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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/Kconfig | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/Makefile | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/hd.c (renamed from drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c) | 0 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/ide/Kconfig | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/ide/Makefile | 5 |
5 files changed, 25 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index 0d1d2133d9bc..c3909743c484 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -433,4 +433,28 @@ config VIRTIO_BLK This is the virtual block driver for virtio. It can be used with lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M. +config BLK_DEV_HD + bool "Old hard disk (MFM/RLL/IDE) driver" + depends on HAVE_IDE + depends on !ARM || ARCH_RPC || ARCH_SHARK || BROKEN + help + There are two drivers for MFM/RLL/IDE hard disks. Most people use + the newer enhanced driver, but this old one is still around for two + reasons. Some older systems have strange timing problems and seem to + work only with the old driver (which itself does not work with some + newer systems). The other reason is that the old driver is smaller, + since it lacks the enhanced functionality of the new one. This makes + it a good choice for systems with very tight memory restrictions, or + for systems with only older MFM/RLL/ESDI drives. Choosing the old + driver can save 13 KB or so of kernel memory. + + If you want to use this driver together with the new one you have + to use "hda=noprobe hdb=noprobe" kernel parameters to prevent the new + driver from probing the primary interface. + + If you are unsure, then just choose the Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL driver + instead of this one. For more detailed information, read the + Disk-HOWTO, available from + <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. + endif # BLK_DEV diff --git a/drivers/block/Makefile b/drivers/block/Makefile index 5e584306be99..204332b29578 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Makefile +++ b/drivers/block/Makefile @@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK) += virtio_blk.o obj-$(CONFIG_VIODASD) += viodasd.o obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SX8) += sx8.o obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB) += ub.o +obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD) += hd.o obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND) += xen-blkfront.o diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c b/drivers/block/hd.c index 00b695652b2a..00b695652b2a 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c +++ b/drivers/block/hd.c diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig index 39b95f9c2ad1..15b09b89588a 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig @@ -1000,27 +1000,4 @@ config BLK_DEV_IDEDMA endif -config BLK_DEV_HD - bool "Old hard disk (MFM/RLL/IDE) driver" - depends on !ARM || ARCH_RPC || ARCH_SHARK || BROKEN - help - There are two drivers for MFM/RLL/IDE hard disks. Most people use - the newer enhanced driver, but this old one is still around for two - reasons. Some older systems have strange timing problems and seem to - work only with the old driver (which itself does not work with some - newer systems). The other reason is that the old driver is smaller, - since it lacks the enhanced functionality of the new one. This makes - it a good choice for systems with very tight memory restrictions, or - for systems with only older MFM/RLL/ESDI drives. Choosing the old - driver can save 13 KB or so of kernel memory. - - If you want to use this driver together with the new one you have - to use "hda=noprobe hdb=noprobe" kernel parameters to prevent the new - driver from probing the primary interface. - - If you are unsure, then just choose the Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL driver - instead of this one. For more detailed information, read the - Disk-HOWTO, available from - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. - endif # IDE diff --git a/drivers/ide/Makefile b/drivers/ide/Makefile index 39e99ace5cd3..5d414e301a5a 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/Makefile +++ b/drivers/ide/Makefile @@ -61,8 +61,3 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PLATFORM), y) endif obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE) += arm/ mips/ - -ifeq ($(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD), y) - hd-core-y += legacy/hd.o - obj-y += hd-core.o -endif |
