linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/3] x86,apic: limit apic dumping, introduce show

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Message-ID: <20091014150904.GA5259@lenovo>
Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:09:04 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, yinghai@...nel.org, macro@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] x86,apic: limit apic dumping, introduce show_lapic
	setup option

[Ingo Molnar - Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 09:12:17AM +0200]
| 
...
| Note: new __setup() functions need an entry in 
| Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt as well.
| 
| 	Ingo
| 

Here is it.

	-- Cyrill
---
x86,apic: explain show_lapic in kernel parameters list

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
=====================================================================
--- linux-2.6.git.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-2.6.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -345,6 +345,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 			Change the amount of debugging information output
 			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
 
+	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
+			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
+			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
+			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
+			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
+			apic=verbose is specified.
+			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
+
 	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
 			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
 
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