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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index e51fbd88661d..ed3708f8d0db 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -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 |