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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-09-21 09:48:55 -0300 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -0200 |
commit | 684adc0aa3d482228d0727ee9a9a7b8deec62ca5 (patch) | |
tree | 207956b34ebc9883ae8a11fa2ead72763588a936 | |
parent | 12983bcd822f5c13a0f350cc97bc9fb781cae944 (diff) | |
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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: convert to ReST markup
Adjust the file for it to be parsed by Sphinx:
- adjust the document title to be parsed;
- use :: for quote blocks;
- fix the horizontal bar markup;
- lower case the TODO title.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 37babf91f2cb..b0804273b6e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - Kernel Parameters - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Kernel Parameters +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented by the __setup(), core_param() and module_param() macros @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ environment, others are passed as command line arguments to init. Everything after "--" is passed as an argument to init. Module parameters can be specified in two ways: via the kernel command -line with a module name prefix, or via modprobe, e.g.: +line with a module name prefix, or via modprobe, e.g.:: (kernel command line) usbcore.blinkenlights=1 (modprobe command line) modprobe usbcore blinkenlights=1 @@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ kernel command line (/proc/cmdline) and collects module parameters when it loads a module, so the kernel command line can be used for loadable modules too. -Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so +Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so:: + log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1 -can also be entered as + +can also be entered as:: + log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1 -Double-quotes can be used to protect spaces in values, e.g.: +Double-quotes can be used to protect spaces in values, e.g.:: + param="spaces in here" cpu lists: @@ -69,12 +73,12 @@ This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these parameters may be changed at runtime by the command -"echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}". +``echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}``. The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were enabled and if respective hardware is present. The text in square brackets at the beginning of each description states the restrictions within which a -parameter is applicable: +parameter is applicable:: ACPI ACPI support is enabled. AGP AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is enabled. @@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ parameter is applicable: X86_UV SGI UV support is enabled. XEN Xen support is enabled -In addition, the following text indicates that the option: +In addition, the following text indicates that the option:: BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor. KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter. @@ -194,7 +198,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Finally, the [KMG] suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel parameter values. These 'K', 'M', and 'G' letters represent the _binary_ multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equalling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30 -bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. +bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted:: acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64] @@ -2545,7 +2549,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. will be sent. The default is to send the implementation identification information. - + nfs.recover_lost_locks = [NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that @@ -4197,7 +4201,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt udbg-immortal [PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that - happen after console_init() and before a proper + happen after console_init() and before a proper console driver takes over, this boot options might help "seeing" what's going on. @@ -4565,8 +4569,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] -______________________________________________________________________ +------------------------ -TODO: +Todo +---- Add more DRM drivers. |