1 files changed, 106 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index fd5cac013037..d08759aa0903 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
         EFI     EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
         EIDE    EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
         FB      The frame buffer device is enabled.
+        GCOV    GCOV profiling is enabled.
         HW      Appropriate hardware is enabled.
         IA-64   IA-64 architecture is enabled.
         IMA     Integrity measurement architecture is enabled.
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ 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.
@@ -229,14 +229,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
                         and always returns good values.
 
-        acpi.power_nocheck=     [HW,ACPI]
-                        Format: 1/0 enable/disable the check of power state.
-                        On some bogus BIOS the _PSC object/_STA object of
-                        power resource can't return the correct device power
-                        state. In such case it is unneccessary to check its
-                        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 }
 
@@ -329,11 +321,6 @@ 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>
@@ -497,6 +484,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
                         some critical bits.
 
+        cmo_free_hint=  [PPC] Format: { yes | no }
+                        Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
+                        when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
+                        to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
+                        a hypervisor.
+                        Default: yes
+
         code_bytes      [X86] How many bytes of object code to print
                         in an oops report.
                         Range: 0 - 8192
@@ -545,6 +539,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         console=brl,ttyS0
                 For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
 
+        consoleblank=   [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
+                        seconds. Defaults to 10*60 = 10mins. A value of 0
+                        disables the blank timer.
+
         coredump_filter=
                         [KNL] Change the default value for
                         /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
@@ -646,6 +644,13 @@ 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]
@@ -752,12 +757,25 @@ 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
@@ -771,6 +789,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Format: off | on
                         default: on
 
+        gcov_persist=   [GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
+                        kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
+                        debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
+                        When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
+                        debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
+
         gdth=           [HW,SCSI]
                         See header of drivers/scsi/gdth.c.
 
@@ -873,11 +897,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         ide-core.nodma= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
                         Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
-                        .vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .noprobe .nowerr .cdrom
-                        .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
-                        See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
-
-        idebus=         [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed
+                        .vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
+                        .cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
                         See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
 
         ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
@@ -914,6 +935,12 @@ 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.
 
@@ -971,6 +998,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                 nomerge
                 forcesac
                 soft
+                pt      [x86, IA64]
 
         io7=            [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
                         See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
@@ -1054,24 +1082,19 @@ 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)
+                        (only serial supported for now)
                         Format: <serial_device>[,baud]
 
         kmac=           [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
                         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.
 
@@ -1339,6 +1362,27 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         min_addr=nn[KMG]        [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
                         physical address is ignored.
 
+        mini2440=       [ARM,HW,KNL]
+                        Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
+                        Default: "0tb"
+                        MINI2440 configuration specification:
+                        0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
+                        1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
+                        2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
+                        Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
+                        the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
+                        unconfigured.
+                        b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
+                        linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
+                        LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
+                        VGA shield.
+                        c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
+                        t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
+                        touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
+                        kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
+                        in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
+                        http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
+
         mminit_loglevel=
                         [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
                         parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
@@ -1380,6 +1424,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         mtdparts=       [MTD]
                         See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
 
+        onenand.bdry=   [HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
+
+                        Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
+
+                        boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
+                                   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
+                        lock     - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
+                                   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
+                                   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
+
         mtdset=         [ARM]
                         ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
 
@@ -1390,7 +1444,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
 
         mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
-                        used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk
+                        used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
                         that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
 
         mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
@@ -1575,6 +1629,9 @@ 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.
@@ -1660,6 +1717,14 @@ 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.
@@ -1735,6 +1800,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                                 root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
                 nommconf        [X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
                                 Configuration
+                check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
+                                properly configured MMIO access to PCI
+                                config space on AMD family 10h CPU
                 nomsi           [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
                                 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
                                 disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
@@ -1824,6 +1892,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                                 PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
                                 PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
                                 windows need to be expanded.
+                ecrc=           Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
+                                end-to-end CRC checking).
+                                bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
+                                the default.
+                                off: Turn ECRC off
+                                on: Turn ECRC on.
 
         pcie_aspm=      [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
                         Management.