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@@ -809,6 +809,8 @@
enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
+ Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
+ useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
on: enable the feature
debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging
@@ -860,6 +862,10 @@
disable_radix [PPC]
Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
+ disable_tlbie [PPC]
+ Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
+ with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
+
disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
Format: <int>
The number of initial APIC ID for the
@@ -1094,6 +1100,12 @@
the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
mapped with the correct attributes.
+ linflex,<addr>
+ Use early console provided by Freescale LinFlex UART
+ serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
+ address must be provided, and the serial port must
+ already be setup and configured.
+
earlyprintk= [X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
earlyprintk=vga
earlyprintk=sclp
@@ -3455,12 +3467,13 @@
specify the device is described above.
If <order of align> is not specified,
PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
- PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
+ A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
windows need to be expanded.
To specify the alignment for several
instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
- specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
+ specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
+ for 4096-byte alignment.
ecrc= Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
end-to-end CRC checking).
bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
@@ -4635,6 +4648,11 @@
/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
is set. Default value is 5.
+ svm= [PPC]
+ Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
+ This parameter controls use of the Protected
+ Execution Facility on pSeries.
+
swapaccount=[0|1]
[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
@@ -5320,3 +5338,22 @@
A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
+
+ xmon [PPC]
+ Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
+ Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
+ Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
+ early Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
+ debugger is called from setup_arch().
+ on xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
+ is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
+ i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
+ with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
+ rw xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
+ is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
+ meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
+ can be written using xmon commands.
+ ro same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
+ memory, and other data can't be written using
+ xmon commands.
+ off xmon is disabled.
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