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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/lockdep-design.txt | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 28 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | 2 |
5 files changed, 14 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index 372dec20c8d..5cff41a5fa7 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ seriously wrong while debugging, it will most often be the case that you want to enable gdb to be verbose about its target communications. You do this prior to issuing the <constant>target - remote</constant> command by typing in: <constant>set remote debug 1</constant> + remote</constant> command by typing in: <constant>set debug remote 1</constant> </para> </chapter> <chapter id="KGDBTestSuite"> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 90b3924071b..e87bdbfbcc7 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus usbcore.blinkenlights=1 +Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so + log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1 +can also be entered as + log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1 + + This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also @@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have APC and your system crashes randomly. - apic= [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller + apic= [APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Change the output verbosity whilst booting Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } Change the amount of debugging information output @@ -702,7 +708,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB entry later. This parameter enables that. - enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] + enable_timer_pin_1 [X86] Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer Can be useful to work around chipset bugs (in particular on some ATI chipsets). @@ -775,7 +781,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on - for IA-64, off otherwise. + for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise. Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer diff --git a/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt b/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt index 938ea22f2cc..e20d913d591 100644 --- a/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt @@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ locking error messages, inside curlies. A contrived example: The bit position indicates STATE, STATE-read, for each of the states listed above, and the character displayed in each indicates: - '.' acquired while irqs disabled - '+' acquired in irq context - '-' acquired with irqs enabled + '.' acquired while irqs disabled and not in irq context + '-' acquired in irq context + '+' acquired with irqs enabled '?' acquired in irq context with irqs enabled. Unused mutexes cannot be part of the cause of an error. diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index b716d33912d..c302ddf629a 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - nr_hugepages - nr_overcommit_hugepages - nr_pdflush_threads -- nr_pdflush_threads_min -- nr_pdflush_threads_max - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) - numa_zonelist_order - oom_dump_tasks @@ -469,32 +467,6 @@ The default value is 0. ============================================================== -nr_pdflush_threads_min - -This value controls the minimum number of pdflush threads. - -At boot time, the kernel will create and maintain 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' -threads for the kernel's lifetime. - -The default value is 2. The minimum value you can specify is 1, and -the maximum value is the current setting of 'nr_pdflush_threads_max'. - -See 'nr_pdflush_threads_max' below for more information. - -============================================================== - -nr_pdflush_threads_max - -This value controls the maximum number of pdflush threads that can be -created. The pdflush algorithm will create a new pdflush thread (up to -this maximum) if no pdflush threads have been available for >= 1 second. - -The default value is 8. The minimum value you can specify is the -current value of 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' and the -maximum is 1000. - -============================================================== - overcommit_memory: This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment. diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt index 6049a2a84dd..5d8bc2cd250 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ versions of the sysfs interface. "devices" directory at /sys/subsystem/<name>/devices. If /sys/subsystem exists, /sys/bus, /sys/class and /sys/block can be - ignored. If it does not exist, you have always to scan all three + ignored. If it does not exist, you always have to scan all three places, as the kernel is free to move a subsystem from one place to the other, as long as the devices are still reachable by the same subsystem name. |