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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2012-04-10 22:30:45 +0400 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2012-04-10 22:30:45 +0400 |
| commit | 06eb4eafbdc0796d741d139a44f1253278da8611 (patch) | |
| tree | fbdb44317130c371928154c9e6903e699fe2b995 /Documentation/parport.txt | |
| parent | 32ed53b83ea5ec26a4dba90e18f5e0ff6c71eb48 (diff) | |
| parent | f68e556e23d1a4176b563bcb25d8baf2c5313f91 (diff) | |
| download | linux-06eb4eafbdc0796d741d139a44f1253278da8611.tar.xz | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
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diff --git a/Documentation/parport.txt b/Documentation/parport.txt index 93a7ceef398d..c208e4366c03 100644 --- a/Documentation/parport.txt +++ b/Documentation/parport.txt @@ -36,18 +36,17 @@ addresses should not be specified for supported PCI cards since they are automatically detected. -KMod ----- +modprobe +-------- -If you use kmod, you will find it useful to edit /etc/modprobe.conf. -Here is an example of the lines that need to be added: +If you use modprobe , you will find it useful to add lines as below to a +configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/ directory:. alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc options parport_pc io=0x378,0x278 irq=7,auto -KMod will then automatically load parport_pc (with the options -"io=0x378,0x278 irq=7,auto") whenever a parallel port device driver -(such as lp) is loaded. +modprobe will load parport_pc (with the options "io=0x378,0x278 irq=7,auto") +whenever a parallel port device driver (such as lp) is loaded. Note that these are example lines only! You shouldn't in general need to specify any options to parport_pc in order to be able to use a |