Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
- See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
+ See Documentation/ide/ide.rst.
ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
Format: <int>
---------------
0. The ide-cd relies on the ide disk driver. See
- Documentation/ide/ide.txt for up-to-date information on the ide
+ Documentation/ide/ide.rst for up-to-date information on the ide
driver.
1. Make sure that the ide and ide-cd drivers are compiled into the
Depending on what type of IDE interface you have, you may need to
specify additional configuration options. See
- Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
+ Documentation/ide/ide.rst.
2. You should also ensure that the iso9660 filesystem is either
compiled into the kernel or available as a loadable module. You
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/ide.txt.)
+ in the third position; see Documentation/ide/ide.rst.)
If you want your CDROM drive to be found automatically by the
driver, you should make sure your IDE interface uses either the
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/ide.txt for more
+ when you boot, however. See Documentation/ide/ide.rst for more
information.)
4. Boot the system. If the drive is recognized, you should see a
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/ide.txt for current information about the underlying
+Documentation/ide/ide.rst 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.
a. Drive is not detected during booting.
- Review the configuration instructions above and in
- Documentation/ide/ide.txt, and check how your hardware is
+ Documentation/ide/ide.rst, and check how your hardware is
configured.
- If your drive is the only device on an IDE interface, it should
- 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/ide.txt. (This feature was
+ lilo option. See Documentation/ide/ide.rst. (This feature was
added around kernel version 1.3.30.)
- If the autoprobing is not finding your drive, you can tell the
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/ide.txt.
+ see Documentation/ide/ide.rst.
Even if support is not available for your interface, you may be
able to get it to work with the following procedure. First boot
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/ide.txt for more information
+ foolproof. See Documentation/ide/ide.rst for more information
about the `serialize` option and the CMD640B.
- Note that many MS-DOS CDROM drivers will work with such buggy
--- /dev/null
+Changelog for ide cd
+--------------------
+
+ .. include:: ChangeLog.ide-cd.1994-2004
+ :literal:
+
+Changelog for ide floppy
+------------------------
+
+ .. include:: ChangeLog.ide-floppy.1996-2002
+ :literal:
+
+Changelog for ide tape
+----------------------
+
+ .. include:: ChangeLog.ide-tape.1995-2002
+ :literal:
--- /dev/null
+===============================
+IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver
+===============================
+
+This driver is a part of the Linux ide driver.
+
+The driver, in co-operation with ide.c, basically traverses the
+request-list for the block device interface. The character device
+interface, on the other hand, creates new requests, adds them
+to the request-list of the block device, and waits for their completion.
+
+The block device major and minor numbers are determined from the
+tape's relative position in the ide interfaces, as explained in ide.c.
+
+The character device interface consists of the following devices::
+
+ ht0 major 37, minor 0 first IDE tape, rewind on close.
+ ht1 major 37, minor 1 second IDE tape, rewind on close.
+ ...
+ nht0 major 37, minor 128 first IDE tape, no rewind on close.
+ nht1 major 37, minor 129 second IDE tape, no rewind on close.
+ ...
+
+The general magnetic tape commands compatible interface, as defined by
+include/linux/mtio.h, is accessible through the character device.
+
+General ide driver configuration options, such as the interrupt-unmask
+flag, can be configured by issuing an ioctl to the block device interface,
+as any other ide device.
+
+Our own ide-tape ioctl's can be issued to either the block device or
+the character device interface.
+
+Maximal throughput with minimal bus load will usually be achieved in the
+following scenario:
+
+ 1. ide-tape is operating in the pipelined operation mode.
+ 2. No buffering is performed by the user backup program.
+
+Testing was done with a 2 GB CONNER CTMA 4000 IDE ATAPI Streaming Tape Drive.
+
+Here are some words from the first releases of hd.c, which are quoted
+in ide.c and apply here as well:
+
+* Special care is recommended. Have Fun!
+
+Possible improvements
+=====================
+
+1. Support for the ATAPI overlap protocol.
+
+In order to maximize bus throughput, we currently use the DSC
+overlap method which enables ide.c to service requests from the
+other device while the tape is busy executing a command. The
+DSC overlap method involves polling the tape's status register
+for the DSC bit, and servicing the other device while the tape
+isn't ready.
+
+In the current QIC development standard (December 1995),
+it is recommended that new tape drives will *in addition*
+implement the ATAPI overlap protocol, which is used for the
+same purpose - efficient use of the IDE bus, but is interrupt
+driven and thus has much less CPU overhead.
+
+ATAPI overlap is likely to be supported in most new ATAPI
+devices, including new ATAPI cdroms, and thus provides us
+a method by which we can achieve higher throughput when
+sharing a (fast) ATA-2 disk with any (slow) new ATAPI device.
+++ /dev/null
-IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver.
-
-This driver is a part of the Linux ide driver.
-
-The driver, in co-operation with ide.c, basically traverses the
-request-list for the block device interface. The character device
-interface, on the other hand, creates new requests, adds them
-to the request-list of the block device, and waits for their completion.
-
-The block device major and minor numbers are determined from the
-tape's relative position in the ide interfaces, as explained in ide.c.
-
-The character device interface consists of the following devices:
-
-ht0 major 37, minor 0 first IDE tape, rewind on close.
-ht1 major 37, minor 1 second IDE tape, rewind on close.
-...
-nht0 major 37, minor 128 first IDE tape, no rewind on close.
-nht1 major 37, minor 129 second IDE tape, no rewind on close.
-...
-
-The general magnetic tape commands compatible interface, as defined by
-include/linux/mtio.h, is accessible through the character device.
-
-General ide driver configuration options, such as the interrupt-unmask
-flag, can be configured by issuing an ioctl to the block device interface,
-as any other ide device.
-
-Our own ide-tape ioctl's can be issued to either the block device or
-the character device interface.
-
-Maximal throughput with minimal bus load will usually be achieved in the
-following scenario:
-
- 1. ide-tape is operating in the pipelined operation mode.
- 2. No buffering is performed by the user backup program.
-
-Testing was done with a 2 GB CONNER CTMA 4000 IDE ATAPI Streaming Tape Drive.
-
-Here are some words from the first releases of hd.c, which are quoted
-in ide.c and apply here as well:
-
-| Special care is recommended. Have Fun!
-
-Possible improvements:
-
-1. Support for the ATAPI overlap protocol.
-
-In order to maximize bus throughput, we currently use the DSC
-overlap method which enables ide.c to service requests from the
-other device while the tape is busy executing a command. The
-DSC overlap method involves polling the tape's status register
-for the DSC bit, and servicing the other device while the tape
-isn't ready.
-
-In the current QIC development standard (December 1995),
-it is recommended that new tape drives will *in addition*
-implement the ATAPI overlap protocol, which is used for the
-same purpose - efficient use of the IDE bus, but is interrupt
-driven and thus has much less CPU overhead.
-
-ATAPI overlap is likely to be supported in most new ATAPI
-devices, including new ATAPI cdroms, and thus provides us
-a method by which we can achieve higher throughput when
-sharing a (fast) ATA-2 disk with any (slow) new ATAPI device.
--- /dev/null
+============================================
+Information regarding the Enhanced IDE drive
+============================================
+
+ 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::
+
+ BUGGY IDE CHIPSETS CAN CORRUPT DATA!!
+
+ PCI versions of the CMD640 and RZ1000 interfaces are now detected
+ automatically at startup when PCI BIOS support is configured.
+
+ Linux disables the "prefetch" ("readahead") mode of the RZ1000
+ to prevent data corruption possible due to hardware design flaws.
+
+ For the CMD640, linux disables "IRQ unmasking" (hdparm -u1) on any
+ drive for which the "prefetch" mode of the CMD640 is turned on.
+ If "prefetch" is disabled (hdparm -p8), then "IRQ unmasking" can be
+ used again.
+
+ For the CMD640, linux disables "32bit I/O" (hdparm -c1) on any drive
+ for which the "prefetch" mode of the CMD640 is turned off.
+ If "prefetch" is enabled (hdparm -p9), then "32bit I/O" can be
+ used again.
+
+ The CMD640 is also used on some Vesa Local Bus (VLB) cards, and is *NOT*
+ automatically detected by Linux. For safe, reliable operation with such
+ interfaces, one *MUST* use the "cmd640.probe_vlb" kernel option.
+
+ Use of the "serialize" option is no longer necessary.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Common pitfalls
+===============
+
+- 40-conductor IDE cables are capable of transferring data in DMA modes up to
+ udma2, but no faster.
+
+- If possible devices should be attached to separate channels if they are
+ available. Typically the disk on the first and CD-ROM on the second.
+
+- If you mix devices on the same cable, please consider using similar devices
+ in respect of the data transfer mode they support.
+
+- Even better try to stick to the same vendor and device type on the same
+ cable.
+
+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.::
+
+ Primary: ide0, port 0x1f0; major=3; hda is minor=0; hdb is minor=64
+ Secondary: ide1, port 0x170; major=22; hdc is minor=0; hdd is minor=64
+ Tertiary: ide2, port 0x1e8; major=33; hde is minor=0; hdf is minor=64
+ Quaternary: ide3, port 0x168; major=34; hdg is minor=0; hdh is minor=64
+ fifth.. ide4, usually PCI, probed
+ sixth.. ide5, usually PCI, probed
+
+To access devices on interfaces > ide0, device entries please make sure that
+device files for them are present in /dev. If not, please create such
+entries, by using /dev/MAKEDEV.
+
+This driver automatically probes for most IDE interfaces (including all PCI
+ones), for the drives/geometries attached to those interfaces, and for the IRQ
+lines being used by the interfaces (normally 14, 15 for ide0/ide1).
+
+Any number of interfaces may share a single IRQ if necessary, at a slight
+performance penalty, whether on separate cards or a single VLB card.
+The IDE driver automatically detects and handles this. However, this may
+or may not be harmful to your hardware.. two or more cards driving the same IRQ
+can potentially burn each other's bus driver, though in practice this
+seldom occurs. Be careful, and if in doubt, don't do it!
+
+Drives are normally found by auto-probing and/or examining the CMOS/BIOS data.
+For really weird situations, the apparent (fdisk) geometry can also be specified
+on the kernel "command line" using LILO. The format of such lines is::
+
+ ide_core.chs=[interface_number.device_number]:cyls,heads,sects
+
+or::
+
+ ide_core.cdrom=[interface_number.device_number]
+
+For example::
+
+ ide_core.chs=1.0:1050,32,64 ide_core.cdrom=1.1
+
+The results of successful auto-probing may override the physical geometry/irq
+specified, though the "original" geometry may be retained as the "logical"
+geometry for partitioning purposes (fdisk).
+
+If the auto-probing during boot time confuses a drive (ie. the drive works
+with hd.c but not with ide.c), then an command line option may be specified
+for each drive for which you'd like the drive to skip the hardware
+probe/identification sequence. For example::
+
+ ide_core.noprobe=0.1
+
+or::
+
+ ide_core.chs=1.0:768,16,32
+ 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
+"trouble" with cdroms because of this requirement, so the driver now probes
+for both units, though success is more likely when the drive is jumpered
+correctly.
+
+Courtesy of Scott Snyder and others, the driver supports ATAPI cdrom drives
+such as the NEC-260 and the new MITSUMI triple/quad speed drives.
+Such drives will be identified at boot time, just like a hard disk.
+
+If for some reason your cdrom drive is *not* found at boot time, you can force
+the probe to look harder by supplying a kernel command line parameter
+via LILO, such as:::
+
+ ide_core.cdrom=1.0 /* "master" on second interface (hdc) */
+
+or::
+
+ ide_core.cdrom=1.1 /* "slave" on second interface (hdd) */
+
+For example, a GW2000 system might have a hard drive on the primary
+interface (/dev/hda) and an IDE cdrom drive on the secondary interface
+(/dev/hdc). To mount a CD in the cdrom drive, one would use something like::
+
+ ln -sf /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom
+ mkdir /mnt/cdrom
+ mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660 -o ro
+
+If, after doing all of the above, mount doesn't work and you see
+errors from the driver (with dmesg) complaining about `status=0xff`,
+this means that the hardware is not responding to the driver's attempts
+to read it. One of the following is probably the problem:
+
+ - Your hardware is broken.
+
+ - You are using the wrong address for the device, or you have the
+ drive jumpered wrong. Review the configuration instructions above.
+
+ - Your IDE controller requires some nonstandard initialization sequence
+ before it will work properly. If this is the case, there will often
+ be a separate MS-DOS driver just for the controller. IDE interfaces
+ on sound cards usually fall into this category. Such configurations
+ can often be made to work by first booting MS-DOS, loading the
+ appropriate drivers, and then warm-booting linux (without powering
+ off). This can be automated using loadlin in the MS-DOS autoexec.
+
+If you always get timeout errors, interrupts from the drive are probably
+not making it to the host. Check how you have the hardware jumpered
+and make sure it matches what the driver expects (see the configuration
+instructions above). If you have a PCI system, also check the BIOS
+setup; I've had one report of a system which was shipped with IRQ 15
+disabled by the BIOS.
+
+The kernel is able to execute binaries directly off of the cdrom,
+provided it is mounted with the default block size of 1024 (as above).
+
+Please pass on any feedback on any of this stuff to the maintainer,
+whose address can be found in linux/MAINTAINERS.
+
+The IDE driver is modularized. The high level disk/CD-ROM/tape/floppy
+drivers can always be compiled as loadable modules, the chipset drivers
+can only be compiled into the kernel, and the core code (ide.c) can be
+compiled as a loadable module provided no chipset support is needed.
+
+When using ide.c as a module in combination with kmod, add::
+
+ alias block-major-3 ide-probe
+
+to a configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/.
+
+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
+';'.
+
+
+Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line
+========================================================
+
+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:
+
+* "ali14xx.probe" boot option when ali14xx driver is built-in the kernel
+
+* "probe" module parameter when ali14xx driver is compiled as module
+ ("modprobe ali14xx probe")
+
+Also for legacy CMD640 host driver (cmd640) you need to use "probe_vlb"
+kernel paremeter to enable probing for VLB version of the chipset (PCI ones
+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:
+
+* "ide_core.ignore_cable=[interface_number]" boot option if IDE is built-in
+ (i.e. "ide_core.ignore_cable=1" to force ignoring cable for "ide1")
+
+* "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
+
+* "nohpa=[interface_number.device_number]" to disable Host Protected Area
+
+* "noprobe=[interface_number.device_number]" to skip probing
+
+* "nowerr=[interface_number.device_number]" to ignore the WRERR_STAT bit
+
+* "cdrom=[interface_number.device_number]" to force device as a CD-ROM
+
+* "chs=[interface_number.device_number]" to force device as a disk (using CHS)
+
+
+Some Terminology
+================
+
+IDE
+ Integrated Drive Electronics, meaning that each drive has a built-in
+ controller, which is why an "IDE interface card" is not a "controller card".
+
+ATA
+ AT (the old IBM 286 computer) Attachment Interface, a draft American
+ National Standard for connecting hard drives to PCs. This is the official
+ name for "IDE".
+
+ The latest standards define some enhancements, known as the ATA-6 spec,
+ which grew out of vendor-specific "Enhanced IDE" (EIDE) implementations.
+
+ATAPI
+ ATA Packet Interface, a new protocol for controlling the drives,
+ similar to SCSI protocols, created at the same time as the ATA2 standard.
+ ATAPI is currently used for controlling CDROM, TAPE and FLOPPY (ZIP or
+ LS120/240) devices, removable R/W cartridges, and for high capacity hard disk
+ drives.
+
+mlord@pobox.com
+
+
+Wed Apr 17 22:52:44 CEST 2002 edited by Marcin Dalecki, the current
+maintainer.
+
+Wed Aug 20 22:31:29 CEST 2003 updated ide boot options to current ide.c
+comments at 2.6.0-test4 time. Maciej Soltysiak <solt@dns.toxicfilms.tv>
+++ /dev/null
-
- Information regarding the Enhanced IDE drive in Linux 2.6
-
-==============================================================================
-
-
- 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!!
-*** =================
-*** PCI versions of the CMD640 and RZ1000 interfaces are now detected
-*** automatically at startup when PCI BIOS support is configured.
-***
-*** Linux disables the "prefetch" ("readahead") mode of the RZ1000
-*** to prevent data corruption possible due to hardware design flaws.
-***
-*** For the CMD640, linux disables "IRQ unmasking" (hdparm -u1) on any
-*** drive for which the "prefetch" mode of the CMD640 is turned on.
-*** If "prefetch" is disabled (hdparm -p8), then "IRQ unmasking" can be
-*** used again.
-***
-*** For the CMD640, linux disables "32bit I/O" (hdparm -c1) on any drive
-*** for which the "prefetch" mode of the CMD640 is turned off.
-*** If "prefetch" is enabled (hdparm -p9), then "32bit I/O" can be
-*** used again.
-***
-*** The CMD640 is also used on some Vesa Local Bus (VLB) cards, and is *NOT*
-*** automatically detected by Linux. For safe, reliable operation with such
-*** interfaces, one *MUST* use the "cmd640.probe_vlb" kernel option.
-***
-*** Use of the "serialize" option is no longer necessary.
-
-================================================================================
-Common pitfalls:
-
-- 40-conductor IDE cables are capable of transferring data in DMA modes up to
- udma2, but no faster.
-
-- If possible devices should be attached to separate channels if they are
- available. Typically the disk on the first and CD-ROM on the second.
-
-- If you mix devices on the same cable, please consider using similar devices
- in respect of the data transfer mode they support.
-
-- Even better try to stick to the same vendor and device type on the same
- cable.
-
-================================================================================
-
-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.
-
-Primary: ide0, port 0x1f0; major=3; hda is minor=0; hdb is minor=64
-Secondary: ide1, port 0x170; major=22; hdc is minor=0; hdd is minor=64
-Tertiary: ide2, port 0x1e8; major=33; hde is minor=0; hdf is minor=64
-Quaternary: ide3, port 0x168; major=34; hdg is minor=0; hdh is minor=64
-fifth.. ide4, usually PCI, probed
-sixth.. ide5, usually PCI, probed
-
-To access devices on interfaces > ide0, device entries please make sure that
-device files for them are present in /dev. If not, please create such
-entries, by using /dev/MAKEDEV.
-
-This driver automatically probes for most IDE interfaces (including all PCI
-ones), for the drives/geometries attached to those interfaces, and for the IRQ
-lines being used by the interfaces (normally 14, 15 for ide0/ide1).
-
-Any number of interfaces may share a single IRQ if necessary, at a slight
-performance penalty, whether on separate cards or a single VLB card.
-The IDE driver automatically detects and handles this. However, this may
-or may not be harmful to your hardware.. two or more cards driving the same IRQ
-can potentially burn each other's bus driver, though in practice this
-seldom occurs. Be careful, and if in doubt, don't do it!
-
-Drives are normally found by auto-probing and/or examining the CMOS/BIOS data.
-For really weird situations, the apparent (fdisk) geometry can also be specified
-on the kernel "command line" using LILO. The format of such lines is:
-
- ide_core.chs=[interface_number.device_number]:cyls,heads,sects
-or ide_core.cdrom=[interface_number.device_number]
-
-For example:
-
- ide_core.chs=1.0:1050,32,64 ide_core.cdrom=1.1
-
-The results of successful auto-probing may override the physical geometry/irq
-specified, though the "original" geometry may be retained as the "logical"
-geometry for partitioning purposes (fdisk).
-
-If the auto-probing during boot time confuses a drive (ie. the drive works
-with hd.c but not with ide.c), then an command line option may be specified
-for each drive for which you'd like the drive to skip the hardware
-probe/identification sequence. For example:
-
- ide_core.noprobe=0.1
-or
- ide_core.chs=1.0:768,16,32
- 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
-"trouble" with cdroms because of this requirement, so the driver now probes
-for both units, though success is more likely when the drive is jumpered
-correctly.
-
-Courtesy of Scott Snyder and others, the driver supports ATAPI cdrom drives
-such as the NEC-260 and the new MITSUMI triple/quad speed drives.
-Such drives will be identified at boot time, just like a hard disk.
-
-If for some reason your cdrom drive is *not* found at boot time, you can force
-the probe to look harder by supplying a kernel command line parameter
-via LILO, such as:
-
- ide_core.cdrom=1.0 /* "master" on second interface (hdc) */
-or
- ide_core.cdrom=1.1 /* "slave" on second interface (hdd) */
-
-For example, a GW2000 system might have a hard drive on the primary
-interface (/dev/hda) and an IDE cdrom drive on the secondary interface
-(/dev/hdc). To mount a CD in the cdrom drive, one would use something like:
-
- ln -sf /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom
- mkdir /mnt/cdrom
- mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660 -o ro
-
-If, after doing all of the above, mount doesn't work and you see
-errors from the driver (with dmesg) complaining about `status=0xff',
-this means that the hardware is not responding to the driver's attempts
-to read it. One of the following is probably the problem:
-
- - Your hardware is broken.
-
- - You are using the wrong address for the device, or you have the
- drive jumpered wrong. Review the configuration instructions above.
-
- - Your IDE controller requires some nonstandard initialization sequence
- before it will work properly. If this is the case, there will often
- be a separate MS-DOS driver just for the controller. IDE interfaces
- on sound cards usually fall into this category. Such configurations
- can often be made to work by first booting MS-DOS, loading the
- appropriate drivers, and then warm-booting linux (without powering
- off). This can be automated using loadlin in the MS-DOS autoexec.
-
-If you always get timeout errors, interrupts from the drive are probably
-not making it to the host. Check how you have the hardware jumpered
-and make sure it matches what the driver expects (see the configuration
-instructions above). If you have a PCI system, also check the BIOS
-setup; I've had one report of a system which was shipped with IRQ 15
-disabled by the BIOS.
-
-The kernel is able to execute binaries directly off of the cdrom,
-provided it is mounted with the default block size of 1024 (as above).
-
-Please pass on any feedback on any of this stuff to the maintainer,
-whose address can be found in linux/MAINTAINERS.
-
-The IDE driver is modularized. The high level disk/CD-ROM/tape/floppy
-drivers can always be compiled as loadable modules, the chipset drivers
-can only be compiled into the kernel, and the core code (ide.c) can be
-compiled as a loadable module provided no chipset support is needed.
-
-When using ide.c as a module in combination with kmod, add:
-
- alias block-major-3 ide-probe
-
-to a configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/.
-
-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
-';'.
-
-
-================================================================================
-
-Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line
---------------------------------------------------------
-
-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:
-
-* "ali14xx.probe" boot option when ali14xx driver is built-in the kernel
-
-* "probe" module parameter when ali14xx driver is compiled as module
- ("modprobe ali14xx probe")
-
-Also for legacy CMD640 host driver (cmd640) you need to use "probe_vlb"
-kernel paremeter to enable probing for VLB version of the chipset (PCI ones
-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:
-
-* "ide_core.ignore_cable=[interface_number]" boot option if IDE is built-in
- (i.e. "ide_core.ignore_cable=1" to force ignoring cable for "ide1")
-
-* "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
-
-* "nohpa=[interface_number.device_number]" to disable Host Protected Area
-
-* "noprobe=[interface_number.device_number]" to skip probing
-
-* "nowerr=[interface_number.device_number]" to ignore the WRERR_STAT bit
-
-* "cdrom=[interface_number.device_number]" to force device as a CD-ROM
-
-* "chs=[interface_number.device_number]" to force device as a disk (using CHS)
-
-================================================================================
-
-Some Terminology
-----------------
-IDE = Integrated Drive Electronics, meaning that each drive has a built-in
-controller, which is why an "IDE interface card" is not a "controller card".
-
-ATA = AT (the old IBM 286 computer) Attachment Interface, a draft American
-National Standard for connecting hard drives to PCs. This is the official
-name for "IDE".
-
-The latest standards define some enhancements, known as the ATA-6 spec,
-which grew out of vendor-specific "Enhanced IDE" (EIDE) implementations.
-
-ATAPI = ATA Packet Interface, a new protocol for controlling the drives,
-similar to SCSI protocols, created at the same time as the ATA2 standard.
-ATAPI is currently used for controlling CDROM, TAPE and FLOPPY (ZIP or
-LS120/240) devices, removable R/W cartridges, and for high capacity hard disk
-drives.
-
-mlord@pobox.com
---
-
-Wed Apr 17 22:52:44 CEST 2002 edited by Marcin Dalecki, the current
-maintainer.
-
-Wed Aug 20 22:31:29 CEST 2003 updated ide boot options to current ide.c
-comments at 2.6.0-test4 time. Maciej Soltysiak <solt@dns.toxicfilms.tv>
--- /dev/null
+:orphan:
+
+==================================
+Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
+==================================
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ ide
+ ide-tape
+ warm-plug-howto
+
+ changelogs
+
+.. only:: subproject and html
+
+ Indices
+ =======
+
+ * :ref:`genindex`
--- /dev/null
+===================
+IDE warm-plug HOWTO
+===================
+
+To warm-plug devices on a port 'idex'::
+
+ # echo -n "1" > /sys/class/ide_port/idex/delete_devices
+
+unplug old device(s) and plug new device(s)::
+
+ # echo -n "1" > /sys/class/ide_port/idex/scan
+
+done
+
+NOTE: please make sure that partitions are unmounted and that there are
+no other active references to devices before doing "delete_devices" step,
+also do not attempt "scan" step on devices currently in use -- otherwise
+results may be unpredictable and lead to data loss if you're unlucky
+++ /dev/null
-
-IDE warm-plug HOWTO
-===================
-
-To warm-plug devices on a port 'idex':
-
-# echo -n "1" > /sys/class/ide_port/idex/delete_devices
-
-unplug old device(s) and plug new device(s)
-
-# echo -n "1" > /sys/class/ide_port/idex/scan
-
-done
-
-NOTE: please make sure that partitions are unmounted and that there are
-no other active references to devices before doing "delete_devices" step,
-also do not attempt "scan" step on devices currently in use -- otherwise
-results may be unpredictable and lead to data loss if you're unlucky
char/joystick/* # most of this should work, not
# in default config.in
block/q40ide.c # startup for ide
- ide* # see Documentation/ide/ide.txt
+ ide* # see Documentation/ide/ide.rst
floppy.c # normal PC driver, DMA emu in asm/floppy.h
# and arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S
# see drivers/block/README.fd
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called ide-core.
- For further information, please read <file:Documentation/ide/ide.txt>.
+ For further information, please read <file:Documentation/ide/ide.rst>.
If unsure, say N.
if IDE
-comment "Please see Documentation/ide/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives"
+comment "Please see Documentation/ide/ide.rst for help/info on IDE drives"
config IDE_XFER_MODE
bool
along with other IDE devices, as "hdb" or "hdc", or something
similar, and will be mapped to a character device such as "ht0"
(check the boot messages with dmesg). Be sure to consult the
- <file:drivers/ide/ide-tape.c> and <file:Documentation/ide/ide.txt>
+ <file:drivers/ide/ide-tape.c> and <file:Documentation/ide/ide.rst>
files for usage information.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
The CMD640 chip is also used on add-in cards by Acculogic, and on
the "CSA-6400E PCI to IDE controller" that some people have. For
- details, read <file:Documentation/ide/ide.txt>.
+ details, read <file:Documentation/ide/ide.rst>.
config BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED
bool "CMD640 enhanced support"
help
This option includes support for setting/autotuning PIO modes and
prefetch on CMD640 IDE interfaces. For details, read
- <file:Documentation/ide/ide.txt>. If you have a CMD640 IDE interface
+ <file:Documentation/ide/ide.rst>. If you have a CMD640 IDE interface
and your BIOS does not already do this for you, then say Y here.
Otherwise say N.
boot parameter. It enables support for the secondary IDE interface
of the ALI M1439/1443/1445/1487/1489 chipsets, and permits faster
I/O speeds to be set as well.
- See the files <file:Documentation/ide/ide.txt> and
+ See the files <file:Documentation/ide/ide.rst> and
<file:drivers/ide/ali14xx.c> for more info.
config BLK_DEV_DTC2278
This driver is enabled at runtime using the "dtc2278.probe" kernel
boot parameter. It enables support for the secondary IDE interface
of the DTC-2278 card, and permits faster I/O speeds to be set as
- well. See the <file:Documentation/ide/ide.txt> and
+ well. See the <file:Documentation/ide/ide.rst> and
<file:drivers/ide/dtc2278.c> files for more info.
config BLK_DEV_HT6560B
This driver is enabled at runtime using the "ht6560b.probe" kernel
boot parameter. It enables support for the secondary IDE interface
of the Holtek card, and permits faster I/O speeds to be set as well.
- See the <file:Documentation/ide/ide.txt> and
+ See the <file:Documentation/ide/ide.rst> and
<file:drivers/ide/ht6560b.c> files for more info.
config BLK_DEV_QD65XX
help
This driver is enabled at runtime using the "qd65xx.probe" kernel
boot parameter. It permits faster I/O speeds to be set. See the
- <file:Documentation/ide/ide.txt> and <file:drivers/ide/qd65xx.c>
+ <file:Documentation/ide/ide.rst> and <file:drivers/ide/qd65xx.c>
for more info.
config BLK_DEV_UMC8672
This driver is enabled at runtime using the "umc8672.probe" kernel
boot parameter. It enables support for the secondary IDE interface
of the UMC-8672, and permits faster I/O speeds to be set as well.
- See the files <file:Documentation/ide/ide.txt> and
+ See the files <file:Documentation/ide/ide.rst> and
<file:drivers/ide/umc8672.c> for more info.
endif
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