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@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ Machine check
7 7
8 mce=off disable machine check 8 mce=off disable machine check
9 mce=bootlog Enable logging of machine checks left over from booting. 9 mce=bootlog Enable logging of machine checks left over from booting.
10 Disabled by default because some BIOS leave bogus ones. 10 Disabled by default on AMD because some BIOS leave bogus ones.
11 If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to enable though 11 If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to enable though
12 to make sure you log even machine check events that result 12 to make sure you log even machine check events that result
13 in a reboot. 13 in a reboot. On Intel systems it is enabled by default.
14 mce=nobootlog
15 Disable boot machine check logging.
14 mce=tolerancelevel (number) 16 mce=tolerancelevel (number)
15 0: always panic, 1: panic if deadlock possible, 17 0: always panic, 1: panic if deadlock possible,
16 2: try to avoid panic, 3: never panic or exit (for testing) 18 2: try to avoid panic, 3: never panic or exit (for testing)
@@ -122,6 +124,9 @@ SMP
122 124
123 cpumask=MASK only use cpus with bits set in mask 125 cpumask=MASK only use cpus with bits set in mask
124 126
127 additional_cpus=NUM Allow NUM more CPUs for hotplug
128 (defaults are specified by the BIOS or half the available CPUs)
129
125NUMA 130NUMA
126 131
127 numa=off Only set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory. 132 numa=off Only set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
@@ -188,6 +193,9 @@ Debugging
188 193
189 kstack=N Print that many words from the kernel stack in oops dumps. 194 kstack=N Print that many words from the kernel stack in oops dumps.
190 195
196 pagefaulttrace Dump all page faults. Only useful for extreme debugging
197 and will create a lot of output.
198
191Misc 199Misc
192 200
193 noreplacement Don't replace instructions with more appropiate ones 201 noreplacement Don't replace instructions with more appropiate ones