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@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled.
SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled.
SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled.
+ FTRACE Function tracing enabled.
TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
USB USB support is enabled.
USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
@@ -220,14 +221,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
- See Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information
- about debug layers and levels.
+ The debug_level mask defaults to "info". See
+ Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about
+ debug layers and levels.
+ Enable processor driver info messages:
+ acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
+ Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
+ acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
object while interpreting AML:
acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
- Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
- acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 acpi.debug_level=0x4
Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
@@ -750,6 +754,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
+ ftrace=[tracer]
+ [ftrace] will set and start the specified tracer
+ as early as possible in order to facilitate early
+ boot debugging.
+
+ ftrace_dump_on_oops
+ [ftrace] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+
gamecon.map[2|3]=
[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
@@ -811,6 +823,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
+ hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console (HVC)
+ back-ends. Valid parameters: 0..8
+
i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
@@ -1393,7 +1408,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
when a NMI is triggered.
Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
- nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+ nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+ Format: [panic,][num]
+ Valid num: 0,1,2
+ 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
+ 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
+ 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using
+ a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance
+ counter and the local APIC's performance vector.
+ When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs.
+ This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box
+ quickly up again.
+ Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
+ symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
+ Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
@@ -1449,6 +1477,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
use it.
+ no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The
+ only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
+ is to be setuid root or executed by root.
+
nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
@@ -1626,6 +1658,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
+ noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
+ Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
+ should never be necessary.
+ ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
+ primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
+ boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
+ when the system masks IRQs.
+ noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
+ boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
+ a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
+ The opposite of ioapicreroute.
biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
on several machines and they hang the machine
@@ -2165,6 +2208,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
+ stacktrace [FTRACE]
+ Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
+
sti= [PARISC,HW]
Format: <num>
Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
@@ -2249,12 +2295,27 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
See comment before function dc390_setup() in
drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c.
+ topology= [S390]
+ Format: {off | on}
+ Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
+ topology informations if the hardware supports these.
+ The scheduler will make use of these informations and
+ e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
+ Default is off.
+
tp720= [HW,PS2]
trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
Format:
<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
+ tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
+ Format: <string>
+ [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
+ disables clocksource verification at runtime.
+ Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
+ hardware, and in virtualized environment.
+
turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
TurboGraFX parallel port interface
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