X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkernel-parameters.txt;h=38d7db3262c7e85f7e9d327f4ed2a30eee47ba1c;hb=d081d470446900473f2f32b9203827809b8134f0;hp=914119309ddbdcf045793ea7fceabf7fd5183ac1;hpb=bdf3aaf9519ddd8a026b5e04e713d2fa673532e5;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 914119309dd..38d7db3262c 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ parameter is applicable: GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled. NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. OSS OSS sound support is enabled. + PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel PARIDE The ParIDE subsystem is enabled. PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled. PCI PCI bus support is enabled. @@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See header of drivers/scsi/53c7xx.c. See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt. - acpi= [HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface + acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386] + Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq } force -- enable ACPI if default was off off -- disable ACPI if default was on @@ -137,6 +139,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See also Documentation/pm.txt, pci=noacpi + acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC] + Format: + 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available + 1,0: use 1st APIC table + default: 0 + acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode } See Documentation/power/video.txt @@ -174,19 +182,41 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file that require a timer override, but don't have HPET - acpi_dbg_layer= [HW,ACPI] + acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI] Format: Each bit of the indicates an ACPI debug layer, 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set - via /proc/acpi/debug_layer. - - acpi_dbg_level= [HW,ACPI] + via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer. + CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output. + Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable debug output + for specific parts of the ACPI subsystem: + 0x01 utilities 0x02 hardware 0x04 events 0x08 tables + 0x10 namespace 0x20 parser 0x40 dispatcher + 0x80 executer 0x100 resources 0x200 acpica debugger + 0x400 os services 0x800 acpica disassembler. + The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex. + Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of + output and make your system unusable. Be very careful. + + acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI] Format: Each bit of the indicates an ACPI debug level, 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set - via /proc/acpi/debug_level. + via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level. + CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output. + Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable different + debug output levels of the ACPI subsystem: + 0x01 error 0x02 warn 0x04 init 0x08 debug object + 0x10 info 0x20 init names 0x40 parse 0x80 load + 0x100 dispatch 0x200 execute 0x400 names 0x800 operation region + 0x1000 bfield 0x2000 tables 0x4000 values 0x8000 objects + 0x10000 resources 0x20000 user requests 0x40000 package. + The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex. + Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of + output and make your system unusable. Be very careful. + acpi_fake_ecdt [HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT @@ -666,8 +696,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed See Documentation/ide.txt. - idle= [HW] - Format: idle=poll or idle=halt + idle= [X86] + Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait + Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance + of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system + run hot. Not recommended. + idle=mwait. On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but the kernel chose + to not use it because it doesn't save as much power as a normal idle + loop use the MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be the same + as idle=poll. ignore_loglevel [KNL] Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ @@ -773,6 +810,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file lapic [IA-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS disabled it. + lapic_timer_c2_ok [IA-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer in + C2 power state. + lasi= [HW,SCSI] PARISC LASI driver for the 53c700 chip Format: addr:,irq: @@ -1116,6 +1156,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nolapic [IA-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. + nolapic_timer [IA-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. + noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel lowmem mapping on PPC40x. @@ -1123,6 +1165,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception + noreplace-paravirt [IA-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops + + noreplace-smp [IA-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions + with UP alternatives + noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap @@ -1528,6 +1575,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file smart2= [HW] Format: [,[,...,]] + smp-alt-once [IA-32,SMP] On a hotplug CPU system, only + attempt to substitute SMP alternatives once at boot. + snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA] snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA] @@ -1780,12 +1830,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This is the time required before an idle device will be autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set - to 0 won't be autosuspended at all. + to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all. usbhid.mousepoll= [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. vdso= [IA-32,SH] + vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping