[ACPI] document cmdline acpi_os_name=

[linux-beck.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 44a25f3f51d11cf5977c0542c1db71d4b501b75d..78eb66b8619cad490e58f2df86016178c25eebed 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ running once the system is up.
        acpi_irq_isa=   [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
                        Format: <irq>,<irq>...
 
+       acpi_os_name=   [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
+                       Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
+
        acpi_osi=       [HW,ACPI] empty param disables _OSI
 
        acpi_serialize  [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
@@ -367,12 +370,17 @@ running once the system is up.
                tty<n>  Use the virtual console device <n>.
 
                ttyS<n>[,options]
+               ttyUSB0[,options]
                        Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
-                       the form "bbbbpn", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
-                       "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), and "n" is bits.
-                       Default is "9600n8".
-
-                       See also Documentation/serial-console.txt.
+                       the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
+                       "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
+                       bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
+                       omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
+
+                       See Documentation/serial-console.txt for more
+                       information.  See
+                       Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
+                       alternative.
 
                uart,io,<addr>[,options]
                uart,mmio,<addr>[,options]