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authorRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2010-02-20 11:13:29 -0500
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2010-02-20 11:20:49 -0500
commitd944d549aa86e08cba080396513234cf048fee1f (patch)
tree53d825ec3441de0bddf48ba34304510497e26343 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parent0fa11802e0dcbd4e211a9310500bf52d701b9c1b (diff)
ARM: allow alignment fault mode to be configured at kernel boot
Some glibc versions intentionally create lots of alignment faults in their gconv code, which if not fixed up, results in segfaults during boot. This can prevent systems booting properly. There is no clear hard-configurable default for this; the desired default depends on the nature of the userspace which is going to be booted. So, provide a way for the alignment fault handler to be configured via the kernel command line. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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315 aic79xx= [HW,SCSI] 315 aic79xx= [HW,SCSI]
316 See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt. 316 See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.
317 317
318 alignment= [KNL,ARM]
319 Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
320 behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings,
321 bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
322
318 amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84] 323 amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84]
319 Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system. 324 Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
320 Possible values are: 325 Possible values are: