The patch titled document clocksources has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is doc-clocksources.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: document clocksources From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> Document the available clocksources per platform and move clocksource= into the correct (alpha) location in the file. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~doc-clocksources Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~doc-clocksources +++ a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -396,6 +396,26 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } + clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource + Format: <string> + Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource + with the name specified. + Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on + the platform: + [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource) + [ACPI] acpi_pm + [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2, + pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1 + [AVR32] avr32 + [IA-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer; + scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440 + [MIPS] MIPS + [PARISC] cr16 + [S390] tod + [SH] SuperH + [SPARC64] tick + [X86-64] hpet,tsc + code_bytes [IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an oops report. Range: 0 - 8192 @@ -1807,10 +1827,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. time Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line - clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource - Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource - with the name specified. - tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT] Set communications timeout in tenths of a second (default 15). _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-merge-populate-and-nopage-into-fault-fixes-nonlinear.patch romfs-printk-format-warnings.patch add-pci_try_set_mwi.patch git-unionfs.patch add-pci_try_set_mwi-prism54pci.patch git-ipwireless_cs.patch documentation-fix-the-explanation-of-kconfig-files.patch update-dontdiff-file.patch doc-clocksources.patch doc-kernel-parameters-use-x86-32-tag-instead-of-ia-32.patch add-argv_split-fix.patch add-common-orderly_poweroff-fix.patch profile-likely-unlikely-macros.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html