Merge tag 'docs-4.5' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
[cascardo/linux.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt
index 5a6235e..3ea869d 100644 (file)
@@ -2748,10 +2748,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                                hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
                                if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
                                suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
-               conf1           [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration
-                               Mechanism 1.
-               conf2           [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration
-                               Mechanism 2.
+               conf1           [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
+                               Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
+                               data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
+               conf2           [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
+                               Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
+                               the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
+                               bus number. The config space is then accessed
+                               through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
+                               See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
+                               on the configuration access mechanisms.
                noaer           [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
                                enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
                                disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
@@ -3071,9 +3077,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
        raid=           [HW,RAID]
                        See Documentation/md.txt.
 
-       ramdisk_blocksize=      [RAM]
-                       See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
-
        ramdisk_size=   [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
                        See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.