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authorHaavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@atmel.com>2009-03-27 16:14:38 +0100
committerHaavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@atmel.com>2009-03-27 16:14:38 +0100
commitb92efa9abffc4a634cd2e7a0f81f8aa6310d67c9 (patch)
tree9847508d9b8d4e585f90db4a453bfbc3700c997e /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parenta16fffdd8eb95ebab7dc22414896fe6493951e0e (diff)
parentbe0ea69674ed95e1e98cb3687a241badc756d228 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into avr32-arch
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 8511d3532c2..fa4e1239a8f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
FB The frame buffer device is enabled.
HW Appropriate hardware is enabled.
IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
+ IMA Integrity measurement architecture is enabled.
IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot
loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme
-need or coordination with <Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt>.
+need or coordination with <Documentation/x86/boot.txt>.
There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here.
See for example <Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt>.
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386]
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
- Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq }
+ Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq | rsdt }
force -- enable ACPI if default was off
off -- disable ACPI if default was on
noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
@@ -492,10 +493,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Default: 64
hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
- Format: { enable (default) | disable | force }
+ Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
+ verbose }
disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
VIA, nVidia)
+ verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
Format:
@@ -577,9 +580,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for a example.
- cs4232= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpuio>,<mpuirq>
-
cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET]
Format: <dma>
@@ -732,10 +732,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Default value is 0.
Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
- es1371= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <spdif>,[<nomix>,[<amplifier>]]
- See also header of sound/oss/es1371.c.
-
ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
@@ -836,6 +832,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
+ hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
+ If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
+ from listed z/VM user IDs only.
i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
@@ -875,8 +874,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
icn= [HW,ISDN]
Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
- ide= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
- Format: ide=nodma or ide=doubler
+ ide-core.nodma= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
+ Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
+ .vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .noprobe .nowerr .cdrom
+ .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed
@@ -907,6 +908,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
ihash_entries= [KNL]
Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
+ ima_audit= [IMA]
+ Format: { "0" | "1" }
+ 0 -- integrity auditing messages. (Default)
+ 1 -- enable informational integrity auditing messages.
+
+ ima_hash= [IMA]
+ Formt: { "sha1" | "md5" }
+ default: "sha1"
+
in2000= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/in2000.c.
@@ -944,6 +954,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
+ on
+ Enable intel iommu driver.
off
Disable intel iommu driver.
igfx_off [Default Off]
@@ -1819,11 +1831,6 @@ 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
-
print-fatal-signals=
[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to
@@ -2454,7 +2461,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
- See Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt and
+ See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
Documentation/svga.txt.
Use vga=ask for menu.
This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is