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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 19 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 90b3924071b6..11648c13a729 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
| @@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus | |||
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | usbcore.blinkenlights=1 | 18 | usbcore.blinkenlights=1 |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so | ||
| 21 | log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1 | ||
| 22 | can also be entered as | ||
| 23 | log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1 | ||
| 24 | |||
| 25 | |||
| 20 | This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command | 26 | This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command |
| 21 | "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable | 27 | "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable |
| 22 | module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also | 28 | module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also |
| @@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
| 345 | not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have | 351 | not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have |
| 346 | APC and your system crashes randomly. | 352 | APC and your system crashes randomly. |
| 347 | 353 | ||
| 348 | apic= [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller | 354 | apic= [APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller |
| 349 | Change the output verbosity whilst booting | 355 | Change the output verbosity whilst booting |
| 350 | Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } | 356 | Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } |
| 351 | Change the amount of debugging information output | 357 | Change the amount of debugging information output |
| @@ -702,7 +708,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
| 702 | to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB | 708 | to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB |
| 703 | entry later. This parameter enables that. | 709 | entry later. This parameter enables that. |
| 704 | 710 | ||
| 705 | enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] | 711 | enable_timer_pin_1 [X86] |
| 706 | Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer | 712 | Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer |
| 707 | Can be useful to work around chipset bugs | 713 | Can be useful to work around chipset bugs |
| 708 | (in particular on some ATI chipsets). | 714 | (in particular on some ATI chipsets). |
| @@ -775,7 +781,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
| 775 | 781 | ||
| 776 | hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot | 782 | hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot |
| 777 | are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on | 783 | are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on |
| 778 | for IA-64, off otherwise. | 784 | for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise. |
| 779 | Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) | 785 | Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) |
| 780 | 786 | ||
| 781 | hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer | 787 | hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer |
| @@ -1529,6 +1535,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
| 1529 | register save and restore. The kernel will only save | 1535 | register save and restore. The kernel will only save |
| 1530 | legacy floating-point registers on task switch. | 1536 | legacy floating-point registers on task switch. |
| 1531 | 1537 | ||
| 1538 | noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save | ||
| 1539 | and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to | ||
| 1540 | enabling legacy floating-point and sse state. | ||
| 1541 | |||
| 1532 | nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or | 1542 | nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or |
| 1533 | wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to | 1543 | wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to |
| 1534 | use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger. | 1544 | use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger. |
| @@ -1565,6 +1575,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
| 1565 | noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured | 1575 | noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured |
| 1566 | initial RAM disk. | 1576 | initial RAM disk. |
| 1567 | 1577 | ||
| 1578 | nointremap [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt | ||
| 1579 | remapping. | ||
| 1580 | |||
| 1568 | nointroute [IA-64] | 1581 | nointroute [IA-64] |
| 1569 | 1582 | ||
| 1570 | nojitter [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. | 1583 | nojitter [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. |
