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bootparam.7: Remove crufty details IBM MCA bus devices
See kernel commit a88dc06cd515b3bb9dfa18606e88d0be9a5b6ddd [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 It's hugely out of date now (many of these devices disappeared from the kernel years ago.)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>
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.BI ez= iobase[,irq[,rep[,nybble]]]
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.fi
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.in
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.SS IBM MCA bus devices
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See also the kernel source file
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.IR Documentation/mca.txt .
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.TP
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.B "PS/2 ESDI hard disks"
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It is possible to specify the desired geometry at boot time:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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.BI ed= cyls,heads,sectors.
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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For a ThinkPad-720, add the option
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.in +4n
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.nf
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.BR tp720=1 .
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.fi
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.in
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.TP
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.B "IBM Microchannel SCSI Subsystem configuration"
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Syntax:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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.BI ibmmcascsi= N
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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where N is the
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.I pun
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(SCSI ID) of the subsystem.
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.TP
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.B "The Aztech Interface"
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The syntax for this type of card is:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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aztcd=iobase[,magic_number]
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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If you set the magic_number to 0x79, then the driver will try and run
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anyway in the event of an unknown firmware version.
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All other values
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are ignored.
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.TP
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.B "Parallel port CD-ROM drives"
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Syntax:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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pcd.driveN=prt,pro,uni,mod,slv,dly
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pcd.nice=nice
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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where 'port' is the base address, 'pro' is the protocol number, 'uni'
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is the unit selector (for chained devices), 'mod' is the mode (or \-1
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to choose the best automatically), 'slv' is 1 if it should be a slave,
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and 'dly' is a small integer for slowing down port accesses.
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The 'nice' parameter controls the driver's use of idle CPU time, at the
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expense of some speed.
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.TP
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.B "The CDU-31A and CDU-33A Sony Interface"
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This CD-ROM interface is found on some of the Pro Audio Spectrum sound
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cards, and other Sony supplied interface cards.
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The syntax is as follows:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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cdu31a=iobase,[irq[,is_pas_card]]
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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Specifying an IRQ value of zero tells the driver that hardware
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interrupts aren't supported (as on some PAS cards).
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If your card
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supports interrupts, you should use them as it cuts down on the CPU
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usage of the driver.
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The
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.I is_pas_card
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should be entered as 'PAS' if using a Pro Audio Spectrum card,
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and otherwise it should not be specified at all.
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.TP
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.B "The CDU-535 Sony Interface"
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The syntax for this CD-ROM interface is:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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sonycd535=iobase[,irq]
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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A zero can be used for the I/O base as a 'placeholder' if one wishes
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to specify an IRQ value.
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.TP
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.B "The GoldStar Interface"
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The syntax for this CD-ROM interface is:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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gscd=iobase
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.fi
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.in
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.TP
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.B "The ISP16 CD-ROM Interface"
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Syntax:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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isp16=[iobase[,irq[,dma[,type]]]]
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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(Three integers and a string.)
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If the type is given as 'noisp16',
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the interface will not be configured.
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Other recognized types
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are: 'Sanyo", 'Sony', 'Panasonic' and 'Mitsumi'.
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.TP
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.B "The Mitsumi Standard Interface"
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The syntax for this CD-ROM interface is:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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mcd=iobase,[irq[,wait_value]]
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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The
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.I wait_value
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is used as an internal timeout value for people who are
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having problems with their drive, and may or may not be implemented
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depending on a compile-time #define.
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The Mitsumi FX400 is an IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM player and does not use
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the mcd driver.
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.TP
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.B "The Mitsumi XA/MultiSession Interface"
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This is for the same hardware as above, but the driver has extended features.
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Syntax:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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mcdx=iobase[,irq]
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.fi
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.in
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.TP
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.B "The Optics Storage Interface"
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The syntax for this type of card is:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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optcd=iobase
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.fi
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.in
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.TP
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.B "The Phillips CM206 Interface"
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The syntax for this type of card is:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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cm206=[iobase][,irq]
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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The driver assumes numbers between 3 and 11 are IRQ values, and
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numbers between 0x300 and 0x370 are I/O ports, so you can specify one,
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or both numbers, in any order.
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It also accepts 'cm206=auto' to enable
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autoprobing.
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.TP
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.B "The Sanyo Interface"
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The syntax for this type of card is:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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sjcd=iobase[,irq[,dma_channel]]
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.fi
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.in
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.TP
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.B "The SoundBlaster Pro Interface"
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The syntax for this type of card is:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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sbpcd=iobase,type
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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where type is one of the following (case sensitive) strings:
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\&'SoundBlaster', 'LaserMate', or 'SPEA'.
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The I/O base is that of the
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CD-ROM interface, and not that of the sound portion of the card.
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.SS Ethernet devices
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Different drivers make use of different parameters, but they all at
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least share having an IRQ, an I/O port base value, and a name.
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