Merge 4.14.84 into android-4.14-p

[GitHub/LineageOS/android_kernel_motorola_exynos9610.git] / Documentation / admin-guide / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 00492110227c54bf8422fde3e9494d2e5db63ef3..54109a4a04f4580b00aff39adedcd57b7b80a67c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@
                        earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
                        earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
                        earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
-                       earlyprintk=pciserial,bus:device.function[,baudrate]
+                       earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
                        earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
 
                        earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
@@ -1046,6 +1046,10 @@
 
                        The sclp output can only be used on s390.
 
+                       The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
+                       PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
+                       UART class.
+
        edac_report=    [HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
                        Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
                        on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden