From 5b9a0e14eb4bf40a7cb780af4723560e06753f2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cyrill Gorcunov Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 18:06:51 +0300 Subject: x86: nmi - nmi_watchdog boot param docs cleanup Impact: documentation update 1) nmi_watchdog boot parameter is common to 32/64 bit modes. So move it from Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt and integrate with. 2) Also fix [panic] keyword placement -- it ought to be at first position otherwise it will not be recognized. 3) Document lapic and ioapic keywords. Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 11 ----------- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/x86') diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 72ffb5373ec7..bc8a339c1f27 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -79,17 +79,6 @@ Timing Report when timer interrupts are lost because some code turned off interrupts for too long. - nmi_watchdog=NUMBER[,panic] - NUMBER can be: - 0 don't use an NMI watchdog - 1 use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog - 2 use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using a performance counter. Note - This will use one performance counter and the local APIC's performance - vector. - When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. - This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box - quickly up again. - nohpet Don't use the HPET timer. -- cgit v1.2.3 From a4c52791fa8c73e3cffe4a82865edb41e8fe8c3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiri Slaby Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 11:24:57 +0100 Subject: x86, 64-bit: update address space documentation Impact: documentation update Commit a6523748bddd38bcec11431f57502090b6014a96 (paravirt/x86, 64-bit: move __PAGE_OFFSET to leave a space for hypervisor) changed address space without changing the documentation. Change it according to the code change -- direct mapping start: ffff810000000000 => ffff880000000000 which gives 57 TiB, something between 45 and 46 bits. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/x86') diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt index efce75097369..29b52b14d0b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Virtual memory map with 4 level page tables: 0000000000000000 - 00007fffffffffff (=47 bits) user space, different per mm hole caused by [48:63] sign extension ffff800000000000 - ffff80ffffffffff (=40 bits) guard hole -ffff810000000000 - ffffc0ffffffffff (=46 bits) direct mapping of all phys. memory +ffff880000000000 - ffffc0ffffffffff (=57 TB) direct mapping of all phys. memory ffffc10000000000 - ffffc1ffffffffff (=40 bits) hole ffffc20000000000 - ffffe1ffffffffff (=45 bits) vmalloc/ioremap space ffffe20000000000 - ffffe2ffffffffff (=40 bits) virtual memory map (1TB) -- cgit v1.2.3 From 9ee670fd87b7d69c8633b94c42aadcbbcb96f28e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: KOSAKI Motohiro Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:49:01 +0900 Subject: x86/doc: spelling fix for grub Impact: documentation fix I met okuji-san (GRUB maintainer) yesterday. He said GRuB isn't correct spelled and he want to fix it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/x86') diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 83c0033ee9e0..804d9b1a46ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ 3 SYSLINUX 4 EtherBoot 5 ELILO - 7 GRuB + 7 GRUB 8 U-BOOT 9 Xen A Gujin -- cgit v1.2.3 From e1286f2c686f5976e0424bb6195ece25e7a17607 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philipp Kohlbecher Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:50:01 +0100 Subject: x86: documentation fix regarding boot protocol Impact: clarify documentation Documentation/x86/boot.txt describes payload_offset as the offset from the end of the real-mode code. In fact, it is more accurately described as the offset from the beginning of the protected-mode code, as (a) this is how it is actually calculated and (b) the padding after the real-mode code is not included in the offset. Signed-off-by: Philipp Kohlbecher Acked-by: Ian Campbell Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/x86') diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 804d9b1a46ef..fcdc62b3c3d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ Type: read Offset/size: 0x248/4 Protocol: 2.08+ - If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the end of the - real-mode code to the payload. + If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the beginning + of the protected-mode code to the payload. The payload may be compressed. The format of both the compressed and uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic -- cgit v1.2.3 From a2ced6e173e0c93870f79856e97825f4e180891e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com" Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:41:33 -0800 Subject: x86: PAT: update documentation to cover pgprot and remap_pfn related changes - v3 Impact: Documentation only. Add documentation related to pgprot_* change. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- Documentation/x86/pat.txt | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/x86') diff --git a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt index c93ff5f4c0dd..1784ff276997 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt @@ -80,6 +80,30 @@ pci proc | -- | -- | WC | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- +Advanced APIs for drivers +------------------------- +A. Exporting pages to user with remap_pfn_range, io_remap_pfn_range, +vm_insert_pfn + +Drivers wanting to export some pages to userspace, do it by using mmap +interface and a combination of +1) pgprot_noncached() +2) io_remap_pfn_range() or remap_pfn_range() or vm_insert_pfn() + +With pat support, a new API pgprot_writecombine is being added. So, driver can +continue to use the above sequence, with either pgprot_noncached() or +pgprot_writecombine() in step 1, followed by step 2. + +In addition, step 2 internally tracks the region as UC or WC in memtype +list in order to ensure no conflicting mapping. + +Note that this set of APIs only work with IO (non RAM) regions. If driver +wants to export RAM region, it has to do set_memory_uc() or set_memory_wc() +as step 0 above and also track the usage of those pages and use set_memory_wb() +before the page is freed to free pool. + + + Notes: -- in the above table mean "Not suggested usage for the API". Some of the --'s -- cgit v1.2.3 From 67bac792cd0c05b4b6e0393c32605b028b8dd533 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com" Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:47:30 -0800 Subject: x86: PAT: pfnmap documentation update changes Impact: Documentation only. Documentation updates as per Randy Dunlap's comments. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- Documentation/x86/pat.txt | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/x86') diff --git a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt index 1784ff276997..cf08c9fff3cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt @@ -82,23 +82,23 @@ pci proc | -- | -- | WC | Advanced APIs for drivers ------------------------- -A. Exporting pages to user with remap_pfn_range, io_remap_pfn_range, +A. Exporting pages to users with remap_pfn_range, io_remap_pfn_range, vm_insert_pfn -Drivers wanting to export some pages to userspace, do it by using mmap +Drivers wanting to export some pages to userspace do it by using mmap interface and a combination of 1) pgprot_noncached() 2) io_remap_pfn_range() or remap_pfn_range() or vm_insert_pfn() -With pat support, a new API pgprot_writecombine is being added. So, driver can +With PAT support, a new API pgprot_writecombine is being added. So, drivers can continue to use the above sequence, with either pgprot_noncached() or pgprot_writecombine() in step 1, followed by step 2. In addition, step 2 internally tracks the region as UC or WC in memtype list in order to ensure no conflicting mapping. -Note that this set of APIs only work with IO (non RAM) regions. If driver -wants to export RAM region, it has to do set_memory_uc() or set_memory_wc() +Note that this set of APIs only works with IO (non RAM) regions. If driver +wants to export a RAM region, it has to do set_memory_uc() or set_memory_wc() as step 0 above and also track the usage of those pages and use set_memory_wb() before the page is freed to free pool. -- cgit v1.2.3