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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 9776f068306..363e348bff9 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -446,12 +446,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. possible to determine what the correct size should be. This option provides an override for these situations. - capability.disable= - [SECURITY] Disable capabilities. This would normally - be used only if an alternative security model is to be - configured. Potentially dangerous and should only be - used if you are entirely sure of the consequences. - ccw_timeout_log [S390] See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. @@ -905,6 +899,24 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. + grcan.enable0= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines + the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register. + Format: 0 | 1 + Default: 0 + grcan.enable1= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines + the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register. + Format: 0 | 1 + Default: 0 + grcan.select= [HW] Select which physical interface to use. + Format: 0 | 1 + Default: 0 + grcan.txsize= [HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer. + Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0. + Default: 1024 + grcan.rxsize= [HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer. + Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0. + Default: 1024 + hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise. @@ -1304,6 +1316,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS disabled it. + lapic= [x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline + value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default + back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC. + lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer in C2 power state. @@ -1481,9 +1497,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory or for test. - [X86-32] Use together with memmap= to avoid physical - address space collisions. Without memmap= PCI devices - could be placed at addresses belonging to unused RAM. + [X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together + with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions. + Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses + belonging to unused RAM. mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel memory. @@ -1984,6 +2001,20 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode. + cpu0_hotplug [X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when + CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off. + Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are: + 1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0. + Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you + need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate. + 2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be + removed if a PIC interrupt is detected. + It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some + machines although I haven't seen such issues so far + after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines. + If the dependencies are under your control, you can + turn on cpu0_hotplug. + nptcg= [IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or SAL PALO. @@ -1996,6 +2027,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered. + numa_balancing= [KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing. + Allowed values are enable and disable + numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA. one of ['zone', 'node', 'default'] can be specified This can be set from sysctl after boot. @@ -2394,6 +2428,27 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. + rcu_nocbs= [KNL,BOOT] + In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set + the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs. + Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will + be offloaded to "rcuoN" kthreads created for + that purpose. This reduces OS jitter on the + offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and + real-time workloads. It can also improve energy + efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors. + + rcu_nocbs_poll [KNL,BOOT] + Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs + (specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly + awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads, + make these kthreads poll for callbacks. + This improves the real-time response for the + offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to + wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades + energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads + periodically wake up to do the polling. + rcutree.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process in one batch. @@ -2859,6 +2914,22 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. to facilitate early boot debugging. See also Documentation/trace/events.txt + trace_options=[option-list] + [FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot. + The option-list is a comma delimited list of options + that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were + to echo the option name into + + /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options + + For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the + stack trace of each event), add to the command line: + + trace_options=stacktrace + + See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt "trace options" + section. + transparent_hugepage= [KNL] Format: [always|madvise|never] |