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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 67473849f20..25d29851710 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -548,6 +548,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file eurwdt= [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog. Format: <io>[,<irq>] + failslab= + fail_page_alloc= + fail_make_request=[KNL] + General fault injection mechanism. + Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times> + See also /Documentation/fault-injection/. + fd_mcs= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c. @@ -557,9 +564,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file floppy= [HW] See Documentation/floppy.txt. - ftape= [HW] Floppy Tape subsystem debugging options. - See Documentation/ftape.txt. - gamecon.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) @@ -602,8 +606,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file hugepages= [HW,IA-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages. - noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing - i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from keyboard and cannot control its state @@ -653,6 +655,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file idle= [HW] Format: idle=poll or idle=halt + ignore_loglevel [KNL] + Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ + kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging. + ihash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for inode cache. @@ -717,7 +723,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity> isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler. - Format: <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> + Format: + <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> + or + <cpu number>-<cpu number> (must be a positive range in ascending order) + or a mixture + <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off @@ -1015,6 +1026,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor is present. + noaliencache [MM, NUMA] Disables the allcoation of alien caches in + the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory, but will + impact performance on real NUMA hardware. + noalign [KNL,ARM] noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any @@ -1055,9 +1070,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file in certain environments such as networked servers or real-time systems. + noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing + noirqdebug [IA-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and disable unhandled interrupt sources. + no_timer_check [IA-32,X86_64,APIC] Disables the code which tests for + broken timer IRQ sources. + noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code. noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured @@ -1288,6 +1308,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points. Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for statistical time based profiling. + Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs) processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI] Limit processor to maximum C-state @@ -1369,6 +1390,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file resume= [SWSUSP] Specify the partition device for software suspend + resume_offset= [SWSUSP] + Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition + given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located, + in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files). + See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt + rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] Set number of hash buckets for route cache @@ -1419,6 +1446,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file scsi_logging= [SCSI] + scsi_mod.scan= [SCSI] sync (default) scans SCSI busses as they are + discovered. async scans them in kernel threads, + allowing boot to proceed. none ignores them, expecting + user space to do the scan. + selinux [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time. Format: { "0" | "1" } See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. @@ -1624,6 +1656,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file sym53c416= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/sym53c416.c. + sysrq_always_enabled + [KNL] + Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will + neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq. + Useful for debugging. + t128= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/t128.c. @@ -1676,6 +1714,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file uart6850= [HW,OSS] Format: <io>,<irq> + uhci-hcd.ignore_oc= + [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N). + Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of + bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to + anything. Set this parameter to avoid log spamming. + Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be + reported either. + usbhid.mousepoll= [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. @@ -1730,6 +1776,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file norandmaps Don't use address space randomization Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space + unwind_debug=N N > 0 will enable dwarf2 unwinder debugging + This is useful to get more information why + you got a "dwarf2 unwinder stuck" ______________________________________________________________________ |