Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git...

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 343e0f0f84b60e9f62bcdef4963f5c8912073c8a..c86c074597129a5b4434b0e35c432a0a28636b11 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
        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:
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ 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
@@ -995,13 +995,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Format:
                        <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
                        or
-                       <cpu number>-<cpu number>  (must be a positive range in ascending order)
+                       <cpu number>-<cpu number>
+                       (must be a positive range in ascending order)
                        or a mixture
                        <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
+
                        This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
                        to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
-                       algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off
-                       an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls.
+                       algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an
+                       "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
                        <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
                        "number of CPUs in system - 1".
 
@@ -1222,7 +1224,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        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.
@@ -1470,8 +1472,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Valid arguments: on, off
                        Default: on
 
-       noirqbalance    [X86-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
-
        noirqdebug      [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
                        disable unhandled interrupt sources.
 
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        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 }
@@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        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