From patchwork Sun Apr 3 05:48:20 2022 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Randy Dunlap X-Patchwork-Id: 12799497 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7322C4321E for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2022 05:48:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S240827AbiDCFuX (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Apr 2022 01:50:23 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:39222 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S240151AbiDCFuW (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Apr 2022 01:50:22 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [IPv6:2607:7c80:54:e::133]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8BCF0BCC; Sat, 2 Apr 2022 22:48:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding: MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-Id:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender :Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=WQNoMJjopelVAEED89ffOV+of291eaLHpcsVbmVHuRQ=; b=0es1+Ejv35t67D4PBnvSGY/rZV sJrcHTVDcmzHeR/+6K+lfakLc/aI1HB5TCGmW2QfOxFshZaHOM9tBYnyq1dKNQVwIh1RbuLidkD/w AKpCI1yVgPrc8TMLHLgaISKIp/FvU0QNPAa/TT8DhzcpnF/Xv18GC6R+sKr0LmPgtSuKJxfrwzXoh 95PZe1xZM8K/4VwRIi7niem8fIJVOee8liypxnGE3mA8ppSNpdEkDK9Y/zz1FnmlrXWdqZR5UauPn kKFTLTTBEW3/3kTLqSt8Y949sWFATGlnXJo2RVOYvfrXw6JAwEP0VRLASyk/EDnEiKidW/mwKeGse 8CkrguFA==; Received: from [2601:1c0:6280:3f0::aa0b] (helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtpsa (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1nat68-00Amnh-OU; Sun, 03 Apr 2022 05:48:24 +0000 From: Randy Dunlap To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Randy Dunlap , Heiko Carstens , Vasily Gorbik , Alexander Gordeev , Christian Borntraeger , Sven Schnelle , linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt , Ingo Molnar , "David S. Miller" , sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Michael Ellerman , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Pavel Machek , Len Brown , linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Weiner , Andrew Morton , Jonathan Corbet , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 1/3 v3] Docs: admin/kernel-parameters: edit a few boot options Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2022 22:48:20 -0700 Message-Id: <20220403054822.16868-2-rdunlap@infradead.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20220403054822.16868-1-rdunlap@infradead.org> References: <20220403054822.16868-1-rdunlap@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Clean up some of admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt: a. "smt" should be "smt=" (S390) b. (dropped) c. Sparc supports the vdso= boot option d. make the tp_printk options (2) formatting similar to other options by adding spacing e. add "trace_clock=" with a reference to Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst f. use [IA-64] as documented instead of [ia64] g. fix formatting and text for test_suspend= h. fix formatting for swapaccount= i. fix formatting and grammar for video.brightness_switch_enabled= Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Vasily Gorbik Cc: Alexander Gordeev Cc: Christian Borntraeger Cc: Sven Schnelle Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Pavel Machek Cc: Len Brown Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Cc: Johannes Weiner Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- v3: add trace_clock= specifics (Steven) v2: drop "smt-enabled" for arch/powerpc/ (Michael) Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 47 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) --- linux-next-20220331.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ linux-next-20220331/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2814,7 +2814,7 @@ different yeeloong laptops. Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch - max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater + max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater than or equal to this physical address is ignored. maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel @@ -3057,7 +3057,7 @@ mga= [HW,DRM] - min_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this + min_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this physical address is ignored. mini2440= [ARM,HW,KNL] @@ -5388,7 +5388,7 @@ 1: Fast pin select (default) 2: ATC IRMode - smt [KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical + smt= [KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the actual hardware limit. @@ -5774,8 +5774,9 @@ This parameter controls use of the Protected Execution Facility on pSeries. - swapaccount=[0|1] - [KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource + swapaccount= [KNL] + Format: [0|1] + Enable accounting of swap in memory resource controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable it if 0 is given (See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst) @@ -5821,7 +5822,8 @@ tdfx= [HW,DRM] - test_suspend= [SUSPEND][,N] + test_suspend= [SUSPEND] + Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N] Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze) as the system sleep state during system startup with @@ -5908,6 +5910,28 @@ trace_buf_size=nn[KMG] [FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu. + trace_clock= [FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events + at boot up. + local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter + (converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but + depending on the architecture, may not be + in sync between CPUs. + global - Event time stamps are synchronize across + CPUs. May be slower than the local clock, + but better for some race conditions. + counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..) + note, some counts may be skipped due to the + infrastructure grabbing the clock more than + once per event. + uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp. + perf - Use the same clock that perf uses. + mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps. + mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time + stamps. + boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps. + Architectures may add more clocks. See + Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details. + trace_event=[event-list] [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a @@ -5930,7 +5954,7 @@ See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options" section. - tp_printk[FTRACE] + tp_printk [FTRACE] Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the @@ -5952,7 +5976,7 @@ frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause the system to live lock. - tp_printk_stop_on_boot[FTRACE] + tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE] When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise on the console. It may be useful to only include the printing of events during boot up, as user space may @@ -6301,7 +6325,7 @@ HIGHMEM regardless of setting of CONFIG_HIGHPTE. - vdso= [X86,SH] + vdso= [X86,SH,SPARC] On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=. Otherwise: vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default) @@ -6327,11 +6351,12 @@ video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst. - video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1] + video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI] + Format: [0|1] If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness level and then send out the event to user space through - the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver + the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver will only send out the event without touching backlight brightness level. default: 1