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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index f4a04c0c7ed..5438a2d7907 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
245 | 245 | ||
246 | acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options | 246 | acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options |
247 | Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig, | 247 | Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig, |
248 | old_ordering, s4_nonvs, sci_force_enable } | 248 | old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable } |
249 | See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on | 249 | See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on |
250 | s3_bios and s3_mode. | 250 | s3_bios and s3_mode. |
251 | s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep | 251 | s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep |
@@ -626,6 +626,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
626 | disable= [IPV6] | 626 | disable= [IPV6] |
627 | See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt. | 627 | See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt. |
628 | 628 | ||
629 | disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES] | ||
630 | Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if | ||
631 | to workaround buggy firmware. | ||
632 | |||
629 | disable_ipv6= [IPV6] | 633 | disable_ipv6= [IPV6] |
630 | See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt. | 634 | See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt. |
631 | 635 | ||
@@ -695,7 +699,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
695 | ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging | 699 | ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging |
696 | ekgdboc=kbd | 700 | ekgdboc=kbd |
697 | 701 | ||
698 | This is desgined to be used in conjunction with | 702 | This is designed to be used in conjunction with |
699 | the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga | 703 | the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga |
700 | 704 | ||
701 | edd= [EDD] | 705 | edd= [EDD] |
@@ -868,6 +872,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
868 | If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections | 872 | If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections |
869 | from listed z/VM user IDs only. | 873 | from listed z/VM user IDs only. |
870 | 874 | ||
875 | keep_bootcon [KNL] | ||
876 | Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only | ||
877 | useful for debugging when something happens in the window | ||
878 | between unregistering the boot console and initializing | ||
879 | the real console. | ||
880 | |||
871 | i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed | 881 | i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed |
872 | or register an additional I2C bus that is not | 882 | or register an additional I2C bus that is not |
873 | registered from board initialization code. | 883 | registered from board initialization code. |
@@ -1580,16 +1590,25 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
1580 | of returning the full 64-bit number. | 1590 | of returning the full 64-bit number. |
1581 | The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers. | 1591 | The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers. |
1582 | 1592 | ||
1593 | nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping= | ||
1594 | [NFSv4] When set, this option disables the NFSv4 | ||
1595 | idmapper on the client, but only if the mount | ||
1596 | is using the 'sec=sys' security flavour. This may | ||
1597 | make migration from legacy NFSv2/v3 systems easier | ||
1598 | provided that the server has the appropriate support. | ||
1599 | The default is to always enable NFSv4 idmapping. | ||
1600 | |||
1583 | nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32,SH] Specify one or more actions to take | 1601 | nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32,SH] Specify one or more actions to take |
1584 | when a NMI is triggered. | 1602 | when a NMI is triggered. |
1585 | Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] | 1603 | Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] |
1586 | 1604 | ||
1587 | nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels | 1605 | nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels |
1588 | Format: [panic,][num] | 1606 | Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num] |
1589 | Valid num: 0 | 1607 | Valid num: 0 |
1590 | 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off | 1608 | 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off |
1591 | When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog | 1609 | When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog |
1592 | timeout occurs. | 1610 | timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite |
1611 | default). | ||
1593 | This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and | 1612 | This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and |
1594 | need the box quickly up again. | 1613 | need the box quickly up again. |
1595 | 1614 | ||
@@ -1645,6 +1664,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
1645 | noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) | 1664 | noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) |
1646 | noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings | 1665 | noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings |
1647 | 1666 | ||
1667 | nosmep [X86] | ||
1668 | Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection) | ||
1669 | even if it is supported by processor. | ||
1670 | |||
1648 | noexec32 [X86-64] | 1671 | noexec32 [X86-64] |
1649 | This affects only 32-bit executables. | 1672 | This affects only 32-bit executables. |
1650 | noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) | 1673 | noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) |
@@ -1754,9 +1777,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
1754 | 1777 | ||
1755 | nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector. | 1778 | nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector. |
1756 | 1779 | ||
1757 | noswapaccount [KNL] Disable accounting of swap in memory resource | ||
1758 | controller. (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt) | ||
1759 | |||
1760 | nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. | 1780 | nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. |
1761 | 1781 | ||
1762 | notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter | 1782 | notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter |
@@ -1813,10 +1833,17 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
1813 | perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the | 1833 | perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the |
1814 | CPU specific event set. | 1834 | CPU specific event set. |
1815 | 1835 | ||
1836 | oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the | ||
1837 | process, but there is a small probability of | ||
1838 | deadlocking the machine. | ||
1839 | This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions. | ||
1840 | Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot. | ||
1841 | |||
1816 | OSS [HW,OSS] | 1842 | OSS [HW,OSS] |
1817 | See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt | 1843 | See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt |
1818 | 1844 | ||
1819 | panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic | 1845 | panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout> |
1846 | seconds before rebooting | ||
1820 | Format: <timeout> | 1847 | Format: <timeout> |
1821 | 1848 | ||
1822 | parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is | 1849 | parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is |
@@ -2319,6 +2346,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
2319 | 2346 | ||
2320 | softlockup_panic= | 2347 | softlockup_panic= |
2321 | [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. | 2348 | [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. |
2349 | Format: <integer> | ||
2322 | 2350 | ||
2323 | sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver | 2351 | sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver |
2324 | See Documentation/sonypi.txt | 2352 | See Documentation/sonypi.txt |
@@ -2444,11 +2472,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
2444 | <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency | 2472 | <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency |
2445 | 0: no polling (default) | 2473 | 0: no polling (default) |
2446 | 2474 | ||
2475 | threadirqs [KNL] | ||
2476 | Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those | ||
2477 | marked explicitely IRQF_NO_THREAD. | ||
2478 | |||
2447 | topology= [S390] | 2479 | topology= [S390] |
2448 | Format: {off | on} | 2480 | Format: {off | on} |
2449 | Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu | 2481 | Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu |
2450 | topology informations if the hardware supports these. | 2482 | topology information if the hardware supports this. |
2451 | The scheduler will make use of these informations and | 2483 | The scheduler will make use of this information and |
2452 | e.g. base its process migration decisions on it. | 2484 | e.g. base its process migration decisions on it. |
2453 | Default is on. | 2485 | Default is on. |
2454 | 2486 | ||
@@ -2501,8 +2533,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
2501 | reported either. | 2533 | reported either. |
2502 | 2534 | ||
2503 | unknown_nmi_panic | 2535 | unknown_nmi_panic |
2504 | [X86] | 2536 | [X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI. |
2505 | Set unknown_nmi_panic=1 early on boot. | ||
2506 | 2537 | ||
2507 | usbcore.autosuspend= | 2538 | usbcore.autosuspend= |
2508 | [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used | 2539 | [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used |
@@ -2551,6 +2582,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
2551 | bytes of sense data); | 2582 | bytes of sense data); |
2552 | c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported | 2583 | c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported |
2553 | device capacity by one sector); | 2584 | device capacity by one sector); |
2585 | d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use | ||
2586 | READ_DISC_INFO command); | ||
2587 | e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use | ||
2588 | READ_CAPACITY_16 command); | ||
2554 | h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the | 2589 | h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the |
2555 | reported device capacity by one | 2590 | reported device capacity by one |
2556 | sector if the number is odd); | 2591 | sector if the number is odd); |