Commit d46eec8e authored by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo's avatar Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'acme/perf/urgent' into perf/core



To pick up fixes.

Signed-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
parents fdb64822 c395c355
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@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ modules.order
/include/ksym/
/arch/*/include/generated/

# Generated lkdtm tests
/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/*.sh
!/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/run.sh

# stgit generated dirs
patches-*

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@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ In addition, other licenses may also apply. Please see:
	Documentation/process/license-rules.rst

for more details.

All contributions to the Linux Kernel are subject to this COPYING file.
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@@ -567,6 +567,11 @@ D: Original author of Amiga FFS filesystem
S: Orlando, Florida
S: USA

N: Paul Burton
E: paulburton@kernel.org
W: https://pburton.com
D: MIPS maintainer 2018-2020

N: Lennert Buytenhek
E: kernel@wantstofly.org
D: Original (2.4) rewrite of the ethernet bridging code
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@@ -62,6 +62,30 @@ Or more shorter, written as following::
In both styles, same key words are automatically merged when parsing it
at boot time. So you can append similar trees or key-values.

Same-key Values
---------------

It is prohibited that two or more values or arrays share a same-key.
For example,::

 foo = bar, baz
 foo = qux  # !ERROR! we can not re-define same key

If you want to append the value to existing key as an array member,
you can use ``+=`` operator. For example::

 foo = bar, baz
 foo += qux

In this case, the key ``foo`` has ``bar``, ``baz`` and ``qux``.

However, a sub-key and a value can not co-exist under a parent key.
For example, following config is NOT allowed.::

 foo = value1
 foo.bar = value2 # !ERROR! subkey "bar" and value "value1" can NOT co-exist


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@@ -102,9 +126,13 @@ Boot Kernel With a Boot Config
==============================

Since the boot configuration file is loaded with initrd, it will be added
to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file. The Linux kernel decodes
the last part of the initrd image in memory to get the boot configuration
data.
to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file with size, checksum and
12-byte magic word as below.

[initrd][bootconfig][size(u32)][checksum(u32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n]

The Linux kernel decodes the last part of the initrd image in memory to
get the boot configuration data.
Because of this "piggyback" method, there is no need to change or
update the boot loader and the kernel image itself.

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			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.

	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.

	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
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