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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index cb5daa1..3c80382 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1153,6 +1153,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
        inport.irq=     [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
                        Format: <irq>
 
+       int_pln_enable  [x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
+
        integrity_audit=[IMA]
                        Format: { "0" | "1" }
                        0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
@@ -3005,6 +3007,27 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
                        marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
 
+       tmem            [KNL,XEN]
+                       Enable the Transcendent memory driver if built-in.
+
+       tmem.cleancache=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
+                       Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the cleancache
+                       API to send anonymous pages to the hypervisor.
+
+       tmem.frontswap=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
+                       Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the frontswap
+                       API to send swap pages to the hypervisor. If disabled
+                       the selfballooning and selfshrinking are force disabled.
+
+       tmem.selfballooning=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
+                       Default is on (1). Disable the driving of swap pages
+                       to the hypervisor.
+
+       tmem.selfshrinking=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
+                       Default is on (1). Partial swapoff that immediately
+                       transfers pages from Xen hypervisor back to the
+                       kernel based on different criteria.
+
        topology=       [S390]
                        Format: {off | on}
                        Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
@@ -3320,6 +3343,21 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
                        workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
 
+       workqueue.power_efficient
+                       Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
+                       they show better performance thanks to cache
+                       locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
+                       be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
+
+                       Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
+                       were observed to contribute significantly to power
+                       consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
+                       power usage at the cost of small performance
+                       overhead.
+
+                       The default value of this parameter is determined by
+                       the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
+
        x2apic_phys     [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
                        default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
                        supporting x2apic.
@@ -3330,9 +3368,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
                        x86_mrst_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
 
-       xd=             [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
-       xd_geo=         See header of drivers/block/xd.c.
-
        xen_emul_unplug=                [HW,X86,XEN]
                        Unplug Xen emulated devices
                        Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]