This appendix is provided to illustrate some of the possible parameters that may be needed by certain drivers. It should be noted that, in most cases, these additional parameters are unnecessary. Also included is a list of network hardware and the associated modules required by that hardware.
Please keep in mind that if a device you are attempting to use requires one of these parameters, and support for that device is not compiled into the kernel, the traditional method of adding the parameter to the LILO boot command will not work. Drivers loaded as modules require that these parameters are specified when the module is loaded. The Red Hat Linux installation program gives you the option to specify module parameters when a driver is loaded.
For more information concerning the device support compiled into the kernel used by the Red Hat Linux installation program, please refer to Section 2.9.
Please Note: Not all of the cards that are listed are supported. Please
check the hardware compatibility list on Red Hat Software's World Wide Web site at
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/hardware.html
to make sure your card is supported.
One of the more commonly used parameters, the hdX=cdrom parameter, can be entered at the boot prompt, as it deals with support for IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs, which is part of the kernel.
In the tables below, most modules without any parameters listed are either able to auto-probe to find the hardware, or require you to manually change settings in the module source code, and recompile.