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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