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@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if:
MCA MCA bus support is enabled.
MDA MDA console support is enabled.
MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled.
+ MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI).
MTD MTD support is enabled.
NET Appropriate network support is enabled.
NUMA NUMA support is enabled.
@@ -1008,7 +1009,9 @@ running once the system is up.
noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings
- nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32]
+ nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
+ register save and restore. The kernel will only save
+ legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
nohlt [BUGS=ARM]
@@ -1053,6 +1056,8 @@ running once the system is up.
nosbagart [IA-64]
+ nosep [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
+
nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel.
nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
@@ -1122,6 +1127,11 @@ running once the system is up.
pas16= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c.
+ pause_on_oops=
+ Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
+ the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if
+ your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
+
pcbit= [HW,ISDN]
pcd. [PARIDE]
@@ -1143,6 +1153,9 @@ running once the system is up.
Mechanism 2.
nommconf [IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
Configuration
+ nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
+ enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
+ disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to
order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is
done to get a device order compatible with