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@@ -147,10 +147,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
147 default: 0 147 default: 0
148 148
149 acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options 149 acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
150 Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep } 150 Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, old_ordering }
151 See Documentation/power/video.txt for s3_bios and s3_mode. 151 See Documentation/power/video.txt for s3_bios and s3_mode.
152 s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep 152 s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
153 as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called. 153 as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
154 old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
155 control method, wrt putting devices into low power
156 states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering of _PTS is
157 used by default).
154 158
155 acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode 159 acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
156 Format: { level | edge | high | low } 160 Format: { level | edge | high | low }
@@ -818,7 +822,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
818 See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. 822 See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
819 823
820 idle= [X86] 824 idle= [X86]
821 Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait 825 Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
822 Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance 826 Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance
823 of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system 827 of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system
824 run hot. Not recommended. 828 run hot. Not recommended.
@@ -826,6 +830,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
826 to not use it because it doesn't save as much power as a normal idle 830 to not use it because it doesn't save as much power as a normal idle
827 loop use the MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be the same 831 loop use the MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be the same
828 as idle=poll. 832 as idle=poll.
833 idle=halt. Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
834 In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
835 idle=nomwait. Disable mwait for CPU C-states
829 836
830 ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem 837 ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
831 Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers. 838 Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
@@ -1199,7 +1206,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1199 or 1206 or
1200 memmap=0x10000$0x18690000 1207 memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
1201 1208
1202 memtest= [KNL,X86_64] Enable memtest 1209 memtest= [KNL,X86] Enable memtest
1203 Format: <integer> 1210 Format: <integer>
1204 range: 0,4 : pattern number 1211 range: 0,4 : pattern number
1205 default : 0 <disable> 1212 default : 0 <disable>
@@ -1534,6 +1541,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1534 Use with caution as certain devices share 1541 Use with caution as certain devices share
1535 address decoders between ROMs and other 1542 address decoders between ROMs and other
1536 resources. 1543 resources.
1544 norom [X86-32,X86_64] Do not assign address space to
1545 expansion ROMs that do not already have
1546 BIOS assigned address ranges.
1537 irqmask=0xMMMM [X86-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be 1547 irqmask=0xMMMM [X86-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
1538 assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can 1548 assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
1539 make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards 1549 make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
@@ -2148,6 +2158,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2148 Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be 2158 Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
2149 reported either. 2159 reported either.
2150 2160
2161 unknown_nmi_panic
2162 [X86-32,X86-64]
2163 Set unknown_nmi_panic=1 early on boot.
2164
2151 usbcore.autosuspend= 2165 usbcore.autosuspend=
2152 [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used 2166 [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
2153 for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This 2167 for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This