linux-kernel - Re: additional info for kernel-parameters.txt

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Date:	Fri, 1 May 2009 19:10:42 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
To:	Christopher Sylvain <chris.sylvain@...il.com>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: additional info for kernel-parameters.txt


[Cc: linux-kernel]

On Friday 2009-04-24 01:31, Christopher Sylvain wrote:

>a while ago you invited patches to kernel-parameters.txt when someone said
>they were
>unhappy with a reference to a source file instead of listing the actual
>parameters.

[1] possibly http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/18/185


>instead of a patch, how about simply adding:
>-----
>
>(We allow underscores for compatibility with the modules code)
>apm=on/off enable/disable APM
>[no-]allow[-_]ints allow interrupts during BIOS calls
>[no-]broken[-_]psr BIOS has a broken GetPowerStatus call
>[no-]realmode[-_]power[-_]off switch to real mode before powering off
>[no-]debug log some debugging messages
>[no-]power[-_]off power off on shutdown
>[no-]smp Use apm even on an SMP box
>bounce[-_]interval=<n> number of ticks to ignore suspend bounces
>idle[-_]threshold=<n> System idle percentage above which to make APM BIOS
>idle calls. Set it to 100 to disable.
>idle[-_]period=<n> Period (in 1/100s of a second) over which the idle
>percentage is calculated.
>
>see /linux/arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c for some additional information

Saying "we allow underscores" is enough, I would not clutter the 
textfile with [-_].

>
>-----
>
>to the entry for [APM] ?
>
>
>

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