Re: [PATCH] doc. clocksources

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On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 16:11 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> 
> Document the available clocksources per platform and move
> clocksource= into the correct (alpha) location in the file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>

Makes sense.

Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>


> ---
>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-2622-rc2.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ linux-2622-rc2/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -396,6 +396,26 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
>  			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
>  			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
>  
> +	clocksource=	[GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
> +			Format: <string>
> +			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
> +			with the name specified.
> +			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
> +			the platform:
> +			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
> +			[ACPI] acpi_pm
> +			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
> +				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
> +			[AVR32] avr32
> +			[IA-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer;
> +				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
> +			[MIPS] MIPS
> +			[PARISC] cr16
> +			[S390] tod
> +			[SH] SuperH
> +			[SPARC64] tick
> +			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
> +
>  	code_bytes	[IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an
>  			oops report.
>  			Range: 0 - 8192
> @@ -1807,10 +1827,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
>  
>  	time		Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
>  
> -	clocksource=	[GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
> -			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
> -			with the name specified.
> -
>  	tipar.timeout=	[HW,PPT]
>  			Set communications timeout in tenths of a second
>  			(default 15).

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