- directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
i2o/
- directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
-i386/
+x86/i386/
- directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
ia64/
- directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
- directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
watchdog/
- how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
-x86_64/
+x86/x86_64/
- directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
zorro.txt
- info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.
X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled.
X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled.
More X86-64 boot options can be found in
- Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
+ Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64)
In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot
loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme
-need or coordination with <Documentation/i386/boot.txt>.
+need or coordination with <Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt>.
There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here.
-See for example <Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt>.
+See for example <Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt>.
Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that
a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will
mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
- mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+ mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
See Documentation/md.txt.
See Documentation/paride.txt.
pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
- See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
+ See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
- See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and
+ See Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt and
Documentation/svga.txt.
Use vga=ask for menu.
This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
nolapic Don't use the local APIC (alias for i386 compatibility)
- pirq=... See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt
+ pirq=... See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt
noapictimer Don't set up the APIC timer
SMP
additional_cpus=NUM Allow NUM more CPUs for hotplug
- (defaults are specified by the BIOS, see Documentation/x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec)
+ (defaults are specified by the BIOS, see Documentation/x86/x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec)
NUMA
For more information on the features of cpusets, see Documentation/cpusets.txt.
There are a number of different configurations you can use for your needs. For
more information on the numa=fake command line option and its various ways of
-configuring fake nodes, see Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt.
+configuring fake nodes, see Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt.
For the purposes of this introduction, we'll assume a very primitive NUMA
emulation setup of "numa=fake=4*512,". This will split our system memory into