From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Randy Dunlap Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:15:14 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add documentation for "nohlt" kernel parameter Message-Id: <49B14C12.5050402@oracle.com> List-Id: References: <20090306122925.9779.95415.stgit@Programuotojas> In-Reply-To: <20090306122925.9779.95415.stgit@Programuotojas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Paulius Zaleckas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, yanok@emcraft.com, wd@denx.de Paulius Zaleckas wrote: > As per discussion in: > http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m3633652517391&w=2 > > Signed-off-by: Paulius Zaleckas > --- > > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 +++- > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > index 54f21a5..de06666 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > @@ -1487,7 +1487,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file > > noclflush [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction > > - nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] > + nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or > + wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to > + use it. This is also usefull when using JTAG debugger. useful > > no-hlt [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt > instruction doesn't work correctly and not to -- ~Randy