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diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/char/drm/Kconfig
index 5278c388d3e..ef833a1c27e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/Kconfig
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ config DRM_I830
Choose this option if you have a system that has Intel 830M, 845G,
852GM, 855GM or 865G integrated graphics. If M is selected, the
module will be called i830. AGP support is required for this driver
- to work. This driver will eventually be replaced by the i915 one.
+ to work. This driver is used by the older X releases X.org 6.7 and
+ XFree86 4.3. If unsure, build this and i915 as modules and the X server
+ will load the correct one.
config DRM_I915
tristate "i915 driver"
@@ -68,8 +70,9 @@ config DRM_I915
Choose this option if you have a system that has Intel 830M, 845G,
852GM, 855GM 865G or 915G integrated graphics. If M is selected, the
module will be called i915. AGP support is required for this driver
- to work. This driver will eventually replace the I830 driver, when
- later release of X start to use the new DDX and DRI.
+ to work. This driver is used by the Intel driver in X.org 6.8 and
+ XFree86 4.4 and above. If unsure, build this and i830 as modules and
+ the X server will load the correct one.
endchoice