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authorPaulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@teltonika.lt>2009-03-31 13:55:44 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2009-04-01 22:15:37 +0100
commit01a24d2b9309676ec2e7069cd19f5b1c4a1505e0 (patch)
tree455f6b02b37b1b8b9c2008243bdedc2d61e2a6f2
parentad19d8d90c7a84c35f4e27e95d41a049efdbdf17 (diff)
[ARM] 5437/1: Add documentation for "nohlt" kernel parameter
As per discussion in: http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=123633652517391&w=2 Signed-off-by: Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@teltonika.lt> Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt4
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index be3bde51b56..73fa52c0df2 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1513,7 +1513,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
noclflush [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
- nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
+ nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
+ wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
+ use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
no-hlt [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
instruction doesn't work correctly and not to