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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 87a17337c7f..67473849f20 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that
 it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs
 running once the system is up.
 
+The number of kernel parameters is not limited, but the length of the
+complete command line (parameters including spaces etc.) is limited to
+a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture
+and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
+./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
+
+
 	53c7xx=		[HW,SCSI] Amiga SCSI controllers
 			See header of drivers/scsi/53c7xx.c.
 			See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt.
@@ -157,6 +164,10 @@ running once the system is up.
 	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
 			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
 			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
+	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI}
+			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
+			that require a timer override, but don't have
+			HPET
 
 	acpi_dbg_layer=	[HW,ACPI]
 			Format: <int>
@@ -282,9 +293,6 @@ running once the system is up.
 
 	autotest	[IA64]
 
-	awe=		[HW,OSS] AWE32/SB32/AWE64 wave table synth
-			Format: <io>,<memsize>,<isapnp>
-
 	aztcd=		[HW,CD] Aztech CD268 CDROM driver
 			Format: <io>,0x79 (?)
 
@@ -348,9 +356,9 @@ running once the system is up.
 
 	clock=		[BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
 			[Deprecated]
-			Forces specified clocksource (if avaliable) to be used
+			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
 			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
-			clocksource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT.
+			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
 			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
 
 	disable_8254_timer
@@ -529,10 +537,6 @@ running once the system is up.
 			Default value is 0.
 			Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
 
-	es1370=		[HW,OSS]
-			Format: <lineout>[,<micbias>]
-			See also header of sound/oss/es1370.c.
-
 	es1371=		[HW,OSS]
 			Format: <spdif>,[<nomix>,[<amplifier>]]
 			See also header of sound/oss/es1371.c.
@@ -573,11 +577,6 @@ running once the system is up.
 	gscd=		[HW,CD]
 			Format: <io>
 
-	gt96100eth=	[NET] MIPS GT96100 Advanced Communication Controller
-
-	gus=		[HW,OSS]
-			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>
-
 	gvp11=		[HW,SCSI]
 
 	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
@@ -606,8 +605,8 @@ running once the system is up.
 	noirqbalance	[IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
 
 	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
-	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controlled can only read data from
-			     keyboard and can not control its state
+	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
+			     keyboard and cannot control its state
 			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
 	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
 	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
@@ -836,12 +835,6 @@ running once the system is up.
 			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
 			Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
 
-	mad16=		[HW,OSS] Format:
-			<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>,<joystick>
-
-	maui=		[HW,OSS]
-			Format: <io>,<irq>
-
 	max_loop=	[LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
 			be mounted
 			Format: <1-256>
@@ -1109,9 +1102,6 @@ running once the system is up.
 	opl3=		[HW,OSS]
 			Format: <io>
 
-	opl3sa=		[HW,OSS]
-			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
-
 	opl3sa2=	[HW,OSS] Format:
 			<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<ymode>,<loopback>[,<isapnp>,<multiple]
 
@@ -1189,8 +1179,6 @@ running once the system is up.
 				Mechanism 2.
 		nommconf	[IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
 				Configuration
-		mmconf		[IA-32,X86_64] Force MMCONFIG. This is useful
-				to override the builtin blacklist.
 		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.
@@ -1242,6 +1230,15 @@ running once the system is up.
 				bootloader. This is currently used on
 				IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be
 				configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs.
+		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
+				This might help on some broken boards which
+				machine check when some devices' config space
+				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
+				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
+		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
+				This sorting is done to get a device
+				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
+		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
 
 	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
 
@@ -1324,7 +1321,7 @@ running once the system is up.
 	pt.		[PARIDE]
 			See Documentation/paride.txt.
 
-	quiet=		[KNL] Disable log messages
+	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
 
 	r128=		[HW,DRM]
 
@@ -1350,10 +1347,6 @@ running once the system is up.
 	rcu.qlowmark=	[KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued
 			RCU callbacks below which batch limiting is re-enabled.
 
-	rcu.rsinterval=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP] Set the number of additional
-			RCU callbacks to queued before forcing reschedule
-			on all cpus.
-
 	rdinit=		[KNL]
 			Format: <full_path>
 			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
@@ -1361,10 +1354,18 @@ running once the system is up.
 
 	reboot=		[BUGS=IA-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
 			Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
-			See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c.
+			See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c			
 
 	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
 
+	reservetop=	[IA-32]
+			Format: nn[KMG]
+			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
+			address space.
+
+	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
+			during initialization.
+
 	resume=		[SWSUSP]
 			Specify the partition device for software suspend
 
@@ -1440,9 +1441,6 @@ running once the system is up.
 
 	sg_def_reserved_size=	[SCSI]
 
-	sgalaxy=	[HW,OSS]
-			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sgbase>
-
 	shapers=	[NET]
 			Maximal number of shapers.
 
@@ -1583,9 +1581,6 @@ running once the system is up.
 
 	snd-ymfpci=	[HW,ALSA]
 
-	sonicvibes=	[HW,OSS]
-			Format: <reverb>
-
 	sonycd535=	[HW,CD]
 			Format: <io>[,<irq>]