From 0406ad336c066190770cbf350b552d608e43ed09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Chiang Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:06:30 -0700 Subject: ACPI: processor: add kernel command line support for early _PDC eval Allow platforms not listed in DMI table to opt-in and evaluate _PDC early. Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang Signed-off-by: Len Brown --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 736d4560288..826b6e14831 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file acpi_display_output=video See above. + acpi_early_pdc_eval [HW,ACPI] Evaluate processor _PDC methods + early. Needed on some platforms to properly + initialize the EC. + acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI] ACPI will balance active IRQs default in APIC mode -- cgit v1.2.3 From d944d549aa86e08cba080396513234cf048fee1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell King Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:13:29 +0000 Subject: ARM: allow alignment fault mode to be configured at kernel boot Some glibc versions intentionally create lots of alignment faults in their gconv code, which if not fixed up, results in segfaults during boot. This can prevent systems booting properly. There is no clear hard-configurable default for this; the desired default depends on the nature of the userspace which is going to be booted. So, provide a way for the alignment fault handler to be configured via the kernel command line. Signed-off-by: Russell King --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 826b6e14831..e7848a0d99e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -315,6 +315,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file aic79xx= [HW,SCSI] See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt. + alignment= [KNL,ARM] + Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler + behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings, + bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault. + amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84] Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system. Possible values are: -- cgit v1.2.3