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
-or hdx=cdrom
+ ide_core.chs=[interface_number.device_number]:cyls,heads,sects
+or ide_core.cdrom=[interface_number.device_number]
-where hdx can be any of hda through hdh, Three values are required
-(cyls,heads,sects). For example:
+For example:
- hdc=1050,32,64 hdd=cdrom
+ ide_core.chs=1.0:1050,32,64 ide_core.cdrom=1.1
-either {hda,hdb} or {hdc,hdd}. 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).
+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
ide_core.noprobe=0.1
or
- hdc=768,16,32
+ 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
the probe to look harder by supplying a kernel command line parameter
via LILO, such as:
- hdc=cdrom /* hdc = "master" on second interface */
+ ide_core.cdrom=1.0 /* "master" on second interface (hdc) */
or
- hdd=cdrom /* hdd = "slave" on second interface */
+ 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
Summary of ide driver parameters for kernel command line
--------------------------------------------------------
- "hdx=" is recognized for all "x" from "a" to "u", such as "hdc".
-
- "hdx=cdrom" : drive is present, and is a cdrom drive
-
- "hdx=cyl,head,sect" : disk drive is present, with specified geometry
-
"ide=doubler" : probe/support IDE doublers on Amiga
There may be more options than shown -- use the source, Luke!
* "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
drive->media = ide_cdrom;
/* an ATAPI device ignores DRDY */
drive->ready_stat = 0;
- goto done;
+ goto obsolete_option;
case -5: /* nodma */
drive->nodma = 1;
goto obsolete_option;
drive->sect = drive->bios_sect = vals[2];
drive->present = 1;
drive->forced_geom = 1;
- goto done;
+ goto obsolete_option;
default:
goto bad_option;
}
obsolete_option:
printk(" -- OBSOLETE OPTION, WILL BE REMOVED SOON!\n");
return 1;
-done:
- printk("\n");
- return 1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_lock);
module_param_call(nowerr, ide_set_dev_param_mask, NULL, &ide_nowerr, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowerr, "ignore the WRERR_STAT bit for a device");
+static unsigned int ide_cdroms;
+
+module_param_call(cdrom, ide_set_dev_param_mask, NULL, &ide_cdroms, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(cdrom, "force device as a CD-ROM");
+
+struct chs_geom {
+ unsigned int cyl;
+ u8 head;
+ u8 sect;
+};
+
+static unsigned int ide_disks;
+static struct chs_geom ide_disks_chs[MAX_HWIFS * MAX_DRIVES];
+
+static int ide_set_disk_chs(const char *str, struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+ int a, b, c = 0, h = 0, s = 0, i, j = 1;
+
+ if (sscanf(str, "%d.%d:%d,%d,%d", &a, &b, &c, &h, &s) != 5 &&
+ sscanf(str, "%d.%d:%d", &a, &b, &j) != 3)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ i = a * MAX_DRIVES + b;
+
+ if (i >= MAX_HWIFS * MAX_DRIVES || j < 0 || j > 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (c > INT_MAX || h > 255 || s > 255)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (j)
+ ide_disks |= (1 << i);
+ else
+ ide_disks &= (1 << i);
+
+ ide_disks_chs[i].cyl = c;
+ ide_disks_chs[i].head = h;
+ ide_disks_chs[i].sect = s;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+module_param_call(chs, ide_set_disk_chs, NULL, NULL, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(chs, "force device as a disk (using CHS)");
+
static void ide_dev_apply_params(ide_drive_t *drive)
{
int i = drive->hwif->index * MAX_DRIVES + drive->select.b.unit;
drive->name);
drive->bad_wstat = BAD_R_STAT;
}
+ if (ide_cdroms & (1 << i)) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "ide: forcing %s as a CD-ROM\n", drive->name);
+ drive->present = 1;
+ drive->media = ide_cdrom;
+ /* an ATAPI device ignores DRDY */
+ drive->ready_stat = 0;
+ }
+ if (ide_disks & (1 << i)) {
+ drive->cyl = drive->bios_cyl = ide_disks_chs[i].cyl;
+ drive->head = drive->bios_head = ide_disks_chs[i].head;
+ drive->sect = drive->bios_sect = ide_disks_chs[i].sect;
+ drive->forced_geom = 1;
+ printk(KERN_INFO "ide: forcing %s as a disk (%d/%d/%d)\n",
+ drive->name,
+ drive->cyl, drive->head, drive->sect);
+ drive->present = 1;
+ drive->media = ide_disk;
+ drive->ready_stat = READY_STAT;
+ }
}
static unsigned int ide_ignore_cable;