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authorBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>2008-04-27 15:38:30 +0200
committerBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>2008-04-27 15:38:30 +0200
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gayle: add "doubler" parameter
* Add "doubler" parameter to enable support for IDE doublers. * Obsolete "ide=doubler" kernel parameter. Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ide/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt
index caf24b21e7f..0c78f4b1d9d 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt
@@ -181,12 +181,6 @@ driver using the "options=" keyword to insmod, while replacing any ',' with
Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line
--------------------------------------------------------
- "ide=doubler" : probe/support IDE doublers on Amiga
-
-There may be more options than shown -- use the source, Luke!
-
-Everything else is rejected with a "BAD OPTION" message.
-
For legacy IDE VLB host drivers (ali14xx/dtc2278/ht6560b/qd65xx/umc8672)
you need to explicitly enable probing by using "probe" kernel parameter,
i.e. to enable probing for ALI M14xx chipsets (ali14xx host driver) use:
@@ -203,6 +197,9 @@ are detected automatically).
You also need to use "probe" kernel parameter for ide-4drives driver
(support for IDE generic chipset with four drives on one port).
+To enable support for IDE doublers on Amiga use "doubler" kernel parameter
+for gayle host driver (i.e. "gayle.doubler" if the driver is built-in).
+
To force ignoring cable detection (this should be needed only if you're using
short 40-wires cable which cannot be automatically detected - if this is not
a case please report it as a bug instead) use "ignore_cable" kernel parameter: