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Kernel v2.4.22 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

Filename:/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
Lines Added:17
Lines Deleted:5
Also changed in: (Previous) 2.4.22-rc4  2.4.22-rc3  2.4.22-rc2  2.4.22-rc1  2.4.22-pre10  2.4.22-pre9 
(Following) 2.4.22-bk1  2.4.22-bk2  2.4.22-bk3  2.4.22-bk4  2.4.22-bk5  2.4.22-bk6 

Location
[  2.4.22
  [  Documentation
     o  kernel-parameters.txt

Patch

diff -urN linux-2.4.21/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt linux-2.4.22/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
--- linux-2.4.21/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt   2002-11-28 15:53:08.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.4.22/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt   2003-08-25 04:44:39.000000000 -0700
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@
    53c7xx=      [HW,SCSI] Amiga SCSI controllers.
 
    acpi=      [HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface 
-
-   acpismp=force   [IA-32] Early setup parse and use ACPI SMP table.
+      force   Force ACPI on, even if blacklisted platform
+      off   Disable ACPI
+      ht   Limit ACPI to boot-time LAPIC enumeration for HT,
+         disabling the run-time AML interpreter.
  
    ad1816=      [HW,SOUND]
 
@@ -341,6 +343,18 @@
          memory; to be used when the kernel is not able
          to see the whole system memory or for test.
 
+   mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
+         [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific region of memory
+         Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+
+   mem=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
+         [KNL,BOOT,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
+         Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+
+   mem=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
+         [KNL,BOOT,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
+         Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
+
    memfrac=   [KNL]
 
    mga=      [HW,DRM]
@@ -393,8 +407,6 @@
          instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
          use it.
 
-   noht      [SMP,IA-32] Disables P4 Xeon(tm) HyperThreading.
-
    noisapnp   [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
 
    noinitrd   [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
@@ -491,7 +503,7 @@
    plip=      [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link.
 
    profile=   [KNL] enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
-         (param:log level).
+         (param: profile step/bucket size as a power of 2)
 
    prompt_ramdisk=   [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
          before loading.


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