[154] in linux-scsi channel archive
kernel commandline param ncr53cXXX= is dummy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hans Lermen)
Mon Apr 24 20:15:17 1995
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 13:31:19 +0200
From: Hans Lermen <lermen@elserv.ffm.fgan.de>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Hi
While tracking down problems with onboard NCR-SCSI controlers on
ASUS SP3 PCI boards I noticed, that the setup routines of 53c7,8xx.c
(LILO append ncr53c8xx=...) are not called by any part of the kernel,
so a commandline param has no effect. I verified this with
nm -u `find /usr/src/linux -name '*[\.]o' -print` | grep ncr53
on a compiled Linux-1.2.5 tree.
Also within drivers/scsi/53c7,8xx.c there is no access to these routines.
I also had a look at the LILO code in order to find some hidden handling
for this stuff, but it wasn't in.
However all related docs are saying: You can configure with
append ncr53c810= ...
I guess there are some definitions missing in init/main.c bootsetups[]
such as
#ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx
{ "ncr53c810=", ncr53c810_setup },
{ "ncr53c820=", .... },
....
#endif
Hans Lermen
<lermen@elserv.ffm.fgan.de>
