Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:12:57 -0700 | From | Phil Oester <> | Subject | [PATCH] scsihosts parameter no longer exists |
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The scsihosts boot parameter was removed in 2.5.73, but references to it still exist in docs. Cleanup below.
Phil
diff -ru linux-orig/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/README linux-new/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/README --- linux-orig/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/README 2004-08-14 06:55:19.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-new/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/README 2004-10-15 13:07:49.420190504 -0400 @@ -1349,47 +1349,6 @@ point to the kernel-supplied names. -SCSI Host Probing Issues - -Devfs allows you to identify SCSI discs based in part on SCSI host -numbers. If you have only one SCSI host (card) in your computer, then -clearly it will be given host number 0. Life is not always that easy -is you have multiple SCSI hosts. Unfortunately, it can sometimes be -difficult to guess what the probing order of SCSI hosts is. You need -to know the probe order before you can use device names. To make this -easy, there is a kernel boot parameter called "scsihosts". This allows -you to specify the probe order for different types of SCSI hosts. The -syntax of this parameter is: - -scsihosts=<name_1>:<name_2>:<name_3>:...:<name_n> - -where <name_1>,<name_2>,...,<name_n> are the names -of drivers used in the /proc filesystem. For example: - - scsihosts=aha1542:ppa:aha1542::ncr53c7xx - - -means that devices connected to - -- first aha1542 controller - will be /dev/scsi/host0/bus#/target#/lun# -- first parallel port ZIP - will be /dev/scsi/host1/bus#/target#/lun# -- second aha1542 controller - will be /dev/scsi/host2/bus#/target#/lun# -- first NCR53C7xx controller - will be /dev/scsi/host4/bus#/target#/lun# -- any extra controller - will be /dev/scsi/host5/bus#/target#/lun#, - /dev/scsi/host6/bus#/target#/lun#, etc -- if any of above controllers will not be found - the reserved names will - not be used by any other device. -- /dev/scsi/host3/bus#/target#/lun# names will never be used - - -You can use ',' instead of ':' as the separator character if you -wish. I have used the devfsd naming scheme -here. - -Note that this scheme does not address the SCSI host order if you have -multiple cards of the same type (such as NCR53c8xx). In this case you -need to use the driver-specific boot parameters to control this. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -1952,12 +1911,6 @@ Douglas Gilbert has written another useful document at -http://www.torque.net/scsi/scsihosts.html which -discusses the scsihosts= boot option - - -Douglas Gilbert has written yet another useful document at - http://www.torque.net/scsi/SCSI-2.4-HOWTO/ which discusses the Linux SCSI subsystem in 2.4. diff -ru linux-orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt linux-new/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt --- linux-orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2004-10-14 18:27:03.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-new/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2004-10-15 13:03:36.115698640 -0400 @@ -1060,8 +1060,6 @@ scsi_logging= [SCSI] - scsihosts= [SCSI] - serialnumber [BUGS=IA-32] sf16fm= [HW] SF16FMI radio driver for Linux diff -ru linux-orig/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt linux-new/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt --- linux-orig/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt 2004-10-14 18:27:03.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-new/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt 2004-10-15 13:04:58.591160464 -0400 @@ -1323,9 +1323,7 @@ initialized from the driver's struct scsi_host_template instance. Members of interest: host_no - system wide unique number that is used for identifying - this host. Issued in ascending order from 0 (and the - positioning can be influenced by the scsihosts - kernel boot (or module) parameter) + this host. Issued in ascending order from 0. can_queue - must be greater than 0; do not send more than can_queue commands to the adapter. this_id - scsi id of host (scsi initiator) or -1 if not known | |