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@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ parameter is applicable:
43 AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled. 43 AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled.
44 AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. 44 AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
45 BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled. 45 BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled.
46 DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
47 EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled 46 EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled
48 EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled 47 EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
49 EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. 48 EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
49 DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
50 DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime
50 FB The frame buffer device is enabled. 51 FB The frame buffer device is enabled.
51 GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled. 52 GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled.
52 HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. 53 HW Appropriate hardware is enabled.
@@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
455 [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2, 456 [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
456 pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1 457 pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
457 [AVR32] avr32 458 [AVR32] avr32
458 [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer; 459 [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
459 scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440 460 scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
460 [MIPS] MIPS 461 [MIPS] MIPS
461 [PARISC] cr16 462 [PARISC] cr16
@@ -570,6 +571,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
570 Format: <port#>,<type> 571 Format: <port#>,<type>
571 See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt 572 See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
572 573
574 ddebug_query= [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
575 time. See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for
576 details.
577
573 debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). 578 debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
574 579
575 debug_locks_verbose= 580 debug_locks_verbose=
@@ -2153,6 +2158,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2153 Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual 2158 Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
2154 address space. 2159 address space.
2155 2160
2161 reservelow= [X86]
2162 Format: nn[K]
2163 Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
2164 the bottom of the address space.
2165
2156 reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device 2166 reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
2157 during initialization. 2167 during initialization.
2158 2168
@@ -2165,6 +2175,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2165 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files). 2175 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
2166 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt 2176 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
2167 2177
2178 hibernate= [HIBERNATION]
2179 noresume Don't check if there's a hibernation image
2180 present during boot.
2181 nocompress Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
2182
2168 retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction 2183 retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
2169 2184
2170 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] 2185 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
@@ -2360,6 +2375,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2360 2375
2361 switches= [HW,M68k] 2376 switches= [HW,M68k]
2362 2377
2378 sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
2379 Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
2380 on older distributions. When this option is enabled
2381 very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
2382 is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
2383 in older udev will not work anymore.
2384 Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
2385 the kernel configuration.
2386
2363 sysrq_always_enabled 2387 sysrq_always_enabled
2364 [KNL] 2388 [KNL]
2365 Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will 2389 Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
@@ -2435,6 +2459,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2435 disables clocksource verification at runtime. 2459 disables clocksource verification at runtime.
2436 Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older 2460 Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
2437 hardware, and in virtualized environment. 2461 hardware, and in virtualized environment.
2462 [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
2463 Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
2464 platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
2465 can add overhead.
2438 2466
2439 turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] 2467 turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
2440 TurboGraFX parallel port interface 2468 TurboGraFX parallel port interface