Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263493AbTH0Pau (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:30:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263497AbTH0Pau (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:30:50 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:64672 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263493AbTH0Pas (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:30:48 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6][TRIVIAL] Update ide.txt documentation to current ide.c From: Alan Cox To: Maciej Soltysiak Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , mlord@pobox.com, Linus Torvalds In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1061998172.22825.51.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 (1.4.3-3) Date: 27 Aug 2003 16:29:33 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1204 Lines: 38 On Iau, 2003-08-21 at 11:30, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > + "hdx=biostimings" : driver will NOT attempt to tune interface speed > + (DMA/PIO) but always honour BIOS timings. > + Please don't document this option except maybe as "Selecting this on most systems will destroy all your data" > "hdx=slow" : insert a huge pause after each access to the data > port. Should be used only as a last resort. Should go - isnt supported any more > + "hdx=flash" : allows for more than one ata_flash disk to be > + registered. In most cases, only one device > + will be present. Fixed properly in 2.4, dunno about 2.6 > + > + "idex=biostimings" : driver will NOT attempt to tune interface speed > + (DMA/PIO) but always honour BIOS timings. Replace with "generally randomizes your disk contents, do not ever use" > + "ide=reverse" : formerly called to pci sub-system, but now local. > + Better if it said what it did ? Rest looks ok - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/