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@@ -184,13 +184,6 @@ provided it is mounted with the default block size of 1024 (as above). | |||
184 | Please pass on any feedback on any of this stuff to the maintainer, | 184 | Please pass on any feedback on any of this stuff to the maintainer, |
185 | whose address can be found in linux/MAINTAINERS. | 185 | whose address can be found in linux/MAINTAINERS. |
186 | 186 | ||
187 | Note that if BOTH hd.c and ide.c are configured into the kernel, | ||
188 | hd.c will normally be allowed to control the primary IDE interface. | ||
189 | This is useful for older hardware that may be incompatible with ide.c, | ||
190 | and still allows newer hardware to run on the 2nd/3rd/4th IDE ports | ||
191 | under control of ide.c. To have ide.c also "take over" the primary | ||
192 | IDE port in this situation, use the "command line" parameter: ide0=0x1f0 | ||
193 | |||
194 | The IDE driver is modularized. The high level disk/CD-ROM/tape/floppy | 187 | The IDE driver is modularized. The high level disk/CD-ROM/tape/floppy |
195 | drivers can always be compiled as loadable modules, the chipset drivers | 188 | drivers can always be compiled as loadable modules, the chipset drivers |
196 | can only be compiled into the kernel, and the core code (ide.c) can be | 189 | can only be compiled into the kernel, and the core code (ide.c) can be |