1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
index dcda0f109df..e17a9ee120e 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
@@ -403,8 +403,12 @@ void ide_fix_driveid (struct hd_driveid *id)
 #endif
 }
 
-/* FIXME: exported for use by the USB storage (isd200.c) code only */
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_fix_driveid);
+/*
+ * ide_fixstring() cleans up and (optionally) byte-swaps a text string,
+ * removing leading/trailing blanks and compressing internal blanks.
+ * It is primarily used to tidy up the model name/number fields as
+ * returned by the WIN_[P]IDENTIFY commands.
+ */
 
 void ide_fixstring (u8 *s, const int bytecount, const int byteswap)
 {