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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index e51fbd88661d..ed3708f8d0db 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1587,20 +1587,12 @@ 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 @@ -1630,6 +1622,8 @@ 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. @@ -1767,7 +1761,7 @@ 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] @@ -2475,12 +2469,13 @@ 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 |