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authorBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>2008-03-22 16:40:21 +0100
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ide: Documentation/ide/ide.txt fixes
* "hdx=cyls,heads,sects,wpcom,irq" should be "hdx=cyls,heads,sects". * "hdx=" is for "x" from 'a' to 'u', "idex=" is for "x" from '0' to '9'. * "idex=noautotune" is long gone. * Obsoleted "ide0=" parameters were already removed from the documentation. Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt
index e3b3425328b6..d4877a9e60f6 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Drives are normally found by auto-probing and/or examining the CMOS/BIOS data.
For really weird situations, the apparent (fdisk) geometry can also be specified
on the kernel "command line" using LILO. The format of such lines is:
- hdx=cyls,heads,sects,wpcom,irq
+ hdx=cyls,heads,sects
or hdx=cdrom
where hdx can be any of hda through hdh, Three values are required
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ driver using the "options=" keyword to insmod, while replacing any ',' with
Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line
--------------------------------------------------------
- "hdx=" is recognized for all "x" from "a" to "h", such as "hdc".
+ "hdx=" is recognized for all "x" from "a" to "u", such as "hdc".
- "idex=" is recognized for all "x" from "0" to "3", such as "ide1".
+ "idex=" is recognized for all "x" from "0" to "9", such as "ide1".
"hdx=noprobe" : drive may be present, but do not probe for it
@@ -233,8 +233,6 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line
"hdx=remap63" : remap the drive: add 63 to all sector numbers
(for DM OnTrack)
- "idex=noautotune" : driver will NOT attempt to tune interface speed
-
"hdx=autotune" : driver will attempt to tune interface speed
to the fastest PIO mode supported,
if possible for this drive only.
@@ -282,10 +280,6 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line
"ide=reverse" : formerly called to pci sub-system, but now local.
-The following are valid ONLY on ide0, which usually corresponds
-to the first ATA interface found on the particular host, and the defaults for
-the base,ctl ports must not be altered.
-
"ide=doubler" : probe/support IDE doublers on Amiga
There may be more options than shown -- use the source, Luke!