From: Paulius Zaleckas Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:55:44 +0000 (+0100) Subject: [ARM] 5437/1: Add documentation for "nohlt" kernel parameter X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=01a24d2b9309676ec2e7069cd19f5b1c4a1505e0;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git [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 Acked-by: Paul Mundt Signed-off-by: Russell King --- 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