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diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index 7f8570a7b..44b6eea60 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ Machine check
 APICs
 
    apic		 Use IO-APIC. Default
-		 Unless you have an NVidia or VIA/Uniprocessor board.
-		Then it defaults to off.
 
    noapic	 Don't use the IO-APIC.
 
@@ -25,6 +23,8 @@ APICs
 
    pirq=...	 See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt
 
+   noapictimer	 Don't set up the APIC timer
+
 Early Console
 
    syntax: earlyprintk=vga
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ Timing
   This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box
   quickly up again.
 
+  nohpet
+  Don't use the HPET timer.
+
 Idle loop
 
   idle=poll
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ Rebooting
    reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] [, [w]arm | [c]old]
    bios	  Use the CPU reboto vector for warm reset
    warm   Don't set the cold reboot flag
-   cold   Set the cold reboto flag
+   cold   Set the cold reboot flag
    triple Force a triple fault (init)
    kbd    Use the keyboard controller. cold reset (default)
 
@@ -83,26 +86,17 @@ Rebooting
    Disadvantage is that not all hardware will be completely reinitialized
    on reboot so there may be boot problems on some systems.
 
+   reboot=force
+
+   Don't stop other CPUs on reboot. This can make reboot more reliable
+   in some cases.
+
 Non Executable Mappings
 
   noexec=on|off
 
-  on      Enable
+  on      Enable(default)
   off     Disable
-  noforce (default) Don't enable by default for heap/stack/data,
-          but allow PROT_EXEC to be effective
-
-  noexec32=opt{,opt}
-
-  Control the no exec default for 32bit processes.
-  Requires noexec=on or noexec=noforce to be effective.
-
-  Valid options:
-     all,on    Heap,stack,data is non executable.
-     off       (default) Heap,stack,data is executable
-     stack     Stack is non executable, heap/data is.
-     force     Don't imply PROT_EXEC for PROT_READ
-     compat    (default) Imply PROT_EXEC for PROT_READ
 
 SMP
 
@@ -116,6 +110,9 @@ NUMA
 
   numa=off	Only set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
 
+  numa=noacpi   Don't parse the SRAT table for NUMA setup
+
+  numa=fake=X   Fake X nodes and ignore NUMA setup of the actual machine.
 
 ACPI
 
@@ -124,6 +121,12 @@ ACPI
 		interpreter
   acpi=force	Force ACPI on (currently not needed)
 
+  acpi=strict   Disable out of spec ACPI workarounds.
+
+  acpi_sci={edge,level,high,low}  Set up ACPI SCI interrupt.
+
+  acpi=noirq	Don't route interrupts
+
 PCI
 
   pci=off	Don't use PCI
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@ PCI
   pci=assign-busses    Assign busses
   pci=irqmask=MASK	       Set PCI interrupt mask to MASK
   pci=lastbus=NUMBER	       Scan upto NUMBER busses, no matter what the mptable says.
+  pci=noacpi		Don't use ACPI to set up PCI interrupt routing.
 
 IOMMU
 
@@ -158,3 +162,19 @@ IOMMU
 
   pages  Prereserve that many 128K pages for the software IO bounce buffering.
   force  Force all IO through the software TLB.
+
+Debugging
+
+  oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the process,
+	     but there is a small probability of deadlocking the machine.
+	     This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
+	     Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
+
+  kstack=N   Print that many words from the kernel stack in oops dumps.
+
+Misc
+
+  noreplacement  Don't replace instructions with more appropiate ones
+  				 for the CPU. This may be useful on asymmetric MP systems
+				 where some CPU have less capabilities than the others.
+