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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 28 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | 2 |
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index 372dec20c8da..5cff41a5fa7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | |||
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ | |||
281 | seriously wrong while debugging, it will most often be the case | 281 | seriously wrong while debugging, it will most often be the case |
282 | that you want to enable gdb to be verbose about its target | 282 | that you want to enable gdb to be verbose about its target |
283 | communications. You do this prior to issuing the <constant>target | 283 | communications. You do this prior to issuing the <constant>target |
284 | remote</constant> command by typing in: <constant>set remote debug 1</constant> | 284 | remote</constant> command by typing in: <constant>set debug remote 1</constant> |
285 | </para> | 285 | </para> |
286 | </chapter> | 286 | </chapter> |
287 | <chapter id="KGDBTestSuite"> | 287 | <chapter id="KGDBTestSuite"> |
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 90b3924071b6..e87bdbfbcc75 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus | |||
17 | 17 | ||
18 | usbcore.blinkenlights=1 | 18 | usbcore.blinkenlights=1 |
19 | 19 | ||
20 | Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so | ||
21 | log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1 | ||
22 | can also be entered as | ||
23 | log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1 | ||
24 | |||
25 | |||
20 | This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command | 26 | This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command |
21 | "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable | 27 | "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable |
22 | module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also | 28 | module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also |
@@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
345 | not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have | 351 | not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have |
346 | APC and your system crashes randomly. | 352 | APC and your system crashes randomly. |
347 | 353 | ||
348 | apic= [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller | 354 | apic= [APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller |
349 | Change the output verbosity whilst booting | 355 | Change the output verbosity whilst booting |
350 | Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } | 356 | Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } |
351 | Change the amount of debugging information output | 357 | Change the amount of debugging information output |
@@ -702,7 +708,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
702 | to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB | 708 | to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB |
703 | entry later. This parameter enables that. | 709 | entry later. This parameter enables that. |
704 | 710 | ||
705 | enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] | 711 | enable_timer_pin_1 [X86] |
706 | Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer | 712 | Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer |
707 | Can be useful to work around chipset bugs | 713 | Can be useful to work around chipset bugs |
708 | (in particular on some ATI chipsets). | 714 | (in particular on some ATI chipsets). |
@@ -775,7 +781,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
775 | 781 | ||
776 | hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot | 782 | hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot |
777 | are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on | 783 | are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on |
778 | for IA-64, off otherwise. | 784 | for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise. |
779 | Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) | 785 | Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) |
780 | 786 | ||
781 | hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer | 787 | hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer |
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index b716d33912d8..c302ddf629a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | |||
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: | |||
39 | - nr_hugepages | 39 | - nr_hugepages |
40 | - nr_overcommit_hugepages | 40 | - nr_overcommit_hugepages |
41 | - nr_pdflush_threads | 41 | - nr_pdflush_threads |
42 | - nr_pdflush_threads_min | ||
43 | - nr_pdflush_threads_max | ||
44 | - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) | 42 | - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) |
45 | - numa_zonelist_order | 43 | - numa_zonelist_order |
46 | - oom_dump_tasks | 44 | - oom_dump_tasks |
@@ -469,32 +467,6 @@ The default value is 0. | |||
469 | 467 | ||
470 | ============================================================== | 468 | ============================================================== |
471 | 469 | ||
472 | nr_pdflush_threads_min | ||
473 | |||
474 | This value controls the minimum number of pdflush threads. | ||
475 | |||
476 | At boot time, the kernel will create and maintain 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' | ||
477 | threads for the kernel's lifetime. | ||
478 | |||
479 | The default value is 2. The minimum value you can specify is 1, and | ||
480 | the maximum value is the current setting of 'nr_pdflush_threads_max'. | ||
481 | |||
482 | See 'nr_pdflush_threads_max' below for more information. | ||
483 | |||
484 | ============================================================== | ||
485 | |||
486 | nr_pdflush_threads_max | ||
487 | |||
488 | This value controls the maximum number of pdflush threads that can be | ||
489 | created. The pdflush algorithm will create a new pdflush thread (up to | ||
490 | this maximum) if no pdflush threads have been available for >= 1 second. | ||
491 | |||
492 | The default value is 8. The minimum value you can specify is the | ||
493 | current value of 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' and the | ||
494 | maximum is 1000. | ||
495 | |||
496 | ============================================================== | ||
497 | |||
498 | overcommit_memory: | 470 | overcommit_memory: |
499 | 471 | ||
500 | This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment. | 472 | This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment. |
diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt index 6049a2a84dda..5d8bc2cd250c 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | |||
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ versions of the sysfs interface. | |||
113 | "devices" directory at /sys/subsystem/<name>/devices. | 113 | "devices" directory at /sys/subsystem/<name>/devices. |
114 | 114 | ||
115 | If /sys/subsystem exists, /sys/bus, /sys/class and /sys/block can be | 115 | If /sys/subsystem exists, /sys/bus, /sys/class and /sys/block can be |
116 | ignored. If it does not exist, you have always to scan all three | 116 | ignored. If it does not exist, you always have to scan all three |
117 | places, as the kernel is free to move a subsystem from one place to | 117 | places, as the kernel is free to move a subsystem from one place to |
118 | the other, as long as the devices are still reachable by the same | 118 | the other, as long as the devices are still reachable by the same |
119 | subsystem name. | 119 | subsystem name. |