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@@ -1587,20 +1587,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1587 1587
1588 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels 1588 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
1589 Format: [panic,][num] 1589 Format: [panic,][num]
1590 Valid num: 0,1,2 1590 Valid num: 0
1591 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off 1591 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
1592 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
1593 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using
1594 a performance counter. Note: This will use one
1595 performance counter and the local APIC's performance
1596 vector.
1597 When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog 1592 When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
1598 timeout occurs. 1593 timeout occurs.
1599 This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and 1594 This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
1600 need the box quickly up again. 1595 need the box quickly up again.
1601 Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
1602 symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
1603 Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
1604 1596
1605 netpoll.carrier_timeout= 1597 netpoll.carrier_timeout=
1606 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that 1598 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
@@ -1630,6 +1622,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1630 noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any 1622 noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
1631 IOAPICs that may be present in the system. 1623 IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
1632 1624
1625 noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
1626
1633 nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem 1627 nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
1634 on "Classic" PPC cores. 1628 on "Classic" PPC cores.
1635 1629
@@ -1767,7 +1761,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1767 1761
1768 nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem 1762 nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem
1769 1763
1770 nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector. 1764 nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector (NMI watchdog).
1771 1765
1772 nowb [ARM] 1766 nowb [ARM]
1773 1767
@@ -2475,12 +2469,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2475 to facilitate early boot debugging. 2469 to facilitate early boot debugging.
2476 See also Documentation/trace/events.txt 2470 See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
2477 2471
2478 tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC. 2472 tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
2479 Format: <string> 2473 Format: <string>
2480 [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this 2474 [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
2481 disables clocksource verification at runtime. 2475 disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
2482 Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older 2476 as the stability checks done at bootup. Used to enable
2483 hardware, and in virtualized environment. 2477 high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
2478 virtualized environment.
2484 [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting. 2479 [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
2485 Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any 2480 Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
2486 platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting 2481 platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting