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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas | 23 |
3 files changed, 47 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt index 08c5d04f3086..e71bc6cbbc5e 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt | |||
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ | |||
11 | Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com> | 11 | Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com> |
12 | ia64/x86_64: | 12 | ia64/x86_64: |
13 | Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> | 13 | Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> |
14 | s390: | ||
15 | Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> | ||
14 | 16 | ||
15 | Authors: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> | 17 | Authors: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> |
16 | Lots of feedback: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@austin.ibm.com>, | 18 | Lots of feedback: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@austin.ibm.com>, |
@@ -44,9 +46,23 @@ maxcpus=n Restrict boot time cpus to n. Say if you have 4 cpus, using | |||
44 | maxcpus=2 will only boot 2. You can choose to bring the | 46 | maxcpus=2 will only boot 2. You can choose to bring the |
45 | other cpus later online, read FAQ's for more info. | 47 | other cpus later online, read FAQ's for more info. |
46 | 48 | ||
47 | additional_cpus=n [x86_64 only] use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. | 49 | additional_cpus=n [x86_64, s390 only] use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. |
48 | This option sets | 50 | This option sets |
49 | cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus | 51 | cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus |
52 | |||
53 | ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT | ||
54 | to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation | ||
55 | should only rely on this to count the #of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the | ||
56 | apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesnt | ||
57 | mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this | ||
58 | parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map. | ||
59 | |||
60 | |||
61 | possible_cpus=n [s390 only] use this to set hotpluggable cpus. | ||
62 | This option sets possible_cpus bits in | ||
63 | cpu_possible_map. Thus keeping the numbers of bits set | ||
64 | constant even if the machine gets rebooted. | ||
65 | This option overrides additional_cpus. | ||
50 | 66 | ||
51 | CPU maps and such | 67 | CPU maps and such |
52 | ----------------- | 68 | ----------------- |
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 84370363da80..b874771385cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -1133,6 +1133,8 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
1133 | Mechanism 1. | 1133 | Mechanism 1. |
1134 | conf2 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration | 1134 | conf2 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration |
1135 | Mechanism 2. | 1135 | Mechanism 2. |
1136 | nommconf [IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI | ||
1137 | Configuration | ||
1136 | nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to | 1138 | nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to |
1137 | order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is | 1139 | order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is |
1138 | done to get a device order compatible with | 1140 | done to get a device order compatible with |
@@ -1636,6 +1638,9 @@ running once the system is up. | |||
1636 | Format: | 1638 | Format: |
1637 | <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] | 1639 | <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] |
1638 | 1640 | ||
1641 | norandmaps Don't use address space randomization | ||
1642 | Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space | ||
1643 | |||
1639 | 1644 | ||
1640 | ______________________________________________________________________ | 1645 | ______________________________________________________________________ |
1641 | Changelog: | 1646 | Changelog: |
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas index f8c16cbf56ba..2dafa63bd370 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas | |||
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@ | |||
1 | 1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com> | ||
2 | 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04 | ||
3 | 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04 | ||
4 | |||
5 | i. Support for 1078 type (ppc IOP) controller, device id : 0x60 added. | ||
6 | During initialization, depending on the device id, the template members | ||
7 | are initialized with function pointers specific to the ppc or | ||
8 | xscale controllers. | ||
9 | |||
10 | -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com> | ||
11 | |||
12 | 1 Release Date : Fri Feb 03 14:16:25 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro | ||
13 | <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com> | ||
14 | 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04 | ||
15 | 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.02 | ||
16 | i. Register 16 byte CDB capability with scsi midlayer | ||
17 | |||
18 | "Ths patch properly registers the 16 byte command length capability of the | ||
19 | megaraid_sas controlled hardware with the scsi midlayer. All megaraid_sas | ||
20 | hardware supports 16 byte CDB's." | ||
21 | |||
22 | -Joshua Giles <joshua_giles@dell.com> | ||
23 | |||
1 | 1 Release Date : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com> | 24 | 1 Release Date : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com> |
2 | 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.02 | 25 | 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.02 |
3 | 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01 | 26 | 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01 |