Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758328AbYFXV6e (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:58:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757938AbYFXV5g (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:57:36 -0400 Received: from smtp5.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.39]:39046 "EHLO smtp5.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757925AbYFXV5f (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:57:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:55:34 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rmk@arm.linux.org.uk, Alan Cox Subject: [4/5] update the BLK_DEV_HD help text Message-ID: <20080624215533.GF18252@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> References: <20080609222155.GA1987@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <200806101956.15711.bzolnier@gmail.com> <20080622101752.GG27069@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <200806221521.33506.bzolnier@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200806221521.33506.bzolnier@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2268 Lines: 57 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 --- drivers/block/Kconfig | 26 +++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) 6071700205968d31a74a695a678188f2cbcf0eb8 diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index c9ab7ef..46eb920 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 - . + 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/