Loading Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +0 −12 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -244,18 +244,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> --------------------------- What: init_mm export When: 2.6.26 Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some out-of-tree driver. Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> ---------------------------- What: usedac i386 kernel parameter When: 2.6.27 Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination Loading Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +6 −3 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -1339,10 +1339,13 @@ nmi_watchdog Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently, passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function to work. Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize. If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize. msgmni ------ Loading Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +39 −5 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -220,14 +220,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g., ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ... See Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about debug layers and levels. The debug_level mask defaults to "info". See Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about debug layers and levels. Enable processor driver info messages: acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000 Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages: acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug object while interpreting AML: acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2 Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages: acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 acpi.debug_level=0x4 Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware: acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff Loading Loading @@ -1393,7 +1396,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file when a NMI is triggered. Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels Format: [panic,][num] Valid num: 0,1,2 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance counter and the local APIC's performance vector. When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box quickly up again. Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following symbolic names: lapic and ioapic Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor Loading Loading @@ -1626,6 +1642,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks. Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This should never be necessary. ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs when the system masks IRQs. noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled. The opposite of ioapicreroute. biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt routing table. These calls are known to be buggy on several machines and they hang the machine Loading Loading @@ -2255,6 +2282,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC. Format: <string> [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this disables clocksource verification at runtime. Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in virtualized environment. turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] TurboGraFX parallel port interface Format: Loading Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt +5 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ to the overall system performance. On x86 nmi_watchdog is disabled by default so you have to enable it with a boot time parameter. It's possible to disable the NMI watchdog in run-time by writing "0" to /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog. Writing "1" to the same file will re-enable the NMI watchdog. Notice that you still need to use "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time. NOTE: In kernels prior to 2.4.2-ac18 the NMI-oopser is enabled unconditionally on x86 SMP boxes. Loading Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt +2 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. STAC9227/9228/9229/927x ref Reference board ref-no-jd Reference board without HP/Mic jack detection 3stack D965 3stack 5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520 Loading @@ -1076,6 +1077,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. STAC92HD73* ref Reference board no-jd BIOS setup but without jack-detection dell-m6-amic Dell desktops/laptops with analog mics dell-m6-dmic Dell desktops/laptops with digital mics dell-m6 Dell desktops/laptops with both type of mics Loading Loading
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +0 −12 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -244,18 +244,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> --------------------------- What: init_mm export When: 2.6.26 Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some out-of-tree driver. Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> ---------------------------- What: usedac i386 kernel parameter When: 2.6.27 Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination Loading
Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +6 −3 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -1339,10 +1339,13 @@ nmi_watchdog Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently, passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function to work. Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize. If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize. msgmni ------ Loading
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +39 −5 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -220,14 +220,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g., ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ... See Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about debug layers and levels. The debug_level mask defaults to "info". See Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about debug layers and levels. Enable processor driver info messages: acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000 Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages: acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug object while interpreting AML: acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2 Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages: acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 acpi.debug_level=0x4 Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware: acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff Loading Loading @@ -1393,7 +1396,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file when a NMI is triggered. Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels Format: [panic,][num] Valid num: 0,1,2 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance counter and the local APIC's performance vector. When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box quickly up again. Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following symbolic names: lapic and ioapic Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor Loading Loading @@ -1626,6 +1642,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks. Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This should never be necessary. ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs when the system masks IRQs. noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled. The opposite of ioapicreroute. biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt routing table. These calls are known to be buggy on several machines and they hang the machine Loading Loading @@ -2255,6 +2282,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC. Format: <string> [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this disables clocksource verification at runtime. Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in virtualized environment. turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] TurboGraFX parallel port interface Format: Loading
Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt +5 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ to the overall system performance. On x86 nmi_watchdog is disabled by default so you have to enable it with a boot time parameter. It's possible to disable the NMI watchdog in run-time by writing "0" to /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog. Writing "1" to the same file will re-enable the NMI watchdog. Notice that you still need to use "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time. NOTE: In kernels prior to 2.4.2-ac18 the NMI-oopser is enabled unconditionally on x86 SMP boxes. Loading
Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt +2 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. STAC9227/9228/9229/927x ref Reference board ref-no-jd Reference board without HP/Mic jack detection 3stack D965 3stack 5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520 Loading @@ -1076,6 +1077,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. STAC92HD73* ref Reference board no-jd BIOS setup but without jack-detection dell-m6-amic Dell desktops/laptops with analog mics dell-m6-dmic Dell desktops/laptops with digital mics dell-m6 Dell desktops/laptops with both type of mics Loading
