Re: simple kernel question
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 08:23:06AM +0800, csj wrote:
| On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:28:28 -0500
| "Eric C. Cooper" <ecc@cmu.edu> wrote:
|
| > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:07:18AM +0800, csj wrote:
| > > In what file is the definitive documentation for ALL possible kernel
| > > boot parameters located? Things like "hdc=ide-scsi" or "apm=on" which
| > > you stick in your favorite bootloader.
| >
| > If you have a kernel source tree in /usr/src/linux, it's in
| > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
|
| Thanks. But the file looks more like a list (and indeed it says so: "The
| following is a consolidated list...") than the fine documentation we
| love to flame clueless newbies with. For example, it doesn't explain
| what "idle=" is supposed to do or what options to pass to it (on/off? 60
| [milliseconds]?).
|
| grep -i IDLE /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
| idle= [HW]
|
| Maybe it's google time.
Try
grep -ir IDLE /usr/src/linux/Documentation/
the options' details will be in the documentation file pertaining to
that option (eg 'pm.txt' for apm).
-D
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