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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 84c3bd05c639..38d7db3262c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ parameter is applicable: GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled. NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. OSS OSS sound support is enabled. + PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel PARIDE The ParIDE subsystem is enabled. PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled. PCI PCI bus support is enabled. @@ -695,8 +696,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed See Documentation/ide.txt. - idle= [HW] - Format: idle=poll or idle=halt + idle= [X86] + Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait + Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance + of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system + run hot. Not recommended. + idle=mwait. On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but the kernel chose + to not use it because it doesn't save as much power as a normal idle + loop use the MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be the same + as idle=poll. ignore_loglevel [KNL] Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ @@ -1157,6 +1165,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception + noreplace-paravirt [IA-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops + + noreplace-smp [IA-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions + with UP alternatives + noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap @@ -1562,6 +1575,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file smart2= [HW] Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]] + smp-alt-once [IA-32,SMP] On a hotplug CPU system, only + attempt to substitute SMP alternatives once at boot. + snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA] snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA] @@ -1820,6 +1836,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. vdso= [IA-32,SH] + vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping |