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author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 1998-03-17 22:05:47 +0000 |
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committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 1998-03-17 22:05:47 +0000 |
commit | 27cfca1ec98e91261b1a5355d10a8996464b63af (patch) | |
tree | 8e895a53e372fa682b4c0a585b9377d67ed70d0e /Documentation/digiboard.txt | |
parent | 6a76fb7214c477ccf6582bd79c5b4ccc4f9c41b1 (diff) |
Look Ma' what I found on my harddisk ...
o New faster syscalls for 2.1.x, too
o Upgrade to 2.1.89.
Don't try to run this. It's flaky as hell. But feel free to debug ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/digiboard.txt b/Documentation/digiboard.txt index 0a49a427f..ab1490ada 100644 --- a/Documentation/digiboard.txt +++ b/Documentation/digiboard.txt @@ -254,3 +254,35 @@ sh /dev/MAKEDEV digi ;; par[0-2]) ----- End Makedev patch + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Changes v1.5.5: + +The ability to use the kernel's command line to pass in the configuration for +boards. Using LILO's APPEND command, a string of comma separated identifiers +or integers can be used. The 6 values in order are: + + Enable/Disable this card, + Type of card: PC/Xi(0), PC/Xe(1), PC/Xeve(2), PC/Xem(3) + Enable/Disable alternate pin arrangement, + Number of ports on this card, + I/O Port where card is configured (in HEX if using string identifiers), + Base of memory window (in HEX if using string identifiers), + +Samples: + append="digi=E,PC/Xi,D,16,200,D0000" + append="digi=1,0,0,16,512,(whatever D0000 is in base 10 :) + +Driver's minor device numbers are conserved. This means that instead of +each board getting a block of 16 minors pre-assigned, it gets however +many it should, with the next card following directly behind it. A +system with 4 2-port PC/Xi boards will use minor numbers 0-7. +This conserves some memory, and removes a few hard coded constants. + +NOTE!! NOTE!! NOTE!! +The definition of PC/Xem as a valid board type is the BEGINNING of support +for this device. The driver does not currently recognise the board, nor +does it want to initialize it. At least not the EISA version. + +Mike McLagan <mike.mclagan@linux.org> 5, April 1996. |