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diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
index fc735ab08ff4..8e93a797c93d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
@@ -292,6 +292,20 @@ config IDE_GENERIC
tristate "generic/default IDE chipset support"
depends on ALPHA || X86 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS
help
+ This is the generic IDE driver. This driver attaches to the
+ fixed legacy ports (e.g. on PCs 0x1f0/0x170, 0x1e8/0x168 and
+ so on). Please note that if this driver is built into the
+ kernel or loaded before other ATA (IDE or libata) drivers
+ and the controller is located at legacy ports, this driver
+ may grab those ports and thus can prevent the controller
+ specific driver from attaching.
+
+ Also, currently, IDE generic doesn't allow IRQ sharing
+ meaning that the IRQs it grabs won't be available to other
+ controllers sharing those IRQs which usually makes drivers
+ for those controllers fail. Generally, it's not a good idea
+ to load IDE generic driver on modern systems.
+
If unsure, say N.
config BLK_DEV_PLATFORM