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@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
which are not unmapped.
earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options.
+
uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
@@ -892,7 +893,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32).
The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
- earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM]
+ pl011,<addr>
+ Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
+ port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
+ must already be setup and configured. Options are not
+ yet supported.
+
+ smh Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
+
+ earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k]
earlyprintk=vga
earlyprintk=efi
earlyprintk=xen
@@ -2218,10 +2227,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
with UP alternatives
- nordrand [X86] Disable the direct use of the RDRAND
- instruction even if it is supported by the
- processor. RDRAND is still available to user
- space applications.
+ nordrand [X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
+ RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
+ by the processor. RDRAND and RDSEED are still
+ available to user space applications.
noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
space.