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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
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1 files changed, 47 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index b3a6187..149f62b 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ parameter is applicable: APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled. AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. CD Appropriate CD support is enabled. - DEVFS devfs support is enabled. DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled @@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ parameter is applicable: MTD MTD support is enabled. NET Appropriate network support is enabled. NUMA NUMA support is enabled. + GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled. NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. OSS OSS sound support is enabled. PARIDE The ParIDE subsystem is enabled. @@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ running once the system is up. acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA Format: <irq>,<irq>... + acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS + Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows" + acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] empty param disables _OSI acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods @@ -176,6 +179,11 @@ running once the system is up. override platform specific driver. See also Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt. + acpi_pm_good [IA-32,X86-64] + Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel + to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value + and always returns good values. + enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer Can be useful to work around chipset bugs @@ -338,10 +346,11 @@ running once the system is up. Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/checkreqprot. - clock= [BUGS=IA-32,HW] gettimeofday timesource override. - Forces specified timesource (if avaliable) to be used - when calculating gettimeofday(). If specicified - timesource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT. + clock= [BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override. + [Deprecated] + Forces specified clocksource (if avaliable) to be used + when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified + clocksource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT. Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } disable_8254_timer @@ -426,13 +435,19 @@ running once the system is up. debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). + debug_locks_verbose= + [KNL] verbose self-tests + Format=<0|1> + Print debugging info while doing the locking API + self-tests. + We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to + 1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally + only useful to kernel developers. + decnet= [HW,NET] Format: <area>[,<node>] See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt. - devfs= [DEVFS] - See Documentation/filesystems/devfs/boot-options. - dhash_entries= [KNL] Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. @@ -1402,6 +1417,15 @@ running once the system is up. If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used later to disable prior to initial policy load. + selinux_compat_net = + [SELINUX] Set initial selinux_compat_net flag value. + Format: { "0" | "1" } + 0 -- use new secmark-based packet controls + 1 -- use legacy packet controls + Default value is 0 (preferred). + Value can be changed at runtime via + /selinux/compat_net. + serialnumber [BUGS=IA-32] sg_def_reserved_size= [SCSI] @@ -1605,6 +1629,10 @@ running once the system is up. time Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line + clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource + Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource + with the name specified. + tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT] Set communications timeout in tenths of a second (default 15). @@ -1646,6 +1674,10 @@ running once the system is up. usbhid.mousepoll= [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. + vdso= [IA-32] + vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) + vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping + video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt. @@ -1662,9 +1694,14 @@ running once the system is up. decrease the size and leave more room for directly mapped kernel RAM. - vmhalt= [KNL,S390] + vmhalt= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt. + Format: <command> + + vmpanic= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic. + Format: <command> - vmpoff= [KNL,S390] + vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off. + Format: <command> waveartist= [HW,OSS] Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2> |
