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author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-01-09 03:39:43 -0500 |
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committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-01-09 03:39:43 -0500 |
commit | b2576e1d4408e134e2188c967b1f28af39cd79d4 (patch) | |
tree | 004f3c82faab760f304ce031d6d2f572e7746a50 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
parent | 3cc8a5f4ba91f67bbdb81a43a99281a26aab8d77 (diff) | |
parent | 2150edc6c5cf00f7adb54538b9ea2a3e9cedca3f (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into release
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1 files changed, 122 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index f3a89fac220..fcc48bf722a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ parameter is applicable: SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled. SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled. SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled. + FTRACE Function tracing enabled. TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled. + UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled. USB USB support is enabled. USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled. V4L Video For Linux support is enabled. @@ -473,8 +475,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86] Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See - include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h for the valid bit numbers. - Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily + arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h for the valid bit + numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific ones should be. Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly @@ -555,6 +557,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file not work reliably with all consoles, but is known to work with serial and VGA consoles. + coredump_filter= + [KNL] Change the default value for + /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter. + See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt. + cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver Format: <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] @@ -758,6 +765,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH. + ftrace=[tracer] + [ftrace] will set and start the specified tracer + as early as possible in order to facilitate early + boot debugging. + + ftrace_dump_on_oops + [ftrace] will dump the trace buffers on oops. + gamecon.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) @@ -819,6 +834,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] + hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console (HVC) + back-ends. Valid parameters: 0..8 + i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from @@ -908,6 +926,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file inttest= [IA64] + iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory + strict regions from userspace. + relaxed + iommu= [x86] off force @@ -1112,6 +1134,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file If there are multiple matching configurations changing the same attribute, the last one is used. + lmb=debug [KNL] Enable lmb debug messages. + load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. @@ -1403,7 +1427,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file when a NMI is triggered. Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] - nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels + nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels + Format: [panic,][num] + Valid num: 0,1,2 + 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off + 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog + 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using + a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance + counter and the local APIC's performance vector. + When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. + This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box + quickly up again. + Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following + symbolic names: lapic and ioapic + Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor @@ -1459,6 +1496,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file instruction doesn't work correctly and not to use it. + no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The + only way then for a file to be executed with privilege + is to be setuid root or executed by root. + nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces @@ -1528,6 +1569,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector. + noswapaccount [KNL] Disable accounting of swap in memory resource + controller. (See Documentation/controllers/memory.txt) + nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter @@ -1547,6 +1591,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered. + ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver. + See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more + info. + olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC command is not properly ACKed, override the length @@ -1636,6 +1684,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. + noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks. + Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This + should never be necessary. + ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the + primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable + boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs + when the system masks IRQs. + noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the + boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to + a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled. + The opposite of ioapicreroute. biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt routing table. These calls are known to be buggy on several machines and they hang the machine @@ -1760,10 +1819,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file autoconfiguration. Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size). - dynamic_printk - Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if - CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled. These can also - be switched on/off via <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules + dynamic_printk Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if + CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled. + These can also be switched on/off via + <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules print-fatal-signals= [KNL] debug: print fatal signals @@ -1851,7 +1910,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file reboot= [BUGS=X86-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]] - See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c + See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c relax_domain_level= [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level. @@ -2175,6 +2234,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.) See Documentation/scsi/st.txt. + stacktrace [FTRACE] + Enabled the stack tracer on boot up. + sti= [PARISC,HW] Format: <num> Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC @@ -2260,12 +2322,27 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See comment before function dc390_setup() in drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c. + topology= [S390] + Format: {off | on} + Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu + topology informations if the hardware supports these. + The scheduler will make use of these informations and + e.g. base its process migration decisions on it. + Default is off. + tp720= [HW,PS2] trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> + tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC. + Format: <string> + [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this + disables clocksource verification at runtime. + Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older + hardware, and in virtualized environment. + turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] TurboGraFX parallel port interface Format: @@ -2322,6 +2399,41 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file usbhid.mousepoll= [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. + usb-storage.delay_use= + [UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is + scanned for Logical Units (default 5). + + usb-storage.quirks= + [UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or + override the built-in unusual_devs list. List + entries are separated by commas. Each entry has + the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor + and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and + Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding + to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows: + a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes + of sense data); + c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported + device capacity by one sector); + h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the + reported device capacity by one + sector if the number is odd); + i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this + device); + l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and + unlock ejectable media); + m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more + than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time); + o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity + reported by the device); + r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports + bogus residue values); + s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one + Logical Unit); + w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the + medium is write-protected). + Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc + add_efi_memmap [EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in kernel's map of available physical RAM. @@ -2382,8 +2494,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] - norandmaps Don't use address space randomization - Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space + norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to + echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space ______________________________________________________________________ |