Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3242 mails)

[Chris Reeves <chris.reeves@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 01:27:43PM -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Monday 03 September 2001 12:33 pm, Chris Reeves wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 12:12:14PM -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> > >
> > > I believe it should be:
> > >
> > > insmod  aha154x   aha1542x=0x0330
> > >
> > > The first parm tells insmod what to load and the second parm is passed to
> > > the loaded module.  You might want to add the irq also:  
> > > aha1542x=0x0330,<irq>
> >
> > A couple of points here:
> > 1. It is usually best to use the 'modprobe' command, rather than 'insmod'.
> > 'modprobe' will handle all module dependencies automatically (and some
> > other stuff) while 'insmod' won't.
> > 2. The aha1542 module uses 0x330 as its base address by default.
> > 4. The systax is incorrect in the above example:
> 
> I beg to differ:
> 
> 1) Yes, modprobe is better but I wasn't sure what environment or problem he 
> was dealing with.  IAE, the information given would have helped him

Fair enough - I was adding more general information while I was at it. BTW, I
 didn't mean any of that in a bad way. :-/ Accept my humble apologies ;-)

> 2)  Yes..  (and your point?)  

What can I say... I was on a roll ;-)

> 4) And your syntax is incorrect.
> 
> >From the 'Using OpenLinux' book which lists the parms for all modules:
> 
> Boot Parameters:
> 
> Format:
> 
>   aha1542=<IO port>,<bus on>,<bus off>,<DMA speed>
> 
> IO port    0x0130,0x0134,0x0230,0x0330,0x0334, (probed at 330 and 334)
>     0x234
> 
> bus on  has a value 2-15  with 11 as default (microsec)
> 
> bus off has a value 1-64  with 4 as a default
> 
> DMA speed   5,6,7,8,10  (MB/sec)
> 
> 
> Note the use of  aha1542=<parms>
> 
> The adaptec drivers use  this format specifically.  Same for the aha152x 
> module.
> 
> NOTE:  The above are BOOT parameters.   The book notes that  "no MODULE 
> parameters are provided for this driver".

That's right, they're boot parameters, as I said below.

> > aha1542=0x330 can be used in that form when it is passed as a kernel
> > parameter, for example at a LILO prompt or as part of an append= line in
> > the lilo.conf file. When using insmod or modprobe, the module should be
> > loaded as follows (using modprobe as an example):
> > modprobe aha1542 io=0x330

My bad - I misread the source. :(
If I hadn't thought that bit was incorrect, I wouldn't have bothered with the
rest of the message (since what you had was, well, correct)...
I'll read slower next time.

Is it me, or am I seriously overusing smileys here? As you can probably tell,
I'm in a happy, jolly, bouncy mood. It's great to be back! Not a great start
though. :'(

Have fun,
	Chris ;-) :-) :-p
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