From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: create "processor.bm_check_disable" boot param Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:58:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20100525124325.GC7876@srcf.ucam.org> <20100525185507.GA15997@srcf.ucam.org> <20100722074750.GA22520@one.firstfloor.org> <87k4oiiu3x.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <20100727112841.GC7813@basil.fritz.box> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms173009pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.9]:36034 "EHLO vms173009pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750939Ab0G1S7K (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:59:10 -0400 In-reply-to: <20100727112841.GC7813@basil.fritz.box> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Andi Kleen Cc: Matthew Garrett , "Yu, Luming" , Philip Langdale , Jeff Garrett , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" , "venki@google.com" On Tue, 27 Jul 2010, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > 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. Where? kernel-parameters.txt seems to be mostly about core kernel parameters. While there are some key driver parameters in there, they appear to be the exception. -Len