Commit ee597d31 authored by Randy Dunlap's avatar Randy Dunlap Committed by Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] 2.5.42 Doc/kernel-parameters

Updates/corrects Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt file.
parent 356c3c30
...@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: ...@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if:
HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. HW Appropriate hardware is enabled.
IA-32 IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled. IA-32 IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled.
IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled. IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
IP_PNP IP DCHP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
...@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ running once the system is up. ...@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ running once the system is up.
initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk. initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk.
ip= [PNP] ip= [IP_PNP]
isapnp= [ISAPNP] Specify RDP, reset, pci_scan and verbosity. isapnp= [ISAPNP] Specify RDP, reset, pci_scan and verbosity.
...@@ -279,10 +280,14 @@ running once the system is up. ...@@ -279,10 +280,14 @@ running once the system is up.
kbd-reset [VT] kbd-reset [VT]
keep_initrd [HW, ARM] keepinitrd [HW, ARM]
load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy. load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy.
lockd.udpport= [NFS]
lockd.tcpport= [NFS]
logi_busmouse= [HW, MOUSE] logi_busmouse= [HW, MOUSE]
lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g, lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
...@@ -323,6 +328,8 @@ running once the system is up. ...@@ -323,6 +328,8 @@ running once the system is up.
to off as the mainboard support is not always present. to off as the mainboard support is not always present.
You must activate it as a boot option You must activate it as a boot option
mca-pentium [BUGS=IA-32]
mcd= [HW,CD] mcd= [HW,CD]
mcdx= [HW,CD] mcdx= [HW,CD]
...@@ -335,6 +342,11 @@ running once the system is up. ...@@ -335,6 +342,11 @@ running once the system is up.
megaraid= [HW,SCSI] megaraid= [HW,SCSI]
mem=exactmap [KNL,BOOT,IA-32] enable setting of an exact
e820 memory map, as specified by the user.
Such mem=exactmap lines can be constructed
based on BIOS output or other requirements.
mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] force use of a specific amount of mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] force use of a specific amount of
memory; to be used when the kernel is not able memory; to be used when the kernel is not able
to see the whole system memory or for test. to see the whole system memory or for test.
...@@ -390,7 +402,9 @@ running once the system is up. ...@@ -390,7 +402,9 @@ running once the system is up.
nohlt [BUGS=ARM] nohlt [BUGS=ARM]
no-hlt [BUGS=IA-32] no-hlt [BUGS=IA-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
use it.
noht [SMP,IA-32] Disables P4 Xeon(tm) HyperThreading. noht [SMP,IA-32] Disables P4 Xeon(tm) HyperThreading.
...@@ -537,6 +551,10 @@ running once the system is up. ...@@ -537,6 +551,10 @@ running once the system is up.
root= [KNL] root filesystem. root= [KNL] root filesystem.
rootflags= [KNL] set root filesystem mount option string
rootfstype= [KNL] set root filesystem type
rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot. rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot.
S [KNL] run init in single mode. S [KNL] run init in single mode.
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