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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/lockdep-design.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | 2 |
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 90b3924071b..e87bdbfbcc7 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/lockdep-design.txt b/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt index 938ea22f2cc..e20d913d591 100644 --- a/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt @@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ locking error messages, inside curlies. A contrived example: The bit position indicates STATE, STATE-read, for each of the states listed above, and the character displayed in each indicates: - '.' acquired while irqs disabled - '+' acquired in irq context - '-' acquired with irqs enabled + '.' acquired while irqs disabled and not in irq context + '-' acquired in irq context + '+' acquired with irqs enabled '?' acquired in irq context with irqs enabled. Unused mutexes cannot be part of the cause of an error. diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt index 6049a2a84dd..5d8bc2cd250 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. |