From ad1c53bcdb831e14b1313ad694d5053ae0349393 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:40:21 +0100 Subject: 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 --- Documentation/ide/ide.txt | 12 +++--------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt index e3b3425328b..d4877a9e60f 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt +++ 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! -- cgit v1.2.3 From 15220d9b5a7e6f4ff251350b285674ed676e0d3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:40:21 +0100 Subject: ide: mark "hdx=[driver_name]" and "hdx=scsi" kernel parameters as obsoleted Mark "hdx=[driver_name]" and "hdx=scsi" kernel parameters as obsoleted (nowadays device-driver binding can be changed at runtime through sysfs and it can also be dealt with using per device driver parameters). Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz --- Documentation/ide/ide.txt | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt index d4877a9e60f..3f4db0018ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt +++ b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt @@ -242,10 +242,6 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line "hdx=nodma" : disallow DMA - "hdx=scsi" : the return of the ide-scsi flag, this is useful for - allowing ide-floppy, ide-tape, and ide-cdrom|writers - to use ide-scsi emulation on a device specific option. - "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. -- cgit v1.2.3 From d708c40da83a86551556999e924e27fdc43dad71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:40:22 +0100 Subject: ide: mark "hdx=remap" and "hdx=remap63" kernel parameters as obsoleted Mark "hdx=remap" and "hdx=remap63" kernel parameters as obsoleted (they are layering violation and should be dealt with in the same way as done by libata - device-mapper should be used instead). Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz --- Documentation/ide/ide.txt | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt index 3f4db0018ed..818676aad45 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt +++ b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt @@ -228,11 +228,6 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line "hdx=cyl,head,sect" : disk drive is present, with specified geometry - "hdx=remap" : remap access of sector 0 to sector 1 (for EZDrive) - - "hdx=remap63" : remap the drive: add 63 to all sector numbers - (for DM OnTrack) - "hdx=autotune" : driver will attempt to tune interface speed to the fastest PIO mode supported, if possible for this drive only. -- cgit v1.2.3 From ca4e2ab5b2764562fe3d41b95b27e6bbd4733d66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:44:27 +0100 Subject: Revert "ide-tape: schedule driver for removal after 6 months" This reverts commit d48567dd43868b3d2e1fcc33ee76dc2d38a1ddeb. Borislav is working on ide-tape "light" version instead. Cc: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 ---------- 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c1d1fd0c299..bf0e3df8e7a 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -172,16 +172,6 @@ Who: Len Brown --------------------------- -What: ide-tape driver -When: July 2008 -Files: drivers/ide/ide-tape.c -Why: This driver might not have any users anymore and maintaining it for no - reason is an effort no one wants to make. -Who: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Borislav Petkov - - ---------------------------- - What: libata spindown skipping and warning When: Dec 2008 Why: Some halt(8) implementations synchronize caches for and spin -- cgit v1.2.3