[PATCH] 2.5.42 Doc/kernel-parameters

From: Randy.Dunlap (randy.dunlap@verizon.net)
Date: Mon Oct 14 2002 - 23:36:18 EST


Hi,

Please apply to 2.5.42.
Updates/corrects Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt file.

Thanks,
~Randy

--- ./Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.2542 Fri Oct 11 21:22:47 2002
+++ ./Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Mon Oct 14 21:27:45 2002
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         HW Appropriate hardware is enabled.
         IA-32 IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled.
         IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
+ IP_PNP IP DCHP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
         ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
         ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
         JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@
 
         initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk.
 
- ip= [PNP]
+ ip= [IP_PNP]
 
         isapnp= [ISAPNP] Specify RDP, reset, pci_scan and verbosity.
 
@@ -279,10 +280,14 @@
  
         kbd-reset [VT]
 
- keep_initrd [HW, ARM]
+ keepinitrd [HW, ARM]
 
         load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy.
 
+ lockd.udpport= [NFS]
+
+ lockd.tcpport= [NFS]
+
         logi_busmouse= [HW, MOUSE]
 
         lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
@@ -323,6 +328,8 @@
                                 to off as the mainboard support is not always present.
                                 You must activate it as a boot option
 
+ mca-pentium [BUGS=IA-32]
+
         mcd= [HW,CD]
 
         mcdx= [HW,CD]
@@ -335,6 +342,11 @@
 
         megaraid= [HW,SCSI]
  
+ mem=exactmap [KNL,BOOT,IA-32] enable setting of an exact
+ e820 memory map, as specified by the user.
+ Such mem=exactmap lines can be constructed
+ based on BIOS output or other requirements.
+
         mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] force use of a specific amount of
                         memory; to be used when the kernel is not able
                         to see the whole system memory or for test.
@@ -390,7 +402,9 @@
 
         nohlt [BUGS=ARM]
  
- no-hlt [BUGS=IA-32]
+ no-hlt [BUGS=IA-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
+ instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
+ use it.
 
         noht [SMP,IA-32] Disables P4 Xeon(tm) HyperThreading.
 
@@ -536,6 +550,10 @@
         ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot.
 
         root= [KNL] root filesystem.
+
+ rootflags= [KNL] set root filesystem mount option string
+
+ rootfstype= [KNL] set root filesystem type
 
         rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot.
 

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