Sort the list of kernel build options and hardware support options.
Add a comment that the list should be kept sorted instead of having
new options inserted willy nilly.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst | 23 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff -- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ reveal their parameters in /sys/module/$
parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
``echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}``.
-The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were
-enabled and if respective hardware is present. The text in square brackets at
-the beginning of each description states the restrictions within which a
-parameter is applicable::
+The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options
+were enabled and if respective hardware is present. This list should be kept
+in alphabetical order. The text in square brackets at the beginning
+of each description states the restrictions within which a parameter
+is applicable::
ACPI ACPI support is enabled.
AGP AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is enabled.
@@ -127,9 +128,9 @@ parameter is applicable::
KGDB Kernel debugger support is enabled.
KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled.
LIBATA Libata driver is enabled
- LP Printer support is enabled.
LOONGARCH LoongArch architecture is enabled.
LOOP Loopback device support is enabled.
+ LP Printer support is enabled.
M68k M68k architecture is enabled.
These options have more detailed description inside of
Documentation/arch/m68k/kernel-options.rst.
@@ -139,10 +140,9 @@ parameter is applicable::
MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI).
MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled.
NET Appropriate network support is enabled.
- NUMA NUMA support is enabled.
NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled.
+ NUMA NUMA support is enabled.
OF Devicetree is enabled.
- PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled.
PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled.
PCI PCI bus support is enabled.
PCIE PCI Express support is enabled.
@@ -151,9 +151,10 @@ parameter is applicable::
PPC PowerPC architecture is enabled.
PPT Parallel port support is enabled.
PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled.
+ PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled.
RAM RAM disk support is enabled.
- RISCV RISCV architecture is enabled.
RDT Intel Resource Director Technology.
+ RISCV RISCV architecture is enabled.
S390 S390 architecture is enabled.
SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled.
A lot of drivers have their options described inside
@@ -164,15 +165,15 @@ parameter is applicable::
SH SuperH architecture is enabled.
SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel.
SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled.
- SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled.
SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled.
+ SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled.
TPM TPM drivers are enabled.
UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled.
USB USB support is enabled.
USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
V4L Video For Linux support is enabled.
- VMMIO Driver for memory mapped virtio devices is enabled.
VGA The VGA console has been enabled.
+ VMMIO Driver for memory mapped virtio devices is enabled.
VT Virtual terminal support is enabled.
WDT Watchdog support is enabled.
X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled.
@@ -186,9 +187,9 @@ parameter is applicable::
In addition, the following text indicates that the option::
+ BOOT Is a boot loader parameter.
BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor.
KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter.
- BOOT Is a boot loader parameter.
Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot
loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
