Package: linux-doc-3.10
Version: 3.10.11-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
In /usr/share/doc/linux-doc-3.10/Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt.gz,
the following text appears:
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If you use the floppy driver as a module, use the following syntax:
modprobe floppy <options>
Example:
modprobe floppy omnibook messages
If you need certain options enabled every time you load the floppy
driver,
you can put:
options floppy omnibook messages
in a configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/.
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However, this syntax does not work:
wraith:~# modprobe floppy omnibook messages
ERROR: could not insert 'floppy': Invalid argument
dmesg says:
[ 7459.764805] floppy: `' invalid for parameter `omnibook'
If, on the other hand, I specify:
wraith:~# modprobe floppy floppy=omnibook floppy=messages
the module loads successfully.
Testing the option "floppy=0,0,cmos" instead provokes a message in dmesg:
[ 7531.667569] floppy0: setting CMOS code to 0
which indicates that this format is actually understood by the driver.
The documentation should be updated to match the option syntax accepted
by the floppy driver:
--------8<--------
If you use the floppy driver as a module, use the following syntax:
modprobe floppy <options>
Example:
modprobe floppy floppy=omnibook floppy=messages
If you need certain options enabled every time you load the floppy
driver,
you can put:
options floppy floppy=omnibook floppy=messages
in a configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/.
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Ben Harris, University of Cambridge Computing Service.
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