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                  Command Line Options for Linux/68k
                  ==================================

Date: Sep 14, 1996
Linux/68k version: 2.0.20
Author: [e-mail] (Roman Hodek)
Update: [e-mail] (Jes Sorensen)

0) Introduction
===============

  Often I've been asked which command line options the Linux/68k
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  Note that some options might be outdated, their descriptions being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/68k 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/68k)
  /dev/xdb: -> 0x0c40 (second XT disk, unused in Linux/68k)
  /dev/ada: -> 0x1c00 (first ACSI device)
  /dev/adb: -> 0x1c10 (second ACSI device)
  /dev/adc: -> 0x1c20 (third ACSI device)
  /dev/add: -> 0x1c30 (forth ACSI device)

The last for names are available only if the kernel has been compiled
with Atari and ACSI support.

  The name must be followed by a decimal number, that stands for the
partition number of times. 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 would use it, the root device weren't
set at all, without 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, use 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 are 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 "dmsg" 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
 - "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=
-------------

Syntax: ramdisk=<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=
-----------

Syntax: swap=<max_age>,<adv>,<decl>,<init_age>,<cl_fract>,<cl_min>,\
        <pgout_wgt>,<bfout_wgt>
(All optional)

TODO


2.8) buff=
-----------

Syntax: buff=<max_age>,<adv>,<decl>,<init_age>,<bfout_wgt>,<mem_grace>
(All optional)

TODO



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/68k (ariadne, a2065, hydra) don't use them because Zorro boards
are really Plug-'n-Play, so the "ether=" option is useless altogether
for Linux/68k.


3.2) hd=
--------

Syntax: hd=<cylinders>,<heads>,<sectors>

  This option sets the disk geometry of an IDE disk. The first hd=
option is first 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 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=<sub-options...>

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 2.0.x from
    an 1.2.13ply kernel.

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/68k 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' and `VGA8x16'. `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) sw_acia, sw_snd6, sw_snd7
--------------------------------

This specifies the method for turning on extended internal video
hardware, like OverScan. Several methods are in use:

  sw_acia: Set RTS of the keyboard ACIA high
  sw_snd6: Set bit 6 of the PSG port A
  sw_snd7: Set bit 7 of the PSG port A

These sub-options are generally only useful together with "internal:".

4.1.7) external:
----------------

Syntax:
  external:<xres>;<yres>;<depth>;<org>;<scrmem>[;<scrlen>[;<vgabase>\
           [;<colw>[;<coltype>]]]]

[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/68k. 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 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.

4.1.8) eclock:
--------------

The external pixel clock attached to the Falcon VIDEL shifter. This
currently works only with the ScreenWonder!

4.1.9) 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.

4.1.10) 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 much 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 dependant:
   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 (other aren't affected).

  <can_queue>:
    This is the maximum number of SCSI commands queued internal to the
    Atari SCSI driver. A value of 1 effectively turns off the driver
    internal multitasking (if it makes 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
    perfomance 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
    proofed 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 (:-().



5) Options for Amiga Only:
==========================

5.1) video=
-----------

Syntax: video=<sub-options...>

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. 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.

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 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...>

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 its 8
and for the GVP hostadapters its 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 host adapter in the system.


5.4) gvp11=
-----------

Syntax: gvp11=<addr-mask>

  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,
others can use the whole 32 bit address range for DMA. The
(conservative) default is the 24 bit version, by a default mask of
0x00fffffe. If your GVP can handle 32 bit DMA, you can specify
gvp11=0xfffffffe.


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