Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ide/Kconfig | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: b/drivers/ide/Kconfig =================================================================== --- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ config IDEPCI_PCIBUS_ORDER # TODO: split it on per host driver config options (or module parameters) config BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD - bool "Boot off-board chipsets first support" + bool "Boot off-board chipsets first support (DEPRECATED)" depends on BLK_DEV_IDEPCI && (BLK_DEV_AEC62XX || BLK_DEV_GENERIC || BLK_DEV_HPT34X || BLK_DEV_HPT366 || BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW || BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD || BLK_DEV_TC86C001) help Normally, IDE controllers built into the motherboard (on-board @@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ config BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD Note that, if you do this, the order of the hd* devices will be rearranged which may require modification of fstab and other files. + Please also note that this method of assuring stable naming of + IDE devices is unreliable and use other means for achieving it + (i.e. udev). + If in doubt, say N. config BLK_DEV_GENERIC - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html