X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fx86_64%2Fboot-options.txt;h=945311840a10d29be3f8c680f1124a01e8cd4bed;hb=35379c071a61d025153723f2acb2cc19cc3ca78c;hp=625a21db0c2a7e8f1825bf1cacc18b7131a37a82;hpb=b0138a6cb7923a997d278b47c176778534d1095b;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 625a21db0c2..945311840a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ Machine check mce=nobootlog Disable boot machine check logging. mce=tolerancelevel (number) - 0: always panic, 1: panic if deadlock possible, - 2: try to avoid panic, 3: never panic or exit (for testing) - default is 1 + 0: always panic on uncorrected errors, log corrected errors + 1: panic or SIGBUS on uncorrected errors, log corrected errors + 2: SIGBUS or log uncorrected errors, log corrected errors + 3: never panic or SIGBUS, log all errors (for testing only) + Default is 1 Can be also set using sysfs which is preferable. nomce (for compatibility with i386): same as mce=off @@ -134,12 +136,6 @@ Non Executable Mappings SMP - nosmp Only use a single CPU - - maxcpus=NUMBER only use upto NUMBER CPUs - - cpumask=MASK only use cpus with bits set in mask - additional_cpus=NUM Allow NUM more CPUs for hotplug (defaults are specified by the BIOS, see Documentation/x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec) @@ -149,7 +145,19 @@ NUMA numa=noacpi Don't parse the SRAT table for NUMA setup - numa=fake=X Fake X nodes and ignore NUMA setup of the actual machine. + numa=fake=CMDLINE + If a number, fakes CMDLINE nodes and ignores NUMA setup of the + actual machine. Otherwise, system memory is configured + depending on the sizes and coefficients listed. For example: + numa=fake=2*512,1024,4*256,*128 + gives two 512M nodes, a 1024M node, four 256M nodes, and the + rest split into 128M chunks. If the last character of CMDLINE + is a *, the remaining memory is divided up equally among its + coefficient: + numa=fake=2*512,2* + gives two 512M nodes and the rest split into two nodes. + Otherwise, the remaining system RAM is allocated to an + additional node. numa=hotadd=percent Only allow hotadd memory to preallocate page structures upto @@ -293,7 +301,3 @@ Debugging stuck (default) Miscellaneous - - noreplacement Don't replace instructions with more appropriate ones - for the CPU. This may be useful on asymmetric MP systems - where some CPUs have less capabilities than others.