2 files changed, 2 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
index 052879a6f853..b50b5dac95b0 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
@@ -131,29 +131,6 @@ config BLK_DEV_IDEDISK
 
           If unsure, say Y.
 
-config IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE
-        bool "Use multiple sector mode for Programmed Input/Output by default"
-        help
-          This setting is irrelevant for most IDE disks, with direct memory
-          access, to which multiple sector mode does not apply. Multiple sector
-          mode is a feature of most modern IDE hard drives, permitting the
-          transfer of multiple sectors per Programmed Input/Output interrupt,
-          rather than the usual one sector per interrupt. When this feature is
-          enabled, it can reduce operating system overhead for disk Programmed
-          Input/Output. On some systems, it also can increase the data
-          throughput of Programmed Input/Output. Some drives, however, seemed
-          to run slower with multiple sector mode enabled. Some drives claimed
-          to support multiple sector mode, but lost data at some settings.
-          Under rare circumstances, such failures could result in massive
-          filesystem corruption.
-
-          If you get the following error, try to say Y here:
-
-          hda: set_multmode: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
-          hda: set_multmode: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
-
-          If in doubt, say N.
-
 config BLK_DEV_IDECS
         tristate "PCMCIA IDE support"
         depends on PCMCIA
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 8cfce50c71e4..9926e12783bb 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -89,16 +89,14 @@ static void ide_disk_init_mult_count(ide_drive_t *drive)
         u8 max_multsect = id[ATA_ID_MAX_MULTSECT] & 0xff;
 
         if (max_multsect) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE
                 if ((max_multsect / 2) > 1)
                         id[ATA_ID_MULTSECT] = max_multsect | 0x100;
                 else
                         id[ATA_ID_MULTSECT] &= ~0x1ff;
 
                 drive->mult_req = id[ATA_ID_MULTSECT] & 0xff;
-#endif
-                if ((id[ATA_ID_MULTSECT] & 0x100) &&
-                    (id[ATA_ID_MULTSECT] & 0xff))
+
+                if (drive->mult_req)
                         drive->special.b.set_multmode = 1;
         }
 }