Merge pull request #350 from SpiNNakerManchester/number_of_boards

remove number_of_boards param

spinnman/extended/extended_transceiver.py

@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
 
 
 def create_transceiver_from_hostname(
-        hostname, version, bmp_connection_data=None, number_of_boards=None,
-        auto_detect_bmp=False):
+        hostname, version, bmp_connection_data=None, auto_detect_bmp=False):
     """
     Create a Transceiver by creating a :py:class:`~.UDPConnection` to the
     given hostname on port 17893 (the default SCAMP port), and a
@@ -63,9 +62,6 @@ def create_transceiver_from_hostname(
     :param hostname: The hostname or IP address of the board or `None` if
         only the BMP connections are of interest
     :type hostname: str or None
-    :param number_of_boards: a number of boards expected to be supported, or
-        ``None``, which defaults to a single board
-    :type number_of_boards: int or None
     :param int version: the type of SpiNNaker board used within the SpiNNaker
         machine being used. If a Spinn-5 board, then the version will be 5,
         Spinn-3 would equal 3 and so on.
@@ -97,7 +93,7 @@ def create_transceiver_from_hostname(
     if (version >= 4 and auto_detect_bmp is True and
             (bmp_connection_data is None or not bmp_connection_data)):
         bmp_connection_data = [
-            work_out_bmp_from_machine_details(hostname, number_of_boards)]
+            work_out_bmp_from_machine_details(hostname)]
 
     # handle BMP connections
     if bmp_connection_data is not None:

spinnman/transceiver.py

@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@
 
 
 def create_transceiver_from_hostname(
-        hostname, version, bmp_connection_data=None, number_of_boards=None,
-        auto_detect_bmp=False, power_cycle=False):
+        hostname, version, bmp_connection_data=None, auto_detect_bmp=False,
+        power_cycle=False):
     """
     Create a Transceiver by creating a :py:class:`~.UDPConnection` to the
     given hostname on port 17893 (the default SCAMP port), and a
@@ -119,9 +119,6 @@ def create_transceiver_from_hostname(
     :param hostname: The hostname or IP address of the board or `None` if
         only the BMP connections are of interest
     :type hostname: str or None
-    :param number_of_boards: a number of boards expected to be supported, or
-        ``None``, which defaults to a single board
-    :type number_of_boards: int or None
     :param int version: the type of SpiNNaker board used within the SpiNNaker
         machine being used. If a Spinn-5 board, then the version will be 5,
         Spinn-3 would equal 3 and so on.
@@ -154,7 +151,7 @@ def create_transceiver_from_hostname(
     if (version >= 4 and auto_detect_bmp is True and
             (bmp_connection_data is None or not bmp_connection_data)):
         bmp_connection_data = [
-            work_out_bmp_from_machine_details(hostname, number_of_boards)]
+            work_out_bmp_from_machine_details(hostname)]
 
     # handle BMP connections
     if bmp_connection_data is not None:

spinnman/utilities/utility_functions.py

@@ -24,15 +24,14 @@
 from spinnman.exceptions import SpinnmanTimeoutException
 
 
-def work_out_bmp_from_machine_details(hostname, number_of_boards):
+def work_out_bmp_from_machine_details(hostname):
     """
     Work out the BMP connection IP address given the machine details.
     This is assumed to be the IP address of the machine, with 1 subtracted
     from the final part e.g. if the machine IP address is 192.168.0.5, the
     BMP IP address is assumed to be 192.168.0.4
 
     :param str hostname: the SpiNNaker machine main hostname or IP address
-    :param int number_of_boards: the number of boards in the machine
     :return: The BMP connection data
     :rtype: BMPConnectionData
     """
@@ -44,10 +43,7 @@ def work_out_bmp_from_machine_details(hostname, number_of_boards):
     # add board scope for each split
     # if None, the end user didn't enter anything, so assume one board
     # starting at position 0
-    if number_of_boards == 0 or number_of_boards is None:
-        board_range = [0]
-    else:
-        board_range = range(number_of_boards)
+    board_range = [0]
 
     # Assume a single board with no cabinet or frame specified
     return BMPConnectionData(ip_address=bmp_ip_address,