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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index a827ec820f73..a76d83ed5262 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1190,6 +1190,11 @@ This is designed to be used in conjunction with the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga + This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter + but can only be used if the backing tty is available + very early in the boot process. For early debugging + via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead. + edd= [EDD] Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"} @@ -1748,6 +1753,13 @@ initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk + initrdmem= [KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to + load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or + specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this + setting. + Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG] + Default is 0, 0 + init_on_alloc= [MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with zeroes. Format: 0 | 1 @@ -2105,6 +2117,21 @@ kms, kbd format: kms,kbd kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud] + kgdboc_earlycon= [KGDB,HW] + If the boot console provides the ability to read + characters and can work in polling mode, you can use + this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend + until the normal console is registered. Intended to + be used together with the kgdboc parameter which + specifies the normal console to transition to. + + The name of the early console should be specified + as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of + the early console might be different than the tty + name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value + blank and the first boot console that implements + read() will be picked. + kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity. @@ -3329,7 +3356,7 @@ See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details. ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver. - See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more + See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more info. olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands @@ -4210,12 +4237,24 @@ Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall warnings, zero to disable. + rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL] + Sleep while stalling if set. This will result + in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition + to any other stall-related activity. + rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL] Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall. rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL] Disable interrupts while stalling if set. + rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL] + Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU + grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall + warnings, zero to disable. If both stall_cpu + and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the + kthread is starved first, then the CPU. + rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL] Time (s) between statistics printk()s. @@ -4286,6 +4325,13 @@ only normal grace-period primitives. No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels. + rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL] + Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will + avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning + of a given grace period. Setting a large + number avoids disturbing real-time workloads, + but lengthens grace periods. + rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL] Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning messages. Disable with a value less than or equal @@ -5067,6 +5113,12 @@ interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not acceptable). + tsc_early_khz= [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given + value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery + procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems + with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support. + Format: <unsigned int> + tsx= [X86] Control Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that support TSX control. |