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authorHeinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>2020-06-16 12:40:12 +0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-06-19 13:15:35 -0600
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doc: add novamap to efi kernel command line parameters
Document the efi=novamap kernel command line parameter. Put the efi parameters into alphabetic order. Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200616104012.4780-1-xypron.glpk@gmx.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt18
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index fb95fad81c79..b5beb1fe78cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1207,26 +1207,28 @@
Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
efi= [EFI]
- Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug",
- "nosoftreserve", "disable_early_pci_dma",
- "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
- old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
- runtime services mapping. [Needs CONFIG_X86_UV=y]
+ Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
+ "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
+ "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma",
+ "old_map" }
+ debug: enable misc debug output.
+ disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
+ PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
firmware implementations.
noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
- debug: enable misc debug output
nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
memory range for a memory mapping driver to
claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
reservation and treat the memory by its base type
(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
- disable_early_pci_dma: Disable the busmaster bit on all
- PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
+ novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
+ old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
+ runtime services mapping. [Needs CONFIG_X86_UV=y]
efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of