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| author | Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> | 2008-07-16 20:33:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> | 2008-07-16 20:33:47 +0200 |
| commit | f327c1c33f4882c70f29ff3a9ff7c55c1951d1f6 (patch) | |
| tree | 43c74aebe9c774eb386e76178cc52d14d60dcc17 /drivers/block/Kconfig | |
| parent | 453ea3ed0b3e8ad67d4ee9d2fccf3d95a3e1f709 (diff) | |
update the BLK_DEV_HD help text
Many people will see this option the first time now that it is in
drivers/block/
Make it clear that virtually noone needs it.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Cc: rmk@arm.linux.org.uk
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block/Kconfig')
| -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 |