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1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64,RISCV64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64,riscv64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64 and RISCV64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or
14			"acpi=force" are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			{ vendor | video | native | none }
26			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
27			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
28			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
29			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
30			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
31			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
32
33	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
34			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
35			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
36			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
37			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
38
39	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
40			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
41			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
42			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
43			This option is useful for developers to identify the
44			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
45			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
46
47	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
48	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
49			Format: <int>
50			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
51			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
52			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
53			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
54			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
55			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
56			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
57			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
58			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
59			debug layers and levels.
60
61			Enable processor driver info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
140			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
141			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
142
143	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
144			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
145			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
146			second kernel for kdump.
147
148	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
149			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
150
151	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
152			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
153			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
154			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
155			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
156
157	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
158			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
159			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
160			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
161			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
162						  strings
163			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
164						  strings
165			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
166
167			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
168			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
169			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
170			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
171			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
172			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
173			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
174			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
175			care about the state of the feature group strings which
176			should be controlled by the OSPM.
177			Examples:
178			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
179			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
180			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
181
182			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
183			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
184			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
185			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
186			multiple times through kernel command line is also
187			meaningless.
188			Examples:
189			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
190			     FALSE.
191
192			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
193			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
194			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
195			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
196			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
197			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
198			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
199			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
200			is useful when one want to control the state of the
201			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
202			the OSPM features.
203			Examples:
204			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
205			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
206			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
207			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
208			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
209			     equivalent to
210			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
211			     and
212			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
213			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
214
215	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
216			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
217			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
218			and always returns good values.
219
220	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
221			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
222
223	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
224			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
225			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
226
227	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
228			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
229				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
230				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
231			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
232			s3_bios and s3_mode.
233			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
234			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
235			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
236			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
237			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
238			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
239			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
240			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
241			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
242			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
243			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
244			used (or even warned about) during resume.
245			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
246			control method, with respect to putting devices into
247			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
248			of _PTS is used by default).
249			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
250			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
251			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
252			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
253			but some broken systems don't work without it).
254			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
255			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
256			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
257
258	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
259			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
260			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
261
262	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
263			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
264
265	agp=		[AGP]
266			{ off | try_unsupported }
267			off: disable AGP support
268			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
269				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
270
271	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
272			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
273
274	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
275			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
276			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
277			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
278
279	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
280			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
281			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
282			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
283			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
284			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
285			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
286
287			32: only for 32-bit processes
288			64: only for 64-bit processes
289			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
290			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
291
292	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
293			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
294			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
295			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
296			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
297			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
298
299	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64]
300			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
301			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
302			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
303			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
304			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
305			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
306
307			See Documentation/arch/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
308			information.
309
310	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
311			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
312			Possible values are:
313			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
314			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
315				    the system
316			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
317					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
318					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
319					  requirements as needed. This option
320					  does not override iommu=pt
321			force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
322				       to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
323				       option with care.
324			pgtbl_v1     - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default).
325			pgtbl_v2     - Use v2 page table for DMA-API.
326			irtcachedis  - Disable Interrupt Remapping Table (IRT) caching.
327
328	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
329			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
330			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
331			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
332			IOMMU initialization.
333
334	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
335			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
336			remapping modes:
337			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
338			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
339			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
340			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
341			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
342
343	amd_pstate=	[X86]
344			disable
345			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
346			  scaling driver for the supported processors
347			passive
348			  Use amd_pstate with passive mode as a scaling driver.
349			  In this mode autonomous selection is disabled.
350			  Driver requests a desired performance level and platform
351			  tries to match the same performance level if it is
352			  satisfied by guaranteed performance level.
353			active
354			  Use amd_pstate_epp driver instance as the scaling driver,
355			  driver provides a hint to the hardware if software wants
356			  to bias toward performance (0x0) or energy efficiency (0xff)
357			  to the CPPC firmware. then CPPC power algorithm will
358			  calculate the runtime workload and adjust the realtime cores
359			  frequency.
360			guided
361			  Activate guided autonomous mode. Driver requests minimum and
362			  maximum performance level and the platform autonomously
363			  selects a performance level in this range and appropriate
364			  to the current workload.
365
366	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
367			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
368			Format: <a>,<b>
369			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
370
371	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
372			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
373			connected to one of 16 gameports
374			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
375
376	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
377			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
378			Format: noidle
379			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
380			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
381			APC and your system crashes randomly.
382
383	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
384			Change the output verbosity while booting
385			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
386			Change the amount of debugging information output
387			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
388			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
389			driver name.
390			Format: apic=driver_name
391			Examples: apic=bigsmp
392
393	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
394			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
395			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
396			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
397			      backup of CPU 0
398			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
399			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
400			      shot down by NMI
401
402	autoconf=	[IPV6]
403			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
404
405	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
406			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
407
408	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
409			Format: { "0" | "1" }
410			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
411			0 -- disable.
412			1 -- enable.
413			Default value is set via kernel config option.
414
415	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
416			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
417
418	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
419			Identification support
420
421	arm64.nomops	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory
422			Set instructions support
423
424	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
425			support
426
427	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
428			support
429
430	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
431			Extension support
432
433	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
434			Extension support
435
436	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
437
438	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
439
440	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
441			EzKey and similar keyboards
442
443	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
444
445	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
446			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
447
448	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
449			keyboards
450
451	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
452			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
453
454	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
455			Use software keyboard repeat
456
457	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
458			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
459			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
460			    enabled until the next reboot
461			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
462			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
463			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
464			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
465			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
466			    userspace auditd.
467			Default: unset
468
469	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
470			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
471			Default: 64
472
473	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
474			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
475			Format: { "0" | "1" }
476			0 - Disable the BAU.
477			1 - Enable the BAU.
478			unset - Disable the BAU.
479
480	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
481			Format: <io>,<mode>
482
483	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
484			Format: <io>,<mode>
485			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
486
487	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
488			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
489			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
490			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
491
492	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
493			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
494			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
495			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
496
497	bert_disable	[ACPI]
498			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
499
500	bgrt_disable	[ACPI][X86]
501			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
502
503	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
504			embedded devices based on command line input.
505			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
506
507	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
508			Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled,
509			and you may also have to specify "lpj=".  Boot_delay
510			values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed
511			erroneous and ignored.
512			Format: integer
513
514	bootconfig	[KNL]
515			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
516			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
517
518			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
519
520	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
521	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
522			kernel args too.
523	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
524	bttv.tuner=
525
526	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
527			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
528			at a time.
529
530	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
531
532	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
533			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
534			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
535			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
536			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
537			This option provides an override for these situations.
538
539	carrier_timeout=
540			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
541			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
542			it waits 120 seconds.
543
544	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
545			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
546			trust validation.
547			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
548
549	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
550			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
551			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
552			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
553			others).
554
555	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
556			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
557
558	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
559			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
560			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
561			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
562			  a single hierarchy
563			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
564			  subsystem
565			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
566			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
567			  created
568			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
569			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
570			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
571			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
572			stall information accounting feature
573
574	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
575			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
576			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
577			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
578			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
579			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
580			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
581			all v1 hierarchies.
582
583	cgroup_favordynmods= [KNL] Enable or Disable favordynmods.
584			Format: { "true" | "false" }
585			Defaults to the value of CONFIG_CGROUP_FAVOR_DYNMODS.
586
587	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
588			Format: <string>
589			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
590			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
591			nobpf -- Disable BPF memory accounting.
592
593	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
594			Format: { "0" | "1" }
595			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
596			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
597				any implied execute protection).
598			1 -- check protection requested by application.
599			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
600			Value can be changed at runtime via
601				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
602			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
603
604	cio_ignore=	[S390]
605			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
606
607	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
608			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
609			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
610			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
611			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
612			ones should be.
613			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
614			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
615			instability issue. However, not all features have names
616			in /proc/cpuinfo.
617			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
618			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
619			or using the feature without checking anything
620			will still see it. This just prevents it from
621			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
622			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
623			some critical bits.
624
625	clk_ignore_unused
626			[CLK]
627			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
628			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
629			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
630			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
631			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
632			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
633			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
634			platform with proper driver support.  For more
635			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
636
637	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
638			[Deprecated]
639			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
640			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
641			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
642			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
643
644	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
645			Format: <string>
646			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
647			with the name specified.
648			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
649			the platform:
650			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
651			[ACPI] acpi_pm
652			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
653				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
654			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
655				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
656			[MIPS] MIPS
657			[PARISC] cr16
658			[S390] tod
659			[SH] SuperH
660			[SPARC64] tick
661			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
662
663	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
664			[ARM,ARM64]
665			Format: <bool>
666			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
667			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
668			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
669			systems.
670
671	clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL]
672			Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to
673			external delays before the clock will be marked
674			unstable.  Defaults to two retries, that is,
675			three attempts to read the clock under test.
676
677	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
678			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
679			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
680			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
681			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
682			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
683			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
684			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
685			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
686
687	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
688			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
689			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
690			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
691			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
692
693	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
694			[KNL,CMA]
695			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
696			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
697			placement constraint by the physical address range of
698			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
699			altogether. For more information, see
700			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
701
702	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
703			[KNL,CMA]
704			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
705			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
706			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
707			specified, the default value is 0.
708			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
709			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
710			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
711			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
712
713	numa_cma=<node>:nn[MG][,<node>:nn[MG]]
714			[KNL,CMA]
715			Sets the size of kernel numa memory area for
716			contiguous memory allocations. It will reserve CMA
717			area for the specified node.
718
719			With numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
720			first try to allocate buffer from the numa area
721			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
722			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
723
724	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
725			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
726			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
727			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
728			a hypervisor.
729			Default: yes
730
731	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
732			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
733			allocations, by default set to 256K.
734
735	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
736			Format:
737			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
738
739	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
740			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
741
742	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
743			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
744			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
745
746	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
747	conmode=
748
749	con3215_drop=	[S390] 3215 console drop mode.
750			Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
751			When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
752			the console buffer is full. In this case the
753			operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
754			x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
755			console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
756			This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
757			terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
758			emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
759
760	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
761
762		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
763
764		ttyS<n>[,options]
765		ttyUSB0[,options]
766			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
767			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
768			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
769			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
770			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
771
772			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
773			information.  See
774			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
775			alternative.
776
777		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
778		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
779		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
780		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
781		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
782			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
783			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
784			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
785			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
786			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
787			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
788			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
789			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
790			the h/w is not re-initialized.
791
792		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
793			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
794
795		{ null | "" }
796			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
797			console messages discarded.
798			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
799			kernel command line.
800
801		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
802		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
803			console=brl,ttyS0
804		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
805
806	console_msg_format=
807			[KNL] Change console messages format
808		default
809			By default we print messages on consoles in
810			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
811			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
812			`printk_time' param).
813		syslog
814			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
815			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
816			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
817			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
818			from /proc/kmsg.
819
820	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
821			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
822			Defaults to 0.
823
824	coredump_filter=
825			[KNL] Change the default value for
826			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
827			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
828
829	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
830			[ARM,ARM64]
831			Format: <bool>
832			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
833			0: default value, disable debugging
834			1: enable debugging at boot time
835
836	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
837			Format:
838			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
839
840	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
841			disable the cpuidle sub-system
842
843	cpuidle.governor=
844			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
845
846	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
847			disable the cpufreq sub-system
848
849	cpufreq.default_governor=
850			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
851			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
852			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
853
854	cpu_init_udelay=N
855			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
856			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
857			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
858			Default: 10000
859
860	cpuhp.parallel=
861			[SMP] Enable/disable parallel bringup of secondary CPUs
862			Format: <bool>
863			Default is enabled if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PARALLEL=y. Otherwise
864			the parameter has no effect.
865
866	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
867			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
868			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
869			succeeds in any situation.
870			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
871			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
872			kernel more unstable.
873
874	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
875			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
876			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
877			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
878			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
879			is selected automatically.
880			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] Select a region under 4G first, and
881			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
882			hasn't been specified.
883			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
884
885	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
886			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
887			in the running system. The syntax of range is
888			start-[end] where start and end are both
889			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
890			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
891
892	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
893			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] range could be above 4G.
894			Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top,
895			so could be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram
896			installed. Otherwise memory region will be allocated
897			below 4G, if available.
898			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
899	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
900			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
901			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
902			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
903			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
904			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
905			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
906			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
907			default	size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
908			size is	platform dependent.
909			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
910			  --> arm64: 128MiB
911			  --> riscv: 128MiB
912			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
913			for second kernel instead.
914			0: to disable low allocation.
915			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
916			or memory reserved is below 4G.
917
918	cryptomgr.notests
919			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
920
921	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
922			Format: <dma>
923
924	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
925			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
926
927	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable or disable debug add-ons of cross-CPU
928			function call handling. When switched on,
929			additional debug data is printed to the console
930			in case a hanging CPU is detected, and that
931			CPU is pinged again in order to try to resolve
932			the hang situation.  The default value of this
933			option depends on the CSD_LOCK_WAIT_DEBUG_DEFAULT
934			Kconfig option.
935
936	dasd=		[HW,NET]
937			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
938
939	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
940			(one device per port)
941			Format: <port#>,<type>
942			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
943
944	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
945
946	debug_boot_weak_hash
947			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
948			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
949			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
950			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
951			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
952			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
953
954	debug_locks_verbose=
955			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
956			Format: <int>
957			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
958			self-tests.
959			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
960			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
961			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
962			useful to lockdep developers.
963
964	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
965
966	debug_guardpage_minorder=
967			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
968			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
969			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
970			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
971			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
972			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
973			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
974			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
975			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
976			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
977			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
978			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
979			F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA (basically when
980			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
981			bypassed) which are not detectable by
982			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
983			tracking down these problems.
984
985	debug_pagealloc=
986			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
987			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
988			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
989			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
990			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
991			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
992			on: enable the feature
993
994	debugfs=    	[KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
995			and debugfs internal clients.
996			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
997			on: 	All functions are enabled.
998			no-mount:
999				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
1000			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
1001				its content. There is nothing to mount.
1002			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
1003			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
1004				or directories within debugfs.
1005				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
1006				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
1007			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
1008
1009	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
1010
1011	default_hugepagesz=
1012			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
1013			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
1014			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
1015			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
1016			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
1017			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
1018			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
1019			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1020			Format: size[KMG]
1021
1022	deferred_probe_timeout=
1023			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
1024			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
1025			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
1026			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
1027			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
1028			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
1029			successful driver registration. This option will also
1030			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
1031			retrying.
1032
1033	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
1034
1035	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
1036			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1037			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1038			hardware.
1039
1040	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1041			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1042			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1043			blacklisted features.
1044
1045	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1046			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1047			(disabled by default).
1048
1049	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1050			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1051			capability is set.
1052
1053	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1054			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1055
1056	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1057			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1058
1059	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1060			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1061			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1062			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1063			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1064			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1065			          only (compression on level 1)
1066			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1067			          only (decompression)
1068			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1069			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1070
1071	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1072			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1073
1074	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
1075			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1076			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1077			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1078			miss to occur.
1079
1080	disable=	[IPV6]
1081			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1082
1083	disable_radix	[PPC]
1084			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1085
1086	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1087			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1088			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1089
1090	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
1091			Format: <int>
1092			The number of initial APIC ID for the
1093			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
1094			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
1095			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
1096			causing system reset or hang due to sending
1097			INIT from AP to BSP.
1098
1099	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
1100			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1101			to workaround buggy firmware.
1102
1103	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1104			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1105
1106	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1107			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1108			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1109			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1110
1111	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
1112			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1113			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1114			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1115			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1116
1117	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1118			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1119			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1120
1121	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1122
1123	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1124			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1125
1126	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1127			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1128			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1129			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1130			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1131			architectural default is too low.
1132
1133	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1134			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1135			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1136			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1137			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1138			driver later using sysfs.
1139
1140	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1141			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1142			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1143			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1144			match the *.
1145			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1146
1147	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1148			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1149			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1150			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1151			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1152			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
1153			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
1154			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
1155			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
1156			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
1157			available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID
1158			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
1159			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
1160			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
1161			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
1162			data set with no connector name will be used for
1163			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1164
1165	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1166
1167	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
1168			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1169			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1170			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1171			exists).
1172			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1173			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1174			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1175
1176	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1177			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1178			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1179			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1180
1181	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1182	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1183			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1184			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1185			for details.
1186
1187	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
1188			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1189			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1190			which are not unmapped.
1191
1192	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
1193
1194			When used with no options, the early console is
1195			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1196			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1197			the platform.
1198
1199		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1200			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1201			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1202			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1203			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1204			configured.
1205
1206		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1207		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1208		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1209		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1210		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1211			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1212			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1213			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1214			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1215			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1216			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1217			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1218			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized. 'uartclk' is
1219			the uart clock frequency; if unspecified, it is set
1220			to 'BASE_BAUD' * 16.
1221
1222		pl011,<addr>
1223		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1224			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1225			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1226			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1227			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1228			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1229			the device registers.
1230
1231		liteuart,<addr>
1232			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1233			specified address. The serial port must already be
1234			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1235
1236		meson,<addr>
1237			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1238			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1239			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1240			supported.
1241
1242		msm_serial,<addr>
1243			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1244			port at the specified address. The serial port
1245			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1246			yet supported.
1247
1248		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1249			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1250			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1251			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1252			yet supported.
1253
1254		owl,<addr>
1255			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1256			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1257			specified address. The serial port must already be
1258			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1259
1260		rda,<addr>
1261			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1262			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1263			specified address. The serial port must already be
1264			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1265
1266		sbi
1267			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1268			console.
1269
1270		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1271
1272		s3c2410,<addr>
1273		s3c2412,<addr>
1274		s3c2440,<addr>
1275		s3c6400,<addr>
1276		s5pv210,<addr>
1277		exynos4210,<addr>
1278			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1279			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1280			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1281			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1282			Options are not yet supported.
1283
1284		lantiq,<addr>
1285			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1286			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1287			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1288			yet supported.
1289
1290		lpuart,<addr>
1291		lpuart32,<addr>
1292			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1293			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1294			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1295			port must already be setup and configured.
1296
1297		ec_imx21,<addr>
1298		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1299			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1300			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1301			must already be setup and configured.
1302
1303		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1304			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1305			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1306			address. The serial port must already be setup
1307			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1308
1309		qcom_geni,<addr>
1310			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1311			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1312			specified address. The serial port must already be
1313			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1314
1315		efifb,[options]
1316			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1317			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1318			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1319			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1320			mapped with the correct attributes.
1321
1322		linflex,<addr>
1323			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1324			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1325			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1326			already be setup and configured.
1327
1328	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1329			earlyprintk=vga
1330			earlyprintk=sclp
1331			earlyprintk=xen
1332			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1333			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1334			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1335			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1336			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1337			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1338			earlyprintk=bios
1339
1340			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1341			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1342			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1343
1344			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1345			takes over.
1346
1347			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1348			be used at a time.
1349
1350			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1351			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1352			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1353			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1354				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1355			You can find the port for a given device in
1356			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1357				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1358
1359			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1360			very good.
1361
1362			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1363			the real console.
1364
1365			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1366
1367			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1368
1369			The bios output can only be used on SuperH.
1370
1371			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1372			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1373			UART class.
1374
1375	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1376			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1377			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1378			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1379			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1380			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1381			default: on.
1382
1383	edd=		[EDD]
1384			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1385
1386	efi=		[EFI]
1387			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1388				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1389				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1390			debug: enable misc debug output.
1391			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1392			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1393			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1394			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1395			firmware implementations.
1396			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1397			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1398			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1399			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1400			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1401			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1402			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1403			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1404			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1405			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1406
1407	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1408			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1409			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1410			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1411			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1412
1413	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1414			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1415			updating original EFI memory map.
1416			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1417			from ss to ss+nn.
1418
1419			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1420			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1421			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1422			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1423
1424			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1425			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1426			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1427
1428			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1429			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1430			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1431			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1432			"soft reserved".
1433
1434	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1435			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1436			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1437			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1438			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1439
1440
1441	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1442			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1443
1444	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1445			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1446
1447			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1448			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1449
1450			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1451			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1452			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1453			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1454
1455	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1456			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1457			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1458
1459	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1460			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1461			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1462			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1463			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1464
1465	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1466			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1467			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1468			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1469
1470	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1471			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1472			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1473			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1474			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1475
1476	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1477			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1478			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1479			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1480			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1481			Default value is 0.
1482			Value can be changed at runtime via
1483			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1484
1485	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1486			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1487			support.
1488
1489	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1490			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1491			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1492
1493	evm=		[EVM]
1494			Format: { "fix" }
1495			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1496			current integrity status.
1497
1498	early_page_ext [KNL] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1499			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1500			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1501			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1502			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1503			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1504			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1505
1506	failslab=
1507	fail_usercopy=
1508	fail_page_alloc=
1509	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1510			General fault injection mechanism.
1511			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1512			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1513
1514	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1515			Format: { initns | none }
1516			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1517			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1518
1519	floppy=		[HW]
1520			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1521
1522	forcepae	[X86-32]
1523			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1524			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1525			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1526			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1527			and may cause unknown problems.
1528
1529	ftrace=[tracer]
1530			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1531			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1532			boot debugging.
1533
1534	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1535			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1536			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1537			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1538			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1539			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1540			start up functionality.
1541
1542			Optionally, the snapshot can also be defined for a tracing
1543			instance that was created by the trace_instance= command
1544			line parameter.
1545
1546			trace_instance=foo,sched_switch ftrace_boot_snapshot=foo
1547
1548			The above will cause the "foo" tracing instance to trigger
1549			a snapshot at the end of boot up.
1550
1551	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1552			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1553			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1554			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1555			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1556			oops.
1557
1558	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1559			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1560			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1561			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1562			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1563			tracing directory.
1564
1565	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1566			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1567			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1568			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1569			tracing directory.
1570
1571	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1572			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1573			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1574			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1575			that can be changed at run time by the
1576			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1577
1578	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1579			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1580			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1581			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1582			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1583
1584	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1585			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1586			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1587			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1588			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1589
1590	fw_devlink=	[KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1591			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1592			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1593			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1594			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1595			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1596			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1597			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1598			suppliers).
1599			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1600			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1601			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1602				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1603				up (sync_state() calls).
1604			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1605				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1606			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1607
1608	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1609			[KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1610			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1611			Format: <bool>
1612
1613	fw_devlink.sync_state =
1614			[KNL] When all devices that could probe have finished
1615			probing, this parameter controls what to do with
1616			devices that haven't yet received their sync_state()
1617			calls.
1618			Format: { strict | timeout }
1619			strict -- Default. Continue waiting on consumers to
1620				probe successfully.
1621			timeout -- Give up waiting on consumers and call
1622				sync_state() on any devices that haven't yet
1623				received their sync_state() calls after
1624				deferred_probe_timeout has expired or by
1625				late_initcall() if !CONFIG_MODULES.
1626
1627	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1628			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1629			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1630			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1631			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1632
1633	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1634
1635	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1636			Format: off | on
1637			default: on
1638
1639	gather_data_sampling=
1640			[X86,INTEL] Control the Gather Data Sampling (GDS)
1641			mitigation.
1642
1643			Gather Data Sampling is a hardware vulnerability which
1644			allows unprivileged speculative access to data which was
1645			previously stored in vector registers.
1646
1647			This issue is mitigated by default in updated microcode.
1648			The mitigation may have a performance impact but can be
1649			disabled. On systems without the microcode mitigation
1650			disabling AVX serves as a mitigation.
1651
1652			force:	Disable AVX to mitigate systems without
1653				microcode mitigation. No effect if the microcode
1654				mitigation is present. Known to cause crashes in
1655				userspace with buggy AVX enumeration.
1656
1657			off:	Disable GDS mitigation.
1658
1659	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1660			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1661			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1662			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1663			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1664
1665	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1666			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1667			android emulator
1668
1669	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1670			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1671			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1672	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1673			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1674
1675	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1676			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1677			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1678			GPT to be used instead.
1679
1680	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1681			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1682			Format: 0 | 1
1683			Default: 0
1684	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1685			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1686			Format: 0 | 1
1687			Default: 0
1688	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1689			Format: 0 | 1
1690			Default: 0
1691	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1692			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1693			Default: 1024
1694	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1695			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1696			Default: 1024
1697
1698	hardened_usercopy=
1699			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1700			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1701			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1702			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1703			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1704			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1705			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1706		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1707		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1708
1709	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1710			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1711			backtraces on all cpus.
1712			Format: 0 | 1
1713
1714	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1715			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1716			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1717			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1718
1719	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1720
1721	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1722			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1723
1724	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1725			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1726			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1727			logic will be disabled.
1728
1729	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1730		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1731				present during boot.
1732		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1733		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1734		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1735				(that will set all pages holding image data
1736				during restoration read-only).
1737
1738	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1739			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1740			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1741			size on bigger boxes.
1742
1743	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1744			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1745			Default: "on"
1746
1747	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1748
1749	hostname=	[KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1750			Format: <string>
1751			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1752			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1753			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1754			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1755			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1756			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1757			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1758			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1759			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1760			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1761
1762	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1763			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1764				verbose }
1765			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1766			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1767				VIA, nVidia)
1768			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1769
1770	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1771			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1772
1773	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1774			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1775			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1776			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1777			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1778			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1779			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1780			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1781			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1782				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1783
1784	hugepagesz=
1785			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1786			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1787			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1788			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1789			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1790			architecture dependent.  See also
1791			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1792			Format: size[KMG]
1793
1794	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1795			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1796			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1797			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1798				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1799
1800			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1801			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1802			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1803
1804	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1805			[KNL] Requires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1806			enabled.
1807			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1808			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1809			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1810			Format: { on | off (default) }
1811
1812			on: enable HVO
1813			off: disable HVO
1814
1815			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1816			the default is on.
1817
1818			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1819			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1820			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1821			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1822			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1823
1824	hung_task_panic=
1825			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1826			Format: 0 | 1
1827
1828			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1829			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1830			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1831			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1832			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1833
1834	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1835				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1836	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1837				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1838				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1839
1840	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1841				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1842				      guest on lock contention.
1843
1844	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1845				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1846				registered from board initialization code.
1847				Format:
1848				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1849
1850	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1851	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1852			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1853			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1854			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1855	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1856	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1857			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1858			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1859	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1860	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1861	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1862			     for the AUX port
1863	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1864			     controller
1865	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1866			     controllers
1867	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1868	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1869			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1870			     transitions, or never reset
1871			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1872			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1873			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1874			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1875			architectures force reset to be always executed
1876	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1877	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1878	i8042.probe_defer
1879			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1880
1881	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1882
1883	i915.invert_brightness=
1884			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1885			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1886			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1887			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1888			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1889			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1890			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1891			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1892			value switches the backlight off.
1893			-1 -- never invert brightness
1894			 0 -- machine default
1895			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1896
1897	ia32_emulation=	[X86-64]
1898			Format: <bool>
1899			When true, allows loading 32-bit programs and executing 32-bit
1900			syscalls, essentially overriding IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED at
1901			boot time. When false, unconditionally disables IA32 emulation.
1902
1903	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1904			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1905
1906
1907	idle=		[X86]
1908			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1909			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1910			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1911			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1912			Not recommended.
1913			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1914			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1915			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1916
1917	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1918			Format: <bool>
1919			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1920			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1921			true (1).
1922
1923	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
1924			Format: <bool>
1925			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
1926			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
1927
1928	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1929			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1930			Default: strict
1931
1932			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1933			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1934			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1935			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1936			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1937			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1938			encoding mode.
1939
1940			Available settings are as follows:
1941			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1942				supported by the FPU
1943			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1944				by the FPU
1945			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1946				by the FPU
1947			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1948				supported by the FPU
1949
1950			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1951			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1952			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1953			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1954			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1955			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1956			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1957			MIPS64 CPUs.
1958
1959			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1960			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1961			except where unsupported by hardware.
1962
1963	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1964			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1965			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1966			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1967			could change it dynamically, usually by
1968			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1969
1970	ignore_rlimit_data
1971			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1972			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1973			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1974
1975	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1976			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1977
1978	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1979			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1980			default: "enforce"
1981
1982	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1983			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1984			owned by uid=0.
1985
1986	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1987			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1988			measurements, instead of host native format.
1989
1990	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1991			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1992				   | sha512 | ... }
1993			default: "sha1"
1994
1995			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1996			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1997
1998	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1999			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
2000			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
2001				 fail_securely | critical_data"
2002
2003			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
2004			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
2005			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
2006			uid=0.
2007
2008			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
2009			all files owned by root.
2010
2011			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
2012			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
2013			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
2014
2015			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
2016			verification failure also on privileged mounted
2017			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
2018			flag.
2019
2020			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
2021			critical data.
2022
2023	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2024			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
2025			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
2026			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
2027			opened for read by uid=0.
2028
2029	ima_template=	[IMA]
2030			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
2031			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
2032				   "ima-sigv2" }
2033			Default: "ima-ng"
2034
2035	ima_template_fmt=
2036			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
2037			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
2038
2039	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
2040			Format: <min_file_size>
2041			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
2042			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
2043
2044			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
2045			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2046			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
2047
2048	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
2049			Format: <bufsize>
2050			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
2051
2052			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
2053			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2054			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
2055
2056	init=		[KNL]
2057			Format: <full_path>
2058			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
2059			process.
2060
2061	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
2062			for working out where the kernel is dying during
2063			startup.
2064
2065	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
2066			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
2067			modules and initcalls.
2068
2069	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2070			Format: <bool>
2071			Default: 1
2072			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2073			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2074			with devices being probed and
2075			initialized. This should normally just work,
2076			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2077			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2078			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2079			late_ initcalls.
2080
2081	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2082
2083	initrdmem=	[KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2084			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2085			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2086			setting.
2087			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2088			Default is 0, 0
2089
2090	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2091			zeroes.
2092			Format: 0 | 1
2093			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2094
2095	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2096			Format: 0 | 1
2097			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2098
2099	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2100			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2101			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2102			override in debugfs after boot.
2103
2104	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2105			Format: <irq>
2106
2107	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2108
2109	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2110			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2111			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2112			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2113
2114	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2115		on
2116			Enable intel iommu driver.
2117		off
2118			Disable intel iommu driver.
2119		igfx_off [Default Off]
2120			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2121			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2122			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2123			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2124			DMA.
2125		strict [Default Off]
2126			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2127		sp_off [Default Off]
2128			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2129			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2130			not be supported.
2131		sm_on
2132			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2133			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2134			translation.
2135		sm_off
2136			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2137		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2138			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2139			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2140			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2141			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2142			mapping is enabled.
2143			Note that using this option lowers the security
2144			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2145			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2146
2147	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2148			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2149			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2150
2151	intel_pstate=	[X86]
2152			disable
2153			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2154			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2155                        active
2156                          Use intel_pstate driver to bypass the scaling
2157                          governors layer of cpufreq and provides it own
2158                          algorithms for p-state selection. There are two
2159                          P-state selection algorithms provided by
2160                          intel_pstate in the active mode: powersave and
2161                          performance.  The way they both operate depends
2162                          on whether or not the hardware managed P-states
2163                          (HWP) feature has been enabled in the processor
2164                          and possibly on the processor model.
2165			passive
2166			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2167			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2168			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2169			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2170			  feature.
2171			force
2172			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2173			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2174			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2175			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2176			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2177			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2178			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2179			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2180			no_hwp
2181			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2182			  if available.
2183			hwp_only
2184			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2185			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2186			support_acpi_ppc
2187			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2188			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2189			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2190			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2191			per_cpu_perf_limits
2192			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2193			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2194
2195	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
2196			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2197			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2198			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2199			no_x2apic_optout
2200				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2201			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2202
2203	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2204		strict	regions from userspace.
2205		relaxed
2206
2207	iommu=		[X86]
2208		off
2209		force
2210		noforce
2211		biomerge
2212		panic
2213		nopanic
2214		merge
2215		nomerge
2216		soft
2217		pt		[X86]
2218		nopt		[X86]
2219		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2220			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2221
2222	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2223			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2224			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2225			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2226			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2227			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2228			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2229
2230	iommu.strict=	[ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2231			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2232			0 - Lazy mode.
2233			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2234			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2235			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2236			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2237			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2238			1 - Strict mode.
2239			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2240			  synchronously.
2241			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2242			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2243			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2244
2245	iommu.passthrough=
2246			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2247			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2248			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2249			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2250			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2251
2252	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2253			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2254			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2255
2256	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
2257		0x80
2258			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2259		0xed
2260			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2261		udelay
2262			Simple two microseconds delay
2263		none
2264			No delay
2265
2266	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2267			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2268
2269	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2270			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2271
2272	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2273			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2274
2275	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2276			[ARM, ARM64]
2277			Format: <bool>
2278			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2279			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2280			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2281
2282	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2283			[ARM, ARM64]
2284			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2285			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2286			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2287			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2288			LPIs.
2289
2290	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2291			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2292			requires the kernel to be built with
2293			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2294
2295	irqfixup	[HW]
2296			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2297			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2298			firmware running.
2299
2300	irqpoll		[HW]
2301			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2302			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2303			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2304			firmware running.
2305
2306	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2307			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2308
2309	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2310			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2311			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2312
2313			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2314			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2315
2316			nohz
2317			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2318
2319			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2320			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2321			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2322			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2323			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2324
2325			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2326			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2327			  be configured manually after bootup.
2328
2329			domain
2330			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2331			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2332			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2333			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2334			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2335			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2336			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2337			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2338
2339			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2340			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2341			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2342			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2343
2344			managed_irq
2345
2346			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2347			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2348			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2349			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2350			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2351
2352			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2353			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2354			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2355			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2356			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2357			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2358			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2359
2360			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2361			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2362			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2363			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2364			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2365			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2366			  queues.
2367
2368			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2369
2370	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2371
2372	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2373			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2374			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2375			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2376
2377			For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2378			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2379			write the parameter as:
2380				ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
2381
2382			Deprecated formats:
2383			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2384			  write the parameter as:
2385				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2386			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2387			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2388				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2389
2390	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2391			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2392			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2393			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2394
2395			For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
2396			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2397			write the parameter as:
2398				ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
2399
2400			Deprecated formats:
2401			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2402			  write the parameter as:
2403				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2404			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2405			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2406				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2407
2408	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2409			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2410			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2411			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2412
2413			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2414			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2415			write the parameter as:
2416				ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
2417
2418			Deprecated formats:
2419			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
2420			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2421				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2422			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2423			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2424				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2425
2426	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2427			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2428
2429	kasan_multi_shot
2430			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2431			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2432			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2433			invalid access.
2434
2435	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
2436			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
2437			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
2438			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
2439			the real console.
2440
2441	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
2442
2443	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2444			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2445			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2446			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2447			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2448			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2449			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2450			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2451			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2452			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2453
2454			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2455			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2456			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2457			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2458			zone if it does not.
2459
2460			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2461			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2462			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2463			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2464			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2465			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2466			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2467
2468	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2469			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2470			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2471			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2472			optional and is the number seconds in between
2473			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2474			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2475			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2476			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2477			the kernel debugger.
2478
2479	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2480			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2481			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2482			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2483			 keyboard only format: kbd
2484			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2485			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2486			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2487			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2488
2489	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW]
2490			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2491			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2492			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2493			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2494			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2495			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2496
2497			The name of the early console should be specified
2498			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2499			the early console might be different than the tty
2500			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2501			blank and the first boot console that implements
2502			read() will be picked.
2503
2504	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2505			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2506
2507	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2508			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2509			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2510
2511	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2512			Valid arguments: on, off
2513			Default: on
2514			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2515			the default is off.
2516
2517	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2518			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2519			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2520			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2521			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2522			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2523			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2524
2525			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2526
2527			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2528			Boot Parameter" section.
2529
2530	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2531			and kernel address spaces.
2532			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2533			0: force disabled
2534			1: force enabled
2535
2536	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2537			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2538			default value can be overridden via
2539			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2540			Default is 1 (enabled)
2541
2542	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2543			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2544
2545	kvm.eager_page_split=
2546			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2547			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2548			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2549			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2550			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2551			required to split huge pages lazily.
2552
2553			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2554			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2555			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2556			still be used for reads.
2557
2558			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2559			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2560			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2561			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2562			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2563			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2564			cleared.
2565
2566			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2567
2568			Default is Y (on).
2569
2570	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2571				   Default is false (don't support).
2572
2573	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2574			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2575			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2576			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2577			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2578			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2579				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2580
2581			Default is 'auto'.
2582
2583			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2584			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2585
2586	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2587			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2588			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2589			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2590			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2591
2592	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2593			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2594			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2595			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2596			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2597			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2598
2599	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Control nested virtualization feature in
2600			KVM/SVM. Default is 1 (enabled).
2601
2602	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Control KVM's use of Nested Page Tables,
2603			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables. Default is 1
2604			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2605			for NPT.
2606
2607	kvm-arm.mode=
2608			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2609
2610			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2611
2612			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2613			      protected guests.
2614
2615			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2616				   state is kept private from the host.
2617
2618			nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
2619				virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.3
2620				hardware.
2621
2622			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2623			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2624			for the host. "nested" is experimental and should be
2625			used with extreme caution.
2626
2627	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2628			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2629			system registers
2630
2631	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2632			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2633			system registers
2634
2635	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2636			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2637			system registers
2638
2639	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2640			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2641			LPIs.
2642
2643	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2644			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2645			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2646			allocation.
2647			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2648			Format: <integer>
2649			Default: 5
2650
2651	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Extended Page Tables,
2652			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables.  Default is 1
2653			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2654			for EPT.
2655
2656	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2657			[KVM,Intel] Control whether to emulate invalid guest
2658			state. Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1,
2659			as guest state is never invalid for unrestricted
2660			guests. This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2),
2661			as KVM never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2662			Default is 1 (enabled).
2663
2664	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2665			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of FlexPriority feature
2666			(TPR shadow). Default is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if
2667			hardware lacks support for it.
2668
2669	kvm-intel.nested=
2670			[KVM,Intel] Control nested virtualization feature in
2671			KVM/VMX. Default is 1 (enabled).
2672
2673	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2674			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of unrestricted guest
2675			feature (virtualized real and unpaged mode). Default
2676			is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if EPT is disabled or
2677			hardware lacks support for it.
2678
2679	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2680			CVE-2018-3620.
2681
2682			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2683
2684			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2685			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2686				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2687			never:	Disables the mitigation
2688
2689			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2690
2691	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Virtual Processor
2692			Identification feature (tagged TLBs). Default is 1
2693			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2694			for it.
2695
2696	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL]
2697			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2698
2699			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2700			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2701			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2702
2703			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2704			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2705			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2706			not have direct access.
2707
2708			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2709			options are:
2710
2711			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2712
2713	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2714			      affected CPUs
2715
2716			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2717			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2718
2719			full
2720				Provides all available mitigations for the
2721				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2722				enables all mitigations in the
2723				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2724
2725				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2726				sysfs interface is still possible after
2727				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2728				when the first VM is started in a
2729				potentially insecure configuration,
2730				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2731
2732			full,force
2733				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2734				flush runtime control. Implies the
2735				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2736				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2737
2738			flush
2739				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2740				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2741				L1D flush.
2742
2743				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2744				sysfs interface is still possible after
2745				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2746				when the first VM is started in a
2747				potentially insecure configuration,
2748				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2749
2750			flush,nosmt
2751
2752				Disables SMT and enables the default
2753				hypervisor mitigation.
2754
2755				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2756				sysfs interface is still possible after
2757				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2758				when the first VM is started in a
2759				potentially insecure configuration,
2760				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2761
2762			flush,nowarn
2763				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2764				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2765				insecure configuration.
2766
2767			off
2768				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2769				emit any warnings.
2770				It also drops the swap size and available
2771				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2772				bare metal.
2773
2774			Default is 'flush'.
2775
2776			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2777
2778	l2cr=		[PPC]
2779
2780	l3cr=		[PPC]
2781
2782	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2783			disabled it.
2784
2785	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2786			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2787			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2788			Format: notscdeadline
2789
2790	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2791			in C2 power state.
2792
2793	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2794			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2795			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2796			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2797			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2798			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2799			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2800
2801	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2802			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2803			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2804
2805	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2806			when set.
2807			Format: <int>
2808
2809	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2810			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2811			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2812			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2813			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2814			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2815			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2816			to all ports, links and devices.
2817
2818			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2819			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2820			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2821			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2822			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2823			host link and device attached to it.
2824
2825			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2826			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2827			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2828			The following configurations can be forced.
2829
2830			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2831			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2832
2833			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2834
2835			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2836			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2837			  allowed.
2838
2839			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2840			  resets.
2841
2842			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2843			  link recovery.
2844
2845			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2846			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2847			  detection.
2848
2849			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2850
2851			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
2852
2853			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
2854
2855			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
2856
2857			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
2858
2859			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
2860
2861			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
2862
2863			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
2864
2865			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
2866			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
2867
2868			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
2869			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
2870
2871			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
2872			  identify device data log.
2873
2874			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
2875			  purpose log directory.
2876
2877			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
2878
2879			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2880			  1024 sectors.
2881
2882			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2883			  65535 sectors.
2884
2885			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
2886
2887			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
2888			  should be skipped.
2889
2890			* [no]fua: Disable or enable FUA (Force Unit Access)
2891			  support for devices supporting this feature.
2892
2893			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
2894
2895			* disable: Disable this device.
2896
2897			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2898			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2899
2900	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2901
2902	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2903			Format: <integer>
2904
2905	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2906			Format: <integer>
2907
2908	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2909			Format: <integer>
2910
2911	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2912			Format: <integer>
2913
2914	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2915			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2916			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2917			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2918			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2919			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2920			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2921			are also disabled.
2922
2923	locktorture.acq_writer_lim= [KNL]
2924			Set the time limit in jiffies for a lock
2925			acquisition.  Acquisitions exceeding this limit
2926			will result in a splat once they do complete.
2927
2928	locktorture.bind_readers= [KNL]
2929			Specify the list of CPUs to which the readers are
2930			to be bound.
2931
2932	locktorture.bind_writers= [KNL]
2933			Specify the list of CPUs to which the writers are
2934			to be bound.
2935
2936	locktorture.call_rcu_chains= [KNL]
2937			Specify the number of self-propagating call_rcu()
2938			chains to set up.  These are used to ensure that
2939			there is a high probability of an RCU grace period
2940			in progress at any given time.	Defaults to 0,
2941			which disables these call_rcu() chains.
2942
2943	locktorture.long_hold= [KNL]
2944			Specify the duration in milliseconds for the
2945			occasional long-duration lock hold time.  Defaults
2946			to 100 milliseconds.  Select 0 to disable.
2947
2948	locktorture.nested_locks= [KNL]
2949			Specify the maximum lock nesting depth that
2950			locktorture is to exercise, up to a limit of 8
2951			(MAX_NESTED_LOCKS).  Specify zero to disable.
2952			Note that this parameter is ineffective on types
2953			of locks that do not support nested acquisition.
2954
2955	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2956			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2957			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2958			number of online CPUs.
2959
2960	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2961			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2962
2963	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2964			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2965
2966	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2967			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2968			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2969
2970	locktorture.rt_boost= [KNL]
2971			Do periodic testing of real-time lock priority
2972			boosting.  Select 0 to disable, 1 to boost
2973			only rt_mutex, and 2 to boost unconditionally.
2974			Defaults to 2, which might seem to be an
2975			odd choice, but which should be harmless for
2976			non-real-time spinlocks, due to their disabling
2977			of preemption.	Note that non-realtime mutexes
2978			disable boosting.
2979
2980	locktorture.rt_boost_factor= [KNL]
2981			Number that determines how often and for how
2982			long priority boosting is exercised.  This is
2983			scaled down by the number of writers, so that the
2984			number of boosts per unit time remains roughly
2985			constant as the number of writers increases.
2986			On the other hand, the duration of each boost
2987			increases with the number of writers.
2988
2989	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2990			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2991			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2992			mode during the locktorture test.
2993
2994	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2995			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2996			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2997
2998	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2999			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3000
3001	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
3002			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
3003			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
3004			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
3005			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
3006			transition abruptly to and from idle.
3007
3008	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3009			Specify the locking implementation to test.
3010
3011	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
3012			Enable additional printk() statements.
3013
3014	locktorture.writer_fifo= [KNL]
3015			Run the write-side locktorture kthreads at
3016			sched_set_fifo() real-time priority.
3017
3018	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
3019			Format: <irq>
3020
3021	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
3022			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
3023			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
3024			loglevels are defined as follows:
3025
3026			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
3027			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
3028			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
3029			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
3030			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
3031			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
3032			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
3033			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
3034
3035	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
3036			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
3037			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
3038			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
3039			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
3040			that allows to increase the default size depending on
3041			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
3042
3043	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
3044			This may be used to provide more screen space for
3045			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
3046			kernel boot problems.
3047
3048	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
3049	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
3050	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
3051	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
3052				specified in addition to the ports) causes
3053				attached printers to be reset. Using
3054				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
3055				to associate lp devices with, starting with
3056				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
3057				that lp device, or a parport name such as
3058				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
3059				port specification list means that device IDs
3060				from each port should be examined, to see if
3061				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
3062				so, the driver will manage that printer.
3063				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
3064
3065	lpj=n		[KNL]
3066			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
3067			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
3068			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
3069			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
3070			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
3071			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
3072			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
3073			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
3074			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
3075			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
3076			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
3077			hardware.
3078
3079	ltpc=		[NET]
3080			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
3081
3082	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
3083
3084	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
3085			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
3086			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
3087
3088	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
3089			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
3090			Example: machvec=hpzx1
3091
3092	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
3093			different yeeloong laptops.
3094			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
3095
3096	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater
3097			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
3098
3099	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3100			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
3101			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
3102			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
3103			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
3104			only takes effect during system bootup.
3105			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
3106			which also disables the IO APIC.
3107
3108	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
3109	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
3110			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
3111			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
3112			devices can be requested on-demand with the
3113			/dev/loop-control interface.
3114
3115	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
3116
3117	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
3118
3119	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
3120			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3121
3122	mdacon=		[MDA]
3123			Format: <first>,<last>
3124			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
3125
3126	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
3127			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
3128			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
3129
3130			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
3131			internal buffers which can forward information to a
3132			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
3133
3134			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
3135			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
3136			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
3137			not have direct access.
3138
3139			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
3140			options are:
3141
3142			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3143			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
3144				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
3145			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
3146
3147			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
3148			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
3149			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
3150			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3151			too.
3152
3153			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3154			mds=full.
3155
3156			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3157
3158	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON] Set the memory size.
3159			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3160
3161	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
3162			Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
3163
3164			1 for test;
3165			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3166			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3167			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3168			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3169
3170			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3171			high memory is not affected.
3172
3173			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3174			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3175
3176			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3177			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3178			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3179			belonging to unused RAM.
3180
3181			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3182			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3183			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3184
3185	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3186			[ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by
3187			firmware.
3188			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3189			ss[KMG].
3190			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3191			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3192
3193	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3194			memory.
3195
3196	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
3197
3198	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3199			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3200			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3201
3202	memhp_default_state=online/offline/online_kernel/online_movable
3203			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3204			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3205			set according to the
3206			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3207			option.
3208			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3209
3210	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
3211			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3212			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3213			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3214			option description.
3215
3216	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3217			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3218			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3219			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3220			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3221			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3222			comma delimited.
3223			Example:
3224				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3225
3226	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3227			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3228			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3229
3230	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3231			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3232			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3233			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3234			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3235			         or
3236			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3237			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3238			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3239			will be eaten.
3240
3241	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
3242			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3243			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3244			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3245			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3246
3247	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3248			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
3249			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3250			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3251			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3252			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3253			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3254			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3255
3256	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
3257			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3258			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3259			Setting this option will scan the memory
3260			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3261			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3262			from using the memory being corrupted.
3263			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3264			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3265			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3266			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3267
3268	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
3269			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3270			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3271			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3272			corruption in more or less memory.
3273
3274	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
3275			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3276			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3277			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3278
3279	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3280			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3281			Format: {on | off (default)}
3282			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3283			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3284			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3285			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3286			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3287			lot of memory without requiring additional
3288			memory to do so.
3289			This feature is disabled by default because it
3290			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3291			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3292			memory blocks).
3293			The state of the flag can be read in
3294			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3295			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3296			the feature is not effective.
3297
3298	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
3299			Format: <integer>
3300			default : 0 <disable>
3301			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3302			performed. Each pass selects another test
3303			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3304			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3305			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3306			regions that are detected.
3307
3308	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3309			Valid arguments: on, off
3310			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
3311			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
3312			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
3313			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3314			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3315
3316			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3317			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3318
3319	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3320			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3321			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3322			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3323			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3324
3325	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
3326			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
3327			platforms.
3328
3329	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3330			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3331			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3332			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3333
3334	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3335
3336	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this
3337			physical address is ignored.
3338
3339	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3340			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3341			Default: "0tb"
3342			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3343			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3344			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3345			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3346			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3347			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3348			unconfigured.
3349			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3350			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3351			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3352			VGA shield.
3353			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3354			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3355			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3356			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3357			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3358			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3359
3360	mitigations=
3361			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
3362			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3363			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3364			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3365
3366			off
3367				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3368				improves system performance, but it may also
3369				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3370				Equivalent to: if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3371					       gather_data_sampling=off [X86]
3372					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3373					       l1tf=off [X86]
3374					       mds=off [X86]
3375					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3376					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3377					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3378					       nobp=0 [S390]
3379					       nopti [X86,PPC]
3380					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3381					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3382					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3383					       retbleed=off [X86]
3384					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3385					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3386					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3387					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3388					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3389
3390				Exceptions:
3391					       This does not have any effect on
3392					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3393					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3394
3395			auto (default)
3396				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3397				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3398				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3399				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3400				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3401				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3402
3403			auto,nosmt
3404				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3405				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3406				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3407				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3408					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3409					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3410					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3411					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3412
3413	mminit_loglevel=
3414			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3415			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3416			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3417			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3418			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3419			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3420
3421	mmio_stale_data=
3422			[X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor
3423			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3424
3425			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3426			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3427			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3428			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3429			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3430			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3431
3432			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3433			options are:
3434
3435			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3436
3437			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3438				     vulnerable CPUs.
3439
3440			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3441
3442			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3443			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3444			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3445			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3446			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3447			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3448
3449			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3450			mmio_stale_data=full.
3451
3452			For details see:
3453			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3454
3455	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
3456			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
3457			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
3458			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
3459			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
3460			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
3461
3462	module.async_probe=<bool>
3463			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3464			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3465			specific module, use the module specific control that
3466			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3467			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3468			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3469			the specific module.
3470
3471	module.enable_dups_trace
3472			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS is set,
3473			this means that duplicate request_module() calls will
3474			trigger a WARN_ON() instead of a pr_warn(). Note that
3475			if MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS_TRACE is set, WARN_ON()s
3476			will always be issued and this option does nothing.
3477	module.sig_enforce
3478			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3479			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3480			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3481			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3482
3483	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3484			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3485
3486	mousedev.tap_time=
3487			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3488			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3489			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3490			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3491			Format: <msecs>
3492	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3493			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3494	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3495			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3496
3497	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
3498			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3499			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3500			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3501			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3502			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3503			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3504			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3505			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3506			is not too small.
3507
3508	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3509			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3510			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3511			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3512			allocations. Use with caution!
3513
3514	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3515			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3516
3517	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3518			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3519
3520	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3521			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3522
3523	mtdset=		[ARM]
3524			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3525
3526			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3527
3528	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3529			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3530			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3531
3532	mtrr=debug	[X86]
3533			Enable printing debug information related to MTRR
3534			registers at boot time.
3535
3536	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3537			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3538			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3539
3540	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3541			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3542			Default is 1.
3543			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3544			using up MTRRs.
3545
3546	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3547			Format: <integer>
3548			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3549			Default : 1
3550			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3551			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3552
3553	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3554			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3555			at a time.
3556
3557	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3558
3559	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3560			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3561			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3562			something different and driver-specific.
3563			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3564			file if at all.
3565
3566	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3567			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3568			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3569			waits 4 seconds.
3570
3571	nf_conntrack.acct=
3572			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3573			0 to disable accounting
3574			1 to enable accounting
3575			Default value is 0.
3576
3577	nfs.cache_getent=
3578			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3579			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3580
3581	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3582			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3583			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3584
3585	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3586			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3587			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3588			requests.
3589
3590	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3591			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3592			channel should listen.
3593
3594	nfs.enable_ino64=
3595			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3596			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3597			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3598			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3599			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3600
3601	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3602			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3603			entries.
3604
3605	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3606			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3607			slots the client will assign to the callback
3608			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3609			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3610			a particular server.
3611
3612	nfs.max_session_slots=
3613			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3614			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3615			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3616			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3617			Note that there is little point in setting this
3618			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3619
3620	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3621			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3622			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3623			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3624			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3625			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3626			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3627			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3628			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3629			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3630			back to using the idmapper.
3631			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3632
3633	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3634			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3635			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3636			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3637			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3638
3639	nfs.recover_lost_locks=
3640			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3641			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3642			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3643			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3644			after the locks are lost.
3645			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3646			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3647			parameter to '1'.
3648			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3649			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3650
3651	nfs.send_implementation_id=
3652			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3653			information in exchange_id requests.
3654			If zero, no implementation identification information
3655			will be sent.
3656			The default is to send the implementation identification
3657			information.
3658
3659	nfs4.layoutstats_timer=
3660			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3661			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3662
3663			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3664			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3665			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3666			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3667
3668	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable=
3669			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3670			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3671			the destination of the copy.
3672
3673	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3674			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3675			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3676			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3677			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3678			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3679
3680	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout=
3681			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3682			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3683			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3684			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3685			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3686			this parameter.
3687
3688	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3689			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3690
3691	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3692			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3693
3694	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3695			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3696
3697	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3698			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3699			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3700
3701	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3702			when a NMI is triggered.
3703			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3704
3705	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3706			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3707			Valid num: 0 or 1
3708			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3709			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3710			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3711			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3712			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3713			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3714			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3715			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3716			need the box quickly up again.
3717
3718			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3719			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3720
3721	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3722			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3723			is present.
3724
3725	no4lvl		[RISCV] Disable 4-level and 5-level paging modes. Forces
3726			kernel to use 3-level paging instead.
3727
3728	no5lvl		[X86-64,RISCV] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3729			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3730
3731	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3732			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
3733			but will impact performance.
3734
3735	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3736
3737	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3738			(CPU alternatives feature).
3739
3740	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3741			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3742
3743	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3744
3745	nocache		[ARM]
3746
3747	no_console_suspend
3748			[HW] Never suspend the console
3749			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3750			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3751			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3752			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3753			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3754			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3755			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3756			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3757			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3758			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3759			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3760			turn on/off it dynamically.
3761
3762	no_debug_objects
3763			[KNL] Disable object debugging
3764
3765	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3766
3767	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
3768
3769	no_entry_flush  [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3770
3771	noexec		[IA-64]
3772
3773	noexec32	[X86-64]
3774			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3775			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3776				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3777			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3778				read implies executable mappings
3779
3780	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3781			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3782			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3783
3784	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3785
3786	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3787
3788	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3789			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3790			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3791
3792	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3793			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3794			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3795			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3796			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3797			real-time systems.
3798
3799	no_hash_pointers
3800			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3801			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3802			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3803			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3804			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3805			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3806			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3807			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3808			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3809			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3810			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3811			kernels.
3812
3813	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3814
3815	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,PPC,SH] Forces the kernel to
3816			busy wait in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3817			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3818			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3819			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3820			correctly or when doing power measurements to evaluate
3821			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3822			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3823
3824	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3825
3826	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3827
3828	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3829			Valid arguments: on, off
3830			Default: on
3831
3832	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3833			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3834			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3835			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3836			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3837			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3838			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3839			just as if they had also been called out in the
3840			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3841
3842			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3843			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3844
3845	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3846			initial RAM disk.
3847
3848	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3849			remapping.
3850			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3851
3852	nointroute	[IA-64]
3853
3854	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3855
3856	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3857
3858	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3859			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3860
3861	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3862
3863	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3864
3865	nokaslr		[KNL]
3866			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
3867			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
3868			Layout Randomization).
3869
3870	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3871			fault handling.
3872
3873	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3874
3875	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3876
3877	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3878
3879	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3880
3881	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3882
3883	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3884			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3885
3886	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware
3887			sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory
3888			for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will
3889			not load if they could possibly displace the pre-
3890			initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will
3891			be available for use. The respective drivers will not
3892			perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering.
3893
3894			Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging.
3895
3896	nomodule	Disable module load
3897
3898	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3899			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3900			irq.
3901
3902	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3903			pagetables) support.
3904
3905	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3906
3907	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
3908			in some Intel CPUs.
3909
3910	nopti		[X86-64]
3911			Equivalent to pti=off
3912
3913	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
3914			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
3915			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
3916			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
3917
3918	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM]
3919			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
3920			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
3921			contention.
3922
3923	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3924			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3925
3926	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3927			with UP alternatives
3928
3929	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3930			space.
3931
3932	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3933
3934	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3935			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3936			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3937
3938	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3939
3940	nosmap		[PPC]
3941			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3942			even if it is supported by processor.
3943
3944	nosmep		[PPC64s]
3945			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3946			even if it is supported by processor.
3947
3948	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3949			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3950
3951	nosmt		[KNL,MIPS,PPC,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3952			Equivalent to smt=1.
3953
3954			[KNL,X86,PPC] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3955			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3956				     via the sysfs control file.
3957
3958	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3959
3960	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3961			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3962
3963	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
3964			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
3965			with this option.
3966
3967	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3968			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3969			possible in the system.
3970
3971	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3972			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3973			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3974			option.
3975
3976	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES] Disable paravirtualized
3977			steal time accounting. steal time is computed, but
3978			won't influence scheduler behaviour
3979
3980	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3981
3982	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3983			broken timer IRQ sources.
3984
3985	no_uaccess_flush
3986	                [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
3987
3988	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
3989			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
3990			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
3991			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
3992			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
3993			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
3994			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
3995			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
3996			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
3997			is set.
3998
3999	no-vmw-sched-clock
4000			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
4001			clock and use the default one.
4002
4003	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
4004			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
4005
4006	nowb		[ARM]
4007
4008	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
4009
4010			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
4011			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
4012			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
4013
4014	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
4015			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
4016			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
4017
4018	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
4019			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
4020			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
4021			performance of saving the states is degraded because
4022			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
4023			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
4024
4025	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
4026			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
4027			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
4028			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
4029			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
4030			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
4031			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
4032
4033	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
4034			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
4035			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
4036			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
4037			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
4038			parameter's value.
4039			Format: integer between 1 and 255
4040			Default: 255
4041
4042	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
4043			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
4044			SAL PALO.
4045
4046	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
4047			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
4048			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
4049			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
4050			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
4051			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
4052			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
4053			hot plugging.
4054
4055	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
4056
4057	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only
4058			set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
4059
4060	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
4061			NUMA balancing.
4062			Allowed values are enable and disable
4063
4064	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
4065			'node', 'default' can be specified
4066			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
4067			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
4068
4069	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
4070			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
4071			info.
4072
4073	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
4074			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
4075			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
4076			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
4077			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
4078			interrupts *may* be lost!
4079
4080	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
4081			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
4082			For example, to override I2C bus2:
4083			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
4084
4085	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
4086
4087			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
4088
4089			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
4090				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
4091			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
4092				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
4093				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
4094
4095	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
4096			process, but there is a small probability of
4097			deadlocking the machine.
4098			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
4099			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
4100
4101	page_alloc.shuffle=
4102			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
4103			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
4104			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
4105			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
4106			cache, and this parameter can be used to
4107			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
4108			can be read from sysfs at:
4109			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
4110
4111	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
4112			Storage of the information about who allocated
4113			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
4114			we can turn it on.
4115			on: enable the feature
4116
4117	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
4118			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
4119			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
4120			off: turn off poisoning (default)
4121			on: turn on poisoning
4122
4123	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
4124			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
4125			Format: <integer>
4126			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
4127			reporting is disabled when it exceeds MAX_ORDER.
4128
4129	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
4130			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
4131			timeout = 0: wait forever
4132			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
4133			Format: <timeout>
4134
4135	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
4136			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
4137			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
4138			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
4139			called with any of the flags in this set.
4140			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
4141			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
4142			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
4143			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
4144			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
4145			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
4146			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
4147
4148	panic_on_warn=1	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
4149			on a WARN().
4150
4151	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
4152			User can chose combination of the following bits:
4153			bit 0: print all tasks info
4154			bit 1: print system memory info
4155			bit 2: print timer info
4156			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
4157			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
4158			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
4159			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
4160			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
4161			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
4162			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
4163			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
4164
4165	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
4166			connected to, default is 0.
4167			Format: <parport#>
4168	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
4169			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
4170			Format: <mode>
4171
4172	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
4173			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
4174			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
4175			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
4176			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
4177			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
4178			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
4179			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
4180			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
4181			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
4182			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
4183			are specified on the command line, starting
4184			with parport0.
4185
4186	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
4187			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
4188			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
4189			computer where firmware has no options for setting
4190			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
4191			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
4192			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
4193
4194	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4195			Format: <int>
4196			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4197			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4198			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4199
4200	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4201			Format: <int>
4202			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4203			changes.  Disabled by default.
4204
4205	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4206			Format: <int>
4207			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4208			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4209			Disabled by default.
4210
4211	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4212			Format: <int>
4213			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4214			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4215			Disabled by default.
4216
4217	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4218			Format: <int>
4219			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4220			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4221			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4222			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4223			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4224			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4225			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4226			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4227			all channels.
4228
4229	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4230			Format: <int>
4231			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4232			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4233			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4234
4235	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4236			Format: <int>
4237			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4238			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4239			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4240
4241	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4242			Format: <int>
4243			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4244			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4245			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4246			All modes allowed by default.
4247
4248	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4249			Format: <int>
4250			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4251			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4252
4253	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4254			Format: <int>
4255			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4256			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4257			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4258			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4259			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4260			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4261			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4262			By default all supported ports are probed.
4263
4264	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4265			Format: <int>
4266			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4267			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4268
4269	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4270			Format: <int>
4271			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4272			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4273			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4274			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4275			0 otherwise.
4276
4277	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4278			Format: <int>
4279			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4280			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4281			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4282			allowed by default.
4283
4284	pause_on_oops=<int>
4285			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4286			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4287			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4288
4289	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4290
4291	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
4292
4293				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4294				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4295				specified in one of the following formats:
4296
4297				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4298				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4299
4300				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4301				bus/device/function address which may change
4302				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4303				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4304				by other kernel parameters. If the
4305				domain is left unspecified, it is
4306				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4307				to a device through multiple device/function
4308				addresses can be specified after the base
4309				address (this is more robust against
4310				renumbering issues).  The second format
4311				selects devices using IDs from the
4312				configuration space which may match multiple
4313				devices in the system.
4314
4315		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4316				changes anything
4317		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4318		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4319				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4320				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4321		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4322				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4323				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4324				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4325		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4326				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4327				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4328		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4329				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4330				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4331				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4332				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4333				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4334				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4335		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4336				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4337				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4338		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4339				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4340		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4341				Configuration
4342		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4343				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4344				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4345		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4346				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4347				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4348		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4349				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4350				should never be necessary.
4351		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4352				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4353				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4354				when the system masks IRQs.
4355		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4356				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4357				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4358				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4359		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4360				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4361				on several machines and they hang the machine
4362				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4363				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4364				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4365				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4366				motherboard.
4367		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4368				Use with caution as certain devices share
4369				address decoders between ROMs and other
4370				resources.
4371		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4372				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4373				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4374		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4375				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4376		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4377				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4378				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4379				this way.
4380		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4381				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4382				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4383				F0000h-100000h range.
4384		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4385				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4386				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4387				explicitly which ones they are.
4388		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4389				numbers ourselves, overriding
4390				whatever the firmware may have done.
4391		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4392				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4393				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4394				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4395				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4396				IRQ routing is enabled.
4397		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4398				or for PCI scanning.
4399		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4400				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4401				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4402				please report a bug.
4403		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4404				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4405		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4406				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4407				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4408				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4409				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4410		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4411				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4412				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4413				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4414		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4415				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4416				so this option is a temporary workaround
4417				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4418		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4419				handle more pci cards
4420		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4421				This might help on some broken boards which
4422				machine check when some devices' config space
4423				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4424				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4425		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4426				This sorting is done to get a device
4427				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4428		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4429		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4430				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4431		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4432				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4433		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4434				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4435				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4436				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4437				or bus can support) for best performance.
4438		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4439				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4440				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4441				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4442				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4443				that hot-added devices will work.
4444		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4445				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4446				The default value is 256 bytes.
4447		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4448				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4449				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4450		resource_alignment=
4451				Format:
4452				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4453				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4454				aligned memory resources. How to
4455				specify the device is described above.
4456				If <order of align> is not specified,
4457				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4458				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4459				windows need to be expanded.
4460				To specify the alignment for several
4461				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4462				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4463				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4464				for 4096-byte alignment.
4465		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4466				end-to-end CRC checking). Only effective if
4467				OS has native AER control (either granted by
4468				ACPI _OSC or forced via "pcie_ports=native")
4469				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4470				the default.
4471				off: Turn ECRC off
4472				on: Turn ECRC on.
4473		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4474				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4475				Default size is 256 bytes.
4476		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4477				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4478				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4479		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4480				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4481				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4482		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4483				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4484				MMIO_PREF window.
4485				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4486		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4487				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4488				Default is 1.
4489		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4490				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4491				accommodate resources required by all child
4492				devices.
4493				off: Turn realloc off
4494				on: Turn realloc on
4495		realloc		same as realloc=on
4496		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4497		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4498				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4499		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4500				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4501				port.
4502		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4503				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4504				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4505				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4506				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4507				taints the kernel.
4508		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4509				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4510				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4511				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4512				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4513				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4514				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4515				this removes isolation between devices and
4516				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4517		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4518		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4519		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4520				one PCI domain per PCI function
4521
4522	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
4523			Management.
4524		off	Disable ASPM.
4525		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4526			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4527
4528	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4529		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4530			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4531			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4532			also tries to use these services.
4533		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4534				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4535		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4536			hotplug).
4537
4538	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4539		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4540		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4541
4542	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4543		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4544			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4545
4546	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4547
4548	pd_ignore_unused
4549			[PM]
4550			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4551			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4552			for debug and development, but should not be
4553			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4554
4555	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4556			boot time.
4557			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4558			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4559
4560	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4561			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4562			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4563			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4564			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4565			and performance comparison.
4566
4567	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4568			See Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4569
4570	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4571			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4572			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4573
4574	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4575			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4576			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4577
4578	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4579			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4580			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4581			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4582			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4583			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4584			remains 0.
4585
4586	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4587			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4588
4589	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4590			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4591			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4592			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4593			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4594			possible settings and some assignment information.
4595
4596	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4597			{ off }
4598
4599	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4600			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4601
4602	pnp_reserve_irq=
4603			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4604
4605	pnp_reserve_dma=
4606			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4607
4608	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4609			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4610
4611	pnp_reserve_mem=
4612			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4613			autoconfiguration.
4614			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4615
4616	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4617			Default is 21.
4618			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4619			may be specified.
4620			Format: <port>,<port>....
4621
4622	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4623			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4624			platform machine description specific power_save
4625			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4626			execution priority.
4627
4628	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4629			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4630			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4631			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4632			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4633
4634	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
4635			Format: {"off"}
4636			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4637
4638	preempt=	[KNL]
4639			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4640			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4641			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4642			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4643			       can be preempted anytime.
4644
4645	print-fatal-signals=
4646			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4647
4648			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4649			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4650			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4651			coredump - etc.
4652
4653			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4654			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4655
4656			default: off.
4657
4658	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4659			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4660			panics
4661			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4662			default: disabled
4663
4664	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4665			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4666			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4667			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4668			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4669			in order to provide more debug information.
4670			Format: <bool>
4671			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4672
4673	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4674			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4675			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4676			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4677			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4678			Default: ratelimit
4679
4680	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4681			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4682
4683	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4684			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4685			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4686
4687	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4688			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4689			instead using the legacy FADT method
4690
4691	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4692			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4693			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4694				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4695			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4696			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4697				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4698			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4699			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4700				statistical time based profiling.
4701
4702	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4703
4704	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4705			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4706			that).
4707			Format: <bool>
4708
4709	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4710			tracking.
4711			Format: <bool>
4712
4713	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4714			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4715	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4716			per second.
4717	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4718			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4719			(0 = never).
4720	psmouse.resolution=
4721			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4722	psmouse.smartscroll=
4723			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4724			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4725
4726	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4727
4728	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4729			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4730			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4731			system calls and interrupts.
4732
4733			on   - unconditionally enable
4734			off  - unconditionally disable
4735			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4736			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4737
4738			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4739
4740	pty.legacy_count=
4741			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4742			default number.
4743
4744	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
4745
4746	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4747
4748	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
4749			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
4750			invalidate.
4751
4752	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4753			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4754
4755	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4756			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4757
4758	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4759
4760	random.trust_cpu=off
4761			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
4762			random number generator (if available) to
4763			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4764
4765	random.trust_bootloader=off
4766			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
4767			passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4768			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4769
4770	randomize_kstack_offset=
4771			[KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4772			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4773			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4774			that depend on stack address determinism or
4775			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4776			available on architectures that have defined
4777			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4778			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4779			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4780
4781	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4782
4783		cec_disable	[X86]
4784				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4785				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4786
4787	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4788			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4789			as described above.
4790
4791			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4792			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4793			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4794			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4795			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4796			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4797			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4798			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4799			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4800			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4801			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4802			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4803
4804			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4805			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4806
4807			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4808			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4809			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4810			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4811
4812			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4813			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4814
4815	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4816			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4817			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4818			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4819			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4820			This improves the real-time response for the
4821			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4822			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4823			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4824			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4825
4826	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4827			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4828			process in one batch.
4829
4830	rcutree.do_rcu_barrier=	[KNL]
4831			Request a call to rcu_barrier().  This is
4832			throttled so that userspace tests can safely
4833			hammer on the sysfs variable if they so choose.
4834			If triggered before the RCU grace-period machinery
4835			is fully active, this will error out with EAGAIN.
4836
4837	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4838			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4839			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4840			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4841
4842	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4843			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4844			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4845
4846	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4847			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4848			RCU grace-period initialization.
4849
4850	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4851			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4852			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4853			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4854			the rcu_node combining tree.
4855
4856	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4857			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4858			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4859			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4860			and maximum value is HZ.
4861
4862	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4863			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4864			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4865			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4866
4867	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4868			Set required age in jiffies for a
4869			given grace period before RCU starts
4870			soliciting quiescent-state help from
4871			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4872			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4873			a value based on the most recent settings
4874			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4875			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4876			This calculated value may be viewed in
4877			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
4878			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4879			overwritten.
4880
4881	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
4882			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4883			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4884			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4885			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4886			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4887			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4888			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
4889			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4890			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4891			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
4892			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
4893
4894	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
4895			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
4896			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
4897			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
4898			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
4899			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
4900			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
4901			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
4902			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
4903			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
4904			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
4905			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
4906
4907	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4908			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4909			batch limiting is disabled.
4910
4911	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4912			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4913			batch limiting is re-enabled.
4914
4915	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4916			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4917			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4918			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4919			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4920			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4921			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4922			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4923
4924	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
4925			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
4926			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
4927			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
4928
4929	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
4930			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
4931			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
4932			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
4933			The result will be bounded below by the value of
4934			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
4935			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
4936			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
4937
4938			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
4939			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
4940			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
4941			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
4942			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
4943
4944	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4945			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4946			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
4947			possibly be useful for architectures having high
4948			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4949
4950	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4951			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4952			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
4953			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4954			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4955			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4956			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4957
4958	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4959			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4960			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4961			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4962			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4963			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4964			condition.
4965
4966	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4967			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4968			each group, which defaults to the square root
4969			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
4970			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4971			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4972			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4973
4974	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4975			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4976			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4977			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4978			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4979			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4980
4981	rcutree.rcu_resched_ns= [KNL]
4982			Limit the time spend invoking a batch of RCU
4983			callbacks to the specified number of nanoseconds.
4984			By default, this limit is checked only once
4985			every 32 callbacks in order to limit the pain
4986			inflicted by local_clock() overhead.
4987
4988	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
4989			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
4990			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
4991			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
4992			Larger delays increase the probability of
4993			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
4994			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
4995			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
4996
4997	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
4998			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
4999			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
5000			why a new grace period has not yet started.
5001
5002	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
5003			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
5004			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
5005			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
5006			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
5007
5008			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
5009			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
5010			to zero.
5011
5012	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
5013			Measure performance of asynchronous
5014			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
5015
5016	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
5017			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
5018			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
5019			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
5020			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
5021			previously posted callbacks to drain.
5022
5023	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
5024			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
5025			grace-period primitives.
5026
5027	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5028			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5029			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5030			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5031			interference.
5032
5033	rcuscale.kfree_by_call_rcu= [KNL]
5034			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, test
5035			call_rcu() instead of kfree_rcu().
5036
5037	rcuscale.kfree_mult= [KNL]
5038			Instead of allocating an object of size kfree_obj,
5039			allocate one of kfree_mult * sizeof(kfree_obj).
5040			Defaults to 1.
5041
5042	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
5043			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
5044
5045	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
5046			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5047			If this parameter has the same value as
5048			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
5049			and double-argument variants are tested.
5050
5051	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
5052			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5053			If this parameter has the same value as
5054			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
5055			and double-argument variants are tested.
5056
5057	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
5058			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
5059
5060	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
5061			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
5062
5063	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
5064			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
5065			of allocations and frees.
5066
5067	rcuscale.minruntime= [KNL]
5068			Set the minimum test run time in seconds.  This
5069			does not affect the data-collection interval,
5070			but instead allows better measurement of things
5071			like CPU consumption.
5072
5073	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5074			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5075			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5076			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
5077			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5078			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5079			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
5080			a single reader.
5081
5082	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
5083			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
5084			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
5085			N, where N is the number of CPUs
5086
5087	rcuscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5088			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5089
5090	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5091			Shut the system down after performance tests
5092			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
5093			testing.
5094
5095	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
5096			Enable additional printk() statements.
5097
5098	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
5099			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
5100			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
5101			no holdoff.
5102
5103	rcuscale.writer_holdoff_jiffies= [KNL]
5104			Additional write-side holdoff between grace
5105			periods, but in jiffies.  The default of zero
5106			says no holdoff.
5107
5108	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
5109			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
5110			in microseconds.
5111
5112	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
5113			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
5114			in microseconds.
5115
5116	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
5117			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
5118			in seconds.
5119
5120	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
5121			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
5122			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
5123			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
5124			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
5125			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
5126			of CPUs to be used.
5127
5128	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
5129			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
5130			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
5131
5132	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
5133			Number of seconds to wait between successive
5134			forward-progress tests.
5135
5136	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
5137			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
5138			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
5139			testing.
5140
5141	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
5142			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5143			primitives, if available.
5144
5145	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
5146			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
5147
5148	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
5149			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
5150			update-side primitives, if available.
5151
5152	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
5153			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
5154			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
5155			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
5156			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
5157			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
5158			they are all non-zero.
5159
5160	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
5161			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
5162			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
5163			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
5164
5165	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
5166			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
5167			This can of course result in splats, and is
5168			intended to test the ability of things like
5169			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
5170			such leaks.
5171
5172	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
5173			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
5174
5175	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
5176			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
5177			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
5178			test, hence the "fake".
5179
5180	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
5181			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
5182			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
5183
5184	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
5185			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
5186			callback-offload toggling attempts.
5187
5188	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
5189			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5190			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5191			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
5192			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5193			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5194
5195	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
5196			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
5197
5198	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5199			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
5200
5201	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5202			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
5203			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
5204
5205	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
5206			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
5207			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
5208			task-exit processing.
5209
5210	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
5211			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
5212			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
5213			is spawned.
5214
5215	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
5216			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5217			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5218
5219	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5220			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5221			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5222			during the rcutorture test.
5223
5224	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5225			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5226			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5227
5228	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5229			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5230			warnings, zero to disable.
5231
5232	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5233			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5234			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition to
5235			any other stall-related activity.  Note that
5236			in kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n and
5237			CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y, this parameter will
5238			cause the CPU to pass through a quiescent state.
5239			Given CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, this will suppress
5240			RCU CPU stall warnings, but will instead result
5241			in scheduling-while-atomic splats.
5242
5243			Use of this module parameter results in splats.
5244
5245
5246	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5247			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5248
5249	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5250			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
5251
5252	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5253			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5254			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5255			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5256			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5257			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5258
5259	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5260			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5261
5262	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5263			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5264			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5265			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5266			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5267
5268	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5269			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5270			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5271			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5272
5273	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5274			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5275
5276	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5277			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5278
5279	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5280			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5281			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5282
5283	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5284			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5285
5286	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5287			Enable additional printk() statements.
5288
5289	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5290			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5291			stall warning.
5292
5293	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5294			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5295
5296	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5297			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5298			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5299			during early boot, that is, during the time
5300			before the init task is spawned.
5301
5302	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5303			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5304			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5305			value is 300 seconds.
5306
5307	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5308			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5309			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5310			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5311			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5312			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5313			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5314			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5315			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5316
5317	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_cputime= [KNL]
5318			Provide statistics on the cputime and count of
5319			interrupts and tasks during the sampling period. For
5320			multiple continuous RCU stalls, all sampling periods
5321			begin at half of the first RCU stall timeout.
5322
5323	rcupdate.rcu_exp_stall_task_details= [KNL]
5324			Print stack dumps of any tasks blocking the
5325			current expedited RCU grace period during an
5326			expedited RCU CPU stall warning.
5327
5328	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5329			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5330			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5331			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5332			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5333			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5334			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5335
5336	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5337			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5338			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5339			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5340			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5341			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5342			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5343			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5344			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5345
5346	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5347			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5348			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5349			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5350			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5351
5352			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5353			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5354			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5355			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5356			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5357			grace-period processing.
5358
5359	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5360			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5361			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5362			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5363			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5364			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5365			set to the default value of -1.
5366
5367	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5368			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5369			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5370			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5371			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5372			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5373			the default value of -1.
5374
5375	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5376			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5377			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5378			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5379			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5380			for use in testing.
5381
5382	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5383			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5384			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5385			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5386			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5387			but lengthens grace periods.
5388
5389	rcupdate.rcu_task_lazy_lim= [KNL]
5390			Number of callbacks on a given CPU that will
5391			cancel laziness on that CPU.  Use -1 to disable
5392			cancellation of laziness, but be advised that
5393			doing so increases the danger of OOM due to
5394			callback flooding.
5395
5396	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5397			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5398			informational messages, which give some indication
5399			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5400			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5401			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5402			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5403			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5404			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5405			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5406
5407	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5408			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5409			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5410			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5411			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5412			the value three, so that the first informational
5413			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5414			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5415			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5416			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5417
5418	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5419			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5420			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5421			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5422			A change in value does not take effect until
5423			the beginning of the next grace period.
5424
5425	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5426			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks asynchronous
5427			callback batching for call_rcu_tasks().
5428			A negative value will take the default.  A value
5429			of zero will disable batching.	Batching is
5430			always disabled for synchronize_rcu_tasks().
5431
5432	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_rude_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5433			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks
5434			Rude asynchronous callback batching for
5435			call_rcu_tasks_rude().	A negative value
5436			will take the default.	A value of zero will
5437			disable batching.  Batching is always disabled
5438			for synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude().
5439
5440	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_trace_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5441			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks
5442			Trace asynchronous callback batching for
5443			call_rcu_tasks_trace().  A negative value
5444			will take the default.	A value of zero will
5445			disable batching.  Batching is always disabled
5446			for synchronize_rcu_tasks_trace().
5447
5448	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5449			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5450
5451	rdinit=		[KNL]
5452			Format: <full_path>
5453			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5454			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5455
5456	rdrand=		[X86]
5457			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5458				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5459				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5460				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5461				path).
5462
5463	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5464			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5465			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5466			mba, smba, bmec.
5467			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5468				rdt=cmt,!mba
5469
5470	reboot=		[KNL]
5471			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5472				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5473				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5474				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5475				[[,]f[orce]
5476			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5477					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5478					reboot only),
5479			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5480			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5481			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5482					to be used for rebooting.
5483
5484	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5485			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5486			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5487			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5488			interference.
5489
5490	refscale.lookup_instances= [KNL]
5491			Number of data elements to use for the forms of
5492			SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU testing.  A negative number
5493			is negated and multiplied by nr_cpu_ids, while
5494			zero specifies nr_cpu_ids.
5495
5496	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5497			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5498			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5499			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5500			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5501			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5502			x86 laptops.
5503
5504	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5505			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5506			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5507			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5508
5509	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5510			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5511			the console log.
5512
5513	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5514			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5515			measured in microseconds.
5516
5517	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5518			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5519
5520	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5521			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5522			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5523			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5524			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5525
5526	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5527			Enable additional printk() statements.
5528
5529	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5530			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5531			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5532			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5533			specified.
5534
5535	relax_domain_level=
5536			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5537			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5538
5539	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5540			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5541			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5542			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5543			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5544
5545	reservetop=	[X86-32]
5546			Format: nn[KMG]
5547			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5548			address space.
5549
5550	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5551			during initialization.
5552
5553	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5554			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5555			Format:
5556			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5557
5558	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5559			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5560			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5561			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5562			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5563
5564	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5565			read the resume files
5566
5567	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5568			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5569			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5570
5571	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
5572
5573	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5574			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5575			vulnerability.
5576
5577			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5578			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5579			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5580			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5581			that don't.
5582
5583			off          - no mitigation
5584			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5585			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5586				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5587				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5588				       and older without STIBP).
5589			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5590				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5591				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5592				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5593				       on Intel.
5594			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5595				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5596				       the alternative for systems which do not
5597				       have STIBP.
5598			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5599				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5600				       systems.
5601			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5602				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5603				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5604
5605			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5606			time according to the CPU.
5607
5608			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5609
5610	rfkill.default_state=
5611		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5612			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5613		1	Unblocked.
5614
5615	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5616		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5617		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5618			blocked and the previous configuration.
5619		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5620			blocked and everything unblocked.
5621
5622	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5623			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
5624
5625	ring3mwait=disable
5626			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5627			CPUs.
5628
5629	riscv_isa_fallback [RISCV]
5630			When CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK is not enabled, permit
5631			falling back to detecting extension support by parsing
5632			"riscv,isa" property on devicetree systems when the
5633			replacement properties are not found. See the Kconfig
5634			entry for RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK.
5635
5636	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5637
5638	rodata=		[KNL]
5639		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5640		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5641		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5642		        [arm64]
5643
5644	rockchip.usb_uart
5645			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5646			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5647			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5648			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5649
5650	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5651			Usually this a a block device specifier of some kind,
5652			see the early_lookup_bdev comment in
5653			block/early-lookup.c for details.
5654			Alternatively this can be "ram" for the legacy initial
5655			ramdisk, "nfs" and "cifs" for root on a network file
5656			system, or "mtd" and "ubi" for mounting from raw flash.
5657
5658	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5659			mount the root filesystem
5660
5661	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5662
5663	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5664
5665	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5666			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5667			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5668
5669	rootwait=	[KNL] Maximum time (in seconds) to wait for root device
5670			to show up before attempting to mount the root
5671			filesystem.
5672
5673	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5674			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5675			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5676			managed by CMA.
5677
5678	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5679
5680	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5681
5682	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5683			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5684		strict
5685			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
5686			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
5687			which is faster.
5688
5689	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5690			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5691			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5692			factor of the size of main memory.
5693			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5694			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5695			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5696			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5697			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5698			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5699			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5700
5701	sa1100ir	[NET]
5702			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5703
5704	sched_verbose	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5705
5706	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5707			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5708			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5709			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5710
5711	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5712			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5713			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5714			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5715			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5716			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5717			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5718			value.
5719			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5720			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5721				1			64 ms
5722				2			128 ms
5723			and so on.
5724			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5725			Default is 0.
5726
5727	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5728			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5729			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5730			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5731			tests.
5732
5733	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5734			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5735			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5736			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5737			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5738			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5739			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5740
5741	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5742			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5743			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5744			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5745			equal to the number of CPUs.
5746
5747	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5748			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5749			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5750
5751	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5752			Number seconds to wait between successive
5753			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
5754			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5755
5756	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5757			The number of seconds following the start of the
5758			test after which to shut down the system.  The
5759			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5760			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5761
5762	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5763			The number of seconds between outputting the
5764			current test statistics to the console.  A value
5765			of zero disables statistics output.
5766
5767	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5768			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5769			to the set of CPUs under test.
5770
5771	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5772			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5773			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5774			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5775			functions.
5776
5777	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5778			Enable additional printk() statements.
5779
5780	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5781			The probability weighting to use for the
5782			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5783			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
5784			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
5785			if at least one weight has some other value, a
5786			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5787
5788	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
5789			The probability weighting to use for the
5790			smp_call_function_single() function with a
5791			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5792
5793	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
5794			The probability weighting to use for the
5795			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
5796			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5797			Note well that setting a high probability for
5798			this weighting can place serious IPI load
5799			on the system.
5800
5801	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
5802			The probability weighting to use for the
5803			smp_call_function_many() function with a
5804			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5805			and weight_many.
5806
5807	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
5808			The probability weighting to use for the
5809			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
5810			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
5811			weight_many.
5812
5813	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
5814			The probability weighting to use for the
5815			smp_call_function_all() function with a
5816			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5817			and weight_many.
5818
5819	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5820			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5821			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5822			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5823			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5824			1 -- enable.
5825			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5826			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5827
5828	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5829			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5830			"lsm=" parameter.
5831
5832	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5833			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5834			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
5835			0 -- disable.
5836			1 -- enable.
5837			Default value is 1.
5838
5839	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
5840
5841	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
5842
5843	shapers=	[NET]
5844			Maximal number of shapers.
5845
5846	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
5847			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
5848			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
5849			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
5850			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
5851			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
5852			apic=verbose is specified.
5853			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
5854
5855	simeth=		[IA-64]
5856	simscsi=
5857
5858	slram=		[HW,MTD]
5859
5860	slab_merge	[MM]
5861			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5862			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5863
5864	slab_nomerge	[MM]
5865			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5866			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5867			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5868			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5869			layout control by attackers can usually be
5870			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5871			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5872			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5873			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5874			own.
5875			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5876
5877	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
5878			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5879			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5880			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
5881			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5882
5883	slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM, SLUB]
5884			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5885			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5886			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5887			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5888			last alloc / free. For more information see
5889			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5890
5891	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5892			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5893			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5894			fragmentation. For more information see
5895			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5896
5897	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
5898			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5899			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5900			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5901			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5902			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5903			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5904			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5905
5906	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
5907			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5908			lower than slub_max_order.
5909			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5910
5911	slub_merge	[MM, SLUB]
5912			Same with slab_merge.
5913
5914	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
5915			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5916			See slab_nomerge for more information.
5917
5918	smart2=		[HW]
5919			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5920
5921	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
5922			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
5923			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
5924			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
5925			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
5926			disabling interrupts for extended periods
5927			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
5928			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
5929			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
5930			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
5931
5932	smp.panic_on_ipistall= [KNL]
5933			If a csd_lock_timeout extends for more than
5934			the specified number of milliseconds, panic the
5935			system.  By default, let CSD-lock acquisition
5936			take as long as they take.  Specifying 300,000
5937			for this value provides a 5-minute timeout.
5938
5939	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5940	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
5941	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
5942	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
5943	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
5944	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
5945	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5946				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5947				1: Fast pin select (default)
5948				2: ATC IRMode
5949
5950	smt=		[KNL,MIPS,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5951			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5952			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5953			actual hardware limit.
5954			Format: <integer>
5955			Default: -1 (no limit)
5956
5957	softlockup_panic=
5958			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5959			Format: 0 | 1
5960
5961			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5962			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5963			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5964			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5965			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
5966
5967	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
5968			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
5969			backtraces on all cpus.
5970			Format: 0 | 1
5971
5972	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
5973			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
5974
5975	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5976			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
5977			The default operation protects the kernel from
5978			user space attacks.
5979
5980			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
5981			       spectre_v2_user=on
5982			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
5983			       spectre_v2_user=off
5984			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5985			       vulnerable
5986
5987			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
5988			mitigation method at run time according to the
5989			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
5990			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
5991			compiler with which the kernel was built.
5992
5993			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
5994			against user space to user space task attacks.
5995
5996			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
5997			the user space protections.
5998
5999			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
6000
6001			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
6002			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
6003			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
6004			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
6005			eibrs		  - Enhanced/Auto IBRS
6006			eibrs,retpoline   - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
6007			eibrs,lfence      - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
6008			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
6009
6010			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6011			spectre_v2=auto.
6012
6013	spectre_v2_user=
6014			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6015		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
6016		        user space tasks
6017
6018			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
6019				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
6020
6021			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
6022				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
6023
6024			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
6025				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
6026				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
6027				  is inherited on fork.
6028
6029			prctl,ibpb
6030				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
6031				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6032				  always when switching between different user
6033				  space processes.
6034
6035			seccomp
6036				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
6037				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
6038				  they explicitly opt out.
6039
6040			seccomp,ibpb
6041				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
6042				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6043				  always when switching between different
6044				  user space processes.
6045
6046			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
6047				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
6048
6049			Default mitigation: "prctl"
6050
6051			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6052			spectre_v2_user=auto.
6053
6054	spec_rstack_overflow=
6055			[X86] Control RAS overflow mitigation on AMD Zen CPUs
6056
6057			off		- Disable mitigation
6058			microcode	- Enable microcode mitigation only
6059			safe-ret	- Enable sw-only safe RET mitigation (default)
6060			ibpb		- Enable mitigation by issuing IBPB on
6061					  kernel entry
6062			ibpb-vmexit	- Issue IBPB only on VMEXIT
6063					  (cloud-specific mitigation)
6064
6065	spec_store_bypass_disable=
6066			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
6067			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
6068
6069			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
6070			a common industry wide performance optimization known
6071			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
6072			to the same memory location may not be observed by
6073			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
6074			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
6075			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
6076			end of a particular speculation execution window.
6077
6078			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6079			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
6080			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
6081			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
6082
6083			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
6084			Bypass optimization is used.
6085
6086			On x86 the options are:
6087
6088			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
6089			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
6090			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
6091				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
6092				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
6093				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
6094				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
6095				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
6096			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
6097				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
6098				  for a process by default. The state of the control
6099				  is inherited on fork.
6100			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
6101				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
6102
6103			Default mitigations:
6104			X86:	"prctl"
6105
6106			On powerpc the options are:
6107
6108			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
6109				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
6110				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
6111				  exit.
6112			off	- No action.
6113
6114			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6115			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
6116
6117	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
6118	spia_fio_base=
6119	spia_pedr=
6120	spia_peddr=
6121
6122	split_lock_detect=
6123			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
6124
6125			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
6126			instructions that access data across cache line
6127			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
6128			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
6129			bus lock detection.
6130
6131			off	- not enabled
6132
6133			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
6134				  about applications triggering the #AC
6135				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
6136				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
6137				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
6138				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
6139				  enabled in hardware.
6140
6141			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
6142				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
6143				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
6144				  both features are enabled in hardware.
6145
6146			ratelimit:N -
6147				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
6148				  per second for bus lock detection.
6149				  0 < N <= 1000.
6150
6151				  N/A for split lock detection.
6152
6153
6154			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
6155			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
6156			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
6157			mode.
6158
6159			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
6160			CPL > 0.
6161
6162	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
6163			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
6164			(SRBDS) mitigation.
6165
6166			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
6167			exploit which can leak bits from the random
6168			number generator.
6169
6170			By default, this issue is mitigated by
6171			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
6172			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
6173			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
6174			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
6175
6176			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
6177			the following option:
6178
6179			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
6180				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
6181
6182	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
6183			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
6184			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
6185			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
6186			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
6187			but takes effect only when the low-order four
6188			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
6189			(decide at boot).
6190
6191	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
6192			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
6193			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
6194			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
6195
6196				   0:  Never.
6197				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
6198				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
6199				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
6200				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
6201
6202			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
6203			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
6204			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
6205
6206	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
6207			Specifies how frequently to check for
6208			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
6209			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
6210			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
6211			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
6212			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
6213			are ignored.
6214
6215	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
6216			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
6217			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
6218			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
6219			grace period will be considered for automatic
6220			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
6221			expediting.
6222
6223	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
6224			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
6225			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
6226			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
6227			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
6228			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
6229
6230	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
6231			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
6232			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
6233			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
6234			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
6235			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
6236
6237	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
6238			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
6239			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
6240
6241	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
6242			Specifies the number of update-side contention
6243			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
6244			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
6245			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
6246			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
6247			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
6248
6249	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
6250			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
6251
6252			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
6253			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
6254			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
6255			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
6256
6257			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
6258				   for both kernel and userspace
6259			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
6260				   for both kernel and userspace
6261			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
6262				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
6263				   to allow userspace to register its
6264				   interest in being mitigated too.
6265
6266	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
6267			override the default stack gap protection. The value
6268			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
6269			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
6270			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
6271			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
6272
6273	stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
6274			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
6275			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
6276			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
6277			to false.
6278
6279	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
6280			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
6281
6282	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
6283			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
6284			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
6285			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
6286			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
6287			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
6288			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
6289
6290	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
6291			Format: <num>
6292			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
6293			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
6294			as the initial boot-console.
6295			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6296
6297	sti_font=	[HW]
6298			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6299
6300	stifb=		[HW]
6301			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
6302
6303        strict_sas_size=
6304			[X86]
6305			Format: <bool>
6306			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
6307			against the required signal frame size which
6308			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
6309			be used to filter out binaries which have
6310			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
6311
6312	stress_hpt	[PPC]
6313			Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
6314			page table to increase the rate of hash page table
6315			faults on kernel addresses.
6316
6317	stress_slb	[PPC]
6318			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
6319			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
6320			on kernel addresses.
6321
6322	sunrpc.min_resvport=
6323	sunrpc.max_resvport=
6324			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6325			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
6326			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
6327			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
6328			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
6329			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
6330			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
6331			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
6332			maximum port values.
6333
6334	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
6335			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6336			Limit the number of requests that the server will
6337			process in parallel from a single connection.
6338			The default value is 0 (no limit).
6339
6340	sunrpc.pool_mode=
6341			[NFS]
6342			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
6343			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
6344			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
6345			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6346			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6347			NFS server is running.
6348
6349			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6350				    automatically using heuristics
6351			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6352			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6353			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6354				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6355
6356	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6357	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6358			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6359			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6360			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6361			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6362			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6363			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6364
6365	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6366			[SUSPEND]
6367			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6368			mode before resuming the system (see
6369			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6370			is set. Default value is 5.
6371
6372	svm=		[PPC]
6373			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6374			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6375			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6376
6377	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
6378			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6379			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6380			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6381				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6382				 to a power of 2.
6383			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6384			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6385			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6386
6387	switches=	[HW,M68k]
6388
6389	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6390			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6391			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6392			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6393			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6394			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6395			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6396			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6397
6398	sysrq_always_enabled
6399			[KNL]
6400			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6401			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6402			Useful for debugging.
6403
6404	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6405			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6406			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6407			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6408			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6409			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6410
6411	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6412
6413	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6414			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6415			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6416			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6417			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6418			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6419			The system is woken from this state using a
6420			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6421
6422	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6423			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6424
6425	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6426			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6427			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6428
6429	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6430			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6431			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6432
6433	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6434			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6435
6436	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6437			-1: disable all passive trip points
6438			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6439			value
6440
6441	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6442			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6443			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6444			0: no polling (default)
6445
6446	threadirqs	[KNL]
6447			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6448			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6449
6450	topology=	[S390]
6451			Format: {off | on}
6452			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6453			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6454			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6455			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6456			Default is on.
6457
6458	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
6459			Format: {off}
6460			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
6461			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
6462			LPAR.
6463
6464	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6465			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6466			until after init has spawned.
6467
6468	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6469			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6470			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6471			very costly operation when many torture tests
6472			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6473			with rotating-rust storage.
6474
6475	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6476			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6477			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6478			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6479
6480	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6481			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6482
6483	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
6484
6485	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6486			Format: integer pcr id
6487			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6488			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6489			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6490			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6491			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6492			are saved.
6493
6494	tpm_tis.interrupts= [HW,TPM]
6495			Enable interrupts for the MMIO based physical layer
6496			for the FIFO interface. By default it is set to false
6497			(0). For more information about TPM hardware interfaces
6498			defined by Trusted Computing Group (TCG) see
6499			https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-platform-tpm-profile-ptp-specification/
6500
6501	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6502			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6503			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6504			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6505			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6506			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6507
6508			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6509			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6510			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6511			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6512
6513			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6514			to stop the printing of events to console at
6515			late_initcall_sync.
6516
6517			** CAUTION **
6518
6519			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6520			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6521			the system to live lock.
6522
6523	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6524			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6525			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6526			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6527			make the system inoperable.
6528
6529			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6530			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6531
6532	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6533			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6534
6535	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6536			at boot up.
6537			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6538				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6539				depending on the architecture, may not be
6540				in sync between CPUs.
6541			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6542				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6543				but better for some race conditions.
6544			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6545				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6546				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6547				once per event.
6548			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6549			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6550			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6551			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6552				stamps.
6553			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6554			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6555			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6556
6557	trace_event=[event-list]
6558			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6559			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6560			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6561			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6562
6563	trace_instance=[instance-info]
6564			[FTRACE] Create a ring buffer instance early in boot up.
6565			This will be listed in:
6566
6567				/sys/kernel/tracing/instances
6568
6569			Events can be enabled at the time the instance is created
6570			via:
6571
6572				trace_instance=<name>,<system1>:<event1>,<system2>:<event2>
6573
6574			Note, the "<system*>:" portion is optional if the event is
6575			unique.
6576
6577				trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall
6578
6579			will enable the "sched_switch" event (note, the "sched:" is optional, and
6580			the same thing would happen if it was left off). The irq_handler_entry
6581			event, and all events under the "initcall" system.
6582
6583	trace_options=[option-list]
6584			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6585			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6586			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6587			to echo the option name into
6588
6589			    /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_options
6590
6591			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6592			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6593
6594			      trace_options=stacktrace
6595
6596			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6597			section.
6598
6599	trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
6600			[FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events.
6601			Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
6602			filter.
6603
6604			The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..."
6605			Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated.
6606
6607			For example:
6608
6609			  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"
6610
6611			The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch"
6612			event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch"
6613			event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE).
6614
6615			See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst
6616
6617
6618	traceoff_on_warning
6619			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6620			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6621			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6622			file located in /sys/kernel/tracing/
6623
6624			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6625			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6626			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6627
6628			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6629			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6630
6631	transparent_hugepage=
6632			[KNL]
6633			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6634			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6635			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6636			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6637			for more details.
6638
6639	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6640			Format: <string>
6641			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6642			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6643			sources:
6644			- "tpm"
6645			- "tee"
6646			- "caam"
6647			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6648			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6649			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6650			successfully during iteration.
6651
6652	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6653			Format: <string>
6654			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6655			Can be one of:
6656			- "kernel"
6657			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6658			- "default"
6659			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6660			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6661
6662	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6663			Format: <string>
6664			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6665			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6666			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6667			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6668			virtualized environment.
6669			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6670			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6671			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6672			can add overhead.
6673			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6674			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6675			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6676			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6677			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6678			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6679			acceptable).
6680			[x86] recalibrate: force recalibration against a HW timer
6681			(HPET or PM timer) on systems whose TSC frequency was
6682			obtained from HW or FW using either an MSR or CPUID(0x15).
6683			Warn if the difference is more than 500 ppm.
6684			[x86] watchdog: Use TSC as the watchdog clocksource with
6685			which to check other HW timers (HPET or PM timer), but
6686			only on systems where TSC has been deemed trustworthy.
6687			This will be suppressed by an earlier tsc=nowatchdog and
6688			can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog.  A console
6689			message will flag any such suppression or overriding.
6690
6691	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
6692			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
6693			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
6694			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
6695			Format: <unsigned int>
6696
6697	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
6698			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
6699			support TSX control.
6700
6701			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
6702
6703			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
6704				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
6705				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
6706				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
6707				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
6708				with leaving it enabled.
6709
6710			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
6711				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
6712				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
6713				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
6714				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
6715				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
6716				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
6717
6718			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
6719				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
6720
6721			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
6722
6723			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6724			for more details.
6725
6726	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
6727			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
6728
6729			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
6730			certain CPUs that support Transactional
6731			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
6732			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
6733			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
6734			conditions.
6735
6736			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6737			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
6738			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
6739			access.
6740
6741			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
6742			options are:
6743
6744			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
6745				     if TSX is enabled.
6746
6747			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
6748				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
6749				     is not disabled because CPU is not
6750				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
6751			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
6752
6753			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
6754			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
6755			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
6756			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
6757
6758			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6759			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
6760			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
6761			required and doesn't provide any additional
6762			mitigation.
6763
6764			For details see:
6765			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6766
6767	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
6768			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
6769			Format:
6770			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
6771			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
6772
6773	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
6774			happen after console_init() and before a proper
6775			console driver takes over, this boot options might
6776			help "seeing" what's going on.
6777
6778	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6779			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
6780
6781	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
6782			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
6783			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
6784			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
6785			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
6786			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
6787			reported either.
6788
6789	unknown_nmi_panic
6790			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
6791
6792	unwind_debug	[X86-64]
6793			Enable unwinder debug output.  This can be
6794			useful for debugging certain unwinder error
6795			conditions, including corrupt stacks and
6796			bad/missing unwinder metadata.
6797
6798	usbcore.authorized_default=
6799			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
6800			(default -1 = authorized (same as 1),
6801			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
6802			if device connected to internal port)
6803
6804	usbcore.autosuspend=
6805			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
6806			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
6807			is the time required before an idle device will be
6808			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
6809			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
6810
6811	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
6812			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
6813
6814	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
6815			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
6816			(default = 65536).
6817
6818	usbcore.blinkenlights=
6819			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
6820
6821	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
6822			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
6823			scheme (default 0 = off).
6824
6825	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
6826			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
6827			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
6828
6829	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
6830			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
6831			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
6832
6833	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
6834			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
6835			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
6836			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
6837
6838	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
6839
6840	usbcore.quirks=
6841			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
6842			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
6843			commas. Each entry has the form
6844			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
6845			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
6846			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
6847			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
6848			the following meanings:
6849				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
6850					descriptors must not be fetched using
6851					a 255-byte read);
6852				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
6853					correctly so reset it instead);
6854				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
6855					Set-Interface requests);
6856				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
6857					handle its Configuration or Interface
6858					strings);
6859				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
6860					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
6861				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
6862					more interface descriptions than the
6863					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
6864					talking to these interfaces);
6865				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
6866					during initialization, after we read
6867					the device descriptor);
6868				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
6869					high speed and super speed interrupt
6870					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
6871					require the interval in microframes (1
6872					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
6873					calculated as interval = 2 ^
6874					(bInterval-1).
6875					Devices with this quirk report their
6876					bInterval as the result of this
6877					calculation instead of the exponent
6878					variable used in the calculation);
6879				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
6880					handle device_qualifier descriptor
6881					requests);
6882				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
6883					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
6884					remote wakeup capability);
6885				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
6886					Power Management);
6887				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
6888					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
6889					frames instead of the USB 2.0
6890					calculation);
6891				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
6892					to be disconnected before suspend to
6893					prevent spurious wakeup);
6894				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
6895					pause after every control message);
6896				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
6897					delay after resetting its port);
6898			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
6899
6900	usbhid.mousepoll=
6901			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
6902
6903	usbhid.jspoll=
6904			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
6905
6906	usbhid.kbpoll=
6907			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
6908
6909	usb-storage.delay_use=
6910			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
6911			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
6912
6913	usb-storage.quirks=
6914			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
6915			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
6916			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
6917			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
6918			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
6919			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
6920			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
6921				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
6922					of sense data, not on uas);
6923				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
6924					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
6925				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
6926					device capacity by one sector);
6927				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
6928					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
6929				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
6930					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
6931				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
6932					command, uas only);
6933				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
6934					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
6935				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
6936					reported device capacity by one
6937					sector if the number is odd);
6938				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
6939					device);
6940				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
6941					command, uas only);
6942				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
6943				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
6944					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
6945				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
6946					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
6947					not on uas);
6948				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
6949					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
6950				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
6951					reported by the device, not on uas);
6952				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
6953					by default, not on uas);
6954				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
6955					bogus residue values, not on uas);
6956				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
6957					Logical Unit);
6958				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
6959					commands, uas only);
6960				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
6961				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
6962					medium is write-protected).
6963				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
6964					even if the device claims no cache,
6965					not on uas)
6966			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
6967
6968	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
6969			Format: <int>
6970			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
6971				 1 - undefined instruction events
6972				 2 - system calls
6973				 4 - invalid data aborts
6974				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
6975				16 - SIGBUS faults
6976			Example: user_debug=31
6977
6978	userpte=
6979			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
6980
6981				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
6982					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
6983					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
6984
6985	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
6986			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
6987
6988			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
6989			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
6990
6991	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
6992			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
6993			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
6994
6995			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
6996			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
6997			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
6998
6999			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
7000			alias for vdso32=0.
7001
7002			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
7003			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
7004
7005	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
7006			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
7007
7008	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
7009			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
7010
7011	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
7012			Format: [0|1]
7013			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
7014			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
7015			level and then send out the event to user space through
7016			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
7017			will only send out the event without touching backlight
7018			brightness level.
7019			default: 1
7020
7021	virtio_mmio.device=
7022			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
7023
7024				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
7025			where:
7026				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
7027						like K, M and G)
7028				<baseaddr> := physical base address
7029				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
7030						request_irq())
7031				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
7032			example:
7033				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
7034
7035			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
7036
7037	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
7038			See Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst and
7039			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
7040			Use vga=ask for menu.
7041			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
7042			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
7043
7044	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
7045			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
7046			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
7047			All options are enabled by default, and this
7048			interface is meant to allow for selectively
7049			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
7050			debugging features.
7051
7052			Available options are:
7053			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
7054			  -	Disable all of the above options
7055
7056	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
7057			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
7058			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
7059			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
7060			mapped kernel RAM.
7061
7062	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
7063			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
7064			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
7065
7066	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
7067			Format: <command>
7068
7069	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
7070			Format: <command>
7071
7072	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
7073			Format: <command>
7074
7075	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
7076			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
7077			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
7078			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
7079			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
7080			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
7081			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
7082
7083			emulate     Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
7084			            reasonably safely.  The vsyscall page is
7085				    readable.
7086
7087			xonly       [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
7088			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
7089				    page is not readable.
7090
7091			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
7092			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
7093			            might break your system.
7094
7095	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
7096			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
7097			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
7098
7099	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
7100			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
7101			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
7102			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
7103
7104	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
7105			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
7106			Change the default blue palette of the console.
7107			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7108			ranging from 0-255.
7109
7110	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
7111			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
7112			Change the default green palette of the console.
7113			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7114			ranging from 0-255.
7115
7116	vt.default_red=	[VT]
7117			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
7118			Change the default red palette of the console.
7119			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7120			ranging from 0-255.
7121
7122	vt.default_utf8=
7123			[VT]
7124			Format=<0|1>
7125			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
7126			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
7127			newly opened terminals.
7128
7129	vt.global_cursor_default=
7130			[VT]
7131			Format=<-1|0|1>
7132			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
7133			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
7134			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
7135			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
7136			cursors, 1 will display them.
7137
7138	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
7139			Default: 2 = green.
7140
7141	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
7142			Default: 3 = cyan.
7143
7144	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
7145			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
7146			or other driver-specific files in the
7147			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
7148
7149	watchdog_thresh=
7150			[KNL]
7151			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
7152			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
7153			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
7154			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
7155			seconds.
7156
7157	workqueue.unbound_cpus=
7158			[KNL,SMP] Specify to constrain one or some CPUs
7159			to use in unbound workqueues.
7160			Format: <cpu-list>
7161			By default, all online CPUs are available for
7162			unbound workqueues.
7163
7164	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
7165			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
7166			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
7167			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
7168			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
7169			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
7170			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
7171			corresponding sysfs file.
7172
7173	workqueue.cpu_intensive_thresh_us=
7174			Per-cpu work items which run for longer than this
7175			threshold are automatically considered CPU intensive
7176			and excluded from concurrency management to prevent
7177			them from noticeably delaying other per-cpu work
7178			items. Default is 10000 (10ms).
7179
7180			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
7181			will report the work functions which violate this
7182			threshold repeatedly. They are likely good
7183			candidates for using WQ_UNBOUND workqueues instead.
7184
7185	workqueue.power_efficient
7186			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
7187			they show better performance thanks to cache
7188			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
7189			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
7190
7191			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
7192			were observed to contribute significantly to power
7193			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
7194			power usage at the cost of small performance
7195			overhead.
7196
7197			The default value of this parameter is determined by
7198			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
7199
7200        workqueue.default_affinity_scope=
7201			Select the default affinity scope to use for unbound
7202			workqueues. Can be one of "cpu", "smt", "cache",
7203			"numa" and "system". Default is "cache". For more
7204			information, see the Affinity Scopes section in
7205			Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst.
7206
7207			This can be changed after boot by writing to the
7208			matching /sys/module/workqueue/parameters file. All
7209			workqueues with the "default" affinity scope will be
7210			updated accordignly.
7211
7212	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
7213			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
7214			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
7215			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
7216			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
7217			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
7218			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
7219			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
7220			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
7221			impacted.
7222
7223	writecombine=	[LOONGARCH] Control the MAT (Memory Access Type) of
7224			ioremap_wc().
7225
7226			on   - Enable writecombine, use WUC for ioremap_wc()
7227			off  - Disable writecombine, use SUC for ioremap_wc()
7228
7229	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
7230			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
7231			supporting x2apic.
7232
7233	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
7234			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
7235			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
7236			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
7237			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
7238			domains.
7239
7240	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
7241			Unplug Xen emulated devices
7242			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
7243			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
7244			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
7245			nics -- unplug network devices
7246			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
7247			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
7248				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
7249				the unplug protocol
7250			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
7251
7252	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
7253			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
7254			panic() code such as dumping handler.
7255
7256	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN]
7257			Format: <bool>
7258			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
7259			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
7260			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
7261
7262	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
7263			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
7264			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
7265			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
7266
7267	xen_nopv	[X86]
7268			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
7269			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
7270			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
7271			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
7272
7273	xen_no_vector_callback
7274			[KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
7275			event channel interrupts.
7276
7277	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
7278			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
7279			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
7280			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
7281			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
7282
7283	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
7284			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
7285			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
7286			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
7287			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
7288			more timer interrupts.
7289
7290	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
7291			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
7292			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
7293			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
7294			started with less memory configured than allowed at
7295			max. Default is 180.
7296
7297	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
7298			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
7299			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
7300
7301	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
7302			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
7303			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
7304
7305	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
7306			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
7307			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
7308			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
7309			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
7310			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
7311
7312	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
7313			Format:
7314			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
7315
7316	xive=		[PPC]
7317			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
7318			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
7319			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
7320
7321			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
7322				  controller on both pseries and powernv
7323				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
7324
7325	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
7326			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
7327			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
7328			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
7329			loads instead, as on POWER9.
7330
7331	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
7332			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
7333			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
7334			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
7335
7336	xmon		[PPC]
7337			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
7338			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
7339			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
7340			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
7341				debugger is called from setup_arch().
7342			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7343				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
7344				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
7345				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
7346			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7347				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
7348				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
7349				can be written using xmon commands.
7350			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
7351				memory, and other data can't be written using
7352				xmon commands.
7353			off	xmon is disabled.
7354
7355