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@@ -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
292to the first ATA interface found on the particular host, and the defaults for 288to the first ATA interface found on the particular host, and the defaults for
293the base,ctl ports must not be altered. 289the 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
300There may be more options than shown -- use the source, Luke! 293There 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
306Also for legacy CMD640 host driver (cmd640) you need to use "probe_vlb"
307kernel paremeter to enable probing for VLB version of the chipset (PCI ones
308are detected automatically).
309
313================================================================================ 310================================================================================
314 311
315IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver 312IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver