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@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ parameter is applicable:
85 PPT Parallel port support is enabled. 85 PPT Parallel port support is enabled.
86 PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled. 86 PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled.
87 RAM RAM disk support is enabled. 87 RAM RAM disk support is enabled.
88 ROOTPLUG The example Root Plug LSM is enabled.
89 S390 S390 architecture is enabled. 88 S390 S390 architecture is enabled.
90 SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. 89 SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled.
91 A lot of drivers has their options described inside of 90 A lot of drivers has their options described inside of
@@ -345,6 +344,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
345 Change the amount of debugging information output 344 Change the amount of debugging information output
346 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components. 345 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
347 346
347 show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
348 Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
349 number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
350 to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
351 Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
352 The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
353 apic=verbose is specified.
354 Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
355
348 apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management 356 apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management
349 See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c. 357 See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
350 358
@@ -779,6 +787,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
779 by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs 787 by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
780 tracing directory. 788 tracing directory.
781 789
790 ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
791 [FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
792 by the function graph tracer at boot up.
793 function-list is a comma separated list of functions
794 that can be changed at run time by the
795 set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
796
782 gamecon.map[2|3]= 797 gamecon.map[2|3]=
783 [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad 798 [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
784 support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) 799 support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
@@ -1772,6 +1787,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1772 waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high 1787 waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
1773 interrupts *may* be lost! 1788 interrupts *may* be lost!
1774 1789
1790 omap_mux= [OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
1791 Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
1792 For example, to override I2C bus2:
1793 omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
1794
1775 opl3= [HW,OSS] 1795 opl3= [HW,OSS]
1776 Format: <io> 1796 Format: <io>
1777 1797
@@ -2032,8 +2052,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2032 2052
2033 print-fatal-signals= 2053 print-fatal-signals=
2034 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals 2054 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals
2035 print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to 2055
2036 the kernel console. 2056 If enabled, warn about various signal handling
2057 related application anomalies: too many signals,
2058 too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
2059 coredump - etc.
2060
2061 If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
2062 you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
2063
2037 default: off. 2064 default: off.
2038 2065
2039 printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line 2066 printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
@@ -2164,15 +2191,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2164 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously 2191 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
2165 (e.g. USB and MMC devices). 2192 (e.g. USB and MMC devices).
2166 2193
2167 root_plug.vendor_id=
2168 [ROOTPLUG] Override the default vendor ID
2169
2170 root_plug.product_id=
2171 [ROOTPLUG] Override the default product ID
2172
2173 root_plug.debug=
2174 [ROOTPLUG] Enable debugging output
2175
2176 rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot 2194 rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
2177 2195
2178 S [KNL] Run init in single mode 2196 S [KNL] Run init in single mode
@@ -2182,6 +2200,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2182 2200
2183 sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter 2201 sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
2184 2202
2203 sched_debug [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
2204
2185 sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver 2205 sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver
2186 Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]] 2206 Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]]
2187 2207
@@ -2590,6 +2610,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2590 uart6850= [HW,OSS] 2610 uart6850= [HW,OSS]
2591 Format: <io>,<irq> 2611 Format: <io>,<irq>
2592 2612
2613 uhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
2614 Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
2615
2593 uhci-hcd.ignore_oc= 2616 uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
2594 [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N). 2617 [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
2595 Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of 2618 Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
@@ -2645,6 +2668,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2645 to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows: 2668 to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
2646 a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes 2669 a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
2647 of sense data); 2670 of sense data);
2671 b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
2672 bytes of sense data);
2648 c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported 2673 c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
2649 device capacity by one sector); 2674 device capacity by one sector);
2650 h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the 2675 h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
@@ -2704,6 +2729,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2704 vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off. 2729 vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
2705 Format: <command> 2730 Format: <command>
2706 2731
2732 vt.cur_default= [VT] Default cursor shape.
2733 Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
2734 the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
2735 see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
2736
2707 vt.default_blu= [VT] 2737 vt.default_blu= [VT]
2708 Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15> 2738 Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
2709 Change the default blue palette of the console. 2739 Change the default blue palette of the console.
@@ -2729,6 +2759,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2729 Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all 2759 Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
2730 newly opened terminals. 2760 newly opened terminals.
2731 2761
2762 vt.global_cursor_default=
2763 [VT]
2764 Format=<-1|0|1>
2765 Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
2766 is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
2767 i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
2768 overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
2769 cursors, 1 will display them.
2770
2732 waveartist= [HW,OSS] 2771 waveartist= [HW,OSS]
2733 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2> 2772 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
2734 2773