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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 30 |
3 files changed, 33 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt index 6b71852dadc2..4ec843123cc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt @@ -3081,3 +3081,8 @@ 1 = /dev/osd1 Second OSD Device ... 255 = /dev/osd255 256th OSD Device + + 384-511 char RESERVED FOR DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT + Character devices that request a dynamic allocation of major + number will take numbers starting from 511 and downward, + once the 234-254 range is full. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst index d76ab3907e2b..b2598cc9834c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst @@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ parameter is applicable:: PPT Parallel port support is enabled. PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled. RAM RAM disk support is enabled. + RDT Intel Resource Director Technology. S390 S390 architecture is enabled. SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. A lot of drivers have their options described inside diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index d9c171ce4190..6996b7727b85 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2233,6 +2233,17 @@ memory contents and reserves bad memory regions that are detected. + mem_encrypt= [X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control + Valid arguments: on, off + Default (depends on kernel configuration option): + on (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y) + off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n) + mem_encrypt=on: Activate SME + mem_encrypt=off: Do not activate SME + + Refer to Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.txt + for details on when memory encryption can be activated. + mem_sleep_default= [SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode: s2idle - Suspend-To-Idle shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported) @@ -2633,9 +2644,10 @@ In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside - the range to maintain the timekeeping. - The CPUs in this range must also be included in the - rcu_nocbs= set. + the range to maintain the timekeeping. Any CPUs + in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded, + just as if they had also been called out in the + rcu_nocbs= boot parameter. noiotrap [SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses. @@ -2696,6 +2708,8 @@ nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of pagetables) support. + nopcid [X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature. + norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space @@ -3598,6 +3612,12 @@ Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, used for early userspace startup. See initrd. + rdt= [HW,X86,RDT] + Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is: + cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, mba. + E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use: + rdt=cmt,!mba + reboot= [KNL] Format (x86 or x86_64): [w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \ @@ -4375,6 +4395,10 @@ decrease the size and leave more room for directly mapped kernel RAM. + vmcp_cma=nn[MG] [KNL,S390] + Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory + allocations for the vmcp device driver. + vmhalt= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt. Format: <command> |
