PCI: PCIe: Ask BIOS for control of all native services at once

[mirror_ubuntu-artful-kernel.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 44f6b19c50bb89abac2c4fb77c8007e7a274d4e9..8f126e878dbed651abe8b27a6661901b8dcf00ba 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -681,8 +681,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        earlycon=       [KNL] Output early console device and options.
                uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
                uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
+               uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
                        Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
                        UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
+                       MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8bit (mmio)
+                        or 32bit (mmio32).
                        The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
 
        earlyprintk=    [X86,SH,BLACKFIN]
@@ -912,9 +915,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                             controller
        i8042.nopnp     [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
                             controllers
-       i8042.panicblink=
-                       [HW] Frequency with which keyboard LEDs should blink
-                            when kernel panics (default is 0.5 sec)
        i8042.reset     [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup
        i8042.unlock    [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
 
@@ -2042,15 +2042,18 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                force   Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
                        WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
 
+       pcie_ports=     [PCIE] PCIe ports handling:
+               auto    Ask the BIOS whether or not to use native PCIe services
+                       associated with PCIe ports (PME, hot-plug, AER).  Use
+                       them only if that is allowed by the BIOS.
+               native  Use native PCIe services associated with PCIe ports
+                       unconditionally.
+               compat  Treat PCIe ports as PCI-to-PCI bridges, disable the PCIe
+                       ports driver.
+
        pcie_pme=       [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
-                       Format: {auto|force}[,nomsi]
-               auto    Use native PCIe PME signaling if the BIOS allows the
-                       kernel to control PCIe config registers of root ports.
-               force   Use native PCIe PME signaling even if the BIOS refuses
-                       to allow the kernel to control the relevant PCIe config
-                       registers.
                nomsi   Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
-                       all PCIe root ports use INTx for everything).
+                       all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
 
        pcmv=           [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4