diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 0a1731a0f0ef3..2b03034207c0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1331,6 +1331,7 @@ earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#] earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate] earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#] + earlyprintk=bios earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by @@ -1361,6 +1362,8 @@ The sclp output can only be used on s390. + The bios output can only be used on SuperH. + The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a PCI device even when its classcode is not of the UART class.