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authorPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2008-10-20 11:17:52 +0900
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2008-10-20 11:17:52 +0900
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt arch/sh/include/asm/elf.h
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@@ -284,6 +284,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
isolate - enable device isolation (each device, as far
as possible, will get its own protection
domain)
+ fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
+ they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
+ flushed before they will be reused, which
+ is a lot of faster
+
amd_iommu_size= [HW,X86-64]
Define the size of the aperture for the AMD IOMMU
driver. Possible values are:
@@ -463,12 +468,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Range: 0 - 8192
Default: 64
- disable_8254_timer
- enable_8254_timer
- [IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing
- over the 8254 in addition to over the IO-APIC. The
- kernel tries to set a sensible default.
-
hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
Format: { enable (default) | disable | force }
disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
@@ -659,11 +658,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
earlyprintk= [X86-32,X86-64,SH,BLACKFIN]
earlyprintk=vga
earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
+ earlyprintk=dbgp
Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
takes over.
- Only vga or serial at a time, not both.
+ Only vga or serial or usb debug port at a time.
Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 are supported.
@@ -798,6 +798,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
+ i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
keyboard and cannot control its state
@@ -1022,6 +1023,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
(only serial suported for now)
Format: <serial_device>[,baud]
+ kmac= [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
+ Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
+ Ethernet adapter MAC address.
+
l2cr= [PPC]
l3cr= [PPC]
@@ -1234,6 +1239,29 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
or
memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
+ memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
+ Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
+ memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
+ Setting this option will scan the memory
+ looking for corruption. Enabling this will
+ both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
+ from using the memory being corrupted.
+ However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
+ repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
+ affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
+ to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
+
+ memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
+ By default it checks for corruption in the low
+ 64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
+ use. Use this parameter to scan for
+ corruption in more or less memory.
+
+ memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
+ By default it checks for corruption every 60
+ seconds. Use this parameter to check at some
+ other rate. 0 disables periodic checking.
+
memtest= [KNL,X86] Enable memtest
Format: <integer>
range: 0,4 : pattern number
@@ -1435,6 +1463,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
+ nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
+
+ x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
+ default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
+ supporting x2apic.
+
noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
lowmem mapping on PPC40x.
@@ -1690,6 +1724,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
autoconfiguration.
Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
+ dynamic_printk
+ Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
+ CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled. These can also
+ be switched on/off via <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
+
print-fatal-signals=
[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to
@@ -1892,6 +1931,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
shapers= [NET]
Maximal number of shapers.
+ show_msr= [x86] show boot-time MSR settings
+ Format: { <integer> }
+ Show boot-time (BIOS-initialized) MSR settings.
+ The parameter means the number of CPUs to show,
+ for example 1 means boot CPU only.
+
sim710= [SCSI,HW]
See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c.
@@ -2218,6 +2263,25 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set
to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
+ usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
+ [USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
+
+ usbcore.blinkenlights=
+ [USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
+
+ usbcore.old_scheme_first=
+ [USB] Start with the old device initialization
+ scheme (default 0 = off).
+
+ usbcore.use_both_schemes=
+ [USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
+ if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
+
+ usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
+ [USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
+ USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
+ (default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
+
usbhid.mousepoll=
[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
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