[PATCH] documentation: add more early_param boot options

[PATCH] documentation: add more early_param boot options

[Randy Dunlap]

From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>

Add some (more) early_param boot options to kernel-parameters.txt.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

--- lin2627-rc4.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ lin2627-rc4/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
 
 
+	additional_cpus=  [IA-64,X86-32,X86-64]
+			Format: <int>
+			Specify the number of additional hotplug CPUs that
+			should be supported/allowed.  Can be used to
+			override BIOS info or to provide this info if not
+			already available.
+
 	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386]
 			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
 			Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq }
@@ -1077,6 +1084,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
 			the same attribute, the last one is used.
 
+	lmb=debug	[KNL] Enable lmb debug messages.
+
 	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
 			See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
 
@@ -1474,6 +1483,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 
 	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
 
+	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
+			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more info.
+
 	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
 			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
 			command is not properly ACKed, override the length

Re: [PATCH] documentation: add more early_param boot options

[Yinghai Lu]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
>
> Add some (more) early_param boot options to kernel-parameters.txt.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> --- lin2627-rc4.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ lin2627-rc4/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
>  ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
>
>
> +       additional_cpus=  [IA-64,X86-32,X86-64]
> +                       Format: <int>
> +                       Specify the number of additional hotplug CPUs that
> +                       should be supported/allowed.  Can be used to
> +                       override BIOS info or to provide this info if not
> +                       already available.
> +
how about the one in Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt ?

YH

Re: [PATCH] documentation: add more early_param boot options

[Randy Dunlap]

Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
>> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
>>
>> Add some (more) early_param boot options to kernel-parameters.txt.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   12 ++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>>
>> --- lin2627-rc4.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>> +++ lin2627-rc4/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>> @@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
>>  ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
>>
>>
>> +       additional_cpus=  [IA-64,X86-32,X86-64]
>> +                       Format: <int>
>> +                       Specify the number of additional hotplug CPUs that
>> +                       should be supported/allowed.  Can be used to
>> +                       override BIOS info or to provide this info if not
>> +                       already available.
>> +
> how about the one in Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt ?

Oh.  Thanks.  I'll think about how to handle that (or drop that part)
and respin/resend it.