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* "hdx=cyls,heads,sects,wpcom,irq" should be "hdx=cyls,heads,sects".

* "hdx=" is for "x" from 'a' to 'u', "idex=" is for "x" from '0' to '9'.

* "idex=noautotune" is long gone.

* Obsoleted "ide0=" parameters were already removed from the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]>
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Expand Up @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ 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:

hdx=cyls,heads,sects,wpcom,irq
hdx=cyls,heads,sects
or hdx=cdrom

where hdx can be any of hda through hdh, Three values are required
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Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line
--------------------------------------------------------

"hdx=" is recognized for all "x" from "a" to "h", such as "hdc".
"hdx=" is recognized for all "x" from "a" to "u", such as "hdc".

"idex=" is recognized for all "x" from "0" to "3", such as "ide1".
"idex=" is recognized for all "x" from "0" to "9", such as "ide1".

"hdx=noprobe" : drive may be present, but do not probe for it

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"hdx=remap63" : remap the drive: add 63 to all sector numbers
(for DM OnTrack)

"idex=noautotune" : driver will NOT attempt to tune interface speed

"hdx=autotune" : driver will attempt to tune interface speed
to the fastest PIO mode supported,
if possible for this drive only.
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"ide=reverse" : formerly called to pci sub-system, but now local.

The following are valid ONLY on ide0, which usually corresponds
to the first ATA interface found on the particular host, and the defaults for
the base,ctl ports must not be altered.

"ide=doubler" : probe/support IDE doublers on Amiga

There may be more options than shown -- use the source, Luke!
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