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author | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2020-03-03 16:40:54 -0800 |
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committer | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2020-03-03 16:40:56 -0800 |
commit | 820d15632ec10bc0cf79595c5a635b795d149520 (patch) | |
tree | 9deb7defafc350a3c74365ebe370634f0406d821 /Documentation/admin-guide | |
parent | Merge tag 'arm-soc/for-5.6/defconfig-fixes' of https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux into arm/fixes (diff) | |
parent | arm64: dts: socfpga: agilex: Fix gmac compatible (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'socfpga_dts_fix_for_v5.6_v2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dinguyen/linux into arm/fixes
arm64: dts: agilex: fix gmac compatible
- The compatible for Agilex GMAC should be "altr,socfpga-stmmac-a10-s10"
* tag 'socfpga_dts_fix_for_v5.6_v2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dinguyen/linux: (578 commits)
arm64: dts: socfpga: agilex: Fix gmac compatible
Linux 5.6-rc4
KVM: VMX: check descriptor table exits on instruction emulation
ext4: potential crash on allocation error in ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array()
macintosh: therm_windtunnel: fix regression when instantiating devices
jbd2: fix data races at struct journal_head
kvm: x86: Limit the number of "kvm: disabled by bios" messages
KVM: x86: avoid useless copy of cpufreq policy
KVM: allow disabling -Werror
KVM: x86: allow compiling as non-module with W=1
KVM: Pre-allocate 1 cpumask variable per cpu for both pv tlb and pv ipis
KVM: Introduce pv check helpers
KVM: let declaration of kvm_get_running_vcpus match implementation
KVM: SVM: allocate AVIC data structures based on kvm_amd module parameter
MAINTAINERS: Correct Cadence PCI driver path
io_uring: fix 32-bit compatability with sendmsg/recvmsg
net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix masking of egress port
mlxsw: pci: Wait longer before accessing the device after reset
sfc: fix timestamp reconstruction at 16-bit rollover points
vsock: fix potential deadlock in transport->release()
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Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200303153509.28248-1-dinguyen@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst | 34 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 |
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst index b342a6796392..cf2edcd09183 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst @@ -62,6 +62,30 @@ Or more shorter, written as following:: In both styles, same key words are automatically merged when parsing it at boot time. So you can append similar trees or key-values. +Same-key Values +--------------- + +It is prohibited that two or more values or arrays share a same-key. +For example,:: + + foo = bar, baz + foo = qux # !ERROR! we can not re-define same key + +If you want to append the value to existing key as an array member, +you can use ``+=`` operator. For example:: + + foo = bar, baz + foo += qux + +In this case, the key ``foo`` has ``bar``, ``baz`` and ``qux``. + +However, a sub-key and a value can not co-exist under a parent key. +For example, following config is NOT allowed.:: + + foo = value1 + foo.bar = value2 # !ERROR! subkey "bar" and value "value1" can NOT co-exist + + Comments -------- @@ -102,9 +126,13 @@ Boot Kernel With a Boot Config ============================== Since the boot configuration file is loaded with initrd, it will be added -to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file. The Linux kernel decodes -the last part of the initrd image in memory to get the boot configuration -data. +to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file with size, checksum and +12-byte magic word as below. + +[initrd][bootconfig][size(u32)][checksum(u32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n] + +The Linux kernel decodes the last part of the initrd image in memory to +get the boot configuration data. Because of this "piggyback" method, there is no need to change or update the boot loader and the kernel image itself. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index dbc22d684627..c07815d230bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ dynamic table installation which will install SSDT tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic. + acpi_no_watchdog [HW,ACPI,WDT] + Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let + a native driver control the watchdog device instead. + acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC] Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the |