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@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
IMA Integrity measurement architecture is enabled.
IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
+ IPV6 IPv6 support is enabled.
ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
@@ -199,10 +200,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
acpi_display_output=video
See above.
- acpi_early_pdc_eval [HW,ACPI] Evaluate processor _PDC methods
- early. Needed on some platforms to properly
- initialize the EC.
-
acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
ACPI will balance active IRQs
default in APIC mode
@@ -323,11 +320,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84]
Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
Possible values are:
- isolate - enable device isolation (each device, as far
- as possible, will get its own protection
- domain) [default]
- share - put every device behind one IOMMU into the
- same protection domain
fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
flushed before they will be reused, which
@@ -356,6 +348,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Change the amount of debugging information output
when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
+ autoconf= [IPV6]
+ See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
+
show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
@@ -638,6 +633,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
See drivers/char/README.epca and
Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt.
+ disable= [IPV6]
+ See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
+
+ disable_ipv6= [IPV6]
+ See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
+
disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
@@ -1193,7 +1194,7 @@ 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
@@ -1784,6 +1785,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
SAL PALO.
+ nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
+ could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
+ supporting 'n' processors. Later in runtime you can not
+ use hotplug cpu feature to put more cpu back to online.
+ just like you compile the kernel NR_CPUS=n
+
nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
@@ -2818,6 +2825,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
supporting x2apic.
+ x86_mrst_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
+ Choose timer option for x86 Moorestown MID platform.
+ Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
+ plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
+ x86_mrst_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
+
xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c.