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authorMark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>2011-08-08 01:56:19 -0400
committerMark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>2011-08-08 01:56:19 -0400
commit18d4ed4342c14ebeebe60d267b171053efcdfa87 (patch)
treef315e77f66cbb70869e2f80cde5c18380a80901e /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parent722d0daf2b607a32dad1357bf797e3803484af0a (diff)
parent22de4534ae12d61257fc0e53d2571686b03305bc (diff)
Merge branch 'for-3.1' into for-3.2
Conflict due to the fix for the register map failure - taken the for-3.1 version. Conflicts: sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c
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@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
163 163
164 See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi 164 See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi
165 165
166 acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
167 Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
168 on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
169 second kernel for kdump.
170
166 acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC] 171 acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC]
167 Format: <int> 172 Format: <int>
168 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available 173 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
@@ -546,6 +551,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
546 /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter. 551 /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
547 See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt. 552 See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
548 553
554 cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE]
555 disable the cpuidle sub-system
556
549 cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver 557 cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
550 Format: 558 Format:
551 <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] 559 <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
@@ -999,7 +1007,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
999 With this option on every unmap_single operation will 1007 With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1000 result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed 1008 result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1001 to batching them for performance. 1009 to batching them for performance.
1002 1010 sp_off [Default Off]
1011 By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1012 has the capability. With this option, super page will
1013 not be supported.
1003 intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] 1014 intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1004 Format: { on (default) | off | nosid } 1015 Format: { on (default) | off | nosid }
1005 on enable Interrupt Remapping (default) 1016 on enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
@@ -1156,10 +1167,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
1156 for all guests. 1167 for all guests.
1157 Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64bit or 32bit-PAE mode 1168 Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64bit or 32bit-PAE mode
1158 1169
1159 kvm-intel.bypass_guest_pf=
1160 [KVM,Intel] Disables bypassing of guest page faults
1161 on Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
1162
1163 kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables 1170 kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
1164 (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips. 1171 (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
1165 Default is 1 (enabled) 1172 Default is 1 (enabled)
@@ -1734,6 +1741,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
1734 no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page 1741 no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
1735 fault handling. 1742 fault handling.
1736 1743
1744 no-steal-acc [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
1745 steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
1746 behaviour
1747
1737 nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. 1748 nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
1738 1749
1739 nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. 1750 nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
@@ -1843,7 +1854,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
1843 See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt 1854 See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
1844 1855
1845 panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout> 1856 panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
1846 seconds before rebooting 1857 timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
1858 timeout = 0: wait forever
1859 timeout < 0: reboot immediately
1847 Format: <timeout> 1860 Format: <timeout>
1848 1861
1849 parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is 1862 parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
@@ -2012,6 +2025,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
2012 the default. 2025 the default.
2013 off: Turn ECRC off 2026 off: Turn ECRC off
2014 on: Turn ECRC on. 2027 on: Turn ECRC on.
2028 realloc reallocate PCI resources if allocations done by BIOS
2029 are erroneous.
2015 2030
2016 pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power 2031 pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
2017 Management. 2032 Management.
@@ -2146,6 +2161,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
2146 [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat. 2161 [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
2147 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default). 2162 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
2148 2163
2164 pstore.backend= Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
2165
2149 pt. [PARIDE] 2166 pt. [PARIDE]
2150 See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. 2167 See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
2151 2168
@@ -2231,6 +2248,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
2231 ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot 2248 ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
2232 2249
2233 root= [KNL] Root filesystem 2250 root= [KNL] Root filesystem
2251 See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
2234 2252
2235 rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to 2253 rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
2236 mount the root filesystem 2254 mount the root filesystem
@@ -2521,6 +2539,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
2521 <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7> 2539 <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
2522 See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt 2540 See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
2523 2541
2542 udbg-immortal [PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
2543 happen after console_init() and before a proper
2544 console driver takes over, this boot options might
2545 help "seeing" what's going on.
2546
2524 uhash_entries= [KNL,NET] 2547 uhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
2525 Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections 2548 Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
2526 2549
@@ -2535,6 +2558,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
2535 unknown_nmi_panic 2558 unknown_nmi_panic
2536 [X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI. 2559 [X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
2537 2560
2561 usbcore.authorized_default=
2562 [USB] Default USB device authorization:
2563 (default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
2564 0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized)
2565
2538 usbcore.autosuspend= 2566 usbcore.autosuspend=
2539 [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used 2567 [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
2540 for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This 2568 for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This
@@ -2595,6 +2623,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
2595 unlock ejectable media); 2623 unlock ejectable media);
2596 m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more 2624 m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
2597 than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time); 2625 than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
2626 n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
2627 initial READ(10) command);
2598 o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity 2628 o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
2599 reported by the device); 2629 reported by the device);
2600 r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports 2630 r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports