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1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			{ vendor | video | native | none }
26			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
27			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
28			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
29			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
30			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
31			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
32
33	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
34			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
35			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
36			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
37			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
38
39	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
40			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
41			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
42			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
43			This option is useful for developers to identify the
44			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
45			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
46
47	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
48	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
49			Format: <int>
50			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
51			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
52			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
53			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
54			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
55			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
56			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
57			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
58			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
59			debug layers and levels.
60
61			Enable processor driver info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
140			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
141			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
142
143	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
144			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
145			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
146			second kernel for kdump.
147
148	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
149			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
150
151	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
152			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
153			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
154			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
155			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
156
157	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
158			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
159			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
160			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
161			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
162						  strings
163			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
164						  strings
165			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
166
167			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
168			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
169			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
170			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
171			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
172			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
173			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
174			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
175			care about the state of the feature group strings which
176			should be controlled by the OSPM.
177			Examples:
178			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
179			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
180			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
181
182			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
183			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
184			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
185			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
186			multiple times through kernel command line is also
187			meaningless.
188			Examples:
189			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
190			     FALSE.
191
192			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
193			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
194			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
195			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
196			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
197			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
198			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
199			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
200			is useful when one want to control the state of the
201			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
202			the OSPM features.
203			Examples:
204			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
205			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
206			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
207			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
208			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
209			     equivalent to
210			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
211			     and
212			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
213			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
214
215	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
216			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
217			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
218			and always returns good values.
219
220	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
221			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
222
223	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
224			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
225			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
226
227	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
228			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
229				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
230				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
231			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
232			s3_bios and s3_mode.
233			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
234			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
235			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
236			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
237			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
238			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
239			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
240			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
241			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
242			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
243			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
244			used (or even warned about) during resume.
245			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
246			control method, with respect to putting devices into
247			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
248			of _PTS is used by default).
249			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
250			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
251			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
252			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
253			but some broken systems don't work without it).
254			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
255			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
256			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
257
258	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
259			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
260			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
261
262	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
263			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
264
265	agp=		[AGP]
266			{ off | try_unsupported }
267			off: disable AGP support
268			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
269				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
270
271	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
272			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
273
274	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
275			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
276			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
277			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
278
279	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
280			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
281			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
282			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
283			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
284			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
285			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
286
287			32: only for 32-bit processes
288			64: only for 64-bit processes
289			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
290			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
291
292	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
293			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
294			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
295			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
296			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
297			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
298
299	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64]
300			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
301			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
302			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
303			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
304			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
305			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
306
307			See Documentation/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
308			information.
309
310	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
311			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
312			Possible values are:
313			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
314			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
315				    the system
316			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
317					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
318					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
319					  requirements as needed. This option
320					  does not override iommu=pt
321			force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
322				       to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
323				       option with care.
324			pgtbl_v1     - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default).
325			pgtbl_v2     - Use v2 page table for DMA-API.
326
327	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
328			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
329			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
330			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
331			IOMMU initialization.
332
333	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
334			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
335			remapping modes:
336			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
337			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
338			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
339			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
340			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
341
342	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
343			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
344			Format: <a>,<b>
345			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
346
347	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
348			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
349			connected to one of 16 gameports
350			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
351
352	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
353			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
354			Format: noidle
355			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
356			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
357			APC and your system crashes randomly.
358
359	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
360			Change the output verbosity while booting
361			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
362			Change the amount of debugging information output
363			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
364			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
365			driver name.
366			Format: apic=driver_name
367			Examples: apic=bigsmp
368
369	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
370			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
371			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
372			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
373			      backup of CPU 0
374			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
375			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
376			      shot down by NMI
377
378	autoconf=	[IPV6]
379			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
380
381	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
382			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
383			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
384			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
385			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
386			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
387			apic=verbose is specified.
388			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
389
390	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
391			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
392
393	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
394			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
395
396	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
397			Identification support
398
399	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
400			support
401
402	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
403			support
404
405	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
406			Extension support
407
408	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
409			Extension support
410
411	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
412
413	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
414
415	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
416			EzKey and similar keyboards
417
418	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
419
420	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
421			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
422
423	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
424			keyboards
425
426	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
427			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
428
429	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
430			Use software keyboard repeat
431
432	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
433			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
434			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
435			    enabled until the next reboot
436			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
437			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
438			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
439			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
440			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
441			    userspace auditd.
442			Default: unset
443
444	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
445			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
446			Default: 64
447
448	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
449			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
450			Format: { "0" | "1" }
451			0 - Disable the BAU.
452			1 - Enable the BAU.
453			unset - Disable the BAU.
454
455	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
456			Format: <io>,<mode>
457
458	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
459			Format: <io>,<mode>
460			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
461
462	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
463			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
464			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
465			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
466
467	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
468			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
469			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
470			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
471
472	bert_disable	[ACPI]
473			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
474
475	bgrt_disable	[ACPI][X86]
476			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
477
478	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
479			embedded devices based on command line input.
480			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
481
482	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
483			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
484			no delay (0).
485			Format: integer
486
487	bootconfig	[KNL]
488			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
489			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
490
491			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
492
493	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
494	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
495			kernel args too.
496	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
497	bttv.tuner=
498
499	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
500			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
501			at a time.
502
503	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
504
505	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
506			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
507			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
508			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
509			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
510			This option provides an override for these situations.
511
512	carrier_timeout=
513			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
514			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
515			it waits 120 seconds.
516
517	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
518			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
519			trust validation.
520			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
521
522	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
523			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
524			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
525			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
526			others).
527
528	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
529			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
530
531	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
532			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
533			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
534			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
535			  a single hierarchy
536			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
537			  subsystem
538			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
539			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
540			  created
541			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
542			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
543			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
544			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
545			stall information accounting feature
546
547	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
548			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
549			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
550			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
551			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
552			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
553			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
554			all v1 hierarchies.
555
556	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
557			Format: <string>
558			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
559			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
560
561	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
562			Format: { "0" | "1" }
563			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
564			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
565				any implied execute protection).
566			1 -- check protection requested by application.
567			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
568			Value can be changed at runtime via
569				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
570			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
571
572	cio_ignore=	[S390]
573			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
574
575	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
576			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
577			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
578			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
579			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
580			ones should be.
581			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
582			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
583			instability issue. However, not all features have names
584			in /proc/cpuinfo.
585			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
586			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
587			or using the feature without checking anything
588			will still see it. This just prevents it from
589			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
590			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
591			some critical bits.
592
593	clk_ignore_unused
594			[CLK]
595			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
596			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
597			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
598			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
599			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
600			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
601			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
602			platform with proper driver support.  For more
603			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
604
605	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
606			[Deprecated]
607			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
608			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
609			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
610			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
611
612	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
613			Format: <string>
614			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
615			with the name specified.
616			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
617			the platform:
618			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
619			[ACPI] acpi_pm
620			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
621				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
622			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
623				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
624			[MIPS] MIPS
625			[PARISC] cr16
626			[S390] tod
627			[SH] SuperH
628			[SPARC64] tick
629			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
630
631	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
632			[ARM,ARM64]
633			Format: <bool>
634			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
635			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
636			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
637			systems.
638
639	clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL]
640			Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to
641			external delays before the clock will be marked
642			unstable.  Defaults to two retries, that is,
643			three attempts to read the clock under test.
644
645	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
646			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
647			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
648			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
649			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
650			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
651			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
652			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
653			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
654
655	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
656			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
657			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
658			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
659			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
660
661	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
662			[KNL,CMA]
663			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
664			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
665			placement constraint by the physical address range of
666			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
667			altogether. For more information, see
668			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
669
670	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
671			[ARM64,KNL,CMA]
672			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
673			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
674			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
675			specificed, the default value is 0.
676			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
677			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
678			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
679			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
680
681	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
682			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
683			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
684			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
685			a hypervisor.
686			Default: yes
687
688	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
689			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
690			allocations, by default set to 256K.
691
692	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
693			Format:
694			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
695
696	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
697			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
698
699	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
700			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
701			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
702
703	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
704	conmode=
705
706	con3215_drop=	[S390] 3215 console drop mode.
707			Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
708			When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
709			the console buffer is full. In this case the
710			operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
711			x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
712			console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
713			This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
714			terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
715			emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
716
717	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
718
719		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
720
721		ttyS<n>[,options]
722		ttyUSB0[,options]
723			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
724			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
725			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
726			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
727			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
728
729			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
730			information.  See
731			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
732			alternative.
733
734		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
735		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
736		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
737		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
738		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
739			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
740			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
741			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
742			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
743			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
744			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
745			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
746			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
747			the h/w is not re-initialized.
748
749		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
750			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
751
752		{ null | "" }
753			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
754			console messages discarded.
755			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
756			kernel command line.
757
758		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
759		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
760			console=brl,ttyS0
761		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
762
763	console_msg_format=
764			[KNL] Change console messages format
765		default
766			By default we print messages on consoles in
767			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
768			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
769			`printk_time' param).
770		syslog
771			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
772			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
773			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
774			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
775			from /proc/kmsg.
776
777	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
778			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
779			Defaults to 0.
780
781	coredump_filter=
782			[KNL] Change the default value for
783			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
784			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
785
786	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
787			[ARM,ARM64]
788			Format: <bool>
789			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
790			0: default value, disable debugging
791			1: enable debugging at boot time
792
793	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
794			Format:
795			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
796
797	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
798			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
799			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
800			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
801			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
802			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
803			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
804			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
805			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
806			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
807			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
808			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
809			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
810
811	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
812			disable the cpuidle sub-system
813
814	cpuidle.governor=
815			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
816
817	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
818			disable the cpufreq sub-system
819
820	cpufreq.default_governor=
821			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
822			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
823			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
824
825	cpu_init_udelay=N
826			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
827			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
828			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
829			Default: 10000
830
831	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
832			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
833			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
834			succeeds in any situation.
835			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
836			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
837			kernel more unstable.
838
839	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
840			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
841			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
842			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
843			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
844			is selected automatically.
845			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] Select a region under 4G first, and
846			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
847			hasn't been specified.
848			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
849
850	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
851			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
852			in the running system. The syntax of range is
853			start-[end] where start and end are both
854			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
855			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
856
857	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
858			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
859			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
860			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
861			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
862			available.
863			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
864	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
865			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
866			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
867			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
868			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
869			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
870			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
871			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
872			default	size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
873			size is	platform dependent.
874			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
875			  --> arm64: 128MiB
876			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
877			for second kernel instead.
878			0: to disable low allocation.
879			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
880			or memory reserved is below 4G.
881
882	cryptomgr.notests
883			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
884
885	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
886			Format: <dma>
887
888	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
889			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
890
891	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call
892			handling. When switched on, additional debug data is
893			printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is
894			detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try
895			to resolve the hang situation.
896			0: disable csdlock debugging (default)
897			1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact)
898			ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact,
899			     but more data)
900
901	dasd=		[HW,NET]
902			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
903
904	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
905			(one device per port)
906			Format: <port#>,<type>
907			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
908
909	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
910
911	debug_boot_weak_hash
912			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
913			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
914			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
915			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
916			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
917			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
918
919	debug_locks_verbose=
920			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
921			Format: <int>
922			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
923			self-tests.
924			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
925			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
926			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
927			useful to lockdep developers.
928
929	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
930
931	no_debug_objects
932			[KNL] Disable object debugging
933
934	debug_guardpage_minorder=
935			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
936			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
937			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
938			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
939			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
940			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
941			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
942			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
943			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
944			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
945			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
946			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
947			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
948			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
949			bypassed) which are not detectable by
950			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
951			tracking down these problems.
952
953	debug_pagealloc=
954			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
955			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
956			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
957			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
958			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
959			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
960			on: enable the feature
961
962	debugfs=    	[KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
963			and debugfs internal clients.
964			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
965			on: 	All functions are enabled.
966			no-mount:
967				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
968			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
969				its content. There is nothing to mount.
970			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
971			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
972				or directories within debugfs.
973				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
974				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
975			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
976
977	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
978
979	default_hugepagesz=
980			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
981			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
982			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
983			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
984			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
985			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
986			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
987			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
988			Format: size[KMG]
989
990	deferred_probe_timeout=
991			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
992			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
993			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
994			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
995			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
996			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
997			successful driver registration. This option will also
998			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
999			retrying.
1000
1001	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
1002
1003	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
1004			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1005			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1006			hardware.
1007
1008	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1009			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1010			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1011			blacklisted features.
1012
1013	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1014			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1015			(disabled by default).
1016
1017	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1018			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1019			capability is set.
1020
1021	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1022			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1023
1024	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1025			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1026
1027	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1028			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1029			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1030			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1031			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1032			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1033			          only (compression on level 1)
1034			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1035			          only (decompression)
1036			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1037			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1038
1039	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1040			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1041
1042	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
1043			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1044			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1045			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1046			miss to occur.
1047
1048	stress_slb	[PPC]
1049			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
1050			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
1051			on kernel addresses.
1052
1053	disable=	[IPV6]
1054			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1055
1056	disable_radix	[PPC]
1057			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1058
1059	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
1060			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
1061			invalidate.
1062
1063	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1064			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1065			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1066
1067	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
1068			Format: <int>
1069			The number of initial APIC ID for the
1070			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
1071			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
1072			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
1073			causing system reset or hang due to sending
1074			INIT from AP to BSP.
1075
1076	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
1077			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1078			to workaround buggy firmware.
1079
1080	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1081			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1082
1083	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1084			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1085			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1086			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1087
1088	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
1089			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1090			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1091			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1092			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1093
1094	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1095			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1096			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1097
1098	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1099
1100	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1101			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1102
1103	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1104			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1105			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1106			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1107			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1108			architectural default is too low.
1109
1110	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1111			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1112			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1113			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1114			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1115			driver later using sysfs.
1116
1117	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1118			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1119			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1120			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1121			match the *.
1122			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1123
1124	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1125			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1126			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1127			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1128			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1129			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
1130			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
1131			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
1132			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
1133			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
1134			available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID
1135			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
1136			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
1137			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
1138			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
1139			data set with no connector name will be used for
1140			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1141
1142	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1143
1144	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
1145			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1146			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1147			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1148			exists).
1149			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1150			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1151			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1152
1153	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1154			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1155			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1156			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1157
1158	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1159	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1160			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1161			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1162			for details.
1163
1164	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
1165			in some Intel CPUs.
1166
1167	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
1168			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
1169			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
1170			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
1171			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
1172			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
1173
1174	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
1175			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1176			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1177			which are not unmapped.
1178
1179	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
1180
1181			When used with no options, the early console is
1182			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1183			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1184			the platform.
1185
1186		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1187			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1188			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1189			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1190			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1191			configured.
1192
1193		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
1194		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
1195		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
1196		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
1197		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1198			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1199			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1200			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1201			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1202			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1203			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1204			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1205			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1206
1207		pl011,<addr>
1208		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1209			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1210			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1211			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1212			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1213			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1214			the device registers.
1215
1216		liteuart,<addr>
1217			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1218			specified address. The serial port must already be
1219			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1220
1221		meson,<addr>
1222			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1223			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1224			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1225			supported.
1226
1227		msm_serial,<addr>
1228			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1229			port at the specified address. The serial port
1230			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1231			yet supported.
1232
1233		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1234			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1235			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1236			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1237			yet supported.
1238
1239		owl,<addr>
1240			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1241			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1242			specified address. The serial port must already be
1243			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1244
1245		rda,<addr>
1246			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1247			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1248			specified address. The serial port must already be
1249			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1250
1251		sbi
1252			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1253			console.
1254
1255		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1256
1257		s3c2410,<addr>
1258		s3c2412,<addr>
1259		s3c2440,<addr>
1260		s3c6400,<addr>
1261		s5pv210,<addr>
1262		exynos4210,<addr>
1263			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1264			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1265			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1266			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1267			Options are not yet supported.
1268
1269		lantiq,<addr>
1270			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1271			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1272			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1273			yet supported.
1274
1275		lpuart,<addr>
1276		lpuart32,<addr>
1277			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1278			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1279			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1280			port must already be setup and configured.
1281
1282		ec_imx21,<addr>
1283		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1284			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1285			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1286			must already be setup and configured.
1287
1288		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1289			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1290			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1291			address. The serial port must already be setup
1292			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1293
1294		qcom_geni,<addr>
1295			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1296			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1297			specified address. The serial port must already be
1298			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1299
1300		efifb,[options]
1301			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1302			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1303			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1304			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1305			mapped with the correct attributes.
1306
1307		linflex,<addr>
1308			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1309			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1310			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1311			already be setup and configured.
1312
1313	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1314			earlyprintk=vga
1315			earlyprintk=sclp
1316			earlyprintk=xen
1317			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1318			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1319			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1320			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1321			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1322			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1323
1324			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1325			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1326			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1327
1328			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1329			takes over.
1330
1331			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1332			be used at a time.
1333
1334			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1335			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1336			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1337			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1338				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1339			You can find the port for a given device in
1340			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1341				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1342
1343			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1344			very good.
1345
1346			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1347			the real console.
1348
1349			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1350
1351			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1352
1353			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1354			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1355			UART class.
1356
1357	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1358			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1359			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1360			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1361			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1362			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1363			default: on.
1364
1365	edd=		[EDD]
1366			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1367
1368	efi=		[EFI]
1369			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1370				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1371				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1372			debug: enable misc debug output.
1373			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1374			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1375			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1376			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1377			firmware implementations.
1378			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1379			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1380			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1381			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1382			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1383			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1384			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1385			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1386			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1387			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1388
1389	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1390			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1391			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1392			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1393			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1394
1395	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1396			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1397			updating original EFI memory map.
1398			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1399			from ss to ss+nn.
1400
1401			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1402			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1403			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1404			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1405
1406			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1407			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1408			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1409
1410			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1411			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1412			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1413			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1414			"soft reserved".
1415
1416	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1417			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1418			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1419			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1420			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1421
1422
1423	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1424			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1425
1426	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1427			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1428
1429			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1430			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1431
1432			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1433			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1434			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1435			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1436
1437	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1438			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1439			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1440
1441	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1442			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1443			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1444			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1445			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1446
1447	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1448			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1449			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1450			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1451
1452	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1453			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1454			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1455			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1456			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1457
1458	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1459			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1460			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1461			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1462			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1463			Default value is 0.
1464			Value can be changed at runtime via
1465			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1466
1467	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1468			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1469			support.
1470
1471	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1472			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1473			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1474
1475	evm=		[EVM]
1476			Format: { "fix" }
1477			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1478			current integrity status.
1479
1480	early_page_ext [KNL] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1481			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1482			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1483			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1484			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1485			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1486			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1487
1488	failslab=
1489	fail_usercopy=
1490	fail_page_alloc=
1491	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1492			General fault injection mechanism.
1493			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1494			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1495
1496	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1497			Format: { initns | none }
1498			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1499			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1500
1501	floppy=		[HW]
1502			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1503
1504	force_pal_cache_flush
1505			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1506			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1507			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1508			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1509
1510	forcepae	[X86-32]
1511			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1512			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1513			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1514			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1515			and may cause unknown problems.
1516
1517	ftrace=[tracer]
1518			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1519			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1520			boot debugging.
1521
1522	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1523			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1524			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1525			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1526			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1527			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1528			start up functionality.
1529
1530	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1531			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1532			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1533			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1534			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1535			oops.
1536
1537	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1538			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1539			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1540			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1541			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1542			tracing directory.
1543
1544	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1545			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1546			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1547			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1548			tracing directory.
1549
1550	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1551			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1552			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1553			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1554			that can be changed at run time by the
1555			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1556
1557	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1558			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1559			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1560			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1561			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1562
1563	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1564			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1565			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1566			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1567			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1568
1569	fw_devlink=	[KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1570			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1571			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1572			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1573			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1574			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1575			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1576			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1577			suppliers).
1578			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1579			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1580			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1581				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1582				up (sync_state() calls).
1583			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1584				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1585			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1586
1587	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1588			[KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1589			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1590			Format: <bool>
1591
1592	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1593			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1594			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1595			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1596			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1597
1598	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1599
1600	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1601			Format: off | on
1602			default: on
1603
1604	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1605			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1606			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1607			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1608			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1609
1610	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1611			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1612			android emulator
1613
1614	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1615			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1616			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1617	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1618			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1619
1620	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1621			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1622			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1623			GPT to be used instead.
1624
1625	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1626			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1627			Format: 0 | 1
1628			Default: 0
1629	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1630			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1631			Format: 0 | 1
1632			Default: 0
1633	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1634			Format: 0 | 1
1635			Default: 0
1636	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1637			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1638			Default: 1024
1639	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1640			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1641			Default: 1024
1642
1643	hardened_usercopy=
1644			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1645			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1646			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1647			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1648			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1649			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1650			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1651		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1652		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1653
1654	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1655			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1656			backtraces on all cpus.
1657			Format: 0 | 1
1658
1659	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1660			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1661			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1662			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1663
1664	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1665
1666	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1667			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1668
1669	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1670			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1671			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1672			logic will be disabled.
1673
1674	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1675		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1676				present during boot.
1677		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1678		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1679		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1680				(that will set all pages holding image data
1681				during restoration read-only).
1682
1683	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1684			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1685			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1686			size on bigger boxes.
1687
1688	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1689			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1690			Default: "on"
1691
1692	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1693
1694	hostname=	[KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1695			Format: <string>
1696			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1697			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1698			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1699			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1700			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1701			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1702			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1703			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1704			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1705			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1706
1707	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1708			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1709				verbose }
1710			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1711			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1712				VIA, nVidia)
1713			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1714
1715	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1716			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1717
1718	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1719			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1720			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1721			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1722			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1723			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1724			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1725			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1726			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1727				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1728
1729	hugepagesz=
1730			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1731			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1732			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1733			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1734			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1735			architecture dependent.  See also
1736			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1737			Format: size[KMG]
1738
1739	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1740			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1741			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1742			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1743				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1744
1745			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1746			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1747			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1748
1749	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1750			[KNL] Reguires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1751			enabled.
1752			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1753			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1754			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1755			Format: { on | off (default) }
1756
1757			on: enable HVO
1758			off: disable HVO
1759
1760			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1761			the default is on.
1762
1763			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1764			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1765			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1766			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1767			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1768
1769	hung_task_panic=
1770			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1771			Format: 0 | 1
1772
1773			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1774			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1775			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1776			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1777			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1778
1779	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1780				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1781	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1782				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1783				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1784
1785	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1786				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1787				      guest on lock contention.
1788
1789	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1790			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1791			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1792			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1793			the real console.
1794
1795	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1796				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1797				registered from board initialization code.
1798				Format:
1799				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1800
1801	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1802	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1803			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1804			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1805			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1806	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1807	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1808			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1809			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1810	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1811	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1812	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1813			     for the AUX port
1814	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1815			     controller
1816	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1817			     controllers
1818	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1819	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1820			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1821			     transitions, or never reset
1822			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1823			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1824			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1825			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1826			architectures force reset to be always executed
1827	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1828	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1829	i8042.probe_defer
1830			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1831
1832	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1833
1834	i915.invert_brightness=
1835			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1836			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1837			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1838			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1839			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1840			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1841			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1842			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1843			value switches the backlight off.
1844			-1 -- never invert brightness
1845			 0 -- machine default
1846			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1847
1848	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1849			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1850
1851
1852	idle=		[X86]
1853			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1854			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1855			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1856			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1857			Not recommended.
1858			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1859			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1860			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1861
1862	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1863			Format: <bool>
1864			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1865			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1866			true (1).
1867
1868	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
1869			Format: <bool>
1870			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
1871			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
1872
1873	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1874			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1875			Default: strict
1876
1877			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1878			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1879			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1880			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1881			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1882			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1883			encoding mode.
1884
1885			Available settings are as follows:
1886			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1887				supported by the FPU
1888			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1889				by the FPU
1890			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1891				by the FPU
1892			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1893				supported by the FPU
1894
1895			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1896			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1897			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1898			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1899			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1900			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1901			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1902			MIPS64 CPUs.
1903
1904			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1905			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1906			except where unsupported by hardware.
1907
1908	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1909			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1910			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1911			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1912			could change it dynamically, usually by
1913			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1914
1915	ignore_rlimit_data
1916			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1917			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1918			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1919
1920	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1921			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1922
1923	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1924			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1925			default: "enforce"
1926
1927	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1928			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1929			owned by uid=0.
1930
1931	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1932			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1933			measurements, instead of host native format.
1934
1935	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1936			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1937				   | sha512 | ... }
1938			default: "sha1"
1939
1940			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1941			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1942
1943	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1944			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1945			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1946				 fail_securely | critical_data"
1947
1948			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1949			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1950			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1951			uid=0.
1952
1953			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1954			all files owned by root.
1955
1956			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1957			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1958			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1959
1960			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1961			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1962			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1963			flag.
1964
1965			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
1966			critical data.
1967
1968	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1969			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1970			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1971			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1972			opened for read by uid=0.
1973
1974	ima_template=	[IMA]
1975			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1976			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
1977				   "ima-sigv2" }
1978			Default: "ima-ng"
1979
1980	ima_template_fmt=
1981			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1982			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1983
1984	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1985			Format: <min_file_size>
1986			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1987			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1988
1989			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1990			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1991			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1992
1993	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1994			Format: <bufsize>
1995			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1996
1997			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1998			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1999			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
2000
2001	init=		[KNL]
2002			Format: <full_path>
2003			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
2004			process.
2005
2006	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
2007			for working out where the kernel is dying during
2008			startup.
2009
2010	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
2011			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
2012			modules and initcalls.
2013
2014	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2015			Format: <bool>
2016			Default: 1
2017			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2018			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2019			with devices being probed and
2020			initialized. This should normally just work,
2021			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2022			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2023			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2024			late_ initcalls.
2025
2026	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2027
2028	initrdmem=	[KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2029			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2030			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2031			setting.
2032			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2033			Default is 0, 0
2034
2035	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2036			zeroes.
2037			Format: 0 | 1
2038			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2039
2040	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2041			Format: 0 | 1
2042			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2043
2044	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2045			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2046			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2047			override in debugfs after boot.
2048
2049	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2050			Format: <irq>
2051
2052	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2053
2054	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2055			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2056			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2057			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2058
2059	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2060		on
2061			Enable intel iommu driver.
2062		off
2063			Disable intel iommu driver.
2064		igfx_off [Default Off]
2065			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2066			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2067			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2068			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2069			DMA.
2070		strict [Default Off]
2071			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2072		sp_off [Default Off]
2073			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2074			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2075			not be supported.
2076		sm_on
2077			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2078			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2079			translation.
2080		sm_off
2081			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2082		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2083			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2084			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2085			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2086			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2087			mapping is enabled.
2088			Note that using this option lowers the security
2089			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2090			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2091
2092	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2093			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2094			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2095
2096	intel_pstate=	[X86]
2097			disable
2098			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2099			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2100			passive
2101			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2102			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2103			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2104			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2105			  feature.
2106			force
2107			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2108			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2109			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2110			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2111			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2112			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2113			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2114			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2115			no_hwp
2116			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2117			  if available.
2118			hwp_only
2119			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2120			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2121			support_acpi_ppc
2122			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2123			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2124			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2125			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2126			per_cpu_perf_limits
2127			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2128			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2129
2130	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
2131			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2132			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2133			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2134			no_x2apic_optout
2135				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2136			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2137
2138	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2139		strict	regions from userspace.
2140		relaxed
2141
2142	iommu=		[X86]
2143		off
2144		force
2145		noforce
2146		biomerge
2147		panic
2148		nopanic
2149		merge
2150		nomerge
2151		soft
2152		pt		[X86]
2153		nopt		[X86]
2154		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2155			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2156
2157	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2158			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2159			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2160			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2161			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2162			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2163			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2164
2165	iommu.strict=	[ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2166			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2167			0 - Lazy mode.
2168			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2169			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2170			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2171			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2172			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2173			1 - Strict mode.
2174			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2175			  synchronously.
2176			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2177			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2178			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2179
2180	iommu.passthrough=
2181			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2182			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2183			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2184			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2185			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2186
2187	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2188			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2189			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2190
2191	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
2192		0x80
2193			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2194		0xed
2195			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2196		udelay
2197			Simple two microseconds delay
2198		none
2199			No delay
2200
2201	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2202			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2203
2204	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2205			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2206
2207	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2208			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2209
2210	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2211			[ARM, ARM64]
2212			Format: <bool>
2213			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2214			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2215			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2216
2217	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2218			[ARM, ARM64]
2219			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2220			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2221			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2222			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2223			LPIs.
2224
2225	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2226			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2227			requires the kernel to be built with
2228			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2229
2230	irqfixup	[HW]
2231			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2232			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2233			firmware running.
2234
2235	irqpoll		[HW]
2236			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2237			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2238			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2239			firmware running.
2240
2241	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2242			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2243
2244	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2245			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2246			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2247
2248			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2249			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2250
2251			nohz
2252			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2253
2254			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2255			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2256			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2257			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2258			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2259
2260			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2261			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2262			  be configured manually after bootup.
2263
2264			domain
2265			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2266			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2267			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2268			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2269			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2270			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2271			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2272			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2273
2274			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2275			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2276			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2277			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2278
2279			managed_irq
2280
2281			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2282			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2283			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2284			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2285			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2286
2287			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2288			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2289			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2290			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2291			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2292			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2293			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2294
2295			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2296			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2297			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2298			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2299			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2300			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2301			  queues.
2302
2303			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2304
2305	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2306
2307	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2308			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2309			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2310			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2311			For example:
2312			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2313			  write the parameter as:
2314				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2315			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2316			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2317				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2318
2319	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2320			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2321			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2322			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2323			For example:
2324			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2325			  write the parameter as:
2326				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2327			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2328			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2329				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2330
2331	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2332			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2333			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2334
2335			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2336			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2337			write the parameter as:
2338				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2339
2340			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2341			For example, PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
2342				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2343
2344	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2345			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2346
2347	nokaslr		[KNL]
2348			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
2349			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
2350			Layout Randomization).
2351
2352	kasan_multi_shot
2353			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2354			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2355			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2356			invalid access.
2357
2358	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
2359
2360	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2361			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2362			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2363			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2364			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2365			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2366			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2367			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2368			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2369			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2370
2371			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2372			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2373			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2374			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2375			zone if it does not.
2376
2377			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2378			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2379			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2380			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2381			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2382			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2383			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2384
2385	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2386			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2387			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2388			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2389			optional and is the number seconds in between
2390			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2391			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2392			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2393			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2394			the kernel debugger.
2395
2396	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2397			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2398			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2399			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2400			 keyboard only format: kbd
2401			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2402			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2403			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2404			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2405
2406	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW]
2407			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2408			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2409			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2410			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2411			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2412			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2413
2414			The name of the early console should be specified
2415			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2416			the early console might be different than the tty
2417			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2418			blank and the first boot console that implements
2419			read() will be picked.
2420
2421	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2422			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2423
2424	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2425			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2426			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2427
2428	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2429			Valid arguments: on, off
2430			Default: on
2431			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2432			the default is off.
2433
2434	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2435			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2436			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2437			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2438			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2439			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2440			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2441
2442			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2443
2444			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2445			Boot Parameter" section.
2446
2447	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2448			and kernel address spaces.
2449			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2450			0: force disabled
2451			1: force enabled
2452
2453	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2454			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2455			default value can be overridden via
2456			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2457			Default is 1 (enabled)
2458
2459	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2460			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2461
2462	kvm.eager_page_split=
2463			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2464			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2465			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2466			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2467			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2468			required to split huge pages lazily.
2469
2470			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2471			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2472			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2473			still be used for reads.
2474
2475			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2476			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2477			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2478			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2479			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2480			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2481			cleared.
2482
2483			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2484
2485			Default is Y (on).
2486
2487	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2488				   Default is false (don't support).
2489
2490	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2491			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2492			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2493			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2494			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2495			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2496				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2497
2498			Default is 'auto'.
2499
2500			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2501			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2502
2503	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2504			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2505			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2506			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2507			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2508
2509	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2510			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2511			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2512			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2513			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2514			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2515
2516	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2517			Default is 1 (enabled)
2518
2519	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2520			for all guests.
2521			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2522
2523	kvm-arm.mode=
2524			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2525
2526			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2527
2528			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2529			      protected guests.
2530
2531			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2532				   state is kept private from the host.
2533
2534			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2535			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2536			for the host.
2537
2538	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2539			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2540			system registers
2541
2542	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2543			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2544			system registers
2545
2546	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2547			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2548			system registers
2549
2550	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2551			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2552			LPIs.
2553
2554	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2555			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2556			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2557			allocation.
2558			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2559			Format: <integer>
2560			Default: 5
2561
2562	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2563			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2564			Default is 1 (enabled)
2565
2566	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2567			[KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state.
2568			Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as
2569			guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests.
2570			This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM
2571			never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2572			Default is 1 (enabled)
2573
2574	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2575			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2576			Default is 1 (enabled)
2577
2578	kvm-intel.nested=
2579			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2580			Default is 0 (disabled)
2581
2582	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2583			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2584			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2585			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2586
2587	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2588			CVE-2018-3620.
2589
2590			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2591
2592			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2593			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2594				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2595			never:	Disables the mitigation
2596
2597			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2598
2599	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2600			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2601			Default is 1 (enabled)
2602
2603	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL]
2604			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2605
2606			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2607			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2608			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2609
2610			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2611			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2612			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2613			not have direct access.
2614
2615			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2616			options are:
2617
2618			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2619
2620	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2621			      affected CPUs
2622
2623			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2624			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2625
2626			full
2627				Provides all available mitigations for the
2628				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2629				enables all mitigations in the
2630				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2631
2632				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2633				sysfs interface is still possible after
2634				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2635				when the first VM is started in a
2636				potentially insecure configuration,
2637				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2638
2639			full,force
2640				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2641				flush runtime control. Implies the
2642				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2643				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2644
2645			flush
2646				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2647				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2648				L1D flush.
2649
2650				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2651				sysfs interface is still possible after
2652				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2653				when the first VM is started in a
2654				potentially insecure configuration,
2655				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2656
2657			flush,nosmt
2658
2659				Disables SMT and enables the default
2660				hypervisor mitigation.
2661
2662				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2663				sysfs interface is still possible after
2664				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2665				when the first VM is started in a
2666				potentially insecure configuration,
2667				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2668
2669			flush,nowarn
2670				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2671				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2672				insecure configuration.
2673
2674			off
2675				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2676				emit any warnings.
2677				It also drops the swap size and available
2678				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2679				bare metal.
2680
2681			Default is 'flush'.
2682
2683			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2684
2685	l2cr=		[PPC]
2686
2687	l3cr=		[PPC]
2688
2689	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2690			disabled it.
2691
2692	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2693			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2694			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2695			Format: notscdeadline
2696
2697	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2698			in C2 power state.
2699
2700	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2701			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2702			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2703			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2704			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2705			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2706			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2707
2708	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2709			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2710			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2711
2712	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2713			when set.
2714			Format: <int>
2715
2716	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2717			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2718			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2719			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2720			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2721			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2722			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2723			to all ports, links and devices.
2724
2725			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2726			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2727			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2728			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2729			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2730			host link and device attached to it.
2731
2732			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2733			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2734			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2735			The following configurations can be forced.
2736
2737			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2738			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2739
2740			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2741
2742			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2743			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2744			  allowed.
2745
2746			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2747			  resets.
2748
2749			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2750			  link recovery.
2751
2752			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2753			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2754			  detection.
2755
2756			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2757
2758			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
2759
2760			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
2761
2762			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
2763
2764			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
2765
2766			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
2767
2768			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
2769
2770			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
2771
2772			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
2773			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
2774
2775			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
2776			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
2777
2778			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
2779			  identify device data log.
2780
2781			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
2782			  purpose log directory.
2783
2784			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
2785
2786			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2787			  1024 sectors.
2788
2789			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2790			  65535 sectors.
2791
2792			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
2793
2794			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
2795			  should be skipped.
2796
2797			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
2798
2799			* disable: Disable this device.
2800
2801			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2802			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2803
2804	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2805
2806	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2807			Format: <integer>
2808
2809	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2810			Format: <integer>
2811
2812	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2813			Format: <integer>
2814
2815	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2816			Format: <integer>
2817
2818	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2819			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2820			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2821			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2822			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2823			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2824			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2825			are also disabled.
2826
2827	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2828			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2829			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2830			number of online CPUs.
2831
2832	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2833			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2834
2835	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2836			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2837
2838	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2839			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2840			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2841
2842	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2843			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2844			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2845			mode during the locktorture test.
2846
2847	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2848			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2849			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2850
2851	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2852			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2853
2854	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2855			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2856			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2857			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2858			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2859			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2860
2861	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2862			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2863
2864	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2865			Enable additional printk() statements.
2866
2867	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2868			Format: <irq>
2869
2870	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2871			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2872			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2873			loglevels are defined as follows:
2874
2875			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2876			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2877			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2878			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2879			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2880			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2881			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2882			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2883
2884	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2885			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2886			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2887			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2888			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2889			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2890			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2891
2892	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2893			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2894			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2895			kernel boot problems.
2896
2897	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2898	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2899	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2900	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2901				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2902				attached printers to be reset. Using
2903				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2904				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2905				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2906				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2907				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2908				port specification list means that device IDs
2909				from each port should be examined, to see if
2910				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2911				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2912				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2913
2914	lpj=n		[KNL]
2915			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2916			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2917			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2918			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2919			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2920			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2921			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2922			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2923			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2924			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2925			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2926			hardware.
2927
2928	ltpc=		[NET]
2929			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2930
2931	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2932
2933	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2934			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2935			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2936
2937	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2938			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2939			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2940
2941	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
2942			different yeeloong laptops.
2943			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2944
2945	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater
2946			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2947
2948	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2949			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2950			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2951			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2952			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2953			only takes effect during system bootup.
2954			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2955			which also disables the IO APIC.
2956
2957	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2958	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2959			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2960			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2961			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2962			/dev/loop-control interface.
2963
2964	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2965
2966	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2967
2968	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2969			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2970
2971	mdacon=		[MDA]
2972			Format: <first>,<last>
2973			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2974
2975	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
2976			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
2977			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
2978
2979			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2980			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2981			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2982
2983			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2984			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2985			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2986			not have direct access.
2987
2988			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
2989			options are:
2990
2991			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
2992			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
2993				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
2994			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
2995
2996			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
2997			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
2998			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
2999			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3000			too.
3001
3002			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3003			mds=full.
3004
3005			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3006
3007	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON] Set the memory size.
3008			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3009
3010	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
3011			Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
3012
3013			1 for test;
3014			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3015			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3016			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3017			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3018
3019			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3020			high memory is not affected.
3021
3022			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3023			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3024
3025			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3026			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3027			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3028			belonging to unused RAM.
3029
3030			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3031			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3032			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3033
3034	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3035			[ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by
3036			firmware.
3037			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3038			ss[KMG].
3039			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3040			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3041
3042	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3043			memory.
3044
3045	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
3046
3047	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3048			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3049			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3050
3051	memhp_default_state=online/offline
3052			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3053			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3054			set according to the
3055			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3056			option.
3057			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3058
3059	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
3060			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3061			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3062			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3063			option description.
3064
3065	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3066			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3067			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3068			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3069			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3070			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3071			comma delimited.
3072			Example:
3073				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3074
3075	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3076			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3077			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3078
3079	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3080			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3081			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3082			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3083			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3084			         or
3085			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3086			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3087			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3088			will be eaten.
3089
3090	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
3091			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3092			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3093			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3094			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3095
3096	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3097			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
3098			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3099			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3100			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3101			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3102			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3103			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3104
3105	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
3106			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3107			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3108			Setting this option will scan the memory
3109			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3110			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3111			from using the memory being corrupted.
3112			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3113			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3114			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3115			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3116
3117	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
3118			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3119			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3120			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3121			corruption in more or less memory.
3122
3123	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
3124			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3125			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3126			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3127
3128	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3129			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3130			Format: {on | off (default)}
3131			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3132			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3133			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3134			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3135			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3136			lot of memory without requiring additional
3137			memory to do so.
3138			This feature is disabled by default because it
3139			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3140			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3141			memory blocks).
3142			The state of the flag can be read in
3143			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3144			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3145			the feature is not effective.
3146
3147	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
3148			Format: <integer>
3149			default : 0 <disable>
3150			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3151			performed. Each pass selects another test
3152			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3153			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3154			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3155			regions that are detected.
3156
3157	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3158			Valid arguments: on, off
3159			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
3160			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
3161			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
3162			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3163			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3164
3165			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3166			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3167
3168	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3169			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3170			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3171			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3172			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3173
3174	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
3175			See Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst.
3176
3177	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
3178			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
3179			platforms.
3180
3181	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3182			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3183			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3184			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3185
3186	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3187
3188	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this
3189			physical address is ignored.
3190
3191	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3192			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3193			Default: "0tb"
3194			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3195			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3196			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3197			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3198			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3199			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3200			unconfigured.
3201			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3202			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3203			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3204			VGA shield.
3205			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3206			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3207			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3208			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3209			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3210			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3211
3212	mitigations=
3213			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
3214			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3215			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3216			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3217
3218			off
3219				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3220				improves system performance, but it may also
3221				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3222				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
3223					       if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3224					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3225					       nobp=0 [S390]
3226					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3227					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3228					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3229					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3230					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3231					       l1tf=off [X86]
3232					       mds=off [X86]
3233					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3234					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3235					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3236					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3237					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3238					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3239					       retbleed=off [X86]
3240
3241				Exceptions:
3242					       This does not have any effect on
3243					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3244					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3245
3246			auto (default)
3247				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3248				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3249				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3250				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3251				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3252				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3253
3254			auto,nosmt
3255				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3256				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3257				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3258				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3259					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3260					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3261					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3262					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3263
3264	mminit_loglevel=
3265			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3266			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3267			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3268			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3269			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3270			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3271
3272	mmio_stale_data=
3273			[X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor
3274			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3275
3276			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3277			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3278			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3279			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3280			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3281			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3282
3283			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3284			options are:
3285
3286			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3287
3288			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3289				     vulnerable CPUs.
3290
3291			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3292
3293			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3294			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3295			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3296			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3297			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3298			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3299
3300			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3301			mmio_stale_data=full.
3302
3303			For details see:
3304			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3305
3306	module.async_probe=<bool>
3307			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3308			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3309			specific module, use the module specific control that
3310			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3311			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3312			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3313			the specific module.
3314
3315	module.sig_enforce
3316			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3317			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3318			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3319			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3320
3321	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3322			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3323
3324	mousedev.tap_time=
3325			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3326			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3327			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3328			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3329			Format: <msecs>
3330	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3331			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3332	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3333			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3334
3335	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
3336			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3337			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3338			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3339			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3340			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3341			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3342			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3343			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3344			is not too small.
3345
3346	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3347			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3348			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3349			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3350			allocations. Use with caution!
3351
3352	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3353			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3354
3355	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3356			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3357
3358	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3359			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3360
3361	mtdset=		[ARM]
3362			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3363
3364			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3365
3366	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3367			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3368			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3369
3370	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3371			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3372			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3373
3374	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3375			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3376			Default is 1.
3377			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3378			using up MTRRs.
3379
3380	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3381			Format: <integer>
3382			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3383			Default : 1
3384			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3385			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3386
3387	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3388			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3389			at a time.
3390
3391	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3392
3393	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3394			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3395			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3396			something different and driver-specific.
3397			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3398			file if at all.
3399
3400	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3401			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3402			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3403			waits 4 seconds.
3404
3405	nf_conntrack.acct=
3406			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3407			0 to disable accounting
3408			1 to enable accounting
3409			Default value is 0.
3410
3411	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3412			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3413
3414	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3415			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3416
3417	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3418			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3419
3420	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3421			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3422			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3423			requests.
3424
3425	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3426			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3427			channel should listen.
3428
3429	nfs.cache_getent=
3430			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3431			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3432
3433	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3434			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3435			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3436
3437	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3438			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3439			entries.
3440
3441	nfs.enable_ino64=
3442			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3443			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3444			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3445			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3446			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3447
3448	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3449			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3450			slots the client will assign to the callback
3451			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3452			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3453			a particular server.
3454
3455	nfs.max_session_slots=
3456			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3457			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3458			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3459			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3460			Note that there is little point in setting this
3461			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3462
3463	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3464			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3465			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3466			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3467			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3468			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3469			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3470			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3471			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3472			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3473			back to using the idmapper.
3474			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3475	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3476			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3477			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3478			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3479			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3480
3481	nfs.send_implementation_id =
3482			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3483			information in exchange_id requests.
3484			If zero, no implementation identification information
3485			will be sent.
3486			The default is to send the implementation identification
3487			information.
3488
3489	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
3490			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3491			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3492			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3493			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3494			after the locks are lost.
3495			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3496			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3497			parameter to '1'.
3498			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3499			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3500
3501	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
3502			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3503			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3504
3505			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3506			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3507			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3508			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3509
3510	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable =
3511			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3512			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3513			the destination of the copy.
3514
3515	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout =
3516			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3517			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3518			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3519			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3520			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3521			this parameter.
3522
3523	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3524			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3525			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3526			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3527			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3528			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3529
3530
3531	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3532			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3533			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3534
3535	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3536			when a NMI is triggered.
3537			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3538
3539	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3540			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3541			Valid num: 0 or 1
3542			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3543			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3544			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3545			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3546			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3547			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3548			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3549			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3550			need the box quickly up again.
3551
3552			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3553			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3554
3555	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3556			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3557			is present.
3558
3559	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3560			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3561
3562	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3563
3564	no_console_suspend
3565			[HW] Never suspend the console
3566			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3567			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3568			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3569			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3570			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3571			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3572			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3573			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3574			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3575			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3576			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3577			turn on/off it dynamically.
3578
3579	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
3580			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
3581			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
3582			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
3583			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
3584			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
3585			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
3586			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
3587			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
3588			is set.
3589
3590	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3591			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
3592			but will impact performance.
3593
3594	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3595
3596	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3597			(CPU alternatives feature).
3598
3599	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3600			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3601
3602	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3603
3604	nocache		[ARM]
3605
3606	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3607
3608	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
3609
3610	no_entry_flush  [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3611
3612	noexec		[IA-64]
3613
3614	nosmap		[PPC]
3615			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3616			even if it is supported by processor.
3617
3618	nosmep		[PPC64s]
3619			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3620			even if it is supported by processor.
3621
3622	noexec32	[X86-64]
3623			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3624			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3625				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3626			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3627				read implies executable mappings
3628
3629	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3630
3631	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3632			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3633			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3634
3635	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3636
3637	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3638
3639	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3640			Equivalent to smt=1.
3641
3642			[KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3643			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3644				     via the sysfs control file.
3645
3646	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3647			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3648			possible in the system.
3649
3650	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3651			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3652			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3653			option.
3654
3655	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
3656			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
3657			with this option.
3658
3659	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3660			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3661
3662	no_uaccess_flush
3663	                [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
3664
3665	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3666			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3667			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3668
3669	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3670			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3671			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3672			performance of saving the states is degraded because
3673			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3674			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3675
3676	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3677			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3678			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3679			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3680			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3681			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3682			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3683
3684	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait
3685			in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3686			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3687			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3688			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3689			correctly or when doing power measurements to evalute
3690			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3691			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3692
3693	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3694			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3695			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3696
3697	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3698			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3699			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3700			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3701			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3702			real-time systems.
3703
3704	no_hash_pointers
3705			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3706			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3707			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3708			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3709			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3710			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3711			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3712			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3713			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3714			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3715			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3716			kernels.
3717
3718	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3719
3720	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3721			Valid arguments: on, off
3722			Default: on
3723
3724	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3725			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3726			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3727			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3728			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3729			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3730			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3731			just as if they had also been called out in the
3732			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3733
3734			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3735			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3736
3737	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3738
3739	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3740			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3741
3742	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3743			broken timer IRQ sources.
3744
3745	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3746
3747	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3748			initial RAM disk.
3749
3750	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3751			remapping.
3752			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3753
3754	nointroute	[IA-64]
3755
3756	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3757
3758	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3759
3760	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3761
3762	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3763			fault handling.
3764
3765	no-vmw-sched-clock
3766			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3767			clock and use the default one.
3768
3769	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES] Disable paravirtualized
3770			steal time accounting. steal time is computed, but
3771			won't influence scheduler behaviour
3772
3773	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3774
3775	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3776
3777	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3778
3779	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3780
3781	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3782			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3783
3784	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3785			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3786			irq.
3787
3788	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. DRM drivers will not perform
3789			display-mode changes or accelerated rendering. Only the
3790			system framebuffer will be available for use if this was
3791			set-up by the firmware or boot loader.
3792
3793			Useful as fallback, or for testing and debugging.
3794
3795	nomodule	Disable module load
3796
3797	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3798			pagetables) support.
3799
3800	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3801
3802	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3803			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3804
3805	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3806			with UP alternatives
3807
3808	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3809			space.
3810
3811	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3812			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3813			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3814
3815	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3816
3817	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3818
3819	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3820			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3821
3822	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3823
3824	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3825
3826	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3827			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3828
3829	nowb		[ARM]
3830
3831	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3832
3833			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
3834			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
3835			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
3836
3837	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3838			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3839			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3840			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3841			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3842			parameter's value.
3843			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3844			Default: 255
3845
3846	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3847			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3848			SAL PALO.
3849
3850	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3851			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3852			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3853			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3854			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3855			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3856			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3857			hot plugging.
3858
3859	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3860
3861	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only
3862			set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
3863
3864	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
3865			NUMA balancing.
3866			Allowed values are enable and disable
3867
3868	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3869			'node', 'default' can be specified
3870			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3871			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3872
3873	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3874			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
3875			info.
3876
3877	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3878			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3879			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3880			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3881			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3882			interrupts *may* be lost!
3883
3884	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3885			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3886			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3887			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3888
3889	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
3890
3891			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
3892
3893			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
3894				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
3895			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
3896				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
3897				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
3898
3899	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3900			process, but there is a small probability of
3901			deadlocking the machine.
3902			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3903			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3904
3905	page_alloc.shuffle=
3906			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3907			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3908			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3909			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3910			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3911			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3912			can be read from sysfs at:
3913			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3914
3915	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3916			Storage of the information about who allocated
3917			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3918			we can turn it on.
3919			on: enable the feature
3920
3921	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3922			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3923			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3924			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3925			on: turn on poisoning
3926
3927	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
3928			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
3929			Format: <integer>
3930			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
3931			reporting is disabled when it exceeds (MAX_ORDER-1).
3932
3933	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3934			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3935			timeout = 0: wait forever
3936			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3937			Format: <timeout>
3938
3939	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3940			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3941			bit 0: print all tasks info
3942			bit 1: print system memory info
3943			bit 2: print timer info
3944			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3945			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3946			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3947			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
3948			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
3949			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
3950			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
3951			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
3952
3953	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
3954			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
3955			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
3956			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
3957			called with any of the flags in this set.
3958			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
3959			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
3960			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
3961			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
3962			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
3963			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
3964			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
3965
3966	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3967			on a WARN().
3968
3969	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3970			connected to, default is 0.
3971			Format: <parport#>
3972	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3973			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3974			Format: <mode>
3975
3976	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3977			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3978			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3979			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3980			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3981			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3982			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3983			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3984			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3985			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3986			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3987			are specified on the command line, starting
3988			with parport0.
3989
3990	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
3991			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3992			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3993			computer where firmware has no options for setting
3994			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3995			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3996			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3997
3998	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
3999			Format: <int>
4000			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4001			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4002			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4003
4004	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4005			Format: <int>
4006			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4007			changes.  Disabled by default.
4008
4009	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4010			Format: <int>
4011			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4012			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4013			Disabled by default.
4014
4015	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4016			Format: <int>
4017			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4018			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4019			Disabled by default.
4020
4021	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4022			Format: <int>
4023			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4024			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4025			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4026			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4027			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4028			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4029			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4030			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4031			all channels.
4032
4033	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4034			Format: <int>
4035			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4036			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4037			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4038
4039	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4040			Format: <int>
4041			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4042			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4043			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4044
4045	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4046			Format: <int>
4047			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4048			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4049			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4050			All modes allowed by default.
4051
4052	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4053			Format: <int>
4054			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4055			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4056
4057	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4058			Format: <int>
4059			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4060			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4061			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4062			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4063			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4064			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4065			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4066			By default all supported ports are probed.
4067
4068	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4069			Format: <int>
4070			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4071			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4072
4073	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4074			Format: <int>
4075			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4076			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4077			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4078			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4079			0 otherwise.
4080
4081	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4082			Format: <int>
4083			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4084			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4085			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4086			allowed by default.
4087
4088	pause_on_oops=
4089			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4090			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4091			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4092
4093	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4094
4095	pcd.		[PARIDE]
4096			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
4097			See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4098
4099	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
4100
4101				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4102				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4103				specified in one of the following formats:
4104
4105				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4106				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4107
4108				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4109				bus/device/function address which may change
4110				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4111				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4112				by other kernel parameters. If the
4113				domain is left unspecified, it is
4114				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4115				to a device through multiple device/function
4116				addresses can be specified after the base
4117				address (this is more robust against
4118				renumbering issues).  The second format
4119				selects devices using IDs from the
4120				configuration space which may match multiple
4121				devices in the system.
4122
4123		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4124				changes anything
4125		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4126		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4127				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4128				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4129		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4130				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4131				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4132				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4133		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4134				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4135				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4136		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4137				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4138				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4139				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4140				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4141				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4142				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4143		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4144				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4145				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4146		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4147				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4148		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4149				Configuration
4150		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4151				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4152				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4153		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4154				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4155				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4156		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4157				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4158				should never be necessary.
4159		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4160				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4161				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4162				when the system masks IRQs.
4163		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4164				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4165				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4166				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4167		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4168				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4169				on several machines and they hang the machine
4170				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4171				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4172				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4173				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4174				motherboard.
4175		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4176				Use with caution as certain devices share
4177				address decoders between ROMs and other
4178				resources.
4179		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4180				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4181				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4182		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4183				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4184		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4185				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4186				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4187				this way.
4188		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4189				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4190				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4191				F0000h-100000h range.
4192		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4193				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4194				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4195				explicitly which ones they are.
4196		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4197				numbers ourselves, overriding
4198				whatever the firmware may have done.
4199		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4200				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4201				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4202				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4203				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4204				IRQ routing is enabled.
4205		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4206				or for PCI scanning.
4207		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4208				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4209				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4210				please report a bug.
4211		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4212				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4213		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4214				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4215				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4216				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4217				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4218		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4219				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4220				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4221				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4222		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4223				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4224				so this option is a temporary workaround
4225				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4226		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4227				handle more pci cards
4228		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4229				This might help on some broken boards which
4230				machine check when some devices' config space
4231				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4232				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4233		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4234				This sorting is done to get a device
4235				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4236		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4237		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4238				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4239		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4240				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4241		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4242				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4243				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4244				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4245				or bus can support) for best performance.
4246		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4247				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4248				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4249				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4250				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4251				that hot-added devices will work.
4252		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4253				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4254				The default value is 256 bytes.
4255		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4256				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4257				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4258		resource_alignment=
4259				Format:
4260				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4261				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4262				aligned memory resources. How to
4263				specify the device is described above.
4264				If <order of align> is not specified,
4265				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4266				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4267				windows need to be expanded.
4268				To specify the alignment for several
4269				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4270				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4271				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4272				for 4096-byte alignment.
4273		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4274				end-to-end CRC checking).
4275				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4276				the default.
4277				off: Turn ECRC off
4278				on: Turn ECRC on.
4279		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4280				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4281				Default size is 256 bytes.
4282		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4283				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4284				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4285		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4286				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4287				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4288		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4289				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4290				MMIO_PREF window.
4291				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4292		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4293				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4294				Default is 1.
4295		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4296				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4297				accommodate resources required by all child
4298				devices.
4299				off: Turn realloc off
4300				on: Turn realloc on
4301		realloc		same as realloc=on
4302		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4303		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4304				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4305		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4306				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4307				port.
4308		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4309				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4310				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4311				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4312				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4313				taints the kernel.
4314		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4315				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4316				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4317				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4318				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4319				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4320				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4321				this removes isolation between devices and
4322				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4323		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4324		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4325		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4326				one PCI domain per PCI function
4327
4328	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
4329			Management.
4330		off	Disable ASPM.
4331		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4332			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4333
4334	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4335		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4336			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4337			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4338			also tries to use these services.
4339		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4340				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4341		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4342			hotplug).
4343
4344	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4345		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4346		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4347
4348	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4349		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4350			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4351
4352	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4353
4354	pd_ignore_unused
4355			[PM]
4356			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4357			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4358			for debug and development, but should not be
4359			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4360
4361	pd.		[PARIDE]
4362			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4363
4364	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4365			boot time.
4366			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4367			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4368
4369	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4370			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4371			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4372			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4373			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4374			and performance comparison.
4375
4376	pf.		[PARIDE]
4377			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4378
4379	pg.		[PARIDE]
4380			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4381
4382	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4383			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4384
4385	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4386			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4387			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4388
4389	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4390			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4391			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4392
4393	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4394			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4395			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4396			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4397			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4398			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4399			remains 0.
4400
4401	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4402			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4403
4404	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4405			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4406			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4407			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4408			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4409			possible settings and some assignment information.
4410
4411	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4412			{ off }
4413
4414	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4415			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4416
4417	pnp_reserve_irq=
4418			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4419
4420	pnp_reserve_dma=
4421			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4422
4423	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4424			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4425
4426	pnp_reserve_mem=
4427			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4428			autoconfiguration.
4429			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4430
4431	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4432			Default is 21.
4433			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4434			may be specified.
4435			Format: <port>,<port>....
4436
4437	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4438			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4439			platform machine description specific power_save
4440			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4441			execution priority.
4442
4443	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4444			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4445			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4446			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4447			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4448
4449	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
4450			Format: {"off"}
4451			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4452
4453	preempt=	[KNL]
4454			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4455			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4456			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4457			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4458			       can be preempted anytime.
4459
4460	print-fatal-signals=
4461			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4462
4463			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4464			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4465			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4466			coredump - etc.
4467
4468			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4469			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4470
4471			default: off.
4472
4473	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4474			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4475			panics
4476			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4477			default: disabled
4478
4479	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4480			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4481			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4482			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4483			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4484			in order to provide more debug information.
4485			Format: <bool>
4486			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4487
4488	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4489			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4490			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4491			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4492			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4493			Default: ratelimit
4494
4495	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4496			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4497
4498	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4499			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4500			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4501
4502	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4503			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4504			instead using the legacy FADT method
4505
4506	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4507			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4508			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4509				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4510			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4511			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4512				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4513			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4514			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4515				statistical time based profiling.
4516
4517	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4518
4519	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4520			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4521			that).
4522			Format: <bool>
4523
4524	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4525			tracking.
4526			Format: <bool>
4527
4528	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4529			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4530	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4531			per second.
4532	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4533			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4534			(0 = never).
4535	psmouse.resolution=
4536			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4537	psmouse.smartscroll=
4538			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4539			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4540
4541	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4542
4543	pt.		[PARIDE]
4544			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4545
4546	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4547			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4548			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4549			system calls and interrupts.
4550
4551			on   - unconditionally enable
4552			off  - unconditionally disable
4553			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4554			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4555
4556			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4557
4558	nopti		[X86-64]
4559			Equivalent to pti=off
4560
4561	pty.legacy_count=
4562			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4563			default number.
4564
4565	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
4566
4567	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4568
4569	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4570			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4571
4572	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4573			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4574
4575	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4576
4577	random.trust_cpu=off
4578			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
4579			random number generator (if available) to
4580			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4581
4582	random.trust_bootloader=off
4583			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
4584			passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4585			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4586
4587	randomize_kstack_offset=
4588			[KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4589			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4590			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4591			that depend on stack address determinism or
4592			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4593			available on architectures that have defined
4594			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4595			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4596			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4597
4598	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4599
4600		cec_disable	[X86]
4601				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4602				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4603
4604	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4605			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4606			as described above.
4607
4608			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4609			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4610			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4611			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4612			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4613			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4614			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4615			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4616			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4617			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4618			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4619			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4620
4621			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4622			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4623
4624			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4625			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4626			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4627			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4628
4629			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4630			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4631
4632	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4633			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4634			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4635			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4636			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4637			This improves the real-time response for the
4638			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4639			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4640			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4641			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4642
4643	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4644			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4645			process in one batch.
4646
4647	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4648			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4649			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4650			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4651
4652	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4653			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4654			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4655
4656	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4657			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4658			RCU grace-period initialization.
4659
4660	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4661			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4662			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4663			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4664			the rcu_node combining tree.
4665
4666	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
4667			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
4668			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
4669			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
4670			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
4671
4672			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
4673			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
4674			to zero.
4675
4676	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4677			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4678			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
4679			possibly be useful for architectures having high
4680			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4681
4682	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4683			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4684			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
4685			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4686			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4687			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4688			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4689
4690	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4691			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4692			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4693			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4694			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4695			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4696			condition.
4697
4698	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
4699			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
4700			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
4701			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
4702
4703	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4704			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4705			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4706			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4707			and maximum value is HZ.
4708
4709	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4710			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4711			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4712			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4713
4714	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4715			Set required age in jiffies for a
4716			given grace period before RCU starts
4717			soliciting quiescent-state help from
4718			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4719			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4720			a value based on the most recent settings
4721			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4722			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4723			This calculated value may be viewed in
4724			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
4725			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4726			overwritten.
4727
4728	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
4729			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4730			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4731			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4732			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4733			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4734			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4735			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
4736			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4737			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4738			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
4739			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
4740
4741	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
4742			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
4743			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
4744			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
4745			The result will be bounded below by the value of
4746			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
4747			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
4748			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
4749
4750			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
4751			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
4752			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
4753			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
4754			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
4755
4756	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
4757			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
4758			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
4759			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
4760			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
4761			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
4762			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
4763			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
4764			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
4765			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
4766			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
4767			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
4768
4769	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4770			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4771			each group, which defaults to the square root
4772			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
4773			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4774			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4775			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4776
4777	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4778			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4779			batch limiting is disabled.
4780
4781	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4782			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4783			batch limiting is re-enabled.
4784
4785	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4786			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4787			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4788			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4789			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4790			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4791			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4792			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4793
4794	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4795			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4796			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4797			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4798			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4799			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4800
4801	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
4802			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
4803			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
4804			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
4805			Larger delays increase the probability of
4806			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
4807			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
4808			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
4809
4810	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
4811			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
4812			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
4813			why a new grace period has not yet started.
4814
4815	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
4816			Measure performance of asynchronous
4817			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
4818
4819	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
4820			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
4821			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
4822			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
4823			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
4824			previously posted callbacks to drain.
4825
4826	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
4827			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
4828			grace-period primitives.
4829
4830	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4831			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
4832			this parameter is to delay the start of the
4833			test until boot completes in order to avoid
4834			interference.
4835
4836	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
4837			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
4838
4839	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
4840			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4841			If this parameter has the same value as
4842			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
4843			and double-argument variants are tested.
4844
4845	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
4846			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4847			If this parameter has the same value as
4848			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
4849			and double-argument variants are tested.
4850
4851	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
4852			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
4853
4854	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
4855			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
4856
4857	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
4858			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
4859			of allocations and frees.
4860
4861	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4862			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4863			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4864			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
4865			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4866			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4867			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
4868			a single reader.
4869
4870	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
4871			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
4872			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
4873			N, where N is the number of CPUs
4874
4875	rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL]
4876			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4877
4878	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4879			Shut the system down after performance tests
4880			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
4881			testing.
4882
4883	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
4884			Enable additional printk() statements.
4885
4886	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
4887			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
4888			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
4889			no holdoff.
4890
4891	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
4892			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
4893			in microseconds.
4894
4895	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
4896			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
4897			in microseconds.
4898
4899	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
4900			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
4901			in seconds.
4902
4903	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
4904			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
4905			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
4906			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
4907			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
4908			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
4909			of CPUs to be used.
4910
4911	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
4912			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
4913			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
4914
4915	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
4916			Number of seconds to wait between successive
4917			forward-progress tests.
4918
4919	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
4920			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
4921			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
4922			testing.
4923
4924	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
4925			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
4926			primitives, if available.
4927
4928	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
4929			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
4930
4931	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
4932			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
4933			update-side primitives, if available.
4934
4935	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
4936			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
4937			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
4938			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
4939			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
4940			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
4941			they are all non-zero.
4942
4943	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
4944			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
4945			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
4946			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
4947
4948	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
4949			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
4950			This can of course result in splats, and is
4951			intended to test the ability of things like
4952			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
4953			such leaks.
4954
4955	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
4956			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
4957
4958	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
4959			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
4960			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
4961			test, hence the "fake".
4962
4963	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
4964			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
4965			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
4966
4967	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
4968			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
4969			callback-offload toggling attempts.
4970
4971	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
4972			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4973			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4974			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
4975			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4976			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4977
4978	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
4979			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
4980
4981	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4982			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
4983
4984	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4985			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
4986			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
4987
4988	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
4989			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
4990			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
4991			task-exit processing.
4992
4993	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
4994			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
4995			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
4996			is spawned.
4997
4998	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
4999			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5000			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5001
5002	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5003			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5004			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5005			during the rcutorture test.
5006
5007	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5008			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5009			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5010
5011	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5012			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5013			warnings, zero to disable.
5014
5015	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5016			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5017			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition
5018			to any other stall-related activity.
5019
5020	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5021			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5022
5023	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5024			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
5025
5026	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5027			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5028			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5029			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5030			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5031			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5032
5033	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5034			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5035
5036	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5037			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5038			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5039			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5040			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5041
5042	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5043			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5044			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5045			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5046
5047	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5048			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5049
5050	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5051			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5052
5053	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5054			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5055			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5056
5057	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5058			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5059
5060	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5061			Enable additional printk() statements.
5062
5063	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5064			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5065			stall warning.
5066
5067	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5068			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5069
5070	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5071			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5072			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5073			during early boot, that is, during the time
5074			before the init task is spawned.
5075
5076	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5077			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5078			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5079			value is 300 seconds.
5080
5081	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5082			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5083			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5084			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5085			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5086			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5087			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5088			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5089			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5090
5091	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5092			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5093			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5094			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5095			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5096			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5097			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5098
5099	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5100			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5101			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5102			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5103			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5104			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5105			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5106			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5107			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5108
5109	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5110			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5111			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5112			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5113			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5114
5115			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5116			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5117			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5118			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5119			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5120			grace-period processing.
5121
5122	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5123			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5124			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5125			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5126			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5127			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5128			set to the default value of -1.
5129
5130	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5131			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5132			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5133			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5134			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5135			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5136			the default value of -1.
5137
5138	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5139			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5140			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5141			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5142			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5143			for use in testing.
5144
5145	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5146			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5147			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5148			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5149			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5150			but lengthens grace periods.
5151
5152	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5153			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5154			informational messages, which give some indication
5155			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5156			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5157			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5158			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5159			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5160			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5161			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5162
5163	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5164			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5165			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5166			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5167			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5168			the value three, so that the first informational
5169			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5170			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5171			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5172			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5173
5174	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5175			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5176			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5177			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5178			A change in value does not take effect until
5179			the beginning of the next grace period.
5180
5181	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5182			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5183
5184	rdinit=		[KNL]
5185			Format: <full_path>
5186			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5187			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5188
5189	rdrand=		[X86]
5190			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5191				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5192				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5193				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5194				path).
5195
5196	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5197			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5198			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5199			mba.
5200			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5201				rdt=cmt,!mba
5202
5203	reboot=		[KNL]
5204			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5205				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5206				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5207				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5208				[[,]f[orce]
5209			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5210					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5211					reboot only),
5212			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5213			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5214			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5215					to be used for rebooting.
5216
5217	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5218			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5219			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5220			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5221			interference.
5222
5223	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5224			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5225			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5226			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5227			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5228			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5229			x86 laptops.
5230
5231	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5232			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5233			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5234			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5235
5236	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5237			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5238			the console log.
5239
5240	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5241			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5242			measured in microseconds.
5243
5244	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5245			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5246
5247	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5248			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5249			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5250			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5251			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5252
5253	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5254			Enable additional printk() statements.
5255
5256	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5257			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5258			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5259			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5260			specified.
5261
5262	relax_domain_level=
5263			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5264			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5265
5266	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5267			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5268			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5269			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5270			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5271
5272	reservetop=	[X86-32]
5273			Format: nn[KMG]
5274			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5275			address space.
5276
5277	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5278			during initialization.
5279
5280	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5281			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5282			Format:
5283			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5284
5285	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5286			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5287			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5288			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5289			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5290
5291	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5292			read the resume files
5293
5294	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5295			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5296			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5297
5298	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
5299
5300	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5301			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5302			vulnerability.
5303
5304			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5305			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5306			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5307			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5308			that don't.
5309
5310			off          - no mitigation
5311			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5312			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5313				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5314				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5315				       and older without STIBP).
5316			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5317				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5318				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5319				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5320				       on Intel.
5321			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5322				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5323				       the alternative for systems which do not
5324				       have STIBP.
5325			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5326				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5327				       systems.
5328			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5329				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5330				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5331
5332			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5333			time according to the CPU.
5334
5335			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5336
5337	rfkill.default_state=
5338		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5339			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5340		1	Unblocked.
5341
5342	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5343		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5344		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5345			blocked and the previous configuration.
5346		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5347			blocked and everything unblocked.
5348
5349	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5350			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
5351
5352	ring3mwait=disable
5353			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5354			CPUs.
5355
5356	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5357
5358	rodata=		[KNL]
5359		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5360		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5361		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5362		        [arm64]
5363
5364	rockchip.usb_uart
5365			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5366			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5367			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5368			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5369
5370	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5371			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
5372
5373	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5374			mount the root filesystem
5375
5376	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5377
5378	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5379
5380	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5381			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5382			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5383
5384	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5385			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5386			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5387			managed by CMA.
5388
5389	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5390
5391	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5392
5393	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5394			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5395		strict
5396			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
5397			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
5398			which is faster.
5399
5400	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5401			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5402			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5403			factor of the size of main memory.
5404			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5405			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5406			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5407			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5408			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5409			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5410			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5411
5412	sa1100ir	[NET]
5413			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5414
5415	sched_verbose	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5416
5417	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5418			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5419			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5420			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5421
5422	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5423			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5424			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5425			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5426			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5427			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5428			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5429			value.
5430			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5431			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5432				1			64 ms
5433				2			128 ms
5434			and so on.
5435			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5436			Default is 0.
5437
5438	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5439			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5440			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5441			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5442			tests.
5443
5444	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5445			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5446			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5447			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5448			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5449			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5450			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5451
5452	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5453			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5454			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5455			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5456			equal to the number of CPUs.
5457
5458	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5459			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5460			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5461
5462	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5463			Number seconds to wait between successive
5464			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
5465			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5466
5467	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5468			The number of seconds following the start of the
5469			test after which to shut down the system.  The
5470			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5471			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5472
5473	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5474			The number of seconds between outputting the
5475			current test statistics to the console.  A value
5476			of zero disables statistics output.
5477
5478	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5479			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5480			to the set of CPUs under test.
5481
5482	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5483			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5484			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5485			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5486			functions.
5487
5488	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5489			Enable additional printk() statements.
5490
5491	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5492			The probability weighting to use for the
5493			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5494			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
5495			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
5496			if at least one weight has some other value, a
5497			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5498
5499	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
5500			The probability weighting to use for the
5501			smp_call_function_single() function with a
5502			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5503
5504	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
5505			The probability weighting to use for the
5506			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
5507			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5508			Note well that setting a high probability for
5509			this weighting can place serious IPI load
5510			on the system.
5511
5512	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
5513			The probability weighting to use for the
5514			smp_call_function_many() function with a
5515			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5516			and weight_many.
5517
5518	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
5519			The probability weighting to use for the
5520			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
5521			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
5522			weight_many.
5523
5524	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
5525			The probability weighting to use for the
5526			smp_call_function_all() function with a
5527			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5528			and weight_many.
5529
5530	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5531			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5532			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5533			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5534			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5535			1 -- enable.
5536			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5537			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5538
5539	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5540			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5541			"lsm=" parameter.
5542
5543	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5544			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5545			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
5546			0 -- disable.
5547			1 -- enable.
5548			Default value is 1.
5549
5550	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
5551			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5552			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
5553			0 -- disable.
5554			1 -- enable.
5555			Default value is set via kernel config option.
5556
5557	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
5558
5559	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
5560
5561	shapers=	[NET]
5562			Maximal number of shapers.
5563
5564	simeth=		[IA-64]
5565	simscsi=
5566
5567	slram=		[HW,MTD]
5568
5569	slab_merge	[MM]
5570			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5571			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5572
5573	slab_nomerge	[MM]
5574			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5575			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5576			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5577			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5578			layout control by attackers can usually be
5579			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5580			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5581			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5582			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5583			own.
5584			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5585
5586	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
5587			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5588			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5589			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
5590			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5591
5592	slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM, SLUB]
5593			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5594			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5595			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5596			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5597			last alloc / free. For more information see
5598			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5599
5600	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5601			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5602			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5603			fragmentation. For more information see
5604			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5605
5606	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
5607			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5608			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5609			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5610			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5611			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5612			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5613			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5614
5615	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
5616			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5617			lower than slub_max_order.
5618			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5619
5620	slub_merge	[MM, SLUB]
5621			Same with slab_merge.
5622
5623	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
5624			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5625			See slab_nomerge for more information.
5626
5627	smart2=		[HW]
5628			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5629
5630	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
5631			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
5632			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
5633			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
5634			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
5635			disabling interrupts for extended periods
5636			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
5637			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
5638			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
5639			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
5640
5641	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5642	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
5643	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
5644	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
5645	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
5646	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
5647	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5648				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5649				1: Fast pin select (default)
5650				2: ATC IRMode
5651
5652	smt=		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5653			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5654			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5655			actual hardware limit.
5656			Format: <integer>
5657			Default: -1 (no limit)
5658
5659	softlockup_panic=
5660			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5661			Format: 0 | 1
5662
5663			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5664			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5665			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5666			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5667			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
5668
5669	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
5670			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
5671			backtraces on all cpus.
5672			Format: 0 | 1
5673
5674	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
5675			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
5676
5677	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5678			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
5679			The default operation protects the kernel from
5680			user space attacks.
5681
5682			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
5683			       spectre_v2_user=on
5684			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
5685			       spectre_v2_user=off
5686			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5687			       vulnerable
5688
5689			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
5690			mitigation method at run time according to the
5691			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
5692			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
5693			compiler with which the kernel was built.
5694
5695			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
5696			against user space to user space task attacks.
5697
5698			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
5699			the user space protections.
5700
5701			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
5702
5703			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
5704			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
5705			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
5706			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
5707			eibrs		  - enhanced IBRS
5708			eibrs,retpoline   - enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
5709			eibrs,lfence      - enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
5710			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
5711
5712			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5713			spectre_v2=auto.
5714
5715	spectre_v2_user=
5716			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5717		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
5718		        user space tasks
5719
5720			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
5721				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
5722
5723			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
5724				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
5725
5726			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
5727				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
5728				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
5729				  is inherited on fork.
5730
5731			prctl,ibpb
5732				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
5733				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5734				  always when switching between different user
5735				  space processes.
5736
5737			seccomp
5738				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
5739				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
5740				  they explicitly opt out.
5741
5742			seccomp,ibpb
5743				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
5744				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5745				  always when switching between different
5746				  user space processes.
5747
5748			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
5749				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
5750
5751			Default mitigation: "prctl"
5752
5753			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5754			spectre_v2_user=auto.
5755
5756	spec_store_bypass_disable=
5757			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
5758			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
5759
5760			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
5761			a common industry wide performance optimization known
5762			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
5763			to the same memory location may not be observed by
5764			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
5765			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
5766			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
5767			end of a particular speculation execution window.
5768
5769			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5770			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
5771			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
5772			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
5773
5774			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
5775			Bypass optimization is used.
5776
5777			On x86 the options are:
5778
5779			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
5780			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
5781			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
5782				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
5783				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
5784				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
5785				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
5786				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
5787			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
5788				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
5789				  for a process by default. The state of the control
5790				  is inherited on fork.
5791			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
5792				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
5793
5794			Default mitigations:
5795			X86:	"prctl"
5796
5797			On powerpc the options are:
5798
5799			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
5800				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
5801				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
5802				  exit.
5803			off	- No action.
5804
5805			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5806			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
5807
5808	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
5809	spia_fio_base=
5810	spia_pedr=
5811	spia_peddr=
5812
5813	split_lock_detect=
5814			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
5815
5816			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
5817			instructions that access data across cache line
5818			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
5819			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
5820			bus lock detection.
5821
5822			off	- not enabled
5823
5824			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
5825				  about applications triggering the #AC
5826				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
5827				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
5828				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
5829				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
5830				  enabled in hardware.
5831
5832			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
5833				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
5834				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
5835				  both features are enabled in hardware.
5836
5837			ratelimit:N -
5838				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
5839				  per second for bus lock detection.
5840				  0 < N <= 1000.
5841
5842				  N/A for split lock detection.
5843
5844
5845			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
5846			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
5847			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
5848			mode.
5849
5850			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
5851			CPL > 0.
5852
5853	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
5854			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
5855			(SRBDS) mitigation.
5856
5857			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
5858			exploit which can leak bits from the random
5859			number generator.
5860
5861			By default, this issue is mitigated by
5862			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
5863			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
5864			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
5865			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
5866
5867			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
5868			the following option:
5869
5870			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
5871				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
5872
5873	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
5874			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
5875			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
5876			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
5877			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
5878			but takes effect only when the low-order four
5879			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
5880			(decide at boot).
5881
5882	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
5883			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
5884			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
5885			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
5886
5887				   0:  Never.
5888				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
5889				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
5890				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
5891				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
5892
5893			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
5894			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
5895			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
5896
5897	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
5898			Specifies how frequently to check for
5899			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
5900			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
5901			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
5902			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
5903			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
5904			are ignored.
5905
5906	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
5907			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
5908			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
5909			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
5910			grace period will be considered for automatic
5911			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
5912			expediting.
5913
5914	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
5915			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
5916			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
5917			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
5918			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
5919			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
5920
5921	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
5922			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
5923			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
5924			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
5925			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
5926			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
5927
5928	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
5929			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
5930			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
5931
5932	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
5933			Specifies the number of update-side contention
5934			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
5935			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
5936			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
5937			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
5938			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
5939
5940	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
5941			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
5942
5943			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
5944			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
5945			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
5946			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
5947
5948			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
5949				   for both kernel and userspace
5950			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
5951				   for both kernel and userspace
5952			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
5953				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
5954				   to allow userspace to register its
5955				   interest in being mitigated too.
5956
5957	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
5958			override the default stack gap protection. The value
5959			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
5960			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
5961			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
5962			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
5963
5964	stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
5965			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
5966			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
5967			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
5968			to false.
5969
5970	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
5971			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
5972
5973	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
5974			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
5975			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
5976			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
5977			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
5978			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
5979			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
5980
5981	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
5982			Format: <num>
5983			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
5984			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
5985			as the initial boot-console.
5986			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5987
5988	sti_font=	[HW]
5989			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5990
5991	stifb=		[HW]
5992			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
5993
5994        strict_sas_size=
5995			[X86]
5996			Format: <bool>
5997			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
5998			against the required signal frame size which
5999			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
6000			be used to filter out binaries which have
6001			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
6002
6003	sunrpc.min_resvport=
6004	sunrpc.max_resvport=
6005			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6006			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
6007			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
6008			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
6009			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
6010			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
6011			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
6012			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
6013			maximum port values.
6014
6015	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
6016			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6017			Limit the number of requests that the server will
6018			process in parallel from a single connection.
6019			The default value is 0 (no limit).
6020
6021	sunrpc.pool_mode=
6022			[NFS]
6023			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
6024			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
6025			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
6026			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6027			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6028			NFS server is running.
6029
6030			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6031				    automatically using heuristics
6032			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6033			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6034			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6035				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6036
6037	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6038	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6039			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6040			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6041			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6042			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6043			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6044			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6045
6046	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6047			[SUSPEND]
6048			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6049			mode before resuming the system (see
6050			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6051			is set. Default value is 5.
6052
6053	svm=		[PPC]
6054			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6055			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6056			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6057
6058	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
6059			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6060			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6061			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6062				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6063				 to a power of 2.
6064			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6065			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6066			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6067
6068	switches=	[HW,M68k]
6069
6070	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6071			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6072			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6073			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6074			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6075			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6076			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6077			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6078
6079	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
6080			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
6081			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
6082			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
6083			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
6084			in older udev will not work anymore.
6085			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
6086			the kernel configuration.
6087
6088	sysrq_always_enabled
6089			[KNL]
6090			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6091			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6092			Useful for debugging.
6093
6094	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6095			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6096			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6097			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6098			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6099			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6100
6101	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6102
6103	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6104			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6105			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6106			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6107			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6108			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6109			The system is woken from this state using a
6110			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6111
6112	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6113			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6114
6115	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6116			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6117			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6118
6119	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6120			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6121			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6122
6123	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
6124			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
6125			critical and hot trip points.
6126
6127	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6128			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6129
6130	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6131			-1: disable all passive trip points
6132			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6133			value
6134
6135	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6136			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6137			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6138			0: no polling (default)
6139
6140	threadirqs	[KNL]
6141			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6142			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6143
6144	topology=	[S390]
6145			Format: {off | on}
6146			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6147			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6148			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6149			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6150			Default is on.
6151
6152	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
6153			Format: {off}
6154			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
6155			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
6156			LPAR.
6157
6158	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6159			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6160			until after init has spawned.
6161
6162	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6163			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6164			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6165			very costly operation when many torture tests
6166			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6167			with rotating-rust storage.
6168
6169	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6170			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6171			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6172			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6173
6174	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6175			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6176
6177	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
6178
6179	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6180			Format: integer pcr id
6181			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6182			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6183			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6184			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6185			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6186			are saved.
6187
6188	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6189			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6190			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6191			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6192			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6193			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6194
6195			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6196			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6197			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6198			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6199
6200			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6201			to stop the printing of events to console at
6202			late_initcall_sync.
6203
6204			** CAUTION **
6205
6206			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6207			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6208			the system to live lock.
6209
6210	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6211			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6212			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6213			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6214			make the system inoperable.
6215
6216			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6217			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6218
6219	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6220			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6221
6222	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6223			at boot up.
6224			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6225				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6226				depending on the architecture, may not be
6227				in sync between CPUs.
6228			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6229				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6230				but better for some race conditions.
6231			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6232				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6233				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6234				once per event.
6235			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6236			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6237			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6238			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6239				stamps.
6240			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6241			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6242			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6243
6244	trace_event=[event-list]
6245			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6246			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6247			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6248			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6249
6250	trace_options=[option-list]
6251			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6252			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6253			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6254			to echo the option name into
6255
6256			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
6257
6258			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6259			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6260
6261			      trace_options=stacktrace
6262
6263			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6264			section.
6265
6266	traceoff_on_warning
6267			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6268			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6269			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6270			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
6271
6272			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6273			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6274			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6275
6276			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6277			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6278
6279	transparent_hugepage=
6280			[KNL]
6281			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6282			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6283			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6284			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6285			for more details.
6286
6287	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6288			Format: <string>
6289			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6290			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6291			sources:
6292			- "tpm"
6293			- "tee"
6294			- "caam"
6295			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6296			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6297			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6298			successfully during iteration.
6299
6300	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6301			Format: <string>
6302			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6303			Can be one of:
6304			- "kernel"
6305			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6306			- "default"
6307			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6308			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6309
6310	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6311			Format: <string>
6312			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6313			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6314			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6315			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6316			virtualized environment.
6317			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6318			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6319			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6320			can add overhead.
6321			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6322			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6323			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6324			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6325			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6326			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6327			acceptable).
6328
6329	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
6330			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
6331			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
6332			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
6333			Format: <unsigned int>
6334
6335	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
6336			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
6337			support TSX control.
6338
6339			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
6340
6341			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
6342				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
6343				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
6344				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
6345				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
6346				with leaving it enabled.
6347
6348			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
6349				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
6350				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
6351				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
6352				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
6353				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
6354				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
6355
6356			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
6357				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
6358
6359			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
6360
6361			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6362			for more details.
6363
6364	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
6365			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
6366
6367			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
6368			certain CPUs that support Transactional
6369			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
6370			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
6371			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
6372			conditions.
6373
6374			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6375			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
6376			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
6377			access.
6378
6379			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
6380			options are:
6381
6382			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
6383				     if TSX is enabled.
6384
6385			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
6386				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
6387				     is not disabled because CPU is not
6388				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
6389			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
6390
6391			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
6392			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
6393			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
6394			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
6395
6396			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6397			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
6398			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
6399			required and doesn't provide any additional
6400			mitigation.
6401
6402			For details see:
6403			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6404
6405	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
6406			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
6407			Format:
6408			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
6409			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
6410
6411	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
6412			happen after console_init() and before a proper
6413			console driver takes over, this boot options might
6414			help "seeing" what's going on.
6415
6416	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6417			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
6418
6419	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
6420			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
6421			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
6422			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
6423			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
6424			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
6425			reported either.
6426
6427	unknown_nmi_panic
6428			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
6429
6430	usbcore.authorized_default=
6431			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
6432			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
6433			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
6434			if device connected to internal port)
6435
6436	usbcore.autosuspend=
6437			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
6438			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
6439			is the time required before an idle device will be
6440			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
6441			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
6442
6443	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
6444			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
6445
6446	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
6447			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
6448			(default = 65536).
6449
6450	usbcore.blinkenlights=
6451			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
6452
6453	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
6454			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
6455			scheme (default 0 = off).
6456
6457	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
6458			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
6459			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
6460
6461	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
6462			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
6463			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
6464
6465	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
6466			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
6467			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
6468			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
6469
6470	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
6471
6472	usbcore.quirks=
6473			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
6474			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
6475			commas. Each entry has the form
6476			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
6477			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
6478			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
6479			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
6480			the following meanings:
6481				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
6482					descriptors must not be fetched using
6483					a 255-byte read);
6484				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
6485					correctly so reset it instead);
6486				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
6487					Set-Interface requests);
6488				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
6489					handle its Configuration or Interface
6490					strings);
6491				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
6492					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
6493				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
6494					more interface descriptions than the
6495					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
6496					talking to these interfaces);
6497				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
6498					during initialization, after we read
6499					the device descriptor);
6500				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
6501					high speed and super speed interrupt
6502					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
6503					require the interval in microframes (1
6504					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
6505					calculated as interval = 2 ^
6506					(bInterval-1).
6507					Devices with this quirk report their
6508					bInterval as the result of this
6509					calculation instead of the exponent
6510					variable used in the calculation);
6511				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
6512					handle device_qualifier descriptor
6513					requests);
6514				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
6515					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
6516					remote wakeup capability);
6517				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
6518					Power Management);
6519				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
6520					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
6521					frames instead of the USB 2.0
6522					calculation);
6523				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
6524					to be disconnected before suspend to
6525					prevent spurious wakeup);
6526				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
6527					pause after every control message);
6528				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
6529					delay after resetting its port);
6530			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
6531
6532	usbhid.mousepoll=
6533			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
6534
6535	usbhid.jspoll=
6536			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
6537
6538	usbhid.kbpoll=
6539			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
6540
6541	usb-storage.delay_use=
6542			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
6543			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
6544
6545	usb-storage.quirks=
6546			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
6547			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
6548			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
6549			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
6550			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
6551			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
6552			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
6553				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
6554					of sense data, not on uas);
6555				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
6556					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
6557				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
6558					device capacity by one sector);
6559				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
6560					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
6561				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
6562					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
6563				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
6564					command, uas only);
6565				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
6566					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
6567				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
6568					reported device capacity by one
6569					sector if the number is odd);
6570				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
6571					device);
6572				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
6573					command, uas only);
6574				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
6575				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
6576					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
6577				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
6578					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
6579					not on uas);
6580				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
6581					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
6582				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
6583					reported by the device, not on uas);
6584				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
6585					by default, not on uas);
6586				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
6587					bogus residue values, not on uas);
6588				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
6589					Logical Unit);
6590				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
6591					commands, uas only);
6592				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
6593				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
6594					medium is write-protected).
6595				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
6596					even if the device claims no cache,
6597					not on uas)
6598			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
6599
6600	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
6601			Format: <int>
6602			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
6603				 1 - undefined instruction events
6604				 2 - system calls
6605				 4 - invalid data aborts
6606				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
6607				16 - SIGBUS faults
6608			Example: user_debug=31
6609
6610	userpte=
6611			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
6612
6613				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
6614					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
6615					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
6616
6617	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
6618			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
6619
6620			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
6621			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
6622
6623	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
6624			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
6625			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
6626
6627			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
6628			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
6629			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
6630
6631			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
6632			alias for vdso32=0.
6633
6634			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
6635			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
6636
6637	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
6638			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
6639
6640	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
6641			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
6642
6643	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
6644			Format: [0|1]
6645			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
6646			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
6647			level and then send out the event to user space through
6648			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
6649			will only send out the event without touching backlight
6650			brightness level.
6651			default: 1
6652
6653	virtio_mmio.device=
6654			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
6655
6656				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
6657			where:
6658				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
6659						like K, M and G)
6660				<baseaddr> := physical base address
6661				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
6662						request_irq())
6663				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
6664			example:
6665				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
6666
6667			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
6668
6669	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
6670			See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
6671			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
6672			Use vga=ask for menu.
6673			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
6674			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
6675
6676	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
6677			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
6678			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
6679			All options are enabled by default, and this
6680			interface is meant to allow for selectively
6681			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
6682			debugging features.
6683
6684			Available options are:
6685			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
6686			  -	Disable all of the above options
6687
6688	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
6689			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
6690			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
6691			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
6692			mapped kernel RAM.
6693
6694	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
6695			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
6696			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
6697
6698	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
6699			Format: <command>
6700
6701	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
6702			Format: <command>
6703
6704	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
6705			Format: <command>
6706
6707	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
6708			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
6709			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
6710			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
6711			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
6712			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
6713			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
6714
6715			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6716			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6717				    page is readable.
6718
6719			xonly       Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6720			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6721				    page is not readable.
6722
6723			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
6724			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
6725			            might break your system.
6726
6727	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
6728			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
6729			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
6730
6731	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
6732			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
6733			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
6734			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
6735
6736	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
6737			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
6738			Change the default blue palette of the console.
6739			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6740			ranging from 0-255.
6741
6742	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
6743			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
6744			Change the default green palette of the console.
6745			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6746			ranging from 0-255.
6747
6748	vt.default_red=	[VT]
6749			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
6750			Change the default red palette of the console.
6751			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6752			ranging from 0-255.
6753
6754	vt.default_utf8=
6755			[VT]
6756			Format=<0|1>
6757			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
6758			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
6759			newly opened terminals.
6760
6761	vt.global_cursor_default=
6762			[VT]
6763			Format=<-1|0|1>
6764			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
6765			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
6766			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
6767			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
6768			cursors, 1 will display them.
6769
6770	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
6771			Default: 2 = green.
6772
6773	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
6774			Default: 3 = cyan.
6775
6776	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
6777			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
6778			or other driver-specific files in the
6779			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
6780
6781	watchdog_thresh=
6782			[KNL]
6783			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
6784			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
6785			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
6786			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
6787			seconds.
6788
6789	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
6790			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
6791			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
6792			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
6793			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
6794			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
6795			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
6796			corresponding sysfs file.
6797
6798	workqueue.disable_numa
6799			By default, all work items queued to unbound
6800			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
6801			issued on, which results in better behavior in
6802			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
6803			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
6804			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
6805			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
6806
6807	workqueue.power_efficient
6808			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
6809			they show better performance thanks to cache
6810			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
6811			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
6812
6813			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
6814			were observed to contribute significantly to power
6815			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
6816			power usage at the cost of small performance
6817			overhead.
6818
6819			The default value of this parameter is determined by
6820			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
6821
6822	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
6823			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
6824			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
6825			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
6826			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
6827			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
6828			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
6829			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
6830			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
6831			impacted.
6832
6833	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
6834			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
6835			supporting x2apic.
6836
6837	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
6838			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
6839			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
6840			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
6841			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
6842			domains.
6843
6844	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
6845			Unplug Xen emulated devices
6846			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
6847			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
6848			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
6849			nics -- unplug network devices
6850			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
6851			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
6852				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
6853				the unplug protocol
6854			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
6855
6856	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
6857			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
6858			panic() code such as dumping handler.
6859
6860	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN]
6861			Format: <bool>
6862			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
6863			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
6864			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
6865
6866	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
6867			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
6868			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
6869			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6870
6871	xen_nopv	[X86]
6872			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
6873			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
6874			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
6875			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6876
6877	xen_no_vector_callback
6878			[KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
6879			event channel interrupts.
6880
6881	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
6882			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
6883			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
6884			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
6885			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
6886
6887	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
6888			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
6889			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
6890			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
6891			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
6892			more timer interrupts.
6893
6894	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
6895			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
6896			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
6897			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
6898			started with less memory configured than allowed at
6899			max. Default is 180.
6900
6901	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
6902			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
6903			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
6904
6905	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
6906			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
6907			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
6908
6909	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
6910			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
6911			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
6912			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
6913			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
6914			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
6915
6916	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
6917			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
6918			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
6919			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
6920
6921	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM]
6922			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
6923			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
6924			contention.
6925
6926	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
6927			Format:
6928			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
6929
6930	xive=		[PPC]
6931			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
6932			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
6933			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
6934
6935			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
6936				  controller on both pseries and powernv
6937				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
6938
6939	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
6940			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
6941			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
6942			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
6943			loads instead, as on POWER9.
6944
6945	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
6946			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
6947			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
6948			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
6949
6950	xmon		[PPC]
6951			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
6952			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
6953			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
6954			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
6955				debugger is called from setup_arch().
6956			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6957				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
6958				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
6959				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
6960			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6961				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
6962				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
6963				can be written using xmon commands.
6964			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
6965				memory, and other data can't be written using
6966				xmon commands.
6967			off	xmon is disabled.
6968
6969	amd_pstate=	[X86]
6970			disable
6971			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
6972			  scaling driver for the supported processors
6973			passive
6974			  Use amd_pstate as a scaling driver, driver requests a
6975			  desired performance on this abstract scale and the power
6976			  management firmware translates the requests into actual
6977			  hardware states (core frequency, data fabric and memory
6978			  clocks etc.)
6979