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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 246b132dcc90..6ca1f5cb71e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled.
APIC APIC support is enabled.
APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled.
+ ARM ARM architecture is enabled.
AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled.
AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled.
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
FB The frame buffer device is enabled.
+ FTRACE Function tracing enabled.
GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled.
HW Appropriate hardware is enabled.
IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt.
MCA MCA bus support is enabled.
MDA MDA console support is enabled.
+ MIPS MIPS architecture is enabled.
MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled.
MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI).
MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled.
@@ -100,7 +103,6 @@ parameter is applicable:
SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled.
SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled.
SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled.
- FTRACE Function tracing enabled.
TPM TPM drivers are enabled.
TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled.
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled.
More X86-64 boot options can be found in
Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
- X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64)
+ X86 Either 32-bit or 64-bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64)
XEN Xen support is enabled
In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
@@ -376,7 +378,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
Use software keyboard repeat
- autotest [IA64]
+ autotest [IA-64]
baycom_epp= [HW,AX25]
Format: <io>,<mode>
@@ -681,8 +683,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
- MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8bit (mmio)
- or 32bit (mmio32).
+ MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
+ (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32).
The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN]
@@ -725,7 +727,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and
Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
- elfcorehdr= [IA64,PPC,SH,X86]
+ elfcorehdr= [IA-64,PPC,SH,X86]
Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
image elf header. Generally kexec loader will
pass this option to capture kernel.
@@ -791,7 +793,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
list of functions. This list can be changed at run
time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
- tracing directory.
+ tracing directory.
ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
@@ -829,7 +831,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on
- for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise.
+ for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
@@ -998,10 +1000,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
DMA.
forcedac [x86_64]
With this option iommu will not optimize to look
- for io virtual address below 32 bit forcing dual
+ for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
- than 32 bit addressing. The default is to look
- for translation below 32 bit and if not available
+ than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
+ for translation below 32-bit and if not available
then look in the higher range.
strict [Default Off]
With this option on every unmap_single operation will
@@ -1017,7 +1019,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
off disable Interrupt Remapping
nosid disable Source ID checking
- inttest= [IA64]
+ inttest= [IA-64]
iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
strict regions from userspace.
@@ -1034,7 +1036,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
nomerge
forcesac
soft
- pt [x86, IA64]
+ pt [x86, IA-64]
io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
@@ -1165,7 +1167,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
for all guests.
- Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64bit or 32bit-PAE mode
+ Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
@@ -1202,10 +1204,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
- libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only
+ 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
@@ -1331,7 +1333,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
ltpc= [NET]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
- machvec= [IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
+ machvec= [IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
(machvec) in a generic kernel.
Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
@@ -1734,7 +1736,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
nointroute [IA-64]
- nojitter [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
+ nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
@@ -1800,7 +1802,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
- nptcg= [IA64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
+ nptcg= [IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
SAL PALO.
@@ -2077,7 +2079,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
See also Documentation/parport.txt.
- pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
+ pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
e.g. pmtmr=0x508