Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc5' into x86/apic

Merge reason: this branch was on a .30-rc2 base - sync it up with
              all the latest fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 67 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 843cb6646d82..e4559382032a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
 
 	usbcore.blinkenlights=1
 
+Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so
+	log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1
+can also be entered as
+	log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1
+
+
 This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
 "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
 module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
@@ -134,7 +140,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
 
 
-	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386]
+	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86]
 			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
 			Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq | rsdt }
 			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
@@ -218,7 +224,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove built-in string2
 			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
 
-	acpi_pm_good	[X86-32,X86-64]
+	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
 			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
 			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
 			and always returns good values.
@@ -231,6 +237,35 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
  			power state again in power transition.
  			1 : disable the power state check
 
+	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
+			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
+
+	acpi_serialize	[HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
+
+	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
+			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
+			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
+
+	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
+			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
+				  old_ordering, s4_nonvs }
+			See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
+			s3_bios and s3_mode.
+			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
+			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
+			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
+			used during resume from hibernation.
+			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
+			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.
+
+	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
+			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
+			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
+
 	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
 			{ strict | lax | no }
 			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
@@ -250,6 +285,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	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.
 
@@ -313,7 +351,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
 			APC and your system crashes randomly.
 
-	apic=		[APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+	apic=		[APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
 			Change the output verbosity whilst booting
 			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
 			Change the amount of debugging information output
@@ -459,7 +497,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
 			some critical bits.
 
-	code_bytes	[IA32/X86_64] How many bytes of object code to print
+	code_bytes	[X86] How many bytes of object code to print
 			in an oops report.
 			Range: 0 - 8192
 			Default: 64
@@ -592,7 +630,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
 			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
 
-	disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
 			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
 			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
 
@@ -624,7 +662,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
 			The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
 
-	earlyprintk=	[X86-32,X86-64,SH,BLACKFIN]
+	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,BLACKFIN]
 			earlyprintk=vga
 			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
 			earlyprintk=dbgp
@@ -659,7 +697,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and
 			Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
 
-	elfcorehdr=	[IA64,PPC,SH,X86-32,X86_64]
+	elfcorehdr=	[IA64,PPC,SH,X86]
 			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
 			image elf header. Generally kexec loader will
 			pass this option to capture kernel.
@@ -670,7 +708,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
 			entry later. This parameter enables that.
 
-	enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
 			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
 			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
 			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
@@ -743,7 +781,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
 			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
-			for IA-64, off otherwise.
+			for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise.
 			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
 
 	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
@@ -938,7 +976,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
 			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
 
-	io_delay=	[X86-32,X86-64] I/O delay method
+	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
 		0x80
 			Standard port 0x80 based delay
 		0xed
@@ -1000,7 +1038,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
 
-	kernelcore=nn[KMG]	[KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
+	kernelcore=nn[KMG]	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter
 			specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
 			for non-movable allocations.  The requested amount is
 			spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The
@@ -1034,7 +1072,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
 			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
 
-	kstack=N	[X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack
+	kstack=N	[X86] Print N words from the kernel stack
 			in oops dumps.
 
 	l2cr=		[PPC]
@@ -1044,7 +1082,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
 			disabled it.
 
-	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer
+	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
 			in C2 power state.
 
 	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
@@ -1229,7 +1267,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
 			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
 
-	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86-32,X86_64] Enable setting of an exact
+	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
 			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
 			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
 			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
@@ -1320,7 +1358,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
 			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
 
-	movablecore=nn[KMG]	[KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter
+	movablecore=nn[KMG]	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter
 			is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
 			amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
 			If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
@@ -1422,7 +1460,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			when a NMI is triggered.
 			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
 
-	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
 			Format: [panic,][num]
 			Valid num: 0,1,2
 			0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
@@ -1475,11 +1513,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
 
-	noefi		[X86-32,X86-64] Disable EFI runtime services support.
+	noefi		[X86] Disable EFI runtime services support.
 
 	noexec		[IA-64]
 
-	noexec		[X86-32,X86-64]
+	noexec		[X86]
 			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
 			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
 			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
@@ -1525,7 +1563,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
 			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
 
-	no_timer_check	[X86-32,X86_64,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
+	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
 			broken timer IRQ sources.
 
 	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
@@ -1694,7 +1732,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
 		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
 				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
-		nommconf	[X86-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
+		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
 				Configuration
 		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
 				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
@@ -1843,6 +1881,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			autoconfiguration.
 			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
 
+	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
+			Default is 21.
+			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
+			may be specified.
+			Format: <port>,<port>....
+
 	print-fatal-signals=
 			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
 			print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to
@@ -2385,7 +2429,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			reported either.
 
 	unknown_nmi_panic
-			[X86-32,X86-64]
+			[X86]
 			Set unknown_nmi_panic=1 early on boot.
 
 	usbcore.autosuspend=
@@ -2452,12 +2496,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 					medium is write-protected).
 			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
 
-	vdso=		[X86-32,SH,x86-64]
+	vdso=		[X86,SH]
 			vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
 			vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
 			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
 
-	vdso32=		[X86-32,X86-64]
+	vdso32=		[X86]
 			vdso32=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
 			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO (default)
 			vdso32=0: disable 32-bit VDSO mapping