Name
parport — Specify the parallel port parameters.
Synopsis
parport=[
setting
[,setting
...]
Specify specific settings for parallel port drivers. Parallel
ports are assigned in the order they are specified on the command
line, starting with parport0
.
auto
forces the driver to
use any IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to ignore detected
IRQ/DMA settings because of possible conflicts). You can also
specify the base address, IRQ, and DMA settings in the format
0x
nnnn
[,irq
[,dma
]].
irq
and DMA
can be numbers, auto
to use
detected settings on that particular port, or nofifo
to avoid using a FIFO even if it is
detected.
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