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sound: move driver parameters to their own files
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@@ -145,11 +145,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        acpi=           [HW,ACPI,X86]
                        Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
-                       Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq | rsdt }
+                       Format: { force | off | strict | noirq | rsdt }
                        force -- enable ACPI if default was off
                        off -- disable ACPI if default was on
                        noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
-                       ht -- run only enough ACPI to enable Hyper Threading
                        strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
                                strictly ACPI specification compliant.
                        rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
@@ -281,22 +280,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
                        no further checks are performed.
 
-       ad1848=         [HW,OSS]
-                       Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type>
-
        add_efi_memmap  [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
                        kernel's map of available physical RAM.
 
        advansys=       [HW,SCSI]
                        See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c.
 
-       advwdt=         [HW,WDT] Advantech WDT
-                       Format: <iostart>,<iostop>
-
-       aedsp16=        [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16
-                       Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
-                       See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c.
-
        agp=            [AGP]
                        { off | try_unsupported }
                        off: disable AGP support
@@ -315,6 +304,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        aic79xx=        [HW,SCSI]
                        See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.
 
+       ALSA            [HW,ALSA]
+                       See Documentation/sound/alsa/alsa-parameters.txt
+
        alignment=      [KNL,ARM]
                        Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
                        behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
@@ -659,8 +651,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
                        Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
 
-       dmasound=       [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers
-
        dma_debug=off   If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
                        this option disables the debugging code at boot.
 
@@ -761,13 +751,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Default value is 0.
                        Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
 
+       erst_disable    [ACPI]
+                       Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
+                       support.
+
        ether=          [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
                        This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
                        has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
 
-       eurwdt=         [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog.
-                       Format: <io>[,<irq>]
-
        failslab=
        fail_page_alloc=
        fail_make_request=[KNL]
@@ -858,6 +849,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        hd=             [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
                        Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
 
+       hest_disable    [ACPI]
+                       Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
+                       corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
+                       logic will be disabled.
+
        highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
                        size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
                        highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
@@ -1258,6 +1254,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        * nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
                           and both resets.
 
+                       * dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
+
                        If there are multiple matching configurations changing
                        the same attribute, the last one is used.
 
@@ -1519,9 +1517,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
                        is not too small.
 
-       mpu401=         [HW,OSS]
-                       Format: <io>,<irq>
-
        MTD_Partition=  [MTD]
                        Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
 
@@ -1845,9 +1840,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        For example, to override I2C bus2:
                        omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
 
-       opl3=           [HW,OSS]
-                       Format: <io>
-
        oprofile.timer= [HW]
                        Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
 
@@ -1859,6 +1851,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                                perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
                                CPU specific event set.
 
+       OSS             [HW,OSS]
+                       See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
+
        osst=           [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver
                        Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold>
                        See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
@@ -1895,9 +1890,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
                        Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
 
-       pas2=           [HW,OSS] Format:
-                       <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16>
-
        pas16=          [HW,SCSI]
                        See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c.
 
@@ -2165,10 +2157,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
                        0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
 
-       pss=            [HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614)
-                       Format:
-                       <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
-
        pt.             [PARIDE]
                        See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
 
@@ -2267,9 +2255,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        sched_debug     [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
 
-       sc1200wdt=      [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver
-                       Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]]
-
        scsi_debug_*=   [SCSI]
                        See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c.
 
@@ -2380,128 +2365,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                                1: Fast pin select (default)
                                2: ATC IRMode
 
-       snd-ad1816a=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-ad1848=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-ali5451=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-als100=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-als4000=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-azt2320=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-cmi8330=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-cmipci=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-cs4231=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-cs4232=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-cs4236=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-cs4281=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-cs46xx=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-dt019x=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-dummy=      [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-emu10k1=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-ens1370=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-ens1371=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-es968=      [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-es1688=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-es18xx=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-es1938=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-es1968=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-fm801=      [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-gusclassic= [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-gusextreme= [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-gusmax=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-hdsp=       [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-ice1712=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-intel8x0=   [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-interwave=  [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-interwave-stb=
-                       [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-korg1212=   [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-maestro3=   [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-mpu401=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-mtpav=      [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-nm256=      [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-opl3sa2=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-opti92x-ad1848=
-                       [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-opti92x-cs4231=
-                       [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-opti93x=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-pmac=       [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-rme32=      [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-rme96=      [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-rme9652=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-sb8=        [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-sb16=       [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-sbawe=      [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-serial=     [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-sgalaxy=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-sonicvibes= [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-sun-amd7930=
-                       [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-sun-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-trident=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-usb-audio=  [HW,ALSA,USB]
-
-       snd-via82xx=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-virmidi=    [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-wavefront=  [HW,ALSA]
-
-       snd-ymfpci=     [HW,ALSA]
-
        softlockup_panic=
                        [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
 
@@ -2516,9 +2379,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        spia_pedr=
        spia_peddr=
 
-       sscape=         [HW,OSS]
-                       Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
-
        st=             [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
                        See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
 
@@ -2658,10 +2518,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        to facilitate early boot debugging.
                        See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
 
-       trix=           [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
-                       Format:
-                       <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
-
        tsc=            Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
                        Format: <string>
                        [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
@@ -2678,12 +2534,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        u14-34f=        [HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter
                        See header of drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c.
 
-       uart401=        [HW,OSS]
-                       Format: <io>,<irq>
-
-       uart6850=       [HW,OSS]
-                       Format: <io>,<irq>
-
        uhash_entries=  [KNL,NET]
                        Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
 
@@ -2849,17 +2699,16 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
                        cursors, 1 will display them.
 
-       waveartist=     [HW,OSS]
-                       Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
-
        wd33c93=        [HW,SCSI]
                        See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
 
        wd7000=         [HW,SCSI]
                        See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c.
 
-       wdt=            [WDT] Watchdog
-                       See Documentation/watchdog/wdt.txt.
+       watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
+                       see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
+                       or other driver-specific files in the
+                       Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
 
        x2apic_phys     [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
                        default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
@@ -2882,5 +2731,4 @@ ______________________________________________________________________
 
 TODO:
 
-       Add documentation for ALSA options.
        Add more DRM drivers.