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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 1808f1157f3..0413f375c7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
control method, with respect to putting devices into
low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
of _PTS is used by default).
- s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
- ACPI NVS memory during hibernation.
+ nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
+ ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
but some broken systems don't work without it).
@@ -280,19 +280,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
no further checks are performed.
- ad1848= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type>
-
add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
kernel's map of available physical RAM.
advansys= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c.
- aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
- See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c.
-
agp= [AGP]
{ off | try_unsupported }
off: disable AGP support
@@ -311,6 +304,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
aic79xx= [HW,SCSI]
See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.
+ ALSA [HW,ALSA]
+ See Documentation/sound/alsa/alsa-parameters.txt
+
alignment= [KNL,ARM]
Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings,
@@ -655,8 +651,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
- dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers
-
dma_debug=off If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
this option disables the debugging code at boot.
@@ -1265,7 +1259,7 @@ 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.
+ memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
@@ -1523,9 +1517,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
is not too small.
- mpu401= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>
-
MTD_Partition= [MTD]
Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
@@ -1849,9 +1840,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
For example, to override I2C bus2:
omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
- opl3= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>
-
oprofile.timer= [HW]
Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
@@ -1863,6 +1851,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
CPU specific event set.
+ OSS [HW,OSS]
+ See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
+
osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver
Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold>
See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
@@ -1899,9 +1890,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
- pas2= [HW,OSS] Format:
- <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16>
-
pas16= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c.
@@ -2048,7 +2036,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
- off Do not use native PCIe PME signaling.
+ Format: {auto|force}[,nomsi]
+ auto Use native PCIe PME signaling if the BIOS allows the
+ kernel to control PCIe config registers of root ports.
force Use native PCIe PME signaling even if the BIOS refuses
to allow the kernel to control the relevant PCIe config
registers.
@@ -2169,10 +2159,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
- pss= [HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614)
- Format:
- <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
-
pt. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
@@ -2381,128 +2367,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1: Fast pin select (default)
2: ATC IRMode
- snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ali5451= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-als100= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-als4000= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-azt2320= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cmi8330= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cmipci= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cs4232= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cs4236= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cs4281= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cs46xx= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-dt019x= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-dummy= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-emu10k1= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ens1370= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ens1371= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-es968= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-es1688= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-es18xx= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-es1938= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-es1968= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-fm801= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-gusclassic= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-gusextreme= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-gusmax= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-hdsp= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ice1712= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-intel8x0= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-interwave= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-interwave-stb=
- [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-korg1212= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-maestro3= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-mpu401= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-mtpav= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-nm256= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-opl3sa2= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-opti92x-ad1848=
- [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-opti92x-cs4231=
- [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-opti93x= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-pmac= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-rme32= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-rme96= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-rme9652= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sb8= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sb16= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sbawe= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-serial= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sgalaxy= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sonicvibes= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sun-amd7930=
- [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sun-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-trident= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-usb-audio= [HW,ALSA,USB]
-
- snd-via82xx= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-virmidi= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-wavefront= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA]
-
softlockup_panic=
[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
@@ -2517,9 +2381,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
spia_pedr=
spia_peddr=
- sscape= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
-
st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
@@ -2659,10 +2520,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
to facilitate early boot debugging.
See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
- 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
@@ -2679,12 +2536,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
u14-34f= [HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter
See header of drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c.
- uart401= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>
-
- uart6850= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>
-
uhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
@@ -2850,9 +2701,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
cursors, 1 will display them.
- waveartist= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
-
wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
@@ -2885,5 +2733,4 @@ ______________________________________________________________________
TODO:
- Add documentation for ALSA options.
Add more DRM drivers.