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author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-01-09 03:38:15 -0500 |
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committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-01-09 03:38:15 -0500 |
commit | 3cc8a5f4ba91f67bbdb81a43a99281a26aab8d77 (patch) | |
tree | 82b60e24ce5457e2e21e00bfa3b2f171d7eb97ce /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
parent | d0302bc62af7983040ea1cd1b5dd2b36e1a6a509 (diff) | |
parent | ada9cfdd158abb8169873dc8e5ae39b1ec6ffa8c (diff) |
Merge branch 'suspend' into release
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 45 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 136f02842de9..f3a89fac2202 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -150,16 +150,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
150 | default: 0 | 150 | default: 0 |
151 | 151 | ||
152 | acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options | 152 | acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options |
153 | Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig, old_ordering } | 153 | Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig, |
154 | See Documentation/power/video.txt for s3_bios and s3_mode. | 154 | old_ordering, s4_nonvs } |
155 | See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on | ||
156 | s3_bios and s3_mode. | ||
155 | s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep | 157 | s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep |
156 | as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called. | 158 | as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called. |
157 | s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being | 159 | s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being |
158 | used during resume from hibernation. | 160 | used during resume from hibernation. |
159 | old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS | 161 | old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS |
160 | control method, wrt putting devices into low power | 162 | control method, with respect to putting devices into |
161 | states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering of _PTS is | 163 | low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering |
162 | used by default). | 164 | of _PTS is used by default). |
165 | s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the | ||
166 | ACPI NVS memory during hibernation. | ||
163 | 167 | ||
164 | acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode | 168 | acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode |
165 | Format: { level | edge | high | low } | 169 | Format: { level | edge | high | low } |
@@ -194,7 +198,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
194 | acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI] | 198 | acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI] |
195 | Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override. | 199 | Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override. |
196 | For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer. | 200 | For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer. |
197 | acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI} | 201 | acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI] |
198 | Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards | 202 | Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards |
199 | that require a timer override, but don't have | 203 | that require a timer override, but don't have |
200 | HPET | 204 | HPET |
@@ -861,17 +865,19 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
861 | See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. | 865 | See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. |
862 | 866 | ||
863 | idle= [X86] | 867 | idle= [X86] |
864 | Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait | 868 | Format: idle=poll, idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait |
865 | Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance | 869 | Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly |
866 | of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system | 870 | improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but |
867 | run hot. Not recommended. | 871 | will use a lot of power and make the system run hot. |
868 | idle=mwait. On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but the kernel chose | 872 | Not recommended. |
869 | to not use it because it doesn't save as much power as a normal idle | 873 | idle=mwait: On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but |
870 | loop use the MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be the same | 874 | the kernel chose to not use it because it doesn't save |
871 | as idle=poll. | 875 | as much power as a normal idle loop, use the |
872 | idle=halt. Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle. | 876 | MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be |
877 | the same as idle=poll. | ||
878 | idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle. | ||
873 | In such case C2/C3 won't be used again. | 879 | In such case C2/C3 won't be used again. |
874 | idle=nomwait. Disable mwait for CPU C-states | 880 | idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states |
875 | 881 | ||
876 | ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem | 882 | ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem |
877 | Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers. | 883 | Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers. |
@@ -1053,8 +1059,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1053 | lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS | 1059 | lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS |
1054 | disabled it. | 1060 | disabled it. |
1055 | 1061 | ||
1056 | lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer in | 1062 | lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer |
1057 | C2 power state. | 1063 | in C2 power state. |
1058 | 1064 | ||
1059 | libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control | 1065 | libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control |
1060 | libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA | 1066 | libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA |
@@ -2242,7 +2248,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
2242 | 2248 | ||
2243 | thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI] | 2249 | thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI] |
2244 | -1: disable all passive trip points | 2250 | -1: disable all passive trip points |
2245 | <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this value | 2251 | <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this |
2252 | value | ||
2246 | 2253 | ||
2247 | thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI] | 2254 | thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI] |
2248 | Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate | 2255 | Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate |