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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 76c355214dc3..574ee67b6181 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ parameter is applicable: ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. + KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled. LIBATA Libata driver is enabled LP Printer support is enabled. LOOP Loopback device support is enabled. @@ -1098,6 +1099,44 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file kstack=N [X86] Print N words from the kernel stack in oops dumps. + kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs. + Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP) + + kvm.oos_shadow= [KVM] Disable out-of-sync shadow paging. + Default is 1 (enabled) + + kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM. + Default is 0 (off) + + kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU) + for all guests. + Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64bit or 32bit-PAE mode + + kvm-intel.bypass_guest_pf= + [KVM,Intel] Disables bypassing of guest page faults + on Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled) + + kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables + (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips. + Default is 1 (enabled) + + kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state= + [KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states + Default is 0 (disabled) + + kvm-intel.flexpriority= + [KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow). + Default is 1 (enabled) + + kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest= + [KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature + (virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable + Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled) + + kvm-intel.vpid= [KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification + feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips. + Default is 1 (enabled) + l2cr= [PPC] l3cr= [PPC] @@ -1503,6 +1542,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback channel should listen. + nfs.cache_getent= + [NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used + to update the NFS client cache entries. + + nfs.cache_getent_timeout= + [NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to + update a cache entry is deemed to have failed. + nfs.idmap_cache_timeout= [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache entries. @@ -1535,6 +1582,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file symbolic names: lapic and ioapic Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic + netpoll.carrier_timeout= + [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that + netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll + waits 4 seconds. + no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor is present. @@ -1919,11 +1971,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: { 0 | 1 } See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c - percpu_alloc= [X86] Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use. - Allowed values are one of "lpage", "embed" and "4k". - See comments in arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c for - details on each allocator. This parameter is primarily - for debugging and performance comparison. + percpu_alloc= Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use. + Currently supported values are "embed" and "page". + Archs may support subset or none of the selections. + See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each + allocator. This parameter is primarily for debugging + and performance comparison. pf. [PARIDE] See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. @@ -2395,6 +2448,18 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file stifb= [HW] Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]] + sunrpc.min_resvport= + sunrpc.max_resvport= + [NFS,SUNRPC] + SunRPC servers often require that client requests + originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the + range 0 < portnr < 1024). + An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these + ports for other uses may adjust the range that the + kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged + using these two parameters to set the minimum and + maximum port values. + sunrpc.pool_mode= [NFS] Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to @@ -2411,6 +2476,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file pernode one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent to global on non-NUMA machines) + sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries= + sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries= + [NFS,SUNRPC] + Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous + RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a + server. Increasing these values may allow you to + improve throughput, but will also increase the + amount of memory reserved for use by the client. + swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs switches= [HW,M68k] @@ -2480,6 +2554,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file trace_buf_size=nn[KMG] [FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size. + trace_event=[event-list] + [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order + 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> |