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@@ -271,6 +271,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
271 aic79xx= [HW,SCSI] 271 aic79xx= [HW,SCSI]
272 See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt. 272 See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.
273 273
274 amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84]
275 Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
276 Possible values are:
277 isolate - enable device isolation (each device, as far
278 as possible, will get its own protection
279 domain)
280 amd_iommu_size= [HW,X86-64]
281 Define the size of the aperture for the AMD IOMMU
282 driver. Possible values are:
283 '32M', '64M' (default), '128M', '256M', '512M', '1G'
284
274 amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support 285 amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
275 Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT 286 Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
276 Format: <a>,<b> 287 Format: <a>,<b>
@@ -295,7 +306,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
295 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components. 306 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
296 307
297 apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management 308 apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management
298 See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c. 309 See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
299 310
300 arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards 311 arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
301 Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID> 312 Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
@@ -599,6 +610,29 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
599 See drivers/char/README.epca and 610 See drivers/char/README.epca and
600 Documentation/digiepca.txt. 611 Documentation/digiepca.txt.
601 612
613 disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
614 enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
615 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
616 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
617 entry later. This parameter enables/disables that.
618
619 mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
620 used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk
621 that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
622
623 mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
624 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
625 Default is 1.
626 Large value could prevent small alignment from
627 using up MTRRs.
628
629 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
630 Format: <integer>
631 Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
632 Default : 1
633 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
634 Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
635
602 disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only] 636 disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
603 By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable 637 By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
604 memory out of your available memory pool based on 638 memory out of your available memory pool based on
@@ -638,7 +672,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
638 672
639 elanfreq= [X86-32] 673 elanfreq= [X86-32]
640 See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in 674 See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
641 arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c. 675 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
642 676
643 elevator= [IOSCHED] 677 elevator= [IOSCHED]
644 Format: {"anticipatory" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"} 678 Format: {"anticipatory" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
@@ -1684,6 +1718,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1684 Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]] 1718 Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
1685 See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c 1719 See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
1686 1720
1721 relax_domain_level=
1722 [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
1723 See Documentation/cpusets.txt.
1724
1687 reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area 1725 reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
1688 1726
1689 reservetop= [X86-32] 1727 reservetop= [X86-32]
@@ -2117,6 +2155,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2117 usbhid.mousepoll= 2155 usbhid.mousepoll=
2118 [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. 2156 [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
2119 2157
2158 add_efi_memmap [EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in
2159 kernel's map of available physical RAM.
2160
2120 vdso= [X86-32,SH,x86-64] 2161 vdso= [X86-32,SH,x86-64]
2121 vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) 2162 vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
2122 vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) 2163 vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)