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Document ARM pci=firmware option

PATCH New Deepak Saxena 1 participant 1 message Sep 14, 2004 Documentation

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PATCH 1/1 Document ARM pci=firmware option

Added a new pci= command line option specific to ARM systems in -rc2 and it should be added to kernel-parameters.txt.

Please apply,
~Deepak

===== Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 1.47 vs edited =====

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +6 -0
@@ -878,6 +878,12 @@
 					enabled.
 		noacpi			[IA-32] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
 					or for PCI scanning.
+		firmware		[ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but 
+					instead just use the configuration
+					from the bootloader. This is currently
+					used on IXP2000 systems where the 
+					bus has to be configured a certain way
+					for adjunct CPUs.
 
 	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
 
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