Pull cpuidle into release branch

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 0a3fed4..33121d6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -222,9 +222,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of
                        output and make your system unusable. Be very careful.
 
-
-       acpi_fake_ecdt  [HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT
-
        acpi_pm_good    [X86-32,X86-64]
                        Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
                        to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
@@ -297,9 +294,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        apm=            [APM] Advanced Power Management
                        See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c.
 
-       applicom=       [HW]
-                       Format: <mem>,<irq>
-
        arcrimi=        [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
                        Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
 
@@ -345,12 +339,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
                        See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
 
-       blkmtd_device=  [HW,MTD]
-       blkmtd_erasesz=
-       blkmtd_ro=
-       blkmtd_bs=
-       blkmtd_count=
-
        boot_delay=     Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
                        Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
                        no delay (0).
@@ -431,8 +419,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        over the 8254 in addition to over the IO-APIC. The
                        kernel tries to set a sensible default.
 
-       hpet=           [X86-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT.
-                       Format: disable
+       hpet=           [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
+                       Format: { enable (default) | disable | force }
+                       disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
+                       force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
+                       VIA, nVidia)
 
        com20020=       [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
                        Format:
@@ -513,8 +504,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        cs89x0_media=   [HW,NET]
                        Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
 
-       cyclades=       [HW,SERIAL] Cyclades multi-serial port adapter.
-
        dasd=           [HW,NET]
                        See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
 
@@ -572,10 +561,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        See drivers/char/README.epca and
                        Documentation/digiepca.txt.
 
-       dmascc=         [HW,AX25,SERIAL] AX.25 Z80SCC driver with DMA
-                       support available.
-                       Format: <io_dev0>[,<io_dev1>[,..<io_dev32>]]
-
        dmasound=       [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers
 
        dscc4.setup=    [NET]
@@ -601,22 +586,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        eata=           [HW,SCSI]
 
-       ec_intr=        [HW,ACPI] ACPI Embedded Controller interrupt mode
-                       Format: <int>
-                       0: polling mode
-                       non-0: interrupt mode (default)
-
-       eda=            [HW,PS2]
-
-       edb=            [HW,PS2]
-
        edd=            [EDD]
                        Format: {"of[f]" | "sk[ipmbr]"}
                        See comment in arch/i386/boot/edd.S
 
-       eicon=          [HW,ISDN]
-                       Format: <id>,<membase>,<irq>
-
        eisa_irq_edge=  [PARISC,HW]
                        See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
 
@@ -795,6 +768,23 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        inttest=        [IA64]
 
+       intel_iommu=    [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
+               off
+                       Disable intel iommu driver.
+               igfx_off [Default Off]
+                       By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
+                       device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
+                       bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
+                       this case, gfx device will use physical address for
+                       DMA.
+               forcedac [x86_64]
+                       With this option iommu will not optimize to look
+                       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
+                       then look in the higher range.
+
        io7=            [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
                        See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
                        arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
@@ -892,9 +882,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        lapic_timer_c2_ok       [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer in
                        C2 power state.
 
-       lasi=           [HW,SCSI] PARISC LASI driver for the 53c700 chip
-                       Format: addr:<io>,irq:<irq>
-
        libata.noacpi   [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
                        when set.
                        Format: <int>
@@ -1142,9 +1129,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        noapic          [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
                        IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
 
-       noasync         [HW,M68K] Disables async and sync negotiation for
-                       all devices.
-
        nobats          [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
                        on "Classic" PPC cores.
 
@@ -1455,7 +1439,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
                        Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
                                statistical time based profiling.
-                       Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs)
+                       Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
+                               Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
+                       Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
 
        processor.max_cstate=   [HW,ACPI]
                        Limit processor to maximum C-state
@@ -1582,9 +1568,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        sa1100ir        [NET]
                        See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
 
-       sb=             [HW,OSS]
-                       Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
-
        sbni=           [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
 
        sc1200wdt=      [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver
@@ -1628,8 +1611,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        serialnumber    [BUGS=X86-32]
 
-       sg_def_reserved_size=   [SCSI]
-
        shapers=        [NET]
                        Maximal number of shapers.
 
@@ -2020,10 +2001,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        norandmaps      Don't use address space randomization
                        Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
 
-       unwind_debug=N  N > 0 will enable dwarf2 unwinder debugging
-                       This is useful to get more information why
-                       you got a "dwarf2 unwinder stuck"
-
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