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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 22303b2e74b..de12397b60a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ parameter is applicable: AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled. AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled. + CLK Common clock infrastructure is enabled. DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled @@ -320,6 +321,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes + alloc_snapshot [FTRACE] + Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the + main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging + and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and + do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs + to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed. + amd_iommu= [HW,X86-64] Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system. Possible values are: @@ -465,6 +473,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. cio_ignore= [S390] See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. + clk_ignore_unused + [CLK] + Keep all clocks already enabled by bootloader on, + even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful + for debug and development, but should not be + needed on a platform with proper driver support. + For more information, see Documentation/clk.txt. clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override. [Deprecated] @@ -596,9 +611,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. is selected automatically. Check Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details. - crashkernel_low=size[KMG] - [KNL, x86] parts under 4G. - crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset] [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory in the running system. The syntax of range is @@ -606,6 +618,26 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example. + crashkernel=size[KMG],high + [KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel + to allocate physical memory region from top, so could + be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed. + Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if + available. + It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified. + crashkernel=size[KMG],low + [KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high + is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region + above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system + that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb + requires at least 64M+32K low memory. Kernel would + try to allocate 72M below 4G automatically. + This one let user to specify own low range under 4G + for second kernel instead. + 0: to disable low allocation. + It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used + or memory reserved is below 4G. + cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] Format: <dma> @@ -788,6 +820,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. edd= [EDD] Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"} + efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86] + Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of + your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if + you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and + fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick. + eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW] See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c. @@ -3235,6 +3273,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. or other driver-specific files in the Documentation/watchdog/ directory. + workqueue.disable_numa + By default, all work items queued to unbound + workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're + issued on, which results in better behavior in + general. If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for + whatever reason, this option can be used. Note + that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for + workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/. + x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of default x2apic cluster mode on platforms supporting x2apic. |