From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>,
"Yu, Luming" <luming.yu@intel.com>,
Philip Langdale <philipl@overt.org>,
Jeff Garrett <jeff@jgarrett.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
"venki@google.com" <venki@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: create "processor.bm_check_disable" boot param
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:28:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100727112841.GC7813@basil.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1007262007550.5292@localhost.localdomain>
> > This needs to be also documented in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>
> I thought about that and decided against it.
> While we do document some driver specific modparams
> in kernel-parameters.txt, I do not expect this one to
> be used that often -- mostly for diagnosis of BIOS bugs.
> I know of two machines that need it,
> and both of those machines have a BIOS update
> or a BIOS update in progress that make it unnecessary.
I think even obscure parameters should be documented.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-27 11:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-26 8:47 acpi_idle: Very idle Core i7 machine never enters C3 Jeff Garrett
2010-01-26 12:41 ` peng huang
2010-01-26 12:41 ` peng huang
2010-01-26 14:59 ` Jeff Garrett
2010-01-26 14:59 ` Jeff Garrett
2010-01-27 13:27 ` peng huang
2010-01-27 13:27 ` peng huang
2010-02-05 16:22 ` Jeff Garrett
2010-02-05 16:22 ` Jeff Garrett
2010-01-26 21:45 ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-26 21:45 ` Andi Kleen
2010-02-05 16:09 ` Jeff Garrett
2010-02-05 17:45 ` Len Brown
2010-02-05 20:53 ` Jeff Garrett
2010-04-27 2:40 ` Philip Langdale
2010-04-27 7:26 ` Len Brown
2010-04-27 15:41 ` Philip Langdale
2010-04-27 12:47 ` Jeff Garrett
2010-04-30 14:57 ` Philip Langdale
2010-04-30 14:57 ` Philip Langdale
2010-04-30 16:25 ` Len Brown
2010-04-30 17:44 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-04-30 18:35 ` Philip Langdale
2010-04-30 18:35 ` Philip Langdale
2010-05-25 5:43 ` Len Brown
2010-05-25 5:59 ` Yu, Luming
2010-05-25 12:39 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-25 12:43 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-25 12:43 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-25 15:33 ` Len Brown
2010-05-25 18:55 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-07-21 21:31 ` [PATCH] ACPI: make acpi_idle Nehalem-aware Len Brown
2010-07-22 0:53 ` Venkatesh Pallipadi
2010-07-22 0:53 ` Venkatesh Pallipadi
2010-07-22 7:47 ` Andi Kleen
2010-07-22 15:57 ` Len Brown
2010-07-22 21:21 ` [PATCH] ACPI: skip checking BM_STS if the BIOS doesn't ask for it Len Brown
2010-07-22 21:40 ` [PATCH] ACPI: create "processor.bm_check_disable" boot param Len Brown
2010-07-26 7:24 ` Andi Kleen
2010-07-26 7:24 ` Andi Kleen
2010-07-27 0:19 ` Len Brown
2010-07-27 11:28 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2010-07-28 18:58 ` Len Brown
2010-07-22 21:25 ` [PATCH] ACPI: make acpi_idle Nehalem-aware Iain
2010-07-22 21:53 ` Iain
2010-07-22 22:01 ` Len Brown
2010-07-23 12:40 ` Iain
2010-08-03 6:55 ` Pavel Machek
2010-08-03 7:05 ` Andi Kleen
2010-05-25 12:37 ` acpi_idle: Very idle Core i7 machine never enters C3 Matthew Garrett
2010-05-25 15:40 ` Len Brown
2010-07-22 5:34 ` Len Brown
2010-02-01 14:10 ` Pavel Machek
2010-02-05 16:30 ` Jeff Garrett
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