[PATCH] docs: kernel-parameters.txt: Fix whitespace

From: Thymo van Beers
Date: Mon Apr 16 2018 - 11:45:13 EST


Some lines used spaces instead of tabs at line start.
This can cause mangled lines in editors due to inconsistency.

Replace spaces for tabs where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Thymo van Beers <thymovanbeers@xxxxxxxxx>
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Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 168 ++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 84 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 1d1d53f85ddd..3aa8eed85f39 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@
use by PCI
Format: <irq>,<irq>...

- acpi_mask_gpe= [HW,ACPI]
+ acpi_mask_gpe= [HW,ACPI]
Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
- GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
- the GPE dispatcher.
+ GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
+ the GPE dispatcher.
This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
GPE floodings.
Format: <int>
@@ -472,10 +472,10 @@
for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
others).

- ccw_timeout_log [S390]
+ ccw_timeout_log [S390]
See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.

- cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
+ cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
@@ -641,8 +641,8 @@
hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.

- If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
- device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
+ If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
+ device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
console=brl,ttyS0
For now, only VisioBraille is supported.

@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@

consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
- Defaults to 0.
+ Defaults to 0.

coredump_filter=
[KNL] Change the default value for
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
or memory reserved is below 4G.

cryptomgr.notests
- [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
+ [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests

cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET]
Format: <dma>
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@
Format: <port#>,<type>
See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst

- ddebug_query= [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
+ ddebug_query= [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
time. See
Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
details. Deprecated, see dyndbg.
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@
causing system reset or hang due to sending
INIT from AP to BSP.

- disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES]
+ disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES]
Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
to workaround buggy firmware.

@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@
parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.

- forcepae [X86-32]
+ forcepae [X86-32]
Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
functionally usable PAE implementation.
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@

gamma= [HW,DRM]

- gart_fix_e820= [X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
+ gart_fix_e820= [X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
Format: off | on
default: on

@@ -1341,14 +1341,14 @@
x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).

- hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
- terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
- hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
- If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
- from listed z/VM user IDs only.
+ hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
+ terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
+ hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
+ If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
+ from listed z/VM user IDs only.

- hwthread_map= [METAG] Comma-separated list of Linux cpu id to
- hardware thread id mappings.
+ hwthread_map= [METAG] Comma-separated list of Linux cpu id to
+ hardware thread id mappings.
Format: <cpu>:<hwthread>

keep_bootcon [KNL]
@@ -1357,11 +1357,11 @@
between unregistering the boot console and initializing
the real console.

- i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
- or register an additional I2C bus that is not
- registered from board initialization code.
- Format:
- <bus_id>,<clkrate>
+ i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
+ or register an additional I2C bus that is not
+ registered from board initialization code.
+ Format:
+ <bus_id>,<clkrate>

i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
i8042.unmask_kbd_data
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@
Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
architectures force reset to be always executed
i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
- i8042.kbdreset [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
+ i8042.kbdreset [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port

i810= [HW,DRM]

@@ -1546,13 +1546,13 @@
programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
opened for read by uid=0.

- ima_template= [IMA]
+ ima_template= [IMA]
Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
Default: "ima-ng"

ima_template_fmt=
- [IMA] Define a custom template format.
+ [IMA] Define a custom template format.
Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }

ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@
inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
Format: <irq>

- int_pln_enable [x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
+ int_pln_enable [x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt

integrity_audit=[IMA]
Format: { "0" | "1" }
@@ -1648,39 +1648,39 @@
0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1 to 9 specify maximum depth of C-state.

- intel_pstate= [X86]
- disable
- Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
- scaling driver for the supported processors
- passive
- Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
- to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
- enabling its internal governor). This mode cannot be
- used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
- feature.
- force
- Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
- in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
- instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
- as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
- P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
- should be used with caution. This option does not work with
- processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
- or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
- no_hwp
- Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
- if available.
- hwp_only
- Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
- hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
- support_acpi_ppc
- Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
- Description Table, specifies preferred power management
- profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
- then this feature is turned on by default.
- per_cpu_perf_limits
- Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
- cpufreq sysfs interface
+ intel_pstate= [X86]
+ disable
+ Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
+ scaling driver for the supported processors
+ passive
+ Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
+ to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
+ enabling its internal governor). This mode cannot be
+ used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
+ feature.
+ force
+ Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
+ in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
+ instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
+ as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
+ P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
+ should be used with caution. This option does not work with
+ processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
+ or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
+ no_hwp
+ Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
+ if available.
+ hwp_only
+ Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
+ hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
+ support_acpi_ppc
+ Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
+ Description Table, specifies preferred power management
+ profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
+ then this feature is turned on by default.
+ per_cpu_perf_limits
+ Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
+ cpufreq sysfs interface

intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
on enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
@@ -1765,21 +1765,21 @@
specified in the flag list (default: domain):

nohz
- Disable the tick when a single task runs.
+ Disable the tick when a single task runs.
domain
- Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
- algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
- is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
- the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
- advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
- balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
- It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
- move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
-
- You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
- the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
- <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
- "number of CPUs in system - 1".
+ Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
+ algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
+ is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
+ the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
+ advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
+ balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
+ It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
+ move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
+
+ You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
+ the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
+ <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
+ "number of CPUs in system - 1".

The format of <cpu-list> is described above.

@@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@
* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.

* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
- and both resets.
+ and both resets.

* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
hot-unplug link recovery
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@
[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.

- memhp_default_state=online/offline
+ memhp_default_state=online/offline
[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
set according to the
@@ -2729,7 +2729,7 @@
[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
clock and use the default one.

- no-steal-acc [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
+ no-steal-acc [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
behaviour

@@ -2790,7 +2790,7 @@
notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter

nowatchdog [KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
- soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
+ soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).

nowb [ARM]

@@ -2810,7 +2810,7 @@
If the dependencies are under your control, you can
turn on cpu0_hotplug.

- nps_mtm_hs_ctr= [KNL,ARC]
+ nps_mtm_hs_ctr= [KNL,ARC]
This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
without interruptions, before HW switches it.
@@ -2951,7 +2951,7 @@

pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
earlydump [X86] dump PCI config space before the kernel
- changes anything
+ changes anything
off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
@@ -3039,7 +3039,7 @@
is enabled by default. If you need to use this,
please report a bug.
nocrs [X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
- If you need to use this, please report a bug.
+ If you need to use this, please report a bug.
routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
so this option is a temporary workaround
@@ -4363,7 +4363,7 @@

usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
- USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
+ USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).

usbcore.nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem
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