1 files changed, 50 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index ff571f9298e0..d8323b8893c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
                         Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
                         For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
+        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_dbg_layer= [HW,ACPI]
                         Format: <int>
@@ -544,6 +548,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         eurwdt=         [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog.
                         Format: <io>[,<irq>]
 
+        failslab=
+        fail_page_alloc=
+        fail_make_request=[KNL]
+                        General fault injection mechanism.
+                        Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
+                        See also /Documentation/fault-injection/.
+
         fd_mcs=         [HW,SCSI]
                         See header of drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c.
 
@@ -553,9 +564,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         floppy=         [HW]
                         See Documentation/floppy.txt.
 
-        ftape=          [HW] Floppy Tape subsystem debugging options.
-                        See Documentation/ftape.txt.
-
         gamecon.map[2|3]=
                         [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
                         support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
@@ -598,8 +606,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         hugepages=      [HW,IA-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages.
 
-        noirqbalance    [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
-
         i8042.direct    [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
         i8042.dumbkbd   [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
                              keyboard and cannot control its state
@@ -649,6 +655,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         idle=           [HW]
                         Format: idle=poll or idle=halt
 
+        ignore_loglevel [KNL]
+                        Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
+                        kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
+
         ihash_entries=  [KNL]
                         Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
 
@@ -713,7 +723,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
 
         isolcpus=       [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler.
-                        Format: <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
+                        Format:
+                        <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
+                        or
+                        <cpu number>-<cpu number>  (must be a positive range in ascending order)
+                        or a mixture
+                        <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
                         This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
                         to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
                         algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off
@@ -1011,6 +1026,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
                         is present.
 
+        noaliencache    [MM, NUMA] Disables the allcoation of alien caches in
+                        the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory, but will
+                        impact performance on real NUMA hardware.
+
         noalign         [KNL,ARM]
 
         noapic          [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
@@ -1051,9 +1070,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         in certain environments such as networked servers or
                         real-time systems.
 
+        noirqbalance    [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
+
         noirqdebug      [IA-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
                         disable unhandled interrupt sources.
 
+        no_timer_check  [IA-32,X86_64,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
+                        broken timer IRQ sources.
+
         noisapnp        [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
 
         noinitrd        [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
@@ -1231,6 +1255,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                                 machine check when some devices' config space
                                 is read. But various workarounds are disabled
                                 and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
+                bfsort          Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
+                                This sorting is done to get a device
+                                order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
+                nobfsort        Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
+
         pcmv=           [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
 
         pd.             [PARIDE]
@@ -1279,6 +1308,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
                         Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
                                 statistical time based profiling.
+                        Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs)
 
         processor.max_cstate=   [HW,ACPI]
                         Limit processor to maximum C-state
@@ -1360,6 +1390,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         resume=         [SWSUSP]
                         Specify the partition device for software suspend
 
+        resume_offset=  [SWSUSP]
+                        Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
+                        given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
+                        in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
+                        See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
+
         rhash_entries=  [KNL,NET]
                         Set number of hash buckets for route cache
 
@@ -1410,6 +1446,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         scsi_logging=   [SCSI]
 
+        scsi_mod.scan=  [SCSI] sync (default) scans SCSI busses as they are
+                        discovered.  async scans them in kernel threads,
+                        allowing boot to proceed.  none ignores them, expecting
+                        user space to do the scan.
+
         selinux         [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
                         Format: { "0" | "1" }
                         See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
@@ -1721,6 +1762,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         norandmaps      Don't use address space randomization
                         Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
 
+        unwind_debug=N  N > 0 will enable dwarf2 unwinder debugging
+                        This is useful to get more information why
+                        you got a "dwarf2 unwinder stuck"
 
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