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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/ide/Kconfig | 14 |
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diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig index fc735ab08ff4..8e93a797c93d 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig @@ -292,6 +292,20 @@ config IDE_GENERIC tristate "generic/default IDE chipset support" depends on ALPHA || X86 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS help + This is the generic IDE driver. This driver attaches to the + fixed legacy ports (e.g. on PCs 0x1f0/0x170, 0x1e8/0x168 and + so on). Please note that if this driver is built into the + kernel or loaded before other ATA (IDE or libata) drivers + and the controller is located at legacy ports, this driver + may grab those ports and thus can prevent the controller + specific driver from attaching. + + Also, currently, IDE generic doesn't allow IRQ sharing + meaning that the IRQs it grabs won't be available to other + controllers sharing those IRQs which usually makes drivers + for those controllers fail. Generally, it's not a good idea + to load IDE generic driver on modern systems. + If unsure, say N. config BLK_DEV_PLATFORM |