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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index a8ba119a4d53..27e0488d54d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -307,6 +307,19 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings, bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault. + align_va_addr= [X86-64] + Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when + allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option + gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h + machines (where it is enabled by default) for a + CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in + a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler. + + 1: only for 32-bit processes + 2: only for 64-bit processes + on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes + off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes + amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84] Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system. Possible values are: @@ -1188,6 +1201,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. [KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow). Default is 1 (enabled) + kvm-intel.nested= + [KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX). + Default is 0 (disabled) + kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest= [KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature (virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable @@ -1784,6 +1801,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. + nordrand [X86] Disable the direct use of the RDRAND + instruction even if it is supported by the + processor. RDRAND is still available to user + space applications. + noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap space. |