[OpenBIOS] [PATCH] macio ide: Fix dev tree entries for macio ide ports

[Segher Boessenkool]

> >>+	/* IDE ports on Macs are numbered from 3.
> >
> >No.  The "ata-3" ports are ATA-3 compatible controllers, etc.  The
> >"3" is just part of the name, nothing to do with numbering :-)
> >
> >Sorry for not telling you earlier.
> 
> OK, this does not change the patch only explains the strange naming. 
> Should we document it the comment or the mail archive will do?

I'd say the names are rather obvious, but a comment won't hurt.

> OpenBIOS does number ide devices though so to satisfy both we either need 
> to change the whole naming of ide interfaces in OpenBIOS or just number 
> them from 3 and this works for the currently emulated two ports.

You can have multiple devices per controller.

The device tree is a tree, not a linearly numbered array; the usual way
to make e.g disk0 and disk1 is via aliases.  Maybe you want that?


Segher