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authorAlex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>2008-05-09 00:03:23 +0400
committerTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>2008-05-15 02:42:07 +0400
commitf13ae30e1397e3bfb38feb3b6e889af5d021f13d (patch)
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downloadlinux-f13ae30e1397e3bfb38feb3b6e889af5d021f13d.tar.xz
[IA64] allow user to force_pal_cache_flush
The sequence executed in check_sal_cache_flush: - pend a timer interrupt - call SAL_CACHE_FLUSH - see if interrupt is still pending can hang HP machines with buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Provide a kernel command-line argument to allow users skip this check if desired. Using this parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call ia64_pal_cache_flush() instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH. Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index cdd5b934f43e..654d630f6751 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -689,6 +689,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
floppy= [HW]
See Documentation/floppy.txt.
+ force_pal_cache_flush
+ [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
+ buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
+ parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
+ ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
+
gamecon.map[2|3]=
[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)