linux-stable.git/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt, branch v3.2.73 Linux kernel stable tree Input: i8042 - reset keyboard to fix Elantech touchpad detection 2015-02-20T00:49:34+00:00 Srihari Vijayaraghavan linux.bug.reporting@gmail.com 2015-01-08T00:25:53+00:00 1c5b4c2b70b1c388e34874b2a3acda64f46bbc9a commit 148e9a711e034e06310a8c36b64957934ebe30f2 upstream. On some laptops, keyboard needs to be reset in order to successfully detect touchpad (e.g., some Gigabyte laptop models with Elantech touchpads). Without resettin keyboard touchpad pretends to be completely dead. Based on the original patch by Mateusz Jończyk this version has been expanded to include DMI based detection & application of the fix automatically on the affected models of laptops. This has been confirmed to fix problem by three users already on three different models of laptops. Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81331 Signed-off-by: Srihari Vijayaraghavan <linux.bug.reporting@gmail.com> Acked-by: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@o2.pl> Tested-by: Srihari Vijayaraghavan <linux.bug.reporting@gmail.com> Tested by: Zakariya Dehlawi <zdehlawi@gmail.com> Tested-by: Guillaum Bouchard <guillaum.bouchard@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 148e9a711e034e06310a8c36b64957934ebe30f2 upstream.

On some laptops, keyboard needs to be reset in order to successfully detect
touchpad (e.g., some Gigabyte laptop models with Elantech touchpads).
Without resettin keyboard touchpad pretends to be completely dead.

Based on the original patch by Mateusz Jończyk this version has been
expanded to include DMI based detection & application of the fix
automatically on the affected models of laptops. This has been confirmed to
fix problem by three users already on three different models of laptops.

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81331
Signed-off-by: Srihari Vijayaraghavan <linux.bug.reporting@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@o2.pl>
Tested-by: Srihari Vijayaraghavan <linux.bug.reporting@gmail.com>
Tested by: Zakariya Dehlawi <zdehlawi@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Guillaum Bouchard <guillaum.bouchard@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
libata: disable a disk via libata.force params 2014-02-15T19:20:13+00:00 Robin H. Johnson robbat2@gentoo.org 2013-12-16T17:31:19+00:00 536b1f2107eddfd94b7ab11a787b460b1ac4941a commit b8bd6dc36186fe99afa7b73e9e2d9a98ad5c4865 upstream. A user on StackExchange had a failing SSD that's soldered directly onto the motherboard of his system. The BIOS does not give any option to disable it at all, so he can't just hide it from the OS via the BIOS. The old IDE layer had hdX=noprobe override for situations like this, but that was never ported to the libata layer. This patch implements a disable flag for libata.force. Example use: libata.force=2.0:disable [v2 of the patch, removed the nodisable flag per Tejun Heo] Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Link: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/102648/how-to-tell-linux-kernel-3-0-to-completely-ignore-a-failing-disk Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/352836/how-can-i-tell-linux-kernel-to-completely-ignore-a-disk-as-if-it-was-not-even-co Link: http://superuser.com/questions/599333/how-to-disable-kernel-probing-for-drive [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit b8bd6dc36186fe99afa7b73e9e2d9a98ad5c4865 upstream.

A user on StackExchange had a failing SSD that's soldered directly
onto the motherboard of his system. The BIOS does not give any option
to disable it at all, so he can't just hide it from the OS via the
BIOS.

The old IDE layer had hdX=noprobe override for situations like this,
but that was never ported to the libata layer.

This patch implements a disable flag for libata.force.

Example use:

 libata.force=2.0:disable

[v2 of the patch, removed the nodisable flag per Tejun Heo]

Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Link: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/102648/how-to-tell-linux-kernel-3-0-to-completely-ignore-a-failing-disk
Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/352836/how-can-i-tell-linux-kernel-to-completely-ignore-a-disk-as-if-it-was-not-even-co
Link: http://superuser.com/questions/599333/how-to-disable-kernel-probing-for-drive
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
x86,efi: Implement efi_no_storage_paranoia parameter 2013-05-30T13:35:11+00:00 Richard Weinberger richard@nod.at 2013-04-16T23:00:53+00:00 2a068400fcef7b1563d60f294b584b728236307f commit 8c58bf3eec3b8fc8162fe557e9361891c20758f2 upstream. Using this parameter one can disable the storage_size/2 check if he is really sure that the UEFI does sane gc and fulfills the spec. This parameter is useful if a devices uses more than 50% of the storage by default. The Intel DQSW67 desktop board is such a sucker for exmaple. Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 8c58bf3eec3b8fc8162fe557e9361891c20758f2 upstream.

Using this parameter one can disable the storage_size/2 check if
he is really sure that the UEFI does sane gc and fulfills the spec.

This parameter is useful if a devices uses more than 50% of the
storage by default.
The Intel DQSW67 desktop board is such a sucker for exmaple.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
drm/i915: panel: invert brightness via quirk 2013-04-25T19:25:44+00:00 Carsten Emde C.Emde@osadl.org 2012-03-15T14:56:26+00:00 e1eb40b7e10a98a0895aaf7c78580e89fc494375 commit 4dca20efb1a9c2efefc28ad2867e5d6c3f5e1955 upstream. A machine may need to invert the panel backlight brightness value. This patch adds the infrastructure for a quirk to do so. Signed-off-by: Carsten Emde <C.Emde@osadl.org> Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 4dca20efb1a9c2efefc28ad2867e5d6c3f5e1955 upstream.

A machine may need to invert the panel backlight brightness value. This
patch adds the infrastructure for a quirk to do so.

Signed-off-by: Carsten Emde <C.Emde@osadl.org>
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
drm/i915: panel: invert brightness via parameter 2013-04-25T19:25:44+00:00 Carsten Emde C.Emde@osadl.org 2012-03-15T14:56:25+00:00 f76bb07cf0f7dde553f141438261797f189ead5e commit 7bd90909bbf9ce7c40e1da3d72b97b93839c188a upstream. Following the documentation of the Legacy Backlight Brightness (LBB) Register in the configuration space of some Intel PCI graphics adapters, setting the LBB register with the value 0x0 causes the backlight to be turned off, and 0xFF causes the backlight to be set to 100% intensity (http://download.intel.com/embedded/processors/Whitepaper/324567.pdf). The Acer Aspire 5734Z, however, turns the backlight off at 0xFF and sets it to maximum intensity at 0. In consequence, the screen of this systems becomes dark at an early boot stage which makes it unusable. The same inversion applies to the BLC_PWM_CTL I915 register. This problem was introduced in kernel version 2.6.38 when the PCI device of this system was first supported by the i915 KMS module. This patch adds a parameter to the i915 module to enable inversion of the brightness variable (i915.invert_brightness). Signed-off-by: Carsten Emde <C.Emde@osadl.org> Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 7bd90909bbf9ce7c40e1da3d72b97b93839c188a upstream.

Following the documentation of the Legacy Backlight Brightness (LBB)
Register in the configuration space of some Intel PCI graphics adapters,
setting the LBB register with the value 0x0 causes the backlight to be
turned off, and 0xFF causes the backlight to be set to 100% intensity
(http://download.intel.com/embedded/processors/Whitepaper/324567.pdf).
The Acer Aspire 5734Z, however, turns the backlight off at 0xFF and sets
it to maximum intensity at 0. In consequence, the screen of this systems
becomes dark at an early boot stage which makes it unusable. The same
inversion applies to the BLC_PWM_CTL I915 register. This problem was
introduced in kernel version 2.6.38 when the PCI device of this system
was first supported by the i915 KMS module.

This patch adds a parameter to the i915 module to enable inversion of
the brightness variable (i915.invert_brightness).

Signed-off-by: Carsten Emde <C.Emde@osadl.org>
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
doc, kernel-parameters: Document 'console=hvc<n>' 2013-03-06T03:24:14+00:00 Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk konrad.wilk@oracle.com 2013-02-25T20:54:09+00:00 7479d5dd8b13e8b75e7233d094bca7b1935b9914 commit a2fd6419174470f5ae6383f5037d0ee21ed9833f upstream. Both the PowerPC hypervisor and Xen hypervisor can utilize the hvc driver. Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1361825650-14031-3-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit a2fd6419174470f5ae6383f5037d0ee21ed9833f upstream.

Both the PowerPC hypervisor and Xen hypervisor can utilize the
hvc driver.

Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1361825650-14031-3-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
doc, xen: Mention 'earlyprintk=xen' in the documentation. 2013-03-06T03:24:13+00:00 Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk konrad.wilk@oracle.com 2013-02-25T20:54:08+00:00 560701883d7a0679e9186f145a2e43a77b447cff commit 2482a92e7d17187301d7313cfe5021b13393a0b4 upstream. The earlyprintk for Xen PV guests utilizes a simple hypercall (console_io) to provide output to Xen emergency console. Note that the Xen hypervisor should be booted with 'loglevel=all' to output said information. Reported-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1361825650-14031-2-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 2482a92e7d17187301d7313cfe5021b13393a0b4 upstream.

The earlyprintk for Xen PV guests utilizes a simple hypercall
(console_io) to provide output to Xen emergency console.

Note that the Xen hypervisor should be booted with 'loglevel=all'
to output said information.

Reported-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1361825650-14031-2-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Merge branch 'iommu/fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/iommu 2011-12-09T16:08:14+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-12-09T16:08:14+00:00 592d44a5f8458892c007c61b9cfa677efede5e1e * 'iommu/fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/iommu: MAINTAINERS: Update amd-iommu F: patterns iommu/amd: Fix typo in kernel-parameters.txt iommu/msm: Fix compile error in mach-msm/devices-iommu.c Fix comparison using wrong pointer variable in dma debug code 
* 'iommu/fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/iommu:
  MAINTAINERS: Update amd-iommu F: patterns
  iommu/amd: Fix typo in kernel-parameters.txt
  iommu/msm: Fix compile error in mach-msm/devices-iommu.c
  Fix comparison using wrong pointer variable in dma debug code
iommu/amd: Fix typo in kernel-parameters.txt 2011-12-06T14:16:02+00:00 Sedat Dilek sedat.dilek@googlemail.com 2011-12-05T22:08:32+00:00 89e0b9a3fd66d72f2d7b7f2d6d86fa56997cde27 Signed-off-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com> 
Signed-off-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
x86, AMD: Correct align_va_addr documentation 2011-12-05T17:07:30+00:00 Borislav Petkov borislav.petkov@amd.com 2011-11-21T11:10:19+00:00 8360ee2f74bda2b794bdf4e23ab19d8b4e93807f Commit dfb09f9b7ab0 ("x86, amd: Avoid cache aliasing penalties on AMD family 15h") introduced a kernel command line parameter called 'align_va_addr' which still refers to arguments used in an earlier version of the patch and which got changed without updating the documentation. Correct that omission. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com> Cc: Frank Arnold <frank.arnold@amd.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1321873819-29541-1-git-send-email-bp@amd64.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> 
Commit dfb09f9b7ab0 ("x86, amd: Avoid cache aliasing penalties
on AMD family 15h") introduced a kernel command line parameter
called 'align_va_addr' which still refers to arguments used in
an earlier version of the patch and which got changed without
updating the documentation. Correct that omission.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Cc: Frank Arnold <frank.arnold@amd.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1321873819-29541-1-git-send-email-bp@amd64.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>