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@@ -3409,14 +3409,24 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
vdso= [X86,SH]
- vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
- vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
+ On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=. Otherwise:
+
+ vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
- vdso32= [X86]
- vdso32=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
- vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO (default)
- vdso32=0: disable 32-bit VDSO mapping
+ vdso32= [X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
+ vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
+ vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
+
+ See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
+ details. If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
+ vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
+
+ For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
+ alias for vdso32=0.
+
+ Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
+ dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
vector= [IA-64,SMP]
vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain