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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	rmk@arm.linux.org.uk, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: [4/5] update the BLK_DEV_HD help text
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:55:34 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080624215533.GF18252@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200806221521.33506.bzolnier@gmail.com>

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>

---

 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
-	  <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


  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-06-24 21:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-09 22:21 [2.6 patch] fix BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY on ARM dependencies Adrian Bunk
2008-06-10 17:56 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-06-22 10:17   ` Adrian Bunk
2008-06-22 13:21     ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-06-24 21:54       ` [0/5] move hd.c to drivers/block/ Adrian Bunk
2008-06-25 20:16         ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-06-24 21:54       ` [1/5] remove BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY Adrian Bunk
2008-06-24 21:54       ` [2/5] ide/legacy/hd.c: use late_initcall() Adrian Bunk
2008-06-24 21:54       ` [3/5] move ide/legacy/hd.c to drivers/block/ Adrian Bunk
2008-06-24 21:55       ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2008-06-24 22:05       ` [5/5] hd.c: remove the #include <linux/mc146818rtc.h> Adrian Bunk

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