X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkernel-parameters.txt;h=6fa7292947e5c8d100d6e426013aa31aa421f115;hb=4c8f1cb266cba4d1052f524d04df839d8f732ace;hp=54ebf100e4e02301e8f2f88a0b98ddc85d653a85;hpb=ac1b7c378ef26fba6694d5f118fe7fc16fee2fe2;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 54ebf10..6fa7292 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ parameter is applicable: ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. + KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled. LIBATA Libata driver is enabled LP Printer support is enabled. LOOP Loopback device support is enabled. @@ -229,14 +230,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value and always returns good values. - acpi.power_nocheck= [HW,ACPI] - Format: 1/0 enable/disable the check of power state. - On some bogus BIOS the _PSC object/_STA object of - power resource can't return the correct device power - state. In such case it is unneccessary to check its - power state again in power transition. - 1 : disable the power state check - acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode Format: { level | edge | high | low } @@ -678,7 +671,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN] earlyprintk=vga earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]] - earlyprintk=dbgp + earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#] Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console takes over. @@ -940,7 +933,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file 1 -- enable informational integrity auditing messages. ima_hash= [IMA] - Formt: { "sha1" | "md5" } + Format: { "sha1" | "md5" } default: "sha1" ima_tcb [IMA] @@ -1006,6 +999,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nomerge forcesac soft + pt [x86, IA64] io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in @@ -1105,6 +1099,44 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file kstack=N [X86] Print N words from the kernel stack in oops dumps. + kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs. + Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP) + + kvm.oos_shadow= [KVM] Disable out-of-sync shadow paging. + Default is 1 (enabled) + + kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM. + Default is 0 (off) + + kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU) + for all guests. + Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64bit or 32bit-PAE mode + + kvm-intel.bypass_guest_pf= + [KVM,Intel] Disables bypassing of guest page faults + on Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled) + + kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables + (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips. + Default is 1 (enabled) + + kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state= + [KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states + Default is 0 (disabled) + + kvm-intel.flexpriority= + [KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow). + Default is 1 (enabled) + + kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest= + [KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature + (virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable + Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled) + + kvm-intel.vpid= [KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification + feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips. + Default is 1 (enabled) + l2cr= [PPC] l3cr= [PPC] @@ -1122,6 +1154,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs. + + libata.ignore_hpa= [LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit + libata.ignore_hpa=0 keep BIOS limits (default) + libata.ignore_hpa=1 ignore limits, using full disk libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume when set. @@ -1250,6 +1286,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file (machvec) in a generic kernel. Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb + machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different + yeeloong laptop. + Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch + max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or equal to this physical address is ignored. @@ -1506,6 +1546,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback channel should listen. + nfs.cache_getent= + [NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used + to update the NFS client cache entries. + + nfs.cache_getent_timeout= + [NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to + update a cache entry is deemed to have failed. + nfs.idmap_cache_timeout= [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache entries. @@ -1517,7 +1565,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file of returning the full 64-bit number. The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers. - nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32] Specify one or more actions to take + nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32,SH] Specify one or more actions to take when a NMI is triggered. Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] @@ -1538,6 +1586,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file symbolic names: lapic and ioapic Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic + netpoll.carrier_timeout= + [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that + netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll + waits 4 seconds. + no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor is present. @@ -1727,8 +1780,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file oprofile.cpu_type= Force an oprofile cpu type This might be useful if you have an older oprofile userland or if you want common events. - Format: { archperfmon } - archperfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural + Format: { arch_perfmon } + arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the CPU specific event set. @@ -1862,7 +1915,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file IRQ routing is enabled. noacpi [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing or for PCI scanning. - nocrs [X86] Don't use _CRS for PCI resource + use_crs [X86] Use _CRS for PCI resource allocation. routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices. This is normally done in pci_enable_device(), @@ -1922,6 +1975,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: { 0 | 1 } See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c + percpu_alloc= Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use. + Currently supported values are "embed" and "page". + Archs may support subset or none of the selections. + See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each + allocator. This parameter is primarily for debugging + and performance comparison. + pf. [PARIDE] See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. @@ -2392,6 +2452,18 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file stifb= [HW] Format: bpp:[:[:...]] + sunrpc.min_resvport= + sunrpc.max_resvport= + [NFS,SUNRPC] + SunRPC servers often require that client requests + originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the + range 0 < portnr < 1024). + An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these + ports for other uses may adjust the range that the + kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged + using these two parameters to set the minimum and + maximum port values. + sunrpc.pool_mode= [NFS] Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to @@ -2408,6 +2480,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file pernode one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent to global on non-NUMA machines) + sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries= + sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries= + [NFS,SUNRPC] + Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous + RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a + server. Increasing these values may allow you to + improve throughput, but will also increase the + amount of memory reserved for use by the client. + swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs switches= [HW,M68k] @@ -2474,7 +2555,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file tp720= [HW,PS2] - trace_buf_size=nn[KMG] [ftrace] will set tracing buffer size. + trace_buf_size=nn[KMG] + [FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size. + + trace_event=[event-list] + [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order + to facilitate early boot debugging. + See also Documentation/trace/events.txt trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro Format: