The patch titled doc: small kernel-parameters updates has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is doc-small-kernel-parameters-updates.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: doc: small kernel-parameters updates From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> Change last "i386" to X86-32 as is used throughout the rest of the file. Change combination of X86-32,X86-64 to just X86, as is done throughout the rest of the file. Add a note that hyphens and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, with examples. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christopher Sylvain <chris.sylvain@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~doc-small-kernel-parameters-updates Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~doc-small-kernel-parameters-updates +++ a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ are specified on the kernel command line usbcore.blinkenlights=1 +Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so + log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1 +can also be entered as + log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1 + + This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also @@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have APC and your system crashes randomly. - apic= [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller + apic= [APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Change the output verbosity whilst booting Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } Change the amount of debugging information output @@ -702,7 +708,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB entry later. This parameter enables that. - enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] + enable_timer_pin_1 [X86] Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer Can be useful to work around chipset bugs (in particular on some ATI chipsets). _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch input-drivers-input-xpadc-improve-xbox-360-wireless-support-and-add-sysfs-interface-fix.patch input-drivers-input-xpadc-improve-xbox-360-wireless-support-and-add-sysfs-interface-add-missing-prototype-and-update-history.patch nfsd-use-c99-struct-initializers.patch e1000e-make-e1000e-default-to-the-same-kconfig-setting-as-e1000.patch qla2x-fix-printk-format-warnings.patch menu-fix-embedded-menu-order.patch doc-small-kernel-parameters-updates.patch lockd-fix-file_locking=n-build-error.patch kmap_types-make-most-arches-use-generic-header-file.patch irqs-add-irqf_sample_random-to-the-feature-removal-scheduletxt-deprecated-list.patch cgroups-make-messages-more-readable.patch linuxpps-core-support.patch reiser4-export-remove_from_page_cache-fix.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