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@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
58 ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. 58 ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
59 ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. 59 ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
60 JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. 60 JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
61 KGDB Kernel debugger support is enabled.
61 KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled. 62 KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.
62 LIBATA Libata driver is enabled 63 LIBATA Libata driver is enabled
63 LP Printer support is enabled. 64 LP Printer support is enabled.
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
99 SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled. 100 SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled.
100 SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled. 101 SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled.
101 FTRACE Function tracing enabled. 102 FTRACE Function tracing enabled.
103 TPM TPM drivers are enabled.
102 TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled. 104 TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
103 UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled. 105 UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled.
104 USB USB support is enabled. 106 USB USB support is enabled.
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
151 strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not 153 strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
152 strictly ACPI specification compliant. 154 strictly ACPI specification compliant.
153 rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT 155 rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
156 copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
154 157
155 See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi 158 See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi
156 159
@@ -324,6 +327,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
324 they are unmapped. Otherwise they are 327 they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
325 flushed before they will be reused, which 328 flushed before they will be reused, which
326 is a lot of faster 329 is a lot of faster
330 off - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
331 the system
327 332
328 amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support 333 amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
329 Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT 334 Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
@@ -708,6 +713,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
708 The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real 713 The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real
709 console. 714 console.
710 715
716 ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
717 ekgdboc=kbd
718
719 This is desgined to be used in conjunction with
720 the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
721
711 eata= [HW,SCSI] 722 eata= [HW,SCSI]
712 723
713 edd= [EDD] 724 edd= [EDD]
@@ -784,8 +795,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
784 as early as possible in order to facilitate early 795 as early as possible in order to facilitate early
785 boot debugging. 796 boot debugging.
786 797
787 ftrace_dump_on_oops 798 ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
788 [FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops. 799 [FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
800 If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
801 buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
802 dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
803 oops.
789 804
790 ftrace_filter=[function-list] 805 ftrace_filter=[function-list]
791 [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function 806 [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
@@ -1112,10 +1127,26 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1112 use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal 1127 use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1113 zone if it does not. 1128 zone if it does not.
1114 1129
1115 kgdboc= [HW] kgdb over consoles. 1130 kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
1116 Requires a tty driver that supports console polling. 1131 Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
1117 (only serial supported for now) 1132 The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
1118 Format: <serial_device>[,baud] 1133 port as it is probed via PCI. The poll interval is
1134 optional and is the number seconds in between
1135 each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
1136 the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
1137 gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection. When
1138 not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
1139 the kernel debugger.
1140
1141 kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
1142 Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
1143 or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
1144 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
1145 keyboard only format: kbd
1146 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
1147
1148 kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
1149 kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
1119 1150
1120 kmac= [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address. 1151 kmac= [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
1121 Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip 1152 Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
@@ -2610,6 +2641,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2610 2641
2611 tp720= [HW,PS2] 2642 tp720= [HW,PS2]
2612 2643
2644 tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
2645 Format: integer pcr id
2646 Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
2647 should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
2648 as a workaround for some chips which fail to
2649 flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
2650 This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
2651 are saved.
2652
2613 trace_buf_size=nn[KMG] 2653 trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
2614 [FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size. 2654 [FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size.
2615 2655