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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 52ecc9b84673..9653cf2f9727 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ parameter is applicable:
AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled.
AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled.
+ CLK Common clock infrastructure is enabled.
+ CMA Contiguous Memory Area support is enabled.
DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime
EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled
@@ -320,6 +322,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
+ alloc_snapshot [FTRACE]
+ Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
+ main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
+ and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
+ do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
+ to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
+
amd_iommu= [HW,X86-64]
Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
Possible values are:
@@ -465,6 +474,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
cio_ignore= [S390]
See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
+ clk_ignore_unused
+ [CLK]
+ Keep all clocks already enabled by bootloader on,
+ even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
+ for debug and development, but should not be
+ needed on a platform with proper driver support.
+ For more information, see Documentation/clk.txt.
clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
[Deprecated]
@@ -774,19 +790,31 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32).
The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
- earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN]
+ earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM]
earlyprintk=vga
earlyprintk=xen
earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
+ earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
+ earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
+ the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
+ default because it has some cosmetic problems.
+
Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
takes over.
Only vga or serial or usb debug port at a time.
- Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 are supported.
+ Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
+ name. Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
+ on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
+ replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
+ earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
+ You can find the port for a given device in
+ /proc/tty/driver/serial:
+ 2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
very good.
@@ -1648,7 +1676,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
module.sig_enforce
[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
- Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ENFORCE is set, that
+ Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
is always true, so this option does nothing.
mousedev.tap_time=
@@ -1997,8 +2025,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
with UP alternatives
- noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines.
-
nordrand [X86] Disable the direct use of the RDRAND
instruction even if it is supported by the
processor. RDRAND is still available to user
@@ -2699,6 +2725,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
+ rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
+ [KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
+ Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
+ managed by CMA.
+
rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
S [KNL] Run init in single mode
@@ -3258,6 +3289,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
or other driver-specific files in the
Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
+ workqueue.disable_numa
+ By default, all work items queued to unbound
+ workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
+ issued on, which results in better behavior in
+ general. If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
+ whatever reason, this option can be used. Note
+ that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
+ workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
+
x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
supporting x2apic.