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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-18 12:15:09 +0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-18 12:15:35 +0400
commit1079cac0f4eb7d968395378b1625979d4c818dd6 (patch)
treed261058d95d27fe7250511d5fad69db30dc17731 /Documentation
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parent1406de8e11eb043681297adf86d6892ff8efc27a (diff)
downloadlinux-1079cac0f4eb7d968395378b1625979d4c818dd6.tar.xz
Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc6' into tracing/core
Merge reason: we were on an -rc4 base, sync up to -rc6 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt2
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
index 372dec20c8da..5cff41a5fa7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
seriously wrong while debugging, it will most often be the case
that you want to enable gdb to be verbose about its target
communications. You do this prior to issuing the <constant>target
- remote</constant> command by typing in: <constant>set remote debug 1</constant>
+ remote</constant> command by typing in: <constant>set debug remote 1</constant>
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="KGDBTestSuite">
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 90b3924071b6..e87bdbfbcc75 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
usbcore.blinkenlights=1
+Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so
+ log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1
+can also be entered as
+ log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1
+
+
This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
@@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
APC and your system crashes randomly.
- apic= [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+ apic= [APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
Change the output verbosity whilst booting
Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
Change the amount of debugging information output
@@ -702,7 +708,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
entry later. This parameter enables that.
- enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+ enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
@@ -775,7 +781,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on
- for IA-64, off otherwise.
+ for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise.
Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index b716d33912d8..c302ddf629a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
- nr_hugepages
- nr_overcommit_hugepages
- nr_pdflush_threads
-- nr_pdflush_threads_min
-- nr_pdflush_threads_max
- nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n)
- numa_zonelist_order
- oom_dump_tasks
@@ -469,32 +467,6 @@ The default value is 0.
==============================================================
-nr_pdflush_threads_min
-
-This value controls the minimum number of pdflush threads.
-
-At boot time, the kernel will create and maintain 'nr_pdflush_threads_min'
-threads for the kernel's lifetime.
-
-The default value is 2. The minimum value you can specify is 1, and
-the maximum value is the current setting of 'nr_pdflush_threads_max'.
-
-See 'nr_pdflush_threads_max' below for more information.
-
-==============================================================
-
-nr_pdflush_threads_max
-
-This value controls the maximum number of pdflush threads that can be
-created. The pdflush algorithm will create a new pdflush thread (up to
-this maximum) if no pdflush threads have been available for >= 1 second.
-
-The default value is 8. The minimum value you can specify is the
-current value of 'nr_pdflush_threads_min' and the
-maximum is 1000.
-
-==============================================================
-
overcommit_memory:
This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment.
diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt
index 6049a2a84dda..5d8bc2cd250c 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ versions of the sysfs interface.
"devices" directory at /sys/subsystem/<name>/devices.
If /sys/subsystem exists, /sys/bus, /sys/class and /sys/block can be
- ignored. If it does not exist, you have always to scan all three
+ ignored. If it does not exist, you always have to scan all three
places, as the kernel is free to move a subsystem from one place to
the other, as long as the devices are still reachable by the same
subsystem name.