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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2021-12-09 08:43:50 +0100
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2021-12-09 08:43:50 +0100
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parentLinux 5.15 (diff)
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Merge tag 'v5.15' into next
Sync up with the mainline to get the latest APIs and DT bindings.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86/x86_64')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst42
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst4
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
index 324cefff92e7..ccb7e86bf8d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Idle loop
Rebooting
=========
- reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] | a[cpi] | e[fi] [, [w]arm | [c]old]
+ reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] | a[cpi] | e[fi] | p[ci] [, [w]arm | [c]old]
bios
Use the CPU reboot vector for warm reset
warm
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ Rebooting
Use efi reset_system runtime service. If EFI is not configured or
the EFI reset does not work, the reboot path attempts the reset using
the keyboard controller.
+ pci
+ Use a write to the PCI config space register 0xcf9 to trigger reboot.
Using warm reset will be much faster especially on big memory
systems because the BIOS will not go through the memory check.
@@ -155,6 +157,13 @@ Rebooting
Don't stop other CPUs on reboot. This can make reboot more reliable
in some cases.
+ reboot=default
+ There are some built-in platform specific "quirks" - you may see:
+ "reboot: <name> series board detected. Selecting <type> for reboots."
+ In the case where you think the quirk is in error (e.g. you have
+ newer BIOS, or newer board) using this option will ignore the built-in
+ quirk table, and use the generic default reboot actions.
+
Non Executable Mappings
=======================
@@ -247,16 +256,11 @@ Multiple x86-64 PCI-DMA mapping implementations exist, for example:
Kernel boot message: "PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering
for IO (SWIOTLB)"
- 4. <arch/x86_64/pci-calgary.c> : IBM Calgary hardware IOMMU. Used in IBM
- pSeries and xSeries servers. This hardware IOMMU supports DMA address
- mapping with memory protection, etc.
- Kernel boot message: "PCI-DMA: Using Calgary IOMMU"
-
::
iommu=[<size>][,noagp][,off][,force][,noforce]
[,memaper[=<order>]][,merge][,fullflush][,nomerge]
- [,noaperture][,calgary]
+ [,noaperture]
General iommu options:
@@ -295,8 +299,6 @@ iommu options only relevant to the AMD GART hardware IOMMU:
Don't initialize the AGP driver and use full aperture.
panic
Always panic when IOMMU overflows.
- calgary
- Use the Calgary IOMMU if it is available
iommu options only relevant to the software bounce buffering (SWIOTLB) IOMMU
implementation:
@@ -307,28 +309,6 @@ implementation:
force
Force all IO through the software TLB.
-Settings for the IBM Calgary hardware IOMMU currently found in IBM
-pSeries and xSeries machines
-
- calgary=[64k,128k,256k,512k,1M,2M,4M,8M]
- Set the size of each PCI slot's translation table when using the
- Calgary IOMMU. This is the size of the translation table itself
- in main memory. The smallest table, 64k, covers an IO space of
- 32MB; the largest, 8MB table, can cover an IO space of 4GB.
- Normally the kernel will make the right choice by itself.
- calgary=[translate_empty_slots]
- Enable translation even on slots that have no devices attached to
- them, in case a device will be hotplugged in the future.
- calgary=[disable=<PCI bus number>]
- Disable translation on a given PHB. For
- example, the built-in graphics adapter resides on the first bridge
- (PCI bus number 0); if translation (isolation) is enabled on this
- bridge, X servers that access the hardware directly from user
- space might stop working. Use this option if you have devices that
- are accessed from userspace directly on some PCI host bridge.
- panic
- Always panic when IOMMU overflows
-
Miscellaneous
=============
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
index ede1875719fb..9798676bb0bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ The direct mapping covers all memory in the system up to the highest
memory address (this means in some cases it can also include PCI memory
holes).
-vmalloc space is lazily synchronized into the different PML4/PML5 pages of
-the processes using the page fault handler, with init_top_pgt as
-reference.
-
We map EFI runtime services in the 'efi_pgd' PGD in a 64Gb large virtual
memory window (this size is arbitrary, it can be raised later if needed).
The mappings are not part of any other kernel PGD and are only available