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                                     Command Line Options for Linux/m68k
                                     ===================================
   
   Last Update: 2 May 1999
   Linux/m68k version: 2.2.6
   Author: Roman.Hodek@informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Roman Hodek)
   Update: jds@kom.auc.dk (Jes Sorensen) and faq@linux-m68k.org (Chris Lawrence)
  
  0) Introduction
  ===============
  
    Often I've been asked which command line options the Linux/m68k
  kernel understands, or how the exact syntax for the ... option is, or
  ... about the option ... . I hope, this document supplies all the
  answers...
  
    Note that some options might be outdated, their descriptions being
  incomplete or missing. Please update the information and send in the
  patches.
  
  
  1) Overview of the Kernel's Option Processing
  =============================================
  
  The kernel knows three kinds of options on its command line:
  
    1) kernel options
    2) environment settings
    3) arguments for init
  
  To which of these classes an argument belongs is determined as
  follows: If the option is known to the kernel itself, i.e. if the name
  (the part before the '=') or, in some cases, the whole argument string
  is known to the kernel, it belongs to class 1. Otherwise, if the
  argument contains an '=', it is of class 2, and the definition is put
  into init's environment. All other arguments are passed to init as
  command line options.
  
    This document describes the valid kernel options for Linux/m68k in
  the version mentioned at the start of this file. Later revisions may
  add new such options, and some may be missing in older versions.
  
    In general, the value (the part after the '=') of an option is a
  list of values separated by commas. The interpretation of these values
  is up to the driver that "owns" the option. This association of
  options with drivers is also the reason that some are further
  subdivided.
  
  
  2) General Kernel Options
  =========================
  
  2.1) root=
  ----------
  
  Syntax: root=/dev/<device>
      or: root=<hex_number>
  
  This tells the kernel which device it should mount as the root
  filesystem. The device must be a block device with a valid filesystem
  on it.
  
    The first syntax gives the device by name. These names are converted
  into a major/minor number internally in the kernel in an unusual way.
  Normally, this "conversion" is done by the device files in /dev, but
  this isn't possible here, because the root filesystem (with /dev)
  isn't mounted yet... So the kernel parses the name itself, with some
  hardcoded name to number mappings. The name must always be a
  combination of two or three letters, followed by a decimal number.
  Valid names are:
  
    /dev/ram: -> 0x0100 (initial ramdisk)
    /dev/hda: -> 0x0300 (first IDE disk)
    /dev/hdb: -> 0x0340 (second IDE disk)
    /dev/sda: -> 0x0800 (first SCSI disk)
    /dev/sdb: -> 0x0810 (second SCSI disk)
    /dev/sdc: -> 0x0820 (third SCSI disk)
    /dev/sdd: -> 0x0830 (forth SCSI disk)
    /dev/sde: -> 0x0840 (fifth SCSI disk)
    /dev/fd : -> 0x0200 (floppy disk)
    /dev/xda: -> 0x0c00 (first XT disk, unused in Linux/m68k)
    /dev/xdb: -> 0x0c40 (second XT disk, unused in Linux/m68k)
  
    The name must be followed by a decimal number, that stands for the
  partition number. Internally, the value of the number is just
  added to the device number mentioned in the table above. The
  exceptions are /dev/ram and /dev/fd, where /dev/ram refers to an
  initial ramdisk loaded by your bootstrap program (please consult the
  instructions for your bootstrap program to find out how to load an
  initial ramdisk). As of kernel version 2.0.18 you must specify
  /dev/ram as the root device if you want to boot from an initial
  ramdisk. For the floppy devices, /dev/fd, the number stands for the
  floppy drive number (there are no partitions on floppy disks). I.e.,
  /dev/fd0 stands for the first drive, /dev/fd1 for the second, and so
  on. Since the number is just added, you can also force the disk format
  by adding a number greater than 3. If you look into your /dev
  directory, use can see the /dev/fd0D720 has major 2 and minor 16. You
 can specify this device for the root FS by writing "root=/dev/fd16" on
 the kernel command line.
 
 [Strange and maybe uninteresting stuff ON]
 
   This unusual translation of device names has some strange
 consequences: If, for example, you have a symbolic link from /dev/fd
 to /dev/fd0D720 as an abbreviation for floppy driver #0 in DD format,
 you cannot use this name for specifying the root device, because the
 kernel cannot see this symlink before mounting the root FS and it
 isn't in the table above. If you use it, the root device will not be 
 set at all, without an error message. Another example: You cannot use a
 partition on e.g. the sixth SCSI disk as the root filesystem, if you
 want to specify it by name. This is, because only the devices up to
 /dev/sde are in the table above, but not /dev/sdf. Although, you can
 use the sixth SCSI disk for the root FS, but you have to specify the
 device by number... (see below). Or, even more strange, you can use the
 fact that there is no range checking of the partition number, and your
 knowledge that each disk uses 16 minors, and write "root=/dev/sde17"
 (for /dev/sdf1).
 
 [Strange and maybe uninteresting stuff OFF]
 
   If the device containing your root partition isn't in the table
 above, you can also specify it by major and minor numbers. These are
 written in hex, with no prefix and no separator between. E.g., if you
 have a CD with contents appropriate as a root filesystem in the first
 SCSI CD-ROM drive, you boot from it by "root=0b00". Here, hex "0b" =
 decimal 11 is the major of SCSI CD-ROMs, and the minor 0 stands for
 the first of these. You can find out all valid major numbers by
 looking into include/linux/major.h.
 
 
 2.2) ro, rw
 -----------
 
 Syntax: ro
     or: rw
 
 These two options tell the kernel whether it should mount the root
 filesystem read-only or read-write. The default is read-only, except
 for ramdisks, which default to read-write.
 
 
 2.3) debug
 ----------
 
 Syntax: debug
 
 This raises the kernel log level to 10 (the default is 7). This is the
 same level as set by the "dmesg" command, just that the maximum level
 selectable by dmesg is 8.
 
 
 2.4) debug=
 -----------
 
 Syntax: debug=<device>
 
 This option causes certain kernel messages be printed to the selected
 debugging device. This can aid debugging the kernel, since the
 messages can be captured and analyzed on some other machine. Which
 devices are possible depends on the machine type. There are no checks
 for the validity of the device name. If the device isn't implemented,
 nothing happens.
 
   Messages logged this way are in general stack dumps after kernel
 memory faults or bad kernel traps, and kernel panics. To be exact: all
 messages of level 0 (panic messages) and all messages printed while
 the log level is 8 or more (their level doesn't matter). Before stack
 dumps, the kernel sets the log level to 10 automatically. A level of
 at least 8 can also be set by the "debug" command line option (see
 2.3) and at run time with "dmesg -n 8".
 
 Devices possible for Amiga:
 
  - "ser": built-in serial port; parameters: 9600bps, 8N1
  - "mem": Save the messages to a reserved area in chip mem. After
           rebooting, they can be read under AmigaOS with the tool
           'dmesg'.
 
 Devices possible for Atari:
 
  - "ser1": ST-MFP serial port ("Modem1"); parameters: 9600bps, 8N1
  - "ser2": SCC channel B serial port ("Modem2"); parameters: 9600bps, 8N1
  - "ser" : default serial port
            This is "ser2" for a Falcon, and "ser1" for any other machine
  - "midi": The MIDI port; parameters: 31250bps, 8N1
  - "par" : parallel port
            The printing routine for this implements a timeout for the
            case there's no printer connected (else the kernel would
            lock up). The timeout is not exact, but usually a few
            seconds.
 
 
 2.6) ramdisk_size=
 -------------
 
 Syntax: ramdisk_size=<size>
 
   This option instructs the kernel to set up a ramdisk of the given
 size in KBytes. Do not use this option if the ramdisk contents are
 passed by bootstrap! In this case, the size is selected automatically
 and should not be overwritten.
 
   The only application is for root filesystems on floppy disks, that
 should be loaded into memory. To do that, select the corresponding
 size of the disk as ramdisk size, and set the root device to the disk
 drive (with "root=").
 
 
 2.7) swap=
 2.8) buff=
 -----------
 
   I can't find any sign of these options in 2.2.6.
 
 
 3) General Device Options (Amiga and Atari)
 ===========================================
 
 3.1) ether=
 -----------
 
 Syntax: ether=[<irq>[,<base_addr>[,<mem_start>[,<mem_end>]]]],<dev-name>
 
   <dev-name> is the name of a net driver, as specified in
 drivers/net/Space.c in the Linux source. Most prominent are eth0, ...
 eth3, sl0, ... sl3, ppp0, ..., ppp3, dummy, and lo.
 
   The non-ethernet drivers (sl, ppp, dummy, lo) obviously ignore the
 settings by this options. Also, the existing ethernet drivers for
 Linux/m68k (ariadne, a2065, hydra) don't use them because Zorro boards
 are really Plug-'n-Play, so the "ether=" option is useless altogether
 for Linux/m68k.
 
 
 3.2) hd=
 --------
 
 Syntax: hd=<cylinders>,<heads>,<sectors>
 
   This option sets the disk geometry of an IDE disk. The first hd=
 option is for the first IDE disk, the second for the second one.
 (I.e., you can give this option twice.) In most cases, you won't have
 to use this option, since the kernel can obtain the geometry data
 itself. It exists just for the case that this fails for one of your
 disks.
 
 
 3.3) max_scsi_luns=
 -------------------
 
 Syntax: max_scsi_luns=<n>
 
   Sets the maximum number of LUNs (logical units) of SCSI devices to
 be scanned. Valid values for <n> are between 1 and 8. Default is 8 if
 "Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device" was selected during the kernel
 configuration, else 1.
 
 
 3.4) st=
 --------
 
 Syntax: st=<buffer_size>,[<write_thres>,[<max_buffers>]]
 
   Sets several parameters of the SCSI tape driver. <buffer_size> is
 the number of 512-byte buffers reserved for tape operations for each
 device. <write_thres> sets the number of blocks which must be filled
 to start an actual write operation to the tape. Maximum value is the
 total number of buffers. <max_buffer> limits the total number of
 buffers allocated for all tape devices.
 
 
 3.5) dmasound=
 --------------
 
 Syntax: dmasound=[<buffers>,<buffer-size>[,<catch-radius>]]
 
   This option controls some configurations of the Linux/m68k DMA sound
 driver (Amiga and Atari): <buffers> is the number of buffers you want
 to use (minimum 4, default 4), <buffer-size> is the size of each
 buffer in kilobytes (minimum 4, default 32) and <catch-radius> says
 how much percent of error will be tolerated when setting a frequency
 (maximum 10, default 0). For example with 3% you can play 8000Hz
 AU-Files on the Falcon with its hardware frequency of 8195Hz and thus
 don't need to expand the sound.
 
 
 
 4) Options for Atari Only
 =========================
 
 4.1) video=
 -----------
 
 Syntax: video=<fbname>:<sub-options...>
 
 The <fbname> parameter specifies the name of the frame buffer,
 eg. most atari users will want to specify `atafb' here. The
 <sub-options> is a comma-separated list of the sub-options listed
 below.
 
 NB: Please notice that this option was renamed from `atavideo' to
     `video' during the development of the 1.3.x kernels, thus you
     might need to update your boot-scripts if upgrading to 2.x from
     an 1.2.x kernel.
 
 NBB: The behavior of video= was changed in 2.1.57 so the recommended
 option is to specify the name of the frame buffer.
 
 4.1.1) Video Mode
 -----------------
 
 This sub-option may be any of the predefined video modes, as listed
 in atari/atafb.c in the Linux/m68k source tree. The kernel will
 activate the given video mode at boot time and make it the default
 mode, if the hardware allows. Currently defined names are:
 
  - stlow           : 320x200x4
  - stmid, default5 : 640x200x2
  - sthigh, default4: 640x400x1
  - ttlow           : 320x480x8, TT only
  - ttmid, default1 : 640x480x4, TT only
  - tthigh, default2: 1280x960x1, TT only
  - vga2            : 640x480x1, Falcon only
  - vga4            : 640x480x2, Falcon only
  - vga16, default3 : 640x480x4, Falcon only
  - vga256          : 640x480x8, Falcon only
  - falh2           : 896x608x1, Falcon only
  - falh16          : 896x608x4, Falcon only
 
   If no video mode is given on the command line, the kernel tries the
 modes names "default<n>" in turn, until one is possible with the
 hardware in use.
 
   A video mode setting doesn't make sense, if the external driver is
 activated by a "external:" sub-option.
 
 4.1.2) inverse
 --------------
 
 Invert the display. This affects both, text (consoles) and graphics
 (X) display. Usually, the background is chosen to be black. With this
 option, you can make the background white.
 
 4.1.3) font
 -----------
 
 Syntax: font:<fontname>
 
 Specify the font to use in text modes. Currently you can choose only
 between `VGA8x8', `VGA8x16' and `PEARL8x8'. `VGA8x8' is default, if the
 vertical size of the display is less than 400 pixel rows. Otherwise, the
 `VGA8x16' font is the default.
 
 4.1.4) hwscroll_
 ----------------
 
 Syntax: hwscroll_<n>
 
 The number of additional lines of video memory to reserve for
 speeding up the scrolling ("hardware scrolling"). Hardware scrolling
 is possible only if the kernel can set the video base address in steps
 fine enough. This is true for STE, MegaSTE, TT, and Falcon. It is not
 possible with plain STs and graphics cards (The former because the
 base address must be on a 256 byte boundary there, the latter because
 the kernel doesn't know how to set the base address at all.)
 
   By default, <n> is set to the number of visible text lines on the
 display. Thus, the amount of video memory is doubled, compared to no
 hardware scrolling. You can turn off the hardware scrolling altogether
 by setting <n> to 0.
 
 4.1.5) internal:
 ----------------
 
 Syntax: internal:<xres>;<yres>[;<xres_max>;<yres_max>;<offset>]
 
 This option specifies the capabilities of some extended internal video
 hardware, like e.g. OverScan. <xres> and <yres> give the (extended)
 dimensions of the screen.
 
   If your OverScan needs a black border, you have to write the last
 three arguments of the "internal:". <xres_max> is the maximum line
 length the hardware allows, <yres_max> the maximum number of lines.
 <offset> is the offset of the visible part of the screen memory to its
 physical start, in bytes.
 
   Often, extended interval video hardware has to be activated somehow.
 For this, see the "sw_*" options below.
 
 4.1.6) external:
 ----------------
 
 Syntax:
   external:<xres>;<yres>;<depth>;<org>;<scrmem>[;<scrlen>[;<vgabase>\
            [;<colw>[;<coltype>[;<xres_virtual>]]]]]
 
 [I had to break this line...]
 
   This is probably the most complicated parameter... It specifies that
 you have some external video hardware (a graphics board), and how to
 use it under Linux/m68k. The kernel cannot know more about the hardware
 than you tell it here! The kernel also is unable to set or change any
 video modes, since it doesn't know about any board internal. So, you
 have to switch to that video mode before you start Linux, and cannot
 switch to another mode once Linux has started.
 
   The first 3 parameters of this sub-option should be obvious: <xres>,
 <yres> and <depth> give the dimensions of the screen and the number of
 planes (depth). The depth is the logarithm to base 2 of the number
 of colors possible. (Or, the other way round: The number of colors is
 2^depth).
 
   You have to tell the kernel furthermore how the video memory is
 organized. This is done by a letter as <org> parameter:
 
  'n': "normal planes", i.e. one whole plane after another
  'i': "interleaved planes", i.e. 16 bit of the first plane, than 16 bit
       of the next, and so on... This mode is used only with the
           built-in Atari video modes, I think there is no card that
           supports this mode.
  'p': "packed pixels", i.e. <depth> consecutive bits stand for all
           planes of one pixel; this is the most common mode for 8 planes
           (256 colors) on graphic cards
  't': "true color" (more or less packed pixels, but without a color
           lookup table); usually depth is 24
 
 For monochrome modes (i.e., <depth> is 1), the <org> letter has a
 different meaning:
 
  'n': normal colors, i.e. 0=white, 1=black
  'i': inverted colors, i.e. 0=black, 1=white
 
   The next important information about the video hardware is the base
 address of the video memory. That is given in the <scrmem> parameter,
 as a hexadecimal number with a "0x" prefix. You have to find out this
 address in the documentation of your hardware.
 
   The next parameter, <scrlen>, tells the kernel about the size of the
 video memory. If it's missing, the size is calculated from <xres>,
 <yres>, and <depth>. For now, it is not useful to write a value here.
 It would be used only for hardware scrolling (which isn't possible
 with the external driver, because the kernel cannot set the video base
 address), or for virtual resolutions under X (which the X server
 doesn't support yet). So, it's currently best to leave this field
 empty, either by ending the "external:" after the video address or by
 writing two consecutive semicolons, if you want to give a <vgabase>
 (it is allowed to leave this parameter empty).
 
   The <vgabase> parameter is optional. If it is not given, the kernel
 cannot read or write any color registers of the video hardware, and
 thus you have to set appropriate colors before you start Linux. But if
 your card is somehow VGA compatible, you can tell the kernel the base
 address of the VGA register set, so it can change the color lookup
 table. You have to look up this address in your board's documentation.
 To avoid misunderstandings: <vgabase> is the _base_ address, i.e. a 4k
 aligned address. For read/writing the color registers, the kernel
 uses the addresses vgabase+0x3c7...vgabase+0x3c9. The <vgabase>
 parameter is written in hexadecimal with a "0x" prefix, just as
 <scrmem>.
 
   <colw> is meaningful only if <vgabase> is specified. It tells the
 kernel how wide each of the color register is, i.e. the number of bits
 per single color (red/green/blue). Default is 6, another quite usual
 value is 8.
 
   Also <coltype> is used together with <vgabase>. It tells the kernel
 about the color register model of your gfx board. Currently, the types
 "vga" (which is also the default) and "mv300" (SANG MV300) are
 implemented.
 
   Parameter <xres_virtual> is required for ProMST or ET4000 cards where
 the physical linelength differs from the visible length. With ProMST, 
 xres_virtual must be set to 2048. For ET4000, xres_virtual depends on the
 initialisation of the video-card.
 If you're missing a corresponding yres_virtual: the external part is legacy,
 therefore we don't support hardware-dependent functions like hardware-scroll,
 panning or blanking.
 
 4.1.7) eclock:
 --------------
 
 The external pixel clock attached to the Falcon VIDEL shifter. This
 currently works only with the ScreenWonder!
 
 4.1.8) monitorcap:
 -------------------
 
 Syntax: monitorcap:<vmin>;<vmax>;<hmin>;<hmax>
 
 This describes the capabilities of a multisync monitor. Don't use it
 with a fixed-frequency monitor! For now, only the Falcon frame buffer
 uses the settings of "monitorcap:".
 
   <vmin> and <vmax> are the minimum and maximum, resp., vertical frequencies
 your monitor can work with, in Hz. <hmin> and <hmax> are the same for
 the horizontal frequency, in kHz.
 
   The defaults are 58;62;31;32 (VGA compatible).
 
   The defaults for TV/SC1224/SC1435 cover both PAL and NTSC standards.
 
 4.1.9) keep
 ------------
 
 If this option is given, the framebuffer device doesn't do any video
 mode calculations and settings on its own. The only Atari fb device
 that does this currently is the Falcon.
 
   What you reach with this: Settings for unknown video extensions
 aren't overridden by the driver, so you can still use the mode found
 when booting, when the driver doesn't know to set this mode itself.
 But this also means, that you can't switch video modes anymore...
 
   An example where you may want to use "keep" is the ScreenBlaster for
 the Falcon.
 
 
 4.2) atamouse=
 --------------
 
 Syntax: atamouse=<x-threshold>,[<y-threshold>]
 
   With this option, you can set the mouse movement reporting threshold.
 This is the number of pixels of mouse movement that have to accumulate
 before the IKBD sends a new mouse packet to the kernel. Higher values
 reduce the mouse interrupt load and thus reduce the chance of keyboard
 overruns. Lower values give a slightly faster mouse responses and
 slightly better mouse tracking.
 
   You can set the threshold in x and y separately, but usually this is
 of little practical use. If there's just one number in the option, it
 is used for both dimensions. The default value is 2 for both
 thresholds.
 
 
 4.3) ataflop=
 -------------
 
 Syntax: ataflop=<drive type>[,<trackbuffering>[,<steprateA>[,<steprateB>]]]
 
    The drive type may be 0, 1, or 2, for DD, HD, and ED, resp. This
    setting affects how many buffers are reserved and which formats are
    probed (see also below). The default is 1 (HD). Only one drive type
    can be selected. If you have two disk drives, select the "better"
    type.
 
    The second parameter <trackbuffer> tells the kernel whether to use
    track buffering (1) or not (0). The default is machine-dependent:
    no for the Medusa and yes for all others.
 
    With the two following parameters, you can change the default
    steprate used for drive A and B, resp. 
 
 
 4.4) atascsi=
 -------------
 
 Syntax: atascsi=<can_queue>[,<cmd_per_lun>[,<scat-gat>[,<host-id>[,<tagged>]]]]
 
   This option sets some parameters for the Atari native SCSI driver.
 Generally, any number of arguments can be omitted from the end. And
 for each of the numbers, a negative value means "use default". The
 defaults depend on whether TT-style or Falcon-style SCSI is used.
 Below, defaults are noted as n/m, where the first value refers to
 TT-SCSI and the latter to Falcon-SCSI. If an illegal value is given
 for one parameter, an error message is printed and that one setting is
 ignored (others aren't affected).
 
   <can_queue>:
     This is the maximum number of SCSI commands queued internally to the
     Atari SCSI driver. A value of 1 effectively turns off the driver
     internal multitasking (if it causes problems). Legal values are >=
     1. <can_queue> can be as high as you like, but values greater than
     <cmd_per_lun> times the number of SCSI targets (LUNs) you have
     don't make sense. Default: 16/8.
 
   <cmd_per_lun>:
     Maximum number of SCSI commands issued to the driver for one
     logical unit (LUN, usually one SCSI target). Legal values start
     from 1. If tagged queuing (see below) is not used, values greater
     than 2 don't make sense, but waste memory. Otherwise, the maximum
     is the number of command tags available to the driver (currently
     32). Default: 8/1. (Note: Values > 1 seem to cause problems on a
     Falcon, cause not yet known.)
 
       The <cmd_per_lun> value at a great part determines the amount of
     memory SCSI reserves for itself. The formula is rather
     complicated, but I can give you some hints:
       no scatter-gather  : cmd_per_lun * 232 bytes
       full scatter-gather: cmd_per_lun * approx. 17 Kbytes
 
   <scat-gat>:
     Size of the scatter-gather table, i.e. the number of requests
     consecutive on the disk that can be merged into one SCSI command.
     Legal values are between 0 and 255. Default: 255/0. Note: This
     value is forced to 0 on a Falcon, since scatter-gather isn't
     possible with the ST-DMA. Not using scatter-gather hurts
     performance significantly.
 
   <host-id>:
     The SCSI ID to be used by the initiator (your Atari). This is
     usually 7, the highest possible ID. Every ID on the SCSI bus must
     be unique. Default: determined at run time: If the NV-RAM checksum
     is valid, and bit 7 in byte 30 of the NV-RAM is set, the lower 3
     bits of this byte are used as the host ID. (This method is defined
     by Atari and also used by some TOS HD drivers.) If the above
     isn't given, the default ID is 7. (both, TT and Falcon).
 
   <tagged>:
     0 means turn off tagged queuing support, all other values > 0 mean
     use tagged queuing for targets that support it. Default: currently
     off, but this may change when tagged queuing handling has been
     proved to be reliable.
 
     Tagged queuing means that more than one command can be issued to
     one LUN, and the SCSI device itself orders the requests so they
     can be performed in optimal order. Not all SCSI devices support
     tagged queuing (:-().
 
 4.5 switches=
 -------------
 
 Syntax: switches=<list of switches>
 
   With this option you can switch some hardware lines that are often
 used to enable/disable certain hardware extensions. Examples are
 OverScan, overclocking, ...
 
   The <list of switches> is a comma-separated list of the following
 items:
 
   ikbd: set RTS of the keyboard ACIA high
   midi: set RTS of the MIDI ACIA high
   snd6: set bit 6 of the PSG port A
   snd7: set bit 6 of the PSG port A
 
 It doesn't make sense to mention a switch more than once (no
 difference to only once), but you can give as many switches as you
 want to enable different features. The switch lines are set as early
 as possible during kernel initialization (even before determining the
 present hardware.)
 
   All of the items can also be prefixed with "ov_", i.e. "ov_ikbd",
 "ov_midi", ... These options are meant for switching on an OverScan
 video extension. The difference to the bare option is that the
 switch-on is done after video initialization, and somehow synchronized
 to the HBLANK. A speciality is that ov_ikbd and ov_midi are switched
 off before rebooting, so that OverScan is disabled and TOS boots
 correctly.
 
   If you give an option both, with and without the "ov_" prefix, the
 earlier initialization ("ov_"-less) takes precedence. But the
 switching-off on reset still happens in this case.
 
 5) Options for Amiga Only:
 ==========================
 
 5.1) video=
 -----------
 
 Syntax: video=<fbname>:<sub-options...>
 
 The <fbname> parameter specifies the name of the frame buffer, valid
 options are `amifb', `cyber', 'virge', `retz3' and `clgen', provided
 that the respective frame buffer devices have been compiled into the
 kernel (or compiled as loadable modules). The behavior of the <fbname>
 option was changed in 2.1.57 so it is now recommended to specify this
 option.
 
 The <sub-options> is a comma-separated list of the sub-options listed
 below. This option is organized similar to the Atari version of the
 "video"-option (4.1), but knows fewer sub-options.
 
 5.1.1) video mode
 -----------------
 
 Again, similar to the video mode for the Atari (see 4.1.1). Predefined
 modes depend on the used frame buffer device.
 
 OCS, ECS and AGA machines all use the color frame buffer. The following
 predefined video modes are available:
 
 NTSC modes:
  - ntsc            : 640x200, 15 kHz, 60 Hz
  - ntsc-lace       : 640x400, 15 kHz, 60 Hz interlaced
 PAL modes:
  - pal             : 640x256, 15 kHz, 50 Hz
  - pal-lace        : 640x512, 15 kHz, 50 Hz interlaced
 ECS modes:
  - multiscan       : 640x480, 29 kHz, 57 Hz
  - multiscan-lace  : 640x960, 29 kHz, 57 Hz interlaced
  - euro36          : 640x200, 15 kHz, 72 Hz
  - euro36-lace     : 640x400, 15 kHz, 72 Hz interlaced
  - euro72          : 640x400, 29 kHz, 68 Hz
  - euro72-lace     : 640x800, 29 kHz, 68 Hz interlaced
  - super72         : 800x300, 23 kHz, 70 Hz
  - super72-lace    : 800x600, 23 kHz, 70 Hz interlaced
  - dblntsc-ff      : 640x400, 27 kHz, 57 Hz
  - dblntsc-lace    : 640x800, 27 kHz, 57 Hz interlaced
  - dblpal-ff       : 640x512, 27 kHz, 47 Hz
  - dblpal-lace     : 640x1024, 27 kHz, 47 Hz interlaced
  - dblntsc         : 640x200, 27 kHz, 57 Hz doublescan
  - dblpal          : 640x256, 27 kHz, 47 Hz doublescan
 VGA modes:
  - vga             : 640x480, 31 kHz, 60 Hz
  - vga70           : 640x400, 31 kHz, 70 Hz
 
 Please notice that the ECS and VGA modes require either an ECS or AGA
 chipset, and that these modes are limited to 2-bit color for the ECS
 chipset and 8-bit color for the AGA chipset.
 
 5.1.2) depth
 ------------
 
 Syntax: depth:<nr. of bit-planes>
 
 Specify the number of bit-planes for the selected video-mode.
 
 5.1.3) inverse
 --------------
 
 Use inverted display (black on white). Functionally the same as the
 "inverse" sub-option for the Atari.
 
 5.1.4) font
 -----------
 
 Syntax: font:<fontname>
 
 Specify the font to use in text modes. Functionally the same as the
 "font" sub-option for the Atari, except that `PEARL8x8' is used instead
 of `VGA8x8' if the vertical size of the display is less than 400 pixel
 rows.
 
 5.1.5) monitorcap:
 -------------------
 
 Syntax: monitorcap:<vmin>;<vmax>;<hmin>;<hmax>
 
 This describes the capabilities of a multisync monitor. For now, only
 the color frame buffer uses the settings of "monitorcap:".
 
   <vmin> and <vmax> are the minimum and maximum, resp., vertical frequencies
 your monitor can work with, in Hz. <hmin> and <hmax> are the same for
 the horizontal frequency, in kHz.
 
   The defaults are 50;90;15;38 (Generic Amiga multisync monitor).
 
 
 5.2) fd_def_df0=
 ----------------
 
 Syntax: fd_def_df0=<value>
 
 Sets the df0 value for "silent" floppy drives. The value should be in
 hexadecimal with "0x" prefix.
 
 
 5.3) wd33c93=
 -------------
 
 Syntax: wd33c93=<sub-options...>
 
 These options affect the A590/A2091, A3000 and GVP Series II SCSI
 controllers.
 
 The <sub-options> is a comma-separated list of the sub-options listed
 below.
 
 5.3.1) nosync
 -------------
 
 Syntax: nosync:bitmask
 
   bitmask is a byte where the 1st 7 bits correspond with the 7
 possible SCSI devices. Set a bit to prevent sync negotiation on that
 device. To maintain backwards compatibility, a command-line such as
 "wd33c93=255" will be automatically translated to
 "wd33c93=nosync:0xff". The default is to disable sync negotiation for
 all devices, eg. nosync:0xff.
 
 5.3.2) period
 -------------
 
 Syntax: period:ns
 
   `ns' is the minimum # of nanoseconds in a SCSI data transfer
 period. Default is 500; acceptable values are 250 - 1000.
 
 5.3.3) disconnect
 -----------------
 
 Syntax: disconnect:x
 
   Specify x = 0 to never allow disconnects, 2 to always allow them.
 x = 1 does 'adaptive' disconnects, which is the default and generally
 the best choice.
 
 5.3.4) debug
 ------------
 
 Syntax: debug:x
 
   If `DEBUGGING_ON' is defined, x is a bit mask that causes various
 types of debug output to printed - see the DB_xxx defines in
 wd33c93.h.
 
 5.3.5) clock
 ------------
 
 Syntax: clock:x
 
   x = clock input in MHz for WD33c93 chip. Normal values would be from
 8 through 20. The default value depends on your hostadapter(s),
 default for the A3000 internal controller is 14, for the A2091 it's 8
 and for the GVP hostadapters it's either 8 or 14, depending on the
 hostadapter and the SCSI-clock jumper present on some GVP
 hostadapters.
 
 5.3.6) next
 -----------
 
   No argument. Used to separate blocks of keywords when there's more
 than one wd33c93-based host adapter in the system.
 
 5.3.7) nodma
 ------------
 
 Syntax: nodma:x
 
   If x is 1 (or if the option is just written as "nodma"), the WD33c93
 controller will not use DMA (= direct memory access) to access the
 Amiga's memory.  This is useful for some systems (like A3000's and
 A4000's with the A3640 accelerator, revision 3.0) that have problems
 using DMA to chip memory.  The default is 0, i.e. to use DMA if
 possible.
 
 
 5.4) gvp11=
 -----------
 
 Syntax: gvp11=<addr-mask>
 
   The earlier versions of the GVP driver did not handle DMA
 address-mask settings correctly which made it necessary for some
 people to use this option, in order to get their GVP controller
 running under Linux. These problems have hopefully been solved and the
 use of this option is now highly unrecommended!
 
   Incorrect use can lead to unpredictable behavior, so please only use
 this option if you *know* what you are doing and have a reason to do
 so. In any case if you experience problems and need to use this
 option, please inform us about it by mailing to the Linux/68k kernel
 mailing list.
 
   The address mask set by this option specifies which addresses are
 valid for DMA with the GVP Series II SCSI controller. An address is
 valid, if no bits are set except the bits that are set in the mask,
 too.
 
   Some versions of the GVP can only DMA into a 24 bit address range,
 some can address a 25 bit address range while others can use the whole
 32 bit address range for DMA. The correct setting depends on your
 controller and should be autodetected by the driver. An example is the
 24 bit region which is specified by a mask of 0x00fffffe.
 
 
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