USB: usb-storage: add "quirks=" module parameter

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 0b3f6711d2f1a5a084ddab87e3ce27b5efae72fb..8eb6e35405cdf0e2a4f4ccf8d2483efa8045272e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
        SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled.
        FTRACE  Function tracing enabled.
        TS      Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
+       UMS     USB Mass Storage support is enabled.
        USB     USB support is enabled.
        USBHID  USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
        V4L     Video For Linux support is enabled.
@@ -2383,6 +2384,34 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        usbhid.mousepoll=
                        [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
 
+       usb-storage.delay_use=
+                       [UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
+                       scanned for Logical Units (default 5).
+
+       usb-storage.quirks=
+                       [UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
+                       override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
+                       entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
+                       the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
+                       and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
+                       Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
+                       to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
+                               c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
+                                       device capacity by one sector);
+                               i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
+                                       device);
+                               l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
+                                       unlock ejectable media);
+                               m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
+                                       than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
+                               r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
+                                       bogus residue values);
+                               s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
+                                       Logical Unit);
+                               w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
+                                       medium is write-protected).
+                       Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
+
        add_efi_memmap  [EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in
                        kernel's map of available physical RAM.