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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 6726139bd289..c84d078a6376 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -179,11 +179,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt, pci=noacpi - acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC] - Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used - on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the - second kernel for kdump. - acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC] Format: <int> 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available @@ -197,6 +192,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. (e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead of the ACPI video.ko driver. + acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI] + Disable AML predefined validation mechanism + This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make + the return objects more ACPI specification compliant. + This option is useful for developers to identify the + root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue + has something to do with the repair mechanism. + acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG] acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG] Format: <int> @@ -225,6 +228,22 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. unusable. The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful if you need to capture more output. + acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI] + { strict | lax | no } + Check for resource conflicts between native drivers + and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory + only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be + used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and + can interfere with legacy drivers. + strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI + is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved + resources will fail to bind to device using them. + lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed; + legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources + will bind successfully but a warning message is logged. + no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved, + no further checks are performed. + acpi_force_table_verification [HW,ACPI] Enable table checksum verification during early stage. By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping @@ -253,6 +272,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. This feature is enabled by default. This option allows to turn off the feature. + acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug. Useful for kdump + kernels. + acpi_no_static_ssdt [HW,ACPI] Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be @@ -263,13 +285,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. dynamic table installation which will install SSDT tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic. - acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI] - Disable AML predefined validation mechanism - This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make - the return objects more ACPI specification compliant. - This option is useful for developers to identify the - root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue - has something to do with the repair mechanism. + acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC] + Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used + on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the + second kernel for kdump. acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows" @@ -365,25 +384,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards that require a timer override, but don't have HPET - acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI] - { strict | lax | no } - Check for resource conflicts between native drivers - and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory - only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be - used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and - can interfere with legacy drivers. - strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI - is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved - resources will fail to bind to device using them. - lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed; - legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources - will bind successfully but a warning message is logged. - no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved, - no further checks are performed. - - acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug. Useful for kdump - kernels. - add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in kernel's map of available physical RAM. @@ -746,6 +746,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE] disable the cpuidle sub-system + cpu_init_udelay=N + [X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert + of APIC INIT to start processors. This delay occurs + on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend. + Default: 10000 + cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver Format: <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] @@ -937,6 +943,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Enable debug messages at boot time. See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for details. + nompx [X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions. + See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more + information about the feature. + eagerfpu= [X86] on enable eager fpu restore off disable eager fpu restore @@ -1009,6 +1019,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]] earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate] earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#] + earlyprintk=pciserial,bus:device.function[,baudrate] earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by @@ -1780,6 +1791,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. * [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ. + * [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM. + * nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both resets. @@ -2443,7 +2456,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling - nomce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception + nomce [X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines). @@ -2998,11 +3011,34 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process in one batch. + rcutree.dump_tree= [KNL] + Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree + out at early boot. This is used for diagnostic + purposes, to verify correct tree setup. + + rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay= [KNL] + Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of + RCU grace-period cleanup. This only has effect + when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_CLEANUP is set. + rcutree.gp_init_delay= [KNL] Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of RCU grace-period initialization. This only has - effect when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_INIT is - set. + effect when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_INIT + is set. + + rcutree.gp_preinit_delay= [KNL] + Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of + RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is, + the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up + the rcu_node combining tree. This only has effect + when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_PREINIT is set. + + rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL] + Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining + tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might + possibly be useful for architectures having high + cache-to-cache transfer latencies. rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL] Increase the number of CPUs assigned to each @@ -3107,7 +3143,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. test, hence the "fake". rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL] - Set number of RCU readers. + Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects + N-1, where N is the number of CPUs. A value + "n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again + the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N + (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on. rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL] Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing. |