1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
index eed6d8e1b5c7..ac5875783430 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
@@ -416,12 +416,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD
           This can improve the usability of some boot managers such as lilo
           when booting from a drive on an off-board controller.
 
-          If you say Y here, and you actually want to reverse the device scan
-          order as explained above, you also need to issue the kernel command
-          line option "ide=reverse". (Try "man bootparam" or see the
-          documentation of your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to
-          pass options to the kernel at boot time.)
-
           Note that, if you do this, the order of the hd* devices will be
           rearranged which may require modification of fstab and other files.
 
@@ -615,8 +609,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_HPT366
           reference to device 0x80. The other solution is to say Y to "Boot
           off-board chipsets first support" (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD) unless
           your mother board has the chipset natively mounted. Regardless one
-          should use the fore mentioned option and call at LILO or include
-          "ide=reverse" in LILO's append-line.
+          should use the fore mentioned option and call at LILO.
 
           This driver requires dynamic tuning of the chipset during the
           ide-probe at boot. It is reported to support DVD II drives, by the