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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-09-29 08:37:29 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-09-29 08:37:29 -0700 |
| commit | 4efb686205d5065f4e488e20fc858446b8ad7bb7 (patch) | |
| tree | 34502cd2ba57fa1418d66cf93d10d43c40c3f6f4 /drivers/ide/Kconfig | |
| parent | 0f873d5fb68a6aea9519c9cd613ddf4e7e2378d4 (diff) | |
| parent | d0eb40628e29c2bb3b5f8242b1d2f50b1a88d9da (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6:
cdrom: update ioctl documentation
ide: note that IDE generic may prevent other drivers from attaching
ide-tape: fix vendor strings
Swarm: Fix crash due to missing initialization
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/ide/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/ide/Kconfig | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig index fc735ab08ff..8e93a797c93 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig @@ -292,6 +292,20 @@ config IDE_GENERIC tristate "generic/default IDE chipset support" depends on ALPHA || X86 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS help + This is the generic IDE driver. This driver attaches to the + fixed legacy ports (e.g. on PCs 0x1f0/0x170, 0x1e8/0x168 and + so on). Please note that if this driver is built into the + kernel or loaded before other ATA (IDE or libata) drivers + and the controller is located at legacy ports, this driver + may grab those ports and thus can prevent the controller + specific driver from attaching. + + Also, currently, IDE generic doesn't allow IRQ sharing + meaning that the IRQs it grabs won't be available to other + controllers sharing those IRQs which usually makes drivers + for those controllers fail. Generally, it's not a good idea + to load IDE generic driver on modern systems. + If unsure, say N. config BLK_DEV_PLATFORM |