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@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ 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.
        USB     USB support is enabled.
        USBHID  USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
@@ -221,14 +222,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
                        ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
                            ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
-                       See Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information
-                       about debug layers and levels.
+                       The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
+                       Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about
+                       debug layers and levels.
 
+                       Enable processor driver info messages:
+                           acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
+                       Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
+                           acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
                        Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
                        object while interpreting AML:
                            acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
-                       Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
-                           acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 acpi.debug_level=0x4
                        Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
                            acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
 
@@ -751,6 +755,14 @@ 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)
@@ -812,6 +824,9 @@ 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
@@ -1403,7 +1418,20 @@ 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 +1487,10 @@ 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
@@ -1636,6 +1668,17 @@ 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
@@ -2175,6 +2218,9 @@ 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
@@ -2259,12 +2305,27 @@ 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: