aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-03-26 16:39:17 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-03-27 12:28:43 -0400
commit6e15cf04860074ad032e88c306bea656bbdd0f22 (patch)
treec346383bb7563e8d66b2f4a502f875b259c34870 /Documentation
parentbe0ea69674ed95e1e98cb3687a241badc756d228 (diff)
parent60db56422043aaa455ac7f858ce23c273220f9d9 (diff)
Merge branch 'core/percpu' into percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2
Conflicts: arch/parisc/kernel/irq.c arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap_64.h arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h kernel/irq/handle.c Semantic merge: arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cputopology.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/boot.txt18
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
index 45932ec21cee..b41f3e58aefa 100644
--- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ For an architecture to support this feature, it must define some of
18these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h: 18these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
19#define topology_physical_package_id(cpu) 19#define topology_physical_package_id(cpu)
20#define topology_core_id(cpu) 20#define topology_core_id(cpu)
21#define topology_thread_siblings(cpu) 21#define topology_thread_cpumask(cpu)
22#define topology_core_siblings(cpu) 22#define topology_core_cpumask(cpu)
23 23
24The type of **_id is int. 24The type of **_id is int.
25The type of siblings is cpumask_t. 25The type of siblings is (const) struct cpumask *.
26 26
27To be consistent on all architectures, include/linux/topology.h 27To be consistent on all architectures, include/linux/topology.h
28provides default definitions for any of the above macros that are 28provides default definitions for any of the above macros that are
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index fa4e1239a8fa..6b979d1d09ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1325,8 +1325,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1325 1325
1326 memtest= [KNL,X86] Enable memtest 1326 memtest= [KNL,X86] Enable memtest
1327 Format: <integer> 1327 Format: <integer>
1328 range: 0,4 : pattern number
1329 default : 0 <disable> 1328 default : 0 <disable>
1329 Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
1330 performed. Each pass selects another test
1331 pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
1332 fills the memory with this pattern, validates
1333 memory contents and reserves bad memory
1334 regions that are detected.
1330 1335
1331 meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters 1336 meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
1332 See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt. 1337 See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt.
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 7b4596ac4120..e0203662f9e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
1580202/4 2.00+ header Magic signature "HdrS" 1580202/4 2.00+ header Magic signature "HdrS"
1590206/2 2.00+ version Boot protocol version supported 1590206/2 2.00+ version Boot protocol version supported
1600208/4 2.00+ realmode_swtch Boot loader hook (see below) 1600208/4 2.00+ realmode_swtch Boot loader hook (see below)
161020C/2 2.00+ start_sys The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete) 161020C/2 2.00+ start_sys_seg The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete)
162020E/2 2.00+ kernel_version Pointer to kernel version string 162020E/2 2.00+ kernel_version Pointer to kernel version string
1630210/1 2.00+ type_of_loader Boot loader identifier 1630210/1 2.00+ type_of_loader Boot loader identifier
1640211/1 2.00+ loadflags Boot protocol option flags 1640211/1 2.00+ loadflags Boot protocol option flags
@@ -170,10 +170,11 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
1700224/2 2.01+ heap_end_ptr Free memory after setup end 1700224/2 2.01+ heap_end_ptr Free memory after setup end
1710226/2 N/A pad1 Unused 1710226/2 N/A pad1 Unused
1720228/4 2.02+ cmd_line_ptr 32-bit pointer to the kernel command line 1720228/4 2.02+ cmd_line_ptr 32-bit pointer to the kernel command line
173022C/4 2.03+ initrd_addr_max Highest legal initrd address 173022C/4 2.03+ ramdisk_max Highest legal initrd address
1740230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel 1740230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel
1750234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not 1750234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not
1760235/3 N/A pad2 Unused 1760235/1 N/A pad2 Unused
1770236/2 N/A pad3 Unused
1770238/4 2.06+ cmdline_size Maximum size of the kernel command line 1780238/4 2.06+ cmdline_size Maximum size of the kernel command line
178023C/4 2.07+ hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture 179023C/4 2.07+ hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture
1790240/8 2.07+ hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data 1800240/8 2.07+ hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data
@@ -299,14 +300,14 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
299 e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version 300 e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version
300 10.17. 301 10.17.
301 302
302Field name: readmode_swtch 303Field name: realmode_swtch
303Type: modify (optional) 304Type: modify (optional)
304Offset/size: 0x208/4 305Offset/size: 0x208/4
305Protocol: 2.00+ 306Protocol: 2.00+
306 307
307 Boot loader hook (see ADVANCED BOOT LOADER HOOKS below.) 308 Boot loader hook (see ADVANCED BOOT LOADER HOOKS below.)
308 309
309Field name: start_sys 310Field name: start_sys_seg
310Type: read 311Type: read
311Offset/size: 0x20c/2 312Offset/size: 0x20c/2
312Protocol: 2.00+ 313Protocol: 2.00+
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ Protocol: 2.02+
468 zero, the kernel will assume that your boot loader does not support 469 zero, the kernel will assume that your boot loader does not support
469 the 2.02+ protocol. 470 the 2.02+ protocol.
470 471
471Field name: initrd_addr_max 472Field name: ramdisk_max
472Type: read 473Type: read
473Offset/size: 0x22c/4 474Offset/size: 0x22c/4
474Protocol: 2.03+ 475Protocol: 2.03+
@@ -542,7 +543,10 @@ Protocol: 2.08+
542 543
543 The payload may be compressed. The format of both the compressed and 544 The payload may be compressed. The format of both the compressed and
544 uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic 545 uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic
545 numbers. Currently only gzip compressed ELF is used. 546 numbers. The currently supported compression formats are gzip
547 (magic numbers 1F 8B or 1F 9E), bzip2 (magic number 42 5A) and LZMA
548 (magic number 5D 00). The uncompressed payload is currently always ELF
549 (magic number 7F 45 4C 46).
546 550
547Field name: payload_length 551Field name: payload_length
548Type: read 552Type: read