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authorWill Schmidt <will_schmidt@vnet.ibm.com>2010-09-28 19:33:12 +0400
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2010-11-29 07:48:18 +0300
commit4e89a2d8e2d5ab33d73b76f16c10fdf515faabef (patch)
tree0300f10bfc192f9e9d8deed50ae857512760f8ab /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parent475fc7c011ace79258c07d981d348a15614e0573 (diff)
downloadlinux-4e89a2d8e2d5ab33d73b76f16c10fdf515faabef.tar.xz
powerpc/pseries: Add kernel parameter to disable batched hcalls
This introduces a pair of kernel parameters that can be used to disable the MULTITCE and BULK_REMOVE h-calls. By default, those hcalls are enabled, active, and good for throughput and performance. The ability to disable them will be useful for some of the PREEMPT_RT related investigation and work occurring on Power. Signed-off-by: Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@vnet.ibm.com> cc: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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@@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
bttv.pll= See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
bttv.tuner= and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST
+ bulk_remove=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
+ firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
+ at a time.
+
c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
@@ -1490,6 +1494,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
mtdparts= [MTD]
See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
+ multitce=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
+ firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
+ at a time.
+
onenand.bdry= [HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]