X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/samba.git/?p=sfrench%2Fcifs-2.6.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkernel-parameters.txt;h=a853e860786527415a15eadcf9e0388d80a25424;hp=78eb66b8619cad490e58f2df86016178c25eebed;hb=36a557d1f48669c57f59e37d9334400a29e4e53c;hpb=6665bda76461308868bd1e52caf627f4cb29ed32 diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 78eb66b8619c..a853e8607865 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -February 2003 Kernel Parameters v2.5.59 + Kernel Parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented @@ -17,9 +17,17 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus usbcore.blinkenlights=1 -The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description states the -restrictions on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The -restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: +This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command +"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable +module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also +reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these +parameters may be changed at runtime by the command +"echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}". + +The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were +enabled and if respective hardware is present. The text in square brackets at +the beginning of each description states the restrictions within which a +parameter is applicable: ACPI ACPI support is enabled. ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled. @@ -1049,10 +1057,10 @@ running once the system is up. noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel lowmem mapping on PPC40x. - nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception - nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling + nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception + noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap @@ -1685,20 +1693,6 @@ running once the system is up. ______________________________________________________________________ -Changelog: - -2000-06-?? Mr. Unknown - The last known update (for 2.4.0) - the changelog was not kept before. - -2002-11-24 Petr Baudis - Randy Dunlap - Update for 2.5.49, description for most of the options introduced, - references to other documentation (C files, READMEs, ..), added S390, - PPC, SPARC, MTD, ALSA and OSS category. Minor corrections and - reformatting. - -2005-10-19 Randy Dunlap - Lots of typos, whitespace, some reformatting. TODO: