X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkernel-parameters.txt;h=b56ea860da217368298f9e24fa0d56891e0e352d;hb=6d06b81bce5f325055e4cdf6621e827b512b7f89;hp=b9b0d7989f4e88ca1829f288dd7f9897fdaa4e1c;hpb=96b5b7f4f2d59b37c1fc2fba1ae25999accd6dcd;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index b9b0d79..b56ea86 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ parameter is applicable: ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. + KGDB Kernel debugger support is enabled. KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled. LIBATA Libata driver is enabled LP Printer support is enabled. @@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not strictly ACPI specification compliant. rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT + copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi @@ -288,9 +290,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file advansys= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c. - advwdt= [HW,WDT] Advantech WDT - Format: , - aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16 Format: ,,,,, See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c. @@ -711,6 +710,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real console. + ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging + ekgdboc=kbd + + This is desgined to be used in conjunction with + the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga + eata= [HW,SCSI] edd= [EDD] @@ -757,9 +762,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details. - eurwdt= [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog. - Format: [,] - failslab= fail_page_alloc= fail_make_request=[KNL] @@ -1119,10 +1121,26 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal zone if it does not. - kgdboc= [HW] kgdb over consoles. - Requires a tty driver that supports console polling. - (only serial supported for now) - Format: [,baud] + kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port. + Format: [,poll interval] + The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug + port as it is probed via PCI. The poll interval is + optional and is the number seconds in between + each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need + the functionality for interrupting the kernel with + gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection. When + not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into + the kernel debugger. + + kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles. + Requires a tty driver that supports console polling, + or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb). + Serial only format: [,baud] + keyboard only format: kbd + keyboard and serial format: kbd,[,baud] + + kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the + kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity. kmac= [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address. Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip @@ -2243,9 +2261,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file sched_debug [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages. - sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver - Format: [,[,]] - scsi_debug_*= [SCSI] See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c. @@ -2834,8 +2849,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file wd7000= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c. - wdt= [WDT] Watchdog - See Documentation/watchdog/wdt.txt. + watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers, + see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt + or other driver-specific files in the + Documentation/watchdog/ directory. x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of default x2apic cluster mode on platforms