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. 324 325 amd_iommu_dump= [HW,X86-64] 326 Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table 327 for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU 328 driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during 329 IOMMU initialization. 330 331 amd_iommu_intr= [HW,X86-64] 332 Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt 333 remapping modes: 334 legacy - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode. 335 vapic - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU 336 to inject interrupts directly into guest. 337 This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1. 338 (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.) 339 340 amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support 341 Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT 342 Format: <a>,<b> 343 See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst 344 345 analog.map= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support 346 Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick 347 connected to one of 16 gameports 348 Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16> 349 350 apc= [HW,SPARC] 351 Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.) 352 Format: noidle 353 Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does 354 not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have 355 APC and your system crashes randomly. 356 357 apic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller 358 Change the output verbosity while booting 359 Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } 360 Change the amount of debugging information output 361 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components. 362 For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC 363 driver name. 364 Format: apic=driver_name 365 Examples: apic=bigsmp 366 367 apic_extnmi= [APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting 368 Format: { bsp (default) | all | none } 369 bsp: External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0 370 all: External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a 371 backup of CPU 0 372 none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is 373 useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be 374 shot down by NMI 375 376 autoconf= [IPV6] 377 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst. 378 379 show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller 380 Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal 381 number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible 382 to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here. 383 Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }. 384 The parameter valid if only apic=debug or 385 apic=verbose is specified. 386 Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all 387 388 apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management 389 See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c. 390 391 arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards 392 Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID> 393 394 arm64.nobti [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target 395 Identification support 396 397 arm64.nopauth [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication 398 support 399 400 arm64.nomte [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension 401 support 402 403 ataflop= [HW,M68k] 404 405 atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse 406 407 atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess, 408 EzKey and similar keyboards 409 410 atkbd.reset= [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization 411 412 atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set 413 Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2) 414 415 atkbd.scroll= [HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar 416 keyboards 417 418 atkbd.softraw= [HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode 419 Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default)) 420 421 atkbd.softrepeat= [HW] 422 Use software keyboard repeat 423 424 audit= [KNL] Enable the audit sub-system 425 Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" } 426 0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be 427 enabled until the next reboot 428 unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and 429 will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd. 430 1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially 431 enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit 432 messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the 433 userspace auditd. 434 Default: unset 435 436 audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit. 437 Format: <int> (must be >=0) 438 Default: 64 439 440 bau= [X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV. The default 441 behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0). 442 Format: { "0" | "1" } 443 0 - Disable the BAU. 444 1 - Enable the BAU. 445 unset - Disable the BAU. 446 447 baycom_epp= [HW,AX25] 448 Format: <io>,<mode> 449 450 baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem 451 Format: <io>,<mode> 452 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c. 453 454 baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25] 455 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode) 456 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>] 457 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c. 458 459 baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25] 460 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode) 461 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode> 462 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c. 463 464 bert_disable [ACPI] 465 Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes. 466 467 bgrt_disable [ACPI][X86] 468 Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo. 469 470 blkdevparts= Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for 471 embedded devices based on command line input. 472 See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst 473 474 boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot. 475 Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to 476 no delay (0). 477 Format: integer 478 479 bootconfig [KNL] 480 Extended command line options can be added to an initrd 481 and this will cause the kernel to look for it. 482 483 See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst 484 485 bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards) 486 bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as 487 kernel args too. 488 bttv.pll= See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst 489 bttv.tuner= 490 491 bulk_remove=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries 492 firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries 493 at a time. 494 495 c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card 496 497 cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection. 498 Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache 499 size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds 500 to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not 501 possible to determine what the correct size should be. 502 This option provides an override for these situations. 503 504 carrier_timeout= 505 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that 506 the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default 507 it waits 120 seconds. 508 509 ca_keys= [KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on 510 the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate 511 trust validation. 512 format: { id:<keyid> | builtin } 513 514 cca= [MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency 515 algorithm. Accepted values range from 0 to 7 516 inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h 517 for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and 518 others). 519 520 ccw_timeout_log [S390] 521 See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details. 522 523 cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature 524 Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable} 525 The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are: 526 - foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in 527 a single hierarchy 528 - foo isn't visible as an individually mountable 529 subsystem 530 - if foo is an optional feature then the feature is 531 disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not 532 created 533 {Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and 534 cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So 535 only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy} 536 Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure 537 stall information accounting feature 538 539 cgroup_no_v1= [KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1 540 Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" } 541 [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] } 542 Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1; 543 the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2. 544 "all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables 545 named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables 546 all v1 hierarchies. 547 548 cgroup.memory= [KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller. 549 Format: <string> 550 nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting. 551 nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting. 552 553 checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. 554 Format: { "0" | "1" } 555 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. 556 0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes 557 any implied execute protection). 558 1 -- check protection requested by application. 559 Default value is set via a kernel config option. 560 Value can be changed at runtime via 561 /sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot. 562 Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated. 563 564 cio_ignore= [S390] 565 See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details. 566 567 clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86] 568 Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See 569 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit 570 numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily 571 stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific 572 ones should be. 573 X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line 574 in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above 575 instability issue. However, not all features have names 576 in /proc/cpuinfo. 577 Note that using this option will taint your kernel. 578 Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly 579 or using the feature without checking anything 580 will still see it. This just prevents it from 581 being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo. 582 Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable 583 some critical bits. 584 585 clk_ignore_unused 586 [CLK] 587 Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating 588 clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux 589 device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or 590 by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not 591 force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve 592 those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for 593 debug and development, but should not be needed on a 594 platform with proper driver support. For more 595 information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst. 596 597 clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override. 598 [Deprecated] 599 Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used 600 when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified 601 clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. 602 Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } 603 604 clocksource= Override the default clocksource 605 Format: <string> 606 Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource 607 with the name specified. 608 Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on 609 the platform: 610 [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource) 611 [ACPI] acpi_pm 612 [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2, 613 pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1 614 [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc; 615 scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440 616 [MIPS] MIPS 617 [PARISC] cr16 618 [S390] tod 619 [SH] SuperH 620 [SPARC64] tick 621 [X86-64] hpet,tsc 622 623 clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm= 624 [ARM,ARM64] 625 Format: <bool> 626 Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM 627 architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling 628 loops can be debugged more effectively on production 629 systems. 630 631 clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL] 632 Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to 633 external delays before the clock will be marked 634 unstable. Defaults to two retries, that is, 635 three attempts to read the clock under test. 636 637 clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL] 638 Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources 639 marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that 640 are marked unstable due to excessive skew. 641 A negative value says to check all CPUs, while 642 zero says not to check any. Values larger than 643 nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids. 644 The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with 645 no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice. 646 647 clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL] 648 Set the time in seconds that the clocksource 649 watchdog test waits before commencing its tests. 650 Defaults to zero when built as a module and to 651 10 seconds when built into the kernel. 652 653 cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]] 654 [KNL,CMA] 655 Sets the size of kernel global memory area for 656 contiguous memory allocations and optionally the 657 placement constraint by the physical address range of 658 memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA 659 altogether. For more information, see 660 kernel/dma/contiguous.c 661 662 cma_pernuma=nn[MG] 663 [ARM64,KNL,CMA] 664 Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for 665 contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables 666 per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not 667 specificed, the default value is 0. 668 With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will 669 first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area 670 which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails, 671 they will fallback to the global default memory area. 672 673 cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no } 674 Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive 675 when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments 676 to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by 677 a hypervisor. 678 Default: yes 679 680 coherent_pool=nn[KMG] [ARM,KNL] 681 Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma 682 allocations, by default set to 256K. 683 684 com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset 685 Format: 686 <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]] 687 688 com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers) 689 Format: <io>[,<irq>] 690 691 com90xx= [HW,NET] 692 ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers) 693 Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]] 694 695 condev= [HW,S390] console device 696 conmode= 697 698 console= [KNL] Output console device and options. 699 700 tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>. 701 702 ttyS<n>[,options] 703 ttyUSB0[,options] 704 Use the specified serial port. The options are of 705 the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate, 706 "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of 707 bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or 708 omit it). Default is "9600n8". 709 710 See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more 711 information. See 712 Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an 713 alternative. 714 715 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] 716 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] 717 uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options] 718 uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options] 719 uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options] 720 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 721 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address, 722 switching to the matching ttyS device later. 723 MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit 724 (mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32). 725 If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed 726 to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in 727 the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified, 728 the h/w is not re-initialized. 729 730 hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for 731 both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors. 732 733 { null | "" } 734 Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel 735 console messages discarded. 736 This must be the only console= parameter used on the 737 kernel command line. 738 739 If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille 740 device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance 741 console=brl,ttyS0 742 For now, only VisioBraille is supported. 743 744 console_msg_format= 745 [KNL] Change console messages format 746 default 747 By default we print messages on consoles in 748 "[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be 749 printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or 750 `printk_time' param). 751 syslog 752 Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n" 753 IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel 754 prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog() 755 syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading 756 from /proc/kmsg. 757 758 consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in 759 seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer. 760 Defaults to 0. 761 762 coredump_filter= 763 [KNL] Change the default value for 764 /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter. 765 See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst. 766 767 coresight_cpu_debug.enable 768 [ARM,ARM64] 769 Format: <bool> 770 Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging. 771 0: default value, disable debugging 772 1: enable debugging at boot time 773 774 cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver 775 Format: 776 <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] 777 778 cpu0_hotplug [X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when 779 CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off. 780 Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are: 781 1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0. 782 Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you 783 need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate. 784 2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be 785 removed if a PIC interrupt is detected. 786 It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some 787 machines although I haven't seen such issues so far 788 after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines. 789 If the dependencies are under your control, you can 790 turn on cpu0_hotplug. 791 792 cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE] 793 disable the cpuidle sub-system 794 795 cpuidle.governor= 796 [CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use. 797 798 cpufreq.off=1 [CPU_FREQ] 799 disable the cpufreq sub-system 800 801 cpufreq.default_governor= 802 [CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or 803 policy to use. This governor must be registered in the 804 kernel before the cpufreq driver probes. 805 806 cpu_init_udelay=N 807 [X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert 808 of APIC INIT to start processors. This delay occurs 809 on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend. 810 Default: 10000 811 812 crash_kexec_post_notifiers 813 Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping 814 kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always 815 succeeds in any situation. 816 Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure, 817 because some panic notifiers can make the crashed 818 kernel more unstable. 819 820 crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]] 821 [KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel' 822 upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical 823 memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel 824 image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset 825 is selected automatically. 826 [KNL, X86-64] Select a region under 4G first, and 827 fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset' 828 hasn't been specified. 829 See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details. 830 831 crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset] 832 [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory 833 in the running system. The syntax of range is 834 start-[end] where start and end are both 835 a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also 836 Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example. 837 838 crashkernel=size[KMG],high 839 [KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel 840 to allocate physical memory region from top, so could 841 be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed. 842 Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if 843 available. 844 It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified. 845 crashkernel=size[KMG],low 846 [KNL, X86-64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high 847 is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region 848 above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system 849 that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb 850 requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra 851 low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit 852 devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate 853 at least 256M below 4G automatically. 854 This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G 855 for second kernel instead. 856 0: to disable low allocation. 857 It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used 858 or memory reserved is below 4G. 859 860 [KNL, ARM64] range in low memory. 861 This one lets the user specify a low range in the 862 DMA zone for the crash dump kernel. 863 It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used 864 or memory reserved is located in the DMA zones. 865 866 cryptomgr.notests 867 [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests 868 869 cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] 870 Format: <dma> 871 872 cs89x0_media= [HW,NET] 873 Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc } 874 875 csdlock_debug= [KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call 876 handling. When switched on, additional debug data is 877 printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is 878 detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try 879 to resolve the hang situation. 880 0: disable csdlock debugging (default) 881 1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact) 882 ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact, 883 but more data) 884 885 dasd= [HW,NET] 886 See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c. 887 888 db9.dev[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port 889 (one device per port) 890 Format: <port#>,<type> 891 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst 892 893 debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). 894 895 debug_boot_weak_hash 896 [KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the 897 boot sequence. If enabled, we use a weak hash instead 898 of siphash to hash pointers. Use this option if you are 899 seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a 900 value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically 901 insecure, please do not use on production kernels. 902 903 debug_locks_verbose= 904 [KNL] verbose locking self-tests 905 Format: <int> 906 Print debugging info while doing the locking API 907 self-tests. 908 Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0 909 (no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set) 910 will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only 911 useful to lockdep developers. 912 913 debug_objects [KNL] Enable object debugging 914 915 no_debug_objects 916 [KNL] Disable object debugging 917 918 debug_guardpage_minorder= 919 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this 920 parameter allows control of the order of pages that will 921 be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the 922 buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability 923 of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the 924 amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum 925 possible value is MAX_ORDER/2. Setting this parameter 926 to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random 927 memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or 928 driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a 929 random memory location. Note that there exists a class 930 of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or 931 F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when 932 memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is 933 bypassed) which are not detectable by 934 CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help 935 tracking down these problems. 936 937 debug_pagealloc= 938 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter 939 enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is 940 disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a 941 kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC. 942 Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's 943 useful to also enable the page_owner functionality. 944 on: enable the feature 945 946 debugfs= [KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace 947 and debugfs internal clients. 948 Format: { on, no-mount, off } 949 on: All functions are enabled. 950 no-mount: 951 Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can 952 access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read 953 its content. There is nothing to mount. 954 off: Filesystem is not registered and clients 955 get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files 956 or directories within debugfs. 957 This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if 958 debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all. 959 Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration. 960 961 debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging 962 963 decnet.addr= [HW,NET] 964 Format: <area>[,<node>] 965 See also Documentation/networking/decnet.rst. 966 967 default_hugepagesz= 968 [HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is 969 the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages 970 APIs. In addition, this is the default hugetlb size 971 used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs 972 filesystems. If not specified, defaults to the 973 architecture's default huge page size. Huge page 974 sizes are architecture dependent. See also 975 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst. 976 Format: size[KMG] 977 978 deferred_probe_timeout= 979 [KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for 980 deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to 981 probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or 982 drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout 983 of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time 984 out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each 985 successful driver registration. This option will also 986 dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after 987 retrying. 988 989 delayacct [KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting 990 991 dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi= 992 [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data 993 indicates that the driver is running on unsupported 994 hardware. 995 996 dell_smm_hwmon.force= 997 [HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does 998 not match list of supported models and enable otherwise 999 blacklisted features. 1000 1001 dell_smm_hwmon.power_status= 1002 [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k 1003 (disabled by default). 1004 1005 dell_smm_hwmon.restricted= 1006 [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN 1007 capability is set. 1008 1009 dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult= 1010 [HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with. 1011 1012 dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max= 1013 [HW] Maximum configurable fan speed. 1014 1015 dfltcc= [HW,S390] 1016 Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always } 1017 on: s390 zlib hardware support for compression on 1018 level 1 and decompression (default) 1019 off: No s390 zlib hardware support 1020 def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate 1021 only (compression on level 1) 1022 inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate 1023 only (decompression) 1024 always: Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression 1025 level always using hardware support (used for debugging) 1026 1027 dhash_entries= [KNL] 1028 Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. 1029 1030 disable_1tb_segments [PPC] 1031 Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This 1032 causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which 1033 can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB 1034 miss to occur. 1035 1036 stress_slb [PPC] 1037 Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes 1038 them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults 1039 on kernel addresses. 1040 1041 disable= [IPV6] 1042 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst. 1043 1044 disable_radix [PPC] 1045 Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9 1046 1047 radix_hcall_invalidate=on [PPC/PSERIES] 1048 Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB 1049 invalidate. 1050 1051 disable_tlbie [PPC] 1052 Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work 1053 with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators. 1054 1055 disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP] 1056 Format: <int> 1057 The number of initial APIC ID for the 1058 corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot, 1059 mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to 1060 disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without 1061 causing system reset or hang due to sending 1062 INIT from AP to BSP. 1063 1064 disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES] 1065 Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this 1066 to workaround buggy firmware. 1067 1068 disable_ipv6= [IPV6] 1069 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst. 1070 1071 disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] 1072 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous 1073 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB 1074 entry later. This parameter disables that. 1075 1076 disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only] 1077 By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable 1078 memory out of your available memory pool based on 1079 MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior, 1080 possibly causing your machine to run very slowly. 1081 1082 disable_timer_pin_1 [X86] 1083 Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer 1084 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs. 1085 1086 dis_ucode_ldr [X86] Disable the microcode loader. 1087 1088 dma_debug=off If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support, 1089 this option disables the debugging code at boot. 1090 1091 dma_debug_entries=<number> 1092 This option allows to tune the number of preallocated 1093 entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is 1094 required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the 1095 DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the 1096 architectural default is too low. 1097 1098 dma_debug_driver=<driver_name> 1099 With this option the DMA-API debugging driver 1100 filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just 1101 pass the driver to filter for as the parameter. 1102 The filter can be disabled or changed to another 1103 driver later using sysfs. 1104 1105 driver_async_probe= [KNL] 1106 List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. * 1107 matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the 1108 rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT 1109 match the *. 1110 Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>... 1111 1112 drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>] 1113 Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless 1114 panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets. 1115 This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets 1116 in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead. 1117 Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of 1118 edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin, 1119 edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given 1120 and no file with the same name exists. Details and 1121 instructions how to build your own EDID data are 1122 available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID 1123 data set will only be used for a particular connector, 1124 if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID 1125 name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data 1126 set by separating the files with a comma. An EDID 1127 data set with no connector name will be used for 1128 any connectors not explicitly specified. 1129 1130 dscc4.setup= [NET] 1131 1132 dt_cpu_ftrs= [PPC] 1133 Format: {"off" | "known"} 1134 Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is 1135 used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it 1136 exists). 1137 off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table. 1138 known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests 1139 or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of. 1140 1141 dump_apple_properties [X86] 1142 Dump name and content of EFI device properties on 1143 x86 Macs. Useful for driver authors to determine 1144 what data is available or for reverse-engineering. 1145 1146 dyndbg[="val"] [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] 1147 <module>.dyndbg[="val"] 1148 Enable debug messages at boot time. See 1149 Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst 1150 for details. 1151 1152 nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found 1153 in some Intel CPUs. 1154 1155 <module>.async_probe [KNL] 1156 Enable asynchronous probe on this module. 1157 1158 early_ioremap_debug [KNL] 1159 Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This 1160 is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings 1161 which are not unmapped. 1162 1163 earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. 1164 1165 When used with no options, the early console is 1166 determined by stdout-path property in device tree's 1167 chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by 1168 the platform. 1169 1170 cdns,<addr>[,options] 1171 Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence 1172 (xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only 1173 supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not 1174 specified, the serial port must already be setup and 1175 configured. 1176 1177 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] 1178 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] 1179 uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options] 1180 uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options] 1181 uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options] 1182 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 1183 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address. 1184 MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit 1185 (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be). 1186 If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed 1187 to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified 1188 in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if 1189 unspecified, the h/w is not initialized. 1190 1191 pl011,<addr> 1192 pl011,mmio32,<addr> 1193 Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial 1194 port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port 1195 must already be setup and configured. Options are not 1196 yet supported. If 'mmio32' is specified, then only 1197 the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write 1198 the device registers. 1199 1200 liteuart,<addr> 1201 Start an early console on a litex serial port at the 1202 specified address. The serial port must already be 1203 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported. 1204 1205 meson,<addr> 1206 Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial 1207 port at the specified address. The serial port must 1208 already be setup and configured. Options are not yet 1209 supported. 1210 1211 msm_serial,<addr> 1212 Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial 1213 port at the specified address. The serial port 1214 must already be setup and configured. Options are not 1215 yet supported. 1216 1217 msm_serial_dm,<addr> 1218 Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial 1219 dm port at the specified address. The serial port 1220 must already be setup and configured. Options are not 1221 yet supported. 1222 1223 owl,<addr> 1224 Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port 1225 of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the 1226 specified address. The serial port must already be 1227 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported. 1228 1229 rda,<addr> 1230 Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port 1231 of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the 1232 specified address. The serial port must already be 1233 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported. 1234 1235 sbi 1236 Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early 1237 console. 1238 1239 smh Use ARM semihosting calls for early console. 1240 1241 s3c2410,<addr> 1242 s3c2412,<addr> 1243 s3c2440,<addr> 1244 s3c6400,<addr> 1245 s5pv210,<addr> 1246 exynos4210,<addr> 1247 Use early console provided by serial driver available 1248 on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and 1249 a correct base address of the selected UART port. The 1250 serial port must already be setup and configured. 1251 Options are not yet supported. 1252 1253 lantiq,<addr> 1254 Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial 1255 (lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port 1256 must already be setup and configured. Options are not 1257 yet supported. 1258 1259 lpuart,<addr> 1260 lpuart32,<addr> 1261 Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver 1262 found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors. 1263 A valid base address must be provided, and the serial 1264 port must already be setup and configured. 1265 1266 ec_imx21,<addr> 1267 ec_imx6q,<addr> 1268 Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the 1269 Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART 1270 must already be setup and configured. 1271 1272 ar3700_uart,<addr> 1273 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 1274 Armada 3700 serial port at the specified 1275 address. The serial port must already be setup 1276 and configured. Options are not yet supported. 1277 1278 qcom_geni,<addr> 1279 Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm 1280 Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the 1281 specified address. The serial port must already be 1282 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported. 1283 1284 efifb,[options] 1285 Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI 1286 memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache 1287 coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for 1288 the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is 1289 mapped with the correct attributes. 1290 1291 linflex,<addr> 1292 Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART 1293 serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base 1294 address must be provided, and the serial port must 1295 already be setup and configured. 1296 1297 earlyprintk= [X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390] 1298 earlyprintk=vga 1299 earlyprintk=sclp 1300 earlyprintk=xen 1301 earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]] 1302 earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]] 1303 earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate] 1304 earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#] 1305 earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate] 1306 earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#] 1307 1308 earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before 1309 the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by 1310 default because it has some cosmetic problems. 1311 1312 Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console 1313 takes over. 1314 1315 Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can 1316 be used at a time. 1317 1318 Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by 1319 name. Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified 1320 on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by 1321 replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this: 1322 earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200 1323 You can find the port for a given device in 1324 /proc/tty/driver/serial: 1325 2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ... 1326 1327 Interaction with the standard serial driver is not 1328 very good. 1329 1330 The VGA output is eventually overwritten by 1331 the real console. 1332 1333 The xen option can only be used in Xen domains. 1334 1335 The sclp output can only be used on s390. 1336 1337 The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a 1338 PCI device even when its classcode is not of the 1339 UART class. 1340 1341 edac_report= [HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event 1342 Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"} 1343 on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden 1344 by other higher priority error reporting module. 1345 off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC. 1346 force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event. 1347 default: on. 1348 1349 edd= [EDD] 1350 Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"} 1351 1352 efi= [EFI] 1353 Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma", 1354 "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve", 1355 "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" } 1356 debug: enable misc debug output. 1357 disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all 1358 PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub. 1359 nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI 1360 boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some 1361 firmware implementations. 1362 noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support 1363 nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose) 1364 attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the 1365 memory range for a memory mapping driver to 1366 claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this 1367 reservation and treat the memory by its base type 1368 (i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM"). 1369 novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap(). 1370 no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set 1371 on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub 1372 1373 efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86] 1374 Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of 1375 your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if 1376 you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and 1377 fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick. 1378 1379 efi_fake_mem= nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86] 1380 Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by 1381 updating original EFI memory map. 1382 Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is 1383 from ss to ss+nn. 1384 1385 If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000 1386 is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000) 1387 attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and 1388 0x10a0000000-0x1120000000. 1389 1390 If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the 1391 EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to 1392 range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff. 1393 1394 Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap 1395 related features. For example, you can do debugging of 1396 Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box 1397 doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as 1398 "soft reserved". 1399 1400 efivar_ssdt= [EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT 1401 that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are 1402 multiple variables with the same name but with different 1403 vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See 1404 Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details. 1405 1406 1407 eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW] 1408 See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c. 1409 1410 ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging 1411 Format: ekgdboc=kbd 1412 1413 This is designed to be used in conjunction with 1414 the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga 1415 1416 This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter 1417 but can only be used if the backing tty is available 1418 very early in the boot process. For early debugging 1419 via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead. 1420 1421 elanfreq= [X86-32] 1422 See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in 1423 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c. 1424 1425 elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390] 1426 Specifies physical address of start of kernel core 1427 image elf header and optionally the size. Generally 1428 kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel. 1429 See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details. 1430 1431 enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] 1432 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous 1433 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB 1434 entry later. This parameter enables that. 1435 1436 enable_timer_pin_1 [X86] 1437 Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer 1438 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs 1439 (in particular on some ATI chipsets). 1440 The kernel tries to set a reasonable default. 1441 1442 enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status. 1443 Format: {"0" | "1"} 1444 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. 1445 0 -- permissive (log only, no denials). 1446 1 -- enforcing (deny and log). 1447 Default value is 0. 1448 Value can be changed at runtime via 1449 /sys/fs/selinux/enforce. 1450 1451 erst_disable [ACPI] 1452 Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST) 1453 support. 1454 1455 ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters 1456 This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which 1457 has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details. 1458 1459 evm= [EVM] 1460 Format: { "fix" } 1461 Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of 1462 current integrity status. 1463 1464 failslab= 1465 fail_usercopy= 1466 fail_page_alloc= 1467 fail_make_request=[KNL] 1468 General fault injection mechanism. 1469 Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times> 1470 See also Documentation/fault-injection/. 1471 1472 fb_tunnels= [NET] 1473 Format: { initns | none } 1474 See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for 1475 fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns 1476 1477 floppy= [HW] 1478 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst. 1479 1480 force_pal_cache_flush 1481 [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on 1482 buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this 1483 parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call 1484 ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH. 1485 1486 forcepae [X86-32] 1487 Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE). 1488 Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a 1489 functionally usable PAE implementation. 1490 Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel 1491 and may cause unknown problems. 1492 1493 ftrace=[tracer] 1494 [FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer 1495 as early as possible in order to facilitate early 1496 boot debugging. 1497 1498 ftrace_boot_snapshot 1499 [FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the 1500 ftrace ring buffer that can be read at: 1501 /sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot. 1502 This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel 1503 boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space 1504 start up functionality. 1505 1506 ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu] 1507 [FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops. 1508 If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump 1509 buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will 1510 dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the 1511 oops. 1512 1513 ftrace_filter=[function-list] 1514 [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function 1515 tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated 1516 list of functions. This list can be changed at run 1517 time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs 1518 tracing directory. 1519 1520 ftrace_notrace=[function-list] 1521 [FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in 1522 function-list. This list can be changed at run time 1523 by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs 1524 tracing directory. 1525 1526 ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list] 1527 [FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced 1528 by the function graph tracer at boot up. 1529 function-list is a comma-separated list of functions 1530 that can be changed at run time by the 1531 set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory. 1532 1533 ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list] 1534 [FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in 1535 function-list. This list is a comma-separated list of 1536 functions that can be changed at run time by the 1537 set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory. 1538 1539 ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint> 1540 [FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is 1541 the max depth it will trace into a function. This value 1542 can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file 1543 in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit) 1544 1545 fw_devlink= [KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier 1546 devices by scanning the firmware to infer the 1547 consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is 1548 especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as 1549 it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing 1550 (suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state 1551 clean up (only after all consumers have probed), 1552 suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then 1553 suppliers). 1554 Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm } 1555 off -- Don't create device links from firmware info. 1556 permissive -- Create device links from firmware info 1557 but use it only for ordering boot state clean 1558 up (sync_state() calls). 1559 on -- Create device links from firmware info and use it 1560 to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering. 1561 rpm -- Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM. 1562 1563 fw_devlink.strict=<bool> 1564 [KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory 1565 dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm. 1566 Format: <bool> 1567 1568 gamecon.map[2|3]= 1569 [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad 1570 support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) 1571 Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5> 1572 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst 1573 1574 gamma= [HW,DRM] 1575 1576 gart_fix_e820= [X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART 1577 Format: off | on 1578 default: on 1579 1580 gcov_persist= [GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for 1581 kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via 1582 debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded. 1583 When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated 1584 debugfs files are removed at module unload time. 1585 1586 goldfish [X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform. 1587 Don't use this when you are not running on the 1588 android emulator 1589 1590 gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges 1591 [HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device. 1592 Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>... 1593 gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines 1594 [HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named. 1595 1596 gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but 1597 invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the 1598 primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate 1599 GPT to be used instead. 1600 1601 grcan.enable0= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines 1602 the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register. 1603 Format: 0 | 1 1604 Default: 0 1605 grcan.enable1= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines 1606 the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register. 1607 Format: 0 | 1 1608 Default: 0 1609 grcan.select= [HW] Select which physical interface to use. 1610 Format: 0 | 1 1611 Default: 0 1612 grcan.txsize= [HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer. 1613 Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0. 1614 Default: 1024 1615 grcan.rxsize= [HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer. 1616 Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0. 1617 Default: 1024 1618 1619 hardened_usercopy= 1620 [KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether 1621 hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened 1622 usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel 1623 from reading or writing beyond known memory 1624 allocation boundaries as a proactive defense 1625 against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's 1626 copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface. 1627 on Perform hardened usercopy checks (default). 1628 off Disable hardened usercopy checks. 1629 1630 hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace= 1631 [KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate 1632 backtraces on all cpus. 1633 Format: 0 | 1 1634 1635 hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot 1636 are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on 1637 for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise. 1638 Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) 1639 1640 hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer 1641 1642 hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry 1643 Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect> 1644 1645 hest_disable [ACPI] 1646 Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support; 1647 corresponding firmware-first mode error processing 1648 logic will be disabled. 1649 1650 hibernate= [HIBERNATION] 1651 noresume Don't check if there's a hibernation image 1652 present during boot. 1653 nocompress Don't compress/decompress hibernation images. 1654 no Disable hibernation and resume. 1655 protect_image Turn on image protection during restoration 1656 (that will set all pages holding image data 1657 during restoration read-only). 1658 1659 highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact 1660 size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no 1661 highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem 1662 size on bigger boxes. 1663 1664 highres= [KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode. 1665 Valid parameters: "on", "off" 1666 Default: "on" 1667 1668 hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] 1669 1670 hostname= [KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename). 1671 Format: <string> 1672 This allows setting the system's hostname during early 1673 startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname. 1674 Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it 1675 possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before 1676 any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility 1677 that a process may call gethostname before the hostname 1678 has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling 1679 process getting an incorrect result. The string must 1680 not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually 1681 64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise. 1682 1683 hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage 1684 Format: { enable (default) | disable | force | 1685 verbose } 1686 disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead 1687 force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4, 1688 VIA, nVidia) 1689 verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup 1690 1691 hpet_mmap= [X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET 1692 registers. Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT. 1693 1694 hugepages= [HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot. 1695 If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies 1696 the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated. 1697 If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command 1698 line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for 1699 the default huge page size. If using node format, the 1700 number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified. 1701 See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst. 1702 Format: <integer> or (node format) 1703 <node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>] 1704 1705 hugepagesz= 1706 [HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages. This is used in 1707 conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge 1708 pages of a specific size at boot. The pair 1709 hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for 1710 each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are 1711 architecture dependent. See also 1712 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst. 1713 Format: size[KMG] 1714 1715 hugetlb_cma= [HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation 1716 of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size 1717 of a CMA area per node can be specified. 1718 Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format) 1719 <node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]] 1720 1721 Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic 1722 hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the 1723 boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped. 1724 1725 hugetlb_free_vmemmap= 1726 [KNL] Reguires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP 1727 enabled. 1728 Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more 1729 memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page). 1730 Format: { [oO][Nn]/Y/y/1 | [oO][Ff]/N/n/0 (default) } 1731 1732 [oO][Nn]/Y/y/1: enable the feature 1733 [oO][Ff]/N/n/0: disable the feature 1734 1735 Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y, 1736 the default is on. 1737 1738 This is not compatible with memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory. 1739 If both parameters are enabled, hugetlb_free_vmemmap takes 1740 precedence over memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory. 1741 1742 hung_task_panic= 1743 [KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics. 1744 Format: 0 | 1 1745 1746 A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a 1747 hung task is detected. The default value is controlled 1748 by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time 1749 option. The value selected by this boot parameter can 1750 be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl. 1751 1752 hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC) 1753 terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8 1754 hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs. 1755 If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections 1756 from listed z/VM user IDs only. 1757 1758 hv_nopvspin [X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations 1759 which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the 1760 guest on lock contention. 1761 1762 keep_bootcon [KNL] 1763 Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only 1764 useful for debugging when something happens in the window 1765 between unregistering the boot console and initializing 1766 the real console. 1767 1768 i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed 1769 or register an additional I2C bus that is not 1770 registered from board initialization code. 1771 Format: 1772 <bus_id>,<clkrate> 1773 1774 i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode 1775 i8042.unmask_kbd_data 1776 [HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port 1777 (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition 1778 requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled) 1779 i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode 1780 i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from 1781 keyboard and cannot control its state 1782 (Don't attempt to blink the leds) 1783 i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port 1784 i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port 1785 i8042.noloop [HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing 1786 for the AUX port 1787 i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing 1788 controller 1789 i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX 1790 controllers 1791 i8042.notimeout [HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller 1792 i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and 1793 suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r 1794 transitions, or never reset 1795 Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n } 1796 1, Y, y: always reset controller 1797 0, N, n: don't ever reset controller 1798 Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other 1799 architectures force reset to be always executed 1800 i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock 1801 i8042.kbdreset [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port 1802 i8042.probe_defer 1803 [HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors 1804 1805 i810= [HW,DRM] 1806 1807 i915.invert_brightness= 1808 [DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to 1809 set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a 1810 brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off, 1811 and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight 1812 to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0 1813 (default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter 1814 is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight 1815 to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness 1816 value switches the backlight off. 1817 -1 -- never invert brightness 1818 0 -- machine default 1819 1 -- force brightness inversion 1820 1821 icn= [HW,ISDN] 1822 Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]] 1823 1824 1825 idle= [X86] 1826 Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait 1827 Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly 1828 improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but 1829 will use a lot of power and make the system run hot. 1830 Not recommended. 1831 idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle. 1832 In such case C2/C3 won't be used again. 1833 idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states 1834 1835 idxd.sva= [HW] 1836 Format: <bool> 1837 Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA) 1838 support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to 1839 true (1). 1840 1841 idxd.tc_override= [HW] 1842 Format: <bool> 1843 Allow override of default traffic class configuration 1844 for the device. By default it is set to false (0). 1845 1846 ieee754= [MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode 1847 Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed } 1848 Default: strict 1849 1850 Choose which programs will be accepted for execution 1851 based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by 1852 the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value 1853 of an ELF file header flag individually set by each 1854 binary. Hardware implementations are permitted to 1855 support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN 1856 encoding mode. 1857 1858 Available settings are as follows: 1859 strict accept binaries that request a NaN encoding 1860 supported by the FPU 1861 legacy only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported 1862 by the FPU 1863 2008 only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported 1864 by the FPU 1865 relaxed accept any binaries regardless of whether 1866 supported by the FPU 1867 1868 The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN 1869 encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has 1870 been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of 1871 'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly, 1872 'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and 1873 2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on 1874 legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or 1875 MIPS64 CPUs. 1876 1877 The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution 1878 mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding, 1879 except where unsupported by hardware. 1880 1881 ignore_loglevel [KNL] 1882 Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ 1883 kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging. 1884 We also add it as printk module parameter, so users 1885 could change it dynamically, usually by 1886 /sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel. 1887 1888 ignore_rlimit_data 1889 Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings, 1890 print warning at first misuse. Can be changed via 1891 /sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data. 1892 1893 ihash_entries= [KNL] 1894 Set number of hash buckets for inode cache. 1895 1896 ima_appraise= [IMA] appraise integrity measurements 1897 Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" } 1898 default: "enforce" 1899 1900 ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated. Use ima_policy= instead. 1901 The builtin appraise policy appraises all files 1902 owned by uid=0. 1903 1904 ima_canonical_fmt [IMA] 1905 Use the canonical format for the binary runtime 1906 measurements, instead of host native format. 1907 1908 ima_hash= [IMA] 1909 Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384 1910 | sha512 | ... } 1911 default: "sha1" 1912 1913 The list of supported hash algorithms is defined 1914 in crypto/hash_info.h. 1915 1916 ima_policy= [IMA] 1917 The builtin policies to load during IMA setup. 1918 Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot | 1919 fail_securely | critical_data" 1920 1921 The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files 1922 mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read 1923 mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or 1924 uid=0. 1925 1926 The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of 1927 all files owned by root. 1928 1929 The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity 1930 of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules, 1931 firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures. 1932 1933 The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature 1934 verification failure also on privileged mounted 1935 filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE 1936 flag. 1937 1938 The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity 1939 critical data. 1940 1941 ima_tcb [IMA] Deprecated. Use ima_policy= instead. 1942 Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted 1943 Computing Base. This means IMA will measure all 1944 programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files 1945 opened for read by uid=0. 1946 1947 ima_template= [IMA] 1948 Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats. 1949 Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" | 1950 "ima-sigv2" } 1951 Default: "ima-ng" 1952 1953 ima_template_fmt= 1954 [IMA] Define a custom template format. 1955 Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" } 1956 1957 ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage 1958 Format: <min_file_size> 1959 Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash. 1960 If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled. 1961 1962 ahash performance varies for different data sizes on 1963 different crypto accelerators. This option can be used 1964 to achieve the best performance for a particular HW. 1965 1966 ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size 1967 Format: <bufsize> 1968 Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k. 1969 1970 ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on 1971 different crypto accelerators. This option can be used 1972 to achieve best performance for particular HW. 1973 1974 init= [KNL] 1975 Format: <full_path> 1976 Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init 1977 process. 1978 1979 initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful 1980 for working out where the kernel is dying during 1981 startup. 1982 1983 initcall_blacklist= [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of 1984 initcall functions. Useful for debugging built-in 1985 modules and initcalls. 1986 1987 initramfs_async= [KNL] 1988 Format: <bool> 1989 Default: 1 1990 This parameter controls whether the initramfs 1991 image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently 1992 with devices being probed and 1993 initialized. This should normally just work, 1994 but as a debugging aid, one can get the 1995 historical behaviour of the initramfs 1996 unpacking being completed before device_ and 1997 late_ initcalls. 1998 1999 initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk 2000 2001 initrdmem= [KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to 2002 load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or 2003 specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this 2004 setting. 2005 Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG] 2006 Default is 0, 0 2007 2008 init_on_alloc= [MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with 2009 zeroes. 2010 Format: 0 | 1 2011 Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON. 2012 2013 init_on_free= [MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes. 2014 Format: 0 | 1 2015 Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON. 2016 2017 init_pkru= [X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights 2018 register contents for all processes. 0x55555554 by 2019 default (disallow access to all but pkey 0). Can 2020 override in debugfs after boot. 2021 2022 inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver 2023 Format: <irq> 2024 2025 int_pln_enable [X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt 2026 2027 integrity_audit=[IMA] 2028 Format: { "0" | "1" } 2029 0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default) 2030 1 -- additional integrity auditing messages. 2031 2032 intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option 2033 on 2034 Enable intel iommu driver. 2035 off 2036 Disable intel iommu driver. 2037 igfx_off [Default Off] 2038 By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx 2039 device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is 2040 bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In 2041 this case, gfx device will use physical address for 2042 DMA. 2043 strict [Default Off] 2044 Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1. 2045 sp_off [Default Off] 2046 By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU 2047 has the capability. With this option, super page will 2048 not be supported. 2049 sm_on 2050 Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware 2051 advertises that it has support for the scalable mode 2052 translation. 2053 sm_off 2054 Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode. 2055 tboot_noforce [Default Off] 2056 Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot. 2057 By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which 2058 could harm performance of some high-throughput 2059 devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity 2060 mapping is enabled. 2061 Note that using this option lowers the security 2062 provided by tboot because it makes the system 2063 vulnerable to DMA attacks. 2064 2065 intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86] 2066 0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle. 2067 1 to 9 specify maximum depth of C-state. 2068 2069 intel_pstate= [X86] 2070 disable 2071 Do not enable intel_pstate as the default 2072 scaling driver for the supported processors 2073 passive 2074 Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it 2075 to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of 2076 enabling its internal governor). This mode cannot be 2077 used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP) 2078 feature. 2079 force 2080 Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default 2081 in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver 2082 instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such 2083 as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI 2084 P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore 2085 should be used with caution. This option does not work with 2086 processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver 2087 or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq. 2088 no_hwp 2089 Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP) 2090 if available. 2091 hwp_only 2092 Only load intel_pstate on systems which support 2093 hardware P state control (HWP) if available. 2094 support_acpi_ppc 2095 Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI 2096 Description Table, specifies preferred power management 2097 profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server", 2098 then this feature is turned on by default. 2099 per_cpu_perf_limits 2100 Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using 2101 cpufreq sysfs interface 2102 2103 intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] 2104 on enable Interrupt Remapping (default) 2105 off disable Interrupt Remapping 2106 nosid disable Source ID checking 2107 no_x2apic_optout 2108 BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored 2109 nopost disable Interrupt Posting 2110 2111 iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory 2112 strict regions from userspace. 2113 relaxed 2114 2115 iommu= [X86] 2116 off 2117 force 2118 noforce 2119 biomerge 2120 panic 2121 nopanic 2122 merge 2123 nomerge 2124 soft 2125 pt [X86] 2126 nopt [X86] 2127 nobypass [PPC/POWERNV] 2128 Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices. 2129 2130 iommu.forcedac= [ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices. 2131 Format: { "0" | "1" } 2132 0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before 2133 falling back to the full range if needed. 2134 1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range, 2135 forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting 2136 greater than 32-bit addressing. 2137 2138 iommu.strict= [ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour 2139 Format: { "0" | "1" } 2140 0 - Lazy mode. 2141 Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred 2142 invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased 2143 throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation. 2144 Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by 2145 the relevant IOMMU driver. 2146 1 - Strict mode. 2147 DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs 2148 synchronously. 2149 unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}. 2150 Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the 2151 legacy driver-specific options takes precedence. 2152 2153 iommu.passthrough= 2154 [ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default. 2155 Format: { "0" | "1" } 2156 0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA. 2157 1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA. 2158 unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH. 2159 2160 io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems 2161 See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in 2162 arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c. 2163 2164 io_delay= [X86] I/O delay method 2165 0x80 2166 Standard port 0x80 based delay 2167 0xed 2168 Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems) 2169 udelay 2170 Simple two microseconds delay 2171 none 2172 No delay 2173 2174 ip= [IP_PNP] 2175 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst. 2176 2177 ipcmni_extend [KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V 2178 IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216. 2179 2180 irqaffinity= [SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask 2181 The argument is a cpu list, as described above. 2182 2183 irqchip.gicv2_force_probe= 2184 [ARM, ARM64] 2185 Format: <bool> 2186 Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page 2187 of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range 2188 exposed by the device tree is too small. 2189 2190 irqchip.gicv3_nolpi= 2191 [ARM, ARM64] 2192 Force the kernel to ignore the availability of 2193 LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system 2194 that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want 2195 to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up 2196 LPIs. 2197 2198 irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64] 2199 Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This 2200 requires the kernel to be built with 2201 CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI. 2202 2203 irqfixup [HW] 2204 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers 2205 for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken 2206 firmware running. 2207 2208 irqpoll [HW] 2209 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers 2210 for it. Also check all handlers each timer 2211 interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken 2212 firmware running. 2213 2214 isapnp= [ISAPNP] 2215 Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity> 2216 2217 isolcpus= [KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance. 2218 [Deprecated - use cpusets instead] 2219 Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list> 2220 2221 Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances 2222 specified in the flag list (default: domain): 2223 2224 nohz 2225 Disable the tick when a single task runs. 2226 2227 A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you 2228 need to affine to housekeeping through the global 2229 workqueue's affinity configured via the 2230 /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or 2231 by using the 'domain' flag described below. 2232 2233 NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs, 2234 so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to 2235 be configured manually after bootup. 2236 2237 domain 2238 Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling 2239 algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way 2240 is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to 2241 the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly 2242 advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load 2243 balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file. 2244 It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can 2245 move in and out of an isolated set anytime. 2246 2247 You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via 2248 the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset. 2249 <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is 2250 "number of CPUs in system - 1". 2251 2252 managed_irq 2253 2254 Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts 2255 which have an interrupt mask containing isolated 2256 CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is 2257 handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via 2258 the /proc/irq/* interfaces. 2259 2260 This isolation is best effort and only effective 2261 if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a 2262 device queue contains isolated and housekeeping 2263 CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such 2264 interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU 2265 so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU 2266 cannot disturb the isolated CPU. 2267 2268 If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated 2269 CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the 2270 interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are 2271 only delivered when tasks running on those 2272 isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on 2273 housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those 2274 queues. 2275 2276 The format of <cpu-list> is described above. 2277 2278 iucv= [HW,NET] 2279 2280 ivrs_ioapic [HW,X86-64] 2281 Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID 2282 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For 2283 example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to 2284 PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as: 2285 ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0 2286 2287 ivrs_hpet [HW,X86-64] 2288 Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID 2289 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For 2290 example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to 2291 PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as: 2292 ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0 2293 2294 ivrs_acpihid [HW,X86-64] 2295 Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID 2296 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For 2297 example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to 2298 PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as: 2299 ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0 2300 2301 js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick 2302 See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst. 2303 2304 nokaslr [KNL] 2305 When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables 2306 kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space 2307 Layout Randomization). 2308 2309 kasan_multi_shot 2310 [KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print 2311 report on every invalid memory access. Without this 2312 parameter KASAN will print report only for the first 2313 invalid access. 2314 2315 keepinitrd [HW,ARM] 2316 2317 kernelcore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] 2318 Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror" 2319 This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by 2320 the kernel for non-movable allocations. The requested 2321 amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the 2322 system as ZONE_NORMAL. The remaining memory is used for 2323 movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE. In the 2324 event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and 2325 ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and 2326 other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE. 2327 2328 ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that 2329 may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration 2330 subsystem. Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem 2331 still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal 2332 zone if it does not. 2333 2334 It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in 2335 the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system 2336 memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror". If "mirror" 2337 option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used 2338 for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used 2339 for Movable pages. "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror" 2340 are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms. 2341 2342 kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port. 2343 Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval] 2344 The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug 2345 port as it is probed via PCI. The poll interval is 2346 optional and is the number seconds in between 2347 each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need 2348 the functionality for interrupting the kernel with 2349 gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection. When 2350 not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into 2351 the kernel debugger. 2352 2353 kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles. 2354 Requires a tty driver that supports console polling, 2355 or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb). 2356 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud] 2357 keyboard only format: kbd 2358 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud] 2359 Optional Kernel mode setting: 2360 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd 2361 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud] 2362 2363 kgdboc_earlycon= [KGDB,HW] 2364 If the boot console provides the ability to read 2365 characters and can work in polling mode, you can use 2366 this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend 2367 until the normal console is registered. Intended to 2368 be used together with the kgdboc parameter which 2369 specifies the normal console to transition to. 2370 2371 The name of the early console should be specified 2372 as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of 2373 the early console might be different than the tty 2374 name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value 2375 blank and the first boot console that implements 2376 read() will be picked. 2377 2378 kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the 2379 kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity. 2380 2381 kmac= [MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address. 2382 Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip 2383 Ethernet adapter MAC address. 2384 2385 kmemleak= [KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable 2386 Valid arguments: on, off 2387 Default: on 2388 Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y, 2389 the default is off. 2390 2391 kprobe_event=[probe-list] 2392 [FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time. 2393 The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe 2394 definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events 2395 interface, but the parameters are comma delimited. 2396 For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with 2397 arg1 and arg2, add to the command line; 2398 2399 kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2 2400 2401 See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel 2402 Boot Parameter" section. 2403 2404 kpti= [ARM64] Control page table isolation of user 2405 and kernel address spaces. 2406 Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation. 2407 0: force disabled 2408 1: force enabled 2409 2410 kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs. 2411 Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP) 2412 2413 kvm.eager_page_split= 2414 [KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to 2415 proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging. 2416 Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU 2417 execution by eliminating the write-protection faults 2418 and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be 2419 required to split huge pages lazily. 2420 2421 VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write 2422 only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from 2423 disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to 2424 still be used for reads. 2425 2426 The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether 2427 KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If 2428 disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly 2429 split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If 2430 enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during 2431 the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being 2432 cleared. 2433 2434 Eager page splitting currently only supports splitting 2435 huge pages mapped by the TDP MMU. 2436 2437 Default is Y (on). 2438 2439 kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface. 2440 Default is false (don't support). 2441 2442 kvm.nx_huge_pages= 2443 [KVM] Controls the software workaround for the 2444 X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug. 2445 force : Always deploy workaround. 2446 off : Never deploy workaround. 2447 auto : Deploy workaround based on the presence of 2448 X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT. 2449 2450 Default is 'auto'. 2451 2452 If the software workaround is enabled for the host, 2453 guests do need not to enable it for nested guests. 2454 2455 kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio= 2456 [KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped 2457 back to huge pages. 0 disables the recovery, otherwise if 2458 the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every 2459 period (see below). The default is 60. 2460 2461 kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms= 2462 [KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages 2463 back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will 2464 zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs. 2465 If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based 2466 on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average. 2467 2468 kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM. 2469 Default is 1 (enabled) 2470 2471 kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU) 2472 for all guests. 2473 Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode. 2474 2475 kvm-arm.mode= 2476 [KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation. 2477 2478 none: Forcefully disable KVM. 2479 2480 nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for 2481 protected guests. 2482 2483 protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose 2484 state is kept private from the host. 2485 2486 Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting 2487 mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation 2488 for the host. 2489 2490 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap= 2491 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0 2492 system registers 2493 2494 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap= 2495 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1 2496 system registers 2497 2498 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap= 2499 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common 2500 system registers 2501 2502 kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable= 2503 [KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of 2504 LPIs. 2505 2506 kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC] 2507 Reserves given percentage from system memory area for 2508 contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable 2509 allocation. 2510 By default it reserves 5% of total system memory. 2511 Format: <integer> 2512 Default: 5 2513 2514 kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables 2515 (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips. 2516 Default is 1 (enabled) 2517 2518 kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state= 2519 [KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state. 2520 Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as 2521 guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests. 2522 This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM 2523 never emulates invalid L2 guest state. 2524 Default is 1 (enabled) 2525 2526 kvm-intel.flexpriority= 2527 [KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow). 2528 Default is 1 (enabled) 2529 2530 kvm-intel.nested= 2531 [KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX). 2532 Default is 0 (disabled) 2533 2534 kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest= 2535 [KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature 2536 (virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable 2537 Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled) 2538 2539 kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault 2540 CVE-2018-3620. 2541 2542 Valid arguments: never, cond, always 2543 2544 always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER. 2545 cond: Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between 2546 VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory. 2547 never: Disables the mitigation 2548 2549 Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances) 2550 2551 kvm-intel.vpid= [KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification 2552 feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips. 2553 Default is 1 (enabled) 2554 2555 l1d_flush= [X86,INTEL] 2556 Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability. 2557 2558 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU 2559 internal buffers which can forward information to a 2560 disclosure gadget under certain conditions. 2561 2562 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively 2563 forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel 2564 attack, to access data to which the attacker does 2565 not have direct access. 2566 2567 This parameter controls the mitigation. The 2568 options are: 2569 2570 on - enable the interface for the mitigation 2571 2572 l1tf= [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on 2573 affected CPUs 2574 2575 The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally 2576 enabled and cannot be disabled. 2577 2578 full 2579 Provides all available mitigations for the 2580 L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and 2581 enables all mitigations in the 2582 hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush. 2583 2584 SMT control and L1D flush control via the 2585 sysfs interface is still possible after 2586 boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning 2587 when the first VM is started in a 2588 potentially insecure configuration, 2589 i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled. 2590 2591 full,force 2592 Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D 2593 flush runtime control. Implies the 2594 'nosmt=force' command line option. 2595 (i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.) 2596 2597 flush 2598 Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default 2599 hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional 2600 L1D flush. 2601 2602 SMT control and L1D flush control via the 2603 sysfs interface is still possible after 2604 boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning 2605 when the first VM is started in a 2606 potentially insecure configuration, 2607 i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled. 2608 2609 flush,nosmt 2610 2611 Disables SMT and enables the default 2612 hypervisor mitigation. 2613 2614 SMT control and L1D flush control via the 2615 sysfs interface is still possible after 2616 boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning 2617 when the first VM is started in a 2618 potentially insecure configuration, 2619 i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled. 2620 2621 flush,nowarn 2622 Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not 2623 warn when a VM is started in a potentially 2624 insecure configuration. 2625 2626 off 2627 Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't 2628 emit any warnings. 2629 It also drops the swap size and available 2630 RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and 2631 bare metal. 2632 2633 Default is 'flush'. 2634 2635 For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst 2636 2637 l2cr= [PPC] 2638 2639 l3cr= [PPC] 2640 2641 lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS 2642 disabled it. 2643 2644 lapic= [X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline 2645 value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default 2646 back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC. 2647 Format: notscdeadline 2648 2649 lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer 2650 in C2 power state. 2651 2652 libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control 2653 libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA 2654 libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only 2655 libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only 2656 libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only 2657 Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA 2658 for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs. 2659 2660 libata.ignore_hpa= [LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit 2661 libata.ignore_hpa=0 keep BIOS limits (default) 2662 libata.ignore_hpa=1 ignore limits, using full disk 2663 2664 libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume 2665 when set. 2666 Format: <int> 2667 2668 libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is a comma- 2669 separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE]. 2670 PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link 2671 or device. Basically, it matches the ATA ID string 2672 printed on console by libata. If the whole ID part is 2673 omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used. If 2674 ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies 2675 to all ports, links and devices. 2676 2677 If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to 2678 the port and all links and devices behind it. DEVICE 2679 number of 0 either selects the first device or the 2680 first fan-out link behind PMP device. It does not 2681 select the host link. DEVICE number of 15 selects the 2682 host link and device attached to it. 2683 2684 The VAL specifies the configuration to force. As long 2685 as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed. 2686 For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps. 2687 The following configurations can be forced. 2688 2689 * Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata. 2690 Any ID with matching PORT is used. 2691 2692 * SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps. 2693 2694 * Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7]. 2695 udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also 2696 allowed. 2697 2698 * nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both 2699 resets. 2700 2701 * rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug 2702 link recovery. 2703 2704 * [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay 2705 before debouncing a link PHY and device presence 2706 detection. 2707 2708 * [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ. 2709 2710 * [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM. 2711 2712 * [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset. 2713 2714 * [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM. 2715 2716 * trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data. 2717 2718 * max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit. 2719 2720 * [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers. 2721 2722 * atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support. 2723 2724 * atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for 2725 commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes. 2726 2727 * [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the 2728 READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs. 2729 2730 * [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the 2731 identify device data log. 2732 2733 * [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general 2734 purpose log directory. 2735 2736 * max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors. 2737 2738 * max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to 2739 1024 sectors. 2740 2741 * max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to 2742 65535 sectors. 2743 2744 * [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management. 2745 2746 * [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting 2747 should be skipped. 2748 2749 * dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data. 2750 2751 * disable: Disable this device. 2752 2753 If there are multiple matching configurations changing 2754 the same attribute, the last one is used. 2755 2756 load_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated] 2757 2758 lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period. 2759 Format: <integer> 2760 2761 lockd.nlm_tcpport=N [NFS] Assign TCP port. 2762 Format: <integer> 2763 2764 lockd.nlm_timeout=T [NFS] Assign timeout value. 2765 Format: <integer> 2766 2767 lockd.nlm_udpport=M [NFS] Assign UDP port. 2768 Format: <integer> 2769 2770 lockdown= [SECURITY] 2771 { integrity | confidentiality } 2772 Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to 2773 integrity, kernel features that allow userland to 2774 modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to 2775 confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland 2776 to extract confidential information from the kernel 2777 are also disabled. 2778 2779 locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL] 2780 Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads. 2781 Defaults to being automatically set based on the 2782 number of online CPUs. 2783 2784 locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL] 2785 Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads. 2786 2787 locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL] 2788 Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing. 2789 2790 locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL] 2791 Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or 2792 zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing. 2793 2794 locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL] 2795 Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies). Shuffling 2796 tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle 2797 mode during the locktorture test. 2798 2799 locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL] 2800 Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This 2801 is useful for hands-off automated testing. 2802 2803 locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL] 2804 Time (s) between statistics printk()s. 2805 2806 locktorture.stutter= [KNL] 2807 Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, 2808 specifying five seconds causes the test to run for 2809 five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on. 2810 This tests the locking primitive's ability to 2811 transition abruptly to and from idle. 2812 2813 locktorture.torture_type= [KNL] 2814 Specify the locking implementation to test. 2815 2816 locktorture.verbose= [KNL] 2817 Enable additional printk() statements. 2818 2819 logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver 2820 Format: <irq> 2821 2822 loglevel= All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the 2823 console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can 2824 also be changed with klogd or other programs. The 2825 loglevels are defined as follows: 2826 2827 0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable 2828 1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately 2829 2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions 2830 3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions 2831 4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions 2832 5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition 2833 6 (KERN_INFO) informational 2834 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages 2835 2836 log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, 2837 in bytes. n must be a power of two and greater 2838 than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined 2839 by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is 2840 also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter 2841 that allows to increase the default size depending on 2842 the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details. 2843 2844 logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo. 2845 This may be used to provide more screen space for 2846 kernel log messages and is useful when debugging 2847 kernel boot problems. 2848 2849 lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g, 2850 lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses 2851 lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the 2852 lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be 2853 specified in addition to the ports) causes 2854 attached printers to be reset. Using 2855 lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports 2856 to associate lp devices with, starting with 2857 lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip 2858 that lp device, or a parport name such as 2859 'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a 2860 port specification list means that device IDs 2861 from each port should be examined, to see if 2862 an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if 2863 so, the driver will manage that printer. 2864 See also header of drivers/char/lp.c. 2865 2866 lpj=n [KNL] 2867 Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding 2868 time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per 2869 CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine 2870 the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal 2871 autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that 2872 on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs, 2873 which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need 2874 significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value 2875 will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to 2876 unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although 2877 unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your 2878 hardware. 2879 2880 ltpc= [NET] 2881 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma> 2882 2883 lsm.debug [SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output. 2884 2885 lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN 2886 [SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This 2887 overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter. 2888 2889 machvec= [IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector 2890 (machvec) in a generic kernel. 2891 Example: machvec=hpzx1 2892 2893 machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between 2894 different yeeloong laptops. 2895 Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch 2896 2897 max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater 2898 than or equal to this physical address is ignored. 2899 2900 maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel 2901 will bring up during bootup. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits 2902 the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after 2903 bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing 2904 "echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus 2905 only takes effect during system bootup. 2906 While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp", 2907 which also disables the IO APIC. 2908 2909 max_loop= [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get 2910 (loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default 2911 number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead 2912 of statically allocating a predefined number, loop 2913 devices can be requested on-demand with the 2914 /dev/loop-control interface. 2915 2916 mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception 2917 2918 mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst 2919 2920 md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level 2921 See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst. 2922 2923 mdacon= [MDA] 2924 Format: <first>,<last> 2925 Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA. 2926 2927 mds= [X86,INTEL] 2928 Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data 2929 Sampling (MDS) vulnerability. 2930 2931 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU 2932 internal buffers which can forward information to a 2933 disclosure gadget under certain conditions. 2934 2935 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively 2936 forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel 2937 attack, to access data to which the attacker does 2938 not have direct access. 2939 2940 This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The 2941 options are: 2942 2943 full - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs 2944 full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable 2945 SMT on vulnerable CPUs 2946 off - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation 2947 2948 On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by 2949 an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are 2950 mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable 2951 this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off 2952 too. 2953 2954 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 2955 mds=full. 2956 2957 For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst 2958 2959 mem=nn[KMG] [HEXAGON] Set the memory size. 2960 Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0. 2961 2962 mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory 2963 Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows: 2964 2965 1 for test; 2966 2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory; 2967 3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from 2968 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests. 2969 4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel. 2970 2971 [ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory, 2972 high memory is not affected. 2973 2974 [ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear 2975 mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected. 2976 2977 [X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together 2978 with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions. 2979 Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses 2980 belonging to unused RAM. 2981 2982 Note that this only takes effects during boot time since 2983 in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot 2984 if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient. 2985 2986 mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] 2987 [ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by 2988 firmware. 2989 Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at 2990 ss[KMG]. 2991 Multiple different regions can be specified with 2992 multiple mem= parameters on the command line. 2993 2994 mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel 2995 memory. 2996 2997 memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages. 2998 2999 memchunk=nn[KMG] 3000 [KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for 3001 per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers. 3002 3003 memhp_default_state=online/offline 3004 [KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug 3005 onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is 3006 set according to the 3007 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config 3008 option. 3009 See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst. 3010 3011 memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact 3012 E820 memory map, as specified by the user. 3013 Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on 3014 BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss 3015 option description. 3016 3017 memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] 3018 [KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory. 3019 Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn. 3020 If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG], 3021 which limits max address to nn[KMG]. 3022 Multiple different regions can be specified, 3023 comma delimited. 3024 Example: 3025 memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G 3026 3027 memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG] 3028 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data. 3029 Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn. 3030 3031 memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG] 3032 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved. 3033 Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn. 3034 Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff 3035 memmap=64K$0x18690000 3036 or 3037 memmap=0x10000$0x18690000 3038 Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$', 3039 like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number 3040 will be eaten. 3041 3042 memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG] 3043 [KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected. 3044 Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. 3045 The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc) 3046 and is NVDIMM or ADR memory. 3047 3048 memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype> 3049 [KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region 3050 from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left 3051 out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>, 3052 even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left 3053 out, matching memory will be removed. Types are 3054 specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved, 3055 3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM. 3056 3057 memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86] 3058 Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of 3059 memory when doing things like suspend/resume. 3060 Setting this option will scan the memory 3061 looking for corruption. Enabling this will 3062 both detect corruption and prevent the kernel 3063 from using the memory being corrupted. 3064 However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if 3065 repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always 3066 affects the same memory, you can use memmap= 3067 to prevent the kernel from using that memory. 3068 3069 memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86] 3070 By default it checks for corruption in the low 3071 64k, making this memory unavailable for normal 3072 use. Use this parameter to scan for 3073 corruption in more or less memory. 3074 3075 memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86] 3076 By default it checks for corruption every 60 3077 seconds. Use this parameter to check at some 3078 other rate. 0 disables periodic checking. 3079 3080 memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory 3081 [KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature. 3082 Format: {on | off (default)} 3083 When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will 3084 allocate its internal metadata (struct pages) 3085 from the hotadded memory which will allow to 3086 hotadd a lot of memory without requiring 3087 additional memory to do so. 3088 This feature is disabled by default because it 3089 has some implication on large (e.g. GB) 3090 allocations in some configurations (e.g. small 3091 memory blocks). 3092 The state of the flag can be read in 3093 /sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory. 3094 Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where 3095 the feature is not effective. 3096 3097 This is not compatible with hugetlb_free_vmemmap. If 3098 both parameters are enabled, hugetlb_free_vmemmap takes 3099 precedence over memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory. 3100 3101 memtest= [KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest 3102 Format: <integer> 3103 default : 0 <disable> 3104 Specifies the number of memtest passes to be 3105 performed. Each pass selects another test 3106 pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest 3107 fills the memory with this pattern, validates 3108 memory contents and reserves bad memory 3109 regions that are detected. 3110 3111 mem_encrypt= [X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control 3112 Valid arguments: on, off 3113 Default (depends on kernel configuration option): 3114 on (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y) 3115 off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n) 3116 mem_encrypt=on: Activate SME 3117 mem_encrypt=off: Do not activate SME 3118 3119 Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst 3120 for details on when memory encryption can be activated. 3121 3122 mem_sleep_default= [SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode: 3123 s2idle - Suspend-To-Idle 3124 shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported) 3125 deep - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported) 3126 See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst. 3127 3128 meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters 3129 See Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst. 3130 3131 mfgpt_irq= [IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the 3132 Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode 3133 platforms. 3134 3135 mfgptfix [X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when 3136 the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS 3137 version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the 3138 problem by letting the user disable the workaround. 3139 3140 mga= [HW,DRM] 3141 3142 min_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this 3143 physical address is ignored. 3144 3145 mini2440= [ARM,HW,KNL] 3146 Format:[0..2][b][c][t] 3147 Default: "0tb" 3148 MINI2440 configuration specification: 3149 0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT 3150 1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT 3151 2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768) 3152 Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load 3153 the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left 3154 unconfigured. 3155 b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be 3156 linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO 3157 LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the 3158 VGA shield. 3159 c - Enable the s3c camera interface. 3160 t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The 3161 touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream 3162 kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found 3163 in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at 3164 https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git 3165 3166 mitigations= 3167 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for 3168 CPU vulnerabilities. This is a set of curated, 3169 arch-independent options, each of which is an 3170 aggregation of existing arch-specific options. 3171 3172 off 3173 Disable all optional CPU mitigations. This 3174 improves system performance, but it may also 3175 expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities. 3176 Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC] 3177 kpti=0 [ARM64] 3178 nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC] 3179 nobp=0 [S390] 3180 nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] 3181 spectre_v2_user=off [X86] 3182 spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC] 3183 ssbd=force-off [ARM64] 3184 l1tf=off [X86] 3185 mds=off [X86] 3186 tsx_async_abort=off [X86] 3187 kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86] 3188 srbds=off [X86,INTEL] 3189 no_entry_flush [PPC] 3190 no_uaccess_flush [PPC] 3191 mmio_stale_data=off [X86] 3192 3193 Exceptions: 3194 This does not have any effect on 3195 kvm.nx_huge_pages when 3196 kvm.nx_huge_pages=force. 3197 3198 auto (default) 3199 Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT 3200 enabled, even if it's vulnerable. This is for 3201 users who don't want to be surprised by SMT 3202 getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who 3203 have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks. 3204 Equivalent to: (default behavior) 3205 3206 auto,nosmt 3207 Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT 3208 if needed. This is for users who always want to 3209 be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT. 3210 Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86] 3211 mds=full,nosmt [X86] 3212 tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86] 3213 mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86] 3214 3215 mminit_loglevel= 3216 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this 3217 parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for 3218 the additional memory initialisation checks. A value 3219 of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will 3220 log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG 3221 so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified. 3222 3223 mmio_stale_data= 3224 [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor 3225 MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities. 3226 3227 Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of 3228 vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO 3229 operation. Exposed data could originate or end in 3230 the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA. 3231 Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation 3232 is to clear the affected CPU buffers. 3233 3234 This parameter controls the mitigation. The 3235 options are: 3236 3237 full - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs 3238 3239 full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on 3240 vulnerable CPUs. 3241 3242 off - Unconditionally disable mitigation 3243 3244 On MDS or TAA affected machines, 3245 mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active 3246 MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are 3247 mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to 3248 disable this mitigation, you need to specify 3249 mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too. 3250 3251 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 3252 mmio_stale_data=full. 3253 3254 For details see: 3255 Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst 3256 3257 module.sig_enforce 3258 [KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that 3259 modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load. 3260 Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that 3261 is always true, so this option does nothing. 3262 3263 module_blacklist= [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of 3264 modules. Useful for debugging problem modules. 3265 3266 mousedev.tap_time= 3267 [MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and 3268 leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered 3269 a tap and be reported as a left button click (for 3270 touchpads working in absolute mode only). 3271 Format: <msecs> 3272 mousedev.xres= [MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices 3273 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets 3274 mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices 3275 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets 3276 3277 movablecore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] 3278 Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% 3279 This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it 3280 specifies the amount of memory used for migratable 3281 allocations. If both kernelcore and movablecore is 3282 specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the 3283 specified value but may be more. If movablecore on its 3284 own is specified, the administrator must be careful 3285 that the amount of memory usable for all allocations 3286 is not too small. 3287 3288 movable_node [KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory 3289 NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory 3290 of such nodes will be usable only for movable 3291 allocations which rules out almost all kernel 3292 allocations. Use with caution! 3293 3294 MTD_Partition= [MTD] 3295 Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset> 3296 3297 MTD_Region= [MTD] Format: 3298 <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>] 3299 3300 mtdparts= [MTD] 3301 See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c 3302 3303 mtdset= [ARM] 3304 ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control 3305 3306 See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c 3307 3308 mtouchusb.raw_coordinates= 3309 [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates 3310 ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n') 3311 3312 mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86] 3313 used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk 3314 that could hold holes aka. UC entries. 3315 3316 mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86] 3317 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block. 3318 Default is 1. 3319 Large value could prevent small alignment from 3320 using up MTRRs. 3321 3322 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86] 3323 Format: <integer> 3324 Range: 0,7 : spare reg number 3325 Default : 1 3326 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number. 3327 Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more. 3328 3329 multitce=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries 3330 firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries 3331 at a time. 3332 3333 n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card 3334 3335 netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters 3336 Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name> 3337 Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean 3338 something different and driver-specific. 3339 This usage is only documented in each driver source 3340 file if at all. 3341 3342 netpoll.carrier_timeout= 3343 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that 3344 netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll 3345 waits 4 seconds. 3346 3347 nf_conntrack.acct= 3348 [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting 3349 0 to disable accounting 3350 1 to enable accounting 3351 Default value is 0. 3352 3353 nfsaddrs= [NFS] Deprecated. Use ip= instead. 3354 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst. 3355 3356 nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes. 3357 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst. 3358 3359 nfsrootdebug [NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages. 3360 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst. 3361 3362 nfs.callback_nr_threads= 3363 [NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the 3364 NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback 3365 requests. 3366 3367 nfs.callback_tcpport= 3368 [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback 3369 channel should listen. 3370 3371 nfs.cache_getent= 3372 [NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used 3373 to update the NFS client cache entries. 3374 3375 nfs.cache_getent_timeout= 3376 [NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to 3377 update a cache entry is deemed to have failed. 3378 3379 nfs.idmap_cache_timeout= 3380 [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache 3381 entries. 3382 3383 nfs.enable_ino64= 3384 [NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers. 3385 If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode 3386 number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead 3387 of returning the full 64-bit number. 3388 The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers. 3389 3390 nfs.max_session_cb_slots= 3391 [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session 3392 slots the client will assign to the callback 3393 channel. This determines the maximum number of 3394 callbacks the client will process in parallel for 3395 a particular server. 3396 3397 nfs.max_session_slots= 3398 [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots 3399 the client will attempt to negotiate with the server. 3400 This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests 3401 that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server. 3402 Note that there is little point in setting this 3403 value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit. 3404 3405 nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping= 3406 [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option 3407 ensures that both the RPC level authentication 3408 scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use 3409 numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the 3410 'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is 3411 disabling idmapping, which can make migration from 3412 legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier. 3413 Servers that do not support this mode of operation 3414 will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall 3415 back to using the idmapper. 3416 To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'. 3417 nfs.nfs4_unique_id= 3418 [NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident- 3419 ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into 3420 their nfs_client_id4 string. This is typically a 3421 UUID that is generated at system install time. 3422 3423 nfs.send_implementation_id = 3424 [NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification 3425 information in exchange_id requests. 3426 If zero, no implementation identification information 3427 will be sent. 3428 The default is to send the implementation identification 3429 information. 3430 3431 nfs.recover_lost_locks = 3432 [NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due 3433 to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that 3434 doing this risks data corruption, since there are 3435 no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged 3436 after the locks are lost. 3437 If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of 3438 attempting to recover these locks, then set this 3439 parameter to '1'. 3440 The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel 3441 not to attempt recovery of lost locks. 3442 3443 nfs4.layoutstats_timer = 3444 [NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends 3445 layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server. 3446 3447 Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use 3448 whatever value is the default set by the layout 3449 driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval 3450 in seconds between layoutstats transmissions. 3451 3452 nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable = 3453 [NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support 3454 server-to-server copies for which this server is 3455 the destination of the copy. 3456 3457 nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout = 3458 [NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a 3459 server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts 3460 the source server. It caches the mount in case 3461 it will be needed again, and discards it if not 3462 used for the number of milliseconds specified by 3463 this parameter. 3464 3465 nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping= 3466 [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4 3467 server will return only numeric uids and gids to 3468 clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids 3469 and gids from such clients. This is intended to ease 3470 migration from NFSv2/v3. 3471 3472 3473 nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL] 3474 Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an 3475 NMI stack-backtrace request. 3476 3477 nmi_debug= [KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take 3478 when a NMI is triggered. 3479 Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] 3480 3481 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels 3482 Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num] 3483 Valid num: 0 or 1 3484 0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off 3485 1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on 3486 When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog 3487 timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI 3488 watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set) 3489 To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors, 3490 please see 'nowatchdog'. 3491 This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and 3492 need the box quickly up again. 3493 3494 These settings can be accessed at runtime via 3495 the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls. 3496 3497 no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths 3498 emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor 3499 is present. 3500 3501 no5lvl [X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces 3502 kernel to use 4-level paging instead. 3503 3504 nofsgsbase [X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions. 3505 3506 no_console_suspend 3507 [HW] Never suspend the console 3508 Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and 3509 hibernate operations. Once disabled, debugging 3510 messages can reach various consoles while the rest 3511 of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while 3512 debugging driver suspend/resume hooks). This may 3513 not work reliably with all consoles, but is known 3514 to work with serial and VGA consoles. 3515 To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add 3516 console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control 3517 it. Users could use console_suspend (usually 3518 /sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to 3519 turn on/off it dynamically. 3520 3521 novmcoredd [KNL,KDUMP] 3522 Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to 3523 append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver 3524 specified debug info. Drivers can append the data 3525 without any limit and this data is stored in memory, 3526 so this may cause significant memory stress. Disabling 3527 device dump can help save memory but the driver debug 3528 data will be no longer available. This parameter 3529 is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP 3530 is set. 3531 3532 noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien 3533 caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory, 3534 but will impact performance. 3535 3536 noalign [KNL,ARM] 3537 3538 noaltinstr [S390] Disables alternative instructions patching 3539 (CPU alternatives feature). 3540 3541 noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any 3542 IOAPICs that may be present in the system. 3543 3544 noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation. 3545 3546 nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem 3547 on "Classic" PPC cores. 3548 3549 nocache [ARM] 3550 3551 nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time. 3552 3553 noefi Disable EFI runtime services support. 3554 3555 no_entry_flush [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel. 3556 3557 noexec [IA-64] 3558 3559 nosmap [PPC] 3560 Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention) 3561 even if it is supported by processor. 3562 3563 nosmep [PPC64s] 3564 Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention) 3565 even if it is supported by processor. 3566 3567 noexec32 [X86-64] 3568 This affects only 32-bit executables. 3569 noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) 3570 read doesn't imply executable mappings 3571 noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings 3572 read implies executable mappings 3573 3574 nofpu [MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time. 3575 3576 nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended 3577 register save and restore. The kernel will only save 3578 legacy floating-point registers on task switch. 3579 3580 nohugeiomap [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings. 3581 3582 nohugevmalloc [PPC] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings. 3583 3584 nosmt [KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). 3585 Equivalent to smt=1. 3586 3587 [KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). 3588 nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone 3589 via the sysfs control file. 3590 3591 nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1 3592 (bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are 3593 possible in the system. 3594 3595 nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for 3596 the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction) 3597 vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this 3598 option. 3599 3600 nospec_store_bypass_disable 3601 [HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability 3602 3603 no_uaccess_flush 3604 [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data. 3605 3606 noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save 3607 and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to 3608 enabling legacy floating-point and sse state. 3609 3610 noxsaveopt [X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended 3611 register states. The kernel will fall back to use 3612 xsave to save the states. By using this parameter, 3613 performance of saving the states is degraded because 3614 xsave doesn't support modified optimization while 3615 xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems. 3616 3617 noxsaves [X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and 3618 restoring x86 extended register state in compacted 3619 form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use 3620 xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states 3621 in standard form of xsave area. By using this 3622 parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more 3623 memory on xsaves enabled systems. 3624 3625 nohlt [ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait 3626 in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle() 3627 implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP 3628 to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the 3629 sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work 3630 correctly or when doing power measurements to evalute 3631 the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also 3632 useful when using JTAG debugger. 3633 3634 no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The 3635 only way then for a file to be executed with privilege 3636 is to be setuid root or executed by root. 3637 3638 nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving 3639 function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases 3640 power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces 3641 interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance 3642 in certain environments such as networked servers or 3643 real-time systems. 3644 3645 no_hash_pointers 3646 Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be 3647 unhashed. By default, when a pointer is printed via %p 3648 format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured 3649 by hashing the pointer value. This is a security feature 3650 that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged 3651 users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more 3652 difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be 3653 compared. However, if this command-line option is 3654 specified, then all normal pointers will have their true 3655 value printed. This option should only be specified when 3656 debugging the kernel. Please do not use on production 3657 kernels. 3658 3659 nohibernate [HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume. 3660 3661 nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks 3662 Valid arguments: on, off 3663 Default: on 3664 3665 nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL] 3666 The argument is a cpu list, as described above. 3667 In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set 3668 the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped 3669 whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside 3670 the range to maintain the timekeeping. Any CPUs 3671 in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded, 3672 just as if they had also been called out in the 3673 rcu_nocbs= boot parameter. 3674 3675 noiotrap [SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses. 3676 3677 noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and 3678 disable unhandled interrupt sources. 3679 3680 no_timer_check [X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for 3681 broken timer IRQ sources. 3682 3683 noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code. 3684 3685 noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured 3686 initial RAM disk. 3687 3688 nointremap [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt 3689 remapping. 3690 [Deprecated - use intremap=off] 3691 3692 nointroute [IA-64] 3693 3694 noinvpcid [X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature. 3695 3696 nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. 3697 3698 no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver 3699 3700 no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page 3701 fault handling. 3702 3703 no-vmw-sched-clock 3704 [X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler 3705 clock and use the default one. 3706 3707 no-steal-acc [X86,PV_OPS,ARM64] Disable paravirtualized steal time 3708 accounting. steal time is computed, but won't 3709 influence scheduler behaviour 3710 3711 nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. 3712 3713 nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. 3714 3715 noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel 3716 lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx 3717 3718 nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling 3719 3720 nomce [X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception 3721 3722 nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose 3723 Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines). 3724 3725 nonmi_ipi [X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to 3726 shutdown the other cpus. Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR 3727 irq. 3728 3729 nomodeset Disable kernel modesetting. DRM drivers will not perform 3730 display-mode changes or accelerated rendering. Only the 3731 system framebuffer will be available for use if this was 3732 set-up by the firmware or boot loader. 3733 3734 Useful as fallback, or for testing and debugging. 3735 3736 nomodule Disable module load 3737 3738 nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of 3739 pagetables) support. 3740 3741 nopcid [X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature. 3742 3743 norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to 3744 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space 3745 3746 noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions 3747 with UP alternatives 3748 3749 nordrand [X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and 3750 RDSEED instructions even if they are supported 3751 by the processor. RDRAND and RDSEED are still 3752 available to user space applications. 3753 3754 noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap 3755 space. 3756 3757 no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback. 3758 This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille 3759 reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany). 3760 3761 nosbagart [IA-64] 3762 3763 nosgx [X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support. 3764 3765 nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel, 3766 and disable the IO APIC. legacy for "maxcpus=0". 3767 3768 nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector. 3769 3770 nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. 3771 3772 nowatchdog [KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e. 3773 soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup). 3774 3775 nowb [ARM] 3776 3777 nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode. 3778 3779 nps_mtm_hs_ctr= [KNL,ARC] 3780 This parameter sets the maximum duration, in 3781 cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run 3782 without interruptions, before HW switches it. 3783 The actual maximum duration is 16 times this 3784 parameter's value. 3785 Format: integer between 1 and 255 3786 Default: 255 3787 3788 nptcg= [IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB 3789 purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or 3790 SAL PALO. 3791 3792 nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel 3793 could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to 3794 support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the 3795 number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in 3796 runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches 3797 n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu 3798 variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu 3799 hot plugging. 3800 3801 nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered. 3802 3803 numa=off [KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only 3804 set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory. 3805 3806 numa_balancing= [KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic 3807 NUMA balancing. 3808 Allowed values are enable and disable 3809 3810 numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA. 3811 'node', 'default' can be specified 3812 This can be set from sysctl after boot. 3813 See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details. 3814 3815 ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver. 3816 See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more 3817 info. 3818 3819 olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands 3820 Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC 3821 command is not properly ACKed, override the length 3822 of the timeout. We have interrupts disabled while 3823 waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high 3824 interrupts *may* be lost! 3825 3826 omap_mux= [OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing. 3827 Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>... 3828 For example, to override I2C bus2: 3829 omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100 3830 3831 onenand.bdry= [HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration 3832 3833 Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock] 3834 3835 boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND. 3836 The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks. 3837 lock - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked. 3838 Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed. 3839 1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status. 3840 3841 oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the 3842 process, but there is a small probability of 3843 deadlocking the machine. 3844 This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions. 3845 Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot. 3846 3847 page_alloc.shuffle= 3848 [KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator 3849 should randomize its free lists. The randomization may 3850 be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is 3851 running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side 3852 cache, and this parameter can be used to 3853 override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag 3854 can be read from sysfs at: 3855 /sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle. 3856 3857 page_owner= [KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option. 3858 Storage of the information about who allocated 3859 each page is disabled in default. With this switch, 3860 we can turn it on. 3861 on: enable the feature 3862 3863 page_poison= [KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of 3864 poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with 3865 CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y. 3866 off: turn off poisoning (default) 3867 on: turn on poisoning 3868 3869 page_reporting.page_reporting_order= 3870 [KNL] Minimal page reporting order 3871 Format: <integer> 3872 Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page 3873 reporting is disabled when it exceeds (MAX_ORDER-1). 3874 3875 panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout> 3876 timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting 3877 timeout = 0: wait forever 3878 timeout < 0: reboot immediately 3879 Format: <timeout> 3880 3881 panic_print= Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens. 3882 User can chose combination of the following bits: 3883 bit 0: print all tasks info 3884 bit 1: print system memory info 3885 bit 2: print timer info 3886 bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on 3887 bit 4: print ftrace buffer 3888 bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer 3889 bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch) 3890 *Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines, 3891 so there are risks of losing older messages in the log. 3892 Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a 3893 bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this. 3894 3895 panic_on_taint= Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint() 3896 Format: <hex>[,nousertaint] 3897 Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags 3898 that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is 3899 called with any of the flags in this set. 3900 The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to 3901 prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl 3902 /proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the 3903 bitmask set on panic_on_taint. 3904 See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for 3905 extra details on the taint flags that users can pick 3906 to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint. 3907 3908 panic_on_warn panic() instead of WARN(). Useful to cause kdump 3909 on a WARN(). 3910 3911 parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is 3912 connected to, default is 0. 3913 Format: <parport#> 3914 parkbd.mode= [HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation, 3915 0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT). 3916 Format: <mode> 3917 3918 parport= [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables. 3919 Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] } 3920 Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any 3921 IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to 3922 ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of 3923 possible conflicts). You can specify the base 3924 address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA 3925 should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected 3926 settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo' 3927 (to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected). 3928 Parallel ports are assigned in the order they 3929 are specified on the command line, starting 3930 with parport0. 3931 3932 parport_init_mode= [HW,PPT] 3933 Configure VIA parallel port to operate in 3934 a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos 3935 computer where firmware has no options for setting 3936 up parallel port mode and sets it to spp. 3937 Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips. 3938 Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp] 3939 3940 pata_legacy.all= [HW,LIBATA] 3941 Format: <int> 3942 Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA 3943 port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device 3944 has been found at either range. Disabled by default. 3945 3946 pata_legacy.autospeed= [HW,LIBATA] 3947 Format: <int> 3948 Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed 3949 changes. Disabled by default. 3950 3951 pata_legacy.ht6560a= [HW,LIBATA] 3952 Format: <int> 3953 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel, 3954 the secondary channel, or both channels respectively. 3955 Disabled by default. 3956 3957 pata_legacy.ht6560b= [HW,LIBATA] 3958 Format: <int> 3959 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel, 3960 the secondary channel, or both channels respectively. 3961 Disabled by default. 3962 3963 pata_legacy.iordy_mask= [HW,LIBATA] 3964 Format: <int> 3965 IORDY enable mask. Set individual bits to allow IORDY 3966 for the respective channel. Bit 0 is for the first 3967 legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for 3968 the second channel, and so on. The sequence will often 3969 correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary 3970 legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI 3971 bus and the use of other driver options may interfere 3972 with the sequence. By default IORDY is allowed across 3973 all channels. 3974 3975 pata_legacy.opti82c46x= [HW,LIBATA] 3976 Format: <int> 3977 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary 3978 channel, the secondary channel, or both channels 3979 respectively. Disabled by default. 3980 3981 pata_legacy.opti82c611a= [HW,LIBATA] 3982 Format: <int> 3983 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary 3984 channel, the secondary channel, or both channels 3985 respectively. Disabled by default. 3986 3987 pata_legacy.pio_mask= [HW,LIBATA] 3988 Format: <int> 3989 PIO mode mask for autospeed devices. Set individual 3990 bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes. 3991 Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on. 3992 All modes allowed by default. 3993 3994 pata_legacy.probe_all= [HW,LIBATA] 3995 Format: <int> 3996 Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA 3997 port ranges on PCI systems. Disabled by default. 3998 3999 pata_legacy.probe_mask= [HW,LIBATA] 4000 Format: <int> 4001 Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports. Depending on 4002 platform configuration and the use of other driver 4003 options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0, 4004 0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing 4005 of individual ports can be disabled by setting the 4006 corresponding bits in the mask to 1. Bit 0 is for 4007 the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on. 4008 By default all supported ports are probed. 4009 4010 pata_legacy.qdi= [HW,LIBATA] 4011 Format: <int> 4012 Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers. By default 4013 set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise. 4014 4015 pata_legacy.winbond= [HW,LIBATA] 4016 Format: <int> 4017 Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers. Use 4018 the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the 4019 value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0). 4020 By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE, 4021 0 otherwise. 4022 4023 pata_platform.pio_mask= [HW,LIBATA] 4024 Format: <int> 4025 Supported PIO mode mask. Set individual bits to allow 4026 the use of the respective PIO modes. Bit 0 is for 4027 mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on. Mode 0 only 4028 allowed by default. 4029 4030 pause_on_oops= 4031 Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for 4032 the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if 4033 your oopses keep scrolling off the screen. 4034 4035 pcbit= [HW,ISDN] 4036 4037 pcd. [PARIDE] 4038 See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c. 4039 See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst. 4040 4041 pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options. 4042 4043 Some options herein operate on a specific device 4044 or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are 4045 specified in one of the following formats: 4046 4047 [<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]* 4048 pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>] 4049 4050 Note: the first format specifies a PCI 4051 bus/device/function address which may change 4052 if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard 4053 firmware changes, or due to changes caused 4054 by other kernel parameters. If the 4055 domain is left unspecified, it is 4056 taken to be zero. Optionally, a path 4057 to a device through multiple device/function 4058 addresses can be specified after the base 4059 address (this is more robust against 4060 renumbering issues). The second format 4061 selects devices using IDs from the 4062 configuration space which may match multiple 4063 devices in the system. 4064 4065 earlydump dump PCI config space before the kernel 4066 changes anything 4067 off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus 4068 bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access 4069 the hardware directly. Use this if your machine 4070 has a non-standard PCI host bridge. 4071 nobios [X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct 4072 hardware access methods are allowed. Use this 4073 if you experience crashes upon bootup and you 4074 suspect they are caused by the BIOS. 4075 conf1 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access 4076 Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8, 4077 data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit). 4078 conf2 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access 4079 Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for 4080 the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets 4081 bus number. The config space is then accessed 4082 through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF). 4083 See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info 4084 on the configuration access mechanisms. 4085 noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is 4086 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to 4087 disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting. 4088 nodomains [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI 4089 root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak). 4090 nommconf [X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI 4091 Configuration 4092 check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable 4093 properly configured MMIO access to PCI 4094 config space on AMD family 10h CPU 4095 nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is 4096 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to 4097 disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. 4098 noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks. 4099 Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This 4100 should never be necessary. 4101 ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the 4102 primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable 4103 boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs 4104 when the system masks IRQs. 4105 noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the 4106 boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to 4107 a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled. 4108 The opposite of ioapicreroute. 4109 biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt 4110 routing table. These calls are known to be buggy 4111 on several machines and they hang the machine 4112 when used, but on other computers it's the only 4113 way to get the interrupt routing table. Try 4114 this option if the kernel is unable to allocate 4115 IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your 4116 motherboard. 4117 rom [X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs. 4118 Use with caution as certain devices share 4119 address decoders between ROMs and other 4120 resources. 4121 norom [X86] Do not assign address space to 4122 expansion ROMs that do not already have 4123 BIOS assigned address ranges. 4124 nobar [X86] Do not assign address space to the 4125 BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS. 4126 irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be 4127 assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can 4128 make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards 4129 this way. 4130 pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86] Specify the physical address 4131 of the PIRQ table (normally generated 4132 by the BIOS) if it is outside the 4133 F0000h-100000h range. 4134 lastbus=N [X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be 4135 useful if the kernel is unable to find your 4136 secondary buses and you want to tell it 4137 explicitly which ones they are. 4138 assign-busses [X86] Always assign all PCI bus 4139 numbers ourselves, overriding 4140 whatever the firmware may have done. 4141 usepirqmask [X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored 4142 in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on 4143 some systems with broken BIOSes, notably 4144 some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3 4145 notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI 4146 IRQ routing is enabled. 4147 noacpi [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing 4148 or for PCI scanning. 4149 use_crs [X86] Use PCI host bridge window information 4150 from ACPI. On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this 4151 is enabled by default. If you need to use this, 4152 please report a bug. 4153 nocrs [X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI. 4154 If you need to use this, please report a bug. 4155 use_e820 [X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of 4156 PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround 4157 for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods. 4158 If you need to use this, please report a bug to 4159 <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>. 4160 no_e820 [X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host 4161 bridge windows. This is the default on modern 4162 hardware. If you need to use this, please report 4163 a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>. 4164 routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices. 4165 This is normally done in pci_enable_device(), 4166 so this option is a temporary workaround 4167 for broken drivers that don't call it. 4168 skip_isa_align [X86] do not align io start addr, so can 4169 handle more pci cards 4170 noearly [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning. 4171 This might help on some broken boards which 4172 machine check when some devices' config space 4173 is read. But various workarounds are disabled 4174 and some IOMMU drivers will not work. 4175 bfsort Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order. 4176 This sorting is done to get a device 4177 order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels. 4178 nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order. 4179 pcie_bus_tune_off Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size) 4180 tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults. 4181 pcie_bus_safe Set every device's MPS to the largest value 4182 supported by all devices below the root complex. 4183 pcie_bus_perf Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS 4184 based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max 4185 Read Request Size) to the largest supported 4186 value (no larger than the MPS that the device 4187 or bus can support) for best performance. 4188 pcie_bus_peer2peer Set every device's MPS to 128B, which 4189 every device is guaranteed to support. This 4190 configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between 4191 any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of 4192 reduced performance. This also guarantees 4193 that hot-added devices will work. 4194 cbiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4195 reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window. 4196 The default value is 256 bytes. 4197 cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4198 reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory 4199 window. The default value is 64 megabytes. 4200 resource_alignment= 4201 Format: 4202 [<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...] 4203 Specifies alignment and device to reassign 4204 aligned memory resources. How to 4205 specify the device is described above. 4206 If <order of align> is not specified, 4207 PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment. 4208 A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource 4209 windows need to be expanded. 4210 To specify the alignment for several 4211 instances of a device, the PCI vendor, 4212 device, subvendor, and subdevice may be 4213 specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f 4214 for 4096-byte alignment. 4215 ecrc= Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer 4216 end-to-end CRC checking). 4217 bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the 4218 the default. 4219 off: Turn ECRC off 4220 on: Turn ECRC on. 4221 hpiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4222 reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window. 4223 Default size is 256 bytes. 4224 hpmmiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4225 reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window. 4226 Default size is 2 megabytes. 4227 hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4228 reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window. 4229 Default size is 2 megabytes. 4230 hpmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4231 reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and 4232 MMIO_PREF window. 4233 Default size is 2 megabytes. 4234 hpbussize=nn The minimum amount of additional bus numbers 4235 reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge. 4236 Default is 1. 4237 realloc= Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources 4238 if allocations done by BIOS are too small to 4239 accommodate resources required by all child 4240 devices. 4241 off: Turn realloc off 4242 on: Turn realloc on 4243 realloc same as realloc=on 4244 noari do not use PCIe ARI. 4245 noats [PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU] 4246 do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB). 4247 pcie_scan_all Scan all possible PCIe devices. Otherwise we 4248 only look for one device below a PCIe downstream 4249 port. 4250 big_root_window Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe 4251 root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware 4252 can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM. 4253 Adding the window is slightly risky (it may 4254 conflict with unreported devices), so this 4255 taints the kernel. 4256 disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...] 4257 Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format 4258 specified above) separated by semicolons. 4259 Each device specified will have the PCI ACS 4260 redirect capabilities forced off which will 4261 allow P2P traffic between devices through 4262 bridges without forcing it upstream. Note: 4263 this removes isolation between devices and 4264 may put more devices in an IOMMU group. 4265 force_floating [S390] Force usage of floating interrupts. 4266 nomio [S390] Do not use MIO instructions. 4267 norid [S390] ignore the RID field and force use of 4268 one PCI domain per PCI function 4269 4270 pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power 4271 Management. 4272 off Disable ASPM. 4273 force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it. 4274 WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups. 4275 4276 pcie_ports= [PCIE] PCIe port services handling: 4277 native Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug) 4278 even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to 4279 use them. This may cause conflicts if the platform 4280 also tries to use these services. 4281 dpc-native Use native PCIe service for DPC only. May 4282 cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC. 4283 compat Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe 4284 hotplug). 4285 4286 pcie_port_pm= [PCIE] PCIe port power management handling: 4287 off Disable power management of all PCIe ports 4288 force Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports 4289 4290 pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options: 4291 nomsi Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes 4292 all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services). 4293 4294 pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4 4295 4296 pd_ignore_unused 4297 [PM] 4298 Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on, 4299 even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful 4300 for debug and development, but should not be 4301 needed on a platform with proper driver support. 4302 4303 pd. [PARIDE] 4304 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst. 4305 4306 pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at 4307 boot time. 4308 Format: { 0 | 1 } 4309 See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c 4310 4311 percpu_alloc= Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use. 4312 Currently supported values are "embed" and "page". 4313 Archs may support subset or none of the selections. 4314 See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each 4315 allocator. This parameter is primarily for debugging 4316 and performance comparison. 4317 4318 pf. [PARIDE] 4319 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst. 4320 4321 pg. [PARIDE] 4322 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst. 4323 4324 pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup 4325 See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst. 4326 4327 plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link 4328 Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 } 4329 See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst. 4330 4331 pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port. 4332 Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value. 4333 e.g. pmtmr=0x508 4334 4335 pmu_override= [PPC] Override the PMU. 4336 This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no 4337 longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the 4338 PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is 4339 cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to 4340 that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1 4341 remains 0. 4342 4343 pm_debug_messages [SUSPEND,KNL] 4344 Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up. 4345 4346 pnp.debug=1 [PNP] 4347 Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the 4348 CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option). Change at run-time 4349 via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug. We always show 4350 current resource usage; turning this on also shows 4351 possible settings and some assignment information. 4352 4353 pnpacpi= [ACPI] 4354 { off } 4355 4356 pnpbios= [ISAPNP] 4357 { on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res } 4358 4359 pnp_reserve_irq= 4360 [ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration 4361 4362 pnp_reserve_dma= 4363 [ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration 4364 4365 pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration 4366 Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size). 4367 4368 pnp_reserve_mem= 4369 [ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the 4370 autoconfiguration. 4371 Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size). 4372 4373 ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module 4374 Default is 21. 4375 Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports 4376 may be specified. 4377 Format: <port>,<port>.... 4378 4379 powersave=off [PPC] This option disables power saving features. 4380 It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the 4381 platform machine description specific power_save 4382 function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces 4383 execution priority. 4384 4385 ppc_strict_facility_enable 4386 [PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point, 4387 Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically 4388 allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()). 4389 There is some performance impact when enabling this. 4390 4391 ppc_tm= [PPC] 4392 Format: {"off"} 4393 Disable Hardware Transactional Memory 4394 4395 preempt= [KNL] 4396 Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC 4397 none - Limited to cond_resched() calls 4398 voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls 4399 full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled 4400 can be preempted anytime. 4401 4402 print-fatal-signals= 4403 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals 4404 4405 If enabled, warn about various signal handling 4406 related application anomalies: too many signals, 4407 too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a 4408 coredump - etc. 4409 4410 If you hit the warning due to signal overflow, 4411 you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited". 4412 4413 default: off. 4414 4415 printk.always_kmsg_dump= 4416 Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or 4417 panics 4418 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable) 4419 default: disabled 4420 4421 printk.console_no_auto_verbose= 4422 Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic 4423 or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on). 4424 With an exception to setups with low baudrate on 4425 serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice 4426 in order to provide more debug information. 4427 Format: <bool> 4428 default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled) 4429 4430 printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit} 4431 Control writing to /dev/kmsg. 4432 on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace 4433 off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled 4434 ratelimit - ratelimit the logging 4435 Default: ratelimit 4436 4437 printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line 4438 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable) 4439 4440 processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI] 4441 Limit processor to maximum C-state 4442 max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit. 4443 4444 processor.nocst [HW,ACPI] 4445 Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states, 4446 instead using the legacy FADT method 4447 4448 profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile 4449 Format: [<profiletype>,]<number> 4450 Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm" 4451 [defaults to kernel profiling] 4452 Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points. 4453 Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs). 4454 Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS 4455 Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits. 4456 Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for 4457 statistical time based profiling. 4458 4459 prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated] 4460 4461 prot_virt= [S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines 4462 isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports 4463 that). 4464 Format: <bool> 4465 4466 psi= [KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information 4467 tracking. 4468 Format: <bool> 4469 4470 psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to 4471 probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any). 4472 psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports 4473 per second. 4474 psmouse.resetafter= [HW,MOUSE] 4475 Try to reset the device after so many bad packets 4476 (0 = never). 4477 psmouse.resolution= 4478 [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi. 4479 psmouse.smartscroll= 4480 [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat. 4481 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default). 4482 4483 pstore.backend= Specify the name of the pstore backend to use 4484 4485 pt. [PARIDE] 4486 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst. 4487 4488 pti= [X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and 4489 kernel address spaces. Disabling this feature 4490 removes hardening, but improves performance of 4491 system calls and interrupts. 4492 4493 on - unconditionally enable 4494 off - unconditionally disable 4495 auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is 4496 vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates 4497 4498 Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto. 4499 4500 nopti [X86-64] 4501 Equivalent to pti=off 4502 4503 pty.legacy_count= 4504 [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in 4505 default number. 4506 4507 quiet [KNL] Disable most log messages 4508 4509 r128= [HW,DRM] 4510 4511 raid= [HW,RAID] 4512 See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst. 4513 4514 ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes 4515 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst. 4516 4517 ramdisk_start= [RAM] RAM disk image start address 4518 4519 random.trust_cpu={on,off} 4520 [KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the 4521 CPU's random number generator (if available) to 4522 fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled 4523 by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU. 4524 4525 random.trust_bootloader={on,off} 4526 [KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of a 4527 seed passed by the bootloader (if available) to 4528 fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled 4529 by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER. 4530 4531 randomize_kstack_offset= 4532 [KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset 4533 randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of 4534 entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks 4535 that depend on stack address determinism or 4536 cross-syscall address exposures. This is only 4537 available on architectures that have defined 4538 CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET. 4539 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable) 4540 Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT. 4541 4542 ras=option[,option,...] [KNL] RAS-specific options 4543 4544 cec_disable [X86] 4545 Disable the Correctable Errors Collector, 4546 see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text. 4547 4548 rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list] 4549 [KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list, 4550 as described above. 4551 4552 In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, 4553 enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents 4554 such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in 4555 softirq context. Invocation of such CPUs' RCU 4556 callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N" 4557 kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is 4558 "p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g" 4559 for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and 4560 "N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on 4561 the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC 4562 and real-time workloads. It can also improve 4563 energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors. 4564 4565 If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified 4566 list of CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot. 4567 4568 Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist 4569 arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to 4570 no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be 4571 toggled at runtime via cpusets. 4572 4573 rcu_nocb_poll [KNL] 4574 Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs 4575 (specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly 4576 awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads, 4577 make these kthreads poll for callbacks. 4578 This improves the real-time response for the 4579 offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to 4580 wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades 4581 energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads 4582 periodically wake up to do the polling. 4583 4584 rcutree.blimit= [KNL] 4585 Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to 4586 process in one batch. 4587 4588 rcutree.dump_tree= [KNL] 4589 Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree 4590 out at early boot. This is used for diagnostic 4591 purposes, to verify correct tree setup. 4592 4593 rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay= [KNL] 4594 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of 4595 RCU grace-period cleanup. 4596 4597 rcutree.gp_init_delay= [KNL] 4598 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of 4599 RCU grace-period initialization. 4600 4601 rcutree.gp_preinit_delay= [KNL] 4602 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of 4603 RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is, 4604 the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up 4605 the rcu_node combining tree. 4606 4607 rcutree.use_softirq= [KNL] 4608 If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to 4609 per-CPU rcuc kthreads. Defaults to a non-zero 4610 value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default. 4611 Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads. 4612 4613 But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable 4614 this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it 4615 to zero. 4616 4617 rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL] 4618 Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining 4619 tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might 4620 possibly be useful for architectures having high 4621 cache-to-cache transfer latencies. 4622 4623 rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL] 4624 Change the number of CPUs assigned to each 4625 leaf rcu_node structure. Useful for very 4626 large systems, which will choose the value 64, 4627 and for NUMA systems with large remote-access 4628 latencies, which will choose a value aligned 4629 with the appropriate hardware boundaries. 4630 4631 rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL] 4632 Minimum number of objects which are cached and 4633 maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal 4634 to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the 4635 pressure to page allocator, also it makes the 4636 whole algorithm to behave better in low memory 4637 condition. 4638 4639 rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL] 4640 Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds) 4641 in response to low-memory conditions. The range 4642 of permitted values is in the range 0:100000. 4643 4644 rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL] 4645 Set delay from grace-period initialization to 4646 first attempt to force quiescent states. 4647 Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero, 4648 and maximum value is HZ. 4649 4650 rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL] 4651 Set delay between subsequent attempts to force 4652 quiescent states. Units are jiffies, minimum 4653 value is one, and maximum value is HZ. 4654 4655 rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL] 4656 Set required age in jiffies for a 4657 given grace period before RCU starts 4658 soliciting quiescent-state help from 4659 rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched(). 4660 If not specified, the kernel will calculate 4661 a value based on the most recent settings 4662 of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs 4663 and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs. 4664 This calculated value may be viewed in 4665 rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs. Any attempt to set 4666 rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully 4667 overwritten. 4668 4669 rcutree.kthread_prio= [KNL,BOOT] 4670 Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU 4671 kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for 4672 the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N) 4673 and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh, 4674 rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is 4675 set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1 4676 (the least-favored priority). Otherwise, when 4677 RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and 4678 the default is zero (non-realtime operation). 4679 When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the 4680 priority of NOCB callback kthreads. 4681 4682 rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL] 4683 Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in 4684 each group, which defaults to the square root 4685 of the number of CPUs. Larger numbers reduce 4686 the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period 4687 kthread, but increases that same overhead on 4688 each group's NOCB grace-period kthread. 4689 4690 rcutree.qhimark= [KNL] 4691 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which 4692 batch limiting is disabled. 4693 4694 rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL] 4695 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which 4696 batch limiting is re-enabled. 4697 4698 rcutree.qovld= [KNL] 4699 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which 4700 RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively 4701 enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to 4702 help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states. 4703 Set to less than zero to make this be set based 4704 on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to 4705 disable more aggressive help enlistment. 4706 4707 rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL] 4708 Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra 4709 wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than 4710 it should at force-quiescent-state time. 4711 This wake_up() will be accompanied by a 4712 WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump(). 4713 4714 rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL] 4715 In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels, 4716 this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay 4717 in microseconds. This defaults to zero. 4718 Larger delays increase the probability of 4719 catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use 4720 of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant 4721 rcu_read_unlock() has completed. 4722 4723 rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL] 4724 Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's 4725 rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining 4726 why a new grace period has not yet started. 4727 4728 rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL] 4729 Measure performance of asynchronous 4730 grace-period primitives such as call_rcu(). 4731 4732 rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL] 4733 Specify the maximum number of outstanding 4734 callbacks per writer thread. When a writer 4735 thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the 4736 corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow 4737 previously posted callbacks to drain. 4738 4739 rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL] 4740 Measure performance of expedited synchronous 4741 grace-period primitives. 4742 4743 rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL] 4744 Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of 4745 this parameter is to delay the start of the 4746 test until boot completes in order to avoid 4747 interference. 4748 4749 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL] 4750 Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding. 4751 4752 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL] 4753 Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu(). 4754 If this parameter has the same value as 4755 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single- 4756 and double-argument variants are tested. 4757 4758 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL] 4759 Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu(). 4760 If this parameter has the same value as 4761 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single- 4762 and double-argument variants are tested. 4763 4764 rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL] 4765 The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu(). 4766 4767 rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL] 4768 Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration. 4769 4770 rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL] 4771 Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number 4772 of allocations and frees. 4773 4774 rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL] 4775 Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects 4776 N, where N is the number of CPUs. A value 4777 "n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again 4778 the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N 4779 (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on. 4780 A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects 4781 a single reader. 4782 4783 rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL] 4784 Set number of RCU writers. The values operate 4785 the same as for rcuscale.nreaders. 4786 N, where N is the number of CPUs 4787 4788 rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL] 4789 Specify the RCU implementation to test. 4790 4791 rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL] 4792 Shut the system down after performance tests 4793 complete. This is useful for hands-off automated 4794 testing. 4795 4796 rcuscale.verbose= [KNL] 4797 Enable additional printk() statements. 4798 4799 rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL] 4800 Write-side holdoff between grace periods, 4801 in microseconds. The default of zero says 4802 no holdoff. 4803 4804 rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL] 4805 Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts 4806 in microseconds. 4807 4808 rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL] 4809 Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts 4810 in microseconds. 4811 4812 rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL] 4813 Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts 4814 in seconds. 4815 4816 rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL] 4817 Specifies the number of kthreads to be used 4818 for RCU grace-period forward-progress testing 4819 for the types of RCU supporting this notion. 4820 Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or 4821 greater than the number of CPUs cause the number 4822 of CPUs to be used. 4823 4824 rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL] 4825 Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning 4826 period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing. 4827 4828 rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL] 4829 Number of seconds to wait between successive 4830 forward-progress tests. 4831 4832 rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL] 4833 Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for 4834 need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress 4835 testing. 4836 4837 rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL] 4838 Use conditional/asynchronous update-side 4839 primitives, if available. 4840 4841 rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL] 4842 Use expedited update-side primitives, if available. 4843 4844 rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL] 4845 Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous 4846 update-side primitives, if available. 4847 4848 rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL] 4849 Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous 4850 update-side primitives, if available. If all 4851 of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=, 4852 rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync= 4853 are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted 4854 they are all non-zero. 4855 4856 rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL] 4857 Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more 4858 accurately, from a timer handler. Not all RCU 4859 flavors take kindly to this sort of thing. 4860 4861 rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL] 4862 Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader. 4863 This can of course result in splats, and is 4864 intended to test the ability of things like 4865 CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect 4866 such leaks. 4867 4868 rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL] 4869 Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing. 4870 4871 rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL] 4872 Set number of concurrent RCU writers. These just 4873 stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual 4874 test, hence the "fake". 4875 4876 rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL] 4877 Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers. 4878 Zero (the default) disables toggling. 4879 4880 rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL] 4881 Set the delay in milliseconds between successive 4882 callback-offload toggling attempts. 4883 4884 rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL] 4885 Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects 4886 N-1, where N is the number of CPUs. A value 4887 "n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again 4888 the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N 4889 (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on. 4890 4891 rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL] 4892 Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing. 4893 4894 rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL] 4895 Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing. 4896 4897 rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL] 4898 Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations, 4899 or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing. 4900 4901 rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL] 4902 Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used 4903 to test the interaction of RCU updaters and 4904 task-exit processing. 4905 4906 rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL] 4907 The number of times in a given read-then-exit 4908 episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads 4909 is spawned. 4910 4911 rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL] 4912 The delay, in seconds, between successive 4913 read-then-exit testing episodes. 4914 4915 rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL] 4916 Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks 4917 allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode 4918 during the rcutorture test. 4919 4920 rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL] 4921 Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This 4922 is useful for hands-off automated testing. 4923 4924 rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL] 4925 Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall 4926 warnings, zero to disable. 4927 4928 rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL] 4929 Sleep while stalling if set. This will result 4930 in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition 4931 to any other stall-related activity. 4932 4933 rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL] 4934 Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall. 4935 4936 rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL] 4937 Disable interrupts while stalling if set. 4938 4939 rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL] 4940 Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU 4941 grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall 4942 warnings, zero to disable. If both stall_cpu 4943 and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the 4944 kthread is starved first, then the CPU. 4945 4946 rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL] 4947 Time (s) between statistics printk()s. 4948 4949 rcutorture.stutter= [KNL] 4950 Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying 4951 five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds, 4952 wait for five seconds, and so on. This tests RCU's 4953 ability to transition abruptly to and from idle. 4954 4955 rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL] 4956 Test RCU priority boosting? 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes. 4957 "Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation 4958 under test support RCU priority boosting. 4959 4960 rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL] 4961 Duration (s) of each individual boost test. 4962 4963 rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL] 4964 Interval (s) between each boost test. 4965 4966 rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL] 4967 Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the 4968 rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter. 4969 4970 rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL] 4971 Specify the RCU implementation to test. 4972 4973 rcutorture.verbose= [KNL] 4974 Enable additional printk() statements. 4975 4976 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL] 4977 Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU 4978 stall warning. 4979 4980 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL] 4981 Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages. 4982 4983 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL] 4984 Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and 4985 rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur 4986 during early boot, that is, during the time 4987 before the init task is spawned. 4988 4989 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL] 4990 Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages. 4991 The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed 4992 value is 300 seconds. 4993 4994 rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL] 4995 Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning 4996 messages. The value is in milliseconds 4997 and the maximum allowed value is 21000 4998 milliseconds. Please note that this value is 4999 adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution. 5000 Setting this to zero causes the value from 5001 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after 5002 conversion from seconds to milliseconds). 5003 5004 rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL] 5005 Use expedited grace-period primitives, for 5006 example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead 5007 of synchronize_rcu(). This reduces latency, 5008 but can increase CPU utilization, degrade 5009 real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency. 5010 No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels. 5011 5012 rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL] 5013 Use only normal grace-period primitives, 5014 for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of 5015 synchronize_rcu_expedited(). This improves 5016 real-time latency, CPU utilization, and 5017 energy efficiency, but can expose users to 5018 increased grace-period latency. This parameter 5019 overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited. No effect on 5020 CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels. 5021 5022 rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL] 5023 Once boot has completed (that is, after 5024 rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use 5025 only normal grace-period primitives. No effect 5026 on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels. 5027 5028 But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables 5029 this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting 5030 it to the value one, that is, converting any 5031 post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace 5032 period to instead use normal non-expedited 5033 grace-period processing. 5034 5035 rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL] 5036 Set the maximum number of callbacks present 5037 at the beginning of a grace period that allows 5038 the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using 5039 a single callback queue. This switching only 5040 occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is 5041 set to the default value of -1. 5042 5043 rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL] 5044 Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time 5045 lock-contention events per jiffy required to 5046 cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU 5047 callback queuing. This switching only occurs 5048 when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to 5049 the default value of -1. 5050 5051 rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL] 5052 Set the number of callback queues to use for the 5053 RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors. The default 5054 of -1 allows this to be automatically (and 5055 dynamically) adjusted. This parameter is intended 5056 for use in testing. 5057 5058 rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL] 5059 Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will 5060 avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning 5061 of a given grace period. Setting a large 5062 number avoids disturbing real-time workloads, 5063 but lengthens grace periods. 5064 5065 rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL] 5066 Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall 5067 informational messages, which give some indication 5068 of the problem for those not patient enough to 5069 wait for ten minutes. Informational messages are 5070 only printed prior to the stall-warning message 5071 for a given grace period. Disable with a value 5072 less than or equal to zero. Defaults to ten 5073 seconds. A change in value does not take effect 5074 until the beginning of the next grace period. 5075 5076 rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL] 5077 Multiplier for time interval between successive 5078 RCU task stall informational messages for a given 5079 RCU tasks grace period. This value is clamped 5080 to one through ten, inclusive. It defaults to 5081 the value three, so that the first informational 5082 message is printed 10 seconds into the grace 5083 period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at 5084 160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600 5085 seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds. 5086 5087 rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL] 5088 Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall 5089 warning messages. Disable with a value less 5090 than or equal to zero. Defaults to ten minutes. 5091 A change in value does not take effect until 5092 the beginning of the next grace period. 5093 5094 rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL] 5095 Run the RCU early boot self tests 5096 5097 rdinit= [KNL] 5098 Format: <full_path> 5099 Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, 5100 used for early userspace startup. See initrd. 5101 5102 rdrand= [X86] 5103 force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the 5104 advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects 5105 certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS 5106 support, specifically around the suspend/resume 5107 path). 5108 5109 rdt= [HW,X86,RDT] 5110 Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is: 5111 cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp, 5112 mba. 5113 E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use: 5114 rdt=cmt,!mba 5115 5116 reboot= [KNL] 5117 Format (x86 or x86_64): 5118 [w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \ 5119 [[,]s[mp]#### \ 5120 [[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \ 5121 [[,]f[orce] 5122 Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio 5123 (prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic 5124 reboot only), 5125 reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci, 5126 reboot_force is either force or not specified, 5127 reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor 5128 to be used for rebooting. 5129 5130 refscale.holdoff= [KNL] 5131 Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of 5132 this parameter is to delay the start of the 5133 test until boot completes in order to avoid 5134 interference. 5135 5136 refscale.loops= [KNL] 5137 Set the number of loops over the synchronization 5138 primitive under test. Increasing this number 5139 reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead, 5140 but the default has already reduced the per-pass 5141 noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020 5142 x86 laptops. 5143 5144 refscale.nreaders= [KNL] 5145 Set number of readers. The default value of -1 5146 selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number 5147 of CPUs. A value of zero is an interesting choice. 5148 5149 refscale.nruns= [KNL] 5150 Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto 5151 the console log. 5152 5153 refscale.readdelay= [KNL] 5154 Set the read-side critical-section duration, 5155 measured in microseconds. 5156 5157 refscale.scale_type= [KNL] 5158 Specify the read-protection implementation to test. 5159 5160 refscale.shutdown= [KNL] 5161 Shut down the system at the end of the performance 5162 test. This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when 5163 refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave 5164 it running) when refscale is built as a module. 5165 5166 refscale.verbose= [KNL] 5167 Enable additional printk() statements. 5168 5169 refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL] 5170 Batch the additional printk() statements. If zero 5171 (the default) or negative, print everything. Otherwise, 5172 print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value 5173 specified. 5174 5175 relax_domain_level= 5176 [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level. 5177 See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst. 5178 5179 reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory 5180 Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...] 5181 Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use 5182 them. If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region 5183 is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory. 5184 5185 reservetop= [X86-32] 5186 Format: nn[KMG] 5187 Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual 5188 address space. 5189 5190 reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device 5191 during initialization. 5192 5193 resume= [SWSUSP] 5194 Specify the partition device for software suspend 5195 Format: 5196 {/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>} 5197 5198 resume_offset= [SWSUSP] 5199 Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition 5200 given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located, 5201 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files). 5202 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst 5203 5204 resumedelay= [HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to 5205 read the resume files 5206 5207 resumewait [HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up. 5208 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously 5209 (e.g. USB and MMC devices). 5210 5211 retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction 5212 5213 rfkill.default_state= 5214 0 "airplane mode". All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm, 5215 etc. communication is blocked by default. 5216 1 Unblocked. 5217 5218 rfkill.master_switch_mode= 5219 0 The "airplane mode" button does nothing. 5220 1 The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything 5221 blocked and the previous configuration. 5222 2 The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything 5223 blocked and everything unblocked. 5224 5225 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] 5226 Set number of hash buckets for route cache 5227 5228 ring3mwait=disable 5229 [KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported 5230 CPUs. 5231 5232 ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot 5233 5234 rodata= [KNL] 5235 on Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default). 5236 off Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging. 5237 5238 rockchip.usb_uart 5239 Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port 5240 on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the 5241 debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb 5242 port and the regular usb controller gets disabled. 5243 5244 root= [KNL] Root filesystem 5245 See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c. 5246 5247 rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to 5248 mount the root filesystem 5249 5250 rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string 5251 5252 rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type 5253 5254 rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up. 5255 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously 5256 (e.g. USB and MMC devices). 5257 5258 rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address] 5259 [KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block. 5260 Memory area to be used by remote processor image, 5261 managed by CMA. 5262 5263 rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot 5264 5265 S [KNL] Run init in single mode 5266 5267 s390_iommu= [HW,S390] 5268 Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode 5269 strict 5270 With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in 5271 an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse, 5272 which is faster. 5273 5274 s390_iommu_aperture= [KNL,S390] 5275 Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space 5276 accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal 5277 factor of the size of main memory. 5278 The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use 5279 as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed, 5280 if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory 5281 once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice 5282 and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no 5283 restrictions other than those given by hardware at the 5284 cost of significant additional memory use for tables. 5285 5286 sa1100ir [NET] 5287 See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c. 5288 5289 sched_verbose [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages. 5290 5291 schedstats= [KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics. 5292 Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature 5293 incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler 5294 but is useful for debugging and performance tuning. 5295 5296 sched_thermal_decay_shift= 5297 [KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal 5298 pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the 5299 default decay period of other scheduler pelt 5300 signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting 5301 sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay 5302 period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift 5303 value. 5304 i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms 5305 sched_thermal_decay_shift thermal pressure decay pr 5306 1 64 ms 5307 2 128 ms 5308 and so on. 5309 Format: integer between 0 and 10 5310 Default is 0. 5311 5312 scftorture.holdoff= [KNL] 5313 Number of seconds to hold off before starting 5314 test. Defaults to zero for module insertion and 5315 to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function() 5316 tests. 5317 5318 scftorture.longwait= [KNL] 5319 Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected 5320 up to the chosen limit in seconds. Zero (the 5321 default) disables this feature. Please note 5322 that requesting even small non-zero numbers of 5323 seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings, 5324 softlockup complaints, and so on. 5325 5326 scftorture.nthreads= [KNL] 5327 Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the 5328 smp_call_function() family of functions. 5329 The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads 5330 equal to the number of CPUs. 5331 5332 scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL] 5333 Number seconds to wait after the start of the 5334 test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations. 5335 5336 scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL] 5337 Number seconds to wait between successive 5338 CPU-hotplug operations. Specifying zero (which 5339 is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations. 5340 5341 scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL] 5342 The number of seconds following the start of the 5343 test after which to shut down the system. The 5344 default of zero avoids shutting down the system. 5345 Non-zero values are useful for automated tests. 5346 5347 scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL] 5348 The number of seconds between outputting the 5349 current test statistics to the console. A value 5350 of zero disables statistics output. 5351 5352 scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL] 5353 The number of jiffies to wait between each change 5354 to the set of CPUs under test. 5355 5356 scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL] 5357 Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default 5358 preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug 5359 while invoking one of the smp_call_function*() 5360 functions. 5361 5362 scftorture.verbose= [KNL] 5363 Enable additional printk() statements. 5364 5365 scftorture.weight_single= [KNL] 5366 The probability weighting to use for the 5367 smp_call_function_single() function with a zero 5368 "wait" parameter. A value of -1 selects the 5369 default if all other weights are -1. However, 5370 if at least one weight has some other value, a 5371 value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero. 5372 5373 scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL] 5374 The probability weighting to use for the 5375 smp_call_function_single() function with a 5376 non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single. 5377 5378 scftorture.weight_many= [KNL] 5379 The probability weighting to use for the 5380 smp_call_function_many() function with a zero 5381 "wait" parameter. See weight_single. 5382 Note well that setting a high probability for 5383 this weighting can place serious IPI load 5384 on the system. 5385 5386 scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL] 5387 The probability weighting to use for the 5388 smp_call_function_many() function with a 5389 non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single 5390 and weight_many. 5391 5392 scftorture.weight_all= [KNL] 5393 The probability weighting to use for the 5394 smp_call_function_all() function with a zero 5395 "wait" parameter. See weight_single and 5396 weight_many. 5397 5398 scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL] 5399 The probability weighting to use for the 5400 smp_call_function_all() function with a 5401 non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single 5402 and weight_many. 5403 5404 skew_tick= [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate 5405 xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock 5406 contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set. 5407 Format: { "0" | "1" } 5408 0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1" 5409 1 -- enable. 5410 Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be 5411 enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads. 5412 5413 security= [SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to 5414 enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the 5415 "lsm=" parameter. 5416 5417 selinux= [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time. 5418 Format: { "0" | "1" } 5419 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. 5420 0 -- disable. 5421 1 -- enable. 5422 Default value is 1. 5423 5424 apparmor= [APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time 5425 Format: { "0" | "1" } 5426 See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text 5427 0 -- disable. 5428 1 -- enable. 5429 Default value is set via kernel config option. 5430 5431 serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32] 5432 5433 sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst 5434 5435 shapers= [NET] 5436 Maximal number of shapers. 5437 5438 simeth= [IA-64] 5439 simscsi= 5440 5441 slram= [HW,MTD] 5442 5443 slab_merge [MM] 5444 Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the 5445 kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT. 5446 5447 slab_nomerge [MM] 5448 Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be 5449 necessary if there is some reason to distinguish 5450 allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened 5451 environments where the risk of heap overflows and 5452 layout control by attackers can usually be 5453 frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce 5454 most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single 5455 cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly 5456 unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their 5457 own. 5458 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst. 5459 5460 slab_max_order= [MM, SLAB] 5461 Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. 5462 A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory 5463 fragmentation. Defaults to 1 for systems with 5464 more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise. 5465 5466 slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...] [MM, SLUB] 5467 Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the 5468 culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling 5469 slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and 5470 may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the 5471 last alloc / free. For more information see 5472 Documentation/vm/slub.rst. 5473 5474 slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB] 5475 Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. 5476 A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory 5477 fragmentation. For more information see 5478 Documentation/vm/slub.rst. 5479 5480 slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB] 5481 The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will 5482 increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to 5483 generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain 5484 the number of objects indicated. The higher the number 5485 of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs 5486 and the less frequently locks need to be acquired. 5487 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst. 5488 5489 slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB] 5490 Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be 5491 lower than slub_max_order. 5492 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst. 5493 5494 slub_merge [MM, SLUB] 5495 Same with slab_merge. 5496 5497 slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB] 5498 Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy. 5499 See slab_nomerge for more information. 5500 5501 smart2= [HW] 5502 Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]] 5503 5504 smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL] 5505 Specify the period of time in milliseconds 5506 that smp_call_function() and friends will wait 5507 for a CPU to release the CSD lock. This is 5508 useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs 5509 disabling interrupts for extended periods 5510 of time. Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and 5511 setting a value of zero disables this feature. 5512 This feature may be more efficiently disabled 5513 using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter. 5514 5515 smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices 5516 smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg= [HW] Device configuration I/O port 5517 smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir= [HW] SIR base I/O port 5518 smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir= [HW] FIR base I/O port 5519 smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq= [HW] IRQ line 5520 smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma= [HW] DMA channel 5521 smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type: 5522 0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select) 5523 1: Fast pin select (default) 5524 2: ATC IRMode 5525 5526 smt= [KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical 5527 CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of 5528 symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the 5529 actual hardware limit. 5530 Format: <integer> 5531 Default: -1 (no limit) 5532 5533 softlockup_panic= 5534 [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. 5535 Format: 0 | 1 5536 5537 A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector 5538 to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is 5539 also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl 5540 and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the 5541 respective build-time switch to that functionality. 5542 5543 softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace= 5544 [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate 5545 backtraces on all cpus. 5546 Format: 0 | 1 5547 5548 sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver 5549 See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst 5550 5551 spectre_v2= [X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2 5552 (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability. 5553 The default operation protects the kernel from 5554 user space attacks. 5555 5556 on - unconditionally enable, implies 5557 spectre_v2_user=on 5558 off - unconditionally disable, implies 5559 spectre_v2_user=off 5560 auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is 5561 vulnerable 5562 5563 Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a 5564 mitigation method at run time according to the 5565 CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the 5566 CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the 5567 compiler with which the kernel was built. 5568 5569 Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation 5570 against user space to user space task attacks. 5571 5572 Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and 5573 the user space protections. 5574 5575 Specific mitigations can also be selected manually: 5576 5577 retpoline - replace indirect branches 5578 retpoline,generic - Retpolines 5579 retpoline,lfence - LFENCE; indirect branch 5580 retpoline,amd - alias for retpoline,lfence 5581 eibrs - enhanced IBRS 5582 eibrs,retpoline - enhanced IBRS + Retpolines 5583 eibrs,lfence - enhanced IBRS + LFENCE 5584 5585 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 5586 spectre_v2=auto. 5587 5588 spectre_v2_user= 5589 [X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2 5590 (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between 5591 user space tasks 5592 5593 on - Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is 5594 enforced by spectre_v2=on 5595 5596 off - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is 5597 enforced by spectre_v2=off 5598 5599 prctl - Indirect branch speculation is enabled, 5600 but mitigation can be enabled via prctl 5601 per thread. The mitigation control state 5602 is inherited on fork. 5603 5604 prctl,ibpb 5605 - Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is 5606 controlled per thread. IBPB is issued 5607 always when switching between different user 5608 space processes. 5609 5610 seccomp 5611 - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp 5612 threads will enable the mitigation unless 5613 they explicitly opt out. 5614 5615 seccomp,ibpb 5616 - Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is 5617 controlled per thread. IBPB is issued 5618 always when switching between different 5619 user space processes. 5620 5621 auto - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on 5622 the available CPU features and vulnerability. 5623 5624 Default mitigation: "prctl" 5625 5626 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 5627 spectre_v2_user=auto. 5628 5629 spec_store_bypass_disable= 5630 [HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation 5631 (Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability) 5632 5633 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a 5634 a common industry wide performance optimization known 5635 as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores 5636 to the same memory location may not be observed by 5637 later loads during speculative execution. The idea 5638 is that such stores are unlikely and that they can 5639 be detected prior to instruction retirement at the 5640 end of a particular speculation execution window. 5641 5642 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded 5643 store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for 5644 example to read memory to which the attacker does not 5645 directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code). 5646 5647 This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store 5648 Bypass optimization is used. 5649 5650 On x86 the options are: 5651 5652 on - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass 5653 off - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass 5654 auto - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an 5655 implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and 5656 picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the 5657 CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the 5658 CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is 5659 architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below. 5660 prctl - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread 5661 via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled 5662 for a process by default. The state of the control 5663 is inherited on fork. 5664 seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads 5665 will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out. 5666 5667 Default mitigations: 5668 X86: "prctl" 5669 5670 On powerpc the options are: 5671 5672 on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding 5673 barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7 5674 perform a software flush on kernel entry and 5675 exit. 5676 off - No action. 5677 5678 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 5679 spec_store_bypass_disable=auto. 5680 5681 spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] 5682 spia_fio_base= 5683 spia_pedr= 5684 spia_peddr= 5685 5686 split_lock_detect= 5687 [X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection 5688 5689 When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic 5690 instructions that access data across cache line 5691 boundaries will result in an alignment check exception 5692 for split lock detection or a debug exception for 5693 bus lock detection. 5694 5695 off - not enabled 5696 5697 warn - the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings 5698 about applications triggering the #AC 5699 exception or the #DB exception. This mode is 5700 the default on CPUs that support split lock 5701 detection or bus lock detection. Default 5702 behavior is by #AC if both features are 5703 enabled in hardware. 5704 5705 fatal - the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications 5706 that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB 5707 exception. Default behavior is by #AC if 5708 both features are enabled in hardware. 5709 5710 ratelimit:N - 5711 Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks 5712 per second for bus lock detection. 5713 0 < N <= 1000. 5714 5715 N/A for split lock detection. 5716 5717 5718 If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in 5719 firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode) 5720 the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal" 5721 mode. 5722 5723 #DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when 5724 CPL > 0. 5725 5726 srbds= [X86,INTEL] 5727 Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling 5728 (SRBDS) mitigation. 5729 5730 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like 5731 exploit which can leak bits from the random 5732 number generator. 5733 5734 By default, this issue is mitigated by 5735 microcode. However, the microcode fix can cause 5736 the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become 5737 much slower. Among other effects, this will 5738 result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom. 5739 5740 The microcode mitigation can be disabled with 5741 the following option: 5742 5743 off: Disable mitigation and remove 5744 performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED 5745 5746 srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL] 5747 Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a 5748 large system, such that srcu_struct structures 5749 should immediately allocate an srcu_node array. 5750 This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128, 5751 but takes effect only when the low-order four 5752 bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3 5753 (decide at boot). 5754 5755 srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL] 5756 Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree 5757 srcu_struct structure will be converted to big 5758 form, that is, with an rcu_node tree: 5759 5760 0: Never. 5761 1: At init_srcu_struct() time. 5762 2: When rcutorture decides to. 5763 3: Decide at boot time (default). 5764 0x1X: Above plus if high contention. 5765 5766 Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based 5767 on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids) 5768 instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS. 5769 5770 srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL] 5771 Specifies how frequently to check for 5772 grace-period sequence counter wrap for the 5773 srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field. 5774 The greater the number of bits set in this kernel 5775 parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will 5776 be checked for. Note that the bottom two bits 5777 are ignored. 5778 5779 srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL] 5780 Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse 5781 since the end of the last SRCU grace period for 5782 a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU 5783 grace period will be considered for automatic 5784 expediting. Set to zero to disable automatic 5785 expediting. 5786 5787 srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL] 5788 Specifies the number of update-side contention 5789 events per jiffy will be tolerated before 5790 initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct 5791 structure to big form. Note that the value of 5792 srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit 5793 set for contention-based conversions to occur. 5794 5795 ssbd= [ARM64,HW] 5796 Speculative Store Bypass Disable control 5797 5798 On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative 5799 Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a 5800 firmware based mitigation, this parameter 5801 indicates how the mitigation should be used: 5802 5803 force-on: Unconditionally enable mitigation for 5804 for both kernel and userspace 5805 force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for 5806 for both kernel and userspace 5807 kernel: Always enable mitigation in the 5808 kernel, and offer a prctl interface 5809 to allow userspace to register its 5810 interest in being mitigated too. 5811 5812 stack_guard_gap= [MM] 5813 override the default stack gap protection. The value 5814 is in page units and it defines how many pages prior 5815 to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks 5816 growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other 5817 mapping. Default value is 256 pages. 5818 5819 stack_depot_disable= [KNL] 5820 Setting this to true through kernel command line will 5821 disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory 5822 consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set 5823 to false. 5824 5825 stacktrace [FTRACE] 5826 Enabled the stack tracer on boot up. 5827 5828 stacktrace_filter=[function-list] 5829 [FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer 5830 will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated 5831 list of functions. This list can be changed at run 5832 time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs 5833 tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing 5834 and the stacktrace above is not needed. 5835 5836 sti= [PARISC,HW] 5837 Format: <num> 5838 Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC 5839 machines) console (graphic card) which should be used 5840 as the initial boot-console. 5841 See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c. 5842 5843 sti_font= [HW] 5844 See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c. 5845 5846 stifb= [HW] 5847 Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]] 5848 5849 strict_sas_size= 5850 [X86] 5851 Format: <bool> 5852 Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks 5853 against the required signal frame size which 5854 depends on the supported FPU features. This can 5855 be used to filter out binaries which have 5856 not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ. 5857 5858 sunrpc.min_resvport= 5859 sunrpc.max_resvport= 5860 [NFS,SUNRPC] 5861 SunRPC servers often require that client requests 5862 originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the 5863 range 0 < portnr < 1024). 5864 An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these 5865 ports for other uses may adjust the range that the 5866 kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged 5867 using these two parameters to set the minimum and 5868 maximum port values. 5869 5870 sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit= 5871 [NFS,SUNRPC] 5872 Limit the number of requests that the server will 5873 process in parallel from a single connection. 5874 The default value is 0 (no limit). 5875 5876 sunrpc.pool_mode= 5877 [NFS] 5878 Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to 5879 service thread pools. Depending on how many NICs 5880 you have and where their interrupts are bound, this 5881 option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving. 5882 Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the 5883 NFS server is running. 5884 5885 auto the server chooses an appropriate mode 5886 automatically using heuristics 5887 global a single global pool contains all CPUs 5888 percpu one pool for each CPU 5889 pernode one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent 5890 to global on non-NUMA machines) 5891 5892 sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries= 5893 sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries= 5894 [NFS,SUNRPC] 5895 Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous 5896 RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a 5897 server. Increasing these values may allow you to 5898 improve throughput, but will also increase the 5899 amount of memory reserved for use by the client. 5900 5901 suspend.pm_test_delay= 5902 [SUSPEND] 5903 Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test 5904 mode before resuming the system (see 5905 /sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG 5906 is set. Default value is 5. 5907 5908 svm= [PPC] 5909 Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 } 5910 This parameter controls use of the Protected 5911 Execution Facility on pSeries. 5912 5913 swapaccount= [KNL] 5914 Format: [0|1] 5915 Enable accounting of swap in memory resource 5916 controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable 5917 it if 0 is given (See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst) 5918 5919 swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86] 5920 Format: { <int> | force | noforce } 5921 <int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs 5922 force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they 5923 wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel 5924 noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging) 5925 5926 switches= [HW,M68k] 5927 5928 sysctl.*= [KNL] 5929 Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init 5930 process, as if the value was written to the respective 5931 /proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as 5932 separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values 5933 are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered 5934 later by a loaded module cannot be set this way. 5935 Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40 5936 5937 sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL] 5938 Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev 5939 on older distributions. When this option is enabled 5940 very new udev will not work anymore. When this option 5941 is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled) 5942 in older udev will not work anymore. 5943 Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in 5944 the kernel configuration. 5945 5946 sysrq_always_enabled 5947 [KNL] 5948 Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will 5949 neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq. 5950 Useful for debugging. 5951 5952 tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET] 5953 Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots. 5954 Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total 5955 ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics 5956 cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst 5957 "tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details. 5958 5959 tdfx= [HW,DRM] 5960 5961 test_suspend= [SUSPEND] 5962 Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N] 5963 Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for 5964 standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze) 5965 as the system sleep state during system startup with 5966 the optional capability to repeat N number of times. 5967 The system is woken from this state using a 5968 wakeup-capable RTC alarm. 5969 5970 thash_entries= [KNL,NET] 5971 Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection 5972 5973 thermal.act= [HW,ACPI] 5974 -1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones 5975 <degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points 5976 5977 thermal.crt= [HW,ACPI] 5978 -1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones 5979 <degrees C>: override all critical trip points 5980 5981 thermal.nocrt= [HW,ACPI] 5982 Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone 5983 critical and hot trip points. 5984 5985 thermal.off= [HW,ACPI] 5986 1: disable ACPI thermal control 5987 5988 thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI] 5989 -1: disable all passive trip points 5990 <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this 5991 value 5992 5993 thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI] 5994 Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate 5995 <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency 5996 0: no polling (default) 5997 5998 threadirqs [KNL] 5999 Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those 6000 marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD. 6001 6002 topology= [S390] 6003 Format: {off | on} 6004 Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu 6005 topology information if the hardware supports this. 6006 The scheduler will make use of this information and 6007 e.g. base its process migration decisions on it. 6008 Default is on. 6009 6010 topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA] 6011 Format: {off} 6012 Specify if the kernel should ignore (off) 6013 topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this 6014 LPAR. 6015 6016 torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL] 6017 Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing 6018 until after init has spawned. 6019 6020 torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL] 6021 Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown, 6022 even if there were no errors. This can be a 6023 very costly operation when many torture tests 6024 are running concurrently, especially on systems 6025 with rotating-rust storage. 6026 6027 torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL] 6028 Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be 6029 emitted between each sleep. The default of zero 6030 disables verbose-printk() sleeping. 6031 6032 torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL] 6033 Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies. 6034 6035 tp720= [HW,PS2] 6036 6037 tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM] 6038 Format: integer pcr id 6039 Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver 6040 should extend the specified pcr with zeros, 6041 as a workaround for some chips which fail to 6042 flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState. 6043 This will guarantee that all the other pcrs 6044 are saved. 6045 6046 tp_printk [FTRACE] 6047 Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the 6048 tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up 6049 where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the 6050 option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a 6051 ftrace_dump_on_oops. 6052 6053 To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk, 6054 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk 6055 Note, echoing 1 into this file without the 6056 tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect. 6057 6058 The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used 6059 to stop the printing of events to console at 6060 late_initcall_sync. 6061 6062 ** CAUTION ** 6063 6064 Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high 6065 frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause 6066 the system to live lock. 6067 6068 tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE] 6069 When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise 6070 on the console. It may be useful to only include the 6071 printing of events during boot up, as user space may 6072 make the system inoperable. 6073 6074 This command line option will stop the printing of events 6075 to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame. 6076 6077 trace_buf_size=nn[KMG] 6078 [FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu. 6079 6080 trace_clock= [FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events 6081 at boot up. 6082 local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter 6083 (converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but 6084 depending on the architecture, may not be 6085 in sync between CPUs. 6086 global - Event time stamps are synchronize across 6087 CPUs. May be slower than the local clock, 6088 but better for some race conditions. 6089 counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..) 6090 note, some counts may be skipped due to the 6091 infrastructure grabbing the clock more than 6092 once per event. 6093 uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp. 6094 perf - Use the same clock that perf uses. 6095 mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps. 6096 mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time 6097 stamps. 6098 boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps. 6099 Architectures may add more clocks. See 6100 Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details. 6101 6102 trace_event=[event-list] 6103 [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order 6104 to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a 6105 comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See 6106 also Documentation/trace/events.rst 6107 6108 trace_options=[option-list] 6109 [FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot. 6110 The option-list is a comma delimited list of options 6111 that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were 6112 to echo the option name into 6113 6114 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options 6115 6116 For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the 6117 stack trace of each event), add to the command line: 6118 6119 trace_options=stacktrace 6120 6121 See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options" 6122 section. 6123 6124 traceoff_on_warning 6125 [FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a 6126 warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can 6127 be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on" 6128 file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/ 6129 6130 This option is useful, as it disables the trace before 6131 the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to 6132 be filled with content caused by the warning output. 6133 6134 This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl 6135 option: kernel/traceoff_on_warning 6136 6137 transparent_hugepage= 6138 [KNL] 6139 Format: [always|madvise|never] 6140 Can be used to control the default behavior of the system 6141 with respect to transparent hugepages. 6142 See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst 6143 for more details. 6144 6145 trusted.source= [KEYS] 6146 Format: <string> 6147 This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend 6148 for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust 6149 sources: 6150 - "tpm" 6151 - "tee" 6152 - "caam" 6153 If not specified then it defaults to iterating through 6154 the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the 6155 first trust source as a backend which is initialized 6156 successfully during iteration. 6157 6158 trusted.rng= [KEYS] 6159 Format: <string> 6160 The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys. 6161 Can be one of: 6162 - "kernel" 6163 - the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee" 6164 - "default" 6165 If not specified, "default" is used. In this case, 6166 the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source. 6167 6168 tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC. 6169 Format: <string> 6170 [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this 6171 disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well 6172 as the stability checks done at bootup. Used to enable 6173 high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in 6174 virtualized environment. 6175 [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting. 6176 Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any 6177 platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting 6178 can add overhead. 6179 [x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this 6180 marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and 6181 avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices. 6182 [x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used 6183 in situations with strict latency requirements (where 6184 interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not 6185 acceptable). 6186 6187 tsc_early_khz= [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given 6188 value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery 6189 procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems 6190 with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support. 6191 Format: <unsigned int> 6192 6193 tsx= [X86] Control Transactional Synchronization 6194 Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that 6195 support TSX control. 6196 6197 This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are: 6198 6199 on - Enable TSX on the system. Although there are 6200 mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities, 6201 TSX has been known to be an accelerator for 6202 several previous speculation-related CVEs, and 6203 so there may be unknown security risks associated 6204 with leaving it enabled. 6205 6206 off - Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this 6207 option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are 6208 not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have 6209 MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get 6210 the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode 6211 update. This new MSR allows for the reliable 6212 deactivation of the TSX functionality.) 6213 6214 auto - Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present, 6215 otherwise enable TSX on the system. 6216 6217 Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off. 6218 6219 See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst 6220 for more details. 6221 6222 tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async 6223 Abort (TAA) vulnerability. 6224 6225 Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS) 6226 certain CPUs that support Transactional 6227 Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an 6228 exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward 6229 information to a disclosure gadget under certain 6230 conditions. 6231 6232 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded 6233 data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to 6234 access data to which the attacker does not have direct 6235 access. 6236 6237 This parameter controls the TAA mitigation. The 6238 options are: 6239 6240 full - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs 6241 if TSX is enabled. 6242 6243 full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on 6244 vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT 6245 is not disabled because CPU is not 6246 vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks. 6247 off - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation 6248 6249 On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be 6250 prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities 6251 are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable 6252 this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too. 6253 6254 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 6255 tsx_async_abort=full. On CPUs which are MDS affected 6256 and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not 6257 required and doesn't provide any additional 6258 mitigation. 6259 6260 For details see: 6261 Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst 6262 6263 turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] 6264 TurboGraFX parallel port interface 6265 Format: 6266 <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7> 6267 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst 6268 6269 udbg-immortal [PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that 6270 happen after console_init() and before a proper 6271 console driver takes over, this boot options might 6272 help "seeing" what's going on. 6273 6274 uhash_entries= [KNL,NET] 6275 Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections 6276 6277 uhci-hcd.ignore_oc= 6278 [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N). 6279 Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of 6280 bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to 6281 anything. Set this parameter to avoid log spamming. 6282 Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be 6283 reported either. 6284 6285 unknown_nmi_panic 6286 [X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI. 6287 6288 usbcore.authorized_default= 6289 [USB] Default USB device authorization: 6290 (default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB, 6291 0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized 6292 if device connected to internal port) 6293 6294 usbcore.autosuspend= 6295 [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used 6296 for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This 6297 is the time required before an idle device will be 6298 autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set 6299 to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all. 6300 6301 usbcore.usbfs_snoop= 6302 [USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off). 6303 6304 usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max= 6305 [USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB 6306 (default = 65536). 6307 6308 usbcore.blinkenlights= 6309 [USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off). 6310 6311 usbcore.old_scheme_first= 6312 [USB] Start with the old device initialization 6313 scheme (default 0 = off). 6314 6315 usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb= 6316 [USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by 6317 usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047). 6318 6319 usbcore.use_both_schemes= 6320 [USB] Try the other device initialization scheme 6321 if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled). 6322 6323 usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout= 6324 [USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte 6325 USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds 6326 (default 5000 = 5.0 seconds). 6327 6328 usbcore.nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem 6329 6330 usbcore.quirks= 6331 [USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in 6332 usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by 6333 commas. Each entry has the form 6334 VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex 6335 numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter 6336 will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is 6337 clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have 6338 the following meanings: 6339 a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string 6340 descriptors must not be fetched using 6341 a 255-byte read); 6342 b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume 6343 correctly so reset it instead); 6344 c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle 6345 Set-Interface requests); 6346 d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't 6347 handle its Configuration or Interface 6348 strings); 6349 e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset 6350 (e.g morph devices), don't use reset); 6351 f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has 6352 more interface descriptions than the 6353 bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle 6354 talking to these interfaces); 6355 g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause 6356 during initialization, after we read 6357 the device descriptor); 6358 h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For 6359 high speed and super speed interrupt 6360 endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec 6361 require the interval in microframes (1 6362 microframe = 125 microseconds) to be 6363 calculated as interval = 2 ^ 6364 (bInterval-1). 6365 Devices with this quirk report their 6366 bInterval as the result of this 6367 calculation instead of the exponent 6368 variable used in the calculation); 6369 i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't 6370 handle device_qualifier descriptor 6371 requests); 6372 j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device 6373 generates spurious wakeup, ignore 6374 remote wakeup capability); 6375 k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link 6376 Power Management); 6377 l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL 6378 (Device reports its bInterval as linear 6379 frames instead of the USB 2.0 6380 calculation); 6381 m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs 6382 to be disconnected before suspend to 6383 prevent spurious wakeup); 6384 n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a 6385 pause after every control message); 6386 o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra 6387 delay after resetting its port); 6388 Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij 6389 6390 usbhid.mousepoll= 6391 [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. 6392 6393 usbhid.jspoll= 6394 [USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at. 6395 6396 usbhid.kbpoll= 6397 [USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at. 6398 6399 usb-storage.delay_use= 6400 [UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is 6401 scanned for Logical Units (default 1). 6402 6403 usb-storage.quirks= 6404 [UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or 6405 override the built-in unusual_devs list. List 6406 entries are separated by commas. Each entry has 6407 the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor 6408 and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and 6409 Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding 6410 to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows: 6411 a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes 6412 of sense data, not on uas); 6413 b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18 6414 bytes of sense data, not on uas); 6415 c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported 6416 device capacity by one sector); 6417 d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use 6418 READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas); 6419 e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use 6420 READ_CAPACITY_16 command); 6421 f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes 6422 command, uas only); 6423 g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than 6424 240 sectors at a time, uas only); 6425 h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the 6426 reported device capacity by one 6427 sector if the number is odd); 6428 i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this 6429 device); 6430 j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns 6431 command, uas only); 6432 k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only) 6433 l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and 6434 unlock ejectable media, not on uas); 6435 m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more 6436 than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time, 6437 not on uas); 6438 n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the 6439 initial READ(10) command, not on uas); 6440 o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity 6441 reported by the device, not on uas); 6442 p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON 6443 by default, not on uas); 6444 r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports 6445 bogus residue values, not on uas); 6446 s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one 6447 Logical Unit); 6448 t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16) 6449 commands, uas only); 6450 u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver); 6451 w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the 6452 medium is write-protected). 6453 y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE 6454 even if the device claims no cache, 6455 not on uas) 6456 Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc 6457 6458 user_debug= [KNL,ARM] 6459 Format: <int> 6460 See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text. 6461 1 - undefined instruction events 6462 2 - system calls 6463 4 - invalid data aborts 6464 8 - SIGSEGV faults 6465 16 - SIGBUS faults 6466 Example: user_debug=31 6467 6468 userpte= 6469 [X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations. 6470 6471 nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in 6472 HIGHMEM regardless of setting 6473 of CONFIG_HIGHPTE. 6474 6475 vdso= [X86,SH,SPARC] 6476 On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=. Otherwise: 6477 6478 vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default) 6479 vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping 6480 6481 vdso32= [X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO 6482 vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO 6483 vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO 6484 6485 See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more 6486 details. If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is 6487 vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1. 6488 6489 For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an 6490 alias for vdso32=0. 6491 6492 Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says: 6493 dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed! 6494 6495 vector= [IA-64,SMP] 6496 vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain 6497 6498 video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration 6499 See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst. 6500 6501 video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI] 6502 Format: [0|1] 6503 If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event 6504 generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness 6505 level and then send out the event to user space through 6506 the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver 6507 will only send out the event without touching backlight 6508 brightness level. 6509 default: 1 6510 6511 virtio_mmio.device= 6512 [VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device. 6513 6514 <size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>] 6515 where: 6516 <size> := size (can use standard suffixes 6517 like K, M and G) 6518 <baseaddr> := physical base address 6519 <irq> := interrupt number (as passed to 6520 request_irq()) 6521 <id> := (optional) platform device id 6522 example: 6523 virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7 6524 6525 Can be used multiple times for multiple devices. 6526 6527 vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode 6528 See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and 6529 Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst. 6530 Use vga=ask for menu. 6531 This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is 6532 passed to the kernel using a special protocol. 6533 6534 vm_debug[=options] [KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y. 6535 May slow down system boot speed, especially when 6536 enabled on systems with a large amount of memory. 6537 All options are enabled by default, and this 6538 interface is meant to allow for selectively 6539 enabling or disabling specific virtual memory 6540 debugging features. 6541 6542 Available options are: 6543 P Enable page structure init time poisoning 6544 - Disable all of the above options 6545 6546 vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact 6547 size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the 6548 minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to 6549 decrease the size and leave more room for directly 6550 mapped kernel RAM. 6551 6552 vmcp_cma=nn[MG] [KNL,S390] 6553 Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory 6554 allocations for the vmcp device driver. 6555 6556 vmhalt= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt. 6557 Format: <command> 6558 6559 vmpanic= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic. 6560 Format: <command> 6561 6562 vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off. 6563 Format: <command> 6564 6565 vsyscall= [X86-64] 6566 Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to 6567 fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy 6568 code). Most statically-linked binaries and older 6569 versions of glibc use these calls. Because these 6570 functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice 6571 targets for exploits that can control RIP. 6572 6573 emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are 6574 emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall 6575 page is readable. 6576 6577 xonly Vsyscalls turn into traps and are 6578 emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall 6579 page is not readable. 6580 6581 none Vsyscalls don't work at all. This makes 6582 them quite hard to use for exploits but 6583 might break your system. 6584 6585 vt.color= [VT] Default text color. 6586 Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background. 6587 Default: 0x07 = light gray on black. 6588 6589 vt.cur_default= [VT] Default cursor shape. 6590 Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as 6591 the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence; 6592 see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline. 6593 6594 vt.default_blu= [VT] 6595 Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15> 6596 Change the default blue palette of the console. 6597 This is a 16-member array composed of values 6598 ranging from 0-255. 6599 6600 vt.default_grn= [VT] 6601 Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15> 6602 Change the default green palette of the console. 6603 This is a 16-member array composed of values 6604 ranging from 0-255. 6605 6606 vt.default_red= [VT] 6607 Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15> 6608 Change the default red palette of the console. 6609 This is a 16-member array composed of values 6610 ranging from 0-255. 6611 6612 vt.default_utf8= 6613 [VT] 6614 Format=<0|1> 6615 Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's. 6616 Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all 6617 newly opened terminals. 6618 6619 vt.global_cursor_default= 6620 [VT] 6621 Format=<-1|0|1> 6622 Set system-wide default for whether a cursor 6623 is shown on new VTs. Default is -1, 6624 i.e. cursors will be created by default unless 6625 overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide 6626 cursors, 1 will display them. 6627 6628 vt.italic= [VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15. 6629 Default: 2 = green. 6630 6631 vt.underline= [VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15. 6632 Default: 3 = cyan. 6633 6634 watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers, 6635 see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst 6636 or other driver-specific files in the 6637 Documentation/watchdog/ directory. 6638 6639 watchdog_thresh= 6640 [KNL] 6641 Set the hard lockup detector stall duration 6642 threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector 6643 threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0 6644 disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10 6645 seconds. 6646 6647 workqueue.watchdog_thresh= 6648 If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can 6649 warn stall conditions and dump internal state to 6650 help debugging. 0 disables workqueue stall 6651 detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold 6652 duration in seconds. The default value is 30 and 6653 it can be updated at runtime by writing to the 6654 corresponding sysfs file. 6655 6656 workqueue.disable_numa 6657 By default, all work items queued to unbound 6658 workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're 6659 issued on, which results in better behavior in 6660 general. If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for 6661 whatever reason, this option can be used. Note 6662 that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for 6663 workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/. 6664 6665 workqueue.power_efficient 6666 Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because 6667 they show better performance thanks to cache 6668 locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to 6669 be more power hungry than unbound workqueues. 6670 6671 Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which 6672 were observed to contribute significantly to power 6673 consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower 6674 power usage at the cost of small performance 6675 overhead. 6676 6677 The default value of this parameter is determined by 6678 the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT. 6679 6680 workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu 6681 Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work 6682 items queued without explicit CPU specified are put 6683 on the local CPU. This guarantee is no longer true 6684 and while local CPU is still preferred work items 6685 may be put on foreign CPUs. This debug option 6686 forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out 6687 usages which depend on the now broken guarantee. 6688 When enabled, memory and cache locality will be 6689 impacted. 6690 6691 x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of 6692 default x2apic cluster mode on platforms 6693 supporting x2apic. 6694 6695 xen_512gb_limit [KNL,X86-64,XEN] 6696 Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen 6697 to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is 6698 crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain 6699 save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger 6700 domains. 6701 6702 xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN] 6703 Unplug Xen emulated devices 6704 Format: [unplug0,][unplug1] 6705 ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices 6706 aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices 6707 nics -- unplug network devices 6708 all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks) 6709 unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is 6710 unnecessary even if the host did not respond to 6711 the unplug protocol 6712 never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds 6713 6714 xen_legacy_crash [X86,XEN] 6715 Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late 6716 panic() code such as dumping handler. 6717 6718 xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN] 6719 Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations. 6720 This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which 6721 has equivalent effect for XEN platform. 6722 6723 xen_nopv [X86] 6724 Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to 6725 run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers. 6726 This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which 6727 has equivalent effect for XEN platform. 6728 6729 xen_no_vector_callback 6730 [KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen 6731 event channel interrupts. 6732 6733 xen_scrub_pages= [XEN] 6734 Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back 6735 to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime 6736 with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages. 6737 Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT. 6738 6739 xen_timer_slop= [X86-64,XEN] 6740 Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen 6741 timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum 6742 delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values 6743 improve timer resolution at the expense of processing 6744 more timer interrupts. 6745 6746 xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN] 6747 The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot 6748 in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory. 6749 Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and 6750 started with less memory configured than allowed at 6751 max. Default is 180. 6752 6753 xen.event_eoi_delay= [XEN] 6754 How long to delay EOI handling in case of event 6755 storms (jiffies). Default is 10. 6756 6757 xen.event_loop_timeout= [XEN] 6758 After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop 6759 should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2. 6760 6761 xen.fifo_events= [XEN] 6762 Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling 6763 even if available. Normally fifo event handling is 6764 preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is 6765 fairer and the number of possible event channels is 6766 much higher. Default is on (use fifo events). 6767 6768 nopv= [X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE] 6769 Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run 6770 as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support 6771 XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest. 6772 6773 nopvspin [X86,XEN,KVM] 6774 Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations 6775 which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock 6776 contention. 6777 6778 xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] 6779 Format: 6780 <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] 6781 6782 xive= [PPC] 6783 By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will 6784 natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option 6785 allows the fallback firmware mode to be used: 6786 6787 off Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt 6788 controller on both pseries and powernv 6789 platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above. 6790 6791 xive.store-eoi=off [PPC] 6792 By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use 6793 stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode 6794 is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use 6795 loads instead, as on POWER9. 6796 6797 xhci-hcd.quirks [USB,KNL] 6798 A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci 6799 host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be 6800 consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h. 6801 6802 xmon [PPC] 6803 Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off } 6804 Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off. 6805 Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early". 6806 early Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon 6807 debugger is called from setup_arch(). 6808 on xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon 6809 is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode, 6810 i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled 6811 with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE. 6812 rw xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon 6813 is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write, 6814 meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data 6815 can be written using xmon commands. 6816 ro same as "rw" option above but SPR registers, 6817 memory, and other data can't be written using 6818 xmon commands. 6819 off xmon is disabled. 6820