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| author | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2007-07-31 00:37:40 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-07-31 15:39:37 -0700 |
| commit | c8facbb62111f9333d00870b0d523f5036822d04 (patch) | |
| tree | 7c1206728991e360f360b574c9218f0471982a24 /Documentation | |
| parent | f53161d1088567dda41094a932f6a16dc0bdae59 (diff) | |
| download | linux-c8facbb62111f9333d00870b0d523f5036822d04.tar.bz2 | |
various doc/kernel-parameters fixes
- tell what APIC (by request), MTD, & PARIDE mean
- correct some source file names
- remove IA64 "llsc*=" (seems to have been removed from source tree)
- removel SCSI "53c7xx=" (driver already removed)
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 1156653338fe..00254c018a25 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ parameter is applicable: MDA MDA console support is enabled. MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled. MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI). - MTD MTD support is enabled. + MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled. NET Appropriate network support is enabled. NUMA NUMA support is enabled. GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled. NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. OSS OSS sound support is enabled. - PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel - PARIDE The ParIDE subsystem is enabled. + PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled. + PARIDE The ParIDE (parallel port IDE) subsystem is enabled. PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled. PCI PCI bus support is enabled. PCMCIA The PCMCIA subsystem is enabled. @@ -123,10 +123,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. - 53c7xx= [HW,SCSI] Amiga SCSI controllers - See header of drivers/scsi/53c7xx.c. - See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt. - acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq } @@ -286,7 +282,8 @@ 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] Change the output verbosity whilst booting + apic= [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller + Change the output verbosity whilst booting Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } Change the amount of debugging information output when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components. @@ -775,7 +772,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See Documentation/nfsroot.txt. ip2= [HW] Set IO/IRQ pairs for up to 4 IntelliPort boards - See comment before ip2_setup() in drivers/char/ip2.c. + See comment before ip2_setup() in + drivers/char/ip2/ip2base.c. ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c. @@ -871,9 +869,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file if PNPBIOS or ACPI should describe them. This is for working around firmware defects. - llsc*= [IA64] See function print_params() in - arch/ia64/sn/kernel/llsc4.c. - load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. @@ -1046,7 +1041,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>] mtdparts= [MTD] - See drivers/mtd/cmdline.c. + See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c. mtouchusb.raw_coordinates= [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates |