1 files changed, 96 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e58c91ca802c..0bf8a882ee9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
 
         usbcore.blinkenlights=1
 
+Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so
+        log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1
+can also be entered as
+        log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1
+
+
 This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
 "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
 module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
@@ -50,7 +56,6 @@ parameter is applicable:
         ISAPNP  ISA PnP code is enabled.
         ISDN    Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
         JOY     Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
-        KMEMTRACE kmemtrace is enabled.
         LIBATA  Libata driver is enabled
         LP      Printer support is enabled.
         LOOP    Loopback device support is enabled.
@@ -231,6 +236,35 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         power state again in power transition.
                         1 : disable the power state check
 
+        acpi_sci=       [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
+                        Format: { level | edge | high | low }
+
+        acpi_serialize  [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
+
+        acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
+                        Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
+                        For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
+
+        acpi_sleep=     [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
+                        Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
+                                  old_ordering, s4_nonvs }
+                        See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
+                        s3_bios and s3_mode.
+                        s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
+                        as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
+                        s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
+                        used during resume from hibernation.
+                        old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
+                        control method, with respect to putting devices into
+                        low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
+                        of _PTS is used by default).
+                        s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
+                        ACPI NVS memory during hibernation.
+
+        acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
+                        Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
+                        that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
+
         acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI]
                         { strict | lax | no }
                         Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
@@ -250,6 +284,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         ad1848=         [HW,OSS]
                         Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type>
 
+        add_efi_memmap  [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
+                        kernel's map of available physical RAM.
+
         advansys=       [HW,SCSI]
                         See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c.
 
@@ -291,11 +328,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                                     flushed before they will be reused, which
                                     is a lot of faster
 
-        amd_iommu_size= [HW,X86-64]
-                        Define the size of the aperture for the AMD IOMMU
-                        driver. Possible values are:
-                        '32M', '64M' (default), '128M', '256M', '512M', '1G'
-
         amijoy.map=     [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
                         Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
                         Format: <a>,<b>
@@ -313,7 +345,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
                         APC and your system crashes randomly.
 
-        apic=           [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+        apic=           [APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
                         Change the output verbosity whilst booting
                         Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
                         Change the amount of debugging information output
@@ -608,6 +640,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
                         architectural default is too low.
 
+        dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
+                        With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
+                        filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
+                        pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
+                        The filter can be disabled or changed to another
+                        driver later using sysfs.
+
         dscc4.setup=    [NET]
 
         dtc3181e=       [HW,SCSI]
@@ -670,7 +709,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
                         entry later. This parameter enables that.
 
-        enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+        enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
                         Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
                         Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
                         (in particular on some ATI chipsets).
@@ -714,12 +753,25 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
 
         ftrace=[tracer]
-                        [ftrace] will set and start the specified tracer
+                        [FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
                         as early as possible in order to facilitate early
                         boot debugging.
 
         ftrace_dump_on_oops
-                        [ftrace] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+                        [FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+
+        ftrace_filter=[function-list]
+                        [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
+                        tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
+                        list of functions. This list can be changed at run
+                        time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
+                        tracing directory. 
+
+        ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
+                        [FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
+                        function-list. This list can be changed at run time
+                        by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
+                        tracing directory.
 
         gamecon.map[2|3]=
                         [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
@@ -743,7 +795,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         hashdist=       [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
                         are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
-                        for IA-64, off otherwise.
+                        for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise.
                         Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
 
         hcl=            [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
@@ -873,6 +925,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Formt: { "sha1" | "md5" }
                         default: "sha1"
 
+        ima_tcb         [IMA]
+                        Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
+                        Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
+                        programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
+                        opened for read by uid=0.
+
         in2000=         [HW,SCSI]
                         See header of drivers/scsi/in2000.c.
 
@@ -1013,15 +1071,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
                         zone if it does not.
 
-        kmemtrace.enable=       [KNL,KMEMTRACE] Format: { yes | no }
-                                Controls whether kmemtrace is enabled
-                                at boot-time.
-
-        kmemtrace.subbufs=n     [KNL,KMEMTRACE] Overrides the number of
-                        subbufs kmemtrace's relay channel has. Set this
-                        higher than default (KMEMTRACE_N_SUBBUFS in code) if
-                        you experience buffer overruns.
-
         kgdboc=         [HW] kgdb over consoles.
                         Requires a tty driver that supports console polling.
                         (only serial suported for now)
@@ -1031,6 +1080,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
                         Ethernet adapter MAC address.
 
+        kmemleak=       [KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
+                        Valid arguments: on, off
+                        Default: on
+
         kstack=N        [X86] Print N words from the kernel stack
                         in oops dumps.
 
@@ -1494,6 +1547,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         register save and restore. The kernel will only save
                         legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
 
+        noxsave         [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
+                        and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
+                        enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
+
         nohlt           [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
                         wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
                         use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
@@ -1530,6 +1587,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         noinitrd        [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
                         initial RAM disk.
 
+        nointremap      [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
+                        remapping.
+
         nointroute      [IA-64]
 
         nojitter        [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
@@ -1585,6 +1645,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         nowb            [ARM]
 
+        nox2apic        [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
+
         nptcg=          [IA64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
                         purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
                         SAL PALO.
@@ -1613,6 +1675,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         oprofile.timer= [HW]
                         Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
 
+        oprofile.cpu_type=      Force an oprofile cpu type
+                        This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
+                        userland or if you want common events.
+                        Format: { archperfmon }
+                        archperfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
+                                perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
+                                CPU specific event set.
+
         osst=           [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver
                         Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold>
                         See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
@@ -1835,6 +1905,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         autoconfiguration.
                         Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
 
+        ports=          [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
+                        Default is 21.
+                        Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
+                        may be specified.
+                        Format: <port>,<port>....
+
         print-fatal-signals=
                         [KNL] debug: print fatal signals
                         print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to