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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if:
IA-32 IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled.
IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
- IP_PNP IP DCHP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
+ IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
@@ -159,6 +159,20 @@ running once the system is up.
acpi_fake_ecdt [HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT
+ acpi_generic_hotkey [HW,ACPI]
+ Allow consolidated generic hotkey driver to
+ over-ride 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)
+ The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
+
+ disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+ Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
+ Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
+
ad1816= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
See also Documentation/sound/oss/AD1816.
@@ -544,6 +558,7 @@ running once the system is up.
keyboard and can not control its state
(Don't attempt to blink the leds)
i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
+ i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
controller
i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
@@ -758,6 +773,9 @@ running once the system is up.
maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
should make use of
+ max_addr=[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or
+ equal to this physical address is ignored.
+
max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe
Should be between 1 and 2^32-1.
@@ -1166,6 +1184,11 @@ running once the system is up.
New name for the ramdisk parameter.
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
+ rdinit= [KNL]
+ Format: <full_path>
+ Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
+ used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
+
reboot= [BUGS=IA-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c.