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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e2202e93b14..f5fce483930 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
+ KGDB Kernel debugger support is enabled.
KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.
LIBATA Libata driver is enabled
LP Printer support is enabled.
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled.
SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled.
FTRACE Function tracing enabled.
+ TPM TPM drivers are enabled.
TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled.
USB USB support is enabled.
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
strictly ACPI specification compliant.
rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
+ copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi
@@ -324,6 +327,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
flushed before they will be reused, which
is a lot of faster
+ off - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
+ the system
amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
@@ -708,6 +713,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real
console.
+ ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
+ ekgdboc=kbd
+
+ This is desgined to be used in conjunction with
+ the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
+
eata= [HW,SCSI]
edd= [EDD]
@@ -784,8 +795,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
as early as possible in order to facilitate early
boot debugging.
- ftrace_dump_on_oops
+ ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+ If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
+ buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
+ dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
+ oops.
ftrace_filter=[function-list]
[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
@@ -1112,10 +1127,26 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
zone if it does not.
- kgdboc= [HW] kgdb over consoles.
- Requires a tty driver that supports console polling.
- (only serial supported for now)
- Format: <serial_device>[,baud]
+ kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
+ Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
+ The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
+ port as it is probed via PCI. The poll interval is
+ optional and is the number seconds in between
+ each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
+ the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
+ gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection. When
+ not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
+ the kernel debugger.
+
+ kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
+ Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
+ or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
+ Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
+ keyboard only format: kbd
+ keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
+
+ kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
+ kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
kmac= [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
@@ -1194,7 +1225,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is comma
separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
- PORT[:DEVICE]. PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
+ PORT[.DEVICE]. PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
matching port, link or device. Basically, it matches
the ATA ID string printed on console by libata. If
the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
@@ -2610,6 +2641,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
tp720= [HW,PS2]
+ tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
+ Format: integer pcr id
+ Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
+ should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
+ as a workaround for some chips which fail to
+ flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
+ This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
+ are saved.
+
trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size.