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diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
index eed6d8e1b5c..87532034d10 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
@@ -122,24 +122,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA
If unsure, say N.
-config BLK_DEV_HD_IDE
- bool "Use old disk-only driver on primary interface"
- depends on (X86 || SH_MPC1211)
- ---help---
- There are two drivers for MFM/RLL/IDE disks. Most people use just
- the new enhanced driver by itself. This option however installs the
- old hard disk driver to control the primary IDE/disk interface in
- the system, leaving the new enhanced IDE driver to take care of only
- the 2nd/3rd/4th IDE interfaces. Doing this will prevent you from
- having an IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM or tape drive connected to the primary
- IDE interface. Choosing this option may be useful for older systems
- which have MFM/RLL/ESDI controller+drives at the primary port
- address (0x1f0), along with IDE drives at the secondary/3rd/4th port
- addresses.
-
- Normally, just say N here; you will then use the new driver for all
- 4 interfaces.
-
config BLK_DEV_IDEDISK
tristate "Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK support"
---help---
@@ -325,6 +307,7 @@ comment "IDE chipset support/bugfixes"
config IDE_GENERIC
tristate "generic/default IDE chipset support"
+ depends on ALPHA || X86 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS || PPC32
help
If unsure, say N.
@@ -416,12 +399,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD
This can improve the usability of some boot managers such as lilo
when booting from a drive on an off-board controller.
- If you say Y here, and you actually want to reverse the device scan
- order as explained above, you also need to issue the kernel command
- line option "ide=reverse". (Try "man bootparam" or see the
- documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to
- pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
-
Note that, if you do this, the order of the hd* devices will be
rearranged which may require modification of fstab and other files.
@@ -615,8 +592,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_HPT366
reference to device 0x80. The other solution is to say Y to "Boot
off-board chipsets first support" (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD) unless
your mother board has the chipset natively mounted. Regardless one
- should use the fore mentioned option and call at LILO or include
- "ide=reverse" in LILO's append-line.
+ should use the fore mentioned option and call at LILO.
This driver requires dynamic tuning of the chipset during the
ide-probe at boot. It is reported to support DVD II drives, by the
@@ -1049,7 +1025,7 @@ config IDE_EXT_DIRECT
endchoice
# no isa -> no vlb
-if ISA
+if ISA && (ALPHA || X86 || MIPS)
comment "Other IDE chipsets support"
comment "Note: most of these also require special kernel boot parameters"
@@ -1060,8 +1036,8 @@ config BLK_DEV_4DRIVES
Certain older chipsets, including the Tekram 690CD, use a single set
of I/O ports at 0x1f0 to control up to four drives, instead of the
customary two drives per port. Support for this can be enabled at
- runtime using the "ide0=four" kernel boot parameter if you say Y
- here.
+ runtime using the "ide-4drives.probe" kernel boot parameter if you
+ say Y here.
config BLK_DEV_ALI14XX
tristate "ALI M14xx support"
@@ -1114,14 +1090,10 @@ config BLK_DEV_IDEDMA
def_bool BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_SFF || BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PMAC || \
BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_ICS || BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA
-config IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
- def_bool ALPHA || (ARM && !ARCH_L7200) || BLACKFIN || X86 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS || PARISC || PPC || (SUPERH64 && BLK_DEV_IDEPCI) || SPARC
-
endif
config BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY
bool "Old hard disk (MFM/RLL/IDE) driver"
- depends on BLK_DEV_IDE=n
help
There are two drivers for MFM/RLL/IDE hard disks. Most people use
the newer enhanced driver, but this old one is still around for two
@@ -1133,12 +1105,16 @@ config BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY
for systems with only older MFM/RLL/ESDI drives. Choosing the old
driver can save 13 KB or so of kernel memory.
+ If you want to use this driver together with the new one you have
+ to use "hda=noprobe hdb=noprobe" kernel parameters to prevent the new
+ driver from probing the primary interface.
+
If you are unsure, then just choose the Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL driver
instead of this one. For more detailed information, read the
Disk-HOWTO, available from
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
config BLK_DEV_HD
- def_bool BLK_DEV_HD_IDE || BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY
+ def_bool BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY
endif # IDE