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

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index b9b0d79..b56ea86 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
        ISAPNP  ISA PnP code is enabled.
        ISDN    Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
        JOY     Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
+       KGDB    Kernel debugger support is enabled.
        KVM     Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.
        LIBATA  Libata driver is enabled
        LP      Printer support is enabled.
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
                                strictly ACPI specification compliant.
                        rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
+                       copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
 
                        See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi
 
@@ -288,9 +290,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        advansys=       [HW,SCSI]
                        See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c.
 
-       advwdt=         [HW,WDT] Advantech WDT
-                       Format: <iostart>,<iostop>
-
        aedsp16=        [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16
                        Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
                        See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c.
@@ -711,6 +710,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real
                        console.
 
+       ekgdboc=        [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
+                       ekgdboc=kbd
+
+                       This is desgined to be used in conjunction with
+                       the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
+
        eata=           [HW,SCSI]
 
        edd=            [EDD]
@@ -757,9 +762,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
                        has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
 
-       eurwdt=         [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog.
-                       Format: <io>[,<irq>]
-
        failslab=
        fail_page_alloc=
        fail_make_request=[KNL]
@@ -1119,10 +1121,26 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
                        zone if it does not.
 
-       kgdboc=         [HW] kgdb over consoles.
-                       Requires a tty driver that supports console polling.
-                       (only serial supported for now)
-                       Format: <serial_device>[,baud]
+       kgdbdbgp=       [KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
+                       Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
+                       The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
+                       port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
+                       optional and is the number seconds in between
+                       each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
+                       the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
+                       gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
+                       not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
+                       the kernel debugger.
+
+       kgdboc=         [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
+                       Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
+                       or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
+                       Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
+                       keyboard only format: kbd
+                       keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
+
+       kgdbwait        [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
+                       kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
 
        kmac=           [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
                        Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
@@ -2243,9 +2261,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        sched_debug     [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
 
-       sc1200wdt=      [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver
-                       Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]]
-
        scsi_debug_*=   [SCSI]
                        See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c.
 
@@ -2834,8 +2849,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        wd7000=         [HW,SCSI]
                        See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c.
 
-       wdt=            [WDT] Watchdog
-                       See Documentation/watchdog/wdt.txt.
+       watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
+                       see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
+                       or other driver-specific files in the
+                       Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
 
        x2apic_phys     [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
                        default x2apic cluster mode on platforms