1 files changed, 38 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index dd00fd556a60..b79bcdf16319 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
                         Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
                         For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
+        acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI}
+                        Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
+                        that require a timer override, but don't have
+                        HPET
 
         acpi_dbg_layer= [HW,ACPI]
                         Format: <int>
@@ -553,9 +557,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         floppy=         [HW]
                         See Documentation/floppy.txt.
 
-        ftape=          [HW] Floppy Tape subsystem debugging options.
-                        See Documentation/ftape.txt.
-
         gamecon.map[2|3]=
                         [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
                         support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
@@ -598,8 +599,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         hugepages=      [HW,IA-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages.
 
-        noirqbalance    [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
-
         i8042.direct    [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
         i8042.dumbkbd   [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
                              keyboard and cannot control its state
@@ -649,6 +648,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         idle=           [HW]
                         Format: idle=poll or idle=halt
 
+        ignore_loglevel [KNL]
+                        Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
+                        kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
+
         ihash_entries=  [KNL]
                         Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
 
@@ -713,7 +716,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
 
         isolcpus=       [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler.
-                        Format: <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
+                        Format:
+                        <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
+                        or
+                        <cpu number>-<cpu number>  (must be a positive range in ascending order)
+                        or a mixture
+                        <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
                         This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
                         to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
                         algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off
@@ -1011,6 +1019,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
                         is present.
 
+        noaliencache    [MM, NUMA] Disables the allcoation of alien caches in
+                        the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory, but will
+                        impact performance on real NUMA hardware.
+
         noalign         [KNL,ARM]
 
         noapic          [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
@@ -1051,9 +1063,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         in certain environments such as networked servers or
                         real-time systems.
 
+        noirqbalance    [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
+
         noirqdebug      [IA-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
                         disable unhandled interrupt sources.
 
+        no_timer_check  [IA-32,X86_64,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
+                        broken timer IRQ sources.
+
         noisapnp        [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
 
         noinitrd        [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
@@ -1284,6 +1301,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
                         Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
                                 statistical time based profiling.
+                        Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs)
 
         processor.max_cstate=   [HW,ACPI]
                         Limit processor to maximum C-state
@@ -1365,6 +1383,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         resume=         [SWSUSP]
                         Specify the partition device for software suspend
 
+        resume_offset=  [SWSUSP]
+                        Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
+                        given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
+                        in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
+                        See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
+
         rhash_entries=  [KNL,NET]
                         Set number of hash buckets for route cache
 
@@ -1415,6 +1439,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         scsi_logging=   [SCSI]
 
+        scsi_mod.scan=  [SCSI] sync (default) scans SCSI busses as they are
+                        discovered.  async scans them in kernel threads,
+                        allowing boot to proceed.  none ignores them, expecting
+                        user space to do the scan.
+
         selinux         [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
                         Format: { "0" | "1" }
                         See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
@@ -1726,6 +1755,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         norandmaps      Don't use address space randomization
                         Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
 
+        unwind_debug=N  N > 0 will enable dwarf2 unwinder debugging
+                        This is useful to get more information why
+                        you got a "dwarf2 unwinder stuck"
 
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