* zhenwei.pi <[email protected]> wrote:
> The "no-hlt" boot parameter has been removed ~5 years ago :
> The commit 27be457000211a6903968dfce06d5f73f051a217
> ("x86 idle: remove 32-bit-only "no-hlt" parameter, hlt_works_ok flag")
>
> Remove a stale reference from the documentation as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: zhenwei.pi <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 21 ++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index eb7f43f..bdb17b7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -2494,19 +2494,18 @@ menuconfig APM
>
> 1) make sure that you have enough swap space and that it is
> enabled.
> - 2) pass the "no-hlt" option to the kernel
> - 3) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass
> + 2) switch on floating point emulation in the kernel and pass
> the "no387" option to the kernel
> - 4) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel
> - 5) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling
> + 3) pass the "floppy=nodma" option to the kernel
> + 4) pass the "mem=4M" option to the kernel (thereby disabling
> all but the first 4 MB of RAM)
> - 6) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked.
> - 7) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>
> - 8) disable the cache from your BIOS settings
> - 9) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM
> - 10) install a better fan for the CPU
> - 11) exchange RAM chips
> - 12) exchange the motherboard.
> + 5) make sure that the CPU is not over clocked.
> + 6) read the sig11 FAQ at <http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/>
> + 7) disable the cache from your BIOS settings
> + 8) install a fan for the video card or exchange video RAM
> + 9) install a better fan for the CPU
> + 10) exchange RAM chips
> + 11) exchange the motherboard.
That description is stale in other ways as well (nobody uses floppies anymore),
I'd just remove it altogether, starting with this:
If you get
random kernel OOPSes or reboots that don't seem to be related to
anything, try disabling/enabling this option (or disabling/enabling
APM in your BIOS).
[...]
Thanks,
Ingo
