3 files changed, 5 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt
index ce7c01af30f6..ae4f4f43c25c 100644
--- a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt
@@ -184,13 +184,6 @@ provided it is mounted with the default block size of 1024 (as above).
 Please pass on any feedback on any of this stuff to the maintainer,
 whose address can be found in linux/MAINTAINERS.
 
-Note that if BOTH hd.c and ide.c are configured into the kernel,
-hd.c will normally be allowed to control the primary IDE interface.
-This is useful for older hardware that may be incompatible with ide.c,
-and still allows newer hardware to run on the 2nd/3rd/4th IDE ports
-under control of ide.c.   To have ide.c also "take over" the primary
-IDE port in this situation, use the "command line" parameter:  ide0=0x1f0
-
 The IDE driver is modularized.  The high level disk/CD-ROM/tape/floppy
 drivers can always be compiled as loadable modules, the chipset drivers
 can only be compiled into the kernel, and the core code (ide.c) can be
diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
index ac5875783430..4dc2761e9704 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
@@ -122,24 +122,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA
 
           If unsure, say N.
 
-config BLK_DEV_HD_IDE
-        bool "Use old disk-only driver on primary interface"
-        depends on (X86 || SH_MPC1211)
-        ---help---
-          There are two drivers for MFM/RLL/IDE disks.  Most people use just
-          the new enhanced driver by itself.  This option however installs the
-          old hard disk driver to control the primary IDE/disk interface in
-          the system, leaving the new enhanced IDE driver to take care of only
-          the 2nd/3rd/4th IDE interfaces.  Doing this will prevent you from
-          having an IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM or tape drive connected to the primary
-          IDE interface.  Choosing this option may be useful for older systems
-          which have MFM/RLL/ESDI controller+drives at the primary port
-          address (0x1f0), along with IDE drives at the secondary/3rd/4th port
-          addresses.
-
-          Normally, just say N here; you will then use the new driver for all
-          4 interfaces.
-
 config BLK_DEV_IDEDISK
         tristate "Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK support"
         ---help---
@@ -1114,7 +1096,6 @@ endif
 
 config BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY
         bool "Old hard disk (MFM/RLL/IDE) driver"
-        depends on BLK_DEV_IDE=n
         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
@@ -1126,12 +1107,16 @@ config BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY
           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>.
 
 config BLK_DEV_HD
-        def_bool BLK_DEV_HD_IDE || BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY
+        def_bool BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY
 
 endif # IDE
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index d791b1ffb586..96126b3b12e9 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -177,10 +177,6 @@ static void init_hwif_default(ide_hwif_t *hwif, unsigned int index)
         memcpy(hwif->io_ports, hw.io_ports, sizeof(hw.io_ports));
 
         hwif->noprobe = !hwif->io_ports[IDE_DATA_OFFSET];
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD
-        if (hwif->io_ports[IDE_DATA_OFFSET] == HD_DATA)
-                hwif->noprobe = 1;      /* may be overridden by ide_setup() */
-#endif
 }
 
 /*