Merge tag 'docs-4.16' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / Documentation / admin-guide / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 46b26bfee27ba81267703a1ceac7c0e082f1e5ec..dc63e5bddf7836aed4f3d3e5b77edf4c469bc7d4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
                        This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
                        GPE floodings.
                        Format: <int>
-                       Support masking of GPEs numbered from 0x00 to 0x7f.
 
        acpi_no_auto_serialize  [HW,ACPI]
                        Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@
 
        acpi_sleep=     [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
                        Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
-                                 old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable }
+                                 old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
                        See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
                        s3_bios and s3_mode.
                        s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
@@ -239,6 +238,9 @@
                        sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
                        on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
                        but some broken systems don't work without it).
+                       nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
+                       behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
+                       suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
 
        acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
                        Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
@@ -2050,9 +2052,6 @@
                        This tests the locking primitive's ability to
                        transition abruptly to and from idle.
 
-       locktorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
-                       Start locktorture running at boot time.
-
        locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
                        Specify the locking implementation to test.
 
@@ -2539,6 +2538,9 @@
                        This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
                        need the box quickly up again.
 
+                       These settings can be accessed at runtime via
+                       the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
+
        netpoll.carrier_timeout=
                        [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
                        netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
@@ -3486,9 +3488,6 @@
                        the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
                        N, where N is the number of CPUs
 
-       rcuperf.perf_runnable= [BOOT]
-                       Start rcuperf running at boot time.
-
        rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
                        Specify the RCU implementation to test.
 
@@ -3622,9 +3621,6 @@
                        Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
                        rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
 
-       rcutorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
-                       Start rcutorture running at boot time.
-
        rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
                        Specify the RCU implementation to test.
 
@@ -3682,7 +3678,8 @@
 
        rdt=            [HW,X86,RDT]
                        Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
-                       cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, mba.
+                       cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
+                       mba.
                        E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
                                rdt=cmt,!mba