1 files changed, 79 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index a70e43edcb65..854ed5ca7e3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
         ALSA    ALSA sound support is enabled.
         APIC    APIC support is enabled.
         APM     Advanced Power Management support is enabled.
+        ARM     ARM architecture is enabled.
         AVR32   AVR32 architecture is enabled.
         AX25    Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
         BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled.
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
         EFI     EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
         EIDE    EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
         FB      The frame buffer device is enabled.
+        FTRACE  Function tracing enabled.
         GCOV    GCOV profiling is enabled.
         HW      Appropriate hardware is enabled.
         IA-64   IA-64 architecture is enabled.
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
                         Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt.
         MCA     MCA bus support is enabled.
         MDA     MDA console support is enabled.
+        MIPS    MIPS architecture is enabled.
         MOUSE   Appropriate mouse support is enabled.
         MSI     Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI).
         MTD     MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled.
@@ -100,7 +103,6 @@ parameter is applicable:
         SPARC   Sparc architecture is enabled.
         SWSUSP  Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled.
         SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled.
-        FTRACE  Function tracing enabled.
         TPM     TPM drivers are enabled.
         TS      Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
         UMS     USB Mass Storage support is enabled.
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
         X86-64  X86-64 architecture is enabled.
                         More X86-64 boot options can be found in
                         Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
-        X86     Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64)
+        X86     Either 32-bit or 64-bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64)
         XEN     Xen support is enabled
 
 In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
@@ -163,6 +165,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
                         See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi
 
+        acpi_rsdp=      [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
+                        Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
+                        on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
+                        second kernel for kdump.
+
         acpi_apic_instance=     [ACPI, IOAPIC]
                         Format: <int>
                         2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
@@ -371,7 +378,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
         atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
                         Use software keyboard repeat
 
-        autotest        [IA64]
+        autotest        [IA-64]
 
         baycom_epp=     [HW,AX25]
                         Format: <io>,<mode>
@@ -546,6 +553,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
                         See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
 
+        cpuidle.off=1   [CPU_IDLE]
+                        disable the cpuidle sub-system
+
         cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
                         Format:
                         <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
@@ -673,8 +683,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                 uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
                         Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
                         UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
-                        MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8bit (mmio)
-                        or 32bit (mmio32).
+                        MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
+                        (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32).
                         The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
 
         earlyprintk=    [X86,SH,BLACKFIN]
@@ -717,7 +727,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and
                         Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
 
-        elfcorehdr=     [IA64,PPC,SH,X86]
+        elfcorehdr=     [IA-64,PPC,SH,X86]
                         Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
                         image elf header. Generally kexec loader will
                         pass this option to capture kernel.
@@ -783,7 +793,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
                         list of functions. This list can be changed at run
                         time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
-                        tracing directory. 
+                        tracing directory.
 
         ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
                         [FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
@@ -821,7 +831,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
         hashdist=       [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
                         are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
-                        for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise.
+                        for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
                         Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
 
         hcl=            [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
@@ -990,10 +1000,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         DMA.
                 forcedac [x86_64]
                         With this option iommu will not optimize to look
-                        for io virtual address below 32 bit forcing dual
+                        for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
                         address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
-                        than 32 bit addressing. The default is to look
-                        for translation below 32 bit and if not available
+                        than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
+                        for translation below 32-bit and if not available
                         then look in the higher range.
                 strict [Default Off]
                         With this option on every unmap_single operation will
@@ -1009,7 +1019,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         off     disable Interrupt Remapping
                         nosid   disable Source ID checking
 
-        inttest=        [IA64]
+        inttest=        [IA-64]
 
         iomem=          Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
                 strict  regions from userspace.
@@ -1026,7 +1036,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                 nomerge
                 forcesac
                 soft
-                pt      [x86, IA64]
+                pt      [x86, IA-64]
 
         io7=            [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
                         See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
@@ -1157,7 +1167,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
         kvm-amd.npt=    [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
                         for all guests.
-                        Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64bit or 32bit-PAE mode
+                        Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
 
         kvm-intel.ept=  [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
                         (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
@@ -1194,10 +1204,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         libata.dma=0      Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
                         libata.dma=1      PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
                         libata.dma=2      ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
-                        libata.dma=4      Compact Flash DMA only 
+                        libata.dma=4      Compact Flash DMA only
                         Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
                         for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
-        
+
         libata.ignore_hpa=      [LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
                         libata.ignore_hpa=0       keep BIOS limits (default)
                         libata.ignore_hpa=1       ignore limits, using full disk
@@ -1323,7 +1333,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
         ltpc=           [NET]
                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
 
-        machvec=        [IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
+        machvec=        [IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
                         (machvec) in a generic kernel.
                         Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
 
@@ -1340,9 +1350,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
                         the IO APIC.
 
-        max_loop=       [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
-                        be mounted
-                        Format: <1-256>
+        max_loop=       [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
+        (loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
+                        number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
+                        of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
+                        devices can be requested on-demand with the
+                        /dev/loop-control interface.
 
         mcatest=        [IA-64]
 
@@ -1726,7 +1739,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
         nointroute      [IA-64]
 
-        nojitter        [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
+        nojitter        [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
 
         no-kvmclock     [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
 
@@ -1792,7 +1805,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
         nox2apic        [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
 
-        nptcg=          [IA64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
+        nptcg=          [IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
                         purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
                         SAL PALO.
 
@@ -1846,7 +1859,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
 
         panic=          [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
-                        seconds before rebooting
+                        timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
+                        timeout = 0: wait forever
+                        timeout < 0: reboot immediately
                         Format: <timeout>
 
         parkbd.port=    [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
@@ -2067,13 +2082,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
                         See also Documentation/parport.txt.
 
-        pmtmr=          [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port. 
+        pmtmr=          [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
                         Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
                         e.g. pmtmr=0x508
 
-        pnp.debug       [PNP]
-                        Enable PNP debug messages.  This depends on the
-                        CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option.
+        pnp.debug=1     [PNP]
+                        Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
+                        CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
+                        via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
+                        current resource usage; turning this on also shows
+                        possible settings and some assignment information.
 
         pnpacpi=        [ACPI]
                         { off }
@@ -2151,6 +2169,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
                         0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
 
+        pstore.backend= Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
+
         pt.             [PARIDE]
                         See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
 
@@ -2236,6 +2256,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
         ro              [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
 
         root=           [KNL] Root filesystem
+                        See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
 
         rootdelay=      [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
                         mount the root filesystem
@@ -2622,6 +2643,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                                         medium is write-protected).
                         Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
 
+        user_debug=     [KNL,ARM]
+                        Format: <int>
+                        See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
+                                 1 - undefined instruction events
+                                 2 - system calls
+                                 4 - invalid data aborts
+                                 8 - SIGSEGV faults
+                                16 - SIGBUS faults
+                        Example: user_debug=31
+
         userpte=
                         [X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
 
@@ -2667,6 +2698,27 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
         vmpoff=         [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
                         Format: <command>
 
+        vsyscall=       [X86-64]
+                        Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
+                        fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
+                        code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
+                        versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
+                        functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
+                        targets for exploits that can control RIP.
+
+                        emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
+                                    emulated reasonably safely.
+
+                        native      Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
+                                    This is a little bit faster than trapping
+                                    and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
+                                    better than they would in emulation mode.
+                                    It also makes exploits much easier to write.
+
+                        none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
+                                    them quite hard to use for exploits but
+                                    might break your system.
+
         vt.cur_default= [VT] Default cursor shape.
                         Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
                         the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;