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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index c86c07459712..d5418d528910 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -198,59 +198,42 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
198 | that require a timer override, but don't have | 198 | that require a timer override, but don't have |
199 | HPET | 199 | HPET |
200 | 200 | ||
201 | acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI] | 201 | acpi_backlight= [HW,ACPI] |
202 | acpi_backlight=vendor | ||
203 | acpi_backlight=video | ||
204 | If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver | ||
205 | (e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead | ||
206 | of the ACPI video.ko driver. | ||
207 | |||
208 | acpi_display_output= [HW,ACPI] | ||
209 | acpi_display_output=vendor | ||
210 | acpi_display_output=video | ||
211 | See above. | ||
212 | |||
213 | acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG] | ||
214 | acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG] | ||
202 | Format: <int> | 215 | Format: <int> |
203 | Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug layer, | 216 | CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI |
204 | 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time | 217 | debug output. Bits in debug_layer correspond to a |
205 | debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set | 218 | _COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g., |
206 | via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer. | 219 | #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT |
207 | CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output. | 220 | Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in |
208 | Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable debug output | 221 | ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g., |
209 | for specific parts of the ACPI subsystem: | 222 | ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ... |
210 | 0x01 utilities 0x02 hardware 0x04 events 0x08 tables | 223 | See Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information |
211 | 0x10 namespace 0x20 parser 0x40 dispatcher | 224 | about debug layers and levels. |
212 | 0x80 executer 0x100 resources 0x200 acpica debugger | 225 | |
213 | 0x400 os services 0x800 acpica disassembler. | 226 | Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug |
214 | The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex. | 227 | object while interpreting AML: |
215 | Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of | 228 | acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2 |
216 | output and make your system unusable. Be very careful. | 229 | Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages: |
217 | 230 | acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 acpi.debug_level=0x4 | |
218 | acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI] | 231 | Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware: |
219 | Format: <int> | 232 | acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff |
220 | Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug level, | 233 | |
221 | which corresponds to the level in an ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT | 234 | Some values produce so much output that the system is |
222 | statement. After system has booted up, this mask | 235 | unusable. The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful |
223 | can be set via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level. | 236 | if you need to capture more output. |
224 | |||
225 | CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce | ||
226 | any output. The number can be in decimal or prefixed | ||
227 | with 0x in hex. Some of these options produce so much | ||
228 | output that the system is unusable. | ||
229 | |||
230 | The following global components are defined by the | ||
231 | ACPI CA: | ||
232 | 0x01 error | ||
233 | 0x02 warn | ||
234 | 0x04 init | ||
235 | 0x08 debug object | ||
236 | 0x10 info | ||
237 | 0x20 init names | ||
238 | 0x40 parse | ||
239 | 0x80 load | ||
240 | 0x100 dispatch | ||
241 | 0x200 execute | ||
242 | 0x400 names | ||
243 | 0x800 operation region | ||
244 | 0x1000 bfield | ||
245 | 0x2000 tables | ||
246 | 0x4000 values | ||
247 | 0x8000 objects | ||
248 | 0x10000 resources | ||
249 | 0x20000 user requests | ||
250 | 0x40000 package | ||
251 | The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex. | ||
252 | Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of | ||
253 | output and make your system unusable. Be very careful. | ||
254 | 237 | ||
255 | acpi.power_nocheck= [HW,ACPI] | 238 | acpi.power_nocheck= [HW,ACPI] |
256 | Format: 1/0 enable/disable the check of power state. | 239 | Format: 1/0 enable/disable the check of power state. |
@@ -311,7 +294,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
311 | Possible values are: | 294 | Possible values are: |
312 | isolate - enable device isolation (each device, as far | 295 | isolate - enable device isolation (each device, as far |
313 | as possible, will get its own protection | 296 | as possible, will get its own protection |
314 | domain) | 297 | domain) [default] |
298 | share - put every device behind one IOMMU into the | ||
299 | same protection domain | ||
315 | fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when | 300 | fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when |
316 | they are unmapped. Otherwise they are | 301 | they are unmapped. Otherwise they are |
317 | flushed before they will be reused, which | 302 | flushed before they will be reused, which |
@@ -646,7 +631,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
646 | 631 | ||
647 | digiepca= [HW,SERIAL] | 632 | digiepca= [HW,SERIAL] |
648 | See drivers/char/README.epca and | 633 | See drivers/char/README.epca and |
649 | Documentation/digiepca.txt. | 634 | Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt. |
650 | 635 | ||
651 | disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] | 636 | disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] |
652 | enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] | 637 | enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] |
@@ -757,7 +742,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
757 | See header of drivers/scsi/fdomain.c. | 742 | See header of drivers/scsi/fdomain.c. |
758 | 743 | ||
759 | floppy= [HW] | 744 | floppy= [HW] |
760 | See Documentation/floppy.txt. | 745 | See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt. |
761 | 746 | ||
762 | force_pal_cache_flush | 747 | force_pal_cache_flush |
763 | [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on | 748 | [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on |
@@ -1118,7 +1103,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1118 | the same attribute, the last one is used. | 1103 | the same attribute, the last one is used. |
1119 | 1104 | ||
1120 | load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy | 1105 | load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy |
1121 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | 1106 | See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. |
1122 | 1107 | ||
1123 | lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period. | 1108 | lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period. |
1124 | Format: <integer> | 1109 | Format: <integer> |
@@ -1210,8 +1195,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1210 | it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables | 1195 | it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables |
1211 | the IO APIC. | 1196 | the IO APIC. |
1212 | 1197 | ||
1213 | max_addr=[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or | 1198 | max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than |
1214 | equal to this physical address is ignored. | 1199 | or equal to this physical address is ignored. |
1215 | 1200 | ||
1216 | max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe. | 1201 | max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe. |
1217 | Should be between 1 and 2^32-1. | 1202 | Should be between 1 and 2^32-1. |
@@ -1311,6 +1296,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1311 | 1296 | ||
1312 | mga= [HW,DRM] | 1297 | mga= [HW,DRM] |
1313 | 1298 | ||
1299 | min_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this | ||
1300 | physical address is ignored. | ||
1301 | |||
1314 | mminit_loglevel= | 1302 | mminit_loglevel= |
1315 | [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this | 1303 | [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this |
1316 | parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for | 1304 | parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for |
@@ -1405,7 +1393,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1405 | when a NMI is triggered. | 1393 | when a NMI is triggered. |
1406 | Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] | 1394 | Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] |
1407 | 1395 | ||
1408 | nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels | 1396 | nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels |
1397 | Format: [panic,][num] | ||
1398 | Valid num: 0,1,2 | ||
1399 | 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off | ||
1400 | 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog | ||
1401 | 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using | ||
1402 | a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance | ||
1403 | counter and the local APIC's performance vector. | ||
1404 | When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. | ||
1405 | This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box | ||
1406 | quickly up again. | ||
1407 | Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following | ||
1408 | symbolic names: lapic and ioapic | ||
1409 | Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic | ||
1409 | 1410 | ||
1410 | no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths | 1411 | no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths |
1411 | emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor | 1412 | emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor |
@@ -1613,7 +1614,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1613 | 1614 | ||
1614 | pcd. [PARIDE] | 1615 | pcd. [PARIDE] |
1615 | See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c. | 1616 | See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c. |
1616 | See also Documentation/paride.txt. | 1617 | See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. |
1617 | 1618 | ||
1618 | pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options: | 1619 | pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options: |
1619 | off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus | 1620 | off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus |
@@ -1638,6 +1639,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1638 | nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is | 1639 | nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is |
1639 | enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to | 1640 | enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to |
1640 | disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. | 1641 | disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. |
1642 | noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks. | ||
1643 | Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This | ||
1644 | should never be necessary. | ||
1645 | ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the | ||
1646 | primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable | ||
1647 | boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs | ||
1648 | when the system masks IRQs. | ||
1649 | noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the | ||
1650 | boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to | ||
1651 | a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled. | ||
1652 | The opposite of ioapicreroute. | ||
1641 | biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt | 1653 | biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt |
1642 | routing table. These calls are known to be buggy | 1654 | routing table. These calls are known to be buggy |
1643 | on several machines and they hang the machine | 1655 | on several machines and they hang the machine |
@@ -1714,7 +1726,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1714 | pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4 | 1726 | pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4 |
1715 | 1727 | ||
1716 | pd. [PARIDE] | 1728 | pd. [PARIDE] |
1717 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | 1729 | See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. |
1718 | 1730 | ||
1719 | pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at | 1731 | pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at |
1720 | boot time. | 1732 | boot time. |
@@ -1722,10 +1734,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1722 | See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c | 1734 | See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c |
1723 | 1735 | ||
1724 | pf. [PARIDE] | 1736 | pf. [PARIDE] |
1725 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | 1737 | See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. |
1726 | 1738 | ||
1727 | pg. [PARIDE] | 1739 | pg. [PARIDE] |
1728 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | 1740 | See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. |
1729 | 1741 | ||
1730 | pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup | 1742 | pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup |
1731 | See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt. | 1743 | See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt. |
@@ -1795,7 +1807,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1795 | 1807 | ||
1796 | prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk | 1808 | prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk |
1797 | before loading. | 1809 | before loading. |
1798 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | 1810 | See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. |
1799 | 1811 | ||
1800 | psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to | 1812 | psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to |
1801 | probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any). | 1813 | probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any). |
@@ -1815,7 +1827,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1815 | <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | 1827 | <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> |
1816 | 1828 | ||
1817 | pt. [PARIDE] | 1829 | pt. [PARIDE] |
1818 | See Documentation/paride.txt. | 1830 | See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. |
1819 | 1831 | ||
1820 | pty.legacy_count= | 1832 | pty.legacy_count= |
1821 | [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in | 1833 | [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in |
@@ -1829,10 +1841,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1829 | See Documentation/md.txt. | 1841 | See Documentation/md.txt. |
1830 | 1842 | ||
1831 | ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM] | 1843 | ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM] |
1832 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | 1844 | See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. |
1833 | 1845 | ||
1834 | ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes | 1846 | ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes |
1835 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | 1847 | See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. |
1836 | 1848 | ||
1837 | rcupdate.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] | 1849 | rcupdate.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] |
1838 | Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process | 1850 | Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process |
@@ -2164,7 +2176,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
2164 | See Documentation/sonypi.txt | 2176 | See Documentation/sonypi.txt |
2165 | 2177 | ||
2166 | specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter | 2178 | specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter |
2167 | See Documentation/specialix.txt. | 2179 | See Documentation/serial/specialix.txt. |
2168 | 2180 | ||
2169 | spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] | 2181 | spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] |
2170 | spia_fio_base= | 2182 | spia_fio_base= |
@@ -2267,6 +2279,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
2267 | Format: | 2279 | Format: |
2268 | <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | 2280 | <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> |
2269 | 2281 | ||
2282 | tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC. | ||
2283 | Format: <string> | ||
2284 | [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this | ||
2285 | disables clocksource verification at runtime. | ||
2286 | Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older | ||
2287 | hardware, and in virtualized environment. | ||
2288 | |||
2270 | turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] | 2289 | turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] |
2271 | TurboGraFX parallel port interface | 2290 | TurboGraFX parallel port interface |
2272 | Format: | 2291 | Format: |