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@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ running once the system is up.
        cpia_pp=        [HW,PPT]
                        Format: { parport<nr> | auto | none }
 
+       crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
+                       [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to
+                       hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic.
+
        cs4232=         [HW,OSS]
                        Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpuio>,<mpuirq>
 
@@ -447,6 +451,10 @@ running once the system is up.
                        Format: {"as"|"cfq"|"deadline"|"noop"}
                        See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt
                        and Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
+       elfcorehdr=     [IA-32]
+                       Specifies physical address of start of kernel core image
+                       elf header.
+                       See Documentation/kdump.txt for details.
 
        enforcing       [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
                        Format: {"0" | "1"}
@@ -548,6 +556,9 @@ running once the system is up.
 
        i810=           [HW,DRM]
 
+       i8k.ignore_dmi  [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
+                       indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
+                       hardware.
        i8k.force       [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
                        does not match list of supported models.
        i8k.power_status
@@ -611,6 +622,17 @@ running once the system is up.
        ips=            [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller
                        See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c.
 
+       irqfixup        [HW]
+                       When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
+                       for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
+                       firmware running.
+
+       irqpoll         [HW]
+                       When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
+                       for it. Also check all handlers each timer
+                       interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
+                       firmware running.
+
        isapnp=         [ISAPNP]
                        Format: <RDP>, <reset>, <pci_scan>, <verbosity>
 
@@ -1019,6 +1041,10 @@ running once the system is up.
                irqmask=0xMMMM          [IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned
                                        automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel
                                        exclude IRQs of your ISA cards this way.
+               pirqaddr=0xAAAAA        [IA-32] Specify the physical address
+                                       of the PIRQ table (normally generated
+                                       by the BIOS) if it is outside the
+                                       F0000h-100000h range.
                lastbus=N               [IA-32] Scan all buses till bus #N. Can be useful
                                        if the kernel is unable to find your secondary buses
                                        and you want to tell it explicitly which ones they are.
@@ -1104,7 +1130,7 @@ running once the system is up.
                        See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
 
        psmouse.proto=  [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
-                       probe for (bare|imps|exps).
+                       probe for (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
        psmouse.rate=   [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
                        per second.
        psmouse.resetafter=