X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/samba.git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkernel-parameters.txt;h=6b3c3e37a27759ae97753e5944a59630c1fe4ada;hb=792908225064b1d841a8990b9d1d1cfc4e0e5bb2;hp=137e993f4329aa9c6cc83a7835dcc9380312dbd6;hpb=e823aff2d6eb43083abcc75a32ddfb167c324089;p=sfrench%2Fcifs-2.6.git diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 137e993f4329..6b3c3e37a277 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI] Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override. For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer. + acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI} + Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards + that require a timer override, but don't have + HPET acpi_dbg_layer= [HW,ACPI] Format: @@ -289,9 +293,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file autotest [IA64] - awe= [HW,OSS] AWE32/SB32/AWE64 wave table synth - Format: ,, - aztcd= [HW,CD] Aztech CD268 CDROM driver Format: ,0x79 (?) @@ -355,9 +356,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file clock= [BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override. [Deprecated] - Forces specified clocksource (if avaliable) to be used + Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified - clocksource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT. + clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } disable_8254_timer @@ -536,10 +537,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Default value is 0. Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce. - es1370= [HW,OSS] - Format: [,] - See also header of sound/oss/es1370.c. - es1371= [HW,OSS] Format: ,[,[]] See also header of sound/oss/es1371.c. @@ -560,9 +557,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file floppy= [HW] See Documentation/floppy.txt. - ftape= [HW] Floppy Tape subsystem debugging options. - See Documentation/ftape.txt. - gamecon.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) @@ -580,9 +574,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file gscd= [HW,CD] Format: - gus= [HW,OSS] - Format: ,,, - gvp11= [HW,SCSI] hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot @@ -611,8 +602,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode - i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controlled can only read data from - keyboard and can not control its state + i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from + keyboard and cannot control its state (Don't attempt to blink the leds) i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port @@ -659,6 +650,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file idle= [HW] Format: idle=poll or idle=halt + ignore_loglevel [KNL] + Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ + kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging. + ihash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for inode cache. @@ -723,7 +718,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: ,,, isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler. - Format: ,..., + Format: + ,..., + or + - (must be a positive range in ascending order) + or a mixture + ,...,- This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off @@ -841,12 +841,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file (machvec) in a generic kernel. Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb - mad16= [HW,OSS] Format: - ,,,,,, - - maui= [HW,OSS] - Format: , - max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can be mounted Format: <1-256> @@ -1027,6 +1021,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor is present. + noaliencache [MM, NUMA] Disables the allcoation of alien caches in + the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory, but will + impact performance on real NUMA hardware. + noalign [KNL,ARM] noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any @@ -1114,9 +1112,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file opl3= [HW,OSS] Format: - opl3sa= [HW,OSS] - Format: ,,,,, - opl3sa2= [HW,OSS] Format: ,,,,,,,[,, - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for statistical time based profiling. + Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs) processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI] Limit processor to maximum C-state @@ -1357,10 +1358,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file rcu.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which batch limiting is re-enabled. - rcu.rsinterval= [KNL,BOOT,SMP] Set the number of additional - RCU callbacks to queued before forcing reschedule - on all cpus. - rdinit= [KNL] Format: Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, @@ -1368,7 +1365,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file reboot= [BUGS=IA-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode Format: [,[,...]] - See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c. + See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area @@ -1383,6 +1380,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file resume= [SWSUSP] Specify the partition device for software suspend + resume_offset= [SWSUSP] + Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition + given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located, + in units (needed only for swap files). + See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt + rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] Set number of hash buckets for route cache @@ -1433,6 +1436,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file scsi_logging= [SCSI] + scsi_mod.scan= [SCSI] sync (default) scans SCSI busses as they are + discovered. async scans them in kernel threads, + allowing boot to proceed. none ignores them, expecting + user space to do the scan. + selinux [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time. Format: { "0" | "1" } See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. @@ -1455,9 +1463,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file sg_def_reserved_size= [SCSI] - sgalaxy= [HW,OSS] - Format: ,,,, - shapers= [NET] Maximal number of shapers. @@ -1598,9 +1603,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA] - sonicvibes= [HW,OSS] - Format: - sonycd535= [HW,CD] Format: [,]