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authorMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2021-05-08 21:12:55 +1000
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2021-05-08 21:12:55 +1000
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treef290b3e7aa9c12fdc4853ce97c150c4f9abd90a3 /Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
parent32b48bf8514c28cdc89cd8069eceeb6e6cff0612 (diff)
parentdd860052c99b1e088352bdd4fb7aef46f8d2ef47 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into next
Merge master back into next, this allows us to resolve some conflicts in arch/powerpc/Kconfig, and also re-sort the symbols under config PPC so that they are in alphabetical order again.
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+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1469,6 +1469,12 @@
Don't use this when you are not running on the
android emulator
+ gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
+ [HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
+ Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
+ gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
+ [HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
+
gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
@@ -1492,10 +1498,6 @@
Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
Default: 1024
- gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
- [HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
- Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
-
hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
backtraces on all cpus.
@@ -1833,6 +1835,18 @@
initcall functions. Useful for debugging built-in
modules and initcalls.
+ initramfs_async= [KNL]
+ Format: <bool>
+ Default: 1
+ This parameter controls whether the initramfs
+ image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
+ with devices being probed and
+ initialized. This should normally just work,
+ but as a debugging aid, one can get the
+ historical behaviour of the initramfs
+ unpacking being completed before device_ and
+ late_ initcalls.
+
initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
initrdmem= [KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
@@ -2802,7 +2816,24 @@
seconds. Use this parameter to check at some
other rate. 0 disables periodic checking.
- memtest= [KNL,X86,ARM,PPC] Enable memtest
+ memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
+ [KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
+ Format: {on | off (default)}
+ When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
+ allocate its internal metadata (struct pages)
+ from the hotadded memory which will allow to
+ hotadd a lot of memory without requiring
+ additional memory to do so.
+ This feature is disabled by default because it
+ has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
+ allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
+ memory blocks).
+ The state of the flag can be read in
+ /sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
+ Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
+ the feature is not effective.
+
+ memtest= [KNL,X86,ARM,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
Format: <integer>
default : 0 <disable>
Specifies the number of memtest passes to be