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Kernel v2.6.25-rc3-git6 /Documentation/ide.txt

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diff --git a/Documentation/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide.txt
index 94e2e3b..bcd7cd1 100644
--- a/Documentation/ide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ide.txt
@@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ 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=noprobe"      : do not attempt to access/use this interface
- 
  "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
@@ -309,53 +307,6 @@ are detected automatically).
 
 ================================================================================
 
-IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver
--------------------------------
-
-This driver is a part of the Linux ide driver and works in co-operation
-with linux/drivers/block/ide.c.
-
-The driver, in co-operation with ide.c, basically traverses the
-request-list for the block device interface. The character device
-interface, on the other hand, creates new requests, adds them
-to the request-list of the block device, and waits for their completion.
-
-Pipelined operation mode is now supported on both reads and writes.
-
-The block device major and minor numbers are determined from the
-tape's relative position in the ide interfaces, as explained in ide.c.
-
-The character device interface consists of the following devices:
-
- ht0      major 37, minor 0   first  IDE tape, rewind on close.
- ht1      major 37, minor 1   second IDE tape, rewind on close.
- ...
- nht0      major 37, minor 128   first  IDE tape, no rewind on close.
- nht1      major 37, minor 129   second IDE tape, no rewind on close.
- ...
-
-Run /dev/MAKEDEV to create the above entries.
-
-The general magnetic tape commands compatible interface, as defined by
-include/linux/mtio.h, is accessible through the character device.
-
-General ide driver configuration options, such as the interrupt-unmask
-flag, can be configured by issuing an ioctl to the block device interface,
-as any other ide device.
-
-Our own ide-tape ioctl's can be issued to either the block device or
-the character device interface.
-
-Maximal throughput with minimal bus load will usually be achieved in the
-following scenario:
-
-   1.   ide-tape is operating in the pipelined operation mode.
-   2.   No buffering is performed by the user backup program.
-
-
-
-================================================================================
-
 Some Terminology
 ----------------
 IDE = Integrated Drive Electronics, meaning that each drive has a built-in


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