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@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
GPE floodings.
Format: <int>
- Support masking of GPEs numbered from 0x00 to 0x7f.
acpi_no_auto_serialize [HW,ACPI]
Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@
acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
- old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable }
+ old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
s3_bios and s3_mode.
s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
@@ -239,6 +238,9 @@
sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
but some broken systems don't work without it).
+ nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
+ behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
+ suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
@@ -644,6 +646,20 @@
console=brl,ttyS0
For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
+ console_msg_format=
+ [KNL] Change console messages format
+ default
+ By default we print messages on consoles in
+ "[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
+ printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
+ `printk_time' param).
+ syslog
+ Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
+ IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
+ prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
+ syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
+ from /proc/kmsg.
+
consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
Defaults to 0.
@@ -915,9 +931,12 @@
earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options.
- When used with no options, the early console is
- determined by the stdout-path property in device
- tree's chosen node.
+ [ARM64] The early console is determined by the
+ stdout-path property in device tree's chosen node,
+ or determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
+
+ [X86] When used with no options the early console is
+ determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
cdns,<addr>[,options]
Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
@@ -2050,9 +2069,6 @@
This tests the locking primitive's ability to
transition abruptly to and from idle.
- locktorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
- Start locktorture running at boot time.
-
locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
Specify the locking implementation to test.
@@ -2539,6 +2555,9 @@
This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
need the box quickly up again.
+ These settings can be accessed at runtime via
+ the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
+
netpoll.carrier_timeout=
[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
@@ -2742,8 +2761,6 @@
norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
- noreplace-paravirt [X86,IA-64,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
-
noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
with UP alternatives
@@ -3486,9 +3503,6 @@
the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
N, where N is the number of CPUs
- rcuperf.perf_runnable= [BOOT]
- Start rcuperf running at boot time.
-
rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
Specify the RCU implementation to test.
@@ -3622,9 +3636,6 @@
Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the
rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
- rcutorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
- Start rcutorture running at boot time.
-
rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
Specify the RCU implementation to test.
@@ -3682,7 +3693,8 @@
rdt= [HW,X86,RDT]
Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
- cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, mba.
+ cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
+ mba.
E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
rdt=cmt,!mba
@@ -3702,7 +3714,11 @@
[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt.
- reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
+ reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
+ Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
+ Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
+ them. If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
+ is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
reservetop= [X86-32]
Format: nn[KMG]