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@@ -698,6 +698,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
loops can be debugged more effectively on production
systems.
+ clocksource.arm_arch_timer.fsl-a008585=
+ [ARM64]
+ Format: <bool>
+ Enable/disable the workaround of Freescale/NXP
+ erratum A-008585. This can be useful for KVM
+ guests, if the guest device tree doesn't show the
+ erratum. If unspecified, the workaround is
+ enabled based on the device tree.
+
clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
@@ -1045,11 +1054,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
determined by the stdout-path property in device
tree's chosen node.
- cdns,<addr>
- Start an early, polled-mode console on a cadence serial
- port at the specified address. The cadence serial port
- must already be setup and configured. Options are not
- yet supported.
+ cdns,<addr>[,options]
+ Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
+ (xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
+ supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
+ specified, the serial port must already be setup and
+ configured.
uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
@@ -1364,6 +1374,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
Default: 1024
+ gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
+ [HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
+ Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
+
hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
backtraces on all cpus.
@@ -1688,7 +1702,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
- 1 to 6 specify maximum depth of C-state.
+ 1 to 9 specify maximum depth of C-state.
intel_pstate= [X86]
disable
@@ -2161,10 +2175,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
- should make use of. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the
- kernel to using 'n' processors. n=0 is a special case,
- it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
- the IO APIC.
+ will bring up during bootup. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
+ the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
+ bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
+ "echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
+ only takes effect during system bootup.
+ While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
+ which also disables the IO APIC.
max_loop= [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
(loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
@@ -2571,8 +2588,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
nodelayacct [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
- nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
-
nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
noefi Disable EFI runtime services support.
@@ -2773,9 +2788,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
- supporting 'n' processors. Later in runtime you can not
- use hotplug cpu feature to put more cpu back to online.
- just like you compile the kernel NR_CPUS=n
+ support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
+ number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
+ runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
+ n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
+ variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
+ hot plugging.
nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
@@ -3032,6 +3050,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
windows need to be expanded.
+ To specify the alignment for several
+ instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
+ device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
+ specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
ecrc= Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
end-to-end CRC checking).
bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
@@ -4234,6 +4256,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
medium is write-protected).
+ y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
+ even if the device claims no cache)
Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
user_debug= [KNL,ARM]