ref: 8ac89d66a50b7718ab4cefca9e3dad64af58d3d2
parent: 91de9fcd6374cbd7b07929057c41fa46b5040be3
author: cinap_lenrek <[email protected]>
date: Sat Jun 30 17:09:09 EDT 2012
plan9.ini(8): ACPI update
--- a/sys/man/8/plan9.ini
+++ b/sys/man/8/plan9.ini
@@ -632,16 +632,18 @@
to use when mounting a network-provided root file system.
They are used only if the addresses cannot be determined via DHCP.
.SS PROCESSOR
-.SS \fLe820=\fIstart end ...\fP
+.SS \fL*e820=\fItype \fB0x\fIstart \fB0x\fIend ...\fP
This variable is automatically generated by the boot loader (see
.IR 9boot (8))
by doing a BIOS E820 memory scan while still in realmode and
passed to the kernel. The format is a unordered list of
-hexadecimal 64-bit
+decimal region
+.I type
+and hexadecimal 64-bit
.I start
and
.I end
-addresses of the usable memory areas.
+addresses of the area.
.SS \fL*maxmem=\fIvalue\fP
This defines the maximum physical address that the system will scan when sizing memory.
By default the PC operating system will scan up to 3.75 gigabytes
@@ -689,6 +691,8 @@
restricts the kernel to starting at most
.I value
processors.
+.SS \fL*apicdebug=\fP
+Prints a summary of the multiprocessor APIC interrupt configuration.
.SS \fL*msi=\fP
Enables message signaled interrupts on devices that support it (see
.IR icanhasmsi (8)).
@@ -710,6 +714,8 @@
.SS \fL*nopcirouting=\fP
Disable pci routing during boot. May solve interrupt routing
problems on certain machines.
+.SS \fL*pcihinv=\fP
+Prints a summary of the detected PCI busses and devices.
.SS \fL*nodumpstack=\fP
Disable printing a stack dump on panic.
Useful if there is only a limited cga screen available,
@@ -730,6 +736,17 @@
.EX
umbexclude=0xD1800-0xD3FFF
.EE
+.SS \fL*acpi=\fIvalue\fP
+The presence of this option enables ACPI and the export of the
+.B #P/acpitbls
+file in
+.IR arch (3)
+device. In multiprocessor mode, the kernel will use the ACPI
+tables to configure APIC interrupts unless a
+.I value
+of
+.B 0
+is specified.
.SS \fLapm0=\fP
This enables the ``advanced power management'' interface
as described in