Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268861AbUIZKee (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Sep 2004 06:34:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269503AbUIZKeC (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Sep 2004 06:34:02 -0400 Received: from bhhdoa.org.au ([216.17.101.199]:12548 "EHLO bhhdoa.org.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268861AbUIZKd7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Sep 2004 06:33:59 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 13:32:54 +0300 (EAT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: Linux Kernel Cc: Andrew Morton Subject: [PATCH] Update 'noapic' description Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1264 Lines: 28 The 'noapic' kernel parameter only disables IOAPIC use and not all the APICs (which would include local APICs) in the system. Signed-off-by: Zwane Mwaikambo Index: linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvsroot/linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.1 diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 kernel-parameters.txt --- linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 24 Sep 2004 14:26:39 -0000 1.1.1.1 +++ linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 26 Sep 2004 00:53:36 -0000 @@ -758,8 +758,8 @@ running once the system is up. noalign [KNL,ARM] - noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel not to make use of any - APIC that may be present on the system. + noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any + IOAPICs that may be present in the system. noasync [HW,M68K] Disables async and sync negotiation for all devices. - 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/