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From: Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@teltonika.lt>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk,
	linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
Cc: yanok@emcraft.com, wd@denx.de
Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for "nohlt" kernel parameter
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:29:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090306122925.9779.95415.stgit@Programuotojas> (raw)

As per discussion in:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=123633652517391&w=2

Signed-off-by: Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@teltonika.lt>
---

 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.
 
 	no-hlt		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
 			instruction doesn't work correctly and not to


             reply	other threads:[~2009-03-06 12:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-03-06 12:29 Paulius Zaleckas [this message]
2009-03-06 16:15 ` [PATCH] Add documentation for "nohlt" kernel parameter Randy Dunlap

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