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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e5f3d918316f..e07c432c731f 100644
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@@ -398,9 +398,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
cio_ignore= [S390]
See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
- cio_msg= [S390]
- See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
-
clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
[Deprecated]
Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
@@ -496,6 +493,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
switching to the matching ttyS device later. The
options are the same as for ttyS, above.
+ If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
+ device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
+ console=brl,ttyS0
+ For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
+
earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options.
uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
@@ -556,6 +558,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
only useful to kernel developers.
+ debug_objects [KNL] Enable object debugging
+
decnet.addr= [HW,NET]
Format: <area>[,<node>]
See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
@@ -627,8 +631,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
eata= [HW,SCSI]
edd= [EDD]
- Format: {"of[f]" | "sk[ipmbr]"}
- See comment in arch/i386/boot/edd.S
+ Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW]
See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
@@ -683,6 +686,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
floppy= [HW]
See Documentation/floppy.txt.
+ force_pal_cache_flush
+ [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
+ buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
+ parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
+ ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
+
gamecon.map[2|3]=
[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
@@ -1088,9 +1097,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
mac5380= [HW,SCSI] Format:
<can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>
- mac53c9x= [HW,SCSI] Format:
- <num_esps>,<disconnect>,<nosync>,<can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>
-
machvec= [IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
(machvec) in a generic kernel.
Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
@@ -1389,6 +1395,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
+ olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
+ Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
+ command is not properly ACKed, override the length
+ of the timeout. We have interrupts disabled while
+ waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
+ interrupts *may* be lost!
+
opl3= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>
@@ -1512,6 +1525,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
so this option is a temporary workaround
for broken drivers that don't call it.
+ skip_isa_align [X86] do not align io start addr, so can
+ handle more pci cards
firmware [ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but instead
just use the configuration from the
bootloader. This is currently used on