Merge tag 'pm-4.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm

[linux-2.6-block.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 52292b28b291241935fbe6664958b1d059b59b79..1b322c0c8dff89f314bcd0f5cc7afa508da9eaec 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
                        More X86-64 boot options can be found in
                        Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
        X86     Either 32-bit or 64-bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64)
+       X86_UV  SGI UV support is enabled.
        XEN     Xen support is enabled
 
 In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
@@ -167,16 +168,18 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
        acpi=           [HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
                        Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
-                       Format: { force | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
+                       Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
                                  copy_dsdt }
                        force -- enable ACPI if default was off
+                       on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
                        off -- disable ACPI if default was on
                        noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
                        strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
                                strictly ACPI specification compliant.
                        rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
                        copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
-                       For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off" or "acpi=force" are available
+                       For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
+                       are available
 
                        See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt, pci=noacpi
 
@@ -542,6 +545,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        Format: <int> (must be >=0)
                        Default: 64
 
+       bau=            [X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
+                       behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
+                       Format: { "0" | "1" }
+                       0 - Disable the BAU.
+                       1 - Enable the BAU.
+                       unset - Disable the BAU.
+
        baycom_epp=     [HW,AX25]
                        Format: <io>,<mode>
 
@@ -3289,6 +3299,44 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
                        prove do nothing more than free memory.
 
+       rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
+                       Measure performance of expedited synchronous
+                       grace-period primitives.
+
+       rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL]
+                       Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
+                       this parameter is to delay the start of the
+                       test until boot completes in order to avoid
+                       interference.
+
+       rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
+                       Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
+                       N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
+                       "n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
+                       the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
+                       (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
+                       A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
+                       a single reader.
+
+       rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL]
+                       Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
+                       the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
+                       N, where N is the number of CPUs
+
+       rcuperf.perf_runnable= [BOOT]
+                       Start rcuperf running at boot time.
+
+       rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL]
+                       Shut the system down after performance tests
+                       complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
+                       testing.
+
+       rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
+                       Specify the RCU implementation to test.
+
+       rcuperf.verbose= [KNL]
+                       Enable additional printk() statements.
+
        rcutorture.cbflood_inter_holdoff= [KNL]
                        Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
                        callback-flood tests.