Documentation, add kernel-parameters.txt entry for dis_ucode_ldr
authorPrarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:34:53 +0000 (13:34 -0400)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:10:13 +0000 (14:10 +0200)
dis_ucode_ldr was introduced in 65cef13 ("x86, microcode: Add a disable
chicken bit") and will disable microcode loading on x86.  This kernel
parameter is buried in the code and should be added to the Documentation.

Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

index 1d6f0459cd7bbe531b7acc2d85722ff62185729e..34f2afbf7c1527d6f0492dd81006a6725c62d05e 100644 (file)
@@ -910,6 +910,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                        Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
                        Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
 
+       dis_ucode_ldr   [X86] Disable the microcode loader.
+
        dma_debug=off   If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
                        this option disables the debugging code at boot.