commit 243e25112d06 ("powerpc/xive: Native exploitation of the XIVE
interrupt controller") added an option to turn off Linux native XIVE
usage via the xive=off kernel command line option.

This documents this option.

Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mi...@neuling.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt 
b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index c45a19d654..ee410d0ef4 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5177,6 +5177,15 @@
                        Format:
                        
<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
 
+       xive=           [PPC]
+                       By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
+                       natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
+                       allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
+
+                       off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
+                                 controller on both pseries and powernv
+                                 platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
+
        xhci-hcd.quirks         [USB,KNL]
                        A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
                        host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
-- 
2.21.0

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