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99 files changed, 1202 insertions, 693 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5014bfa48ac --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +# +# NOTE! Don't add files that are generated in specific +# subdirectories here. Add them in the ".gitignore" file +# in that subdirectory instead. +# +# Normal rules +# +.* +*.o +*.a +*.s +*.ko +*.mod.c + +# +# Top-level generic files +# +vmlinux* +System.map +Module.symvers + +# +# Generated include files +# +include/asm +include/config +include/linux/autoconf.h +include/linux/compile.h +include/linux/version.h + diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 7086f0a90d1..971589a9752 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus usbcore.blinkenlights=1 -The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description state the +The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description states the restrictions on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled. AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. CD Appropriate CD support is enabled. - DEVFS devfs support is enabled. - DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. + DEVFS devfs support is enabled. + DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: SERIAL Serial support is enabled. SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel. SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled. - SWSUSP Software suspension is enabled. + SWSUSP Software suspend is enabled. TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled. USB USB support is enabled. USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled. @@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ running once the system is up. See header of drivers/scsi/53c7xx.c. See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt. - acpi= [HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface - Format: { force | off | ht | strict } + acpi= [HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface + Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq } force -- enable ACPI if default was off off -- disable ACPI if default was on noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing ht -- run only enough ACPI to enable Hyper Threading - strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not + strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not strictly ACPI specification compliant. See also Documentation/pm.txt, pci=noacpi @@ -119,20 +119,23 @@ running once the system is up. acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode } See Documentation/power/video.txt - + acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode - Format: { level | edge | high | low } + Format: { level | edge | high | low } - acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI] ACPI will balance active IRQs - default in APIC mode + acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI] + ACPI will balance active IRQs + default in APIC mode - acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI] ACPI will not move active IRQs (default) - default in PIC mode + acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI] + ACPI will not move active IRQs (default) + default in PIC mode - acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, Clear listed IRQs for use by PCI + acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for + use by PCI Format: <irq>,<irq>... - acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, Mark listed IRQs used by ISA + acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA Format: <irq>,<irq>... acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] empty param disables _OSI @@ -145,14 +148,14 @@ running once the system is up. acpi_dbg_layer= [HW,ACPI] Format: <int> - Each bit of the <int> indicates an acpi debug layer, + Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug layer, 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set via /proc/acpi/debug_layer. acpi_dbg_level= [HW,ACPI] Format: <int> - Each bit of the <int> indicates an acpi debug level, + Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug level, 1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set via /proc/acpi/debug_level. @@ -161,12 +164,13 @@ running once the system is up. acpi_generic_hotkey [HW,ACPI] Allow consolidated generic hotkey driver to - over-ride platform specific driver. + override platform specific driver. See also Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt. enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer - Can be useful to work around chipset bugs (in particular on some ATI chipsets) + Can be useful to work around chipset bugs + (in particular on some ATI chipsets). The kernel tries to set a reasonable default. disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] @@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ running once the system is up. adlib= [HW,OSS] Format: <io> - + advansys= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c. @@ -192,7 +196,7 @@ running once the system is up. aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c. - + aha152x= [HW,SCSI] See Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt. @@ -205,10 +209,6 @@ running once the system is up. aic79xx= [HW,SCSI] See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt. - AM53C974= [HW,SCSI] - Format: <host-scsi-id>,<target-scsi-id>,<max-rate>,<max-offset> - See also header of drivers/scsi/AM53C974.c. - amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT Format: <a>,<b> @@ -219,23 +219,24 @@ running once the system is up. connected to one of 16 gameports Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16> - apc= [HW,SPARC] Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.) + apc= [HW,SPARC] + Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.) Format: noidle Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does 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] 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. - + apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c. applicom= [HW] Format: <mem>,<irq> - + arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID> @@ -250,38 +251,40 @@ running once the system is up. atkbd.reset= [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization - atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set - Format: <int> (2 = AT (default) 3 = PS/2) + atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set + Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2) atkbd.scroll= [HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar keyboards atkbd.softraw= [HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default)) - - atkbd.softrepeat= - [HW] Use software keyboard repeat + + atkbd.softrepeat= [HW] + Use software keyboard repeat autotest [IA64] awe= [HW,OSS] AWE32/SB32/AWE64 wave table synth Format: <io>,<memsize>,<isapnp> - + aztcd= [HW,CD] Aztech CD268 CDROM driver Format: <io>,0x79 (?) baycom_epp= [HW,AX25] Format: <io>,<mode> - + baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem Format: <io>,<mode> See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c. - baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25] BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode) + baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25] + BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode) Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>] See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c. - baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25] BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode) + baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25] + BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode) Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode> See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c. @@ -292,7 +295,8 @@ running once the system is up. blkmtd_count= bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards) - bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as kernel args too. + bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as + kernel args too. bttv.pll= See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options bttv.tuner= and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST @@ -318,15 +322,17 @@ running once the system is up. checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. Format: { "0" | "1" } See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. - 0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes any implied execute protection). + 0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes + any implied execute protection). 1 -- check protection requested by application. Default value is set via a kernel config option. - Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/checkreqprot. - - clock= [BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday timesource override. + Value can be changed at runtime via + /selinux/checkreqprot. + + clock= [BUGS=IA-32,HW] gettimeofday timesource override. Forces specified timesource (if avaliable) to be used - when calculating gettimeofday(). If specicified timesource - is not avalible, it defaults to PIT. + when calculating gettimeofday(). If specicified + timesource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT. Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } hpet= [IA-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT. @@ -336,17 +342,19 @@ running once the system is up. Format: { auto | [<io>,][<irq>] } com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset - Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]] + Format: + <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]] com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers) Format: <io>[,<irq>] - com90xx= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers) + com90xx= [HW,NET] + ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers) Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]] condev= [HW,S390] console device conmode= - + console= [KNL] Output console device and options. tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>. @@ -367,7 +375,8 @@ running once the system is up. options are the same as for ttyS, above. cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver - Format: <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] + Format: + <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] cpia_pp= [HW,PPT] Format: { parport<nr> | auto | none } @@ -384,10 +393,10 @@ running once the system is up. cs89x0_media= [HW,NET] Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc } - + cyclades= [HW,SERIAL] Cyclades multi-serial port adapter. - - dasd= [HW,NET] + + dasd= [HW,NET] See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c. db9.dev[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port @@ -406,7 +415,7 @@ runn |