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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-15 23:12:58 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-15 23:12:58 +0200
commit1e09481365ce248dbb4eb06dad70129bb5807037 (patch)
treec0cff5bef95c8b5e7486f144718ade9a06c284dc /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parent3e2f69fdd1b00166e7d589bce56b2d36a9e74374 (diff)
parentb9d2252c1e44fa83a4e65fdc9eb93db6297c55af (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into core/softlockup
Conflicts: kernel/softlockup.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 042588fa12e5..b8451f771460 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -271,6 +271,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
aic79xx= [HW,SCSI]
See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.
+ amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84]
+ Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
+ Possible values are:
+ isolate - enable device isolation (each device, as far
+ as possible, will get its own protection
+ domain)
+ amd_iommu_size= [HW,X86-64]
+ Define the size of the aperture for the AMD IOMMU
+ driver. Possible values are:
+ '32M', '64M' (default), '128M', '256M', '512M', '1G'
+
amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
Format: <a>,<b>
@@ -295,7 +306,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management
- See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c.
+ See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
@@ -560,6 +571,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
debug_objects [KNL] Enable object debugging
+ debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging
+
decnet.addr= [HW,NET]
Format: <area>[,<node>]
See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
@@ -599,6 +612,29 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
See drivers/char/README.epca and
Documentation/digiepca.txt.
+ disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
+ enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
+ The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
+ to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
+ entry later. This parameter enables/disables that.
+
+ mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
+ used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk
+ that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
+
+ mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
+ Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
+ Default is 1.
+ Large value could prevent small alignment from
+ using up MTRRs.
+
+ mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
+ Format: <integer>
+ Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
+ Default : 1
+ Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
+ Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
+
disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
memory out of your available memory pool based on
@@ -638,7 +674,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
elanfreq= [X86-32]
See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
- arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
+ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
elevator= [IOSCHED]
Format: {"anticipatory" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
@@ -722,9 +758,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
- hd?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
- hd?lun= See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
-
highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
@@ -1208,6 +1241,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
mtdparts= [MTD]
See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
+ mtdset= [ARM]
+ ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
+
+ See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
+
mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
@@ -1571,6 +1609,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
See also Documentation/parport.txt.
+ pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
+ Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
+ e.g. pmtmr=0x508
+
pnpacpi= [ACPI]
{ off }
@@ -1679,6 +1721,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
+ relax_domain_level=
+ [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
+ See Documentation/cpusets.txt.
+
reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
reservetop= [X86-32]
@@ -2115,6 +2161,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
usbhid.mousepoll=
[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
+ add_efi_memmap [EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in
+ kernel's map of available physical RAM.
+
vdso= [X86-32,SH,x86-64]
vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)