From: Richard Hirst (rhirst@linuxcare.com)
Date: Sat Jan 6 06:13:27 2001
(Richard, this might not make it to the list as I am subscribed from a different address, so perhaps you could send it on for me). On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 03:19:17PM -0600, Black, Richard wrote: > Here's the format: > > To pass parameters at boot time use something like > > sim710=addr:0x8000,irq:15 > > and to pass parameters to insmod use something like > > sim710="addr:0x8000 irq:15" > > So this would be insmod sim710 sim710="addr:0x8000 irq:15" That is correct. > I don't remember if spaces matter when doing an insmod. The problem with insmod is that if it sees a comma it thinks you are specifying a multi-valued parameter. My sim710 parameter is defined as a string. That is why the comma is replaced with space for insmod. Of course you need to use the quotes so insmod sees it as one parameter. Another problem is that many installers don't cope with spaces in the module parameters, because they don't protect the space with quotes. SuSE fixed theirs at my request. > I believe if you check out the latest info on the sim710 driver, you may not > need to specify the irq of the controller. Here's the home page: > http://www.sleepie.demon.co.uk/ncr53c710/. That is correct, but unfortunately, I havn't got round to incorporating those changes in the official kernel source. So, if you use a module from RedHat you need to specify addr and irq. Richard --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: compaqandlinux-unsubscribe@van-dijk.net For additional commands, e-mail: compaqandlinux-help@van-dijk.net For the archives : http://www.van-dijk.net
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