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diff --git a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt
index ae4f4f43c25c..18c02df2f78f 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt
@@ -71,29 +71,6 @@ This driver automatically probes for most IDE interfaces (including all PCI
ones), for the drives/geometries attached to those interfaces, and for the IRQ
lines being used by the interfaces (normally 14, 15 for ide0/ide1).
-For special cases, interfaces may be specified using kernel "command line"
-options. For example,
-
- ide3=0x168,0x36e,10 /* ioports 0x168-0x16f,0x36e, irq 10 */
-
-Normally the irq number need not be specified, as ide.c will probe for it:
-
- ide3=0x168,0x36e /* ioports 0x168-0x16f,0x36e */
-
-The standard port, and irq values are these:
-
- ide0=0x1f0,0x3f6,14
- ide1=0x170,0x376,15
- ide2=0x1e8,0x3ee,11
- ide3=0x168,0x36e,10
-
-Note that the first parameter reserves 8 contiguous ioports, whereas the
-second value denotes a single ioport. If in doubt, do a 'cat /proc/ioports'.
-
-In all probability the device uses these ports and IRQs if it is attached
-to the appropriate ide channel. Pass the parameter for the correct ide
-channel to the kernel, as explained above.
-
Any number of interfaces may share a single IRQ if necessary, at a slight
performance penalty, whether on separate cards or a single VLB card.
The IDE driver automatically detects and handles this. However, this may
@@ -199,7 +176,7 @@ When ide.c is used as a module, you can pass command line parameters to the
driver using the "options=" keyword to insmod, while replacing any ',' with
';'. For example:
- insmod ide.o options="ide0=serialize ide1=serialize ide2=0x1e8;0x3ee;11"
+ insmod ide.o options="hda=nodma hdb=nodma"
================================================================================
@@ -240,14 +217,6 @@ 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=base" : probe for an interface at the addr specified,
- where "base" is usually 0x1f0 or 0x170
- and "ctl" is assumed to be "base"+0x206
-
- "idex=base,ctl" : specify both base and ctl
-
- "idex=base,ctl,irq" : specify base, ctl, and irq number
-
"idex=serialize" : do not overlap operations on idex. Please note
that you will have to specify this option for
both the respective primary and secondary channel