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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-05-05 17:55:20 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-05-05 17:55:20 -0400 |
commit | ea62ccd00fd0b6720b033adfc9984f31130ce195 (patch) | |
tree | 9837b797b2466fffcb0af96c388b06eae9c3df18 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
parent | 886a0768affe9a32f18c45f8e1393bca9ece5392 (diff) | |
parent | 35060b6a9a4e1c89bc6fbea61090e302dbc61847 (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6: (231 commits)
[PATCH] i386: Don't delete cpu_devs data to identify different x86 types in late_initcall
[PATCH] i386: type may be unused
[PATCH] i386: Some additional chipset register values validation.
[PATCH] i386: Add missing !X86_PAE dependincy to the 2G/2G split.
[PATCH] x86-64: Don't exclude asm-offsets.c in Documentation/dontdiff
[PATCH] i386: avoid redundant preempt_disable in __unlazy_fpu
[PATCH] i386: white space fixes in i387.h
[PATCH] i386: Drop noisy e820 debugging printks
[PATCH] x86-64: Fix allnoconfig error in genapic_flat.c
[PATCH] x86-64: Shut up warnings for vfat compat ioctls on other file systems
[PATCH] x86-64: Share identical video.S between i386 and x86-64
[PATCH] x86-64: Remove CONFIG_REORDER
[PATCH] x86-64: Print type and size correctly for unknown compat ioctls
[PATCH] i386: Remove copy_*_user BUG_ONs for (size < 0)
[PATCH] i386: Little cleanups in smpboot.c
[PATCH] x86-64: Don't enable NUMA for a single node in K8 NUMA scanning
[PATCH] x86: Use RDTSCP for synchronous get_cycles if possible
[PATCH] i386: Add X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP
[PATCH] i386: Implement X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC on i386
[PATCH] i386: Implement alternative_io for i386
...
Fix up trivial conflict in include/linux/highmem.h manually.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 84c3bd05c639..38d7db3262c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ parameter is applicable: | |||
64 | GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled. | 64 | GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled. |
65 | NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. | 65 | NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. |
66 | OSS OSS sound support is enabled. | 66 | OSS OSS sound support is enabled. |
67 | PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel | ||
67 | PARIDE The ParIDE subsystem is enabled. | 68 | PARIDE The ParIDE subsystem is enabled. |
68 | PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled. | 69 | PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled. |
69 | PCI PCI bus support is enabled. | 70 | PCI PCI bus support is enabled. |
@@ -695,8 +696,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
695 | idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed | 696 | idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed |
696 | See Documentation/ide.txt. | 697 | See Documentation/ide.txt. |
697 | 698 | ||
698 | idle= [HW] | 699 | idle= [X86] |
699 | Format: idle=poll or idle=halt | 700 | Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait |
701 | Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance | ||
702 | of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system | ||
703 | run hot. Not recommended. | ||
704 | idle=mwait. On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but the kernel chose | ||
705 | to not use it because it doesn't save as much power as a normal idle | ||
706 | loop use the MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be the same | ||
707 | as idle=poll. | ||
700 | 708 | ||
701 | ignore_loglevel [KNL] | 709 | ignore_loglevel [KNL] |
702 | Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ | 710 | Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ |
@@ -1157,6 +1165,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1157 | 1165 | ||
1158 | nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception | 1166 | nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception |
1159 | 1167 | ||
1168 | noreplace-paravirt [IA-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops | ||
1169 | |||
1170 | noreplace-smp [IA-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions | ||
1171 | with UP alternatives | ||
1172 | |||
1160 | noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. | 1173 | noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. |
1161 | 1174 | ||
1162 | noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap | 1175 | noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap |
@@ -1562,6 +1575,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1562 | smart2= [HW] | 1575 | smart2= [HW] |
1563 | Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]] | 1576 | Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]] |
1564 | 1577 | ||
1578 | smp-alt-once [IA-32,SMP] On a hotplug CPU system, only | ||
1579 | attempt to substitute SMP alternatives once at boot. | ||
1580 | |||
1565 | snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA] | 1581 | snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA] |
1566 | 1582 | ||
1567 | snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA] | 1583 | snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA] |
@@ -1820,6 +1836,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1820 | [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. | 1836 | [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. |
1821 | 1837 | ||
1822 | vdso= [IA-32,SH] | 1838 | vdso= [IA-32,SH] |
1839 | vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) | ||
1823 | vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) | 1840 | vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) |
1824 | vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping | 1841 | vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping |
1825 | 1842 | ||