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Other Device Drivers

Any drivers not falling into the above categories will be found here.

ether=irq,iobase[,param1[,param2....[,param8]]],name

For configuring Ethernet cards. The various cards have

differing parameters, but they all require an irq and

iobase address. The first non numeric value is taken to

be the name of the device. This argument is typically

used to force the detection of a second Ethernet card,

and, for that purpose, would look like: ether=0,0,eth1.

Note that 0 is again used as a place holder for this

argument.

sound=device1[,device2.....[,device11]]

Provide a means to override the compiled in values. This

is somewhat complex and should be avoided if possible.

The deviceN parameters are of the form 0xTaaaId

where the bytes are used as follows:

T

device

type:

1=FM,

2=SB,

3=PAS,

4=GUS,

5=MPU401,

6=SB16, 7=SB16 MPU401

aaa

I/O address in hex

I

Interrupt in hex

d

DMA channel

Using a `sound=0' disables the sound card all together.

busmouse=irq

Used by the busmouse driver.