doc: small kernel-parameters updates

[linux-2.6.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 90b3924071b6c35f69ece1feba26ae9f92c5ab37..e87bdbfbcc75e236124a526d4456ddf3c6afc4e3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
 
        usbcore.blinkenlights=1
 
+Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so
+       log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1
+can also be entered as
+       log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1
+
+
 This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
 "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
 module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
@@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
                        APC and your system crashes randomly.
 
-       apic=           [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+       apic=           [APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
                        Change the output verbosity whilst booting
                        Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
                        Change the amount of debugging information output
@@ -702,7 +708,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
                        entry later. This parameter enables that.
 
-       enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+       enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
                        Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
                        Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
                        (in particular on some ATI chipsets).
@@ -775,7 +781,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        hashdist=       [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
                        are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
-                       for IA-64, off otherwise.
+                       for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise.
                        Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
 
        hcl=            [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer