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author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2010-08-15 07:06:31 +0200 |
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committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2010-08-15 07:06:31 +0200 |
commit | 95ee46aa8698f2000647dfb362400fadbb5807cf (patch) | |
tree | e5a05c7297f997e191c73091934e42e3195c0e40 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
parent | gcc-4.6: ACPI: fix unused but set variables in ACPI (diff) | |
parent | Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/... (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into release
Conflicts:
drivers/acpi/debug.c
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 2b2407d9a6d0..873b68090098 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ parameter is applicable: MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled. NET Appropriate network support is enabled. NUMA NUMA support is enabled. - GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled. NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. OSS OSS sound support is enabled. PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled. @@ -93,6 +92,7 @@ parameter is applicable: Documentation/scsi/. SECURITY Different security models are enabled. SELINUX SELinux support is enabled. + APPARMOR AppArmor support is enabled. SERIAL Serial support is enabled. SH SuperH architecture is enabled. SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel. @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ parameter is applicable: More X86-64 boot options can be found in Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt . X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) + XEN Xen support is enabled In addition, the following text indicates that the option: @@ -280,19 +281,12 @@ 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 +305,9 @@ 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, @@ -468,7 +465,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } - clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource + clocksource= Override the default clocksource Format: <string> Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource with the name specified. @@ -655,8 +652,6 @@ 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. @@ -686,8 +681,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] + uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options] Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address. + MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8bit (mmio) + or 32bit (mmio32). The options are the same as for ttyS, above. earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN] @@ -917,9 +915,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file controller i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX controllers - i8042.panicblink= - [HW] Frequency with which keyboard LEDs should blink - when kernel panics (default is 0.5 sec) i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock @@ -1143,9 +1138,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file 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] + Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud] + keyboard only format: kbd + keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud] + Optional Kernel mode setting: + kms, kbd format: kms,kbd + kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud] kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity. @@ -1523,9 +1521,6 @@ 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> @@ -1597,8 +1592,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting 0 to disable accounting 1 to enable accounting - Default value depends on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT that is - going to be removed in 2.6.29. + Default value is 0. nfsaddrs= [NFS] See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt. @@ -1812,6 +1806,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem + nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector. + nowb [ARM] nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode. @@ -1849,9 +1845,6 @@ 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 +1856,9 @@ 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 +1895,6 @@ 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. @@ -1970,6 +1963,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file norom [X86] Do not assign address space to expansion ROMs that do not already have BIOS assigned address ranges. + nobar [X86] Do not assign address space to the + BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS. irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards @@ -2171,10 +2166,6 @@ 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. @@ -2312,6 +2303,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used later to disable prior to initial policy load. + apparmor= [APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time + Format: { "0" | "1" } + See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text + 0 -- disable. + 1 -- enable. + Default value is set via kernel config option. + serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32] shapers= [NET] @@ -2383,128 +2381,6 @@ 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. @@ -2519,9 +2395,6 @@ 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. @@ -2661,10 +2534,6 @@ 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 @@ -2681,12 +2550,6 @@ 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 @@ -2852,9 +2715,6 @@ 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. @@ -2879,6 +2739,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks. xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c. + xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN] + Unplug Xen emulated devices + Format: [unplug0,][unplug1] + ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices + aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices + nics -- unplug network devices + all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks) + ignore -- continue loading the Xen platform PCI driver even + if the version check failed + xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] @@ -2887,5 +2757,4 @@ ______________________________________________________________________ TODO: - Add documentation for ALSA options. Add more DRM drivers. |