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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index ffe1c062088b..e566affeed7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt | |||
@@ -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 | |||
125 | NUMA | 130 | NUMA |
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 | |||
191 | Misc | 199 | Misc |
192 | 200 | ||
193 | noreplacement Don't replace instructions with more appropiate ones | 201 | noreplacement Don't replace instructions with more appropiate ones |