[PATCH] Add Hypertransport capability defines

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index c918cc3f65fbbc3bff4470a0131d4c63bc40a5f7..12b3b24bfd2fce3ba2362f94e0de5b9212ba4b03 100644 (file)
--- 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.
@@ -348,9 +355,9 @@ 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
@@ -573,8 +580,6 @@ 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>
 
@@ -606,8 +611,8 @@ 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
@@ -1326,7 +1331,7 @@ 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]
 
@@ -1363,7 +1368,7 @@ 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
 
@@ -1372,6 +1377,9 @@ running once the system is up.
                        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