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