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@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
54 IMA Integrity measurement architecture is enabled. 54 IMA Integrity measurement architecture is enabled.
55 IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled. 55 IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
56 IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled. 56 IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
57 IPV6 IPv6 support is enabled.
57 ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. 58 ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
58 ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. 59 ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
59 JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. 60 JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
@@ -199,10 +200,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
199 acpi_display_output=video 200 acpi_display_output=video
200 See above. 201 See above.
201 202
202 acpi_early_pdc_eval [HW,ACPI] Evaluate processor _PDC methods
203 early. Needed on some platforms to properly
204 initialize the EC.
205
206 acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI] 203 acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
207 ACPI will balance active IRQs 204 ACPI will balance active IRQs
208 default in APIC mode 205 default in APIC mode
@@ -351,6 +348,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
351 Change the amount of debugging information output 348 Change the amount of debugging information output
352 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components. 349 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
353 350
351 autoconf= [IPV6]
352 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
353
354 show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller 354 show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
355 Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal 355 Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
356 number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible 356 number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
@@ -633,6 +633,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
633 See drivers/char/README.epca and 633 See drivers/char/README.epca and
634 Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt. 634 Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt.
635 635
636 disable= [IPV6]
637 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
638
639 disable_ipv6= [IPV6]
640 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
641
636 disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] 642 disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
637 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous 643 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
638 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB 644 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
@@ -1733,6 +1739,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1733 nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose 1739 nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
1734 Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines). 1740 Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
1735 1741
1742 nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
1743 pagetables) support.
1744
1736 norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to 1745 norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
1737 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space 1746 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
1738 1747
@@ -1776,6 +1785,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1776 purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or 1785 purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
1777 SAL PALO. 1786 SAL PALO.
1778 1787
1788 nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
1789 could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
1790 supporting 'n' processors. Later in runtime you can not
1791 use hotplug cpu feature to put more cpu back to online.
1792 just like you compile the kernel NR_CPUS=n
1793
1779 nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered. 1794 nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
1780 1795
1781 numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA. 1796 numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
@@ -1943,8 +1958,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1943 IRQ routing is enabled. 1958 IRQ routing is enabled.
1944 noacpi [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing 1959 noacpi [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
1945 or for PCI scanning. 1960 or for PCI scanning.
1946 use_crs [X86] Use _CRS for PCI resource 1961 use_crs [X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
1947 allocation. 1962 from ACPI. On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
1963 is enabled by default. If you need to use this,
1964 please report a bug.
1965 nocrs [X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
1966 If you need to use this, please report a bug.
1948 routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices. 1967 routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
1949 This is normally done in pci_enable_device(), 1968 This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
1950 so this option is a temporary workaround 1969 so this option is a temporary workaround
@@ -1993,6 +2012,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1993 force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it. 2012 force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
1994 WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups. 2013 WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
1995 2014
2015 pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
2016 off Do not use native PCIe PME signaling.
2017 force Use native PCIe PME signaling even if the BIOS refuses
2018 to allow the kernel to control the relevant PCIe config
2019 registers.
2020 nomsi Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
2021 all PCIe root ports use INTx for everything).
2022
1996 pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4 2023 pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
1997 2024
1998 pd. [PARIDE] 2025 pd. [PARIDE]
@@ -2698,6 +2725,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2698 medium is write-protected). 2725 medium is write-protected).
2699 Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc 2726 Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
2700 2727
2728 userpte=
2729 [X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
2730
2731 nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
2732 HIGHMEM regardless of setting
2733 of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
2734
2701 vdso= [X86,SH] 2735 vdso= [X86,SH]
2702 vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) 2736 vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
2703 vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) 2737 vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
@@ -2791,6 +2825,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2791 default x2apic cluster mode on platforms 2825 default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
2792 supporting x2apic. 2826 supporting x2apic.
2793 2827
2828 x86_mrst_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
2829 Choose timer option for x86 Moorestown MID platform.
2830 Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
2831 plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
2832 x86_mrst_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
2833
2794 xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks. 2834 xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
2795 xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c. 2835 xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c.
2796 2836