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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/Kconfig | 26 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index c3909743c484..61ad8d639ba3 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -434,27 +434,15 @@ config VIRTIO_BLK lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M. config BLK_DEV_HD - bool "Old hard disk (MFM/RLL/IDE) driver" + bool "Very old hard disk (MFM/RLL/IDE) driver" depends on HAVE_IDE depends on !ARM || ARCH_RPC || ARCH_SHARK || BROKEN 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 - reasons. Some older systems have strange timing problems and seem to - work only with the old driver (which itself does not work with some - newer systems). The other reason is that the old driver is smaller, - since it lacks the enhanced functionality of the new one. This makes - it a good choice for systems with very tight memory restrictions, or - 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>. + This is a very old hard disk driver that lacks the enhanced + functionality of the newer ones. + + It is required for systems with ancient MFM/RLL/ESDI drives. + + If unsure, say N. endif # BLK_DEV |