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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-07-18 12:19:57 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-07-18 12:20:01 +0200
commit45bceffc3013bda7d2ebc7802e9b153b674e2d44 (patch)
tree222d7dd8fd300925cbf12cdc0fba5bee2528997e /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parent6f2f3cf00ee32f75ba007a46bab88a54d68a5deb (diff)
parent78af08d90b8f745044b1274430bc4bc6b2b27aca (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/core
Merge reason: tracing/core was on an older, pre-rc1 base. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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@@ -229,14 +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 }
@@ -1728,8 +1720,8 @@ 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.
@@ -1863,7 +1855,7 @@ 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(),
@@ -1923,6 +1915,12 @@ 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= [X86] Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
+ Allowed values are one of "lpage", "embed" and "4k".
+ See comments in arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c for
+ details on each allocator. This parameter is primarily
+ for debugging and performance comparison.
+
pf. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.