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@@ -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