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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 040e30a..0dcbd26 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -147,8 +147,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        default: 0
 
        acpi_sleep=     [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
-                       Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode }
-                       See Documentation/power/video.txt
+                       Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep }
+                       See Documentation/power/video.txt for s3_bios and s3_mode.
+                       s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
+                       as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
 
        acpi_sci=       [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
                        Format: { level | edge | high | low }
@@ -168,8 +170,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        acpi_irq_isa=   [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
                        Format: <irq>,<irq>...
 
+       acpi_new_pts_ordering [HW,ACPI]
+                       Enforce the ACPI 2.0 ordering of the _PTS control
+                       method wrt putting devices into low power states
+                       default: pre ACPI 2.0 ordering of _PTS
+
        acpi_no_auto_ssdt       [HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT
 
+       acpi_no_initrd_override [KNL,ACPI]
+                       Disable loading custom ACPI tables from the initramfs
+
        acpi_os_name=   [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
                        Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
 
@@ -416,6 +426,19 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        [SPARC64] tick
                        [X86-64] hpet,tsc
 
+       clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
+                       Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
+                       include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h for the valid bit numbers.
+                       Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
+                       stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
+                       ones should be.
+                       Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
+                       or using the feature without checking anything
+                       will still see it. This just prevents it from
+                       being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
+                       Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
+                       some critical bits.
+
        code_bytes      [IA32/X86_64] How many bytes of object code to print
                        in an oops report.
                        Range: 0 - 8192
@@ -531,7 +554,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
                        only useful to kernel developers.
 
-       decnet=         [HW,NET]
+       decnet.addr=    [HW,NET]
                        Format: <area>[,<node>]
                        See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
 
@@ -570,7 +593,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        See drivers/char/README.epca and
                        Documentation/digiepca.txt.
 
-       disable_mtrr_trim [X86-64, Intel only]
+       disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
                        By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
                        memory out of your available memory pool based on
                        MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
@@ -704,6 +727,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
 
        hugepages=      [HW,X86-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages.
+       hugepagesz=     [HW,IA-64,PPC] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
 
        i8042.direct    [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
        i8042.dumbkbd   [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
@@ -761,6 +785,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        loop use the MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be the same
                        as idle=poll.
 
+       ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
+                       Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
+
        ignore_loglevel [KNL]
                        Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
                        kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
@@ -1079,6 +1106,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
                        platforms.
 
+       mfgptfix        [X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
+                       the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
+                       version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
+                       problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
+
        mga=            [HW,DRM]
 
        mousedev.tap_time=
@@ -1537,14 +1569,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        ramdisk_size=   [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
                        See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
 
-       rcu.blimit=     [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished
-                       RCU callbacks to process in one batch.
+       rcupdate.blimit=        [KNL,BOOT]
+                       Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process
+                       in one batch.
 
-       rcu.qhimark=    [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued
+       rcupdate.qhimark=       [KNL,BOOT]
+                       Set threshold of queued
                        RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled.
 
-       rcu.qlowmark=   [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued
-                       RCU callbacks below which batch limiting is re-enabled.
+       rcupdate.qlowmark=      [KNL,BOOT]
+                       Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
+                       batch limiting is re-enabled.
 
        rdinit=         [KNL]
                        Format: <full_path>
@@ -1864,9 +1899,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        st=             [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
                        See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
 
-       st0x=           [HW,SCSI]
-                       See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c.
-
        sti=            [PARISC,HW]
                        Format: <num>
                        Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
@@ -1951,9 +1983,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        tipar.delay=    [HW,PPT]
                        Set inter-bit delay in microseconds (default 10).
 
-       tmc8xx=         [HW,SCSI]
-                       See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c.
-
        tmscsim=        [HW,SCSI]
                        See comment before function dc390_setup() in
                        drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c.