page_alloc: add movable_memmap kernel parameter

[platform/adaptation/renesas_rcar/renesas_kernel.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6c72381..722a741 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -594,6 +594,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        is selected automatically. Check
                        Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
 
+       crashkernel_low=size[KMG]
+                       [KNL, x86] parts under 4G.
+
        crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
                        [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
                        in the running system. The syntax of range is
@@ -1039,16 +1042,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
 
        idle=           [X86]
-                       Format: idle=poll, idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
+                       Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
                        Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
                        improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
                        will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
                        Not recommended.
-                       idle=mwait: On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but
-                       the kernel chose to not use it because it doesn't save
-                       as much power as a normal idle loop, use the
-                       MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be
-                       the same as idle=poll.
                        idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
                        In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
                        idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
@@ -1131,6 +1129,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        0       disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
                        1 to 6  specify maximum depth of C-state.
 
+       intel_pstate=  [X86]
+                      disable
+                        Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
+                        scaling driver for the supported processors
+
        intremap=       [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
                        on      enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
                        off     disable Interrupt Remapping
@@ -1637,6 +1640,23 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
                        is not too small.
 
+       movablemem_map=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
+                       [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter is similar to
+                       memmap except it specifies the memory map of
+                       ZONE_MOVABLE.
+                       If more areas are all within one node, then from
+                       lowest ss to the end of the node will be ZONE_MOVABLE.
+                       If an area covers two or more nodes, the area from
+                       ss to the end of the 1st node will be ZONE_MOVABLE,
+                       and all the rest nodes will only have ZONE_MOVABLE.
+                       If memmap is specified at the same time, the
+                       movablemem_map will be limited within the memmap
+                       areas. If kernelcore or movablecore is also specified,
+                       movablemem_map will have higher priority to be
+                       satisfied. So the administrator should be careful that
+                       the amount of movablemem_map areas are not too large.
+                       Otherwise kernel won't have enough memory to start.
+
        MTD_Partition=  [MTD]
                        Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
 
@@ -1886,10 +1906,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
                        use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
 
-       no-hlt          [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
-                       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.