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| author |   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2007-10-19 20:35:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2007-10-19 20:35:02 +0200 |
| commit | b17530bda22e7ffbf08f7a8a50743256b1672f6a (patch) | |
| tree | 061c081e68d8dc6f7326d45bca97997b337efe27 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
| parent | x86: quirk.c trivial coding style and white space cleanup (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-b17530bda22e7ffbf08f7a8a50743256b1672f6a.tar.xz linux-dev-b17530bda22e7ffbf08f7a8a50743256b1672f6a.zip | |
x86: add force_hpet boot option
add force_hpet boot option.
(this will be useful to make the forced-enable quirks depend on.)
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 189df0bcab99..c6859b94aaa7 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -431,8 +431,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file over the 8254 in addition to over the IO-APIC. The kernel tries to set a sensible default. - hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT. - Format: disable + hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage + Format: { enable (default) | disable | force } + disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead + force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4, VIA) com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset Format: |