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PATCH In review Randy Dunlap 2 participants 3 messages Aug 22, 2008 Documentation

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PATCH 1/1 documentation: add more early_param boot options

From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>

Add some (more) early_param boot options to kernel-parameters.txt.

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 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +12 -0
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
 
 
+	additional_cpus=  [IA-64,X86-32,X86-64]
+			Format: <int>
+			Specify the number of additional hotplug CPUs that
+			should be supported/allowed.  Can be used to
+			override BIOS info or to provide this info if not
+			already available.
+
 	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386]
 			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
 			Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq }
@@ -1077,6 +1084,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
 			the same attribute, the last one is used.
 
+	lmb=debug	[KNL] Enable lmb debug messages.
+
 	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
 			See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
 
@@ -1474,6 +1483,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 
 	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
 
+	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
+			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more info.
+
 	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
 			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
 			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
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Quoted 12 lines · Randy Dunlap

From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>

Add some (more) early_param boot options to kernel-parameters.txt.

---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt and is between 256 and 4096 characters. · line 138

Quoted 10 lines
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +7 -0
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
 ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
 
 
+       additional_cpus=  [IA-64,X86-32,X86-64]
+                       Format: <int>
+                       Specify the number of additional hotplug CPUs that
+                       should be supported/allowed.  Can be used to
+                       override BIOS info or to provide this info if not
+                       already available.
+

how about the one in Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt ?

YH

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Quoted 16 lines · Yinghai Lu
Quoted 15 lines · Randy Dunlap

From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>

Add some (more) early_param boot options to kernel-parameters.txt.

---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +0 -0
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
 ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
 
 
Quoted 8 lines

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt and is between 256 and 4096 characters. · line 138

Quoted 7 lines
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +7 -0
+       additional_cpus=  [IA-64,X86-32,X86-64]
+                       Format: <int>
+                       Specify the number of additional hotplug CPUs that
+                       should be supported/allowed.  Can be used to
+                       override BIOS info or to provide this info if not
+                       already available.
+

how about the one in Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt ?

Oh. Thanks. I'll think about how to handle that (or drop that part) and respin/resend it.