X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkernel-parameters.txt;h=d8ce217d1f726ef2b94113b2430f8b30656bcd63;hb=28b4d5cc17c20786848cdc07b7ea237a309776bb;hp=4b765b7ded9fb0a107dc0f1c1f9fef2434537250;hpb=39f45d7bc0df52db8a7dd099ac02fef89514b7fc;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 4b765b7..d8ce217 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ parameter is applicable: EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. FB The frame buffer device is enabled. + GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled. HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled. IMA Integrity measurement architecture is enabled. @@ -56,6 +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. @@ -83,7 +85,6 @@ parameter is applicable: PPT Parallel port support is enabled. PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled. RAM RAM disk support is enabled. - ROOTPLUG The example Root Plug LSM is enabled. S390 S390 architecture is enabled. SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. A lot of drivers has their options described inside of @@ -228,14 +229,6 @@ 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 } @@ -491,6 +484,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable some critical bits. + cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no } + Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive + when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments + to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by + a hypervisor. + Default: yes + code_bytes [X86] How many bytes of object code to print in an oops report. Range: 0 - 8192 @@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file console=brl,ttyS0 For now, only VisioBraille is supported. + consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in + seconds. Defaults to 10*60 = 10mins. A value of 0 + disables the blank timer. + coredump_filter= [KNL] Change the default value for /proc//coredump_filter. @@ -666,7 +670,8 @@ 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=ttySn[,baudrate] + earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#] Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console takes over. @@ -773,6 +778,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory. + ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list] + [FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced + by the function graph tracer at boot up. + function-list is a comma separated list of functions + that can be changed at run time by the + set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory. + gamecon.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) @@ -785,6 +797,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: off | on default: on + gcov_persist= [GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for + kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via + debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded. + When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated + debugfs files are removed at module unload time. + gdth= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/gdth.c. @@ -922,7 +940,7 @@ 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] @@ -988,6 +1006,7 @@ 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 @@ -1087,6 +1106,44 @@ 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] @@ -1104,6 +1161,10 @@ 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. @@ -1232,6 +1293,10 @@ 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. @@ -1413,6 +1478,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file mtdparts= [MTD] See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c. + onenand.bdry= [HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration + + Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock] + + boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND. + The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks. + lock - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked. + Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed. + 1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status. + mtdset= [ARM] ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control @@ -1478,6 +1553,14 @@ 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. @@ -1489,7 +1572,7 @@ 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] @@ -1510,6 +1593,11 @@ 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. @@ -1699,8 +1787,8 @@ 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. @@ -1779,6 +1867,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak). nommconf [X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI Configuration + check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable + properly configured MMIO access to PCI + config space on AMD family 10h CPU nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. @@ -1868,6 +1959,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment. PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource windows need to be expanded. + ecrc= Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer + end-to-end CRC checking). + bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the + the default. + off: Turn ECRC off + on: Turn ECRC on. pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power Management. @@ -1885,6 +1982,13 @@ 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. @@ -1934,8 +2038,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file print-fatal-signals= [KNL] debug: print fatal signals - print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to - the kernel console. + + If enabled, warn about various signal handling + related application anomalies: too many signals, + too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a + coredump - etc. + + If you hit the warning due to signal overflow, + you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited". + default: off. printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line @@ -2066,15 +2177,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously (e.g. USB and MMC devices). - root_plug.vendor_id= - [ROOTPLUG] Override the default vendor ID - - root_plug.product_id= - [ROOTPLUG] Override the default product ID - - root_plug.debug= - [ROOTPLUG] Enable debugging output - rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot S [KNL] Run init in single mode @@ -2355,6 +2457,18 @@ 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 @@ -2371,6 +2485,15 @@ 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] @@ -2437,7 +2560,13 @@ 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: @@ -2465,6 +2594,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file uart6850= [HW,OSS] Format: , + uhash_entries= [KNL,NET] + Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections + uhci-hcd.ignore_oc= [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N). Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of