[U-Boot] [PATCH 02/11] IDE: Don't assume there are always two devices per bus

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Apr 25 23:31:21 CEST 2011


Dear rogan at dawes.za.net,

In message <1300435500-4909-3-git-send-email-rogan at dawes.za.net> you wrote:
> From: Rogan Dawes <rogan at dawes.za.net>
> 
> Some SATA controllers can operate in an IDE compatible mode (e.g. mvsata)
> but will only ever have a single device per bus.
> 
> This allows the upcoming DNS323 port to properly identify and use
> a drive on both SATA interfaces.
> ---
>  include/ide.h |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/ide.h b/include/ide.h
> index 6a1b7ae..c812b28 100644
> --- a/include/ide.h
> +++ b/include/ide.h
> @@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
>  #ifndef	_IDE_H
>  #define _IDE_H
>  
> -#define	IDE_BUS(dev)	(dev >> 1)
> +#define	IDE_BUS(dev)	(dev >> ((CONFIG_SYS_IDE_MAXDEVICE / \
> +				CONFIG_SYS_IDE_MAXBUS) - 1))

I am still not convinced this is a correct approach.  Can we not have
mixed configurations, with 1 device on one controller (bus) and 2
devices on another controller (bus) ?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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