[PATCH] kernel-parameters cleanup

	usbcore.blinkenlights=1

The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description state the

The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description states the

restrictions on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The

restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if:

	SERIAL	Serial support is enabled.

	SMP	The kernel is an SMP kernel.

	SPARC	Sparc architecture is enabled.

	SWSUSP	Software suspension is enabled.

	SWSUSP	Software suspend is enabled.

	TS	Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.

	USB	USB support is enabled.

	USBHID	USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.

			See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt.

	acpi=		[HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

			Format: { force | off | ht | strict }

			Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq }

			force -- enable ACPI if default was off

			off -- disable ACPI if default was on

			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing

	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode

			Format: { level | edge | high | low }

	acpi_irq_balance	[HW,ACPI] ACPI will balance active IRQs

	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]

			ACPI will balance active IRQs

			default in APIC mode

	acpi_irq_nobalance	[HW,ACPI] ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)

	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]

			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)

			default in PIC mode

	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, Clear listed IRQs for use by PCI

	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for

			use by PCI

			Format: <irq>,<irq>...

	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, Mark listed IRQs used by ISA

	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA

			Format: <irq>,<irq>...

	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] empty param disables _OSI

	acpi_dbg_layer=	[HW,ACPI]

			Format: <int>

			Each bit of the <int> indicates an acpi debug layer,

			Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug layer,

			1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time

			debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set

			via /proc/acpi/debug_layer.

	acpi_dbg_level=	[HW,ACPI]

			Format: <int>

			Each bit of the <int> indicates an acpi debug level,

			Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug level,

			1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time

			debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set

			via /proc/acpi/debug_level.

	acpi_generic_hotkey [HW,ACPI]

			Allow consolidated generic hotkey driver to

			over-ride platform specific driver.

			override platform specific driver.

			See also Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt.

	enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]

			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer

			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs (in particular on some ATI chipsets)

			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs

			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).

			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.

	disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]

	aic79xx=	[HW,SCSI]

			See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.

	AM53C974=	[HW,SCSI]

			Format: <host-scsi-id>,<target-scsi-id>,<max-rate>,<max-offset>

			See also header of drivers/scsi/AM53C974.c.

	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support

			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT

			Format: <a>,<b>

			connected to one of 16 gameports

			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>

	apc=		[HW,SPARC] Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)

	apc=		[HW,SPARC]

			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)

			Format: noidle

			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does

			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have

	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization

	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set

			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default) 3 = PS/2)

			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)

	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar

			keyboards

	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode

			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))

	atkbd.softrepeat=

			[HW] Use software keyboard repeat

	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]

			Use software keyboard repeat

	autotest	[IA64]

			Format: <io>,<mode>

			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.

	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)

	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]

			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)

			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]

			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.

	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)

	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]

			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)

			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>

			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.

	blkmtd_count=

	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)

	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as kernel args too.

	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as

			kernel args too.

	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options

	bttv.tuner=	and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST

	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.

			Format: { "0" | "1" }

			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.

			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes any implied execute protection).

			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes

				any implied execute protection).

			1 -- check protection requested by application.

			Default value is set via a kernel config option.

			Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/checkreqprot.

			Value can be changed at runtime via

				/selinux/checkreqprot.

 	clock=		[BUGS=IA-32,HW] gettimeofday timesource override.

			Forces specified timesource (if avaliable) to be used

			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specicified timesource

			is not avalible, it defaults to PIT. 

			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specicified

			timesource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT.

			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }

	hpet=		[IA-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT.

			Format: { auto | [<io>,][<irq>] }

	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset

			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]

			Format:

			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]

	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)

			Format: <io>[,<irq>]

	com90xx=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)

	com90xx=	[HW,NET]

			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)

			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]

	condev=		[HW,S390] console device

			options are the same as for ttyS, above.

	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver

			Format: <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]

			Format:

			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]

	cpia_pp=	[HW,PPT]

			Format: { parport<nr> | auto | none }

			earlyprintk=vga

			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]

			Append ,keep to not disable it when the real console

			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console

			takes over.

			Only vga or serial at a time, not both.

	elevator=	[IOSCHED]

			Format: {"as" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}

			See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt

			and Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.

			See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and

			Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.

	elfcorehdr=	[IA-32]

			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core image

			elf header.

			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core

			image elf header.

			See Documentation/kdump.txt for details.

	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.

	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot

			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on

			for IA-64, off otherwise.

			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)

	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer

			"number of CPUs in system - 1".

			This option is the preferred way to isolate CPUs. The

			alternative - manually setting the CPU mask of all tasks

			in the system can cause problems and suboptimal load

			balancer performance.

			alternative -- manually setting the CPU mask of all

			tasks in the system -- can cause problems and

			suboptimal load balancer performance.

	isp16=		[HW,CD]

			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<setup>

	l2cr=		[PPC]

	lapic		[IA-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS disabled it.

	lapic		[IA-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS

			disabled it.

	lasi=		[HW,SCSI] PARISC LASI driver for the 53c700 chip

			Format: addr:<io>,irq:<irq>

	llsc*=		[IA64]

			See function print_params() in arch/ia64/sn/kernel/llsc4.c.

	llsc*=		[IA64] See function print_params() in

			arch/ia64/sn/kernel/llsc4.c.

	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy

			See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.

			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages

	log_buf_len=n	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.

			Format is n, nk, nM.  n must be a power of two.  The

			default is set in kernel config.

			Format: { n | nk | nM }

			n must be a power of two.  The default size

			is set in the kernel config file.

	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,

	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses

	ltpc=		[NET]

			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>

	mac5380=	[HW,SCSI]

			Format: <can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>

	mac5380=	[HW,SCSI] Format:

			<can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>

	mac53c9x=	[HW,SCSI]

			Format: <num_esps>,<disconnect>,<nosync>,<can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>

	mac53c9x=	[HW,SCSI] Format:

			<num_esps>,<disconnect>,<nosync>,<can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>

	machvec=	[IA64]

			Force the use of a particular machine-vector (machvec) in a generic

			kernel.  Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb

	machvec=	[IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector

			(machvec) in a generic kernel.

			Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb

	mad16=		[HW,OSS]

			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>,<joystick>

	mad16=		[HW,OSS] Format:

			<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>,<joystick>

	maui=		[HW,OSS]

			Format: <io>,<irq>

	max_addr=[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or

			equal to this physical address is ignored.

	max_luns=	[SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe

	max_luns=	[SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe.

			Should be between 1 and 2^32-1.

	max_report_luns=

			[SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs received

			[SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs received.

			Should be between 1 and 16384.

	mca-pentium	[BUGS=IA-32]

	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]

			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>

	MTD_Region=	[MTD]

			Format: <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]

	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:

			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]

	mtdparts=	[MTD]

			See drivers/mtd/cmdline.c.

	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=

			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates ('y', default)

			or cooked coordinates ('n')

			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates

			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')

	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card

			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>

			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean

			something different and driver-specific.

			This usage is only documented in each driver source

			file if at all.

	nfsaddrs=	[NFS]

			See Documentation/nfsroot.txt.

	noresidual	[PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines.

	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restore original swap space.

	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap

			space.

	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.

			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille

	opl3sa=		[HW,OSS]

			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>

	opl3sa2=	[HW,OSS]

			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<ymode>,<loopback>[,<isapnp>,<multiple]

	opl3sa2=	[HW,OSS] Format:

			<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<ymode>,<loopback>[,<isapnp>,<multiple]

	oprofile.timer=	[HW]

			Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters

			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).

			Format: <mode>

	parport=0	[HW,PPT]	Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.

	parport=auto			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use

	parport=0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]]	any IRQ/DMA settings detected (the

					default is to ignore detected IRQ/DMA

					settings because of possible

					conflicts). You can specify the base

					address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and

					DMA should be numbers, or 'auto' (for

					using detected settings on that

					particular port), or 'nofifo' (to avoid

					using a FIFO even if it is detected).

					Parallel ports are assigned in the

					order they are specified on the command

					line, starting with parport0.

	parport_init_mode=

			[HW,PPT]	Configure VIA parallel port to

					operate in specific mode. This is

					necessary on Pegasos computer where

					firmware has no options for setting up

					parallel port mode and sets it to

					spp. Currently this function knows

					686a and 8231 chips.

	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.

			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }

			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any

			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to

			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of

			possible conflicts). You can specify the base

			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA

			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected

			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'

			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).

			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they

			are specified on the command line, starting

			with parport0.

	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]

			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in

			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos

			computer where firmware has no options for setting

			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.

			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.

			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]

	pas2=		[HW,OSS]

			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16>

	pas2=		[HW,OSS] Format:

			<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16>

	pas16=		[HW,SCSI]

			See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c.

				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this

				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you

				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.

		conf1			[IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration Mechanism 1.

		conf2			[IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration Mechanism 2.

		conf1		[IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration

				Mechanism 1.

		conf2		[IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration

				Mechanism 2.

		nosort		[IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to

					order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is done

					to get a device order compatible with older kernels.

				order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is

				done to get a device order compatible with

				older kernels.

		biosirq		[IA-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt

				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy

					on several machines and they hang the machine when used,

					but on other computers it's the only way to get the

					interrupt routing table. Try this option if the kernel

					is unable to allocate IRQs or discover secondary PCI

					buses on your motherboard.

				on several machines and they hang the machine

				when used, but on other computers it's the only

				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try

				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate

				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your

				motherboard.

		rom		[IA-32] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.

					Use with caution as certain devices share address

					decoders between ROMs and other resources.

		irqmask=0xMMMM		[IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned

					automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel

					exclude IRQs of your ISA cards this way.

				Use with caution as certain devices share

				address decoders between ROMs and other

				resources.

		irqmask=0xMMMM	[IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be

				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can

				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards

				this way.

		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[IA-32] Specify the physical address

				of the PIRQ table (normally generated

				by the BIOS) if it is outside the

				F0000h-100000h range.

		lastbus=N		[IA-32] Scan all buses till bus #N. Can be useful

					if the kernel is unable to find your secondary buses

					and you want to tell it explicitly which ones they are.

		lastbus=N	[IA-32] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be

				useful if the kernel is unable to find your

				secondary buses and you want to tell it

				explicitly which ones they are.

		assign-busses	[IA-32] Always assign all PCI bus

				numbers ourselves, overriding

					whatever the firmware may have

					done.

		usepirqmask		[IA-32] Honor the possible IRQ mask

					stored in the BIOS $PIR table. This is

					needed on some systems with broken

					BIOSes, notably some HP Pavilion N5400

					and Omnibook XE3 notebooks. This will

					have no effect if ACPI IRQ routing is

					enabled.

				whatever the firmware may have done.

		usepirqmask	[IA-32] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored

				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on

				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably

				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3

				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI

				IRQ routing is enabled.

		noacpi		[IA-32] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing

				or for PCI scanning.

		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.

				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),

				so this option is a temporary workaround

				for broken drivers that don't call it.

		firmware		[ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but

					instead just use the configuration

					from the bootloader. This is currently

					used on IXP2000 systems where the

					bus has to be configured a certain way

					for adjunct CPUs.

		firmware	[ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but instead

				just use the configuration from the

				bootloader. This is currently used on

				IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be

				configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs.

	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4

			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).

	pnp_reserve_mem=

			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the autoconfiguration

			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the

			autoconfiguration.

			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).

	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile

			{ schedule | <number> }

			(param: schedule - profile schedule points}

			(param: profile step/bucket size as a power of 2 for

				statistical time based profiling)

			Format: [schedule,]<number>

			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.

			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for

				statistical time based profiling.

	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]

			Limit processor to maximum C-state

			See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.

	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to

			probe for (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).

			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).

	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports

			per second.

	psmouse.resetafter=

			[HW,MOUSE] Try to reset the device after so many bad packets

	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]

			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets

			(0 = never).

	psmouse.resolution=

			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.

	psmouse.smartscroll=

			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat,

			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.

			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).

	pss=		[HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614)

			Format: <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>

			Format:

			<io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>

	pt.		[PARIDE]

			See Documentation/paride.txt.

	ramdisk=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes [deprecated]

			See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.

	ramdisk_blocksize=

			[RAM]

	ramdisk_blocksize=	[RAM]

			See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.

	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes

	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area

	resume=		[SWSUSP] Specify the partition device for software suspension

	resume=		[SWSUSP]

			Specify the partition device for software suspend

	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]

			Set number of hash buckets for route cache

	serialnumber	[BUGS=IA-32]

	sg_def_reserved_size=

			[SCSI]

	sg_def_reserved_size=	[SCSI]

	sgalaxy=	[HW,OSS]

			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sgbase>

	tp720=		[HW,PS2]

	trix=		[HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro

			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>

			Format:

			<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>

	tsdev.xres=	[TS] Horizontal screen resolution.

	tsdev.yres=	[TS] Vertical screen resolution.

	turbografx.map[2|3]=

			[HW,JOY] TurboGraFX parallel port interface

			Format: <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>

	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]

			TurboGraFX parallel port interface

			Format:

			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>

			See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt

	u14-34f=	[HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter

			See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.

	vga=		[BOOT,IA-32] Select a particular video mode

			See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and Documentation/svga.txt.

			See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and

			Documentation/svga.txt.

			Use vga=ask for menu.

			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is

			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.

	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the vmalloc area to have an exact

	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact

			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the

			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to

			decrease the size and leave more room for directly

	xd_geo=		See header of drivers/block/xd.c.

	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]

			Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]

			Format:

			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]

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Changelog:

	The last known update (for 2.4.0) - the changelog was not kept before.

2000-06-??	Mr. Unknown

	The last known update (for 2.4.0) - the changelog was not kept before.

2002-11-24	Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>

		Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@verizon.net>

	Update for 2.5.49, description for most of the options introduced,

	references to other documentation (C files, READMEs, ..), added S390,

	PPC, SPARC, MTD, ALSA and OSS category. Minor corrections and

	reformatting.

	2002-11-24	Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>

			Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@verizon.net>

2005-10-19	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>

	Lots of typos, whitespace, some reformatting.

TODO: