Re: [PATCH] x86: nmi - document lapic and ioapic parameters

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Fri Oct 31 2008 - 17:42:00 EST


H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> On top of -tip dda51106620c328b50007c259b9ef8cea2b7c3d2
>>>
>>> Index: linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-27 21:35:08.000000000 +0300
>>> +++ linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2008-10-31 22:21:59.000000000 +0300
>>> @@ -1404,6 +1404,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
>>> Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
>>>
>>> nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
>>> + Format: [panic,][num]
>>> + Valid num: 0,1,2
>>> + 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
>>> + 1 - use IO-APIC
>>> + 2 - use local APIC
>>> + Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
>>> + symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
>>> + Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
>>>
>>> no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
>>> emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
>>> --
>> please update
>>
>> Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
>>
>
> If it's in x86-64, it's not =X86-32, so something is fishy. The
> x86_64/boot-options.txt file really should be merged into
> kernel-parameters.txt.

should have all command line etc in source code .c, and use some tools to extract them to keep them consistent.

YH

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