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From: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <kufel!ankry@green.mif.pg.gda.pl>
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Subject: Re: Fw: max number of ide controllers?
To: kufel!turbolinux.com!adilger@green.mif.pg.gda.pl (Andreas Dilger)
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 23:24:27 +0100 (CET)
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> 
> 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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