[PATCH v2 31/33] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Add kernel parameter "resctrl" for CAT

From: Fenghua Yu
Date: Thu Sep 08 2016 - 02:59:21 EST


From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>

Add kernel parameter "resctrl" for CAT L3:

resctrl=disable_cat_l3: disable CAT L3
resctrl=simulate_cat_l3: simulate CAT L3

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index a4f4d69..1240a4f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3692,6 +3692,19 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
managed by CMA.

+ resctrl= [X86] Resource control
+ Format:
+ [disable_cat_l3][,simulate_cat_l3]
+
+ disable_cat_l3 - Disable CAT L3. By default, CAT L3
+ is enabled.
+
+ simulate_cat_l3 - Simulate CAT L3 on a machine that
+ doesn't have the feature. In the
+ simulation, max closid is 16 and
+ max cbm lenghth is 20, and host
+ machine's cache hierarchy is used.
+
rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot

S [KNL] Run init in single mode
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2.5.0