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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 4924d387a65..3d5cd7a09b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: IA-32 IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled. IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled. IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled. - IP_PNP IP DCHP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled. + IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled. ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. @@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ running once the system is up. acpi_fake_ecdt [HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT + acpi_generic_hotkey [HW,ACPI] + Allow consolidated generic hotkey driver to + over-ride platform specific driver. + See also Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt. + ad1816= [HW,OSS] Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2> See also Documentation/sound/oss/AD1816. @@ -358,6 +363,10 @@ running once the system is up. cpia_pp= [HW,PPT] Format: { parport<nr> | auto | none } + crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] + [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to + hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic. + cs4232= [HW,OSS] Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpuio>,<mpuirq> @@ -447,6 +456,10 @@ running once the system is up. Format: {"as"|"cfq"|"deadline"|"noop"} See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details. + elfcorehdr= [IA-32] + Specifies physical address of start of kernel core image + elf header. + See Documentation/kdump.txt for details. enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status. Format: {"0" | "1"} @@ -548,6 +561,9 @@ running once the system is up. i810= [HW,DRM] + i8k.ignore_dmi [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data + indicates that the driver is running on unsupported + hardware. i8k.force [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature does not match list of supported models. i8k.power_status @@ -611,6 +627,17 @@ running once the system is up. ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c. + irqfixup [HW] + When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers + for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken + firmware running. + + irqpoll [HW] + When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers + for it. Also check all handlers each timer + interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken + firmware running. + isapnp= [ISAPNP] Format: <RDP>, <reset>, <pci_scan>, <verbosity> @@ -736,6 +763,9 @@ running once the system is up. maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel should make use of + max_addr=[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or + equal to this physical address is ignored. + max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe Should be between 1 and 2^32-1. @@ -1019,6 +1049,10 @@ running once the system is up. irqmask=0xMMMM [IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards this way. + pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [IA-32] Specify the physical address + of the PIRQ table (normally generated + by the BIOS) if it is outside the + F0000h-100000h range. lastbus=N [IA-32] Scan all buses till bus #N. Can be useful if the kernel is unable to find your secondary buses and you want to tell it explicitly which ones they are. @@ -1104,7 +1138,7 @@ running once the system is up. See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to - probe for (bare|imps|exps). + probe for (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any). psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports per second. psmouse.resetafter= |