patch-2_6_7-vs1_9_1_12

[linux-2.6.git] / Documentation / ide.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide.txt
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--- a/Documentation/ide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ide.txt
@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line
                          allowing ide-floppy, ide-tape, and ide-cdrom|writers
                          to use ide-scsi emulation on a device specific option.
 
+ "hdx=stroke"          : Should you have a system w/ an AWARD Bios and your
+                         drives are larger than 32GB and it will not boot,
+                         one is required to perform a few OEM operations first.
+                         The option is called "stroke" because it allows one
+                         to "soft clip" the drive to work around a barrier
+                         limit.
+
  "idebus=xx"           : inform IDE driver of VESA/PCI bus speed in MHz,
                          where "xx" is between 20 and 66 inclusive,
                          used when tuning chipset PIO modes.