document clocksources
authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Wed, 23 May 2007 20:58:16 +0000 (13:58 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 24 May 2007 03:14:15 +0000 (20:14 -0700)
Document the available clocksources per platform and move clocksource= into
the correct (alpha) location in the file.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

index 09220a1e22d964b3ad19a235952a77c2bd9d1cef..aae2282600ca411320cd611c3830d260d43713eb 100644 (file)
@@ -396,6 +396,26 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        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. It is defined in the file
 
        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).