2 files changed, 10 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 4d3aa519eadf..ba899ff2a8f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ Who:	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
 
 ---------------------------
 
+What:   ide-tape driver
+When:   July 2008
+Files:  drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+Why:    This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no
+        reason is an effort no one wants to make.
+Who:    Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Borislav Petkov
+        <petkovbb@googlemail.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What: libata spindown skipping and warning
 When: Dec 2008
 Why:  Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin
diff --git a/Documentation/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide.txt
index 94e2e3b9e77f..bcd7cd1278ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/ide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ide.txt
@@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line
                           As for VLB, it is safest to not specify it.
                           Bigger values are safer than smaller ones.
 
- "idex=noprobe"         : do not attempt to access/use this interface
- 
  "idex=base"            : probe for an interface at the addr specified,
                           where "base" is usually 0x1f0 or 0x170
                           and "ctl" is assumed to be "base"+0x206
@@ -309,53 +307,6 @@ are detected automatically).
 
 ================================================================================
 
-IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver
--------------------------------
-
-This driver is a part of the Linux ide driver and works in co-operation
-with linux/drivers/block/ide.c.
-
-The driver, in co-operation with ide.c, basically traverses the
-request-list for the block device interface. The character device
-interface, on the other hand, creates new requests, adds them
-to the request-list of the block device, and waits for their completion.
-
-Pipelined operation mode is now supported on both reads and writes.
-
-The block device major and minor numbers are determined from the
-tape's relative position in the ide interfaces, as explained in ide.c.
-
-The character device interface consists of the following devices:
-
- ht0            major 37, minor 0       first  IDE tape, rewind on close.
- ht1            major 37, minor 1       second IDE tape, rewind on close.
- ...
- nht0           major 37, minor 128     first  IDE tape, no rewind on close.
- nht1           major 37, minor 129     second IDE tape, no rewind on close.
- ...
-
-Run /dev/MAKEDEV to create the above entries.
-
-The general magnetic tape commands compatible interface, as defined by
-include/linux/mtio.h, is accessible through the character device.
-
-General ide driver configuration options, such as the interrupt-unmask
-flag, can be configured by issuing an ioctl to the block device interface,
-as any other ide device.
-
-Our own ide-tape ioctl's can be issued to either the block device or
-the character device interface.
-
-Maximal throughput with minimal bus load will usually be achieved in the
-following scenario:
-
-        1.      ide-tape is operating in the pipelined operation mode.
-        2.      No buffering is performed by the user backup program.
-
-
-
-================================================================================
-
 Some Terminology
 ----------------
 IDE = Integrated Drive Electronics, meaning that each drive has a built-in