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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 55bb093a08a3..8bb54c95cece 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -179,11 +179,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt, pci=noacpi - acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC] - Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used - on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the - second kernel for kdump. - acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC] Format: <int> 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available @@ -197,6 +192,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. (e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead of the ACPI video.ko driver. + 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.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG] acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG] Format: <int> @@ -225,6 +228,22 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. unusable. The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful if you need to capture more output. + acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI] + { strict | lax | no } + Check for resource conflicts between native drivers + and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory + only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be + used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and + can interfere with legacy drivers. + strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI + is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved + resources will fail to bind to device using them. + lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed; + legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources + will bind successfully but a warning message is logged. + no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved, + no further checks are performed. + acpi_force_table_verification [HW,ACPI] Enable table checksum verification during early stage. By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping @@ -253,6 +272,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. This feature is enabled by default. This option allows to turn off the feature. + acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug. Useful for kdump + kernels. + acpi_no_static_ssdt [HW,ACPI] Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be @@ -263,13 +285,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. dynamic table installation which will install SSDT tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic. - 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_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC] + Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used + on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the + second kernel for kdump. acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows" @@ -365,25 +384,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards that require a timer override, but don't have HPET - acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI] - { strict | lax | no } - Check for resource conflicts between native drivers - and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory - only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be - used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and - can interfere with legacy drivers. - strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI - is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved - resources will fail to bind to device using them. - lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed; - legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources - will bind successfully but a warning message is logged. - no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved, - no further checks are performed. - - acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug. Useful for kdump - kernels. - add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in kernel's map of available physical RAM. @@ -746,6 +746,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE] disable the cpuidle sub-system + cpu_init_udelay=N + [X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert + of APIC INIT to start processors. This delay occurs + on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend. + Default: 10000 + cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver Format: <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] @@ -937,12 +943,19 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Enable debug messages at boot time. See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for details. + nompx [X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions. + See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more + information about the feature. + eagerfpu= [X86] on enable eager fpu restore off disable eager fpu restore auto selects the default scheme, which automatically enables eagerfpu restore for xsaveopt. + module.async_probe [KNL] + Enable asynchronous probe on this module. + early_ioremap_debug [KNL] Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings @@ -1010,6 +1023,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]] earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate] earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#] + earlyprintk=pciserial,bus:device.function[,baudrate] earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by @@ -1482,6 +1496,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU has the capability. With this option, super page will not be supported. + ecs_off [Default Off] + By default, extended context tables will be supported if + the hardware advertises that it has support both for the + extended tables themselves, and also PASID support. With + this option set, extended tables will not be used even + on hardware which claims to support them. intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86] 0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle. @@ -1775,6 +1795,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. * [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ. + * [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM. + * nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both resets. @@ -2438,7 +2460,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling - nomce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception + nomce [X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines). @@ -2993,11 +3015,34 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process in one batch. + rcutree.dump_tree= [KNL] + Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree + out at early boot. This is used for diagnostic + purposes, to verify correct tree setup. + + rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay= [KNL] + Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of + RCU grace-period cleanup. This only has effect + when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_CLEANUP is set. + rcutree.gp_init_delay= [KNL] Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of RCU grace-period initialization. This only has - effect when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_INIT is - set. + effect when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_INIT + is set. + + rcutree.gp_preinit_delay= [KNL] + Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of + RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is, + the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up + the rcu_node combining tree. This only has effect + when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_PREINIT is set. + + rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL] + Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining + tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might + possibly be useful for architectures having high + cache-to-cache transfer latencies. rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL] Increase the number of CPUs assigned to each @@ -3102,7 +3147,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. test, hence the "fake". rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL] - Set number of RCU readers. + Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects + N-1, where N is the number of CPUs. A value + "n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again + the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N + (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on. rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL] Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing. |
