Passing parameters for modules and kernel drivers

As with modules, it is possible to pass parameters to drivers at boot time. There is documentation in the kernel source tree under Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt. You can find what parameters a module will accept, use 'modinfo -p ' (for a binary module). Or you can also look at the source code of the driver (if for instance, your driver is in the kernel).

For instance, if the driver says that you can pass it the option:

adp94xx=access_HostRAID:1

Then you can create a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ with:

options adp94xx adp94xx=access_HostRAID:1

If the driver is in the kernel, you alter it to:

adp94xx.adp94xx=access_HostRAID:1

Assuming you are using GRUB, edit the boot parameter and add the line above