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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i386/boot.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 7 |
5 files changed, 23 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt index c51314b1a46..9575de300a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ---------------------------- H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> - Last update 2005-09-02 + Last update 2006-11-17 On the i386 platform, the Linux kernel uses a rather complicated boot convention. This has evolved partially due to historical aspects, as @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Protocol 2.03: (Kernel 2.4.18-pre1) Explicitly makes the highest possible initrd address available to the bootloader. Protocol 2.04: (Kernel 2.6.14) Extend the syssize field to four bytes. +Protocol 2.05: (Kernel 2.6.20) Make protected mode kernel relocatable. + Introduce relocatable_kernel and kernel_alignment fields. **** MEMORY LAYOUT @@ -129,6 +131,8 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 0226/2 N/A pad1 Unused 0228/4 2.02+ cmd_line_ptr 32-bit pointer to the kernel command line 022C/4 2.03+ initrd_addr_max Highest legal initrd address +0230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel +0234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not (1) For backwards compatibility, if the setup_sects field contains 0, the real value is 4. diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 6b3c3e37a27..b79bcdf1631 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -599,8 +599,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file hugepages= [HW,IA-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages. - noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing - i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from keyboard and cannot control its state @@ -1065,9 +1063,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file in certain environments such as networked servers or real-time systems. + noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing + noirqdebug [IA-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and disable unhandled interrupt sources. + no_timer_check [IA-32,X86_64,APIC] Disables the code which tests for + broken timer IRQ sources. + noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code. noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured @@ -1752,6 +1755,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file norandmaps Don't use address space randomization Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space + unwind_debug=N N > 0 will enable dwarf2 unwinder debugging + This is useful to get more information why + you got a "dwarf2 unwinder stuck" ______________________________________________________________________ diff --git a/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt b/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt index f39c9d714db..a2afca3b2ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt @@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ consider the following facts about the Linux kernel: - different structures can contain different fields - Some functions may not be implemented at all, (i.e. some locks compile away to nothing for non-SMP builds.) - - Parameter passing of variables from function to function can be - done in different ways (the CONFIG_REGPARM option controls - this.) - Memory within the kernel can be aligned in different ways, depending on the build options. - Linux runs on a wide range of different processor architectures. diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 0bc7f1e3c9e..5922e84d913 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - hotplug - java-appletviewer [ binfmt_java, obsolete ] - java-interpreter [ binfmt_java, obsolete ] +- kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ] - l2cr [ PPC only ] - modprobe ==> Documentation/kmod.txt - msgmax @@ -170,6 +171,13 @@ This flag controls the L2 cache of G3 processor boards. If ============================================================== +kstack_depth_to_print: (X86 only) + +Controls the number of words to print when dumping the raw +kernel stack. + +============================================================== + osrelease, ostype & version: # cat osrelease diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index f3c57f43ba6..dbdcaf68e3e 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ APICs apicmaintimer. Useful when your PIT timer is totally broken. - disable_8254_timer / enable_8254_timer - Enable interrupt 0 timer routing over the 8254 in addition to over - the IO-APIC. The kernel tries to set a sensible default. - Early Console syntax: earlyprintk=vga @@ -183,7 +179,7 @@ PCI IOMMU iommu=[size][,noagp][,off][,force][,noforce][,leak][,memaper[=order]][,merge] - [,forcesac][,fullflush][,nomerge][,noaperture] + [,forcesac][,fullflush][,nomerge][,noaperture][,calgary] size set size of iommu (in bytes) noagp don't initialize the AGP driver and use full aperture. off don't use the IOMMU @@ -204,6 +200,7 @@ IOMMU buffering. nodac Forbid DMA >4GB panic Always panic when IOMMU overflows + calgary Use the Calgary IOMMU if it is available swiotlb=pages[,force] |