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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 03e50b4883a8..b9f67781c577 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. unusable. The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful if you need to capture more output. + acpi_force_table_verification [HW,ACPI] + Enable table checksum verification during early stage. + By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping + size limitation. + acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI] ACPI will balance active IRQs default in APIC mode @@ -237,7 +242,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. This feature is enabled by default. This option allows to turn off the feature. - acpi_no_auto_ssdt [HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT + acpi_no_static_ssdt [HW,ACPI] + Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time + By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be + installed automatically and they will appear under + /sys/firmware/acpi/tables. + This option turns off this feature. + Note that specifying this option does not affect + dynamic table installation which will install SSDT + tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic. acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI] Disable AML predefined validation mechanism @@ -617,8 +630,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable some critical bits. - cma=nn[MG] [ARM,KNL] - Sets the size of kernel global memory area for contiguous + cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]] + [ARM,X86,KNL] + Sets the size of kernel global memory area for + contiguous memory allocations and optionally the + placement constraint by the physical address range of memory allocations. For more information, see include/linux/dma-contiguous.h @@ -804,13 +820,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. dhash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. - digi= [HW,SERIAL] - IO parameters + enable/disable command. - - digiepca= [HW,SERIAL] - See drivers/char/README.epca and - Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt. - disable= [IPV6] See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt. @@ -890,6 +899,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. which are not unmapped. earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. + uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options] @@ -899,7 +909,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32). The options are the same as for ttyS, above. - earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM] + pl011,<addr> + Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial + port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port + must already be setup and configured. Options are not + yet supported. + + smh Use ARM semihosting calls for early console. + + earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k] earlyprintk=vga earlyprintk=efi earlyprintk=xen @@ -1294,6 +1312,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. for working out where the kernel is dying during startup. + initcall_blacklist= [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of + initcall functions. Useful for debugging built-in + modules and initcalls. + initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver @@ -2225,10 +2247,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions with UP alternatives - nordrand [X86] Disable the direct use of the RDRAND - instruction even if it is supported by the - processor. RDRAND is still available to user - space applications. + nordrand [X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and + RDSEED instructions even if they are supported + by the processor. RDRAND and RDSEED are still + available to user space applications. noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap space. @@ -2339,6 +2361,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. timeout < 0: reboot immediately Format: <timeout> + crash_kexec_post_notifiers + Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping + kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always + succeeds in any situation. + Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure, + because some panic notifiers can make the crashed + kernel more unstable. + parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is connected to, default is 0. Format: <parport#> @@ -2896,6 +2926,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level. See Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt. + relative_sleep_states= + [SUSPEND] Use sleep state labeling where the deepest + state available other than hibernation is always "mem". + Format: { "0" | "1" } + 0 -- Traditional sleep state labels. + 1 -- Relative sleep state labels. + reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area reservetop= [X86-32] @@ -2939,9 +2976,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] Set number of hash buckets for route cache - riscom8= [HW,SERIAL] - Format: <io_board1>[,<io_board2>[,...<io_boardN>]] - ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot root= [KNL] Root filesystem @@ -3083,9 +3117,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt - specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter - See Documentation/serial/specialix.txt. - spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] spia_fio_base= spia_pedr= @@ -3474,7 +3505,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver will only send out the event without touching backlight brightness level. - default: 1 + default: 0 virtio_mmio.device= [VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device. |