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diff --git a/Documentation/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide.txt index 1d50f23a5cab..94e2e3b9e77f 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide.txt +++ b/Documentation/ide.txt | |||
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ | |||
30 | *** | 30 | *** |
31 | *** The CMD640 is also used on some Vesa Local Bus (VLB) cards, and is *NOT* | 31 | *** The CMD640 is also used on some Vesa Local Bus (VLB) cards, and is *NOT* |
32 | *** automatically detected by Linux. For safe, reliable operation with such | 32 | *** automatically detected by Linux. For safe, reliable operation with such |
33 | *** interfaces, one *MUST* use the "ide0=cmd640_vlb" kernel option. | 33 | *** interfaces, one *MUST* use the "cmd640.probe_vlb" kernel option. |
34 | *** | 34 | *** |
35 | *** Use of the "serialize" option is no longer necessary. | 35 | *** Use of the "serialize" option is no longer necessary. |
36 | 36 | ||
@@ -244,10 +244,6 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line | |||
244 | 244 | ||
245 | "hdx=nodma" : disallow DMA | 245 | "hdx=nodma" : disallow DMA |
246 | 246 | ||
247 | "hdx=swapdata" : when the drive is a disk, byte swap all data | ||
248 | |||
249 | "hdx=bswap" : same as above.......... | ||
250 | |||
251 | "hdx=scsi" : the return of the ide-scsi flag, this is useful for | 247 | "hdx=scsi" : the return of the ide-scsi flag, this is useful for |
252 | allowing ide-floppy, ide-tape, and ide-cdrom|writers | 248 | allowing ide-floppy, ide-tape, and ide-cdrom|writers |
253 | to use ide-scsi emulation on a device specific option. | 249 | to use ide-scsi emulation on a device specific option. |
@@ -292,9 +288,6 @@ The following are valid ONLY on ide0, which usually corresponds | |||
292 | to the first ATA interface found on the particular host, and the defaults for | 288 | to the first ATA interface found on the particular host, and the defaults for |
293 | the base,ctl ports must not be altered. | 289 | the base,ctl ports must not be altered. |
294 | 290 | ||
295 | "ide0=cmd640_vlb" : *REQUIRED* for VLB cards with the CMD640 chip | ||
296 | (not for PCI -- automatically detected) | ||
297 | |||
298 | "ide=doubler" : probe/support IDE doublers on Amiga | 291 | "ide=doubler" : probe/support IDE doublers on Amiga |
299 | 292 | ||
300 | There may be more options than shown -- use the source, Luke! | 293 | There may be more options than shown -- use the source, Luke! |
@@ -310,6 +303,10 @@ i.e. to enable probing for ALI M14xx chipsets (ali14xx host driver) use: | |||
310 | * "probe" module parameter when ali14xx driver is compiled as module | 303 | * "probe" module parameter when ali14xx driver is compiled as module |
311 | ("modprobe ali14xx probe") | 304 | ("modprobe ali14xx probe") |
312 | 305 | ||
306 | Also for legacy CMD640 host driver (cmd640) you need to use "probe_vlb" | ||
307 | kernel paremeter to enable probing for VLB version of the chipset (PCI ones | ||
308 | are detected automatically). | ||
309 | |||
313 | ================================================================================ | 310 | ================================================================================ |
314 | 311 | ||
315 | IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver | 312 | IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver |