X-Git-Url: https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fkernel-parameters.txt;h=b3a6187e53051866004696e4d5718cd85240e1c2;hb=f27f0a045b79de5729d064497e21a70871f1d6fe;hp=fc99075e0af47f0b73a2ae2dfb7d19920c604dea;hpb=1f84253e3ce75fc1b2946a544e16c5c0c13c7017;p=pandora-kernel.git diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index fc99075e0af4..b3a6187e5305 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -February 2003 Kernel Parameters v2.5.59 + Kernel Parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented @@ -17,9 +17,17 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus usbcore.blinkenlights=1 -The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description states the -restrictions on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The -restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: +This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command +"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable +module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also +reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these +parameters may be changed at runtime by the command +"echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}". + +The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were +enabled and if respective hardware is present. The text in square brackets at +the beginning of each description states the restrictions within which a +parameter is applicable: ACPI ACPI support is enabled. ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled. @@ -49,6 +57,7 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: MCA MCA bus support is enabled. MDA MDA console support is enabled. MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled. + MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI). MTD MTD support is enabled. NET Appropriate network support is enabled. NUMA NUMA support is enabled. @@ -366,12 +375,17 @@ running once the system is up. tty Use the virtual console device . ttyS[,options] + ttyUSB0[,options] Use the specified serial port. The options are of - the form "bbbbpn", where "bbbb" is the baud rate, - "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), and "n" is bits. - Default is "9600n8". + the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate, + "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of + bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or + omit it). Default is "9600n8". - See also Documentation/serial-console.txt. + See Documentation/serial-console.txt for more + information. See + Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an + alternative. uart,io,[,options] uart,mmio,[,options] @@ -1008,7 +1022,9 @@ running once the system is up. noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) noexec=off: disable nn-executable mappings - nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32] + nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 floating point extended + register save and restore. The kernel will only save + legacy floating-point registers on task switch. nohlt [BUGS=ARM] @@ -1038,10 +1054,10 @@ running once the system is up. noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel lowmem mapping on PPC40x. - nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception - nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling + nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception + noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap @@ -1053,6 +1069,8 @@ running once the system is up. nosbagart [IA-64] + nosep [BUGS=IA-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support. + nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel. nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. @@ -1122,6 +1140,11 @@ running once the system is up. pas16= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c. + pause_on_oops= + Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for + the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if + your oopses keep scrolling off the screen. + pcbit= [HW,ISDN] pcd. [PARIDE] @@ -1143,6 +1166,9 @@ running once the system is up. Mechanism 2. nommconf [IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI Configuration + 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. nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is done to get a device order compatible with @@ -1664,20 +1690,6 @@ running once the system is up. ______________________________________________________________________ -Changelog: - -2000-06-?? Mr. Unknown - The last known update (for 2.4.0) - the changelog was not kept before. - -2002-11-24 Petr Baudis - Randy Dunlap - Update for 2.5.49, description for most of the options introduced, - references to other documentation (C files, READMEs, ..), added S390, - PPC, SPARC, MTD, ALSA and OSS category. Minor corrections and - reformatting. - -2005-10-19 Randy Dunlap - Lots of typos, whitespace, some reformatting. TODO: