Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:47:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:47:46 -0500 Received: from pasky.ji.cz ([62.44.12.54]:24051 "HELO machine.sinus.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:47:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 22:56:49 +0100 From: Petr Baudis To: torvalds@transmeta.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Randy.Dunlap" Subject: [PATCH] Updated Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Message-ID: <20030204215649.GJ10207@pasky.ji.cz> Mail-Followup-To: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Randy.Dunlap" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 5243 Lines: 194 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: , + aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16 Format: ,,,,, 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: [,] 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: [,] + 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: , + 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: [,[,]] + scsi_debug_*= [SCSI] See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c. @@ -997,9 +1008,6 @@ spia_pedr= spia_peddr= - spread_lpevents= - [PPC] - sscape= [HW,OSS] Format: ,,,, @@ -1009,6 +1017,19 @@ st0x= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c. + sti= [HW] + Format: + 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:[:[:...]] + 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/