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[cascardo/linux.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index eb24799..189df0b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -75,10 +75,12 @@ parameter is applicable:
        PPT     Parallel port support is enabled.
        PS2     Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled.
        RAM     RAM disk support is enabled.
+       ROOTPLUG The example Root Plug LSM is enabled.
        S390    S390 architecture is enabled.
        SCSI    Appropriate SCSI support is enabled.
                        A lot of drivers has their options described inside of
                        Documentation/scsi/.
+       SECURITY Different security models are enabled.
        SELINUX SELinux support is enabled.
        SERIAL  Serial support is enabled.
        SH      SuperH architecture is enabled.
@@ -373,6 +375,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        possible to determine what the correct size should be.
                        This option provides an override for these situations.
 
+       capability.disable=
+                       [SECURITY] Disable capabilities.  This would normally
+                       be used only if an alternative security model is to be
+                       configured.  Potentially dangerous and should only be
+                       used if you are entirely sure of the consequences.
+
        chandev=        [HW,NET] Generic channel device initialisation
 
        checkreqprot    [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
@@ -471,6 +479,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
                        The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
 
+       no_console_suspend
+                       [HW] Never suspend the console
+                       Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
+                       hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
+                       messages can reach various consoles while the rest
+                       of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
+                       debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
+                       not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
+                       to work with serial and VGA consoles.
+
        cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
                        Format:
                        <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
@@ -986,6 +1004,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        mce             [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
 
+       mce=option      [X86-64] See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+
        md=             [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
                        See Documentation/md.txt.
 
@@ -1473,14 +1493,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        raid=           [HW,RAID]
                        See Documentation/md.txt.
 
-       ramdisk=        [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes [deprecated]
-                       See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
-
        ramdisk_blocksize=      [RAM]
                        See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
 
        ramdisk_size=   [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
-                       New name for the ramdisk parameter.
                        See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
 
        rcu.blimit=     [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished
@@ -1543,6 +1559,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
                        (e.g. USB and MMC devices).
 
+       root_plug.vendor_id=
+                       [ROOTPLUG] Override the default vendor ID
+
+       root_plug.product_id=
+                       [ROOTPLUG] Override the default product ID
+
+       root_plug.debug=
+                       [ROOTPLUG] Enable debugging output
+
        rw              [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
 
        S               [KNL] Run init in single mode