Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm

[cascardo/linux.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 369580d..55fe759 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        bttv.pll=       See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
        bttv.tuner=     and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST
 
+       bulk_remove=off [PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
+                       firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
+                       at a time.
+
        c101=           [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
 
        cachesize=      [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
@@ -655,11 +659,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        dscc4.setup=    [NET]
 
-       dynamic_printk  Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
-                       CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled.
-                       These can also be switched on/off via
-                       <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
-
        earlycon=       [KNL] Output early console device and options.
                uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
                uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
@@ -884,6 +883,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                             controller
        i8042.nopnp     [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
                             controllers
+       i8042.notimeout [HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by conroller
        i8042.reset     [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup
        i8042.unlock    [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
 
@@ -1490,6 +1490,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        mtdparts=       [MTD]
                        See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
 
+       multitce=off    [PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
+                       firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
+                       at a time.
+
        onenand.bdry=   [HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
 
                        Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
@@ -1579,20 +1583,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        nmi_watchdog=   [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
                        Format: [panic,][num]
-                       Valid num: 0,1,2
+                       Valid num: 0
                        0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
-                       1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
-                       2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using
-                       a performance counter. Note: This will use one
-                       performance counter and the local APIC's performance
-                       vector.
                        When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
                        timeout occurs.
                        This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
                        need the box quickly up again.
-                       Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
-                       symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
-                       Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
 
        netpoll.carrier_timeout=
                        [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
@@ -1622,6 +1618,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        noapic          [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
                        IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
 
+       noautogroup     Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
+
        nobats          [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
                        on "Classic" PPC cores.
 
@@ -1762,7 +1760,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        nousb           [USB] Disable the USB subsystem
 
-       nowatchdog      [KNL] Disable the lockup detector.
+       nowatchdog      [KNL] Disable the lockup detector (NMI watchdog).
 
        nowb            [ARM]
 
@@ -2470,12 +2468,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        to facilitate early boot debugging.
                        See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
 
-       tsc=            Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
+       tsc=            Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
                        Format: <string>
                        [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
-                       disables clocksource verification at runtime.
-                       Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
-                       hardware, and in virtualized environment.
+                       disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
+                       as the stability checks done at bootup. 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