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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index a0c5c5f4fce6..74f6fdd3669e 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -315,12 +315,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
 			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
 
-			1: only for 32-bit processes
-			2: only for 64-bit processes
+			32: only for 32-bit processes
+			64: only for 64-bit processes
 			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
 			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
 
-	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-84]
+	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
 			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
 			Possible values are:
 			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
@@ -503,6 +503,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
 			some critical bits.
 
+	cma=nn[MG]	[ARM,KNL]
+			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for contiguous
+			memory allocations. For more information, see
+			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
+
 	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
@@ -510,6 +515,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			a hypervisor.
 			Default: yes
 
+	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
+			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
+			allocations if Contiguous Memory Allocator (CMA) is used.
+
 	code_bytes	[X86] How many bytes of object code to print
 			in an oops report.
 			Range: 0 - 8192
@@ -552,6 +561,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
 			switching to the matching ttyS device later.  The
 			options are the same as for ttyS, above.
+		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
+			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
 
                 If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
                 device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
@@ -623,6 +634,25 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	no_debug_objects
 			[KNL] Disable object debugging
 
+	debug_guardpage_minorder=
+			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
+			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
+			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
+			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
+			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
+			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
+			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
+			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
+			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
+			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
+			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
+			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
+			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
+			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
+			bypassed) which are not detectable by
+			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
+			tracking down these problems.
+
 	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
 
 	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
@@ -703,6 +733,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
 	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,BLACKFIN]
 			earlyprintk=vga
+			earlyprintk=xen
 			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
 			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
 			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
@@ -720,6 +751,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real
 			console.
 
+			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
+
 	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
 			ekgdboc=kbd
 
@@ -943,6 +976,20 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
 			capability is set.
 
+	i915.invert_brightness=
+			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
+			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
+			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
+			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
+			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
+			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
+			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
+			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
+			value switches the backlight off.
+			-1 -- never invert brightness
+			 0 -- machine default
+			 1 -- force brightness inversion
+
 	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
 			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]