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@@ -1579,20 +1579,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1579 1579
1580 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels 1580 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
1581 Format: [panic,][num] 1581 Format: [panic,][num]
1582 Valid num: 0,1,2 1582 Valid num: 0
1583 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off 1583 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
1584 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
1585 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using
1586 a performance counter. Note: This will use one
1587 performance counter and the local APIC's performance
1588 vector.
1589 When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog 1584 When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
1590 timeout occurs. 1585 timeout occurs.
1591 This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and 1586 This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
1592 need the box quickly up again. 1587 need the box quickly up again.
1593 Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
1594 symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
1595 Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
1596 1588
1597 netpoll.carrier_timeout= 1589 netpoll.carrier_timeout=
1598 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that 1590 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
@@ -1622,6 +1614,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1622 noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any 1614 noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
1623 IOAPICs that may be present in the system. 1615 IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
1624 1616
1617 noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
1618
1625 nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem 1619 nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
1626 on "Classic" PPC cores. 1620 on "Classic" PPC cores.
1627 1621
@@ -2467,12 +2461,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2467 to facilitate early boot debugging. 2461 to facilitate early boot debugging.
2468 See also Documentation/trace/events.txt 2462 See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
2469 2463
2470 tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC. 2464 tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
2471 Format: <string> 2465 Format: <string>
2472 [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this 2466 [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
2473 disables clocksource verification at runtime. 2467 disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
2474 Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older 2468 as the stability checks done at bootup. Used to enable
2475 hardware, and in virtualized environment. 2469 high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
2470 virtualized environment.
2476 [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting. 2471 [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
2477 Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any 2472 Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
2478 platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting 2473 platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting