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bootparam.7: Remove crufty "Serial port drivers" 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 It's hugely out of date now (many of these devices disappeared from the kernel years ago.)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>
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in your own personal values as recommended.
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Using a boot argument of
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\&'sound=0' will disable the sound driver entirely.
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.SS Serial port drivers
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.TP
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.B "The RISCom/8 Multiport Serial Driver ('riscom8=')"
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Syntax:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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riscom=iobase1[,iobase2[,iobase3[,iobase4]]]
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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More details can be found in the kernel source file
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.IR Documentation/riscom8.txt .
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.TP
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.B "The DigiBoard Driver ('digi=')"
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If this option is used, it should have precisely six parameters.
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Syntax:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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digi=status,type,altpin,numports,iobase,membase
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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The parameters maybe given as integers, or as strings.
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If strings are used, then iobase and membase should be given
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in hexadecimal.
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The integer arguments (fewer may be given) are in order:
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status (Enable(1) or Disable(0) this card),
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type (PC/Xi(0), PC/Xe(1), PC/Xeve(2), PC/Xem(3)),
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altpin (Enable(1) or Disable(0) alternate pin arrangement),
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numports (number of ports on this card),
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iobase (I/O Port where card is configured (in HEX)),
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membase (base of memory window (in HEX)).
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Thus, the following two boot prompt arguments are equivalent:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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digi=E,PC/Xi,D,16,200,D0000
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digi=1,0,0,16,0x200,851968
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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More details can be found in the kernel source file
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.IR Documentation/digiboard.txt .
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.TP
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.B "The Baycom Serial/Parallel Radio Modem"
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Syntax:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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baycom=iobase,irq,modem
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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There are precisely 3 parameters; for several cards, give
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several 'baycom=' commands.
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The modem parameter is a string
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that can take one of the values ser12, ser12*, par96, par96*.
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Here the * denotes that software DCD is to be used, and
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ser12/par96 chooses between the supported modem types.
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For more details, see the file
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.I Documentation/networking/baycom.txt
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(or
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.I drivers/net/README.baycom
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for older kernels) in the Linux kernel source.
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.TP
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.B "Soundcard radio modem driver"
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Syntax:
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.in +4n
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.nf
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soundmodem=iobase,irq,dma[,dma2[,serio[,pario]]],0,mode
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.fi
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.in
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.IP
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All parameters except the last are integers;
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the dummy 0 is required because of a bug in the setup code.
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The mode parameter is a string with syntax hw:modem,
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where hw is one of sbc, wss, or wssfdx, and modem is one of
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afsk1200 or fsk9600.
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.SS The line printer driver
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.TP
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.B "'lp='"
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