kbuild: trivial documentation fixes

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index bf5d2cd..137e993 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that
 it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs
 running once the system is up.
 
+The number of kernel parameters is not limited, but the length of the
+complete command line (parameters including spaces etc.) is limited to
+a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture
+and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
+./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
+
+
        53c7xx=         [HW,SCSI] Amiga SCSI controllers
                        See header of drivers/scsi/53c7xx.c.
                        See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt.
@@ -435,6 +442,15 @@ 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.
@@ -564,8 +580,6 @@ running once the system is up.
        gscd=           [HW,CD]
                        Format: <io>
 
-       gt96100eth=     [NET] MIPS GT96100 Advanced Communication Controller
-
        gus=            [HW,OSS]
                        Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>
 
@@ -688,6 +702,12 @@ running once the system is up.
        ips=            [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller
                        See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c.
 
+       ports=          [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
+                       Default is 21.
+                       Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
+                       may be specified.
+                       Format: <port>,<port>....
+
        irqfixup        [HW]
                        When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
                        for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
@@ -1020,6 +1040,8 @@ running once the system is up.
 
        nocache         [ARM]
 
+       nodelayacct     [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
+
        nodisconnect    [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
 
        noexec          [IA-64]
@@ -1223,7 +1245,11 @@ running once the system is up.
                                bootloader. This is currently used on
                                IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be
                                configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs.
-
+               noearly         [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
+                               This might help on some broken boards which
+                               machine check when some devices' config space
+                               is read. But various workarounds are disabled
+                               and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
        pcmv=           [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
 
        pd.             [PARIDE]
@@ -1305,7 +1331,7 @@ running once the system is up.
        pt.             [PARIDE]
                        See Documentation/paride.txt.
 
-       quiet=          [KNL] Disable log messages
+       quiet           [KNL] Disable most log messages
 
        r128=           [HW,DRM]
 
@@ -1346,6 +1372,14 @@ running once the system is up.
 
        reserve=        [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
 
+       reservetop=     [IA-32]
+                       Format: nn[KMG]
+                       Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
+                       address space.
+
+       reset_devices   [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
+                       during initialization.
+
        resume=         [SWSUSP]
                        Specify the partition device for software suspend
 
@@ -1665,6 +1699,10 @@ 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.
 
@@ -1681,9 +1719,14 @@ 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>