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1	accept_memory=  [MM]
2			Format: { eager | lazy }
3			default: lazy
4			By default, unaccepted memory is accepted lazily to
5			avoid prolonged boot times. The lazy option will add
6			some runtime overhead until all memory is eventually
7			accepted. In most cases the overhead is negligible.
8			For some workloads or for debugging purposes
9			accept_memory=eager can be used to accept all memory
10			at once during boot.
11
12	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64,RISCV64,EARLY]
13			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
14			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
15				  copy_dsdt }
16			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
17			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64,riscv64]
18			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
19			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
20			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
21				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
22			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
23			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
24			For ARM64 and RISCV64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or
25			"acpi=force" are available
26
27			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
28
29	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI,IOAPIC,EARLY]
30			Format: <int>
31			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
32			1,0: use 1st APIC table
33			default: 0
34
35	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
36			{ vendor | video | native | none }
37			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
38			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
39			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
40			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
41			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
42			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
43
44	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr [ACPI,EARLY]
45			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
46			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
47			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
48			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
49
50	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
51			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
52			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
53			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
54			This option is useful for developers to identify the
55			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
56			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
57
58	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
59	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
60			Format: <int>
61			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
62			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
63			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
64			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
65			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
66			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
67			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
68			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
69			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
70			debug layers and levels.
71
72			Enable processor driver info messages:
73			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
74			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
75			object while interpreting AML:
76			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
77			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
78			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
79
80			Some values produce so much output that the system is
81			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
82			if you need to capture more output.
83
84	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
85			{ strict | lax | no }
86			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
87			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
88			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
89			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
90			can interfere with legacy drivers.
91			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
92			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
93			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
94			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
95			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
96			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
97			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
98			no further checks are performed.
99
100	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI,EARLY]
101			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
102			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
103			size limitation.
104
105	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
106			ACPI will balance active IRQs
107			default in APIC mode
108
109	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
110			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
111			default in PIC mode
112
113	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
114			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
115
116	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
117			use by PCI
118			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
119
120	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
121			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
122			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
123			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
124			the GPE dispatcher.
125			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
126			GPE floodings.
127			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
128
129	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
131			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
132			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
133			auto-serialization feature.
134			This feature is enabled by default.
135			This option allows to turn off the feature.
136
137	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
138			   kernels.
139
140	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI,EARLY]
141			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
142			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
143			installed automatically and they will appear under
144			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
145			This option turns off this feature.
146			Note that specifying this option does not affect
147			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
148			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
149
150	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
151			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
152			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
153
154	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC,EARLY]
155			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
156			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
157			second kernel for kdump.
158
159	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
160			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
161
162	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
163			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
164			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
165			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
166			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
167
168	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
169			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
170			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
171			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
172			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
173						  strings
174			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
175						  strings
176			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
177
178			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
179			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
180			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
181			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
182			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
183			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
184			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
185			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
186			care about the state of the feature group strings which
187			should be controlled by the OSPM.
188			Examples:
189			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
190			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
191			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
192
193			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
194			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
195			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
196			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
197			multiple times through kernel command line is also
198			meaningless.
199			Examples:
200			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
201			     FALSE.
202
203			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
204			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
205			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
206			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
207			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
208			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
209			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
210			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
211			is useful when one want to control the state of the
212			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
213			the OSPM features.
214			Examples:
215			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
216			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
217			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
218			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
219			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
220			     equivalent to
221			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
222			     and
223			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
224			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
225
226	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
227			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
228			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
229			and always returns good values.
230
231	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI,EARLY] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
232			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
233
234	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
235			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
236			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
237
238	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
239			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
240				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
241				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
242			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
243			s3_bios and s3_mode.
244			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
245			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
246			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
247			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
248			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
249			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
250			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
251			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
252			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
253			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
254			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
255			used (or even warned about) during resume.
256			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
257			control method, with respect to putting devices into
258			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
259			of _PTS is used by default).
260			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
261			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
262			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
263			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
264			but some broken systems don't work without it).
265			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
266			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
267			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
268
269	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
270			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
271			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
272
273	add_efi_memmap	[EFI,X86,EARLY] Include EFI memory map in
274			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
275
276	agp=		[AGP]
277			{ off | try_unsupported }
278			off: disable AGP support
279			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
280				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
281
282	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
283			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
284
285	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
286			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
287			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
288			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
289
290	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
291			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
292			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
293			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
294			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
295			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
296			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
297
298			32: only for 32-bit processes
299			64: only for 64-bit processes
300			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
301			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
302
303	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
304			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
305			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
306			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
307			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
308			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
309
310	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64,EARLY]
311			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
312			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
313			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
314			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
315			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
316			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
317
318			See Documentation/arch/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
319			information.
320
321	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
322			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
323			Possible values are:
324			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
325			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
326				    the system
327			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
328					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
329					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
330					  requirements as needed. This option
331					  does not override iommu=pt
332			force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
333				       to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
334				       option with care.
335			pgtbl_v1     - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default).
336			pgtbl_v2     - Use v2 page table for DMA-API.
337			irtcachedis  - Disable Interrupt Remapping Table (IRT) caching.
338
339	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
340			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
341			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
342			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
343			IOMMU initialization.
344
345	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
346			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
347			remapping modes:
348			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
349			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
350			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
351			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
352			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
353
354	amd_pstate=	[X86,EARLY]
355			disable
356			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
357			  scaling driver for the supported processors
358			passive
359			  Use amd_pstate with passive mode as a scaling driver.
360			  In this mode autonomous selection is disabled.
361			  Driver requests a desired performance level and platform
362			  tries to match the same performance level if it is
363			  satisfied by guaranteed performance level.
364			active
365			  Use amd_pstate_epp driver instance as the scaling driver,
366			  driver provides a hint to the hardware if software wants
367			  to bias toward performance (0x0) or energy efficiency (0xff)
368			  to the CPPC firmware. then CPPC power algorithm will
369			  calculate the runtime workload and adjust the realtime cores
370			  frequency.
371			guided
372			  Activate guided autonomous mode. Driver requests minimum and
373			  maximum performance level and the platform autonomously
374			  selects a performance level in this range and appropriate
375			  to the current workload.
376
377	amd_prefcore=
378			[X86]
379			disable
380			  Disable amd-pstate preferred core.
381
382	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
383			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
384			Format: <a>,<b>
385			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
386
387	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
388			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
389			connected to one of 16 gameports
390			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
391
392	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
393			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
394			Format: noidle
395			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
396			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
397			APC and your system crashes randomly.
398
399	apic=		[APIC,X86,EARLY] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
400			Change the output verbosity while booting
401			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
402			Change the amount of debugging information output
403			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
404			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
405			driver name.
406			Format: apic=driver_name
407			Examples: apic=bigsmp
408
409	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86,EARLY] External NMI delivery setting
410			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
411			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
412			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
413			      backup of CPU 0
414			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
415			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
416			      shot down by NMI
417
418	autoconf=	[IPV6]
419			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
420
421	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
422			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
423
424	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
425			Format: { "0" | "1" }
426			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
427			0 -- disable.
428			1 -- enable.
429			Default value is set via kernel config option.
430
431	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
432			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
433
434	arm64.no32bit_el0 [ARM64] Unconditionally disable the execution of
435			32 bit applications.
436
437	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
438			Identification support
439
440	arm64.nomops	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory
441			Set instructions support
442
443	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
444			support
445
446	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
447			support
448
449	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
450			Extension support
451
452	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
453			Extension support
454
455	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
456
457	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
458
459	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
460			EzKey and similar keyboards
461
462	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
463
464	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
465			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
466
467	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
468			keyboards
469
470	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
471			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
472
473	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
474			Use software keyboard repeat
475
476	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
477			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
478			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
479			    enabled until the next reboot
480			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
481			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
482			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
483			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
484			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
485			    userspace auditd.
486			Default: unset
487
488	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
489			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
490			Default: 64
491
492	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
493			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
494			Format: { "0" | "1" }
495			0 - Disable the BAU.
496			1 - Enable the BAU.
497			unset - Disable the BAU.
498
499	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
500			Format: <io>,<mode>
501
502	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
503			Format: <io>,<mode>
504			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
505
506	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
507			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
508			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
509			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
510
511	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
512			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
513			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
514			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
515
516	bert_disable	[ACPI]
517			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
518
519	bgrt_disable	[ACPI,X86,EARLY]
520			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
521
522	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
523			embedded devices based on command line input.
524			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
525
526	boot_delay=	[KNL,EARLY]
527			Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
528			Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled,
529			and you may also have to specify "lpj=".  Boot_delay
530			values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed
531			erroneous and ignored.
532			Format: integer
533
534	bootconfig	[KNL,EARLY]
535			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
536			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
537
538			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
539
540	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
541	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
542			kernel args too.
543	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
544	bttv.tuner=
545
546	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
547			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
548			at a time.
549
550	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
551
552	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
553			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
554			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
555			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
556			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
557			This option provides an override for these situations.
558
559	carrier_timeout=
560			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
561			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
562			it waits 120 seconds.
563
564	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
565			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
566			trust validation.
567			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
568
569	cca=		[MIPS,EARLY] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
570			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
571			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
572			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
573			others).
574
575	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
576			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
577
578	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
579			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
580			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
581			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
582			  a single hierarchy
583			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
584			  subsystem
585			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
586			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
587			  created
588			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
589			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
590			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
591			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
592			stall information accounting feature
593
594	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
595			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
596			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
597			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
598			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
599			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
600			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
601			all v1 hierarchies.
602
603	cgroup_favordynmods= [KNL] Enable or Disable favordynmods.
604			Format: { "true" | "false" }
605			Defaults to the value of CONFIG_CGROUP_FAVOR_DYNMODS.
606
607	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
608			Format: <string>
609			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
610			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
611			nobpf -- Disable BPF memory accounting.
612
613	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
614			Format: { "0" | "1" }
615			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
616			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
617				any implied execute protection).
618			1 -- check protection requested by application.
619			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
620			Value can be changed at runtime via
621				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
622			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
623
624	cio_ignore=	[S390]
625			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
626
627	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
628			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
629			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
630			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
631			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
632			ones should be.
633			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
634			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
635			instability issue. However, not all features have names
636			in /proc/cpuinfo.
637			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
638			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
639			or using the feature without checking anything
640			will still see it. This just prevents it from
641			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
642			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
643			some critical bits.
644
645	clk_ignore_unused
646			[CLK]
647			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
648			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
649			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
650			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
651			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
652			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
653			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
654			platform with proper driver support.  For more
655			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
656
657	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
658			[Deprecated]
659			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
660			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
661			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
662			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
663
664	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
665			Format: <string>
666			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
667			with the name specified.
668			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
669			the platform:
670			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
671			[ACPI] acpi_pm
672			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
673				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
674			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
675				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
676			[MIPS] MIPS
677			[PARISC] cr16
678			[S390] tod
679			[SH] SuperH
680			[SPARC64] tick
681			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
682
683	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
684			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
685			Format: <bool>
686			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
687			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
688			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
689			systems.
690
691	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
692			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
693			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
694			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
695			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
696			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
697			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
698			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
699			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
700
701	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
702			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
703			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
704			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
705			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
706
707	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
708			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
709			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
710			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
711			placement constraint by the physical address range of
712			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
713			altogether. For more information, see
714			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
715
716	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
717			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
718			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
719			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
720			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
721			specified, the default value is 0.
722			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
723			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
724			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
725			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
726
727	numa_cma=<node>:nn[MG][,<node>:nn[MG]]
728			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
729			Sets the size of kernel numa memory area for
730			contiguous memory allocations. It will reserve CMA
731			area for the specified node.
732
733			With numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
734			first try to allocate buffer from the numa area
735			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
736			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
737
738	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
739			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
740			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
741			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
742			a hypervisor.
743			Default: yes
744
745	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL,EARLY]
746			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
747			allocations, by default set to 256K.
748
749	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
750			Format:
751			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
752
753	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
754			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
755
756	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
757			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
758			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
759
760	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
761	conmode=
762
763	con3215_drop=	[S390,EARLY] 3215 console drop mode.
764			Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
765			When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
766			the console buffer is full. In this case the
767			operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
768			x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
769			console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
770			This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
771			terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
772			emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
773
774	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
775
776		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
777
778		ttyS<n>[,options]
779		ttyUSB0[,options]
780			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
781			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
782			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
783			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
784			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
785
786			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
787			information.  See
788			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
789			alternative.
790
791		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
792		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
793		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
794		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
795		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
796			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
797			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
798			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
799			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
800			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
801			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
802			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
803			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
804			the h/w is not re-initialized.
805
806		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
807			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
808
809		{ null | "" }
810			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
811			console messages discarded.
812			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
813			kernel command line.
814
815		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
816		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
817			console=brl,ttyS0
818		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
819
820	console_msg_format=
821			[KNL] Change console messages format
822		default
823			By default we print messages on consoles in
824			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
825			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
826			`printk_time' param).
827		syslog
828			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
829			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
830			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
831			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
832			from /proc/kmsg.
833
834	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
835			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
836			Defaults to 0.
837
838	coredump_filter=
839			[KNL] Change the default value for
840			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
841			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
842
843	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
844			[ARM,ARM64]
845			Format: <bool>
846			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
847			0: default value, disable debugging
848			1: enable debugging at boot time
849
850	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
851			Format:
852			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
853
854	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
855			disable the cpuidle sub-system
856
857	cpuidle.governor=
858			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
859
860	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
861			disable the cpufreq sub-system
862
863	cpufreq.default_governor=
864			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
865			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
866			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
867
868	cpu_init_udelay=N
869			[X86,EARLY] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
870			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
871			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
872			Default: 10000
873
874	cpuhp.parallel=
875			[SMP] Enable/disable parallel bringup of secondary CPUs
876			Format: <bool>
877			Default is enabled if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PARALLEL=y. Otherwise
878			the parameter has no effect.
879
880	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
881			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
882			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
883			succeeds in any situation.
884			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
885			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
886			kernel more unstable.
887
888	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
889			[KNL,EARLY] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
890			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
891			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
892			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
893			is selected automatically.
894			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] Select a region
895			under 4G first, and fall back to reserve region above
896			4G when '@offset' hasn't been specified.
897			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
898
899	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
900			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
901			in the running system. The syntax of range is
902			start-[end] where start and end are both
903			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
904			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
905
906	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
907			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range could be
908			above 4G.
909			Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top,
910			so could be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram
911			installed. Otherwise memory region will be allocated
912			below 4G, if available.
913			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
914	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
915			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range under 4G.
916			When crashkernel=X,high is passed, kernel could allocate
917			physical memory region above 4G, that cause second kernel
918			crash on system that require some amount of low memory,
919			e.g. swiotlb requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also
920			enough extra low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers
921			for 32-bit devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
922			default	size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
923			size is	platform dependent.
924			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
925			  --> arm64: 128MiB
926			  --> riscv: 128MiB
927			  --> loongarch: 128MiB
928			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
929			for second kernel instead.
930			0: to disable low allocation.
931			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
932			or memory reserved is below 4G.
933
934	cryptomgr.notests
935			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
936
937	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
938			Format: <dma>
939
940	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
941			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
942
943	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable or disable debug add-ons of cross-CPU
944			function call handling. When switched on,
945			additional debug data is printed to the console
946			in case a hanging CPU is detected, and that
947			CPU is pinged again in order to try to resolve
948			the hang situation.  The default value of this
949			option depends on the CSD_LOCK_WAIT_DEBUG_DEFAULT
950			Kconfig option.
951
952	dasd=		[HW,NET]
953			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
954
955	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
956			(one device per port)
957			Format: <port#>,<type>
958			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
959
960	debug		[KNL,EARLY] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
961
962	debug_boot_weak_hash
963			[KNL,EARLY] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
964			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
965			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
966			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
967			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
968			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
969
970	debug_locks_verbose=
971			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
972			Format: <int>
973			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
974			self-tests.
975			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
976			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
977			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
978			useful to lockdep developers.
979
980	debug_objects	[KNL,EARLY] Enable object debugging
981
982	debug_guardpage_minorder=
983			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
984			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
985			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
986			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
987			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
988			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
989			possible value is MAX_PAGE_ORDER/2.  Setting this
990			parameter to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most
991			random memory corruption problems caused by bugs in
992			kernel or driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads
993			from) a random memory location. Note that there exists
994			a class of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy
995			H/W or F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA
996			(basically when memory is written at bus level and the
997			CPU MMU is bypassed) which are not detectable by
998			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not
999			help tracking down these problems.
1000
1001	debug_pagealloc=
1002			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
1003			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
1004			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
1005			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
1006			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
1007			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
1008			on: enable the feature
1009
1010	debugfs=    	[KNL,EARLY] This parameter enables what is exposed to
1011			userspace and debugfs internal clients.
1012			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
1013			on: 	All functions are enabled.
1014			no-mount:
1015				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
1016			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
1017				its content. There is nothing to mount.
1018			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
1019			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
1020				or directories within debugfs.
1021				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
1022				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
1023			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
1024
1025	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
1026
1027	default_hugepagesz=
1028			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
1029			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
1030			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
1031			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
1032			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
1033			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
1034			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
1035			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1036			Format: size[KMG]
1037
1038	deferred_probe_timeout=
1039			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
1040			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
1041			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
1042			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
1043			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
1044			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
1045			successful driver registration. This option will also
1046			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
1047			retrying.
1048
1049	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
1050
1051	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
1052			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1053			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1054			hardware.
1055
1056	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1057			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1058			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1059			blacklisted features.
1060
1061	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1062			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1063			(disabled by default).
1064
1065	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1066			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1067			capability is set.
1068
1069	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1070			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1071
1072	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1073			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1074
1075	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1076			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1077			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1078			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1079			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1080			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1081			          only (compression on level 1)
1082			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1083			          only (decompression)
1084			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1085			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1086
1087	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1088			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1089
1090	disable_1tb_segments [PPC,EARLY]
1091			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1092			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1093			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1094			miss to occur.
1095
1096	disable=	[IPV6]
1097			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1098
1099	disable_radix	[PPC,EARLY]
1100			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1101
1102	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1103			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1104			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1105
1106	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES,EARLY]
1107			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1108			to workaround buggy firmware.
1109
1110	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1111			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1112
1113	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
1114			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1115			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1116			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1117
1118	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only,EARLY]
1119			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1120			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1121			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1122			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1123
1124	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86,EARLY]
1125			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1126			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1127
1128	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1129
1130	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1131			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1132
1133	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1134			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1135			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1136			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1137			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1138			architectural default is too low.
1139
1140	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1141			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1142			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1143			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1144			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1145			driver later using sysfs.
1146
1147	reg_file_data_sampling=
1148			[X86] Controls mitigation for Register File Data
1149			Sampling (RFDS) vulnerability. RFDS is a CPU
1150			vulnerability which may allow userspace to infer
1151			kernel data values previously stored in floating point
1152			registers, vector registers, or integer registers.
1153			RFDS only affects Intel Atom processors.
1154
1155			on:	Turns ON the mitigation.
1156			off:	Turns OFF the mitigation.
1157
1158			This parameter overrides the compile time default set
1159			by CONFIG_MITIGATION_RFDS. Mitigation cannot be
1160			disabled when other VERW based mitigations (like MDS)
1161			are enabled. In order to disable RFDS mitigation all
1162			VERW based mitigations need to be disabled.
1163
1164			For details see:
1165			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst
1166
1167	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1168			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1169			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1170			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1171			match the *.
1172			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1173
1174	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1175			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1176			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1177			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1178			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1179			An EDID data set will only be used for a particular
1180			connector, if its name and a colon are prepended to
1181			the EDID name. Each connector may use a unique EDID
1182			data set by separating the files with a comma. An EDID
1183			data set with no connector name will be used for
1184			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1185
1186	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1187
1188	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC,EARLY]
1189			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1190			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1191			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1192			exists).
1193			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1194			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1195			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1196
1197	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1198			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1199			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1200			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1201
1202	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1203	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1204			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1205			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1206			for details.
1207
1208	early_ioremap_debug [KNL,EARLY]
1209			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1210			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1211			which are not unmapped.
1212
1213	earlycon=	[KNL,EARLY] Output early console device and options.
1214
1215			When used with no options, the early console is
1216			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1217			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1218			the platform.
1219
1220		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1221			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1222			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1223			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1224			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1225			configured.
1226
1227		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1228		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1229		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1230		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1231		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1232			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1233			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1234			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1235			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1236			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1237			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1238			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1239			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized. 'uartclk' is
1240			the uart clock frequency; if unspecified, it is set
1241			to 'BASE_BAUD' * 16.
1242
1243		pl011,<addr>
1244		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1245			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1246			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1247			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1248			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1249			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1250			the device registers.
1251
1252		liteuart,<addr>
1253			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1254			specified address. The serial port must already be
1255			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1256
1257		meson,<addr>
1258			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1259			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1260			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1261			supported.
1262
1263		msm_serial,<addr>
1264			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1265			port at the specified address. The serial port
1266			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1267			yet supported.
1268
1269		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1270			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1271			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1272			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1273			yet supported.
1274
1275		owl,<addr>
1276			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1277			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1278			specified address. The serial port must already be
1279			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1280
1281		rda,<addr>
1282			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1283			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1284			specified address. The serial port must already be
1285			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1286
1287		sbi
1288			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1289			console.
1290
1291		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1292
1293		s3c2410,<addr>
1294		s3c2412,<addr>
1295		s3c2440,<addr>
1296		s3c6400,<addr>
1297		s5pv210,<addr>
1298		exynos4210,<addr>
1299			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1300			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1301			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1302			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1303			Options are not yet supported.
1304
1305		lantiq,<addr>
1306			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1307			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1308			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1309			yet supported.
1310
1311		lpuart,<addr>
1312		lpuart32,<addr>
1313			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1314			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1315			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1316			port must already be setup and configured.
1317
1318		ec_imx21,<addr>
1319		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1320			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1321			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1322			must already be setup and configured.
1323
1324		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1325			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1326			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1327			address. The serial port must already be setup
1328			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1329
1330		qcom_geni,<addr>
1331			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1332			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1333			specified address. The serial port must already be
1334			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1335
1336		efifb,[options]
1337			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1338			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1339			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1340			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1341			mapped with the correct attributes.
1342
1343		linflex,<addr>
1344			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1345			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1346			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1347			already be setup and configured.
1348
1349	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390,UM,EARLY]
1350			earlyprintk=vga
1351			earlyprintk=sclp
1352			earlyprintk=xen
1353			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1354			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1355			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1356			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1357			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1358			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1359			earlyprintk=bios
1360
1361			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1362			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1363			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1364
1365			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1366			takes over.
1367
1368			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1369			be used at a time.
1370
1371			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1372			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1373			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1374			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1375				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1376			You can find the port for a given device in
1377			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1378				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1379
1380			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1381			very good.
1382
1383			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1384			the real console.
1385
1386			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1387
1388			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1389
1390			The bios output can only be used on SuperH.
1391
1392			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1393			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1394			UART class.
1395
1396	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1397			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1398			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1399			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1400			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1401			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1402			default: on.
1403
1404	edd=		[EDD]
1405			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1406
1407	efi=		[EFI,EARLY]
1408			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1409				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1410				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1411			debug: enable misc debug output.
1412			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1413			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1414			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1415			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1416			firmware implementations.
1417			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1418			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1419			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1420			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1421			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1422			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1423			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1424			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1425			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1426			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1427
1428	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI,X86,EARLY]
1429			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1430			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1431			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1432			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1433
1434	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI,X86,EARLY]
1435			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1436			updating original EFI memory map.
1437			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1438			from ss to ss+nn.
1439
1440			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1441			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1442			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1443			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1444
1445			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1446			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1447			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1448
1449			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1450			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1451			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1452			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1453			"soft reserved".
1454
1455	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1456			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1457			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1458			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1459			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1460
1461
1462	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1463			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1464
1465	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB,EARLY] Allow early kernel console debugging
1466			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1467
1468			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1469			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1470
1471			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1472			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1473			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1474			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1475
1476	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1477			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1478			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1479
1480	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [PPC,SH,X86,S390,EARLY]
1481			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1482			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1483			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1484			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1485
1486	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
1487			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1488			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1489			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1490
1491	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1492			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1493			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1494			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1495			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1496
1497	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1498			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1499			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1500			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1501			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1502			Default value is 0.
1503			Value can be changed at runtime via
1504			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1505
1506	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1507			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1508			support.
1509
1510	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1511			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1512			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1513
1514	evm=		[EVM]
1515			Format: { "fix" }
1516			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1517			current integrity status.
1518
1519	early_page_ext [KNL,EARLY] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1520			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1521			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1522			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1523			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1524			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1525			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1526
1527	failslab=
1528	fail_usercopy=
1529	fail_page_alloc=
1530	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1531			General fault injection mechanism.
1532			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1533			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1534
1535	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1536			Format: { initns | none }
1537			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1538			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1539
1540	floppy=		[HW]
1541			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1542
1543	forcepae	[X86-32]
1544			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1545			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1546			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1547			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1548			and may cause unknown problems.
1549
1550	fred=		[X86-64]
1551			Enable/disable Flexible Return and Event Delivery.
1552			Format: { on | off }
1553			on: enable FRED when it's present.
1554			off: disable FRED, the default setting.
1555
1556	ftrace=[tracer]
1557			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1558			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1559			boot debugging.
1560
1561	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1562			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1563			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1564			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1565			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1566			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1567			start up functionality.
1568
1569			Optionally, the snapshot can also be defined for a tracing
1570			instance that was created by the trace_instance= command
1571			line parameter.
1572
1573			trace_instance=foo,sched_switch ftrace_boot_snapshot=foo
1574
1575			The above will cause the "foo" tracing instance to trigger
1576			a snapshot at the end of boot up.
1577
1578	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=2(orig_cpu) | =<instance>][,<instance> |
1579			  ,<instance>=2(orig_cpu)]
1580			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1581			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump global
1582			buffers of all CPUs, if you pass 2 or orig_cpu, it
1583			will dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered
1584			the oops, or the specific instance will be dumped if
1585			its name is passed. Multiple instance dump is also
1586			supported, and instances are separated by commas. Each
1587			instance supports only dump on CPU that triggered the
1588			oops by passing 2 or orig_cpu to it.
1589
1590			ftrace_dump_on_oops=foo=orig_cpu
1591
1592			The above will dump only the buffer of "foo" instance
1593			on CPU that triggered the oops.
1594
1595			ftrace_dump_on_oops,foo,bar=orig_cpu
1596
1597			The above will dump global buffer on all CPUs, the
1598			buffer of "foo" instance on all CPUs and the buffer
1599			of "bar" instance on CPU that triggered the oops.
1600
1601	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1602			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1603			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1604			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1605			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1606			tracing directory.
1607
1608	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1609			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1610			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1611			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1612			tracing directory.
1613
1614	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1615			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1616			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1617			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1618			that can be changed at run time by the
1619			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1620
1621	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1622			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1623			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1624			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1625			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1626
1627	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1628			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1629			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1630			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1631			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1632
1633	fw_devlink=	[KNL,EARLY] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1634			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1635			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1636			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1637			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1638			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1639			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1640			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1641			suppliers).
1642			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1643			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1644			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1645				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1646				up (sync_state() calls).
1647			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1648				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1649			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1650
1651	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1652			[KNL,EARLY] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1653			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1654			Format: <bool>
1655
1656	fw_devlink.sync_state =
1657			[KNL,EARLY] When all devices that could probe have finished
1658			probing, this parameter controls what to do with
1659			devices that haven't yet received their sync_state()
1660			calls.
1661			Format: { strict | timeout }
1662			strict -- Default. Continue waiting on consumers to
1663				probe successfully.
1664			timeout -- Give up waiting on consumers and call
1665				sync_state() on any devices that haven't yet
1666				received their sync_state() calls after
1667				deferred_probe_timeout has expired or by
1668				late_initcall() if !CONFIG_MODULES.
1669
1670	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1671			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1672			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1673			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1674			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1675
1676	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1677
1678	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64,EARLY] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1679			Format: off | on
1680			default: on
1681
1682	gather_data_sampling=
1683			[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control the Gather Data Sampling (GDS)
1684			mitigation.
1685
1686			Gather Data Sampling is a hardware vulnerability which
1687			allows unprivileged speculative access to data which was
1688			previously stored in vector registers.
1689
1690			This issue is mitigated by default in updated microcode.
1691			The mitigation may have a performance impact but can be
1692			disabled. On systems without the microcode mitigation
1693			disabling AVX serves as a mitigation.
1694
1695			force:	Disable AVX to mitigate systems without
1696				microcode mitigation. No effect if the microcode
1697				mitigation is present. Known to cause crashes in
1698				userspace with buggy AVX enumeration.
1699
1700			off:	Disable GDS mitigation.
1701
1702	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1703			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1704			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1705			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1706			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1707
1708	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1709			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1710			android emulator
1711
1712	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1713			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1714			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1715	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1716			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1717
1718	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1719			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1720			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1721			GPT to be used instead.
1722
1723	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1724			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1725			Format: 0 | 1
1726			Default: 0
1727	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1728			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1729			Format: 0 | 1
1730			Default: 0
1731	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1732			Format: 0 | 1
1733			Default: 0
1734	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1735			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1736			Default: 1024
1737	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1738			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1739			Default: 1024
1740
1741	hardened_usercopy=
1742			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1743			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1744			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1745			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1746			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1747			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1748			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1749		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1750		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1751
1752	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1753			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1754			backtraces on all cpus.
1755			Format: 0 | 1
1756
1757	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1758			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1759			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1760			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1761
1762	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1763
1764	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1765			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1766
1767	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1768			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1769			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1770			logic will be disabled.
1771
1772	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1773		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1774				present during boot.
1775		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1776		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1777		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1778				(that will set all pages holding image data
1779				during restoration read-only).
1780
1781	hibernate.compressor= 	[HIBERNATION] Compression algorithm to be
1782				used with hibernation.
1783				Format: { lzo | lz4 }
1784				Default: lzo
1785
1786				lzo: Select LZO compression algorithm to
1787				compress/decompress hibernation image.
1788
1789				lz4: Select LZ4 compression algorithm to
1790				compress/decompress hibernation image.
1791
1792	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1793			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1794			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1795			size on bigger boxes.
1796
1797	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1798			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1799			Default: "on"
1800
1801	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1802
1803	hostname=	[KNL,EARLY] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1804			Format: <string>
1805			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1806			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1807			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1808			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1809			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1810			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1811			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1812			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1813			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1814			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1815
1816	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1817			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1818				verbose }
1819			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1820			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1821				VIA, nVidia)
1822			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1823
1824	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1825			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1826
1827	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1828			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1829			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1830			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1831			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1832			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1833			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1834			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1835			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1836				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1837
1838	hugepagesz=
1839			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1840			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1841			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1842			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1843			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1844			architecture dependent.  See also
1845			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1846			Format: size[KMG]
1847
1848	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA,EARLY] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1849			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1850			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1851			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1852				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1853
1854			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1855			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1856			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1857
1858	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1859			[KNL] Requires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1860			enabled.
1861			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1862			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1863			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1864			Format: { on | off (default) }
1865
1866			on: enable HVO
1867			off: disable HVO
1868
1869			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1870			the default is on.
1871
1872			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1873			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1874			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1875			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1876			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1877
1878	hung_task_panic=
1879			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1880			Format: 0 | 1
1881
1882			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1883			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1884			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1885			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1886			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1887
1888	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1889				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1890	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1891				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1892				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1893
1894	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V,EARLY]
1895			Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1896			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest
1897			on lock contention.
1898
1899	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1900				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1901				registered from board initialization code.
1902				Format:
1903				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1904
1905	i2c_touchscreen_props= [HW,ACPI,X86]
1906			Set device-properties for ACPI-enumerated I2C-attached
1907			touchscreen, to e.g. fix coordinates of upside-down
1908			mounted touchscreens. If you need this option please
1909			submit a drivers/platform/x86/touchscreen_dmi.c patch
1910			adding a DMI quirk for this.
1911
1912			Format:
1913			<ACPI_HW_ID>:<prop_name>=<val>[:prop_name=val][:...]
1914			Where <val> is one of:
1915			Omit "=<val>" entirely	Set a boolean device-property
1916			Unsigned number		Set a u32 device-property
1917			Anything else		Set a string device-property
1918
1919			Examples (split over multiple lines):
1920			i2c_touchscreen_props=GDIX1001:touchscreen-inverted-x:
1921			touchscreen-inverted-y
1922
1923			i2c_touchscreen_props=MSSL1680:touchscreen-size-x=1920:
1924			touchscreen-size-y=1080:touchscreen-inverted-y:
1925			firmware-name=gsl1680-vendor-model.fw:silead,home-button
1926
1927	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1928	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1929			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1930			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1931			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1932	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1933	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1934			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1935			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1936	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1937	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1938	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1939			     for the AUX port
1940	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1941			     controller
1942	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1943			     controllers
1944	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1945	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1946			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1947			     transitions, or never reset
1948			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1949			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1950			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1951			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1952			architectures force reset to be always executed
1953	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1954	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1955	i8042.probe_defer
1956			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1957
1958	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1959
1960	i915.invert_brightness=
1961			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1962			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1963			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1964			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1965			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1966			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1967			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1968			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1969			value switches the backlight off.
1970			-1 -- never invert brightness
1971			 0 -- machine default
1972			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1973
1974	ia32_emulation=	[X86-64]
1975			Format: <bool>
1976			When true, allows loading 32-bit programs and executing 32-bit
1977			syscalls, essentially overriding IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED at
1978			boot time. When false, unconditionally disables IA32 emulation.
1979
1980	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1981			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1982
1983
1984	idle=		[X86,EARLY]
1985			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1986			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1987			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1988			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1989			Not recommended.
1990			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1991			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1992			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1993
1994	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1995			Format: <bool>
1996			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1997			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1998			true (1).
1999
2000	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
2001			Format: <bool>
2002			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
2003			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
2004
2005	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
2006			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
2007			Default: strict
2008
2009			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
2010			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
2011			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
2012			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
2013			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
2014			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
2015			encoding mode.
2016
2017			Available settings are as follows:
2018			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
2019				supported by the FPU
2020			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
2021				by the FPU
2022			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
2023				by the FPU
2024			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
2025				supported by the FPU
2026
2027			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
2028			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
2029			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
2030			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
2031			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
2032			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
2033			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
2034			MIPS64 CPUs.
2035
2036			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
2037			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
2038			except where unsupported by hardware.
2039
2040	ignore_loglevel	[KNL,EARLY]
2041			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
2042			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
2043			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
2044			could change it dynamically, usually by
2045			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
2046
2047	ignore_rlimit_data
2048			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
2049			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
2050			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
2051
2052	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
2053			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
2054
2055	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
2056			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
2057			default: "enforce"
2058
2059	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2060			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
2061			owned by uid=0.
2062
2063	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
2064			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
2065			measurements, instead of host native format.
2066
2067	ima_hash=	[IMA]
2068			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
2069				   | sha512 | ... }
2070			default: "sha1"
2071
2072			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
2073			in crypto/hash_info.h.
2074
2075	ima_policy=	[IMA]
2076			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
2077			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
2078				 fail_securely | critical_data"
2079
2080			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
2081			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
2082			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
2083			uid=0.
2084
2085			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
2086			all files owned by root.
2087
2088			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
2089			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
2090			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
2091
2092			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
2093			verification failure also on privileged mounted
2094			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
2095			flag.
2096
2097			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
2098			critical data.
2099
2100	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2101			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
2102			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
2103			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
2104			opened for read by uid=0.
2105
2106	ima_template=	[IMA]
2107			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
2108			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
2109				   "ima-sigv2" }
2110			Default: "ima-ng"
2111
2112	ima_template_fmt=
2113			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
2114			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
2115
2116	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
2117			Format: <min_file_size>
2118			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
2119			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
2120
2121			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
2122			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2123			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
2124
2125	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
2126			Format: <bufsize>
2127			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
2128
2129			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
2130			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2131			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
2132
2133	init=		[KNL]
2134			Format: <full_path>
2135			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
2136			process.
2137
2138	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
2139			for working out where the kernel is dying during
2140			startup.
2141
2142	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
2143			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
2144			modules and initcalls.
2145
2146	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2147			Format: <bool>
2148			Default: 1
2149			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2150			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2151			with devices being probed and
2152			initialized. This should normally just work,
2153			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2154			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2155			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2156			late_ initcalls.
2157
2158	initrd=		[BOOT,EARLY] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2159
2160	initrdmem=	[KNL,EARLY] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2161			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2162			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2163			setting.
2164			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2165			Default is 0, 0
2166
2167	init_on_alloc=	[MM,EARLY] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2168			zeroes.
2169			Format: 0 | 1
2170			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2171
2172	init_on_free=	[MM,EARLY] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2173			Format: 0 | 1
2174			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2175
2176	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2177			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2178			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2179			override in debugfs after boot.
2180
2181	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2182			Format: <irq>
2183
2184	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2185
2186	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2187			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2188			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2189			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2190
2191	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2192		on
2193			Enable intel iommu driver.
2194		off
2195			Disable intel iommu driver.
2196		igfx_off [Default Off]
2197			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2198			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2199			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2200			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2201			DMA.
2202		strict [Default Off]
2203			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2204		sp_off [Default Off]
2205			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2206			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2207			not be supported.
2208		sm_on
2209			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2210			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2211			translation.
2212		sm_off
2213			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2214		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2215			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2216			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2217			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2218			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2219			mapping is enabled.
2220			Note that using this option lowers the security
2221			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2222			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2223
2224	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2225			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2226			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2227
2228	intel_pstate=	[X86,EARLY]
2229			disable
2230			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2231			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2232                        active
2233                          Use intel_pstate driver to bypass the scaling
2234                          governors layer of cpufreq and provides it own
2235                          algorithms for p-state selection. There are two
2236                          P-state selection algorithms provided by
2237                          intel_pstate in the active mode: powersave and
2238                          performance.  The way they both operate depends
2239                          on whether or not the hardware managed P-states
2240                          (HWP) feature has been enabled in the processor
2241                          and possibly on the processor model.
2242			passive
2243			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2244			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2245			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2246			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2247			  feature.
2248			force
2249			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2250			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2251			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2252			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2253			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2254			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2255			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2256			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2257			no_hwp
2258			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2259			  if available.
2260			hwp_only
2261			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2262			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2263			support_acpi_ppc
2264			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2265			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2266			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2267			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2268			per_cpu_perf_limits
2269			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2270			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2271
2272	intremap=	[X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY]
2273			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2274			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2275			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2276			no_x2apic_optout
2277				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2278			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2279			posted_msi
2280				enable MSIs delivered as posted interrupts
2281
2282	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2283		strict	regions from userspace.
2284		relaxed
2285
2286	iommu=		[X86,EARLY]
2287		off
2288		force
2289		noforce
2290		biomerge
2291		panic
2292		nopanic
2293		merge
2294		nomerge
2295		soft
2296		pt		[X86]
2297		nopt		[X86]
2298		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2299			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2300
2301	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64,X86,EARLY] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2302			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2303			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2304			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2305			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2306			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2307			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2308
2309	iommu.strict=	[ARM64,X86,S390,EARLY] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2310			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2311			0 - Lazy mode.
2312			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2313			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2314			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2315			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2316			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2317			1 - Strict mode.
2318			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2319			  synchronously.
2320			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2321			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2322			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2323
2324	iommu.passthrough=
2325			[ARM64,X86,EARLY] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2326			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2327			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2328			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2329			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2330
2331	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2332			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2333			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2334
2335	io_delay=	[X86,EARLY] I/O delay method
2336		0x80
2337			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2338		0xed
2339			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2340		udelay
2341			Simple two microseconds delay
2342		none
2343			No delay
2344
2345	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2346			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2347
2348	ipcmni_extend	[KNL,EARLY] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2349			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2350
2351	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2352			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2353
2354	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2355			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
2356			Format: <bool>
2357			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2358			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2359			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2360
2361	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2362			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
2363			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2364			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2365			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2366			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2367			LPIs.
2368
2369	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64,EARLY]
2370			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2371			requires the kernel to be built with
2372			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2373
2374	irqfixup	[HW]
2375			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2376			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2377			firmware running.
2378
2379	irqpoll		[HW]
2380			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2381			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2382			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2383			firmware running.
2384
2385	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2386			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2387
2388	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2389			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2390			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2391
2392			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2393			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2394
2395			nohz
2396			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2397
2398			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2399			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2400			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2401			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2402			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2403
2404			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2405			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2406			  be configured manually after bootup.
2407
2408			domain
2409			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2410			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2411			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2412			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2413			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2414			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2415			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2416			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2417
2418			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2419			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2420			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2421			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2422
2423			managed_irq
2424
2425			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2426			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2427			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2428			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2429			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2430
2431			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2432			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2433			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2434			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2435			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2436			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2437			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2438
2439			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2440			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2441			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2442			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2443			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2444			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2445			  queues.
2446
2447			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2448
2449	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2450
2451	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2452			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2453			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2454			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2455
2456			For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2457			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2458			write the parameter as:
2459				ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
2460
2461			Deprecated formats:
2462			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2463			  write the parameter as:
2464				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2465			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2466			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2467				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2468
2469	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2470			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2471			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2472			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2473
2474			For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
2475			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2476			write the parameter as:
2477				ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
2478
2479			Deprecated formats:
2480			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2481			  write the parameter as:
2482				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2483			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2484			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2485				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2486
2487	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2488			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2489			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2490			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2491
2492			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2493			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2494			write the parameter as:
2495				ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
2496
2497			Deprecated formats:
2498			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
2499			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2500				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2501			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2502			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2503				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2504
2505	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2506			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2507
2508	kasan_multi_shot
2509			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2510			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2511			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2512			invalid access.
2513
2514	keep_bootcon	[KNL,EARLY]
2515			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
2516			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
2517			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
2518			the real console.
2519
2520	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM] See retain_initrd.
2521
2522	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC,EARLY]
2523			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2524			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2525			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2526			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2527			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2528			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2529			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2530			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2531			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2532
2533			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2534			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2535			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2536			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2537			zone if it does not.
2538
2539			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2540			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2541			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2542			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2543			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2544			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2545			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2546
2547	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW,EARLY] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2548			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2549			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2550			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2551			optional and is the number seconds in between
2552			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2553			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2554			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2555			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2556			the kernel debugger.
2557
2558	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2559			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2560			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2561			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2562			 keyboard only format: kbd
2563			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2564			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2565			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2566			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2567
2568	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW,EARLY]
2569			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2570			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2571			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2572			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2573			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2574			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2575
2576			The name of the early console should be specified
2577			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2578			the early console might be different than the tty
2579			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2580			blank and the first boot console that implements
2581			read() will be picked.
2582
2583	kgdbwait	[KGDB,EARLY] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2584			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2585
2586	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2587			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2588			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2589
2590	kmemleak=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2591			Valid arguments: on, off
2592			Default: on
2593			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2594			the default is off.
2595
2596	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2597			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2598			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2599			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2600			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2601			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2602			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2603
2604			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2605
2606			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2607			Boot Parameter" section.
2608
2609	kpti=		[ARM64,EARLY] Control page table isolation of
2610			user and kernel address spaces.
2611			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2612			0: force disabled
2613			1: force enabled
2614
2615	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2616			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2617			default value can be overridden via
2618			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2619			Default is 1 (enabled)
2620
2621	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2622			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2623
2624	kvm.eager_page_split=
2625			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2626			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2627			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2628			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2629			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2630			required to split huge pages lazily.
2631
2632			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2633			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2634			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2635			still be used for reads.
2636
2637			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2638			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2639			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2640			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2641			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2642			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2643			cleared.
2644
2645			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2646
2647			Default is Y (on).
2648
2649	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2650				   Default is false (don't support).
2651
2652	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2653			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2654			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2655			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2656			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2657			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2658				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2659
2660			Default is 'auto'.
2661
2662			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2663			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2664
2665	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2666			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2667			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2668			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2669			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2670
2671	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2672			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2673			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2674			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2675			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2676			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2677
2678	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Control nested virtualization feature in
2679			KVM/SVM. Default is 1 (enabled).
2680
2681	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Control KVM's use of Nested Page Tables,
2682			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables. Default is 1
2683			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2684			for NPT.
2685
2686	kvm-arm.mode=
2687			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of
2688			operation.
2689
2690			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2691
2692			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2693			      protected guests.
2694
2695			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2696				   state is kept private from the host.
2697
2698			nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
2699				virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.3
2700				hardware.
2701
2702			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2703			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2704			for the host. "nested" is experimental and should be
2705			used with extreme caution.
2706
2707	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2708			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2709			system registers
2710
2711	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2712			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2713			system registers
2714
2715	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2716			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2717			system registers
2718
2719	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2720			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Allow use of GICv4 for direct
2721			injection of LPIs.
2722
2723	kvm-arm.wfe_trap_policy=
2724			[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFE instruction trap for
2725			KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
2726			CPU architecture.
2727
2728			trap: set WFE instruction trap
2729
2730			notrap: clear WFE instruction trap
2731
2732	kvm-arm.wfi_trap_policy=
2733			[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFI instruction trap for
2734			KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
2735			CPU architecture.
2736
2737			trap: set WFI instruction trap
2738
2739			notrap: clear WFI instruction trap
2740
2741	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC,EARLY]
2742			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2743			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2744			allocation.
2745			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2746			Format: <integer>
2747			Default: 5
2748
2749	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Extended Page Tables,
2750			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables.  Default is 1
2751			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2752			for EPT.
2753
2754	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2755			[KVM,Intel] Control whether to emulate invalid guest
2756			state. Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1,
2757			as guest state is never invalid for unrestricted
2758			guests. This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2),
2759			as KVM never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2760			Default is 1 (enabled).
2761
2762	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2763			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of FlexPriority feature
2764			(TPR shadow). Default is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if
2765			hardware lacks support for it.
2766
2767	kvm-intel.nested=
2768			[KVM,Intel] Control nested virtualization feature in
2769			KVM/VMX. Default is 1 (enabled).
2770
2771	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2772			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of unrestricted guest
2773			feature (virtualized real and unpaged mode). Default
2774			is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if EPT is disabled or
2775			hardware lacks support for it.
2776
2777	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2778			CVE-2018-3620.
2779
2780			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2781
2782			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2783			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2784				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2785			never:	Disables the mitigation
2786
2787			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2788
2789	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Virtual Processor
2790			Identification feature (tagged TLBs). Default is 1
2791			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2792			for it.
2793
2794	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
2795			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2796
2797			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2798			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2799			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2800
2801			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2802			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2803			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2804			not have direct access.
2805
2806			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2807			options are:
2808
2809			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2810
2811	l1tf=           [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2812			      affected CPUs
2813
2814			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2815			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2816
2817			full
2818				Provides all available mitigations for the
2819				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2820				enables all mitigations in the
2821				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2822
2823				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2824				sysfs interface is still possible after
2825				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2826				when the first VM is started in a
2827				potentially insecure configuration,
2828				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2829
2830			full,force
2831				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2832				flush runtime control. Implies the
2833				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2834				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2835
2836			flush
2837				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2838				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2839				L1D flush.
2840
2841				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2842				sysfs interface is still possible after
2843				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2844				when the first VM is started in a
2845				potentially insecure configuration,
2846				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2847
2848			flush,nosmt
2849
2850				Disables SMT and enables the default
2851				hypervisor mitigation.
2852
2853				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2854				sysfs interface is still possible after
2855				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2856				when the first VM is started in a
2857				potentially insecure configuration,
2858				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2859
2860			flush,nowarn
2861				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2862				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2863				insecure configuration.
2864
2865			off
2866				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2867				emit any warnings.
2868				It also drops the swap size and available
2869				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2870				bare metal.
2871
2872			Default is 'flush'.
2873
2874			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2875
2876	l2cr=		[PPC]
2877
2878	l3cr=		[PPC]
2879
2880	lapic		[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2881			disabled it.
2882
2883	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2884			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2885			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2886			Format: notscdeadline
2887
2888	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC,EARLY] trust the local apic timer
2889			in C2 power state.
2890
2891	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2892			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2893			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2894			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2895			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2896			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2897			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2898
2899	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2900			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2901			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2902
2903	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2904			when set.
2905			Format: <int>
2906
2907	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2908			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2909			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2910			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2911			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2912			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2913			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2914			to all ports, links and devices.
2915
2916			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2917			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2918			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2919			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2920			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2921			host link and device attached to it.
2922
2923			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2924			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2925			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2926			The following configurations can be forced.
2927
2928			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2929			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2930
2931			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2932
2933			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2934			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2935			  allowed.
2936
2937			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2938			  resets.
2939
2940			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2941			  link recovery.
2942
2943			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2944			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2945			  detection.
2946
2947			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2948
2949			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
2950
2951			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
2952
2953			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
2954
2955			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
2956
2957			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
2958
2959			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
2960
2961			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
2962
2963			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
2964			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
2965
2966			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
2967			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
2968
2969			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
2970			  identify device data log.
2971
2972			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
2973			  purpose log directory.
2974
2975			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
2976
2977			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2978			  1024 sectors.
2979
2980			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2981			  65535 sectors.
2982
2983			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
2984
2985			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
2986			  should be skipped.
2987
2988			* [no]fua: Disable or enable FUA (Force Unit Access)
2989			  support for devices supporting this feature.
2990
2991			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
2992
2993			* disable: Disable this device.
2994
2995			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2996			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2997
2998	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2999
3000	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
3001			Format: <integer>
3002
3003	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
3004			Format: <integer>
3005
3006	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
3007			Format: <integer>
3008
3009	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
3010			Format: <integer>
3011
3012	lockdown=	[SECURITY,EARLY]
3013			{ integrity | confidentiality }
3014			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
3015			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
3016			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
3017			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
3018			to extract confidential information from the kernel
3019			are also disabled.
3020
3021	locktorture.acq_writer_lim= [KNL]
3022			Set the time limit in jiffies for a lock
3023			acquisition.  Acquisitions exceeding this limit
3024			will result in a splat once they do complete.
3025
3026	locktorture.bind_readers= [KNL]
3027			Specify the list of CPUs to which the readers are
3028			to be bound.
3029
3030	locktorture.bind_writers= [KNL]
3031			Specify the list of CPUs to which the writers are
3032			to be bound.
3033
3034	locktorture.call_rcu_chains= [KNL]
3035			Specify the number of self-propagating call_rcu()
3036			chains to set up.  These are used to ensure that
3037			there is a high probability of an RCU grace period
3038			in progress at any given time.	Defaults to 0,
3039			which disables these call_rcu() chains.
3040
3041	locktorture.long_hold= [KNL]
3042			Specify the duration in milliseconds for the
3043			occasional long-duration lock hold time.  Defaults
3044			to 100 milliseconds.  Select 0 to disable.
3045
3046	locktorture.nested_locks= [KNL]
3047			Specify the maximum lock nesting depth that
3048			locktorture is to exercise, up to a limit of 8
3049			(MAX_NESTED_LOCKS).  Specify zero to disable.
3050			Note that this parameter is ineffective on types
3051			of locks that do not support nested acquisition.
3052
3053	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
3054			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
3055			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
3056			number of online CPUs.
3057
3058	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
3059			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
3060
3061	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3062			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3063
3064	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3065			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
3066			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3067
3068	locktorture.rt_boost= [KNL]
3069			Do periodic testing of real-time lock priority
3070			boosting.  Select 0 to disable, 1 to boost
3071			only rt_mutex, and 2 to boost unconditionally.
3072			Defaults to 2, which might seem to be an
3073			odd choice, but which should be harmless for
3074			non-real-time spinlocks, due to their disabling
3075			of preemption.	Note that non-realtime mutexes
3076			disable boosting.
3077
3078	locktorture.rt_boost_factor= [KNL]
3079			Number that determines how often and for how
3080			long priority boosting is exercised.  This is
3081			scaled down by the number of writers, so that the
3082			number of boosts per unit time remains roughly
3083			constant as the number of writers increases.
3084			On the other hand, the duration of each boost
3085			increases with the number of writers.
3086
3087	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3088			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
3089			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
3090			mode during the locktorture test.
3091
3092	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3093			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3094			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3095
3096	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3097			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3098
3099	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
3100			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
3101			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
3102			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
3103			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
3104			transition abruptly to and from idle.
3105
3106	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3107			Specify the locking implementation to test.
3108
3109	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
3110			Enable additional printk() statements.
3111
3112	locktorture.writer_fifo= [KNL]
3113			Run the write-side locktorture kthreads at
3114			sched_set_fifo() real-time priority.
3115
3116	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
3117			Format: <irq>
3118
3119	loglevel=	[KNL,EARLY]
3120			All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
3121			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
3122			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
3123			loglevels are defined as follows:
3124
3125			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
3126			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
3127			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
3128			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
3129			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
3130			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
3131			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
3132			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
3133
3134	log_buf_len=n[KMG] [KNL,EARLY]
3135			Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.
3136			n must be a power of two and greater than the
3137			minimal size. The minimal size is defined by
3138			LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There
3139			is also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config
3140			parameter that allows to increase the default size
3141			depending on the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig
3142			for more details.
3143
3144	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
3145			This may be used to provide more screen space for
3146			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
3147			kernel boot problems.
3148
3149	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
3150	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
3151	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
3152	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
3153				specified in addition to the ports) causes
3154				attached printers to be reset. Using
3155				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
3156				to associate lp devices with, starting with
3157				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
3158				that lp device, or a parport name such as
3159				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
3160				port specification list means that device IDs
3161				from each port should be examined, to see if
3162				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
3163				so, the driver will manage that printer.
3164				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
3165
3166	lpj=n		[KNL]
3167			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
3168			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
3169			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
3170			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
3171			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
3172			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
3173			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
3174			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
3175			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
3176			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
3177			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
3178			hardware.
3179
3180	ltpc=		[NET]
3181			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
3182
3183	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
3184
3185	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
3186			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
3187			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
3188
3189	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
3190			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
3191			Example: machvec=hpzx1
3192
3193	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
3194			different yeeloong laptops.
3195			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
3196
3197	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater
3198			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
3199
3200	maxcpus=	[SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
3201			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
3202			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
3203			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
3204			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
3205			only takes effect during system bootup.
3206			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
3207			which also disables the IO APIC.
3208
3209	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
3210	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
3211			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
3212			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
3213			devices can be requested on-demand with the
3214			/dev/loop-control interface.
3215
3216	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
3217
3218	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
3219
3220	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
3221			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3222
3223	mdacon=		[MDA]
3224			Format: <first>,<last>
3225			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
3226
3227	mds=		[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
3228			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
3229			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
3230
3231			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
3232			internal buffers which can forward information to a
3233			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
3234
3235			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
3236			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
3237			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
3238			not have direct access.
3239
3240			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
3241			options are:
3242
3243			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3244			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
3245				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
3246			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
3247
3248			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
3249			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
3250			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
3251			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3252			too.
3253
3254			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3255			mds=full.
3256
3257			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3258
3259	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON,EARLY] Set the memory size.
3260			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3261
3262	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Force usage of a specific amount
3263			of memory Amount of memory to be used in cases
3264			as follows:
3265
3266			1 for test;
3267			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3268			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3269			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3270			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3271
3272			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3273			high memory is not affected.
3274
3275			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3276			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3277
3278			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3279			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3280			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3281			belonging to unused RAM.
3282
3283			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3284			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3285			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3286
3287	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3288			[ARM,MIPS,EARLY] - override the memory layout
3289			reported by firmware.
3290			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3291			ss[KMG].
3292			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3293			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3294
3295	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3296			memory.
3297
3298	memblock=debug	[KNL,EARLY] Enable memblock debug messages.
3299
3300	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3301			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3302			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3303
3304	memhp_default_state=online/offline/online_kernel/online_movable
3305			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3306			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3307			set according to the
3308			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3309			option.
3310			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3311
3312	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86,EARLY] Enable setting of an exact
3313			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3314			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3315			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3316			option description.
3317
3318	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3319			[KNL, X86,MIPS,XTENSA,EARLY] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3320			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3321			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3322			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3323			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3324			comma delimited.
3325			Example:
3326				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3327
3328	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3329			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3330			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3331
3332	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3333			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3334			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3335			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3336			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3337			         or
3338			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3339			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3340			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3341			will be eaten.
3342
3343	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG,EARLY]
3344			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3345			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3346			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3347			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3348
3349	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3350			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Convert memory within the specified region
3351			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3352			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3353			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3354			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3355			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3356			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3357
3358	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86,EARLY]
3359			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3360			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3361			Setting this option will scan the memory
3362			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3363			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3364			from using the memory being corrupted.
3365			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3366			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3367			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3368			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3369
3370	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86,EARLY]
3371			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3372			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3373			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3374			corruption in more or less memory.
3375
3376	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86,EARLY]
3377			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3378			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3379			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3380
3381	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3382			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3383			Format: {on | off (default)}
3384			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3385			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3386			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3387			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3388			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3389			lot of memory without requiring additional
3390			memory to do so.
3391			This feature is disabled by default because it
3392			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3393			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3394			memory blocks).
3395			The state of the flag can be read in
3396			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3397			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3398			the feature is not effective.
3399
3400	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV,EARLY] Enable memtest
3401			Format: <integer>
3402			default : 0 <disable>
3403			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3404			performed. Each pass selects another test
3405			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3406			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3407			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3408			regions that are detected.
3409
3410	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3411			Valid arguments: on, off
3412			Default: off
3413			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3414			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3415
3416			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3417			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3418
3419	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3420			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3421			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3422			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3423			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3424
3425	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
3426			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
3427			platforms.
3428
3429	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3430			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3431			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3432			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3433
3434	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3435
3436	microcode.force_minrev=	[X86]
3437			Format: <bool>
3438			Enable or disable the microcode minimal revision
3439			enforcement for the runtime microcode loader.
3440
3441	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this
3442			physical address is ignored.
3443
3444	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3445			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3446			Default: "0tb"
3447			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3448			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3449			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3450			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3451			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3452			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3453			unconfigured.
3454			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3455			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3456			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3457			VGA shield.
3458			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3459			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3460			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3461			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3462			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3463			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3464
3465	mitigations=
3466			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64,EARLY] Control optional mitigations for
3467			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3468			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3469			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3470
3471			Note, "mitigations" is supported if and only if the
3472			kernel was built with CPU_MITIGATIONS=y.
3473
3474			off
3475				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3476				improves system performance, but it may also
3477				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3478				Equivalent to: if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3479					       gather_data_sampling=off [X86]
3480					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3481					       l1tf=off [X86]
3482					       mds=off [X86]
3483					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3484					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3485					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3486					       nobp=0 [S390]
3487					       nopti [X86,PPC]
3488					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3489					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3490					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3491					       reg_file_data_sampling=off [X86]
3492					       retbleed=off [X86]
3493					       spec_rstack_overflow=off [X86]
3494					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3495					       spectre_bhi=off [X86]
3496					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3497					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3498					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3499					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3500
3501				Exceptions:
3502					       This does not have any effect on
3503					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3504					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3505
3506			auto (default)
3507				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3508				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3509				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3510				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3511				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3512				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3513
3514			auto,nosmt
3515				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3516				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3517				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3518				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3519					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3520					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3521					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3522					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3523
3524	mminit_loglevel=
3525			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3526			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3527			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3528			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3529			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3530			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3531
3532	mmio_stale_data=
3533			[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the Processor
3534			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3535
3536			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3537			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3538			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3539			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3540			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3541			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3542
3543			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3544			options are:
3545
3546			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3547
3548			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3549				     vulnerable CPUs.
3550
3551			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3552
3553			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3554			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3555			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3556			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3557			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3558			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3559
3560			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3561			mmio_stale_data=full.
3562
3563			For details see:
3564			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3565
3566	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
3567			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
3568			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
3569			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
3570			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
3571			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
3572
3573	module.async_probe=<bool>
3574			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3575			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3576			specific module, use the module specific control that
3577			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3578			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3579			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3580			the specific module.
3581
3582	module.enable_dups_trace
3583			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS is set,
3584			this means that duplicate request_module() calls will
3585			trigger a WARN_ON() instead of a pr_warn(). Note that
3586			if MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS_TRACE is set, WARN_ON()s
3587			will always be issued and this option does nothing.
3588	module.sig_enforce
3589			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3590			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3591			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3592			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3593
3594	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3595			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3596
3597	mousedev.tap_time=
3598			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3599			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3600			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3601			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3602			Format: <msecs>
3603	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3604			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3605	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3606			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3607
3608	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC,EARLY]
3609			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3610			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3611			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3612			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3613			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3614			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3615			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3616			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3617			is not too small.
3618
3619	movable_node	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3620			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3621			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3622			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3623			allocations. Use with caution!
3624
3625	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3626			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3627
3628	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3629			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3630
3631	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3632			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3633
3634	mtdset=		[ARM]
3635			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3636
3637			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3638
3639	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3640			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3641			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3642
3643	mtrr=debug	[X86,EARLY]
3644			Enable printing debug information related to MTRR
3645			registers at boot time.
3646
3647	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
3648			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3649			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3650
3651	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
3652			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3653			Default is 1.
3654			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3655			using up MTRRs.
3656
3657	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86,EARLY]
3658			Format: <integer>
3659			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3660			Default : 1
3661			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3662			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3663
3664	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3665			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3666			at a time.
3667
3668	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3669
3670	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3671			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3672			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3673			something different and driver-specific.
3674			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3675			file if at all.
3676
3677	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3678			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3679			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3680			waits 4 seconds.
3681
3682	nf_conntrack.acct=
3683			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3684			0 to disable accounting
3685			1 to enable accounting
3686			Default value is 0.
3687
3688	nfs.cache_getent=
3689			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3690			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3691
3692	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3693			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3694			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3695
3696	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3697			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3698			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3699			requests.
3700
3701	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3702			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3703			channel should listen.
3704
3705	nfs.delay_retrans=
3706			[NFS] specifies the number of times the NFSv4 client
3707			retries the request before returning an EAGAIN error,
3708			after a reply of NFS4ERR_DELAY from the server.
3709			Only applies if the softerr mount option is enabled,
3710			and the specified value is >= 0.
3711
3712	nfs.enable_ino64=
3713			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3714			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3715			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3716			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3717			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3718
3719	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3720			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3721			entries.
3722
3723	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3724			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3725			slots the client will assign to the callback
3726			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3727			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3728			a particular server.
3729
3730	nfs.max_session_slots=
3731			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3732			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3733			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3734			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3735			Note that there is little point in setting this
3736			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3737
3738	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3739			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3740			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3741			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3742			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3743			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3744			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3745			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3746			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3747			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3748			back to using the idmapper.
3749			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3750
3751	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3752			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3753			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3754			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3755			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3756
3757	nfs.recover_lost_locks=
3758			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3759			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3760			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3761			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3762			after the locks are lost.
3763			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3764			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3765			parameter to '1'.
3766			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3767			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3768
3769	nfs.send_implementation_id=
3770			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3771			information in exchange_id requests.
3772			If zero, no implementation identification information
3773			will be sent.
3774			The default is to send the implementation identification
3775			information.
3776
3777	nfs4.layoutstats_timer=
3778			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3779			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3780
3781			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3782			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3783			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3784			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3785
3786	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable=
3787			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3788			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3789			the destination of the copy.
3790
3791	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3792			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3793			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3794			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3795			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3796			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3797
3798	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout=
3799			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3800			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3801			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3802			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3803			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3804			this parameter.
3805
3806	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3807			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3808
3809	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3810			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3811
3812	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3813			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3814
3815	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3816			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3817			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3818
3819	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3820			when a NMI is triggered.
3821			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3822
3823	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3824			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][rNNN,][num]
3825			Valid num: 0 or 1
3826			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3827			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3828			rNNN - configure the watchdog with raw perf event 0xNNN
3829
3830			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3831			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3832			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3833			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3834			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3835			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3836			need the box quickly up again.
3837
3838			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3839			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3840
3841	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3842			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3843			is present.
3844
3845	no4lvl		[RISCV,EARLY] Disable 4-level and 5-level paging modes.
3846			Forces kernel to use 3-level paging instead.
3847
3848	no5lvl		[X86-64,RISCV,EARLY] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3849			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3850
3851	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3852
3853	noaltinstr	[S390,EARLY] Disables alternative instructions
3854			patching (CPU alternatives feature).
3855
3856	noapic		[SMP,APIC,EARLY] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3857			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3858
3859	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3860
3861	nocache		[ARM,EARLY]
3862
3863	no_console_suspend
3864			[HW] Never suspend the console
3865			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3866			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3867			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3868			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3869			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3870			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3871			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3872			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3873			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3874			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3875			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3876			turn on/off it dynamically.
3877
3878	no_debug_objects
3879			[KNL,EARLY] Disable object debugging
3880
3881	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3882
3883	noefi		[EFI,EARLY] Disable EFI runtime services support.
3884
3885	no_entry_flush  [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3886
3887	noexec		[IA-64]
3888
3889	noexec32	[X86-64]
3890			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3891			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3892				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3893			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3894				read implies executable mappings
3895
3896	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3897			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3898			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3899
3900	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3901
3902	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3903
3904	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3905			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3906			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3907
3908	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3909			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3910			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3911			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3912			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3913			real-time systems.
3914
3915	no_hash_pointers
3916			[KNL,EARLY]
3917			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3918			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3919			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3920			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3921			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3922			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3923			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3924			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3925			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3926			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3927			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3928			kernels.
3929
3930	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3931
3932	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,PPC,SH] Forces the kernel to
3933			busy wait in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3934			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3935			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3936			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3937			correctly or when doing power measurements to evaluate
3938			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3939			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3940
3941	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3942
3943	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3944
3945	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3946			Valid arguments: on, off
3947			Default: on
3948
3949	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3950			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3951			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3952			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3953			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3954			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3955			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3956			just as if they had also been called out in the
3957			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3958
3959			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3960			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3961
3962	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3963			initial RAM disk.
3964
3965	nointremap	[X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY] Do not enable interrupt
3966			remapping.
3967			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3968
3969	nointroute	[IA-64]
3970
3971	noinvpcid	[X86,EARLY] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3972
3973	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3974
3975	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3976			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3977
3978	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3979
3980	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3981
3982	nokaslr		[KNL,EARLY]
3983			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
3984			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
3985			Layout Randomization).
3986
3987	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3988			fault handling.
3989
3990	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3991
3992	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3993
3994	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3995
3996	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3997
3998	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3999
4000	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
4001			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
4002
4003	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware
4004			sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory
4005			for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will
4006			not load if they could possibly displace the pre-
4007			initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will
4008			be available for use. The respective drivers will not
4009			perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering.
4010
4011			Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging.
4012
4013	nomodule	Disable module load
4014
4015	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
4016			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
4017			irq.
4018
4019	nopat		[X86,EARLY] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
4020			pagetables) support.
4021
4022	nopcid		[X86-64,EARLY] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
4023
4024	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
4025			in some Intel CPUs.
4026
4027	nopti		[X86-64,EARLY]
4028			Equivalent to pti=off
4029
4030	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE,EARLY]
4031			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
4032			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
4033			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
4034
4035	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM,EARLY]
4036			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
4037			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
4038			contention.
4039
4040	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
4041			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
4042
4043	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
4044			with UP alternatives
4045
4046	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
4047			space.
4048
4049	nosbagart	[IA-64]
4050
4051	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
4052			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
4053			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
4054
4055	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX,EARLY] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
4056
4057	nosmap		[PPC,EARLY]
4058			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
4059			even if it is supported by processor.
4060
4061	nosmep		[PPC64s,EARLY]
4062			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
4063			even if it is supported by processor.
4064
4065	nosmp		[SMP,EARLY] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
4066			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
4067
4068	nosmt		[KNL,MIPS,PPC,S390,EARLY] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
4069			Equivalent to smt=1.
4070
4071			[KNL,X86,PPC] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
4072			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
4073				     via the sysfs control file.
4074
4075	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
4076
4077	nospec_store_bypass_disable
4078			[HW,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative
4079			Store Bypass vulnerability
4080
4081	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
4082			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
4083			with this option.
4084
4085	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC,EARLY] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
4086			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
4087			possible in the system.
4088
4089	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations
4090			for the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch
4091			prediction) vulnerability. System may allow data
4092			leaks with this option.
4093
4094	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES,RISCV,LOONGARCH,EARLY]
4095			Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting. steal time
4096			is computed, but won't influence scheduler behaviour
4097
4098	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
4099
4100	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
4101			broken timer IRQ sources.
4102
4103	no_uaccess_flush
4104	                [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
4105
4106	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
4107			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
4108			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
4109			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
4110			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
4111			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
4112			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
4113			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
4114			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
4115			is set.
4116
4117	no-vmw-sched-clock
4118			[X86,PV_OPS,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized VMware
4119			scheduler clock and use the default one.
4120
4121	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
4122			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
4123
4124	nowb		[ARM,EARLY]
4125
4126	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
4127
4128			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
4129			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
4130			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
4131
4132	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
4133			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
4134			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
4135
4136	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
4137			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
4138			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
4139			performance of saving the states is degraded because
4140			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
4141			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
4142
4143	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
4144			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
4145			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
4146			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
4147			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
4148			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
4149			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
4150
4151	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
4152			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
4153			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
4154			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
4155			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
4156			parameter's value.
4157			Format: integer between 1 and 255
4158			Default: 255
4159
4160	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
4161			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
4162			SAL PALO.
4163
4164	nr_cpus=	[SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
4165			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
4166			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
4167			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
4168			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
4169			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
4170			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
4171			hot plugging.
4172
4173	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
4174
4175	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86, EARLY]
4176			Disable NUMA, Only set up a single NUMA node
4177			spanning all memory.
4178
4179	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
4180			NUMA balancing.
4181			Allowed values are enable and disable
4182
4183	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
4184			'node', 'default' can be specified
4185			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
4186			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
4187
4188	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW,EARLY] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
4189			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
4190			info.
4191
4192	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
4193			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
4194			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
4195			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
4196			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
4197			interrupts *may* be lost!
4198
4199	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
4200			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
4201			For example, to override I2C bus2:
4202			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
4203
4204	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
4205
4206			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
4207
4208			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
4209				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
4210			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
4211				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
4212				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
4213
4214	oops=panic	[KNL,EARLY]
4215			Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
4216			process, but there is a small probability of
4217			deadlocking the machine.
4218			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
4219			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
4220
4221	page_alloc.shuffle=
4222			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
4223			should randomize its free lists. This parameter can be
4224			used to enable/disable page randomization. The state of
4225			the flag can be read from sysfs at:
4226			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
4227			This parameter is only available if CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y.
4228
4229	page_owner=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
4230			Storage of the information about who allocated
4231			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
4232			we can turn it on.
4233			on: enable the feature
4234
4235	page_poison=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
4236			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
4237			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
4238			off: turn off poisoning (default)
4239			on: turn on poisoning
4240
4241	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
4242			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
4243			Format: <integer>
4244			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
4245			reporting is disabled when it exceeds MAX_PAGE_ORDER.
4246
4247	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
4248			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
4249			timeout = 0: wait forever
4250			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
4251			Format: <timeout>
4252
4253	panic_on_taint=	[KNL,EARLY]
4254			Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
4255			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
4256			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
4257			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
4258			called with any of the flags in this set.
4259			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
4260			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
4261			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
4262			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
4263			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
4264			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
4265			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
4266
4267	panic_on_warn=1	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
4268			on a WARN().
4269
4270	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
4271			User can chose combination of the following bits:
4272			bit 0: print all tasks info
4273			bit 1: print system memory info
4274			bit 2: print timer info
4275			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
4276			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
4277			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
4278			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
4279			bit 7: print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
4280			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
4281			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
4282			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
4283			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
4284
4285	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
4286			connected to, default is 0.
4287			Format: <parport#>
4288	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
4289			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
4290			Format: <mode>
4291
4292	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
4293			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
4294			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
4295			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
4296			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
4297			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
4298			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
4299			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
4300			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
4301			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
4302			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
4303			are specified on the command line, starting
4304			with parport0.
4305
4306	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
4307			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
4308			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
4309			computer where firmware has no options for setting
4310			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
4311			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
4312			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
4313
4314	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4315			Format: <int>
4316			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4317			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4318			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4319
4320	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4321			Format: <int>
4322			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4323			changes.  Disabled by default.
4324
4325	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4326			Format: <int>
4327			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4328			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4329			Disabled by default.
4330
4331	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4332			Format: <int>
4333			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4334			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4335			Disabled by default.
4336
4337	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4338			Format: <int>
4339			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4340			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4341			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4342			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4343			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4344			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4345			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4346			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4347			all channels.
4348
4349	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4350			Format: <int>
4351			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4352			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4353			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4354
4355	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4356			Format: <int>
4357			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4358			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4359			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4360
4361	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4362			Format: <int>
4363			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4364			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4365			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4366			All modes allowed by default.
4367
4368	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4369			Format: <int>
4370			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4371			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4372
4373	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4374			Format: <int>
4375			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4376			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4377			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4378			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4379			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4380			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4381			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4382			By default all supported ports are probed.
4383
4384	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4385			Format: <int>
4386			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4387			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4388
4389	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4390			Format: <int>
4391			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4392			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4393			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4394			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4395			0 otherwise.
4396
4397	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4398			Format: <int>
4399			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4400			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4401			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4402			allowed by default.
4403
4404	pause_on_oops=<int>
4405			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4406			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4407			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4408
4409	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4410
4411	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI,EARLY] various PCI subsystem options.
4412
4413				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4414				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4415				specified in one of the following formats:
4416
4417				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4418				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4419
4420				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4421				bus/device/function address which may change
4422				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4423				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4424				by other kernel parameters. If the
4425				domain is left unspecified, it is
4426				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4427				to a device through multiple device/function
4428				addresses can be specified after the base
4429				address (this is more robust against
4430				renumbering issues).  The second format
4431				selects devices using IDs from the
4432				configuration space which may match multiple
4433				devices in the system.
4434
4435		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4436				changes anything
4437		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4438		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4439				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4440				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4441		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4442				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4443				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4444				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4445		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4446				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4447				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4448		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4449				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4450				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4451				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4452				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4453				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4454				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4455		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4456				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4457				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4458		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4459				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4460		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4461				Configuration
4462		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4463				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4464				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4465		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4466				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4467				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4468		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4469				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4470				should never be necessary.
4471		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4472				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4473				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4474				when the system masks IRQs.
4475		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4476				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4477				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4478				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4479		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4480				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4481				on several machines and they hang the machine
4482				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4483				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4484				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4485				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4486				motherboard.
4487		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4488				Use with caution as certain devices share
4489				address decoders between ROMs and other
4490				resources.
4491		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4492				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4493				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4494		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4495				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4496		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4497				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4498				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4499				this way.
4500		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4501				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4502				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4503				F0000h-100000h range.
4504		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4505				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4506				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4507				explicitly which ones they are.
4508		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4509				numbers ourselves, overriding
4510				whatever the firmware may have done.
4511		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4512				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4513				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4514				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4515				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4516				IRQ routing is enabled.
4517		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4518				or for PCI scanning.
4519		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4520				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4521				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4522				please report a bug.
4523		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4524				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4525		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4526				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4527				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4528				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4529				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4530		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4531				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4532				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4533				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4534		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4535				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4536				so this option is a temporary workaround
4537				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4538		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4539				handle more pci cards
4540		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4541				This might help on some broken boards which
4542				machine check when some devices' config space
4543				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4544				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4545		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4546				This sorting is done to get a device
4547				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4548		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4549		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4550				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4551		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4552				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4553		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4554				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4555				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4556				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4557				or bus can support) for best performance.
4558		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4559				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4560				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4561				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4562				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4563				that hot-added devices will work.
4564		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4565				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4566				The default value is 256 bytes.
4567		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4568				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4569				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4570		resource_alignment=
4571				Format:
4572				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4573				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4574				aligned memory resources. How to
4575				specify the device is described above.
4576				If <order of align> is not specified,
4577				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4578				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4579				windows need to be expanded.
4580				To specify the alignment for several
4581				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4582				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4583				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4584				for 4096-byte alignment.
4585		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4586				end-to-end CRC checking). Only effective if
4587				OS has native AER control (either granted by
4588				ACPI _OSC or forced via "pcie_ports=native")
4589				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4590				the default.
4591				off: Turn ECRC off
4592				on: Turn ECRC on.
4593		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4594				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4595				Default size is 256 bytes.
4596		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4597				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4598				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4599		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4600				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4601				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4602		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4603				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4604				MMIO_PREF window.
4605				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4606		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4607				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4608				Default is 1.
4609		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4610				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4611				accommodate resources required by all child
4612				devices.
4613				off: Turn realloc off
4614				on: Turn realloc on
4615		realloc		same as realloc=on
4616		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4617		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4618				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4619		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4620				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4621				port.
4622		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4623				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4624				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4625				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4626				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4627				taints the kernel.
4628		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4629				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4630				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4631				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4632				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4633				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4634				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4635				this removes isolation between devices and
4636				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4637		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4638		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4639		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4640				one PCI domain per PCI function
4641
4642	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or ignore PCIe Active State Power
4643			Management.
4644		off	Don't touch ASPM configuration at all.  Leave any
4645			configuration done by firmware unchanged.
4646		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4647			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4648
4649	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4650		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4651			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4652			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4653			also tries to use these services.
4654		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4655				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4656		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4657			hotplug).
4658
4659	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4660		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4661		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4662
4663	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4664		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4665			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4666
4667	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4668
4669	pd_ignore_unused
4670			[PM]
4671			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4672			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4673			for debug and development, but should not be
4674			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4675
4676	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4677			boot time.
4678			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4679			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4680
4681	percpu_alloc=	[MM,EARLY]
4682			Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4683			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4684			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4685			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4686			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4687			and performance comparison.
4688
4689	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4690			See Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4691
4692	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4693			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4694			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4695
4696	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4697			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4698			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4699
4700	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4701			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4702			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4703			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4704			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4705			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4706			remains 0.
4707
4708	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4709			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4710
4711	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4712			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4713			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4714			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4715			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4716			possible settings and some assignment information.
4717
4718	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4719			{ off }
4720
4721	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4722			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4723
4724	pnp_reserve_irq=
4725			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4726
4727	pnp_reserve_dma=
4728			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4729
4730	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4731			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4732
4733	pnp_reserve_mem=
4734			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4735			autoconfiguration.
4736			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4737
4738	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4739			Default is 21.
4740			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4741			may be specified.
4742			Format: <port>,<port>....
4743
4744	possible_cpus=  [SMP,S390,X86]
4745			Format: <unsigned int>
4746			Set the number of possible CPUs, overriding the
4747			regular discovery mechanisms (such as ACPI/FW, etc).
4748
4749	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4750			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4751			platform machine description specific power_save
4752			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4753			execution priority.
4754
4755	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4756			[PPC,ENABLE] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4757			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4758			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4759			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4760
4761	ppc_tm=		[PPC,EARLY]
4762			Format: {"off"}
4763			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4764
4765	preempt=	[KNL]
4766			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4767			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4768			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4769			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4770			       can be preempted anytime.
4771
4772	print-fatal-signals=
4773			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4774
4775			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4776			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4777			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4778			coredump - etc.
4779
4780			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4781			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4782
4783			default: off.
4784
4785	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4786			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4787			panics
4788			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4789			default: disabled
4790
4791	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4792			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4793			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4794			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4795			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4796			in order to provide more debug information.
4797			Format: <bool>
4798			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4799
4800	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4801			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4802			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4803			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4804			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4805			Default: ratelimit
4806
4807	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4808			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4809
4810	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4811			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4812			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4813
4814	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4815			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4816			instead using the legacy FADT method
4817
4818	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4819			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4820			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4821				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4822			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4823			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4824				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4825			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4826			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4827				statistical time based profiling.
4828
4829	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4830
4831	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4832			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4833			that). If enabled, the default kernel base address
4834			might be overridden even when Kernel Address Space
4835			Layout Randomization is disabled.
4836			Format: <bool>
4837
4838	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4839			tracking.
4840			Format: <bool>
4841
4842	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4843			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4844	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4845			per second.
4846	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4847			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4848			(0 = never).
4849	psmouse.resolution=
4850			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4851	psmouse.smartscroll=
4852			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4853			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4854
4855	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4856
4857	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4858			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4859			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4860			system calls and interrupts.
4861
4862			on   - unconditionally enable
4863			off  - unconditionally disable
4864			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4865			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4866
4867			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4868
4869	pty.legacy_count=
4870			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4871			default number.
4872
4873	quiet		[KNL,EARLY] Disable most log messages
4874
4875	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4876
4877	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
4878			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
4879			invalidate.
4880
4881	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4882			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4883
4884	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4885			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4886
4887	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4888
4889	random.trust_cpu=off
4890			[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
4891			random number generator (if available) to
4892			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4893
4894	random.trust_bootloader=off
4895			[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
4896			passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4897			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4898
4899	randomize_kstack_offset=
4900			[KNL,EARLY] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4901			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4902			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4903			that depend on stack address determinism or
4904			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4905			available on architectures that have defined
4906			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4907			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4908			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4909
4910	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4911
4912		cec_disable	[X86]
4913				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4914				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4915
4916	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4917			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4918			as described above.
4919
4920			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4921			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4922			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4923			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4924			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4925			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4926			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4927			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4928			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4929			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4930			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4931			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4932
4933			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4934			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4935
4936			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4937			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4938			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4939			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4940
4941			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4942			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4943
4944	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4945			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4946			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4947			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4948			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4949			This improves the real-time response for the
4950			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4951			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4952			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4953			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4954
4955	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4956			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4957			process in one batch.
4958
4959	rcutree.do_rcu_barrier=	[KNL]
4960			Request a call to rcu_barrier().  This is
4961			throttled so that userspace tests can safely
4962			hammer on the sysfs variable if they so choose.
4963			If triggered before the RCU grace-period machinery
4964			is fully active, this will error out with EAGAIN.
4965
4966	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4967			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4968			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4969			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4970
4971	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4972			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4973			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4974
4975	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4976			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4977			RCU grace-period initialization.
4978
4979	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4980			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4981			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4982			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4983			the rcu_node combining tree.
4984
4985	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4986			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4987			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4988			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4989			and maximum value is HZ.
4990
4991	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4992			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4993			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4994			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4995
4996	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4997			Set required age in jiffies for a
4998			given grace period before RCU starts
4999			soliciting quiescent-state help from
5000			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
5001			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
5002			a value based on the most recent settings
5003			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
5004			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
5005			This calculated value may be viewed in
5006			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
5007			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
5008			overwritten.
5009
5010	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
5011			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
5012			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
5013			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
5014			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
5015			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
5016			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
5017			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
5018			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
5019			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
5020			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
5021			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
5022
5023	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
5024			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
5025			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
5026			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
5027			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
5028			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
5029			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
5030			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
5031			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
5032			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
5033			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
5034			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
5035
5036	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
5037			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
5038			batch limiting is disabled.
5039
5040	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
5041			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
5042			batch limiting is re-enabled.
5043
5044	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
5045			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
5046			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
5047			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
5048			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
5049			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
5050			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
5051			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
5052
5053	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
5054			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
5055			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
5056			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
5057
5058	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
5059			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
5060			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
5061			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
5062			The result will be bounded below by the value of
5063			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
5064			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
5065			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
5066
5067			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
5068			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
5069			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
5070			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
5071			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
5072
5073	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
5074			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
5075			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
5076			possibly be useful for architectures having high
5077			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
5078
5079	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
5080			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
5081			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
5082			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
5083			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
5084			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
5085			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
5086
5087	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
5088			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
5089			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
5090			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
5091			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
5092			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
5093			condition.
5094
5095	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
5096			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
5097			each group, which defaults to the square root
5098			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
5099			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
5100			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
5101			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
5102
5103	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
5104			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
5105			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
5106			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
5107			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
5108			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
5109
5110	rcutree.rcu_resched_ns= [KNL]
5111			Limit the time spend invoking a batch of RCU
5112			callbacks to the specified number of nanoseconds.
5113			By default, this limit is checked only once
5114			every 32 callbacks in order to limit the pain
5115			inflicted by local_clock() overhead.
5116
5117	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
5118			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
5119			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
5120			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
5121			Larger delays increase the probability of
5122			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
5123			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
5124			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
5125
5126	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
5127			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
5128			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
5129			why a new grace period has not yet started.
5130
5131	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
5132			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
5133			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
5134			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
5135			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
5136
5137			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
5138			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
5139			to zero.
5140
5141	rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy= [KNL]
5142			To save power, batch RCU callbacks and flush after
5143			delay, memory pressure or callback list growing too
5144			big.
5145
5146	rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp= [KNL]
5147			Reduces a latency of synchronize_rcu() call. This approach
5148			maintains its own track of synchronize_rcu() callers, so it
5149			does not interact with regular callbacks because it does not
5150			use a call_rcu[_hurry]() path. Please note, this is for a
5151			normal grace period.
5152
5153			How to enable it:
5154
5155			echo 1 > /sys/module/rcutree/parameters/rcu_normal_wake_from_gp
5156			or pass a boot parameter "rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp=1"
5157
5158			Default is 0.
5159
5160	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
5161			Measure performance of asynchronous
5162			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
5163
5164	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
5165			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
5166			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
5167			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
5168			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
5169			previously posted callbacks to drain.
5170
5171	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
5172			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
5173			grace-period primitives.
5174
5175	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5176			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5177			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5178			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5179			interference.
5180
5181	rcuscale.kfree_by_call_rcu= [KNL]
5182			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, test
5183			call_rcu() instead of kfree_rcu().
5184
5185	rcuscale.kfree_mult= [KNL]
5186			Instead of allocating an object of size kfree_obj,
5187			allocate one of kfree_mult * sizeof(kfree_obj).
5188			Defaults to 1.
5189
5190	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
5191			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
5192
5193	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
5194			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5195			If this parameter has the same value as
5196			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
5197			and double-argument variants are tested.
5198
5199	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
5200			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5201			If this parameter has the same value as
5202			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
5203			and double-argument variants are tested.
5204
5205	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
5206			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
5207
5208	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
5209			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
5210
5211	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
5212			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
5213			of allocations and frees.
5214
5215	rcuscale.minruntime= [KNL]
5216			Set the minimum test run time in seconds.  This
5217			does not affect the data-collection interval,
5218			but instead allows better measurement of things
5219			like CPU consumption.
5220
5221	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5222			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5223			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5224			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
5225			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5226			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5227			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
5228			a single reader.
5229
5230	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
5231			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
5232			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
5233			N, where N is the number of CPUs
5234
5235	rcuscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5236			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5237
5238	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5239			Shut the system down after performance tests
5240			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
5241			testing.
5242
5243	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
5244			Enable additional printk() statements.
5245
5246	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
5247			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
5248			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
5249			no holdoff.
5250
5251	rcuscale.writer_holdoff_jiffies= [KNL]
5252			Additional write-side holdoff between grace
5253			periods, but in jiffies.  The default of zero
5254			says no holdoff.
5255
5256	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
5257			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
5258			in microseconds.
5259
5260	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
5261			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
5262			in microseconds.
5263
5264	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
5265			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
5266			in seconds.
5267
5268	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
5269			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
5270			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
5271			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
5272			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
5273			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
5274			of CPUs to be used.
5275
5276	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
5277			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
5278			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
5279
5280	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
5281			Number of seconds to wait between successive
5282			forward-progress tests.
5283
5284	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
5285			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
5286			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
5287			testing.
5288
5289	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
5290			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5291			primitives, if available.
5292
5293	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
5294			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
5295
5296	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
5297			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
5298			update-side primitives, if available.
5299
5300	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
5301			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
5302			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
5303			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
5304			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
5305			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
5306			they are all non-zero.
5307
5308	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
5309			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
5310			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
5311			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
5312
5313	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
5314			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
5315			This can of course result in splats, and is
5316			intended to test the ability of things like
5317			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
5318			such leaks.
5319
5320	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
5321			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
5322
5323	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
5324			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
5325			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
5326			test, hence the "fake".
5327
5328	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
5329			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
5330			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
5331
5332	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
5333			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
5334			callback-offload toggling attempts.
5335
5336	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
5337			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5338			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5339			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
5340			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5341			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5342
5343	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
5344			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
5345
5346	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5347			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
5348
5349	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5350			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
5351			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
5352
5353	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
5354			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
5355			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
5356			task-exit processing.
5357
5358	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
5359			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
5360			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
5361			is spawned.
5362
5363	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
5364			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5365			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5366
5367	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5368			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5369			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5370			during the rcutorture test.
5371
5372	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5373			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5374			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5375
5376	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5377			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5378			warnings, zero to disable.
5379
5380	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5381			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5382			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition to
5383			any other stall-related activity.  Note that
5384			in kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n and
5385			CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y, this parameter will
5386			cause the CPU to pass through a quiescent state.
5387			Given CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, this will suppress
5388			RCU CPU stall warnings, but will instead result
5389			in scheduling-while-atomic splats.
5390
5391			Use of this module parameter results in splats.
5392
5393
5394	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5395			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5396
5397	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5398			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
5399
5400	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5401			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5402			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5403			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5404			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5405			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5406
5407	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5408			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5409
5410	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5411			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5412			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5413			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5414			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5415
5416	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5417			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5418			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5419			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5420
5421	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5422			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5423
5424	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5425			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5426
5427	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5428			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5429			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5430
5431	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5432			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5433
5434	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5435			Enable additional printk() statements.
5436
5437	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5438			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5439			stall warning.
5440
5441	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers= [KNL]
5442			Provide RCU CPU stall notifiers, but see the
5443			warnings in the RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER Kconfig
5444			option's help text.  TL;DR:  You almost certainly
5445			do not want rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers.
5446
5447	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5448			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5449
5450	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5451			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5452			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5453			during early boot, that is, during the time
5454			before the init task is spawned.
5455
5456	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5457			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5458			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5459			value is 300 seconds.
5460
5461	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5462			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5463			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5464			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5465			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5466			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5467			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5468			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5469			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5470
5471	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_cputime= [KNL]
5472			Provide statistics on the cputime and count of
5473			interrupts and tasks during the sampling period. For
5474			multiple continuous RCU stalls, all sampling periods
5475			begin at half of the first RCU stall timeout.
5476
5477	rcupdate.rcu_exp_stall_task_details= [KNL]
5478			Print stack dumps of any tasks blocking the
5479			current expedited RCU grace period during an
5480			expedited RCU CPU stall warning.
5481
5482	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5483			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5484			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5485			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5486			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5487			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5488			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5489
5490	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5491			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5492			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5493			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5494			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5495			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5496			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5497			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5498			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5499
5500	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5501			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5502			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5503			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5504			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5505
5506			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5507			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5508			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5509			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5510			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5511			grace-period processing.
5512
5513	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5514			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5515			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5516			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5517			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5518			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5519			set to the default value of -1.
5520
5521	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5522			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5523			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5524			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5525			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5526			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5527			the default value of -1.
5528
5529	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5530			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5531			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5532			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5533			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5534			for use in testing.
5535
5536	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5537			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5538			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5539			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5540			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5541			but lengthens grace periods.
5542
5543	rcupdate.rcu_task_lazy_lim= [KNL]
5544			Number of callbacks on a given CPU that will
5545			cancel laziness on that CPU.  Use -1 to disable
5546			cancellation of laziness, but be advised that
5547			doing so increases the danger of OOM due to
5548			callback flooding.
5549
5550	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5551			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5552			informational messages, which give some indication
5553			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5554			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5555			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5556			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5557			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5558			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5559			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5560
5561	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5562			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5563			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5564			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5565			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5566			the value three, so that the first informational
5567			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5568			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5569			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5570			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5571
5572	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5573			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5574			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5575			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5576			A change in value does not take effect until
5577			the beginning of the next grace period.
5578
5579	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5580			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks asynchronous
5581			callback batching for call_rcu_tasks().
5582			A negative value will take the default.  A value
5583			of zero will disable batching.	Batching is
5584			always disabled for synchronize_rcu_tasks().
5585
5586	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_rude_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5587			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks
5588			Rude asynchronous callback batching for
5589			call_rcu_tasks_rude().	A negative value
5590			will take the default.	A value of zero will
5591			disable batching.  Batching is always disabled
5592			for synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude().
5593
5594	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_trace_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5595			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks
5596			Trace asynchronous callback batching for
5597			call_rcu_tasks_trace().  A negative value
5598			will take the default.	A value of zero will
5599			disable batching.  Batching is always disabled
5600			for synchronize_rcu_tasks_trace().
5601
5602	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5603			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5604
5605	rdinit=		[KNL]
5606			Format: <full_path>
5607			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5608			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5609
5610	rdrand=		[X86,EARLY]
5611			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5612				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5613				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5614				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5615				path).
5616
5617	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5618			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5619			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5620			mba, smba, bmec.
5621			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5622				rdt=cmt,!mba
5623
5624	reboot=		[KNL]
5625			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5626				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5627				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5628				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5629				[[,]f[orce]
5630			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5631					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5632					reboot only),
5633			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5634			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5635			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5636					to be used for rebooting.
5637
5638	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5639			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5640			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5641			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5642			interference.
5643
5644	refscale.lookup_instances= [KNL]
5645			Number of data elements to use for the forms of
5646			SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU testing.  A negative number
5647			is negated and multiplied by nr_cpu_ids, while
5648			zero specifies nr_cpu_ids.
5649
5650	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5651			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5652			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5653			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5654			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5655			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5656			x86 laptops.
5657
5658	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5659			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5660			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5661			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5662
5663	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5664			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5665			the console log.
5666
5667	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5668			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5669			measured in microseconds.
5670
5671	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5672			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5673
5674	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5675			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5676			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5677			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5678			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5679
5680	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5681			Enable additional printk() statements.
5682
5683	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5684			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5685			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5686			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5687			specified.
5688
5689	regulator_ignore_unused
5690			[REGULATOR]
5691			Prevents regulator framework from disabling regulators
5692			that are unused, due no driver claiming them. This may
5693			be useful for debug and development, but should not be
5694			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
5695
5696	relax_domain_level=
5697			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5698			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5699
5700	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5701			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5702			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5703			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5704			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5705
5706	reservetop=	[X86-32,EARLY]
5707			Format: nn[KMG]
5708			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5709			address space.
5710
5711	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5712			during initialization.
5713
5714	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5715			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5716			Format:
5717			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5718
5719	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5720			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5721			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5722			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5723			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5724
5725	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5726			read the resume files
5727
5728	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5729			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5730			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5731
5732	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction. After boot, it will
5733			be accessible via /sys/firmware/initrd.
5734
5735	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5736			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5737			vulnerability.
5738
5739			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5740			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5741			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5742			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5743			that don't.
5744
5745			off          - no mitigation
5746			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5747			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5748				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5749				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5750				       and older without STIBP).
5751			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5752				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5753				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5754				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5755				       on Intel.
5756			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5757				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5758				       the alternative for systems which do not
5759				       have STIBP.
5760			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5761				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5762				       systems.
5763			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5764				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5765				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5766
5767			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5768			time according to the CPU.
5769
5770			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5771
5772	rfkill.default_state=
5773		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5774			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5775		1	Unblocked.
5776
5777	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5778		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5779		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5780			blocked and the previous configuration.
5781		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5782			blocked and everything unblocked.
5783
5784	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5785			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
5786
5787	ring3mwait=disable
5788			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5789			CPUs.
5790
5791	riscv_isa_fallback [RISCV,EARLY]
5792			When CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK is not enabled, permit
5793			falling back to detecting extension support by parsing
5794			"riscv,isa" property on devicetree systems when the
5795			replacement properties are not found. See the Kconfig
5796			entry for RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK.
5797
5798	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5799
5800	rodata=		[KNL,EARLY]
5801		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5802		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5803		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5804		        [arm64]
5805
5806	rockchip.usb_uart
5807			[EARLY]
5808			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5809			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5810			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5811			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5812
5813	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5814			Usually this a a block device specifier of some kind,
5815			see the early_lookup_bdev comment in
5816			block/early-lookup.c for details.
5817			Alternatively this can be "ram" for the legacy initial
5818			ramdisk, "nfs" and "cifs" for root on a network file
5819			system, or "mtd" and "ubi" for mounting from raw flash.
5820
5821	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5822			mount the root filesystem
5823
5824	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5825
5826	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5827
5828	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5829			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5830			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5831
5832	rootwait=	[KNL] Maximum time (in seconds) to wait for root device
5833			to show up before attempting to mount the root
5834			filesystem.
5835
5836	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5837			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5838			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5839			managed by CMA.
5840
5841	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5842
5843	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5844
5845	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5846			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5847		strict
5848			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result
5849			in an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before
5850			reuse, which is faster. Deprecated, equivalent to
5851			iommu.strict=1.
5852
5853	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5854			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5855			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5856			factor of the size of main memory.
5857			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5858			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5859			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5860			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5861			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5862			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5863			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5864
5865	sa1100ir	[NET]
5866			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5867
5868	sched_verbose	[KNL,EARLY] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5869
5870	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5871			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5872			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5873			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5874
5875	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5876			[Deprecated]
5877			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5878			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5879			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5880			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5881			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5882			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5883			value.
5884			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5885			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5886				1			64 ms
5887				2			128 ms
5888			and so on.
5889			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5890			Default is 0.
5891
5892	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5893			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5894			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5895			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5896			tests.
5897
5898	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5899			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5900			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5901			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5902			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5903			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5904			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5905
5906	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5907			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5908			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5909			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5910			equal to the number of CPUs.
5911
5912	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5913			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5914			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5915
5916	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5917			Number seconds to wait between successive
5918			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
5919			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5920
5921	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5922			The number of seconds following the start of the
5923			test after which to shut down the system.  The
5924			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5925			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5926
5927	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5928			The number of seconds between outputting the
5929			current test statistics to the console.  A value
5930			of zero disables statistics output.
5931
5932	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5933			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5934			to the set of CPUs under test.
5935
5936	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5937			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5938			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5939			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5940			functions.
5941
5942	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5943			Enable additional printk() statements.
5944
5945	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5946			The probability weighting to use for the
5947			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5948			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
5949			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
5950			if at least one weight has some other value, a
5951			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5952
5953	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
5954			The probability weighting to use for the
5955			smp_call_function_single() function with a
5956			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5957
5958	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
5959			The probability weighting to use for the
5960			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
5961			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5962			Note well that setting a high probability for
5963			this weighting can place serious IPI load
5964			on the system.
5965
5966	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
5967			The probability weighting to use for the
5968			smp_call_function_many() function with a
5969			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5970			and weight_many.
5971
5972	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
5973			The probability weighting to use for the
5974			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
5975			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
5976			weight_many.
5977
5978	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
5979			The probability weighting to use for the
5980			smp_call_function_all() function with a
5981			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5982			and weight_many.
5983
5984	skew_tick=	[KNL,EARLY] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5985			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5986			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5987			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5988			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5989			1 -- enable.
5990			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5991			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5992
5993	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5994			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5995			"lsm=" parameter.
5996
5997	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5998			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5999			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
6000			0 -- disable.
6001			1 -- enable.
6002			Default value is 1.
6003
6004	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
6005
6006	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
6007
6008	shapers=	[NET]
6009			Maximal number of shapers.
6010
6011	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
6012			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
6013			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
6014			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
6015			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
6016			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
6017			apic=verbose is specified.
6018			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
6019
6020	simeth=		[IA-64]
6021	simscsi=
6022
6023	slab_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM]
6024			Enabling slab_debug allows one to determine the
6025			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
6026			slab_debug can create guard zones around objects and
6027			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
6028			last alloc / free. For more information see
6029			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6030			(slub_debug legacy name also accepted for now)
6031
6032	slab_max_order= [MM]
6033			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
6034			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
6035			fragmentation. For more information see
6036			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6037			(slub_max_order legacy name also accepted for now)
6038
6039	slab_merge	[MM]
6040			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
6041			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
6042			(slub_merge legacy name also accepted for now)
6043
6044	slab_min_objects=	[MM]
6045			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
6046			increase the slab order up to slab_max_order to
6047			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
6048			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
6049			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
6050			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
6051			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6052			(slub_min_objects legacy name also accepted for now)
6053
6054	slab_min_order=	[MM]
6055			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
6056			lower or equal to slab_max_order. For more information see
6057			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6058			(slub_min_order legacy name also accepted for now)
6059
6060	slab_nomerge	[MM]
6061			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
6062			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
6063			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
6064			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
6065			layout control by attackers can usually be
6066			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
6067			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
6068			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
6069			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
6070			own.
6071			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6072			(slub_nomerge legacy name also accepted for now)
6073
6074	slram=		[HW,MTD]
6075
6076	smart2=		[HW]
6077			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
6078
6079	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
6080			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
6081			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
6082			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
6083			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
6084			disabling interrupts for extended periods
6085			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
6086			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
6087			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
6088			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
6089
6090	smp.panic_on_ipistall= [KNL]
6091			If a csd_lock_timeout extends for more than
6092			the specified number of milliseconds, panic the
6093			system.  By default, let CSD-lock acquisition
6094			take as long as they take.  Specifying 300,000
6095			for this value provides a 5-minute timeout.
6096
6097	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
6098	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
6099	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
6100	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
6101	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
6102	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
6103	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
6104				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
6105				1: Fast pin select (default)
6106				2: ATC IRMode
6107
6108	smt=		[KNL,MIPS,S390,EARLY] Set the maximum number of threads
6109			(logical CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems
6110			capable of symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will
6111			be capped to the actual hardware limit.
6112			Format: <integer>
6113			Default: -1 (no limit)
6114
6115	softlockup_panic=
6116			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
6117			Format: 0 | 1
6118
6119			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
6120			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
6121			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
6122			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
6123			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
6124
6125	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
6126			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
6127			backtraces on all cpus.
6128			Format: 0 | 1
6129
6130	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
6131			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
6132
6133	spectre_bhi=	[X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection
6134			(BHI) vulnerability.  This setting affects the
6135			deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB
6136			clearing sequence.
6137
6138			on   - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation
6139			       as needed.
6140			off  - Disable the mitigation.
6141
6142	spectre_v2=	[X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6143			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
6144			The default operation protects the kernel from
6145			user space attacks.
6146
6147			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
6148			       spectre_v2_user=on
6149			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
6150			       spectre_v2_user=off
6151			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
6152			       vulnerable
6153
6154			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
6155			mitigation method at run time according to the
6156			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
6157			CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE configuration option,
6158			and the compiler with which the kernel was built.
6159
6160			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
6161			against user space to user space task attacks.
6162
6163			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
6164			the user space protections.
6165
6166			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
6167
6168			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
6169			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
6170			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
6171			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
6172			eibrs		  - Enhanced/Auto IBRS
6173			eibrs,retpoline   - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
6174			eibrs,lfence      - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
6175			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
6176
6177			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6178			spectre_v2=auto.
6179
6180	spectre_v2_user=
6181			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6182		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
6183		        user space tasks
6184
6185			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
6186				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
6187
6188			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
6189				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
6190
6191			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
6192				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
6193				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
6194				  is inherited on fork.
6195
6196			prctl,ibpb
6197				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
6198				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6199				  always when switching between different user
6200				  space processes.
6201
6202			seccomp
6203				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
6204				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
6205				  they explicitly opt out.
6206
6207			seccomp,ibpb
6208				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
6209				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6210				  always when switching between different
6211				  user space processes.
6212
6213			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
6214				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
6215
6216			Default mitigation: "prctl"
6217
6218			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6219			spectre_v2_user=auto.
6220
6221	spec_rstack_overflow=
6222			[X86,EARLY] Control RAS overflow mitigation on AMD Zen CPUs
6223
6224			off		- Disable mitigation
6225			microcode	- Enable microcode mitigation only
6226			safe-ret	- Enable sw-only safe RET mitigation (default)
6227			ibpb		- Enable mitigation by issuing IBPB on
6228					  kernel entry
6229			ibpb-vmexit	- Issue IBPB only on VMEXIT
6230					  (cloud-specific mitigation)
6231
6232	spec_store_bypass_disable=
6233			[HW,EARLY] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
6234			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
6235
6236			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
6237			a common industry wide performance optimization known
6238			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
6239			to the same memory location may not be observed by
6240			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
6241			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
6242			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
6243			end of a particular speculation execution window.
6244
6245			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6246			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
6247			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
6248			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
6249
6250			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
6251			Bypass optimization is used.
6252
6253			On x86 the options are:
6254
6255			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
6256			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
6257			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
6258				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
6259				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
6260				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
6261				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
6262				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
6263			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
6264				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
6265				  for a process by default. The state of the control
6266				  is inherited on fork.
6267			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
6268				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
6269
6270			Default mitigations:
6271			X86:	"prctl"
6272
6273			On powerpc the options are:
6274
6275			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
6276				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
6277				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
6278				  exit.
6279			off	- No action.
6280
6281			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6282			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
6283
6284	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
6285	spia_fio_base=
6286	spia_pedr=
6287	spia_peddr=
6288
6289	split_lock_detect=
6290			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
6291
6292			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
6293			instructions that access data across cache line
6294			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
6295			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
6296			bus lock detection.
6297
6298			off	- not enabled
6299
6300			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
6301				  about applications triggering the #AC
6302				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
6303				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
6304				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
6305				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
6306				  enabled in hardware.
6307
6308			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
6309				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
6310				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
6311				  both features are enabled in hardware.
6312
6313			ratelimit:N -
6314				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
6315				  per second for bus lock detection.
6316				  0 < N <= 1000.
6317
6318				  N/A for split lock detection.
6319
6320
6321			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
6322			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
6323			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
6324			mode.
6325
6326			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
6327			CPL > 0.
6328
6329	srbds=		[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
6330			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
6331			(SRBDS) mitigation.
6332
6333			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
6334			exploit which can leak bits from the random
6335			number generator.
6336
6337			By default, this issue is mitigated by
6338			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
6339			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
6340			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
6341			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
6342
6343			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
6344			the following option:
6345
6346			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
6347				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
6348
6349	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
6350			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
6351			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
6352			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
6353			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
6354			but takes effect only when the low-order four
6355			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
6356			(decide at boot).
6357
6358	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
6359			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
6360			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
6361			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
6362
6363				   0:  Never.
6364				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
6365				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
6366				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
6367				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
6368
6369			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
6370			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
6371			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
6372
6373	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
6374			Specifies how frequently to check for
6375			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
6376			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
6377			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
6378			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
6379			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
6380			are ignored.
6381
6382	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
6383			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
6384			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
6385			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
6386			grace period will be considered for automatic
6387			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
6388			expediting.
6389
6390	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
6391			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
6392			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
6393			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
6394			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
6395			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
6396
6397	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
6398			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
6399			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
6400			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
6401			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
6402			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
6403
6404	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
6405			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
6406			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
6407
6408	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
6409			Specifies the number of update-side contention
6410			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
6411			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
6412			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
6413			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
6414			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
6415
6416	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW,EARLY]
6417			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
6418
6419			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
6420			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
6421			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
6422			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
6423
6424			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
6425				   for both kernel and userspace
6426			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
6427				   for both kernel and userspace
6428			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
6429				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
6430				   to allow userspace to register its
6431				   interest in being mitigated too.
6432
6433	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
6434			override the default stack gap protection. The value
6435			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
6436			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
6437			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
6438			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
6439
6440	stack_depot_disable= [KNL,EARLY]
6441			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
6442			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
6443			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
6444			to false.
6445
6446	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
6447			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
6448
6449	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
6450			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
6451			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
6452			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
6453			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
6454			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
6455			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
6456
6457	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
6458			Format: <num>
6459			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
6460			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
6461			as the initial boot-console.
6462			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6463
6464	sti_font=	[HW]
6465			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6466
6467	stifb=		[HW]
6468			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
6469
6470        strict_sas_size=
6471			[X86]
6472			Format: <bool>
6473			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
6474			against the required signal frame size which
6475			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
6476			be used to filter out binaries which have
6477			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
6478
6479	stress_hpt	[PPC,EARLY]
6480			Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
6481			page table to increase the rate of hash page table
6482			faults on kernel addresses.
6483
6484	stress_slb	[PPC,EARLY]
6485			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
6486			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
6487			on kernel addresses.
6488
6489	sunrpc.min_resvport=
6490	sunrpc.max_resvport=
6491			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6492			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
6493			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
6494			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
6495			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
6496			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
6497			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
6498			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
6499			maximum port values.
6500
6501	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
6502			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6503			Limit the number of requests that the server will
6504			process in parallel from a single connection.
6505			The default value is 0 (no limit).
6506
6507	sunrpc.pool_mode=
6508			[NFS]
6509			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
6510			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
6511			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
6512			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6513			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6514			NFS server is running.
6515
6516			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6517				    automatically using heuristics
6518			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6519			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6520			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6521				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6522
6523	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6524	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6525			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6526			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6527			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6528			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6529			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6530			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6531
6532	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6533			[SUSPEND]
6534			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6535			mode before resuming the system (see
6536			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6537			is set. Default value is 5.
6538
6539	svm=		[PPC]
6540			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6541			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6542			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6543
6544	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86,EARLY]
6545			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6546			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6547			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6548				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6549				 to a power of 2.
6550			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6551			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6552			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6553
6554	switches=	[HW,M68k,EARLY]
6555
6556	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6557			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6558			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6559			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6560			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6561			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6562			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6563			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6564
6565	sysrq_always_enabled
6566			[KNL]
6567			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6568			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6569			Useful for debugging.
6570
6571	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6572			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6573			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6574			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6575			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6576			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6577
6578	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6579
6580	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6581			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6582			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6583			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6584			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6585			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6586			The system is woken from this state using a
6587			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6588
6589	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6590			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6591
6592	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6593			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6594			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6595
6596	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6597			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6598			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6599
6600	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6601			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6602
6603	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6604			-1: disable all passive trip points
6605			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6606			value
6607
6608	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6609			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6610			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6611			0: no polling (default)
6612
6613	threadirqs	[KNL,EARLY]
6614			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6615			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6616
6617	topology=	[S390,EARLY]
6618			Format: {off | on}
6619			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6620			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6621			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6622			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6623			Default is on.
6624
6625	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
6626			Format: {off}
6627			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
6628			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
6629			LPAR.
6630
6631	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6632			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6633			until after init has spawned.
6634
6635	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6636			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6637			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6638			very costly operation when many torture tests
6639			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6640			with rotating-rust storage.
6641
6642	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6643			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6644			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6645			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6646
6647	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6648			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6649
6650	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
6651
6652	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6653			Format: integer pcr id
6654			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6655			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6656			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6657			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6658			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6659			are saved.
6660
6661	tpm_tis.interrupts= [HW,TPM]
6662			Enable interrupts for the MMIO based physical layer
6663			for the FIFO interface. By default it is set to false
6664			(0). For more information about TPM hardware interfaces
6665			defined by Trusted Computing Group (TCG) see
6666			https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-platform-tpm-profile-ptp-specification/
6667
6668	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6669			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6670			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6671			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6672			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6673			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6674
6675			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6676			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6677			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6678			tp_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6679
6680			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6681			to stop the printing of events to console at
6682			late_initcall_sync.
6683
6684			** CAUTION **
6685
6686			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6687			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6688			the system to live lock.
6689
6690	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6691			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6692			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6693			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6694			make the system inoperable.
6695
6696			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6697			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6698
6699	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6700			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6701
6702	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6703			at boot up.
6704			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6705				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6706				depending on the architecture, may not be
6707				in sync between CPUs.
6708			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6709				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6710				but better for some race conditions.
6711			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6712				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6713				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6714				once per event.
6715			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6716			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6717			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6718			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6719				stamps.
6720			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6721			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6722			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6723
6724	trace_event=[event-list]
6725			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6726			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6727			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6728			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6729
6730	trace_instance=[instance-info]
6731			[FTRACE] Create a ring buffer instance early in boot up.
6732			This will be listed in:
6733
6734				/sys/kernel/tracing/instances
6735
6736			Events can be enabled at the time the instance is created
6737			via:
6738
6739				trace_instance=<name>,<system1>:<event1>,<system2>:<event2>
6740
6741			Note, the "<system*>:" portion is optional if the event is
6742			unique.
6743
6744				trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall
6745
6746			will enable the "sched_switch" event (note, the "sched:" is optional, and
6747			the same thing would happen if it was left off). The irq_handler_entry
6748			event, and all events under the "initcall" system.
6749
6750	trace_options=[option-list]
6751			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6752			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6753			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6754			to echo the option name into
6755
6756			    /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_options
6757
6758			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6759			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6760
6761			      trace_options=stacktrace
6762
6763			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6764			section.
6765
6766	trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
6767			[FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events.
6768			Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
6769			filter.
6770
6771			The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..."
6772			Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated.
6773
6774			For example:
6775
6776			  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"
6777
6778			The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch"
6779			event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch"
6780			event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE).
6781
6782			See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst
6783
6784
6785	traceoff_on_warning
6786			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6787			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6788			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6789			file located in /sys/kernel/tracing/
6790
6791			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6792			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6793			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6794
6795			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6796			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6797
6798	transparent_hugepage=
6799			[KNL]
6800			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6801			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6802			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6803			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6804			for more details.
6805
6806	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6807			Format: <string>
6808			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6809			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6810			sources:
6811			- "tpm"
6812			- "tee"
6813			- "caam"
6814			- "dcp"
6815			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6816			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6817			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6818			successfully during iteration.
6819
6820	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6821			Format: <string>
6822			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6823			Can be one of:
6824			- "kernel"
6825			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6826			- "default"
6827			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6828			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6829
6830	trusted.dcp_use_otp_key
6831			This is intended to be used in combination with
6832			trusted.source=dcp and will select the DCP OTP key
6833			instead of the DCP UNIQUE key blob encryption.
6834
6835	trusted.dcp_skip_zk_test
6836			This is intended to be used in combination with
6837			trusted.source=dcp and will disable the check if the
6838			blob key is all zeros. This is helpful for situations where
6839			having this key zero'ed is acceptable. E.g. in testing
6840			scenarios.
6841
6842	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6843			Format: <string>
6844			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6845			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6846			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6847			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6848			virtualized environment.
6849			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6850			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6851			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6852			can add overhead.
6853			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6854			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6855			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6856			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6857			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6858			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6859			acceptable).
6860			[x86] recalibrate: force recalibration against a HW timer
6861			(HPET or PM timer) on systems whose TSC frequency was
6862			obtained from HW or FW using either an MSR or CPUID(0x15).
6863			Warn if the difference is more than 500 ppm.
6864			[x86] watchdog: Use TSC as the watchdog clocksource with
6865			which to check other HW timers (HPET or PM timer), but
6866			only on systems where TSC has been deemed trustworthy.
6867			This will be suppressed by an earlier tsc=nowatchdog and
6868			can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog.  A console
6869			message will flag any such suppression or overriding.
6870
6871	tsc_early_khz=  [X86,EARLY] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
6872			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
6873			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
6874			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
6875			Format: <unsigned int>
6876
6877	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
6878			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
6879			support TSX control.
6880
6881			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
6882
6883			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
6884				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
6885				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
6886				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
6887				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
6888				with leaving it enabled.
6889
6890			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
6891				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
6892				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
6893				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
6894				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
6895				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
6896				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
6897
6898			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
6899				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
6900
6901			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
6902
6903			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6904			for more details.
6905
6906	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
6907			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
6908
6909			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
6910			certain CPUs that support Transactional
6911			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
6912			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
6913			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
6914			conditions.
6915
6916			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6917			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
6918			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
6919			access.
6920
6921			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
6922			options are:
6923
6924			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
6925				     if TSX is enabled.
6926
6927			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
6928				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
6929				     is not disabled because CPU is not
6930				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
6931			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
6932
6933			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
6934			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
6935			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
6936			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
6937
6938			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6939			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
6940			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
6941			required and doesn't provide any additional
6942			mitigation.
6943
6944			For details see:
6945			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6946
6947	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
6948			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
6949			Format:
6950			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
6951			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
6952
6953	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
6954			happen after console_init() and before a proper
6955			console driver takes over, this boot options might
6956			help "seeing" what's going on.
6957
6958	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6959			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
6960
6961	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
6962			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
6963			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
6964			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
6965			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
6966			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
6967			reported either.
6968
6969	unknown_nmi_panic
6970			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
6971
6972	unwind_debug	[X86-64,EARLY]
6973			Enable unwinder debug output.  This can be
6974			useful for debugging certain unwinder error
6975			conditions, including corrupt stacks and
6976			bad/missing unwinder metadata.
6977
6978	usbcore.authorized_default=
6979			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
6980			(default -1 = authorized (same as 1),
6981			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
6982			if device connected to internal port)
6983
6984	usbcore.autosuspend=
6985			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
6986			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
6987			is the time required before an idle device will be
6988			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
6989			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
6990
6991	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
6992			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
6993
6994	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
6995			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
6996			(default = 65536).
6997
6998	usbcore.blinkenlights=
6999			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
7000
7001	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
7002			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
7003			scheme (default 0 = off).
7004
7005	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
7006			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
7007			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
7008
7009	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
7010			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
7011			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
7012
7013	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
7014			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
7015			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
7016			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
7017
7018	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
7019
7020	usbcore.quirks=
7021			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
7022			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
7023			commas. Each entry has the form
7024			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
7025			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
7026			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
7027			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
7028			the following meanings:
7029				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
7030					descriptors must not be fetched using
7031					a 255-byte read);
7032				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
7033					correctly so reset it instead);
7034				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
7035					Set-Interface requests);
7036				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
7037					handle its Configuration or Interface
7038					strings);
7039				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
7040					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
7041				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
7042					more interface descriptions than the
7043					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
7044					talking to these interfaces);
7045				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
7046					during initialization, after we read
7047					the device descriptor);
7048				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
7049					high speed and super speed interrupt
7050					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
7051					require the interval in microframes (1
7052					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
7053					calculated as interval = 2 ^
7054					(bInterval-1).
7055					Devices with this quirk report their
7056					bInterval as the result of this
7057					calculation instead of the exponent
7058					variable used in the calculation);
7059				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
7060					handle device_qualifier descriptor
7061					requests);
7062				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
7063					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
7064					remote wakeup capability);
7065				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
7066					Power Management);
7067				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
7068					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
7069					frames instead of the USB 2.0
7070					calculation);
7071				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
7072					to be disconnected before suspend to
7073					prevent spurious wakeup);
7074				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
7075					pause after every control message);
7076				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
7077					delay after resetting its port);
7078				p = USB_QUIRK_SHORT_SET_ADDRESS_REQ_TIMEOUT
7079					(Reduce timeout of the SET_ADDRESS
7080					request from 5000 ms to 500 ms);
7081			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
7082
7083	usbhid.mousepoll=
7084			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
7085
7086	usbhid.jspoll=
7087			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
7088
7089	usbhid.kbpoll=
7090			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
7091
7092	usb-storage.delay_use=
7093			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
7094			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
7095
7096	usb-storage.quirks=
7097			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
7098			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
7099			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
7100			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
7101			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
7102			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
7103			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
7104				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
7105					of sense data, not on uas);
7106				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
7107					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
7108				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
7109					device capacity by one sector);
7110				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
7111					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
7112				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
7113					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
7114				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
7115					command, uas only);
7116				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
7117					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
7118				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
7119					reported device capacity by one
7120					sector if the number is odd);
7121				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
7122					device);
7123				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
7124					command, uas only);
7125				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
7126				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
7127					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
7128				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
7129					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
7130					not on uas);
7131				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
7132					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
7133				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
7134					reported by the device, not on uas);
7135				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
7136					by default, not on uas);
7137				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
7138					bogus residue values, not on uas);
7139				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
7140					Logical Unit);
7141				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
7142					commands, uas only);
7143				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
7144				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
7145					medium is write-protected).
7146				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
7147					even if the device claims no cache,
7148					not on uas)
7149			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
7150
7151	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
7152			Format: <int>
7153			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
7154				 1 - undefined instruction events
7155				 2 - system calls
7156				 4 - invalid data aborts
7157				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
7158				16 - SIGBUS faults
7159			Example: user_debug=31
7160
7161	userpte=
7162			[X86,EARLY] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
7163
7164				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
7165					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
7166					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
7167
7168	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
7169			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
7170
7171			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
7172			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
7173
7174	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
7175			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
7176			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
7177
7178			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
7179			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
7180			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
7181
7182			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
7183			alias for vdso32=0.
7184
7185			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
7186			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
7187
7188	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
7189			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
7190
7191	video=		[FB,EARLY] Frame buffer configuration
7192			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
7193
7194	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
7195			Format: [0|1]
7196			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
7197			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
7198			level and then send out the event to user space through
7199			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
7200			will only send out the event without touching backlight
7201			brightness level.
7202			default: 1
7203
7204	virtio_mmio.device=
7205			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
7206
7207				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
7208			where:
7209				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
7210						like K, M and G)
7211				<baseaddr> := physical base address
7212				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
7213						request_irq())
7214				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
7215			example:
7216				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
7217
7218			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
7219
7220	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
7221			See Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst and
7222			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
7223			Use vga=ask for menu.
7224			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
7225			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
7226
7227	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
7228			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
7229			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
7230			All options are enabled by default, and this
7231			interface is meant to allow for selectively
7232			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
7233			debugging features.
7234
7235			Available options are:
7236			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
7237			  -	Disable all of the above options
7238
7239	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Forces the vmalloc area to have an
7240			exact size of <nn>. This can be used to increase
7241			the minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be
7242			used to decrease the size and leave more room
7243			for directly mapped kernel RAM.
7244
7245	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390,EARLY]
7246			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
7247			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
7248
7249	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
7250			Format: <command>
7251
7252	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
7253			Format: <command>
7254
7255	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
7256			Format: <command>
7257
7258	vsyscall=	[X86-64,EARLY]
7259			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
7260			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
7261			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
7262			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
7263			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
7264			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
7265
7266			emulate     Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
7267			            reasonably safely.  The vsyscall page is
7268				    readable.
7269
7270			xonly       [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
7271			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
7272				    page is not readable.
7273
7274			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
7275			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
7276			            might break your system.
7277
7278	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
7279			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
7280			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
7281
7282	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
7283			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
7284			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
7285			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
7286
7287	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
7288			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
7289			Change the default blue palette of the console.
7290			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7291			ranging from 0-255.
7292
7293	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
7294			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
7295			Change the default green palette of the console.
7296			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7297			ranging from 0-255.
7298
7299	vt.default_red=	[VT]
7300			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
7301			Change the default red palette of the console.
7302			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7303			ranging from 0-255.
7304
7305	vt.default_utf8=
7306			[VT]
7307			Format=<0|1>
7308			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
7309			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
7310			newly opened terminals.
7311
7312	vt.global_cursor_default=
7313			[VT]
7314			Format=<-1|0|1>
7315			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
7316			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
7317			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
7318			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
7319			cursors, 1 will display them.
7320
7321	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
7322			Default: 2 = green.
7323
7324	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
7325			Default: 3 = cyan.
7326
7327	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
7328			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
7329			or other driver-specific files in the
7330			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
7331
7332	watchdog_thresh=
7333			[KNL]
7334			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
7335			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
7336			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
7337			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
7338			seconds.
7339
7340	workqueue.unbound_cpus=
7341			[KNL,SMP] Specify to constrain one or some CPUs
7342			to use in unbound workqueues.
7343			Format: <cpu-list>
7344			By default, all online CPUs are available for
7345			unbound workqueues.
7346
7347	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
7348			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
7349			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
7350			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
7351			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
7352			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
7353			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
7354			corresponding sysfs file.
7355
7356	workqueue.cpu_intensive_thresh_us=
7357			Per-cpu work items which run for longer than this
7358			threshold are automatically considered CPU intensive
7359			and excluded from concurrency management to prevent
7360			them from noticeably delaying other per-cpu work
7361			items. Default is 10000 (10ms).
7362
7363			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
7364			will report the work functions which violate this
7365			threshold repeatedly. They are likely good
7366			candidates for using WQ_UNBOUND workqueues instead.
7367
7368	workqueue.cpu_intensive_warning_thresh=<uint>
7369			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
7370			will report the work functions which violate the
7371			intensive_threshold_us repeatedly. In order to prevent
7372			spurious warnings, start printing only after a work
7373			function has violated this threshold number of times.
7374
7375			The default is 4 times. 0 disables the warning.
7376
7377	workqueue.power_efficient
7378			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
7379			they show better performance thanks to cache
7380			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
7381			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
7382
7383			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
7384			were observed to contribute significantly to power
7385			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
7386			power usage at the cost of small performance
7387			overhead.
7388
7389			The default value of this parameter is determined by
7390			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
7391
7392        workqueue.default_affinity_scope=
7393			Select the default affinity scope to use for unbound
7394			workqueues. Can be one of "cpu", "smt", "cache",
7395			"numa" and "system". Default is "cache". For more
7396			information, see the Affinity Scopes section in
7397			Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst.
7398
7399			This can be changed after boot by writing to the
7400			matching /sys/module/workqueue/parameters file. All
7401			workqueues with the "default" affinity scope will be
7402			updated accordingly.
7403
7404	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
7405			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
7406			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
7407			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
7408			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
7409			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
7410			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
7411			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
7412			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
7413			impacted.
7414
7415	writecombine=	[LOONGARCH,EARLY] Control the MAT (Memory Access
7416			Type) of ioremap_wc().
7417
7418			on   - Enable writecombine, use WUC for ioremap_wc()
7419			off  - Disable writecombine, use SUC for ioremap_wc()
7420
7421	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
7422			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
7423			supporting x2apic.
7424
7425	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
7426			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
7427			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
7428			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
7429			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
7430			domains.
7431
7432	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN,EARLY]
7433			Unplug Xen emulated devices
7434			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
7435			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
7436			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
7437			nics -- unplug network devices
7438			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
7439			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
7440				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
7441				the unplug protocol
7442			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
7443
7444	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
7445			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
7446			panic() code such as dumping handler.
7447
7448	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
7449			Format: <bool>
7450			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
7451			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
7452			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
7453
7454	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
7455			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
7456			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
7457			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
7458
7459	xen_nopv	[X86]
7460			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
7461			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
7462			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
7463			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
7464
7465	xen_no_vector_callback
7466			[KNL,X86,XEN,EARLY] Disable the vector callback for Xen
7467			event channel interrupts.
7468
7469	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
7470			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
7471			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
7472			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
7473			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
7474
7475	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN,EARLY]
7476			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
7477			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
7478			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
7479			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
7480			more timer interrupts.
7481
7482	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
7483			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
7484			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
7485			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
7486			started with less memory configured than allowed at
7487			max. Default is 180.
7488
7489	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
7490			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
7491			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
7492
7493	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
7494			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
7495			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
7496
7497	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
7498			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
7499			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
7500			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
7501			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
7502			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
7503
7504	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
7505			Format:
7506			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
7507
7508	xive=		[PPC]
7509			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
7510			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
7511			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
7512
7513			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
7514				  controller on both pseries and powernv
7515				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
7516
7517	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
7518			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
7519			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
7520			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
7521			loads instead, as on POWER9.
7522
7523	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
7524			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
7525			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
7526			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
7527
7528	xmon		[PPC,EARLY]
7529			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
7530			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
7531			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
7532			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
7533				debugger is called from setup_arch().
7534			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7535				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
7536				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
7537				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
7538			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7539				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
7540				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
7541				can be written using xmon commands.
7542			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
7543				memory, and other data can't be written using
7544				xmon commands.
7545			off	xmon is disabled.
7546