+#else /* LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= 2,6,12 */
+module_param(major, int, 0);
+module_param_array(minor, int, &minor_specified, 0);
+module_param(extended, int, 0);
+module_param(pelican, int, 0);
+module_param_array(baudrate, int, &baudrate_specified, 0);
+module_param_array(hw, charp, &hw_specified, 0);
+module_param_array(irq, int, &irq_specified, 0);
+module_param_array(io, ulong, &io_specified, 0);
+module_param_array(clockfreq, long, &clockfreq_specified, 0);
+module_param(stdmask, int, 0);
+module_param(extmask, int, 0);
+module_param(mo15mask, int, 0);
+module_param(processlocal, int, 0);
+#endif /* LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= 2,6,12 */
+
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(major,"can be used to change default major [" __MODULE_STRING(CAN_MAJOR) "]");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(minor,"can be used to change default starting minor for each channel");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(extended,"enables automatic switching to extended format if ID>2047,"
+ " selects extended frames reception for i82527");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(pelican,"unused parameter, PeliCAN used by default for sja1000p chips");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(baudrate,"baudrate for each channel in step of 1kHz");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(hw,"list of boards types to initialize - virtual,pip5,...");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq,"list of iterrupt signal numbers, most ISA has one per chip, no value for PCI or virtual");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(io,"IO address for each board, use 0 for PCI or virtual");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(clockfreq,"base board clock source frequency in step of 1kHz");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(stdmask,"default standard mask for i82527 chips");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(extmask,"default extended mask for i82527 chips");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(mo15mask,"mask for communication object 15 of i82527 chips");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(processlocal,"select postprocessing/loopback of transmitted messages - "
+ "0 .. disabled, 1 .. can be enabled by FIFO filter, 2 .. enabled by default");
+
+#ifdef CAN_WITH_RTL
+int can_rtl_priority=-1;
+MODULE_PARM(can_rtl_priority, "1i");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(can_rtl_priority,"select priority of chip worker thread");
+#endif /*CAN_WITH_RTL*/
+