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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 2443f5bb4364..53ba7c7d82b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ parameter is applicable: X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled. More X86-64 boot options can be found in Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt . + X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) In addition, the following text indicates that the option: @@ -690,7 +691,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details. - elfcorehdr= [X86-32, X86_64] + elfcorehdr= [IA64,PPC,SH,X86-32,X86_64] Specifies physical address of start of kernel core image elf header. Generally kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel. @@ -796,6 +797,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size if not specified. + hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] + + i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from keyboard and cannot control its state @@ -1210,6 +1214,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel memory. + memchunk=nn[KMG] + [KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for + per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers. + memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86-32,X86_64] Enable setting of an exact E820 memory map, as specified by the user. Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on @@ -1392,6 +1400,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects. + nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time. + noefi [X86-32,X86-64] Disable EFI runtime services support. noexec [IA-64] @@ -1408,13 +1418,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings read implies executable mappings + nofpu [SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time. + nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended register save and restore. The kernel will only save legacy floating-point registers on task switch. noclflush [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction - nohlt [BUGS=ARM] + nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] no-hlt [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt instruction doesn't work correctly and not to @@ -1577,7 +1589,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See also Documentation/paride.txt. pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options: - off [X86-32] don't probe for the PCI bus + off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access the hardware directly. Use this if your machine has a non-standard PCI host bridge. @@ -1585,9 +1597,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file hardware access methods are allowed. Use this if you experience crashes upon bootup and you suspect they are caused by the BIOS. - conf1 [X86-32] Force use of PCI Configuration + conf1 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Mechanism 1. - conf2 [X86-32] Force use of PCI Configuration + conf2 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Mechanism 2. noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to @@ -1607,37 +1619,37 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file this option if the kernel is unable to allocate IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your motherboard. - rom [X86-32] Assign address space to expansion ROMs. + rom [X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs. Use with caution as certain devices share address decoders between ROMs and other resources. - norom [X86-32,X86_64] Do not assign address space to + norom [X86] Do not assign address space to expansion ROMs that do not already have BIOS assigned address ranges. - irqmask=0xMMMM [X86-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be + irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards this way. - pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86-32] Specify the physical address + pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86] Specify the physical address of the PIRQ table (normally generated by the BIOS) if it is outside the F0000h-100000h range. - lastbus=N [X86-32] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be + lastbus=N [X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be useful if the kernel is unable to find your secondary buses and you want to tell it explicitly which ones they are. - assign-busses [X86-32] Always assign all PCI bus + assign-busses [X86] Always assign all PCI bus numbers ourselves, overriding whatever the firmware may have done. - usepirqmask [X86-32] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored + usepirqmask [X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on some systems with broken BIOSes, notably some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3 notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI IRQ routing is enabled. - noacpi [X86-32] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing + noacpi [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing or for PCI scanning. - use_crs [X86-32] Use _CRS for PCI resource + use_crs [X86] Use _CRS for PCI resource allocation. routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices. This is normally done in pci_enable_device(), @@ -1666,6 +1678,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory window. The default value is 64 megabytes. + pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power + Management. + off Disable ASPM. + force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it. + WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups. + pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4 pd. [PARIDE] @@ -1713,6 +1731,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file autoconfiguration. Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size). + dynamic_printk + Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if + CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled. These can also + be switched on/off via <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules + print-fatal-signals= [KNL] debug: print fatal signals print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to @@ -2247,6 +2270,25 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all. + usbcore.usbfs_snoop= + [USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off). + + usbcore.blinkenlights= + [USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off). + + usbcore.old_scheme_first= + [USB] Start with the old device initialization + scheme (default 0 = off). + + usbcore.use_both_schemes= + [USB] Try the other device initialization scheme + if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled). + + usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout= + [USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte + USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds + (default 5000 = 5.0 seconds). + usbhid.mousepoll= [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. |