X-Git-Url: http://git.rot13.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkernel-parameters.txt;h=abd575cfc759acbf085644ebe9b7dc04dd8ce81d;hb=a79abdc6eeca745b2af04fc03f9a04da0d294094;hp=b79bcdf163199fe147311cb94e3711a0cb24512d;hpb=0a01707b289853f56d1c000057b27e243c039722;p=powerpc.git diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index b79bcdf163..abd575cfc7 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. @@ -594,6 +609,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem size on bigger boxes. + highres= [KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode. + Valid parameters: "on", "off" + Default: "on" + hisax= [HW,ISDN] See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax. @@ -1063,6 +1082,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file in certain environments such as networked servers or real-time systems. + nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks + Valid arguments: on, off + Default: on + noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing noirqdebug [IA-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and @@ -1389,6 +1412,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file 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 @@ -1649,6 +1674,12 @@ 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. @@ -1701,6 +1732,14 @@ 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.