[TAG] Wireless networking

[Jason Creighton]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:56:27 -0500, 
Ben Okopnik <ben at callahans.org> wrote:

> Even my old trick of searching for the "parm" string in the module
> doesn't produce anything useful:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> strings ndiswrapper.ko | grep parm
> parm=if_name:Network interface name (default: wlan0)
> parm=proc_uid:The uid of the files created in /proc (default: 0).
> parm=proc_gid:The gid of the files created in /proc (default: 0).
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Doesn't "modinfo" do the same thing?

``
~$ modinfo sb
filename:    /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o
description: "Soundblaster driver"
author:      <none>
license:     "GPL"
parm:        io int, description "Soundblaster i/o base address (0x220,0x240,0x260,0x280)"
parm:        irq int, description "IRQ (5,7,9,10)"
parm:        dma int, description "8-bit DMA channel (0,1,3)"
parm:        dma16 int, description "16-bit DMA channel (5,6,7)"
parm:        mpu_io int, description "Mpu base address"
parm:        type int, description "You can set this to specific card type"
parm:        sm_games int, description "Enable support for Logitech soundman games"
parm:        esstype int, description "ESS chip type"
parm:        acer int, description "Set this to detect cards in some ACER notebooks"
parm:        isapnp int, description "When set to 0, Plug & Play support will be disabled"
parm:        isapnpjump int, description "Jumps to a specific slot in the driver's PnP table. Use the source, Luke."
parm:        multiple int, description "When set to 0, will not search for multiple cards"
parm:        pnplegacy int, description "When set to 1, will search for a legacy SB card along with any PnP cards."
parm:        reverse int, description "When set to 1, will reverse ISAPnP search order"
parm:        uart401 int, description "When set to 1, will attempt to detect and enable the mpu on some clones"
~$
''

Jason Creighton