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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst index 6a4285a3c7a4..03ec9cf01181 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst @@ -47,14 +47,7 @@ Please see Documentation/x86/x86_64/machinecheck.rst for sysfs runtime tunables. in a reboot. On Intel systems it is enabled by default. mce=nobootlog Disable boot machine check logging. - mce=tolerancelevel[,monarchtimeout] (number,number) - tolerance levels: - 0: always panic on uncorrected errors, log corrected errors - 1: panic or SIGBUS on uncorrected errors, log corrected errors - 2: SIGBUS or log uncorrected errors, log corrected errors - 3: never panic or SIGBUS, log all errors (for testing only) - Default is 1 - Can be also set using sysfs which is preferable. + mce=monarchtimeout (number) monarchtimeout: Sets the time in us to wait for other CPUs on machine checks. 0 to disable. @@ -126,7 +119,7 @@ Idle loop Rebooting ========= - reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] | a[cpi] | e[fi] [, [w]arm | [c]old] + reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] | a[cpi] | e[fi] | p[ci] [, [w]arm | [c]old] bios Use the CPU reboot vector for warm reset warm @@ -145,6 +138,8 @@ Rebooting Use efi reset_system runtime service. If EFI is not configured or the EFI reset does not work, the reboot path attempts the reset using the keyboard controller. + pci + Use a write to the PCI config space register 0xcf9 to trigger reboot. Using warm reset will be much faster especially on big memory systems because the BIOS will not go through the memory check. @@ -155,14 +150,12 @@ Rebooting Don't stop other CPUs on reboot. This can make reboot more reliable in some cases. -Non Executable Mappings -======================= - - noexec=on|off - on - Enable(default) - off - Disable + reboot=default + There are some built-in platform specific "quirks" - you may see: + "reboot: <name> series board detected. Selecting <type> for reboots." + In the case where you think the quirk is in error (e.g. you have + newer BIOS, or newer board) using this option will ignore the built-in + quirk table, and use the generic default reboot actions. NUMA ==== @@ -173,6 +166,10 @@ NUMA numa=noacpi Don't parse the SRAT table for NUMA setup + numa=nohmat + Don't parse the HMAT table for NUMA setup, or soft-reserved memory + partitioning. + numa=fake=<size>[MG] If given as a memory unit, fills all system RAM with nodes of size interleaved over physical nodes. @@ -230,7 +227,7 @@ IOMMU (input/output memory management unit) =========================================== Multiple x86-64 PCI-DMA mapping implementations exist, for example: - 1. <lib/dma-direct.c>: use no hardware/software IOMMU at all + 1. <kernel/dma/direct.c>: use no hardware/software IOMMU at all (e.g. because you have < 3 GB memory). Kernel boot message: "PCI-DMA: Disabling IOMMU" @@ -243,16 +240,11 @@ Multiple x86-64 PCI-DMA mapping implementations exist, for example: Kernel boot message: "PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)" - 4. <arch/x86_64/pci-calgary.c> : IBM Calgary hardware IOMMU. Used in IBM - pSeries and xSeries servers. This hardware IOMMU supports DMA address - mapping with memory protection, etc. - Kernel boot message: "PCI-DMA: Using Calgary IOMMU" - :: iommu=[<size>][,noagp][,off][,force][,noforce] [,memaper[=<order>]][,merge][,fullflush][,nomerge] - [,noaperture][,calgary] + [,noaperture] General iommu options: @@ -291,8 +283,6 @@ iommu options only relevant to the AMD GART hardware IOMMU: Don't initialize the AGP driver and use full aperture. panic Always panic when IOMMU overflows. - calgary - Use the Calgary IOMMU if it is available iommu options only relevant to the software bounce buffering (SWIOTLB) IOMMU implementation: @@ -303,28 +293,6 @@ implementation: force Force all IO through the software TLB. -Settings for the IBM Calgary hardware IOMMU currently found in IBM -pSeries and xSeries machines - - calgary=[64k,128k,256k,512k,1M,2M,4M,8M] - Set the size of each PCI slot's translation table when using the - Calgary IOMMU. This is the size of the translation table itself - in main memory. The smallest table, 64k, covers an IO space of - 32MB; the largest, 8MB table, can cover an IO space of 4GB. - Normally the kernel will make the right choice by itself. - calgary=[translate_empty_slots] - Enable translation even on slots that have no devices attached to - them, in case a device will be hotplugged in the future. - calgary=[disable=<PCI bus number>] - Disable translation on a given PHB. For - example, the built-in graphics adapter resides on the first bridge - (PCI bus number 0); if translation (isolation) is enabled on this - bridge, X servers that access the hardware directly from user - space might stop working. Use this option if you have devices that - are accessed from userspace directly on some PCI host bridge. - panic - Always panic when IOMMU overflows - Miscellaneous ============= @@ -333,3 +301,17 @@ Miscellaneous Do not use GB pages for kernel direct mappings. gbpages Use GB pages for kernel direct mappings. + + +AMD SEV (Secure Encrypted Virtualization) +========================================= +Options relating to AMD SEV, specified via the following format: + +:: + + sev=option1[,option2] + +The available options are: + + debug + Enable debug messages. |