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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index b874771..f8cb55c 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: MCA MCA bus support is enabled. MDA MDA console support is enabled. MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled. + MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI). MTD MTD support is enabled. NET Appropriate network support is enabled. NUMA NUMA support is enabled. @@ -335,6 +336,12 @@ running once the system is up. timesource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT. Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } + disable_8254_timer + enable_8254_timer + [IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing + over the 8254 in addition to over the IO-APIC. The + kernel tries to set a sensible default. + hpet= [IA-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT. Format: disable @@ -360,12 +367,17 @@ running once the system is up. tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>. ttyS<n>[,options] + ttyUSB0[,options] Use the specified serial port. The options are of - the form "bbbbpn", where "bbbb" is the baud rate, - "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), and "n" is bits. - Default is "9600n8". + the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate, + "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of + bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or + omit it). Default is "9600n8". - See also Documentation/serial-console.txt. + See Documentation/serial-console.txt for more + information. See + Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an + alternative. uart,io,<addr>[,options] uart,mmio,<addr>[,options] @@ -1002,7 +1014,9 @@ running once the system is up. noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings - nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32] + nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 floating point extended + register save and restore. The kernel will only save + legacy floating-point registers on task switch. nohlt [BUGS=ARM] @@ -1034,6 +1048,8 @@ running once the system is up. nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception + nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling + noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap @@ -1045,6 +1061,8 @@ running once the system is up. nosbagart [IA-64] + nosep [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support. + nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel. nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. @@ -1114,6 +1132,11 @@ running once the system is up. pas16= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c. + pause_on_oops= + Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for + the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if + your oopses keep scrolling off the screen. + pcbit= [HW,ISDN] pcd. [PARIDE] @@ -1135,6 +1158,9 @@ running once the system is up. Mechanism 2. nommconf [IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI Configuration + nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is + enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to + disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is done to get a device order compatible with @@ -1282,6 +1308,19 @@ running once the system is up. New name for the ramdisk parameter. See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. + rcu.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished + RCU callbacks to process in one batch. + + rcu.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued + RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled. + + rcu.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued + RCU callbacks below which batch limiting is re-enabled. + + rcu.rsinterval= [KNL,BOOT,SMP] Set the number of additional + RCU callbacks to queued before forcing reschedule + on all cpus. + rdinit= [KNL] Format: <full_path> Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, |