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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2015-04-24 11:19:27 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2015-04-24 13:46:03 +0200 |
| commit | 1b29c33283e94725e9352486ba924ece284d2518 (patch) | |
| tree | 57e4590d4cfb6d2af9e3d03e6246e697f7c815b6 /man7/bootparam.7 | |
| parent | 1aa04a53c002c2fdadf32e2329fc144dcf145fe4 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-1b29c33283e94725e9352486ba924ece284d2518.tar.gz | |
bootparam.7: Remove crufty "Hard disks" options
[Part of a general change to remove cruft from this page.]
Much of the detail on device-driver specifics in this page dates
from the 20th century. (The last major update to this page was in
man-pages-1.14!) It's hugely out of date now (many of these
devices disappeared from the kernel years ago.) Arguably, this
kind of detail should never have been placed in a man page to
begin with, since devices come and go. Remove such text, and
where appropriate and possible add pointers to files in the
kernel Documentation/ directory.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man7/bootparam.7')
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1 files changed, 0 insertions, 55 deletions
diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7 index 0698c64fda..06b0e3bc53 100644 --- a/man7/bootparam.7 +++ b/man7/bootparam.7 @@ -562,11 +562,6 @@ Using this option tells the driver to make sure that both interfaces are never used at the same time. .TP -.B "The 'hd=dtc2278' option" -This option tells the driver that you have a DTC-2278D IDE interface. -The driver then tries to do DTC-specific operations to enable the -second interface and to enable faster transfer modes. -.TP .B "The 'hd=noprobe' option" Do not probe for this drive. For example, @@ -610,56 +605,6 @@ hd=cyls,heads,sects .IP If there are two disks installed, the above is repeated with the geometry parameters of the second disk. -.TP -.B "XT Disk Driver Options ('xd=')" -If you are unfortunate enough to be using one of these old 8-bit cards -that move data at a whopping 125kB/s, then here is the scoop. -If the card is not recognized, -you will have to use a boot argument of the form: - -.in +4n -.nf -xd=type,irq,iobase,dma_chan -.fi -.in -.IP -The type value specifies the particular manufacturer of the card, -overriding autodetection. -For the types to use, consult the -.I drivers/block/xd.c -source file of the kernel you are using. -The type is an index in the list -.I xd_sigs -and in the course of time -.\" 1.1.50, 1.3.81, 1.3.99, 2.0.34, 2.1.67, 2.1.78, 2.1.127 -types have been added to or deleted from the middle of the list, -changing all type numbers. -Today (Linux 2.5.0) the types are -0=generic; 1=DTC 5150cx; 2,3=DTC 5150x; 4,5=Western Digital; -6,7,8=Seagate; 9=Omti; 10=XEBEC, and where here several types are -given with the same designation, they are equivalent. - -The xd_setup() function does no checking on the values, and assumes -that you entered all four values. -Don't disappoint it. -Here is an -example usage for a WD1002 controller with the BIOS disabled/removed, -using the 'default' XT controller parameters: - -.in +4n -.nf -xd=2,5,0x320,3 -.fi -.in -.TP -.B "Syquest's EZ* removable disks" -Syntax: - -.in +4n -.nf -.BI ez= iobase[,irq[,rep[,nybble]]] -.fi -.in .SS Ethernet devices Different drivers make use of different parameters, but they all at least share having an IRQ, an I/O port base value, and a name. |