pci: implement "pci=noaer"
For cases in which CONFIG_PCIEAER=y (such as distro kernels), allow users
to disable PCIE Advanced Error Reporting by using "pci=noaer" on the
kernel command line.
This can be used to work around hardware or (kernel) software problems.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index a57c1f2..3f0173f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
PARIDE The ParIDE (parallel port IDE) subsystem is enabled.
PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled.
PCI PCI bus support is enabled.
+ PCIE PCI Express support is enabled.
PCMCIA The PCMCIA subsystem is enabled.
PNP Plug & Play support is enabled.
PPC PowerPC architecture is enabled.
@@ -1270,6 +1271,9 @@
Mechanism 1.
conf2 [X86-32] Force use of PCI Configuration
Mechanism 2.
+ noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
+ enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
+ disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
nommconf [X86-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
Configuration
nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is