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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2008-03-07 13:17:59 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2008-03-07 13:17:59 -0800 |
commit | bb641ab496d5b8eb835ae1933926fdf23feb5260 (patch) | |
tree | 12d8437158fd16b58fc324fb7e2f8781e2463a9c /Documentation | |
parent | 4c1aa6f8b9686ddc7221f0f3b63f9b7dd1467543 (diff) | |
parent | 1c10e93828f8861c3f58d647e259de0e2c63b930 (diff) |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6:
ide: update references to Documentation/ide/ide.txt (v2)
ide: move ide.txt to Documentation/ide/
ide: fix buggy code in ide_register_hw()
ide: fix enabling DMA on it821x in "smart" mode
ide-cd: mark REQ_TYPE_ATA_PC write requests with REQ_RW flag
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/00-INDEX | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ide/00-INDEX | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ide/ide.txt (renamed from Documentation/ide.txt) | 20 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 |
5 files changed, 35 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 30b327a116e..042073f656e 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ i386/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. ia64/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. -ide.txt - - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS). infiniband/ - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. initrd.txt diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd b/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd index 29721bfcde1..91c0dcc6fa5 100644 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd +++ b/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ This driver provides the following features: --------------- 0. The ide-cd relies on the ide disk driver. See - Documentation/ide.txt for up-to-date information on the ide + Documentation/ide/ide.txt for up-to-date information on the ide driver. 1. Make sure that the ide and ide-cd drivers are compiled into the @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ This driver provides the following features: Depending on what type of IDE interface you have, you may need to specify additional configuration options. See - Documentation/ide.txt. + Documentation/ide/ide.txt. 2. You should also ensure that the iso9660 filesystem is either compiled into the kernel or available as a loadable module. You @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ This driver provides the following features: on the primary IDE interface are called `hda' and `hdb', respectively. The drives on the secondary interface are called `hdc' and `hdd'. (Interfaces at other locations get other letters - in the third position; see Documentation/ide.txt.) + in the third position; see Documentation/ide/ide.txt.) If you want your CDROM drive to be found automatically by the driver, you should make sure your IDE interface uses either the @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ This driver provides the following features: be jumpered as `master'. (If for some reason you cannot configure your system in this manner, you can probably still use the driver. You may have to pass extra configuration information to the kernel - when you boot, however. See Documentation/ide.txt for more + when you boot, however. See Documentation/ide/ide.txt for more information.) 4. Boot the system. If the drive is recognized, you should see a @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ TEST This section discusses some common problems encountered when trying to use the driver, and some possible solutions. Note that if you are experiencing problems, you should probably also review -Documentation/ide.txt for current information about the underlying +Documentation/ide/ide.txt for current information about the underlying IDE support code. Some of these items apply only to earlier versions of the driver, but are mentioned here for completeness. @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ from the driver. a. Drive is not detected during booting. - Review the configuration instructions above and in - Documentation/ide.txt, and check how your hardware is + Documentation/ide/ide.txt, and check how your hardware is configured. - If your drive is the only device on an IDE interface, it should @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ a. Drive is not detected during booting. - If your IDE interface is not at the standard addresses of 0x170 or 0x1f0, you'll need to explicitly inform the driver using a - lilo option. See Documentation/ide.txt. (This feature was + lilo option. See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. (This feature was added around kernel version 1.3.30.) - If the autoprobing is not finding your drive, you can tell the @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ a. Drive is not detected during booting. Support for some interfaces needing extra initialization is provided in later 1.3.x kernels. You may need to turn on additional kernel configuration options to get them to work; - see Documentation/ide.txt. + see Documentation/ide/ide.txt. Even if support is not available for your interface, you may be able to get it to work with the following procedure. First boot @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ c. System hangups. be worked around by specifying the `serialize' option when booting. Recent kernels should be able to detect the need for this automatically in most cases, but the detection is not - foolproof. See Documentation/ide.txt for more information + foolproof. See Documentation/ide/ide.txt for more information about the `serialize' option and the CMD640B. - Note that many MS-DOS CDROM drivers will work with such buggy diff --git a/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX b/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d6b778842b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +00-INDEX + - this file +ChangeLog.ide-cd.1994-2004 + - ide-cd changelog +ChangeLog.ide-floppy.1996-2002 + - ide-floppy changelog +ChangeLog.ide-tape.1995-2002 + - ide-tape changelog +ide-tape.txt + - info on the IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver +ide.txt + - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS). diff --git a/Documentation/ide.txt b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt index bcd7cd1278e..e3b3425328b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ide.txt +++ b/Documentation/ide/ide.txt @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ ============================================================================== - + The hdparm utility can be used to control various IDE features on a running system. It is packaged separately. Please Look for it on popular linux FTP sites. - + *** IMPORTANT NOTICES: BUGGY IDE CHIPSETS CAN CORRUPT DATA!! @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Common pitfalls: ================================================================================ -This is the multiple IDE interface driver, as evolved from hd.c. +This is the multiple IDE interface driver, as evolved from hd.c. It supports up to 9 IDE interfaces per default, on one or more IRQs (usually 14 & 15). There can be up to two drives per interface, as per the ATA-6 spec. @@ -215,17 +215,17 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line -------------------------------------------------------- "hdx=" is recognized for all "x" from "a" to "h", such as "hdc". - + "idex=" is recognized for all "x" from "0" to "3", such as "ide1". "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=remap" : remap access of sector 0 to sector 1 (for EZDrive) @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line "idex=base" : probe for an interface at the addr specified, where "base" is usually 0x1f0 or 0x170 and "ctl" is assumed to be "base"+0x206 - + "idex=base,ctl" : specify both base and ctl "idex=base,ctl,irq" : specify base, ctl, and irq number @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line to take effect. "idex=four" : four drives on idex and ide(x^1) share same ports - + "idex=reset" : reset interface after probe "idex=ata66" : informs the interface that it has an 80c cable diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 9a5b6658c65..533e67febf8 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect> hd?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - hd?lun= See Documentation/ide.txt. + hd?lun= See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no @@ -766,14 +766,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file ide= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem Format: ide=nodma or ide=doubler or ide=reverse - See Documentation/ide.txt. + See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. ide?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem Format: ide?=noprobe or chipset specific parameters. - See Documentation/ide.txt. + See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed - See Documentation/ide.txt. + See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. idle= [X86] Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait |