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Document the available clocksources per platform and move clocksource= into
the correct (alpha) location in the file.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Randy Dunlap authored and Linus Torvalds committed May 24, 2007
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clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }

clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
Format: <string>
Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
with the name specified.
Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
the platform:
[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
[ACPI] acpi_pm
[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
[AVR32] avr32
[IA-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer;
scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
[MIPS] MIPS
[PARISC] cr16
[S390] tod
[SH] SuperH
[SPARC64] tick
[X86-64] hpet,tsc

code_bytes [IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an
oops report.
Range: 0 - 8192
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time Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line

clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
with the name specified.

tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT]
Set communications timeout in tenths of a second
(default 15).
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