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+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ parameter is applicable:
M68k M68k architecture is enabled.
These options have more detailed description inside of
Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt.
- MCA MCA bus support is enabled.
MDA MDA console support is enabled.
MIPS MIPS architecture is enabled.
MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled.
@@ -110,6 +109,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
USB USB support is enabled.
USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
V4L Video For Linux support is enabled.
+ VMMIO Driver for memory mapped virtio devices is enabled.
VGA The VGA console has been enabled.
VT Virtual terminal support is enabled.
WDT Watchdog support is enabled.
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
ddebug_query= [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
time. See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for
- details.
+ details. Deprecated, see dyndbg.
debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
@@ -739,6 +739,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
dscc4.setup= [NET]
+ dyndbg[="val"] [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
+ module.dyndbg[="val"]
+ Enable debug messages at boot time. See
+ Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for details.
+
earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options.
uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
@@ -991,6 +996,20 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
capability is set.
+ i915.invert_brightness=
+ [DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
+ set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
+ brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
+ and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
+ to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
+ (default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
+ is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
+ to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
+ value switches the backlight off.
+ -1 -- never invert brightness
+ 0 -- machine default
+ 1 -- force brightness inversion
+
icn= [HW,ISDN]
Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
@@ -2170,6 +2189,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
on: Turn realloc on
realloc same as realloc=on
noari do not use PCIe ARI.
+ pcie_scan_all Scan all possible PCIe devices. Otherwise we
+ only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
+ port.
pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
Management.
@@ -2339,18 +2361,100 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
- rcupdate.blimit= [KNL,BOOT]
+ rcutree.blimit= [KNL,BOOT]
Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process
in one batch.
- rcupdate.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT]
+ rcutree.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT]
Set threshold of queued
RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled.
- rcupdate.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT]
+ rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT]
Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
batch limiting is re-enabled.
+ rcutree.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
+
+ rcutree.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
+
+ rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts.
+
+ rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts.
+
+ rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts.
+
+ rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Test RCU readers from irq handlers.
+
+ rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
+
+ rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Set number of concurrent RCU writers. These just
+ stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
+ test, hence the "fake".
+
+ rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Set number of RCU readers.
+
+ rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
+
+ rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
+ zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
+
+ rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks
+ allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
+ during the rcutorture test.
+
+ rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This
+ is useful for hands-off automated testing.
+
+ rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
+ warnings, zero to disable.
+
+ rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
+
+ rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
+
+ rcutorture.stutter= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
+ five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
+ wait for five seconds, and so on. This tests RCU's
+ ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
+
+ rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Test RCU priority boosting? 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
+ "Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
+ under test support RCU priority boosting.
+
+ rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
+
+ rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Interval (s) between each boost test.
+
+ rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the
+ rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
+
+ rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Specify the RCU implementation to test.
+
+ rcutorture.verbose= [KNL,BOOT]
+ Enable additional printk() statements.
+
rdinit= [KNL]
Format: <full_path>
Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
@@ -2381,6 +2485,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
resume= [SWSUSP]
Specify the partition device for software suspend
+ Format:
+ {/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
resume_offset= [SWSUSP]
Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
@@ -2856,6 +2962,22 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration
See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
+ virtio_mmio.device=
+ [VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
+
+ <size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
+ where:
+ <size> := size (can use standard suffixes
+ like K, M and G)
+ <baseaddr> := physical base address
+ <irq> := interrupt number (as passed to
+ request_irq())
+ <id> := (optional) platform device id
+ example:
+ virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
+
+ Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
+
vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
Documentation/svga.txt.