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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt b/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 98c4392dd0fd..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,315 +0,0 @@ -Wed 2-Aug-95 <matti.aarnio@utu.fi> - - Linux network driver modules - - Do not mistake this for "README.modules" at the top-level - directory! That document tells about modules in general, while - this one tells only about network device driver modules. - - This is a potpourri of INSMOD-time(*) configuration options - (if such exists) and their default values of various modules - in the Linux network drivers collection. - - Some modules have also hidden (= non-documented) tunable values. - The choice of not documenting them is based on general belief, that - the less the user needs to know, the better. (There are things that - driver developers can use, others should not confuse themselves.) - - In many cases it is highly preferred that insmod:ing is done - ONLY with defining an explicit address for the card, AND BY - NOT USING AUTO-PROBING! - - Now most cards have some explicitly defined base address that they - are compiled with (to avoid auto-probing, among other things). - If that compiled value does not match your actual configuration, - do use the "io=0xXXX" -parameter for the insmod, and give there - a value matching your environment. - - If you are adventurous, you can ask the driver to autoprobe - by using the "io=0" parameter, however it is a potentially dangerous - thing to do in a live system. (If you don't know where the - card is located, you can try autoprobing, and after possible - crash recovery, insmod with proper IO-address..) - - -------------------------- - (*) "INSMOD-time" means when you load module with - /sbin/insmod you can feed it optional parameters. - See "man insmod". - -------------------------- - - - 8390 based Network Modules (Paul Gortmaker, Nov 12, 1995) - -------------------------- - -(Includes: smc-ultra, ne, wd, 3c503, hp, hp-plus, e2100 and ac3200) - -The 8390 series of network drivers now support multiple card systems without -reloading the same module multiple times (memory efficient!) This is done by -specifying multiple comma separated values, such as: - - insmod 3c503.o io=0x280,0x300,0x330,0x350 xcvr=0,1,0,1 - -The above would have the one module controlling four 3c503 cards, with card 2 -and 4 using external transceivers. The "insmod" manual describes the usage -of comma separated value lists. - -It is *STRONGLY RECOMMENDED* that you supply "io=" instead of autoprobing. -If an "io=" argument is not supplied, then the ISA drivers will complain -about autoprobing being not recommended, and begrudgingly autoprobe for -a *SINGLE CARD ONLY* -- if you want to use multiple cards you *have* to -supply an "io=0xNNN,0xQQQ,..." argument. - -The ne module is an exception to the above. A NE2000 is essentially an -8390 chip, some bus glue and some RAM. Because of this, the ne probe is -more invasive than the rest, and so at boot we make sure the ne probe is -done last of all the 8390 cards (so that it won't trip over other 8390 based -cards) With modules we can't ensure that all other non-ne 8390 cards have -already been found. Because of this, the ne module REQUIRES an "io=0xNNN" -argument passed in via insmod. It will refuse to autoprobe. - -It is also worth noting that auto-IRQ probably isn't as reliable during -the flurry of interrupt activity on a running machine. Cards such as the -ne2000 that can't get the IRQ setting from an EEPROM or configuration -register are probably best supplied with an "irq=M" argument as well. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -Card/Module List - Configurable Parameters and Default Values ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - -3c501.c: - io = 0x280 IO base address - irq = 5 IRQ - (Probes ports: 0x280, 0x300) - -3c503.c: - io = 0 (It will complain if you don't supply an "io=0xNNN") - irq = 0 (IRQ software selected by driver using autoIRQ) - xcvr = 0 (Use xcvr=1 to select external transceiver.) - (Probes ports: 0x300, 0x310, 0x330, 0x350, 0x250, 0x280, 0x2A0, 0x2E0) - -3c505.c: - io = 0 - irq = 0 - dma = 6 (not autoprobed) - (Probes ports: 0x300, 0x280, 0x310) - -3c507.c: - io = 0x300 - irq = 0 - (Probes ports: 0x300, 0x320, 0x340, 0x280) - -3c509.c: - io = 0 - irq = 0 - ( Module load-time probing Works reliably only on EISA, ISA ID-PROBE - IS NOT RELIABLE! Compile this driver statically into kernel for - now, if you need it auto-probing on an ISA-bus machine. ) - -8390.c: - (No public options, several other modules need this one) - -a2065.c: - Since this is a Zorro board, it supports full autoprobing, even for - multiple boards. (m68k/Amiga) - -ac3200.c: - io = 0 (Checks 0x1000 to 0x8fff in 0x1000 intervals) - irq = 0 (Read from config register) - (EISA probing..) - -apricot.c: - io = 0x300 (Can't be altered!) - irq = 10 - -arcnet.c: - io = 0 - irqnum = 0 - shmem = 0 - num = 0 - DO SET THESE MANUALLY AT INSMOD! - (When probing, looks at the following possible addresses: - Suggested ones: - 0x300, 0x2E0, 0x2F0, 0x2D0 - Other ones: - 0x200, 0x210, 0x220, 0x230, 0x240, 0x250, 0x260, 0x270, - 0x280, 0x290, 0x2A0, 0x2B0, 0x2C0, - 0x310, 0x320, 0x330, 0x340, 0x350, 0x360, 0x370, - 0x380, 0x390, 0x3A0, 0x3E0, 0x3F0 ) - -ariadne.c: - Since this is a Zorro board, it supports full autoprobing, even for - multiple boards. (m68k/Amiga) - -at1700.c: - io = 0x260 - irq = 0 - (Probes ports: 0x260, 0x280, 0x2A0, 0x240, 0x340, 0x320, 0x380, 0x300) - -atarilance.c: - Supports full autoprobing. (m68k/Atari) - -atp.c: *Not modularized* - (Probes ports: 0x378, 0x278, 0x3BC; - fixed IRQs: 5 and 7 ) - -cops.c: - io = 0x240 - irq = 5 - nodeid = 0 (AutoSelect = 0, NodeID 1-254 is hand selected.) - (Probes ports: 0x240, 0x340, 0x200, 0x210, 0x220, 0x230, 0x260, - 0x2A0, 0x300, 0x310, 0x320, 0x330, 0x350, 0x360) - -de4x5.c: - io = 0x000b - irq = 10 - is_not_dec = 0 -- For non-DEC card using DEC 21040/21041/21140 chip, set this to 1 - (EISA, and PCI probing) - -de600.c: - de600_debug = 0 - (On port 0x378, irq 7 -- lpt1; compile time configurable) - -de620.c: - bnc = 0, utp = 0 <-- Force media by setting either. - io = 0x378 (also compile-time configurable) - irq = 7 - -depca.c: - io = 0x200 - irq = 7 - (Probes ports: ISA: 0x300, 0x200; - EISA: 0x0c00 ) - -dummy.c: - No options - -e2100.c: - io = 0 (It will complain if you don't supply an "io=0xNNN") - irq = 0 (IRQ software selected by driver) - mem = 0 (Override default shared memory start of 0xd0000) - xcvr = 0 (Use xcvr=1 to select external transceiver.) - (Probes ports: 0x300, 0x280, 0x380, 0x220) - -eepro.c: - io = 0x200 - irq = 0 - (Probes ports: 0x200, 0x240, 0x280, 0x2C0, 0x300, 0x320, 0x340, 0x360) - -eexpress.c: - io = 0x300 - irq = 0 (IRQ value read from EEPROM) - (Probes ports: 0x300, 0x270, 0x320, 0x340) - -eql.c: - (No parameters) - -ewrk3.c: - io = 0x300 - irq = 5 - (With module no autoprobing! - On EISA-bus does EISA probing. - Static linkage probes ports on ISA bus: - 0x100, 0x120, 0x140, 0x160, 0x180, 0x1A0, 0x1C0, - 0x200, 0x220, 0x240, 0x260, 0x280, 0x2A0, 0x2C0, 0x2E0, - 0x300, 0x340, 0x360, 0x380, 0x3A0, 0x3C0) - -hp-plus.c: - io = 0 (It will complain if you don't supply an "io=0xNNN") - irq = 0 (IRQ read from configuration register) - (Probes ports: 0x200, 0x240, 0x280, 0x2C0, 0x300, 0x320, 0x340) - -hp.c: - io = 0 (It will complain if you don't supply an "io=0xNNN") - irq = 0 (IRQ software selected by driver using autoIRQ) - (Probes ports: 0x300, 0x320, 0x340, 0x280, 0x2C0, 0x200, 0x240) - -hp100.c: - hp100_port = 0 (IO-base address) - (Does EISA-probing, if on EISA-slot; - On ISA-bus probes all ports from 0x100 thru to 0x3E0 - in increments of 0x020) - -hydra.c: - Since this is a Zorro board, it supports full autoprobing, even for - multiple boards. (m68k/Amiga) - -ibmtr.c: - io = 0xa20, 0xa24 (autoprobed by default) - irq = 0 (driver cannot select irq - read from hardware) - mem = 0 (shared memory base set at 0xd0000 and not yet - able to override thru mem= parameter.) - -lance.c: *Not modularized* - (PCI, and ISA probing; "CONFIG_PCI" needed for PCI support) - (Probes ISA ports: 0x300, 0x320, 0x340, 0x360) - -loopback.c: *Static kernel component* - -ne.c: - io = 0 (Explicitly *requires* an "io=0xNNN" value) - irq = 0 (Tries to determine configured IRQ via autoIRQ) - (Probes ports: 0x300, 0x280, 0x320, 0x340, 0x360) - -net_init.c: *Static kernel component* - -ni52.c: *Not modularized* - (Probes ports: 0x300, 0x280, 0x360, 0x320, 0x340 - mems: 0xD0000, 0xD2000, 0xC8000, 0xCA000, - 0xD4000, 0xD6000, 0xD8000 ) - -ni65.c: *Not modularized* **16MB MEMORY BARRIER BUG** - (Probes ports: 0x300, 0x320, 0x340, 0x360) - -pi2.c: *Not modularized* (well, NON-STANDARD modularization!) - Only one card supported at this time. - (Probes ports: 0x380, 0x300, 0x320, 0x340, 0x360, 0x3A0) - -plip.c: - io = 0 - irq = 0 (by default, uses IRQ 5 for port at 0x3bc, IRQ 7 - for port at 0x378, and IRQ 2 for port at 0x278) - (Probes ports: 0x278, 0x378, 0x3bc) - -ppp.c: - No options (ppp-2.2+ has some, this is based on non-dynamic - version from ppp-2.1.2d) - -seeq8005.c: *Not modularized* - (Probes ports: 0x300, 0x320, 0x340, 0x360) - -skeleton.c: *Skeleton* - -slhc.c: - No configuration parameters - -slip.c: - slip_maxdev = 256 (default value from SL_NRUNIT on slip.h) - - -smc-ultra.c: - io = 0 (It will complain if you don't supply an "io=0xNNN") - irq = 0 (IRQ val. read from EEPROM) - (Probes ports: 0x200, 0x220, 0x240, 0x280, 0x300, 0x340, 0x380) - -tulip.c: *Partial modularization* - (init-time memory allocation makes problems..) - -tunnel.c: - No insmod parameters - -wavelan.c: - io = 0x390 (Settable, but change not recommended) - irq = 0 (Not honoured, if changed..) - -wd.c: - io = 0 (It will complain if you don't supply an "io=0xNNN") - irq = 0 (IRQ val. read from EEPROM, ancient cards use autoIRQ) - mem = 0 (Force shared-memory on address 0xC8000, or whatever..) - mem_end = 0 (Force non-std. mem. size via supplying mem_end val.) - (eg. for 32k WD8003EBT, use mem=0xd0000 mem_end=0xd8000) - (Probes ports: 0x300, 0x280, 0x380, 0x240) - -znet.c: *Not modularized* - (Only one device on Zenith Z-Note (notebook?) systems, - configuration information from (EE)PROM) |