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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 8f441dab0396..bc3478581f67 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -229,8 +229,24 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. use by PCI Format: <irq>,<irq>... + acpi_no_auto_serialize [HW,ACPI] + Disable auto-serialization of AML methods + AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create + named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the + auto-serialization feature. + 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 + acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI] + Disable AML predefined validation mechanism + This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make + the return objects more ACPI specification compliant. + This option is useful for developers to identify the + root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue + has something to do with the repair mechanism. + acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows" @@ -298,8 +314,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode Format: { level | edge | high | low } - acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods - acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI] Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override. For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer. @@ -1011,6 +1025,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH. + forcepae [X86-32] + Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE). + Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a + functionally usable PAE implementation. + Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel + and may cause unknown problems. + ftrace=[tracer] [FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer as early as possible in order to facilitate early @@ -1726,16 +1747,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. option description. memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] - [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory - Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. + [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory. + Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn. memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG] [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data. - Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. + Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn. memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG] [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved. - Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. + Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn. Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff memmap=64K$0x18690000 or @@ -2053,8 +2074,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. IOAPICs that may be present in the system. nokaslr [X86] - Disable kernel base offset ASLR (Address Space - Layout Randomization) if built into the kernel. + Disable kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address + Space Layout Randomization) if built into the kernel. noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation. @@ -3409,14 +3430,24 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. of CONFIG_HIGHPTE. vdso= [X86,SH] - vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) - vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) + On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=. Otherwise: + + vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default) vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping - vdso32= [X86] - vdso32=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) - vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO (default) - vdso32=0: disable 32-bit VDSO mapping + vdso32= [X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO + vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO + vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO + + See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more + details. If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is + vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1. + + For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an + alias for vdso32=0. + + Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says: + dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed! vector= [IA-64,SMP] vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain |