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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-05-05 14:55:20 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-05-05 14:55:20 -0700
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* 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6: (231 commits) [PATCH] i386: Don't delete cpu_devs data to identify different x86 types in late_initcall [PATCH] i386: type may be unused [PATCH] i386: Some additional chipset register values validation. [PATCH] i386: Add missing !X86_PAE dependincy to the 2G/2G split. [PATCH] x86-64: Don't exclude asm-offsets.c in Documentation/dontdiff [PATCH] i386: avoid redundant preempt_disable in __unlazy_fpu [PATCH] i386: white space fixes in i387.h [PATCH] i386: Drop noisy e820 debugging printks [PATCH] x86-64: Fix allnoconfig error in genapic_flat.c [PATCH] x86-64: Shut up warnings for vfat compat ioctls on other file systems [PATCH] x86-64: Share identical video.S between i386 and x86-64 [PATCH] x86-64: Remove CONFIG_REORDER [PATCH] x86-64: Print type and size correctly for unknown compat ioctls [PATCH] i386: Remove copy_*_user BUG_ONs for (size < 0) [PATCH] i386: Little cleanups in smpboot.c [PATCH] x86-64: Don't enable NUMA for a single node in K8 NUMA scanning [PATCH] x86: Use RDTSCP for synchronous get_cycles if possible [PATCH] i386: Add X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP [PATCH] i386: Implement X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC on i386 [PATCH] i386: Implement alternative_io for i386 ... Fix up trivial conflict in include/linux/highmem.h manually. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 84c3bd05c639..38d7db3262c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled.
NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled.
OSS OSS sound support is enabled.
+ PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel
PARIDE The ParIDE subsystem is enabled.
PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled.
PCI PCI bus support is enabled.
@@ -695,8 +696,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed
See Documentation/ide.txt.
- idle= [HW]
- Format: idle=poll or idle=halt
+ idle= [X86]
+ Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait
+ Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance
+ of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system
+ run hot. Not recommended.
+ idle=mwait. On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but the kernel chose
+ to not use it because it doesn't save as much power as a normal idle
+ loop use the MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be the same
+ as idle=poll.
ignore_loglevel [KNL]
Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
@@ -1157,6 +1165,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception
+ noreplace-paravirt [IA-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
+
+ noreplace-smp [IA-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
+ with UP alternatives
+
noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines.
noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
@@ -1562,6 +1575,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
smart2= [HW]
Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
+ smp-alt-once [IA-32,SMP] On a hotplug CPU system, only
+ attempt to substitute SMP alternatives once at boot.
+
snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA]
snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA]
@@ -1820,6 +1836,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
vdso= [IA-32,SH]
+ vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
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