Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.37' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm

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

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 8dd7248..9533af7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ parameter is applicable:
        AVR32   AVR32 architecture is enabled.
        AX25    Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
        BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled.
-       DRM     Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
        EDD     BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled
        EFI     EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
        EIDE    EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
+       DRM     Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
+       DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime
        FB      The frame buffer device is enabled.
        GCOV    GCOV profiling is enabled.
        HW      Appropriate hardware is enabled.
@@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
                                pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
                        [AVR32] avr32
-                       [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer;
+                       [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
                                scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
                        [MIPS] MIPS
                        [PARISC] cr16
@@ -570,6 +571,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Format: <port#>,<type>
                        See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
 
+       ddebug_query=   [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
+                       time. See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for
+                       details.
+
        debug           [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
 
        debug_locks_verbose=
@@ -1126,9 +1131,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        kvm.oos_shadow= [KVM] Disable out-of-sync shadow paging.
                        Default is 1 (enabled)
 
-       kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
+       kvm.mmu_audit=  [KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
+                       KVM MMU at runtime.
                        Default is 0 (off)
 
+       kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
+                       Default is 1 (enabled)
+
        kvm-amd.npt=    [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
                        for all guests.
                        Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64bit or 32bit-PAE mode
@@ -1693,6 +1702,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        nojitter        [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
 
+       no-kvmclock     [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
+
        nolapic         [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
 
        nolapic_timer   [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
@@ -2153,6 +2164,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
                        address space.
 
+       reservelow=     [X86]
+                       Format: nn[K]
+                       Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
+                       the bottom of the address space.
+
        reset_devices   [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
                        during initialization.
 
@@ -2165,6 +2181,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
                        See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
 
+       hibernate=      [HIBERNATION]
+               noresume        Don't check if there's a hibernation image
+                               present during boot.
+               nocompress      Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
+
        retain_initrd   [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
 
        rhash_entries=  [KNL,NET]
@@ -2360,6 +2381,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        switches=       [HW,M68k]
 
+       sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
+                       Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
+                       on older distributions. When this option is enabled
+                       very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
+                       is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
+                       in older udev will not work anymore.
+                       Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
+                       the kernel configuration.
+
        sysrq_always_enabled
                        [KNL]
                        Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
@@ -2435,6 +2465,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        disables clocksource verification at runtime.
                        Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
                        hardware, and in virtualized environment.
+                       [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
+                       Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
+                       platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
+                       can add overhead.
 
        turbografx.map[2|3]=    [HW,JOY]
                        TurboGraFX parallel port interface