[PATCH] Update 'noapic' description

From: Zwane Mwaikambo
Date: Sun Sep 26 2004 - 05:36:16 EST


The 'noapic' kernel parameter only disables IOAPIC use and not all the
APICs (which would include local APICs) in the system.

Signed-off-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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RCS file: /home/cvsroot/linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 kernel-parameters.txt
--- linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 24 Sep 2004 14:26:39 -0000 1.1.1.1
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc2-mm3/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 26 Sep 2004 00:53:36 -0000
@@ -758,8 +758,8 @@ running once the system is up.

noalign [KNL,ARM]

- noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel not to make use of any
- APIC that may be present on the system.
+ noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
+ IOAPICs that may be present in the system.

noasync [HW,M68K] Disables async and sync negotiation for
all devices.
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