Merge branch 'linus' into release

1 files changed, 122 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index f3a89fac2202..fcc48bf722a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ parameter is applicable:
 	SPARC	Sparc architecture is enabled.
 	SWSUSP	Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled.
 	SUSPEND	System suspend states are enabled.
+	FTRACE	Function tracing enabled.
 	TS	Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
+	UMS	USB Mass Storage support is enabled.
 	USB	USB support is enabled.
 	USBHID	USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
 	V4L	Video For Linux support is enabled.
@@ -473,8 +475,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
 			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
-			include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h for the valid bit numbers.
-			Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
+			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h for the valid bit
+			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
 			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
 			ones should be.
 			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
@@ -555,6 +557,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
 			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
 
+	coredump_filter=
+			[KNL] Change the default value for
+			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
+			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
+
 	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
 			Format:
 			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
@@ -758,6 +765,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
 			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
 
+	ftrace=[tracer]
+			[ftrace] will set and start the specified tracer
+			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
+			boot debugging.
+
+	ftrace_dump_on_oops
+			[ftrace] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+
 	gamecon.map[2|3]=
 			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
 			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
@@ -819,6 +834,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
 
+	hvc_iucv=	[S390] Number of z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console (HVC)
+			       back-ends. Valid parameters: 0..8
+
 	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
 	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
 	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
@@ -908,6 +926,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	inttest=	[IA64]
 
+	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
+		strict	regions from userspace.
+		relaxed
+
 	iommu=		[x86]
 		off
 		force
@@ -1112,6 +1134,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
 			the same attribute, the last one is used.
 
+	lmb=debug	[KNL] Enable lmb debug messages.
+
 	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
 			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
 
@@ -1403,7 +1427,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			when a NMI is triggered.
 			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
 
-	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+			Format: [panic,][num]
+			Valid num: 0,1,2
+			0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
+			1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
+			2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using
+			a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance
+			counter and the local APIC's performance vector.
+			When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs.
+			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box
+			quickly up again.
+			Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
+			symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
+			Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
 
 	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
 			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
@@ -1459,6 +1496,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
 			use it.
 
+	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
+			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
+			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
+
 	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
 			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
 			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
@@ -1528,6 +1569,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
 
+	noswapaccount	[KNL] Disable accounting of swap in memory resource
+			controller. (See Documentation/controllers/memory.txt)
+
 	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
 
 	notsc		[BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter
@@ -1547,6 +1591,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
 
+	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
+			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
+			info.
+
 	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
 			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
 			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
@@ -1636,6 +1684,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
 				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
 				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
+		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
+				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
+				should never be necessary.
+		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
+				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
+				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
+				when the system masks IRQs.
+		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
+				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
+				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
+				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
 		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
 				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
 				on several machines and they hang the machine
@@ -1760,10 +1819,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			autoconfiguration.
 			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
 
-	dynamic_printk
-			Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
-			CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled. These can also
-			be switched on/off via <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
+	dynamic_printk	Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
+			CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled.
+			These can also be switched on/off via
+			<debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules
 
 	print-fatal-signals=
 			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
@@ -1851,7 +1910,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	reboot=		[BUGS=X86-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
 			Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
-			See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c			
+			See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
 
 	relax_domain_level=
 			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
@@ -2175,6 +2234,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	st=		[HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
 			See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
 
+	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
+			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
+
 	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
 			Format: <num>
 			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
@@ -2260,12 +2322,27 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			See comment before function dc390_setup() in
 			drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c.
 
+	topology=	[S390]
+			Format: {off | on}
+			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
+			topology informations if the hardware supports these.
+			The scheduler will make use of these informations and
+			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
+			Default is off.
+
 	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
 
 	trix=		[HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
 			Format:
 			<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
 
+	tsc=		Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
+			Format: <string>
+			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
+			disables clocksource verification at runtime.
+			Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
+			hardware, and in virtualized environment.
+
 	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
 			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
 			Format:
@@ -2322,6 +2399,41 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	usbhid.mousepoll=
 			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
 
+	usb-storage.delay_use=
+			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
+			scanned for Logical Units (default 5).
+
+	usb-storage.quirks=
+			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
+			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
+			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
+			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
+			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
+			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
+			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
+				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
+					of sense data);
+				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
+					device capacity by one sector);
+				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
+					reported device capacity by one
+					sector if the number is odd);
+				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
+					device);
+				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
+					unlock ejectable media);
+				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
+					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
+				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
+					reported by the device);
+				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
+					bogus residue values);
+				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
+					Logical Unit);
+				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
+					medium is write-protected).
+			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
+
 	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in
 			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
 
@@ -2382,8 +2494,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			Format:
 			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
 
-	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization
-			Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
+	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
+			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
 
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