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 It's hugely out of date now (many of these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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Michael Kerrisk 2015-04-24 10:25:58 +02:00
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@ -721,202 +721,6 @@ Syntax:
.BI ez= iobase[,irq[,rep[,nybble]]]
.fi
.in
.SS IBM MCA bus devices
See also the kernel source file
.IR Documentation/mca.txt .
.TP
.B "PS/2 ESDI hard disks"
It is possible to specify the desired geometry at boot time:
.in +4n
.nf
.BI ed= cyls,heads,sectors.
.fi
.in
.IP
For a ThinkPad-720, add the option
.in +4n
.nf
.BR tp720=1 .
.fi
.in
.TP
.B "IBM Microchannel SCSI Subsystem configuration"
Syntax:
.in +4n
.nf
.BI ibmmcascsi= N
.fi
.in
.IP
where N is the
.I pun
(SCSI ID) of the subsystem.
.TP
.B "The Aztech Interface"
The syntax for this type of card is:
.in +4n
.nf
aztcd=iobase[,magic_number]
.fi
.in
.IP
If you set the magic_number to 0x79, then the driver will try and run
anyway in the event of an unknown firmware version.
All other values
are ignored.
.TP
.B "Parallel port CD-ROM drives"
Syntax:
.in +4n
.nf
pcd.driveN=prt,pro,uni,mod,slv,dly
pcd.nice=nice
.fi
.in
.IP
where 'port' is the base address, 'pro' is the protocol number, 'uni'
is the unit selector (for chained devices), 'mod' is the mode (or \-1
to choose the best automatically), 'slv' is 1 if it should be a slave,
and 'dly' is a small integer for slowing down port accesses.
The 'nice' parameter controls the driver's use of idle CPU time, at the
expense of some speed.
.TP
.B "The CDU-31A and CDU-33A Sony Interface"
This CD-ROM interface is found on some of the Pro Audio Spectrum sound
cards, and other Sony supplied interface cards.
The syntax is as follows:
.in +4n
.nf
cdu31a=iobase,[irq[,is_pas_card]]
.fi
.in
.IP
Specifying an IRQ value of zero tells the driver that hardware
interrupts aren't supported (as on some PAS cards).
If your card
supports interrupts, you should use them as it cuts down on the CPU
usage of the driver.
The
.I is_pas_card
should be entered as 'PAS' if using a Pro Audio Spectrum card,
and otherwise it should not be specified at all.
.TP
.B "The CDU-535 Sony Interface"
The syntax for this CD-ROM interface is:
.in +4n
.nf
sonycd535=iobase[,irq]
.fi
.in
.IP
A zero can be used for the I/O base as a 'placeholder' if one wishes
to specify an IRQ value.
.TP
.B "The GoldStar Interface"
The syntax for this CD-ROM interface is:
.in +4n
.nf
gscd=iobase
.fi
.in
.TP
.B "The ISP16 CD-ROM Interface"
Syntax:
.in +4n
.nf
isp16=[iobase[,irq[,dma[,type]]]]
.fi
.in
.IP
(Three integers and a string.)
If the type is given as 'noisp16',
the interface will not be configured.
Other recognized types
are: 'Sanyo", 'Sony', 'Panasonic' and 'Mitsumi'.
.TP
.B "The Mitsumi Standard Interface"
The syntax for this CD-ROM interface is:
.in +4n
.nf
mcd=iobase,[irq[,wait_value]]
.fi
.in
.IP
The
.I wait_value
is used as an internal timeout value for people who are
having problems with their drive, and may or may not be implemented
depending on a compile-time #define.
The Mitsumi FX400 is an IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM player and does not use
the mcd driver.
.TP
.B "The Mitsumi XA/MultiSession Interface"
This is for the same hardware as above, but the driver has extended features.
Syntax:
.in +4n
.nf
mcdx=iobase[,irq]
.fi
.in
.TP
.B "The Optics Storage Interface"
The syntax for this type of card is:
.in +4n
.nf
optcd=iobase
.fi
.in
.TP
.B "The Phillips CM206 Interface"
The syntax for this type of card is:
.in +4n
.nf
cm206=[iobase][,irq]
.fi
.in
.IP
The driver assumes numbers between 3 and 11 are IRQ values, and
numbers between 0x300 and 0x370 are I/O ports, so you can specify one,
or both numbers, in any order.
It also accepts 'cm206=auto' to enable
autoprobing.
.TP
.B "The Sanyo Interface"
The syntax for this type of card is:
.in +4n
.nf
sjcd=iobase[,irq[,dma_channel]]
.fi
.in
.TP
.B "The SoundBlaster Pro Interface"
The syntax for this type of card is:
.in +4n
.nf
sbpcd=iobase,type
.fi
.in
.IP
where type is one of the following (case sensitive) strings:
\&'SoundBlaster', 'LaserMate', or 'SPEA'.
The I/O base is that of the
CD-ROM interface, and not that of the sound portion of the card.
.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.