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* [PATCH] Add documentation for "nohlt" kernel parameter
@ 2009-03-06 12:29 Paulius Zaleckas
  2009-03-06 16:15 ` Randy Dunlap
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Paulius Zaleckas @ 2009-03-06 12:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel, linux-sh; +Cc: yanok, wd

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


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* Re: [PATCH] Add documentation for "nohlt" kernel parameter
  2009-03-06 12:29 [PATCH] Add documentation for "nohlt" kernel parameter Paulius Zaleckas
@ 2009-03-06 16:15 ` Randy Dunlap
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Randy Dunlap @ 2009-03-06 16:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paulius Zaleckas; +Cc: linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel, linux-sh, yanok, wd

Paulius Zaleckas wrote:
> 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.

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


-- 
~Randy

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