X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkernel-parameters.txt;h=b8fadf5f75a3e388e29437af4604bba9d60210a8;hb=99fc8d424bc5d803fe92cad56c068fe64e73747a;hp=b2361667839fd8850c385d1ba0a1f5cea1878751;hpb=c7ffb6bb7a1b6fe5912a009d561733911769d32b;p=deliverable%2Flinux.git diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index b2361667839f..b8fadf5f75a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ parameter is applicable: ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled. APIC APIC support is enabled. APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled. + AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled. AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled. DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. @@ -369,7 +370,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file configured. Potentially dangerous and should only be used if you are entirely sure of the consequences. - chandev= [HW,NET] Generic channel device initialisation + ccw_timeout_log [S390] + See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. Format: { "0" | "1" } @@ -381,6 +383,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/checkreqprot. + cio_ignore= [S390] + See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. + + cio_msg= [S390] + See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. + clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override. [Deprecated] Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used @@ -408,8 +416,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file [SPARC64] tick [X86-64] hpet,tsc - code_bytes [IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an - oops report. + code_bytes [IA32/X86_64] How many bytes of object code to print + in an oops report. Range: 0 - 8192 Default: 64 @@ -422,7 +430,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage Format: { enable (default) | disable | force } disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead - force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4, VIA) + force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4, + VIA, nVidia) com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset Format: @@ -526,29 +535,30 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: [,] See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt. - default_blu= [VT] + vt.default_blu= [VT] Format: ,,,..., Change the default blue palette of the console. This is a 16-member array composed of values ranging from 0-255. - default_grn= [VT] + vt.default_grn= [VT] Format: ,,,..., Change the default green palette of the console. This is a 16-member array composed of values ranging from 0-255. - default_red= [VT] + vt.default_red= [VT] Format: ,,,..., Change the default red palette of the console. This is a 16-member array composed of values ranging from 0-255. - default_utf8= [VT] + vt.default_utf8= + [VT] Format=<0|1> Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's. - Default is 0 and by setting to 1, it enables UTF-8 - mode for all newly opened or allocated terminals. + Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all + newly opened terminals. dhash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. @@ -560,6 +570,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See drivers/char/README.epca and Documentation/digiepca.txt. + disable_mtrr_trim [X86-64, Intel only] + By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable + memory out of your available memory pool based on + MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior, + possibly causing your machine to run very slowly. + dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers dscc4.setup= [NET] @@ -585,11 +601,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file eata= [HW,SCSI] - ec_intr= [HW,ACPI] ACPI Embedded Controller interrupt mode - Format: - 0: polling mode - non-0: interrupt mode (default) - edd= [EDD] Format: {"of[f]" | "sk[ipmbr]"} See comment in arch/i386/boot/edd.S @@ -655,6 +666,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file gamma= [HW,DRM] + gart_fix_e820= [X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART + Format: off | on + default: on + gdth= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/gdth.c. @@ -789,6 +804,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file for translation below 32 bit and if not available then look in the higher range. + io_delay= [X86-32,X86-64] I/O delay method + 0x80 + Standard port 0x80 based delay + 0xed + Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems) + udelay + Simple two microseconds delay + none + No delay + io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c. @@ -886,6 +911,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer in C2 power state. + libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control + libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA + libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only + libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only + libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only + Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA + for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs. + libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume when set. Format: @@ -1118,6 +1151,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file of returning the full 64-bit number. The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers. + nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32] Specify one or more actions to take + when a NMI is triggered. + Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] + nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths @@ -1142,6 +1179,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects. + noefi [X86-32,X86-64] Disable EFI runtime services support. + noexec [IA-64] noexec [X86-32,X86-64] @@ -1443,7 +1482,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points. Param: - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for statistical time based profiling. - Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs) + Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs). + Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits. processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI] @@ -1587,7 +1627,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: :: (flags are integer value) - scsi_logging= [SCSI] + scsi_logging_level= [SCSI] a bit mask of logging levels + See drivers/scsi/scsi_logging.h for bits. Also + settable via sysctl at dev.scsi.logging_level + (/proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level). + There is also a nice 'scsi_logging_level' script in the + S390-tools package, available for download at + http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools-1.5.4.html scsi_mod.scan= [SCSI] sync (default) scans SCSI busses as they are discovered. async scans them in kernel threads, @@ -1954,6 +2000,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping + vdso32= [X86-32,X86-64] + vdso32=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) + vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO (default) + vdso32=0: disable 32-bit VDSO mapping + vector= [IA-64,SMP] vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain