[U-Boot] [PATCH] Kirkwood: SATA supports only one device per bus

[Prafulla Wadaskar]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gray Remlin [mailto:gryrmln at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:21 PM
> To: Prafulla Wadaskar
> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kirkwood: SATA supports only one device per bus
> 
> On 03/30/2011 12:21 PM, Prafulla Wadaskar wrote:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Prafulla Wadaskar
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 4:48 PM
> >> To: 'Gray Remlin'
> >> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de; Prabhanjan Sarnaik; Ashish Karkare
> >> Subject: RE: [PATCH] Kirkwood: SATA supports only one device per bus
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Gray Remlin [mailto:gryrmln at gmail.com]
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 1:12 AM
> >>> To: Prafulla Wadaskar
> >>> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de; Gray Remlin
> >>> Subject: [PATCH] Kirkwood: SATA supports only one device per bus
> >>>
> >>> Change CONFIG_SYS_IDE_MAXDEVICE from 2 to 1
> >> Kirkwood supports max 2
> >> Why do you want this change?
> > Hi Gray
> > I take back my words. I will study more and let you know my comments
> on this.
> > Sorry for noise.
> >
> > Regards..
> > Prafulla . .
> >
> >> Regards..
> >> Prafulla ..
> >>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Gray Remlin<gryrmln at gmail.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>   arch/arm/include/asm/arch-kirkwood/config.h |    3 ++-
> >>>   1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-kirkwood/config.h
> >>> b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-kirkwood/config.h
> >>> index 71ba464..f582ba4 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-kirkwood/config.h
> >>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-kirkwood/config.h
> >>> @@ -128,7 +128,8 @@
> >>>   #define CONFIG_LBA48
> >>>   /* CONFIG_CMD_IDE requires some #defines for ATA registers */
> >>>   #define CONFIG_SYS_IDE_MAXBUS		2
> >>> -#define CONFIG_SYS_IDE_MAXDEVICE	2
> >>> +/* Only one device per bus on SATA */
> >>> +#define CONFIG_SYS_IDE_MAXDEVICE	1
> >>>   /* ATA registers base is at SATA controller base */
> >>>   #define CONFIG_SYS_ATA_BASE_ADDR	MV_SATA_BASE
> >>>   #endif /* CONFIG_CMD_IDE */
> >>> --
> >>> 1.7.4
> Hi Prafulla,
> 
> This one was a bit of a judgement call.
> You are absolutely correct in what you say that Kirkwood supports two,
> but
> to the best of my knowledge, no one has yet implemented a board using
> both busses (I am not that familiar with OpenRD, I may have to eat my
> words).

OpenRD-Base board has two, one e-sata for external hdd and one sata for onboard hdd interface, I am using them :-)

Regards..
Prafulla . .

> 
> For the sheevaplug, guruplug & dreamplug, it is definitely the case that
> only
> one device can be attached.
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