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