CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE: Use old disk-only driver on primary interface

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE:

• prompt: Use old disk-only driver on primary interface
• type: bool
• depends on: ( CONFIG_X86 || CONFIG_SH_MPC1211 )
• defined in drivers/ide/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.25

Help text

There are two drivers for MFM/RLL/IDE disks. Most people use just the new enhanced driver by itself. This option however installs the old hard disk driver to control the primary IDE/disk interface in the system, leaving the new enhanced IDE driver to take care of only the 2nd/3rd/4th IDE interfaces. Doing this will prevent you from having an IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM or tape drive connected to the primary IDE interface. Choosing this option may be useful for older systems which have MFM/RLL/ESDI controller+drives at the primary port address (0x1f0), along with IDE drives at the secondary/3rd/4th port addresses.

Normally, just say N here; you will then use the new driver for all 4 interfaces.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• (none)

Sources

This page is automaticly generated with free (libre, open) software lkddb(see lkddb-sources).

The data is retrived from:

• Linux kernel
• Linux Kernel Driver DataBase (LKDDb)

Automatic links from Google (and ads)

Custom Search

Popular queries: