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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 01ece1b9213e..f3dc951e949f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -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 |