X-Git-Url: http://git.rot13.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkernel-parameters.txt;h=22b19962a1a2634d53184976c42d268fdfdab6e7;hb=32aed2a5ce31dc8f42811a0e74020f230241165a;hp=2e1898e4e8fd38e67ac9913480178454b094355e;hpb=ec0bf39a471bf6fcd01def2bd677128cea940b73;p=powerpc.git diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 2e1898e4e8..22b19962a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly. Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme need or coordination with . +There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here. +See for example . + Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that @@ -361,6 +364,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } + code_bytes [IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an + oops report. + Range: 0 - 8192 + Default: 64 + disable_8254_timer enable_8254_timer [IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing @@ -548,6 +556,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file eurwdt= [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog. Format: [,] + failslab= + fail_page_alloc= + fail_make_request=[KNL] + General fault injection mechanism. + Format: ,,, + See also /Documentation/fault-injection/. + fd_mcs= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c. @@ -599,8 +614,6 @@ 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 @@ -650,6 +663,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file idle= [HW] Format: idle=poll or idle=halt + ignore_loglevel [KNL] + Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ + kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging. + ihash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for inode cache. @@ -714,7 +731,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: ,,, isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler. - Format: ,..., + Format: + ,..., + or + - (must be a positive range in ascending order) + or a mixture + ,...,- This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off @@ -1012,6 +1034,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor is present. + noaliencache [MM, NUMA] Disables the allcoation of alien caches in + the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory, but will + impact performance on real NUMA hardware. + noalign [KNL,ARM] noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any @@ -1052,9 +1078,14 @@ 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 @@ -1285,6 +1316,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points. Param: - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for statistical time based profiling. + Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs) processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI] Limit processor to maximum C-state @@ -1366,6 +1398,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file resume= [SWSUSP] Specify the partition device for software suspend + resume_offset= [SWSUSP] + Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition + given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located, + in units (needed only for swap files). + See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt + + retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction + rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] Set number of hash buckets for route cache @@ -1626,6 +1666,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file sym53c416= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/sym53c416.c. + sysrq_always_enabled + [KNL] + Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will + neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq. + Useful for debugging. + t128= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/t128.c. @@ -1678,6 +1724,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file uart6850= [HW,OSS] Format: , + uhci-hcd.ignore_oc= + [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N). + Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of + bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to + anything. Set this parameter to avoid log spamming. + Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be + reported either. + usbhid.mousepoll= [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. @@ -1732,6 +1786,9 @@ 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" ______________________________________________________________________