for each drive for which you'd like the drive to skip the hardware
probe/identification sequence. For example:
- hdb=noprobe
+ ide_core.noprobe=0.1
or
hdc=768,16,32
- hdc=noprobe
+ ide_core.noprobe=1.0
Note that when only one IDE device is attached to an interface, it should be
jumpered as "single" or "master", *not* "slave". Many folks have had
When ide.c is used as a module, you can pass command line parameters to the
driver using the "options=" keyword to insmod, while replacing any ',' with
-';'. For example:
-
- insmod ide.o options="hda=nodma hdb=nodma"
+';'.
================================================================================
"hdx=" is recognized for all "x" from "a" to "u", such as "hdc".
- "hdx=noprobe" : drive may be present, but do not probe for it
-
- "hdx=none" : drive is NOT present, ignore cmos and do not probe
-
- "hdx=nowerr" : ignore the WRERR_STAT bit on this drive
-
"hdx=cdrom" : drive is present, and is a cdrom drive
"hdx=cyl,head,sect" : disk drive is present, with specified geometry
- "hdx=nodma" : disallow DMA
-
"ide=doubler" : probe/support IDE doublers on Amiga
There may be more options than shown -- use the source, Luke!
* "ignore_cable=[interface_number]" module parameter (for ide_core module)
if IDE is compiled as module
+Other kernel parameters for ide_core are:
+
+* "nodma=[interface_number.device_number]" to disallow DMA for a device
+
+* "noflush=[interface_number.device_number]" to disable flush requests
+
+* "noprobe=[interface_number.device_number]" to skip probing
+
+* "nowerr=[interface_number.device_number]" to ignore the WRERR_STAT bit
+
================================================================================
Some Terminology
case -1: /* "none" */
case -2: /* "noprobe" */
drive->noprobe = 1;
- goto done;
+ goto obsolete_option;
case -3: /* "nowerr" */
drive->bad_wstat = BAD_R_STAT;
- goto done;
+ goto obsolete_option;
case -4: /* "cdrom" */
drive->present = 1;
drive->media = ide_cdrom;
goto done;
case -5: /* nodma */
drive->nodma = 1;
- goto done;
+ goto obsolete_option;
case -11: /* noflush */
drive->noflush = 1;
- goto done;
+ goto obsolete_option;
case -12: /* "remap" */
drive->remap_0_to_1 = 1;
goto obsolete_option;
module_param_named(pci_clock, ide_pci_clk, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(pci_clock, "PCI bus clock frequency (in MHz)");
+static int ide_set_dev_param_mask(const char *s, struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+ int a, b, i, j = 1;
+ unsigned int *dev_param_mask = (unsigned int *)kp->arg;
+
+ if (sscanf(s, "%d.%d:%d", &a, &b, &j) != 3 &&
+ sscanf(s, "%d.%d", &a, &b) != 2)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ i = a * MAX_DRIVES + b;
+
+ if (i >= MAX_HWIFS * MAX_DRIVES || j < 0 || j > 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (j)
+ *dev_param_mask |= (1 << i);
+ else
+ *dev_param_mask &= (1 << i);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned int ide_nodma;
+
+module_param_call(nodma, ide_set_dev_param_mask, NULL, &ide_nodma, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nodma, "disallow DMA for a device");
+
+static unsigned int ide_noflush;
+
+module_param_call(noflush, ide_set_dev_param_mask, NULL, &ide_noflush, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(noflush, "disable flush requests for a device");
+
+static unsigned int ide_noprobe;
+
+module_param_call(noprobe, ide_set_dev_param_mask, NULL, &ide_noprobe, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(noprobe, "skip probing for a device");
+
+static unsigned int ide_nowerr;
+
+module_param_call(nowerr, ide_set_dev_param_mask, NULL, &ide_nowerr, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowerr, "ignore the WRERR_STAT bit for a device");
+
+static void ide_dev_apply_params(ide_drive_t *drive)
+{
+ int i = drive->hwif->index * MAX_DRIVES + drive->select.b.unit;
+
+ if (ide_nodma & (1 << i)) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "ide: disallowing DMA for %s\n", drive->name);
+ drive->nodma = 1;
+ }
+ if (ide_noflush & (1 << i)) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "ide: disabling flush requests for %s\n",
+ drive->name);
+ drive->noflush = 1;
+ }
+ if (ide_noprobe & (1 << i)) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "ide: skipping probe for %s\n", drive->name);
+ drive->noprobe = 1;
+ }
+ if (ide_nowerr & (1 << i)) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "ide: ignoring the WRERR_STAT bit for %s\n",
+ drive->name);
+ drive->bad_wstat = BAD_R_STAT;
+ }
+}
+
static unsigned int ide_ignore_cable;
static int ide_set_ignore_cable(const char *s, struct kernel_param *kp)
void ide_port_apply_params(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
{
+ int i;
+
if (ide_ignore_cable & (1 << hwif->index)) {
printk(KERN_INFO "ide: ignoring cable detection for %s\n",
hwif->name);
hwif->cbl = ATA_CBL_PATA40_SHORT;
}
+
+ for (i = 0; i < MAX_DRIVES; i++)
+ ide_dev_apply_params(&hwif->drives[i]);
}
/*