck with using two config symbols anyway.
> >
> > Where is the problem? This should work fine.
>
> Does it? Didn't work when last I checked (which was a while ago).
I don't know what you tried, for me it does.
> > With the latest kernel you can even use a dynamic range:
> >
> > config IDE_HWIFS
> > int "..."
> > range 1 IDE_MAX_HWIFS
>
> But this suggests a good reason to hold on to both variables.
You _can_ use it, I didn't say you have to use it.
bye, Roman
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