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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86_64')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86_64/00-INDEX | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt | 9 |
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/00-INDEX b/Documentation/x86_64/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..92fc20ab5f0e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +00-INDEX + - This file +boot-options.txt + - AMD64-specific boot options. +cpu-hotplug-spec + - Firmware support for CPU hotplug under Linux/x86-64 +fake-numa-for-cpusets + - Using numa=fake and CPUSets for Resource Management +kernel-stacks + - Context-specific per-processor interrupt stacks. +machinecheck + - Configurable sysfs parameters for the x86-64 machine check code. +mm.txt + - Memory layout of x86-64 (4 level page tables, 46 bits physical). +uefi.txt + - Booting Linux via Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 945311840a10..34abae4e9442 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -110,12 +110,18 @@ Idle loop Rebooting - reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] [, [w]arm | [c]old] + reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] | a[cpi] | e[fi] [, [w]arm | [c]old] bios Use the CPU reboot vector for warm reset warm Don't set the cold reboot flag cold Set the cold reboot flag triple Force a triple fault (init) kbd Use the keyboard controller. cold reset (default) + acpi Use the ACPI RESET_REG in the FADT. If ACPI is not configured or the + ACPI reset does not work, the reboot path attempts the reset using + the keyboard controller. + efi Use efi reset_system runtime service. If EFI is not configured or the + EFI reset does not work, the reboot path attempts the reset using + the keyboard controller. Using warm reset will be much faster especially on big memory systems because the BIOS will not go through the memory check. diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt index 91a98edfb588..7d77120a5184 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Mechanics: - Build the kernel with the following configuration. CONFIG_FB_EFI=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y + If EFI runtime services are expected, the following configuration should + be selected. + CONFIG_EFI=y + CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y or m # optional - Create a VFAT partition on the disk - Copy the following to the VFAT partition: elilo bootloader with x86_64 support, elilo configuration file, @@ -27,3 +31,8 @@ Mechanics: can be found in the elilo sourceforge project. - Boot to EFI shell and invoke elilo choosing the kernel image built in first step. +- If some or all EFI runtime services don't work, you can try following + kernel command line parameters to turn off some or all EFI runtime + services. + noefi turn off all EFI runtime services + reboot_type=k turn off EFI reboot runtime service |
