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@@ -4698,27 +4698,6 @@
4698 Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those 4698 Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
4699 marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD. 4699 marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
4700 4700
4701 tmem [KNL,XEN]
4702 Enable the Transcendent memory driver if built-in.
4703
4704 tmem.cleancache=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4705 Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the cleancache
4706 API to send anonymous pages to the hypervisor.
4707
4708 tmem.frontswap=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4709 Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the frontswap
4710 API to send swap pages to the hypervisor. If disabled
4711 the selfballooning and selfshrinking are force disabled.
4712
4713 tmem.selfballooning=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4714 Default is on (1). Disable the driving of swap pages
4715 to the hypervisor.
4716
4717 tmem.selfshrinking=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4718 Default is on (1). Partial swapoff that immediately
4719 transfers pages from Xen hypervisor back to the
4720 kernel based on different criteria.
4721
4722 topology= [S390] 4701 topology= [S390]
4723 Format: {off | on} 4702 Format: {off | on}
4724 Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu 4703 Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
@@ -5288,6 +5267,8 @@
5288 xen_nopv [X86] 5267 xen_nopv [X86]
5289 Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to 5268 Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
5290 run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers. 5269 run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
5270 This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
5271 has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
5291 5272
5292 xen_scrub_pages= [XEN] 5273 xen_scrub_pages= [XEN]
5293 Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back 5274 Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
@@ -5302,6 +5283,11 @@
5302 improve timer resolution at the expense of processing 5283 improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
5303 more timer interrupts. 5284 more timer interrupts.
5304 5285
5286 nopv= [X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
5287 Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
5288 as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
5289 XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
5290
5305 xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] 5291 xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
5306 Format: 5292 Format:
5307 <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] 5293 <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]