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@@ -646,6 +646,20 @@
console=brl,ttyS0
For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
+ console_msg_format=
+ [KNL] Change console messages format
+ default
+ By default we print messages on consoles in
+ "[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
+ printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
+ `printk_time' param).
+ syslog
+ Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
+ IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
+ prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
+ syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
+ from /proc/kmsg.
+
consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
Defaults to 0.
@@ -2055,9 +2069,6 @@
This tests the locking primitive's ability to
transition abruptly to and from idle.
- locktorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
- Start locktorture running at boot time.
-
locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
Specify the locking implementation to test.
@@ -2544,6 +2555,9 @@
This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
need the box quickly up again.
+ These settings can be accessed at runtime via
+ the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
+
netpoll.carrier_timeout=
[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
@@ -2747,8 +2761,6 @@
norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
- noreplace-paravirt [X86,IA-64,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
-
noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
with UP alternatives
@@ -3491,9 +3503,6 @@
the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
N, where N is the number of CPUs
- rcuperf.perf_runnable= [BOOT]
- Start rcuperf running at boot time.
-
rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
Specify the RCU implementation to test.
@@ -3627,9 +3636,6 @@
Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the
rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
- rcutorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
- Start rcutorture running at boot time.
-
rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
Specify the RCU implementation to test.
@@ -3687,7 +3693,8 @@
rdt= [HW,X86,RDT]
Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
- cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, mba.
+ cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
+ mba.
E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
rdt=cmt,!mba
@@ -3707,7 +3714,11 @@
[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt.
- reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
+ reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
+ Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
+ Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
+ them. If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
+ is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
reservetop= [X86-32]
Format: nn[KMG]
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