document clocksources
Document the available clocksources per platform and move clocksource= into
the correct (alpha) location in the file.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 09220a1..aae2282 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -396,6 +396,26 @@
clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
+ clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
+ Format: <string>
+ Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
+ with the name specified.
+ Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
+ the platform:
+ [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
+ [ACPI] acpi_pm
+ [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
+ pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
+ [AVR32] avr32
+ [IA-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer;
+ scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
+ [MIPS] MIPS
+ [PARISC] cr16
+ [S390] tod
+ [SH] SuperH
+ [SPARC64] tick
+ [X86-64] hpet,tsc
+
code_bytes [IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an
oops report.
Range: 0 - 8192
@@ -1807,10 +1827,6 @@
time Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
- clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
- Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
- with the name specified.
-
tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT]
Set communications timeout in tenths of a second
(default 15).