Re: Fw: max number of ide controllers?

From: Charles Wilkins (chas@pcscs.com)
Date: Fri Dec 22 2000 - 23:04:45 EST


Here is what worked.

append="ide6=0x168,0x36e,10"

Thanks all for your help.

Merry Christmas : )

> > Charles Wilkins writes:
> > > I have ide.2.2.18.1209.patch applied. The kernel is 2.2.18.
> > > So what is the answer? 4 controllers max or 10 for my kernel?
> >
> > 10 controllers if you have the IDE patches applied. 4 otherwise.
>
> Look the source Luck ...
>
> 2.2.18 ide.c:
>
> static const byte ide_hwif_to_major[] = {IDE0_MAJOR, IDE1_MAJOR,
> IDE2_MAJOR, IDE3_MAJOR, IDE4_MAJOR, IDE5_MAJOR };
>
> 6 otherwise
>
> Andrzej

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