From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765354AbXEUXHp (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 19:07:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756786AbXEUXHh (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 19:07:37 -0400 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:57753 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757244AbXEUXHg (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 19:07:36 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:11:22 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: lkml Cc: akpm , tglx@linutronix.de Subject: [PATCH] doc. clocksources Message-Id: <20070521161122.eb419bcb.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Randy Dunlap Document the available clocksources per platform and move clocksource= into the correct (alpha) location in the file. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- linux-2622-rc2.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ linux-2622-rc2/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -396,6 +396,26 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } + clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource + Format: + Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource + with the name specified. + Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on + the platform: + [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource) + [ACPI] acpi_pm + [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2, + pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1 + [AVR32] avr32 + [IA-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer; + scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440 + [MIPS] MIPS + [PARISC] cr16 + [S390] tod + [SH] SuperH + [SPARC64] tick + [X86-64] hpet,tsc + code_bytes [IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an oops report. Range: 0 - 8192 @@ -1807,10 +1827,6 @@ 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. - tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT] Set communications timeout in tenths of a second (default 15).