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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 28 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index fc99075e0af4..f8cb55c30b0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: | |||
49 | MCA MCA bus support is enabled. | 49 | MCA MCA bus support is enabled. |
50 | MDA MDA console support is enabled. | 50 | MDA MDA console support is enabled. |
51 | MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled. | 51 | MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled. |
52 | MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI). | ||
52 | MTD MTD support is enabled. | 53 | MTD MTD support is enabled. |
53 | NET Appropriate network support is enabled. | 54 | NET Appropriate network support is enabled. |
54 | NUMA NUMA support is enabled. | 55 | NUMA NUMA support is enabled. |
@@ -366,12 +367,17 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
366 | tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>. | 367 | tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>. |
367 | 368 | ||
368 | ttyS<n>[,options] | 369 | ttyS<n>[,options] |
370 | ttyUSB0[,options] | ||
369 | Use the specified serial port. The options are of | 371 | Use the specified serial port. The options are of |
370 | the form "bbbbpn", where "bbbb" is the baud rate, | 372 | the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate, |
371 | "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), and "n" is bits. | 373 | "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of |
372 | Default is "9600n8". | 374 | bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or |
375 | omit it). Default is "9600n8". | ||
373 | 376 | ||
374 | See also Documentation/serial-console.txt. | 377 | See Documentation/serial-console.txt for more |
378 | information. See | ||
379 | Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an | ||
380 | alternative. | ||
375 | 381 | ||
376 | uart,io,<addr>[,options] | 382 | uart,io,<addr>[,options] |
377 | uart,mmio,<addr>[,options] | 383 | uart,mmio,<addr>[,options] |
@@ -1008,7 +1014,9 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
1008 | noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) | 1014 | noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) |
1009 | noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings | 1015 | noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings |
1010 | 1016 | ||
1011 | nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32] | 1017 | nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 floating point extended |
1018 | register save and restore. The kernel will only save | ||
1019 | legacy floating-point registers on task switch. | ||
1012 | 1020 | ||
1013 | nohlt [BUGS=ARM] | 1021 | nohlt [BUGS=ARM] |
1014 | 1022 | ||
@@ -1053,6 +1061,8 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
1053 | 1061 | ||
1054 | nosbagart [IA-64] | 1062 | nosbagart [IA-64] |
1055 | 1063 | ||
1064 | nosep [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support. | ||
1065 | |||
1056 | nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel. | 1066 | nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel. |
1057 | 1067 | ||
1058 | nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. | 1068 | nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. |
@@ -1122,6 +1132,11 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
1122 | pas16= [HW,SCSI] | 1132 | pas16= [HW,SCSI] |
1123 | See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c. | 1133 | See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c. |
1124 | 1134 | ||
1135 | pause_on_oops= | ||
1136 | Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for | ||
1137 | the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if | ||
1138 | your oopses keep scrolling off the screen. | ||
1139 | |||
1125 | pcbit= [HW,ISDN] | 1140 | pcbit= [HW,ISDN] |
1126 | 1141 | ||
1127 | pcd. [PARIDE] | 1142 | pcd. [PARIDE] |
@@ -1143,6 +1158,9 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
1143 | Mechanism 2. | 1158 | Mechanism 2. |
1144 | nommconf [IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI | 1159 | nommconf [IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI |
1145 | Configuration | 1160 | Configuration |
1161 | nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is | ||
1162 | enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to | ||
1163 | disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. | ||
1146 | nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to | 1164 | nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to |
1147 | order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is | 1165 | order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is |
1148 | done to get a device order compatible with | 1166 | done to get a device order compatible with |