2003-02-04 21:47:46

by Petr Baudis

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Subject: [PATCH] Updated Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

Hello,

this patch (against 2.5.59) updates Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt to
the (more-or-less; I certainly missed some parameters) current state of kernel.
Note also that I will probably send up another update after few further kernel
releases..

I hope the patch is ok, there should be no problems with it. Please apply.

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

Kind regards,
Petr Baudis

--- linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Tue Feb 4 15:36:01 2003
+++ linux+pasky/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Tue Feb 4 22:13:05 2003
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-November 2002 Kernel Parameters v2.5.49
+February 2003 Kernel Parameters v2.5.59
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
V4L Video For Linux support is enabled.
VGA The VGA console has been enabled.
VT Virtual terminal support is enabled.
+ WDT Watchdog support is enabled.
XT IBM PC/XT MFM hard disk support is enabled.

In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
@@ -98,6 +99,9 @@
advansys= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c.

+ advwdt= [HW,WDT] Advantech WDT
+ Format: <iostart>,<iostop>
+
aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c.
@@ -111,6 +115,9 @@
aic7xxx= [HW,SCSI]
See Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt.

+ aic79xx= [HW,SCSI]
+ See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.
+
allowdma0 [ISAPNP]

AM53C974= [HW,SCSI]
@@ -230,20 +237,12 @@

cs89x0_media= [HW,NET]
Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
-
- ctc= [HW,NET]
- See drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c, comment before function
- ctc_setup().

cyclades= [HW,SERIAL] Cyclades multi-serial port adapter.

dasd= [HW,NET]
See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.

- dasd_discipline=
- [HW,NET]
- See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd.c.
-
db9= [HW,JOY]
db9_2=
db9_3=
@@ -254,9 +253,6 @@
Format: <area>[,<node>]
See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.

- decr_overclock= [PPC]
- decr_overclock_proc0=
-
devfs= [DEVFS]
See Documentation/filesystems/devfs/boot-options.

@@ -305,6 +301,9 @@
This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.

+ eurwdt= [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog.
+ Format: <io>[,<irq>]
+
fd_mcs= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c.

@@ -350,7 +349,7 @@
hisax= [HW,ISDN]
See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.

- hugepages= [HW,IA-32] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages
+ hugepages= [HW,IA-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages.

i8042_direct [HW] Non-translated mode
i8042_dumbkbd
@@ -394,6 +393,10 @@

inttest= [IA64]

+ io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
+ See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
+ arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
+
ip= [IP_PNP]
See Documentation/nfsroot.txt.

@@ -495,6 +498,7 @@

mdacon= [MDA]
Format: <first>,<last>
+ Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.

mem=exactmap [KNL,BOOT,IA-32] Enable setting of an exact
E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
@@ -576,6 +580,8 @@

nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.

+ noexec [IA-64]
+
nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32]

nohighio [BUGS=IA-32] Disable highmem block I/O.
@@ -599,7 +605,9 @@

noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restore original swap space.

- no-scroll [VGA]
+ no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback.
+ This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
+ reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).

nosbagart [IA-64]

@@ -809,6 +817,9 @@
See a comment before function sbpcd_setup() in
drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c.

+ sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver
+ Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]]
+
scsi_debug_*= [SCSI]
See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c.

@@ -997,9 +1008,6 @@
spia_pedr=
spia_peddr=

- spread_lpevents=
- [PPC]
-
sscape= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>

@@ -1009,6 +1017,19 @@
st0x= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c.

+ sti= [HW]
+ Format: <num>
+ Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
+ machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
+ as the initial boot-console.
+ See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
+
+ sti_font= [HW]
+ See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
+
+ stifb= [HW]
+ Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
+
stram_swap= [HW,M68k]

swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs
@@ -1079,7 +1100,7 @@
wd7000= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c.

- wdt= [HW] Watchdog
+ wdt= [WDT] Watchdog
See Documentation/watchdog.txt.

xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.