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Commit 3d6ac9843175c1d29c075794519cb045b52e46c2

Authored by Randy Dunlap
Committed by Linus Torvalds
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Exists in master and in 20 other branches dlt-processor-sdk-linux-03.00.00.04, newt-ti-linux-3.12.y, processor-sdk-linux-01.00.00, processor-sdk-linux-02.00.01, smarc-ti-linux-3.12.10, smarc-ti-linux-3.12.y, smarc-ti-linux-3.14.y, smarc-ti-linux-3.15.y, smarc-ti-lsk-linux-4.1.y, smarct3x-processor-sdk-04.01.00.06, smarct3x-processor-sdk-linux-02.00.01, smarct3x-processor-sdk-linux-03.00.00.04, smarct4x-800-processor-sdk-linux-02.00.01, smarct4x-processor-sdk-04.01.00.06, smarct4x-processor-sdk-linux-02.00.01, smarct4x-processor-sdk-linux-03.00.00.04, ti-linux-3.12.y, ti-linux-3.14.y, ti-linux-3.15.y, ti-lsk-linux-4.1.y

document clocksources 

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>

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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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... ... @@ -396,6 +396,26 @@
396 396 clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
397 397 Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
398 398  
  399 + clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
  400 + Format: <string>
  401 + Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
  402 + with the name specified.
  403 + Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
  404 + the platform:
  405 + [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
  406 + [ACPI] acpi_pm
  407 + [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
  408 + pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
  409 + [AVR32] avr32
  410 + [IA-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer;
  411 + scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
  412 + [MIPS] MIPS
  413 + [PARISC] cr16
  414 + [S390] tod
  415 + [SH] SuperH
  416 + [SPARC64] tick
  417 + [X86-64] hpet,tsc
  418 +
399 419 code_bytes [IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an
400 420 oops report.
401 421 Range: 0 - 8192
... ... @@ -1806,10 +1826,6 @@
1806 1826 Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
1807 1827  
1808 1828 time Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
1809   -
1810   - clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
1811   - Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
1812   - with the name specified.
1813 1829  
1814 1830 tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT]
1815 1831 Set communications timeout in tenths of a second