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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-10-23 14:45:09 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-10-23 14:45:09 -0700
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Merge branch 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 EFI updates from Peter Anvin: "This patchset falls under the "maintainers that grovel" clause in the v3.18-rc1 announcement. We had intended to push it late in the merge window since we got it into the -tip tree relatively late. Many of these are relatively simple things, but there are a couple of key bits, especially Ard's and Matt's patches" * 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (24 commits) rtc: Disable EFI rtc for x86 efi: rtc-efi: Export platform:rtc-efi as module alias efi: Delete the in_nmi() conditional runtime locking efi: Provide a non-blocking SetVariable() operation x86/efi: Adding efi_printks on memory allocationa and pci.reads x86/efi: Mark initialization code as such x86/efi: Update comment regarding required phys mapped EFI services x86/efi: Unexport add_efi_memmap variable x86/efi: Remove unused efi_call* macros efi: Resolve some shadow warnings arm64: efi: Format EFI memory type & attrs with efi_md_typeattr_format() ia64: efi: Format EFI memory type & attrs with efi_md_typeattr_format() x86: efi: Format EFI memory type & attrs with efi_md_typeattr_format() efi: Introduce efi_md_typeattr_format() efi: Add macro for EFI_MEMORY_UCE memory attribute x86/efi: Clear EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES if failing to enter virtual mode arm64/efi: Do not enter virtual mode if booting with efi=noruntime or noefi arm64/efi: uefi_init error handling fix efi: Add kernel param efi=noruntime lib: Add a generic cmdline parse function parse_option_str ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 988160a..74339c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1015,10 +1015,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
efi= [EFI]
- Format: { "old_map" }
+ Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime" }
old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
default.
+ nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
+ boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
+ firmware implementations.
+ noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
@@ -2232,7 +2236,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
- noefi [X86] Disable EFI runtime services support.
+ noefi Disable EFI runtime services support.
noexec [IA-64]
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