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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 29 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 15356aca938c..d0d9cf278ae3 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -235,10 +235,35 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows" acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings - acpi_osi="string1" # add string1 -- only one string - acpi_osi="!string2" # remove built-in string2 + acpi_osi="string1" # add string1 + acpi_osi="!string2" # remove string2 + acpi_osi=! # disable all built-in OS vendor + strings acpi_osi= # disable all strings + 'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or + multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS + vendor string(s). Note that such command can only + affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus + it cannot affect the default state of the feature group + strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings, + specifying it multiple times through kernel command line + is meaningless. + Examples: + 1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent + to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all + can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE. + + 'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other + 'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not + exist in the ACPI namespace. NOTE that such command can + only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it + multiple times through kernel command line is also + meaningless. + Examples: + 1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)' + FALSE. + acpi_pm_good [X86] Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value |