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Docs: kernel-parameters: sort the LEGEND list

Sort the list of kernel build options and hardware support options.
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new options inserted willy nilly.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230725174247.32393-1-rdunlap@infradead.org

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Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
··· 89 89 parameters may be changed at runtime by the command 90 90 ``echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}``. 91 91 92 - The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were 93 - enabled and if respective hardware is present. The text in square brackets at 94 - the beginning of each description states the restrictions within which a 95 - parameter is applicable:: 92 + The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options 93 + were enabled and if respective hardware is present. This list should be kept 94 + in alphabetical order. The text in square brackets at the beginning 95 + of each description states the restrictions within which a parameter 96 + is applicable:: 96 97 97 98 ACPI ACPI support is enabled. 98 99 AGP AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is enabled. ··· 128 127 KGDB Kernel debugger support is enabled. 129 128 KVM Kernel Virtual Machine support is enabled. 130 129 LIBATA Libata driver is enabled 131 - LP Printer support is enabled. 132 130 LOONGARCH LoongArch architecture is enabled. 133 131 LOOP Loopback device support is enabled. 132 + LP Printer support is enabled. 134 133 M68k M68k architecture is enabled. 135 134 These options have more detailed description inside of 136 135 Documentation/arch/m68k/kernel-options.rst. ··· 140 139 MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI). 141 140 MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled. 142 141 NET Appropriate network support is enabled. 143 - NUMA NUMA support is enabled. 144 142 NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. 143 + NUMA NUMA support is enabled. 145 144 OF Devicetree is enabled. 146 - PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled. 147 145 PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled. 148 146 PCI PCI bus support is enabled. 149 147 PCIE PCI Express support is enabled. ··· 151 151 PPC PowerPC architecture is enabled. 152 152 PPT Parallel port support is enabled. 153 153 PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled. 154 + PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled. 154 155 RAM RAM disk support is enabled. 155 - RISCV RISCV architecture is enabled. 156 156 RDT Intel Resource Director Technology. 157 + RISCV RISCV architecture is enabled. 157 158 S390 S390 architecture is enabled. 158 159 SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. 159 160 A lot of drivers have their options described inside ··· 165 164 SH SuperH architecture is enabled. 166 165 SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel. 167 166 SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled. 168 - SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled. 169 167 SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled. 168 + SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled. 170 169 TPM TPM drivers are enabled. 171 170 UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled. 172 171 USB USB support is enabled. 173 172 USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled. 174 173 V4L Video For Linux support is enabled. 175 - VMMIO Driver for memory mapped virtio devices is enabled. 176 174 VGA The VGA console has been enabled. 175 + VMMIO Driver for memory mapped virtio devices is enabled. 177 176 VT Virtual terminal support is enabled. 178 177 WDT Watchdog support is enabled. 179 178 X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled. ··· 187 186 188 187 In addition, the following text indicates that the option:: 189 188 189 + BOOT Is a boot loader parameter. 190 190 BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor. 191 191 KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter. 192 - BOOT Is a boot loader parameter. 193 192 194 193 Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot 195 194 loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.