From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422851AbWJFS6n (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:58:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422854AbWJFS6g (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:58:36 -0400 Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([63.81.120.158]:32291 "EHLO dwalker1.mvista.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422851AbWJFS6D (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:58:03 -0400 Message-Id: <20061006185457.619680000@mvista.com> References: <20061006185439.667702000@mvista.com> User-Agent: quilt/0.45-1 Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:54:49 -0700 From: Daniel Walker To: akpm@osdl.org CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, johnstul@us.ibm.com Subject: [PATCH 10/10] -mm: clocksource: update kernel parameters Content-Disposition: inline; filename=add_some_new_clocksource_params.patch Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Documents two new kernel parameters, timeofday_clocksource sched_clocksource Removed old ones, clocksource clock Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 17 +++++++---------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.18/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.18.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ linux-2.6.18/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -351,13 +351,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/checkreqprot. - clock= [BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override. - [Deprecated] - Forces specified clocksource (if avaliable) to be used - when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified - clocksource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT. - Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } - disable_8254_timer enable_8254_timer [IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing @@ -1647,9 +1640,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. time Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line - clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource - Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource - with the name specified. + timeofday_clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] + Override the default time of day clocksource and use + the clocksource with the name specified. + + sched_clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] + Override the default scheduler clocksource. Used for + timing only inside the scheduler. tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT] Set communications timeout in tenths of a second --