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Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:15:14 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Organization: Oracle Linux Engineering
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To: Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@teltonika.lt>
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk,
       linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, yanok@emcraft.com, wd@denx.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add documentation for "nohlt" kernel parameter
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Paulius Zaleckas wrote:
> As per discussion in:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=123633652517391&w=2
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@teltonika.lt>
> ---
> 
>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    4 +++-
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 54f21a5..de06666 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1487,7 +1487,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
>  
>  	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
>  
> -	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
> +	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
> +			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
> +			use it. This is also usefull when using JTAG debugger.

			                     useful
>  
>  	no-hlt		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
>  			instruction doesn't work correctly and not to


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~Randy
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