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1	accept_memory=  [MM]
2			Format: { eager | lazy }
3			default: lazy
4			By default, unaccepted memory is accepted lazily to
5			avoid prolonged boot times. The lazy option will add
6			some runtime overhead until all memory is eventually
7			accepted. In most cases the overhead is negligible.
8			For some workloads or for debugging purposes
9			accept_memory=eager can be used to accept all memory
10			at once during boot.
11
12	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64,RISCV64,EARLY]
13			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
14			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
15				  copy_dsdt | nospcr }
16			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
17			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64,riscv64]
18			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
19			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
20			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
21				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
22			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
23			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
24			nospcr -- disable console in ACPI SPCR table as
25				default _serial_ console on ARM64
26			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on", "acpi=force" or
27			"acpi=nospcr" are available
28			For RISCV64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
29			are available
30
31			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
32
33	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI,IOAPIC,EARLY]
34			Format: <int>
35			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
36			1,0: use 1st APIC table
37			default: 0
38
39	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
40			{ vendor | video | native | none }
41			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
42			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
43			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
44			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
45			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
46			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
47
48	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr [ACPI,EARLY]
49			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
50			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
51			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
52			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
53
54	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
55			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
56			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
57			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
58			This option is useful for developers to identify the
59			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
60			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
61
62	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
63	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
64			Format: <int>
65			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
66			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
67			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
68			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
69			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
70			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
71			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
72			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
73			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
74			debug layers and levels.
75
76			Enable processor driver info messages:
77			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
78			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
79			object while interpreting AML:
80			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
81			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
82			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
83
84			Some values produce so much output that the system is
85			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
86			if you need to capture more output.
87
88	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
89			{ strict | lax | no }
90			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
91			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
92			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
93			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
94			can interfere with legacy drivers.
95			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
96			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
97			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
98			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
99			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
100			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
101			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
102			no further checks are performed.
103
104	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI,EARLY]
105			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
106			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
107			size limitation.
108
109	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
110			ACPI will balance active IRQs
111			default in APIC mode
112
113	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
114			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
115			default in PIC mode
116
117	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
118			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
119
120	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
121			use by PCI
122			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
123
124	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
125			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
126			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
127			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
128			the GPE dispatcher.
129			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
130			GPE floodings.
131			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
132
133	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
134			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
135			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
136			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
137			auto-serialization feature.
138			This feature is enabled by default.
139			This option allows to turn off the feature.
140
141	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
142			   kernels.
143
144	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI,EARLY]
145			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
146			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
147			installed automatically and they will appear under
148			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
149			This option turns off this feature.
150			Note that specifying this option does not affect
151			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
152			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
153
154	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
155			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
156			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
157
158	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC,EARLY]
159			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
160			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
161			second kernel for kdump.
162
163	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
164			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
165
166	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
167			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
168			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
169			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
170			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
171
172	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
173			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
174			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
175			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
176			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
177						  strings
178			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
179						  strings
180			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
181
182			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
183			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
184			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
185			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
186			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
187			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
188			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
189			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
190			care about the state of the feature group strings which
191			should be controlled by the OSPM.
192			Examples:
193			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
194			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
195			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
196
197			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
198			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
199			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
200			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
201			multiple times through kernel command line is also
202			meaningless.
203			Examples:
204			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
205			     FALSE.
206
207			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
208			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
209			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
210			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
211			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
212			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
213			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
214			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
215			is useful when one want to control the state of the
216			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
217			the OSPM features.
218			Examples:
219			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
220			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
221			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
222			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
223			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
224			     equivalent to
225			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
226			     and
227			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
228			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
229
230	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
231			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
232			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
233			and always returns good values.
234
235	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI,EARLY] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
236			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
237
238	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
239			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
240			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
241
242	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
243			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
244				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
245				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
246			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
247			s3_bios and s3_mode.
248			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
249			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
250			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
251			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
252			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
253			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
254			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
255			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
256			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
257			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
258			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
259			used (or even warned about) during resume.
260			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
261			control method, with respect to putting devices into
262			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
263			of _PTS is used by default).
264			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
265			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
266			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
267			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
268			but some broken systems don't work without it).
269			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
270			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
271			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
272
273	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
274			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
275			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
276
277	add_efi_memmap	[EFI,X86,EARLY] Include EFI memory map in
278			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
279
280	agp=		[AGP]
281			{ off | try_unsupported }
282			off: disable AGP support
283			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
284				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
285
286	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
287			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
288
289	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
290			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
291			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
292			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
293
294	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
295			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
296			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
297			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
298			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
299			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
300			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
301
302			32: only for 32-bit processes
303			64: only for 64-bit processes
304			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
305			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
306
307	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
308			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
309			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
310			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
311			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
312			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
313
314	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64,EARLY]
315			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
316			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
317			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
318			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
319			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
320			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
321
322			See Documentation/arch/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
323			information.
324
325	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
326			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
327			Possible values are:
328			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
329			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
330				    the system
331			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
332					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
333					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
334					  requirements as needed. This option
335					  does not override iommu=pt
336			force_enable    - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
337				          to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
338				          option with care.
339			pgtbl_v1        - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default).
340			pgtbl_v2        - Use v2 page table for DMA-API.
341			irtcachedis     - Disable Interrupt Remapping Table (IRT) caching.
342			nohugepages     - Limit page-sizes used for v1 page-tables
343				          to 4 KiB.
344			v2_pgsizes_only - Limit page-sizes used for v1 page-tables
345				          to 4KiB/2Mib/1GiB.
346
347
348	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
349			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
350			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
351			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
352			IOMMU initialization.
353
354	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
355			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
356			remapping modes:
357			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
358			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
359			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
360			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
361			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
362
363	amd_pstate=	[X86,EARLY]
364			disable
365			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
366			  scaling driver for the supported processors
367			passive
368			  Use amd_pstate with passive mode as a scaling driver.
369			  In this mode autonomous selection is disabled.
370			  Driver requests a desired performance level and platform
371			  tries to match the same performance level if it is
372			  satisfied by guaranteed performance level.
373			active
374			  Use amd_pstate_epp driver instance as the scaling driver,
375			  driver provides a hint to the hardware if software wants
376			  to bias toward performance (0x0) or energy efficiency (0xff)
377			  to the CPPC firmware. then CPPC power algorithm will
378			  calculate the runtime workload and adjust the realtime cores
379			  frequency.
380			guided
381			  Activate guided autonomous mode. Driver requests minimum and
382			  maximum performance level and the platform autonomously
383			  selects a performance level in this range and appropriate
384			  to the current workload.
385
386	amd_prefcore=
387			[X86]
388			disable
389			  Disable amd-pstate preferred core.
390
391	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
392			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
393			Format: <a>,<b>
394			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
395
396	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
397			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
398			connected to one of 16 gameports
399			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
400
401	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
402			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
403			Format: noidle
404			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
405			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
406			APC and your system crashes randomly.
407
408	apic=		[APIC,X86,EARLY] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
409			Change the output verbosity while booting
410			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
411			Change the amount of debugging information output
412			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
413			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
414			driver name.
415			Format: apic=driver_name
416			Examples: apic=bigsmp
417
418	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86,EARLY] External NMI delivery setting
419			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
420			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
421			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
422			      backup of CPU 0
423			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
424			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
425			      shot down by NMI
426
427	autoconf=	[IPV6]
428			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
429
430	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
431			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
432
433	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
434			Format: { "0" | "1" }
435			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
436			0 -- disable.
437			1 -- enable.
438			Default value is set via kernel config option.
439
440	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
441			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
442
443	arm64.no32bit_el0 [ARM64] Unconditionally disable the execution of
444			32 bit applications.
445
446	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
447			Identification support
448
449	arm64.nogcs	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Guarded Control Stack
450			support
451
452	arm64.nomops	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory
453			Set instructions support
454
455	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
456			support
457
458	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
459			support
460
461	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
462			Extension support
463
464	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
465			Extension support
466
467	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
468
469	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
470
471	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
472			EzKey and similar keyboards
473
474	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
475
476	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
477			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
478
479	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
480			keyboards
481
482	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
483			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
484
485	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
486			Use software keyboard repeat
487
488	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
489			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
490			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
491			    enabled until the next reboot
492			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
493			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
494			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
495			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
496			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
497			    userspace auditd.
498			Default: unset
499
500	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
501			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
502			Default: 64
503
504	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
505			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
506			Format: { "0" | "1" }
507			0 - Disable the BAU.
508			1 - Enable the BAU.
509			unset - Disable the BAU.
510
511	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
512			Format: <io>,<mode>
513
514	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
515			Format: <io>,<mode>
516			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
517
518	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
519			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
520			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
521			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
522
523	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
524			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
525			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
526			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
527
528	bdev_allow_write_mounted=
529			Format: <bool>
530			Control the ability to open a mounted block device
531			for writing, i.e., allow / disallow writes that bypass
532			the FS. This was implemented as a means to prevent
533			fuzzers from crashing the kernel by overwriting the
534			metadata underneath a mounted FS without its awareness.
535			This also prevents destructive formatting of mounted
536			filesystems by naive storage tooling that don't use
537			O_EXCL. Default is Y and can be changed through the
538			Kconfig option CONFIG_BLK_DEV_WRITE_MOUNTED.
539
540	bert_disable	[ACPI]
541			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
542
543	bgrt_disable	[ACPI,X86,EARLY]
544			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
545
546	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
547			embedded devices based on command line input.
548			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
549
550	boot_delay=	[KNL,EARLY]
551			Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
552			Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled,
553			and you may also have to specify "lpj=".  Boot_delay
554			values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed
555			erroneous and ignored.
556			Format: integer
557
558	bootconfig	[KNL,EARLY]
559			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
560			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
561
562			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
563
564	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
565	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
566			kernel args too.
567	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
568	bttv.tuner=
569
570	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
571			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
572			at a time.
573
574	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
575
576	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
577			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
578			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
579			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
580			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
581			This option provides an override for these situations.
582
583	carrier_timeout=
584			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
585			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
586			it waits 120 seconds.
587
588	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
589			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
590			trust validation.
591			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
592
593	cca=		[MIPS,EARLY] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
594			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
595			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
596			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
597			others).
598
599	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
600			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
601
602	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
603			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
604			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
605			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
606			  a single hierarchy
607			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
608			  subsystem
609			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
610			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
611			  created
612			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
613			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
614			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
615			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
616			stall information accounting feature
617
618	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
619			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
620			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
621			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
622			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
623			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
624			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
625			all v1 hierarchies.
626
627	cgroup_favordynmods= [KNL] Enable or Disable favordynmods.
628			Format: { "true" | "false" }
629			Defaults to the value of CONFIG_CGROUP_FAVOR_DYNMODS.
630
631	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
632			Format: <string>
633			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
634			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
635			nobpf -- Disable BPF memory accounting.
636
637	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
638			Format: { "0" | "1" }
639			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
640			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
641				any implied execute protection).
642			1 -- check protection requested by application.
643			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
644			Value can be changed at runtime via
645				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
646			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
647
648	cio_ignore=	[S390]
649			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
650
651	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
652			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
653			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
654			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
655			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
656			ones should be.
657			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
658			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
659			instability issue. However, not all features have names
660			in /proc/cpuinfo.
661			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
662			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
663			or using the feature without checking anything
664			will still see it. This just prevents it from
665			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
666			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
667			some critical bits.
668
669	clk_ignore_unused
670			[CLK]
671			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
672			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
673			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
674			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
675			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
676			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
677			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
678			platform with proper driver support.  For more
679			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
680
681	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
682			[Deprecated]
683			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
684			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
685			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
686			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
687
688	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
689			Format: <string>
690			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
691			with the name specified.
692			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
693			the platform:
694			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
695			[ACPI] acpi_pm
696			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
697				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
698			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
699				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
700			[MIPS] MIPS
701			[PARISC] cr16
702			[S390] tod
703			[SH] SuperH
704			[SPARC64] tick
705			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
706
707	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
708			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
709			Format: <bool>
710			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
711			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
712			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
713			systems.
714
715	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
716			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
717			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
718			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
719			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
720			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
721			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
722			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
723			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
724
725	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
726			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
727			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
728			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
729			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
730
731	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
732			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
733			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
734			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
735			placement constraint by the physical address range of
736			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
737			altogether. For more information, see
738			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
739
740	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
741			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
742			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
743			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
744			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
745			specified, the default value is 0.
746			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
747			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
748			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
749			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
750
751	numa_cma=<node>:nn[MG][,<node>:nn[MG]]
752			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
753			Sets the size of kernel numa memory area for
754			contiguous memory allocations. It will reserve CMA
755			area for the specified node.
756
757			With numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
758			first try to allocate buffer from the numa area
759			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
760			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
761
762	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
763			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
764			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
765			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
766			a hypervisor.
767			Default: yes
768
769	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL,EARLY]
770			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
771			allocations, by default set to 256K.
772
773	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
774			Format:
775			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
776
777	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
778			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
779
780	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
781			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
782			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
783
784	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
785	conmode=
786
787	con3215_drop=	[S390,EARLY] 3215 console drop mode.
788			Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
789			When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
790			the console buffer is full. In this case the
791			operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
792			x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
793			console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
794			This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
795			terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
796			emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
797
798	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
799
800		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
801
802		ttyS<n>[,options]
803		ttyUSB0[,options]
804			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
805			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
806			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
807			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
808			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
809
810			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
811			information.  See
812			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
813			alternative.
814
815		<DEVNAME>:<n>.<n>[,options]
816			Use the specified serial port on the serial core bus.
817			The addressing uses DEVNAME of the physical serial port
818			device, followed by the serial core controller instance,
819			and the serial port instance. The options are the same
820			as documented for the ttyS addressing above.
821
822			The mapping of the serial ports to the tty instances
823			can be viewed with:
824
825			$ ls -d /sys/bus/serial-base/devices/*:*.*/tty/*
826			/sys/bus/serial-base/devices/00:04:0.0/tty/ttyS0
827
828			In the above example, the console can be addressed with
829			console=00:04:0.0. Note that a console addressed this
830			way will only get added when the related device driver
831			is ready. The use of an earlycon parameter in addition to
832			the console may be desired for console output early on.
833
834		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
835		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
836		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
837		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
838		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
839			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
840			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
841			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
842			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
843			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
844			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
845			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
846			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
847			the h/w is not re-initialized.
848
849		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
850			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
851
852		{ null | "" }
853			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
854			console messages discarded.
855			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
856			kernel command line.
857
858		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
859		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
860			console=brl,ttyS0
861		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
862
863	console_msg_format=
864			[KNL] Change console messages format
865		default
866			By default we print messages on consoles in
867			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
868			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
869			`printk_time' param).
870		syslog
871			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
872			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
873			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
874			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
875			from /proc/kmsg.
876
877	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
878			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
879			Defaults to 0.
880
881	coredump_filter=
882			[KNL] Change the default value for
883			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
884			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
885
886	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
887			[ARM,ARM64]
888			Format: <bool>
889			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
890			0: default value, disable debugging
891			1: enable debugging at boot time
892
893	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
894			Format:
895			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
896
897	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
898			disable the cpuidle sub-system
899
900	cpuidle.governor=
901			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
902
903	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
904			disable the cpufreq sub-system
905
906	cpufreq.default_governor=
907			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
908			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
909			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
910
911	cpu_init_udelay=N
912			[X86,EARLY] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
913			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
914			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
915			Default: 10000
916
917	cpuhp.parallel=
918			[SMP] Enable/disable parallel bringup of secondary CPUs
919			Format: <bool>
920			Default is enabled if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PARALLEL=y. Otherwise
921			the parameter has no effect.
922
923	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
924			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
925			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
926			succeeds in any situation.
927			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
928			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
929			kernel more unstable.
930
931	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
932			[KNL,EARLY] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
933			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
934			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
935			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
936			is selected automatically.
937			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] Select a region
938			under 4G first, and fall back to reserve region above
939			4G when '@offset' hasn't been specified.
940			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
941
942	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
943			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
944			in the running system. The syntax of range is
945			start-[end] where start and end are both
946			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
947			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
948
949	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
950			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range could be
951			above 4G.
952			Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top,
953			so could be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram
954			installed. Otherwise memory region will be allocated
955			below 4G, if available.
956			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
957	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
958			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range under 4G.
959			When crashkernel=X,high is passed, kernel could allocate
960			physical memory region above 4G, that cause second kernel
961			crash on system that require some amount of low memory,
962			e.g. swiotlb requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also
963			enough extra low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers
964			for 32-bit devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
965			default	size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
966			size is	platform dependent.
967			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
968			  --> arm64: 128MiB
969			  --> riscv: 128MiB
970			  --> loongarch: 128MiB
971			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
972			for second kernel instead.
973			0: to disable low allocation.
974			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
975			or memory reserved is below 4G.
976
977	cryptomgr.notests
978			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
979
980	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
981			Format: <dma>
982
983	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
984			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
985
986	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable or disable debug add-ons of cross-CPU
987			function call handling. When switched on,
988			additional debug data is printed to the console
989			in case a hanging CPU is detected, and that
990			CPU is pinged again in order to try to resolve
991			the hang situation.  The default value of this
992			option depends on the CSD_LOCK_WAIT_DEBUG_DEFAULT
993			Kconfig option.
994
995	dasd=		[HW,NET]
996			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
997
998	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
999			(one device per port)
1000			Format: <port#>,<type>
1001			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1002
1003	debug		[KNL,EARLY] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
1004
1005	debug_boot_weak_hash
1006			[KNL,EARLY] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
1007			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
1008			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
1009			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
1010			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
1011			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
1012
1013	debug_locks_verbose=
1014			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
1015			Format: <int>
1016			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
1017			self-tests.
1018			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
1019			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
1020			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
1021			useful to lockdep developers.
1022
1023	debug_objects	[KNL,EARLY] Enable object debugging
1024
1025	debug_guardpage_minorder=
1026			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
1027			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
1028			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
1029			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
1030			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
1031			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
1032			possible value is MAX_PAGE_ORDER/2.  Setting this
1033			parameter to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most
1034			random memory corruption problems caused by bugs in
1035			kernel or driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads
1036			from) a random memory location. Note that there exists
1037			a class of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy
1038			H/W or F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA
1039			(basically when memory is written at bus level and the
1040			CPU MMU is bypassed) which are not detectable by
1041			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not
1042			help tracking down these problems.
1043
1044	debug_pagealloc=
1045			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
1046			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
1047			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
1048			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
1049			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
1050			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
1051			on: enable the feature
1052
1053	debugfs=    	[KNL,EARLY] This parameter enables what is exposed to
1054			userspace and debugfs internal clients.
1055			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
1056			on: 	All functions are enabled.
1057			no-mount:
1058				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
1059			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
1060				its content. There is nothing to mount.
1061			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
1062			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
1063				or directories within debugfs.
1064				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
1065				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
1066			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
1067
1068	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
1069
1070	default_hugepagesz=
1071			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
1072			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
1073			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
1074			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
1075			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
1076			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
1077			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
1078			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1079			Format: size[KMG]
1080
1081	deferred_probe_timeout=
1082			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
1083			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
1084			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
1085			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
1086			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
1087			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
1088			successful driver registration. This option will also
1089			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
1090			retrying.
1091
1092	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
1093
1094	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
1095			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1096			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1097			hardware.
1098
1099	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1100			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1101			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1102			blacklisted features.
1103
1104	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1105			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1106			(disabled by default).
1107
1108	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1109			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1110			capability is set.
1111
1112	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1113			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1114
1115	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1116			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1117
1118	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1119			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1120			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1121			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1122			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1123			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1124			          only (compression on level 1)
1125			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1126			          only (decompression)
1127			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1128			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1129
1130	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1131			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1132
1133	disable_1tb_segments [PPC,EARLY]
1134			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1135			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1136			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1137			miss to occur.
1138
1139	disable=	[IPV6]
1140			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1141
1142	disable_radix	[PPC,EARLY]
1143			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1144
1145	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1146			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1147			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1148
1149	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES,EARLY]
1150			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1151			to workaround buggy firmware.
1152
1153	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1154			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1155
1156	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
1157			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1158			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1159			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1160
1161	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only,EARLY]
1162			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1163			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1164			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1165			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1166
1167	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86,EARLY]
1168			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1169			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1170
1171	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1172
1173	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1174			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1175
1176	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1177			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1178			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1179			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1180			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1181			architectural default is too low.
1182
1183	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1184			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1185			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1186			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1187			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1188			driver later using sysfs.
1189
1190	reg_file_data_sampling=
1191			[X86] Controls mitigation for Register File Data
1192			Sampling (RFDS) vulnerability. RFDS is a CPU
1193			vulnerability which may allow userspace to infer
1194			kernel data values previously stored in floating point
1195			registers, vector registers, or integer registers.
1196			RFDS only affects Intel Atom processors.
1197
1198			on:	Turns ON the mitigation.
1199			off:	Turns OFF the mitigation.
1200
1201			This parameter overrides the compile time default set
1202			by CONFIG_MITIGATION_RFDS. Mitigation cannot be
1203			disabled when other VERW based mitigations (like MDS)
1204			are enabled. In order to disable RFDS mitigation all
1205			VERW based mitigations need to be disabled.
1206
1207			For details see:
1208			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst
1209
1210	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1211			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1212			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1213			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1214			match the *.
1215			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1216
1217	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1218			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1219			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1220			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1221			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1222			An EDID data set will only be used for a particular
1223			connector, if its name and a colon are prepended to
1224			the EDID name. Each connector may use a unique EDID
1225			data set by separating the files with a comma. An EDID
1226			data set with no connector name will be used for
1227			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1228
1229	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1230
1231	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC,EARLY]
1232			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1233			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1234			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1235			exists).
1236			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1237			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1238			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1239
1240	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1241			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1242			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1243			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1244
1245	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1246	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1247			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1248			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1249			for details.
1250
1251	early_ioremap_debug [KNL,EARLY]
1252			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1253			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1254			which are not unmapped.
1255
1256	earlycon=	[KNL,EARLY] Output early console device and options.
1257
1258			When used with no options, the early console is
1259			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1260			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1261			the platform.
1262
1263		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1264			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1265			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1266			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1267			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1268			configured.
1269
1270		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1271		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1272		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1273		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1274		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1275			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1276			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1277			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1278			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1279			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1280			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1281			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1282			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized. 'uartclk' is
1283			the uart clock frequency; if unspecified, it is set
1284			to 'BASE_BAUD' * 16.
1285
1286		pl011,<addr>
1287		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1288			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1289			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1290			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1291			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1292			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1293			the device registers.
1294
1295		liteuart,<addr>
1296			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1297			specified address. The serial port must already be
1298			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1299
1300		meson,<addr>
1301			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1302			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1303			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1304			supported.
1305
1306		msm_serial,<addr>
1307			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1308			port at the specified address. The serial port
1309			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1310			yet supported.
1311
1312		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1313			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1314			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1315			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1316			yet supported.
1317
1318		owl,<addr>
1319			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1320			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1321			specified address. The serial port must already be
1322			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1323
1324		rda,<addr>
1325			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1326			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1327			specified address. The serial port must already be
1328			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1329
1330		sbi
1331			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1332			console.
1333
1334		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1335
1336		s3c2410,<addr>
1337		s3c2412,<addr>
1338		s3c2440,<addr>
1339		s3c6400,<addr>
1340		s5pv210,<addr>
1341		exynos4210,<addr>
1342			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1343			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1344			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1345			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1346			Options are not yet supported.
1347
1348		lantiq,<addr>
1349			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1350			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1351			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1352			yet supported.
1353
1354		lpuart,<addr>
1355		lpuart32,<addr>
1356			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1357			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1358			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1359			port must already be setup and configured.
1360
1361		ec_imx21,<addr>
1362		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1363			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1364			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1365			must already be setup and configured.
1366
1367		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1368			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1369			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1370			address. The serial port must already be setup
1371			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1372
1373		qcom_geni,<addr>
1374			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1375			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1376			specified address. The serial port must already be
1377			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1378
1379		efifb,[options]
1380			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1381			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1382			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1383			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1384			mapped with the correct attributes.
1385
1386		linflex,<addr>
1387			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1388			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1389			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1390			already be setup and configured.
1391
1392	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390,UM,EARLY]
1393			earlyprintk=vga
1394			earlyprintk=sclp
1395			earlyprintk=xen
1396			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1397			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1398			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1399			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1400			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1401			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1402			earlyprintk=bios
1403
1404			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1405			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1406			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1407
1408			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1409			takes over.
1410
1411			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1412			be used at a time.
1413
1414			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1415			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1416			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1417			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1418				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1419			You can find the port for a given device in
1420			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1421				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1422
1423			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1424			very good.
1425
1426			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1427			the real console.
1428
1429			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1430
1431			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1432
1433			The bios output can only be used on SuperH.
1434
1435			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1436			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1437			UART class.
1438
1439	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1440			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1441			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1442			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1443			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1444			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1445			default: on.
1446
1447	edd=		[EDD]
1448			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1449
1450	efi=		[EFI,EARLY]
1451			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1452				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1453				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1454			debug: enable misc debug output.
1455			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1456			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1457			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1458			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1459			firmware implementations.
1460			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1461			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1462			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1463			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1464			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1465			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1466			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1467			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1468			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1469			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1470
1471	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI,X86,EARLY]
1472			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1473			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1474			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1475			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1476
1477	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1478			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1479			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1480			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1481			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1482
1483
1484	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1485			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1486
1487	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB,EARLY] Allow early kernel console debugging
1488			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1489
1490			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1491			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1492
1493			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1494			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1495			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1496			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1497
1498	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1499			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1500			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1501
1502	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [PPC,SH,X86,S390,EARLY]
1503			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1504			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1505			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1506			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1507
1508	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
1509			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1510			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1511			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1512
1513	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1514			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1515			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1516			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1517			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1518
1519	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1520			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1521			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1522			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1523			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1524			Default value is 0.
1525			Value can be changed at runtime via
1526			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1527
1528	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1529			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1530			support.
1531
1532	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1533			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1534			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1535
1536	evm=		[EVM]
1537			Format: { "fix" }
1538			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1539			current integrity status.
1540
1541	early_page_ext [KNL,EARLY] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1542			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1543			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1544			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1545			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1546			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1547			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1548
1549	failslab=
1550	fail_usercopy=
1551	fail_page_alloc=
1552	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1553			General fault injection mechanism.
1554			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1555			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1556
1557	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1558			Format: { initns | none }
1559			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1560			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1561
1562	floppy=		[HW]
1563			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1564
1565	forcepae	[X86-32]
1566			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1567			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1568			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1569			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1570			and may cause unknown problems.
1571
1572	fred=		[X86-64]
1573			Enable/disable Flexible Return and Event Delivery.
1574			Format: { on | off }
1575			on: enable FRED when it's present.
1576			off: disable FRED, the default setting.
1577
1578	ftrace=[tracer]
1579			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1580			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1581			boot debugging.
1582
1583	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1584			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1585			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1586			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1587			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1588			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1589			start up functionality.
1590
1591			Optionally, the snapshot can also be defined for a tracing
1592			instance that was created by the trace_instance= command
1593			line parameter.
1594
1595			trace_instance=foo,sched_switch ftrace_boot_snapshot=foo
1596
1597			The above will cause the "foo" tracing instance to trigger
1598			a snapshot at the end of boot up.
1599
1600	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=2(orig_cpu) | =<instance>][,<instance> |
1601			  ,<instance>=2(orig_cpu)]
1602			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1603			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump global
1604			buffers of all CPUs, if you pass 2 or orig_cpu, it
1605			will dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered
1606			the oops, or the specific instance will be dumped if
1607			its name is passed. Multiple instance dump is also
1608			supported, and instances are separated by commas. Each
1609			instance supports only dump on CPU that triggered the
1610			oops by passing 2 or orig_cpu to it.
1611
1612			ftrace_dump_on_oops=foo=orig_cpu
1613
1614			The above will dump only the buffer of "foo" instance
1615			on CPU that triggered the oops.
1616
1617			ftrace_dump_on_oops,foo,bar=orig_cpu
1618
1619			The above will dump global buffer on all CPUs, the
1620			buffer of "foo" instance on all CPUs and the buffer
1621			of "bar" instance on CPU that triggered the oops.
1622
1623	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1624			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1625			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1626			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1627			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1628			tracing directory.
1629
1630	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1631			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1632			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1633			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1634			tracing directory.
1635
1636	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1637			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1638			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1639			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1640			that can be changed at run time by the
1641			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1642
1643	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1644			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1645			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1646			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1647			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1648
1649	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1650			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1651			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1652			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1653			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1654
1655	fw_devlink=	[KNL,EARLY] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1656			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1657			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1658			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1659			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1660			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1661			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1662			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1663			suppliers).
1664			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1665			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1666			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1667				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1668				up (sync_state() calls).
1669			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1670				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1671			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1672
1673	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1674			[KNL,EARLY] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1675			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1676			Format: <bool>
1677
1678	fw_devlink.sync_state =
1679			[KNL,EARLY] When all devices that could probe have finished
1680			probing, this parameter controls what to do with
1681			devices that haven't yet received their sync_state()
1682			calls.
1683			Format: { strict | timeout }
1684			strict -- Default. Continue waiting on consumers to
1685				probe successfully.
1686			timeout -- Give up waiting on consumers and call
1687				sync_state() on any devices that haven't yet
1688				received their sync_state() calls after
1689				deferred_probe_timeout has expired or by
1690				late_initcall() if !CONFIG_MODULES.
1691
1692	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1693			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1694			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1695			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1696			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1697
1698	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1699
1700	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64,EARLY] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1701			Format: off | on
1702			default: on
1703
1704	gather_data_sampling=
1705			[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control the Gather Data Sampling (GDS)
1706			mitigation.
1707
1708			Gather Data Sampling is a hardware vulnerability which
1709			allows unprivileged speculative access to data which was
1710			previously stored in vector registers.
1711
1712			This issue is mitigated by default in updated microcode.
1713			The mitigation may have a performance impact but can be
1714			disabled. On systems without the microcode mitigation
1715			disabling AVX serves as a mitigation.
1716
1717			force:	Disable AVX to mitigate systems without
1718				microcode mitigation. No effect if the microcode
1719				mitigation is present. Known to cause crashes in
1720				userspace with buggy AVX enumeration.
1721
1722			off:	Disable GDS mitigation.
1723
1724	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1725			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1726			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1727			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1728			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1729
1730	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1731			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1732			android emulator
1733
1734	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1735			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1736			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1737	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1738			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1739
1740	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1741			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1742			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1743			GPT to be used instead.
1744
1745	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1746			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1747			Format: 0 | 1
1748			Default: 0
1749	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1750			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1751			Format: 0 | 1
1752			Default: 0
1753	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1754			Format: 0 | 1
1755			Default: 0
1756	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1757			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1758			Default: 1024
1759	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1760			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1761			Default: 1024
1762
1763	hardened_usercopy=
1764			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1765			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1766			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1767			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1768			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1769			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1770			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1771		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1772		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1773
1774	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1775			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1776			backtraces on all cpus.
1777			Format: 0 | 1
1778
1779	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1780			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1781			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1782			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1783
1784	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1785			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1786
1787	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1788			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1789			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1790			logic will be disabled.
1791
1792	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1793		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1794				present during boot.
1795		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1796		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1797		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1798				(that will set all pages holding image data
1799				during restoration read-only).
1800
1801	hibernate.compressor= 	[HIBERNATION] Compression algorithm to be
1802				used with hibernation.
1803				Format: { lzo | lz4 }
1804				Default: lzo
1805
1806				lzo: Select LZO compression algorithm to
1807				compress/decompress hibernation image.
1808
1809				lz4: Select LZ4 compression algorithm to
1810				compress/decompress hibernation image.
1811
1812	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1813			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1814			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1815			size on bigger boxes.
1816
1817	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1818			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1819			Default: "on"
1820
1821	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1822
1823	hostname=	[KNL,EARLY] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1824			Format: <string>
1825			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1826			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1827			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1828			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1829			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1830			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1831			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1832			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1833			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1834			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1835
1836	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1837			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1838				verbose }
1839			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1840			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1841				VIA, nVidia)
1842			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1843
1844	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1845			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1846
1847	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1848			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1849			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1850			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1851			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1852			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1853			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1854			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1855			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1856				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1857
1858	hugepagesz=
1859			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1860			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1861			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1862			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1863			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1864			architecture dependent.  See also
1865			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1866			Format: size[KMG]
1867
1868	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA,EARLY] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1869			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1870			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1871			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1872				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1873
1874			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1875			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1876			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1877
1878	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1879			[KNL] Requires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1880			enabled.
1881			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1882			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1883			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1884			Format: { on | off (default) }
1885
1886			on: enable HVO
1887			off: disable HVO
1888
1889			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1890			the default is on.
1891
1892			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1893			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1894			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1895			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1896			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1897
1898	hung_task_panic=
1899			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1900			Format: 0 | 1
1901
1902			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1903			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1904			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1905			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1906			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1907
1908	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1909				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1910	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1911				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1912				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1913
1914	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V,EARLY]
1915			Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1916			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest
1917			on lock contention.
1918
1919	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1920				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1921				registered from board initialization code.
1922				Format:
1923				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1924
1925	i2c_touchscreen_props= [HW,ACPI,X86]
1926			Set device-properties for ACPI-enumerated I2C-attached
1927			touchscreen, to e.g. fix coordinates of upside-down
1928			mounted touchscreens. If you need this option please
1929			submit a drivers/platform/x86/touchscreen_dmi.c patch
1930			adding a DMI quirk for this.
1931
1932			Format:
1933			<ACPI_HW_ID>:<prop_name>=<val>[:prop_name=val][:...]
1934			Where <val> is one of:
1935			Omit "=<val>" entirely	Set a boolean device-property
1936			Unsigned number		Set a u32 device-property
1937			Anything else		Set a string device-property
1938
1939			Examples (split over multiple lines):
1940			i2c_touchscreen_props=GDIX1001:touchscreen-inverted-x:
1941			touchscreen-inverted-y
1942
1943			i2c_touchscreen_props=MSSL1680:touchscreen-size-x=1920:
1944			touchscreen-size-y=1080:touchscreen-inverted-y:
1945			firmware-name=gsl1680-vendor-model.fw:silead,home-button
1946
1947	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1948	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1949			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1950			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1951			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1952	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1953	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1954			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1955			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1956	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1957	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1958	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1959			     for the AUX port
1960	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1961			     controller
1962	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1963			     controllers
1964	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1965	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1966			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1967			     transitions, or never reset
1968			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1969			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1970			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1971			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1972			architectures force reset to be always executed
1973	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1974	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1975	i8042.probe_defer
1976			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1977
1978	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1979
1980	i915.invert_brightness=
1981			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1982			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1983			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1984			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1985			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1986			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1987			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1988			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1989			value switches the backlight off.
1990			-1 -- never invert brightness
1991			 0 -- machine default
1992			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1993
1994	ia32_emulation=	[X86-64]
1995			Format: <bool>
1996			When true, allows loading 32-bit programs and executing 32-bit
1997			syscalls, essentially overriding IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED at
1998			boot time. When false, unconditionally disables IA32 emulation.
1999
2000	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
2001			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
2002
2003
2004	idle=		[X86,EARLY]
2005			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
2006			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
2007			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
2008			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
2009			Not recommended.
2010			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
2011			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
2012			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
2013
2014	idxd.sva=	[HW]
2015			Format: <bool>
2016			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
2017			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
2018			true (1).
2019
2020	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
2021			Format: <bool>
2022			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
2023			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
2024
2025	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
2026			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed | emulated }
2027			Default: strict
2028
2029			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
2030			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
2031			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
2032			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
2033			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
2034			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
2035			encoding mode.
2036
2037			Available settings are as follows:
2038			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
2039				supported by the FPU
2040			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
2041				by the FPU
2042			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
2043				by the FPU
2044			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
2045				supported by the FPU
2046			emulated accept any binaries but enable FPU emulator
2047				if binary mode is unsupported by the FPU.
2048
2049			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
2050			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
2051			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
2052			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
2053			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
2054			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
2055			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
2056			MIPS64 CPUs.
2057
2058			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
2059			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
2060			except where unsupported by hardware.
2061
2062	ignore_loglevel	[KNL,EARLY]
2063			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
2064			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
2065			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
2066			could change it dynamically, usually by
2067			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
2068
2069	ignore_rlimit_data
2070			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
2071			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
2072			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
2073
2074	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
2075			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
2076
2077	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
2078			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
2079			default: "enforce"
2080
2081	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2082			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
2083			owned by uid=0.
2084
2085	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
2086			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
2087			measurements, instead of host native format.
2088
2089	ima_hash=	[IMA]
2090			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
2091				   | sha512 | ... }
2092			default: "sha1"
2093
2094			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
2095			in crypto/hash_info.h.
2096
2097	ima_policy=	[IMA]
2098			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
2099			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
2100				 fail_securely | critical_data"
2101
2102			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
2103			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
2104			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
2105			uid=0.
2106
2107			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
2108			all files owned by root.
2109
2110			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
2111			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
2112			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
2113
2114			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
2115			verification failure also on privileged mounted
2116			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
2117			flag.
2118
2119			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
2120			critical data.
2121
2122	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2123			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
2124			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
2125			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
2126			opened for read by uid=0.
2127
2128	ima_template=	[IMA]
2129			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
2130			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
2131				   "ima-sigv2" }
2132			Default: "ima-ng"
2133
2134	ima_template_fmt=
2135			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
2136			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
2137
2138	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
2139			Format: <min_file_size>
2140			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
2141			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
2142
2143			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
2144			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2145			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
2146
2147	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
2148			Format: <bufsize>
2149			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
2150
2151			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
2152			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2153			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
2154
2155	init=		[KNL]
2156			Format: <full_path>
2157			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
2158			process.
2159
2160	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
2161			for working out where the kernel is dying during
2162			startup.
2163
2164	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
2165			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
2166			modules and initcalls.
2167
2168	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2169			Format: <bool>
2170			Default: 1
2171			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2172			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2173			with devices being probed and
2174			initialized. This should normally just work,
2175			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2176			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2177			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2178			late_ initcalls.
2179
2180	initrd=		[BOOT,EARLY] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2181
2182	initrdmem=	[KNL,EARLY] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2183			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2184			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2185			setting.
2186			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2187			Default is 0, 0
2188
2189	init_on_alloc=	[MM,EARLY] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2190			zeroes.
2191			Format: 0 | 1
2192			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2193
2194	init_on_free=	[MM,EARLY] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2195			Format: 0 | 1
2196			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2197
2198	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2199			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2200			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2201			override in debugfs after boot.
2202
2203	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2204			Format: <irq>
2205
2206	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2207
2208	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2209			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2210			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2211			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2212
2213	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2214		on
2215			Enable intel iommu driver.
2216		off
2217			Disable intel iommu driver.
2218		igfx_off [Default Off]
2219			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2220			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2221			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2222			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2223			DMA.
2224		strict [Default Off]
2225			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2226		sp_off [Default Off]
2227			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2228			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2229			not be supported.
2230		sm_on
2231			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2232			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2233			translation.
2234		sm_off
2235			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2236		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2237			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2238			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2239			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2240			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2241			mapping is enabled.
2242			Note that using this option lowers the security
2243			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2244			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2245
2246	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2247			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2248			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2249
2250	intel_pstate=	[X86,EARLY]
2251			disable
2252			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2253			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2254                        active
2255                          Use intel_pstate driver to bypass the scaling
2256                          governors layer of cpufreq and provides it own
2257                          algorithms for p-state selection. There are two
2258                          P-state selection algorithms provided by
2259                          intel_pstate in the active mode: powersave and
2260                          performance.  The way they both operate depends
2261                          on whether or not the hardware managed P-states
2262                          (HWP) feature has been enabled in the processor
2263                          and possibly on the processor model.
2264			passive
2265			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2266			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2267			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2268			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2269			  feature.
2270			force
2271			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2272			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2273			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2274			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2275			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2276			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2277			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2278			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2279			no_hwp
2280			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2281			  if available.
2282			hwp_only
2283			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2284			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2285			support_acpi_ppc
2286			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2287			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2288			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2289			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2290			per_cpu_perf_limits
2291			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2292			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2293
2294	intremap=	[X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY]
2295			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2296			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2297			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2298			no_x2apic_optout
2299				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2300			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2301			posted_msi
2302				enable MSIs delivered as posted interrupts
2303
2304	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2305		strict	regions from userspace.
2306		relaxed
2307
2308	iommu=		[X86,EARLY]
2309		off
2310		force
2311		noforce
2312		biomerge
2313		panic
2314		nopanic
2315		merge
2316		nomerge
2317		soft
2318		pt		[X86]
2319		nopt		[X86]
2320		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2321			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2322
2323	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64,X86,EARLY] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2324			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2325			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2326			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2327			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2328			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2329			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2330
2331	iommu.strict=	[ARM64,X86,S390,EARLY] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2332			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2333			0 - Lazy mode.
2334			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2335			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2336			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2337			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2338			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2339			1 - Strict mode.
2340			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2341			  synchronously.
2342			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2343			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2344			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2345
2346	iommu.passthrough=
2347			[ARM64,X86,EARLY] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2348			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2349			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2350			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2351			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2352
2353	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2354			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2355			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2356
2357	io_delay=	[X86,EARLY] I/O delay method
2358		0x80
2359			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2360		0xed
2361			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2362		udelay
2363			Simple two microseconds delay
2364		none
2365			No delay
2366
2367	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2368			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2369
2370	ipcmni_extend	[KNL,EARLY] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2371			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2372
2373	ipe.enforce=	[IPE]
2374			Format: <bool>
2375			Determine whether IPE starts in permissive (0) or
2376			enforce (1) mode. The default is enforce.
2377
2378	ipe.success_audit=
2379			[IPE]
2380			Format: <bool>
2381			Start IPE with success auditing enabled, emitting
2382			an audit event when a binary is allowed. The default
2383			is 0.
2384
2385	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2386			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2387
2388	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2389			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
2390			Format: <bool>
2391			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2392			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2393			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2394
2395	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2396			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
2397			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2398			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2399			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2400			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2401			LPIs.
2402
2403	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64,EARLY]
2404			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2405			requires the kernel to be built with
2406			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2407
2408	irqfixup	[HW]
2409			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2410			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2411			firmware running.
2412
2413	irqpoll		[HW]
2414			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2415			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2416			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2417			firmware running.
2418
2419	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2420			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2421
2422	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2423			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2424			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2425
2426			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2427			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2428
2429			nohz
2430			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2431
2432			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2433			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2434			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2435			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2436			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2437
2438			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2439			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2440			  be configured manually after bootup.
2441
2442			domain
2443			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2444			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2445			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2446			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2447			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2448			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2449			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2450			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2451
2452			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2453			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2454			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2455			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2456
2457			managed_irq
2458
2459			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2460			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2461			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2462			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2463			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2464
2465			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2466			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2467			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2468			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2469			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2470			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2471			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2472
2473			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2474			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2475			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2476			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2477			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2478			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2479			  queues.
2480
2481			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2482
2483	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2484
2485	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2486			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2487			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2488			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2489
2490			For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2491			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2492			write the parameter as:
2493				ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
2494
2495			Deprecated formats:
2496			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2497			  write the parameter as:
2498				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2499			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2500			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2501				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2502
2503	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2504			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2505			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2506			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2507
2508			For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
2509			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2510			write the parameter as:
2511				ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
2512
2513			Deprecated formats:
2514			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2515			  write the parameter as:
2516				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2517			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2518			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2519				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2520
2521	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2522			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2523			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2524			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2525
2526			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2527			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2528			write the parameter as:
2529				ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
2530
2531			Deprecated formats:
2532			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
2533			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2534				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2535			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2536			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2537				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2538
2539	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2540			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2541
2542	kasan_multi_shot
2543			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2544			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2545			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2546			invalid access.
2547
2548	keep_bootcon	[KNL,EARLY]
2549			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
2550			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
2551			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
2552			the real console.
2553
2554	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM] See retain_initrd.
2555
2556	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,PPC,EARLY]
2557			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2558			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2559			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2560			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2561			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2562			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2563			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2564			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2565			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2566
2567			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2568			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2569			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2570			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2571			zone if it does not.
2572
2573			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2574			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2575			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2576			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2577			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2578			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2579			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2580
2581	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW,EARLY] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2582			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2583			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2584			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2585			optional and is the number seconds in between
2586			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2587			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2588			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2589			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2590			the kernel debugger.
2591
2592	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2593			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2594			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2595			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2596			 keyboard only format: kbd
2597			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2598			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2599			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2600			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2601
2602	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW,EARLY]
2603			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2604			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2605			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2606			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2607			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2608			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2609
2610			The name of the early console should be specified
2611			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2612			the early console might be different than the tty
2613			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2614			blank and the first boot console that implements
2615			read() will be picked.
2616
2617	kgdbwait	[KGDB,EARLY] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2618			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2619
2620	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2621			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2622			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2623
2624	kmemleak=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2625			Valid arguments: on, off
2626			Default: on
2627			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2628			the default is off.
2629
2630	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2631			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2632			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2633			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2634			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2635			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2636			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2637
2638			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2639
2640			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2641			Boot Parameter" section.
2642
2643	kpti=		[ARM64,EARLY] Control page table isolation of
2644			user and kernel address spaces.
2645			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2646			0: force disabled
2647			1: force enabled
2648
2649	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2650			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2651			default value can be overridden via
2652			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2653			Default is 1 (enabled)
2654
2655	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2656			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2657
2658	kvm.eager_page_split=
2659			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2660			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2661			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2662			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2663			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2664			required to split huge pages lazily.
2665
2666			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2667			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2668			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2669			still be used for reads.
2670
2671			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2672			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2673			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2674			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2675			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2676			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2677			cleared.
2678
2679			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2680
2681			Default is Y (on).
2682
2683	kvm.enable_virt_at_load=[KVM,ARM64,LOONGARCH,MIPS,RISCV,X86]
2684			If enabled, KVM will enable virtualization in hardware
2685			when KVM is loaded, and disable virtualization when KVM
2686			is unloaded (if KVM is built as a module).
2687
2688			If disabled, KVM will dynamically enable and disable
2689			virtualization on-demand when creating and destroying
2690			VMs, i.e. on the 0=>1 and 1=>0 transitions of the
2691			number of VMs.
2692
2693			Enabling virtualization at module lode avoids potential
2694			latency for creation of the 0=>1 VM, as KVM serializes
2695			virtualization enabling across all online CPUs.  The
2696			"cost" of enabling virtualization when KVM is loaded,
2697			is that doing so may interfere with using out-of-tree
2698			hypervisors that want to "own" virtualization hardware.
2699
2700	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2701				   Default is false (don't support).
2702
2703	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2704			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2705			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2706			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2707			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2708			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2709				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2710
2711			Default is 'auto'.
2712
2713			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2714			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2715
2716	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2717			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2718			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2719			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2720			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2721
2722	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2723			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2724			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2725			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2726			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2727			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2728
2729	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Control nested virtualization feature in
2730			KVM/SVM. Default is 1 (enabled).
2731
2732	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Control KVM's use of Nested Page Tables,
2733			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables. Default is 1
2734			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2735			for NPT.
2736
2737	kvm-arm.mode=
2738			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of
2739			operation.
2740
2741			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2742
2743			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2744			      protected guests.
2745
2746			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2747				   state is kept private from the host.
2748
2749			nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
2750				virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.3
2751				hardware.
2752
2753			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2754			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2755			for the host. "nested" is experimental and should be
2756			used with extreme caution.
2757
2758	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2759			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2760			system registers
2761
2762	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2763			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2764			system registers
2765
2766	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2767			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2768			system registers
2769
2770	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2771			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Allow use of GICv4 for direct
2772			injection of LPIs.
2773
2774	kvm-arm.wfe_trap_policy=
2775			[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFE instruction trap for
2776			KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
2777			CPU architecture.
2778
2779			trap: set WFE instruction trap
2780
2781			notrap: clear WFE instruction trap
2782
2783	kvm-arm.wfi_trap_policy=
2784			[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFI instruction trap for
2785			KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
2786			CPU architecture.
2787
2788			trap: set WFI instruction trap
2789
2790			notrap: clear WFI instruction trap
2791
2792	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC,EARLY]
2793			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2794			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2795			allocation.
2796			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2797			Format: <integer>
2798			Default: 5
2799
2800	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Extended Page Tables,
2801			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables.  Default is 1
2802			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2803			for EPT.
2804
2805	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2806			[KVM,Intel] Control whether to emulate invalid guest
2807			state. Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1,
2808			as guest state is never invalid for unrestricted
2809			guests. This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2),
2810			as KVM never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2811			Default is 1 (enabled).
2812
2813	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2814			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of FlexPriority feature
2815			(TPR shadow). Default is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if
2816			hardware lacks support for it.
2817
2818	kvm-intel.nested=
2819			[KVM,Intel] Control nested virtualization feature in
2820			KVM/VMX. Default is 1 (enabled).
2821
2822	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2823			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of unrestricted guest
2824			feature (virtualized real and unpaged mode). Default
2825			is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if EPT is disabled or
2826			hardware lacks support for it.
2827
2828	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2829			CVE-2018-3620.
2830
2831			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2832
2833			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2834			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2835				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2836			never:	Disables the mitigation
2837
2838			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2839
2840	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Virtual Processor
2841			Identification feature (tagged TLBs). Default is 1
2842			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2843			for it.
2844
2845	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
2846			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2847
2848			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2849			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2850			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2851
2852			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2853			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2854			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2855			not have direct access.
2856
2857			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2858			options are:
2859
2860			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2861
2862	l1tf=           [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2863			      affected CPUs
2864
2865			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2866			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2867
2868			full
2869				Provides all available mitigations for the
2870				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2871				enables all mitigations in the
2872				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2873
2874				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2875				sysfs interface is still possible after
2876				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2877				when the first VM is started in a
2878				potentially insecure configuration,
2879				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2880
2881			full,force
2882				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2883				flush runtime control. Implies the
2884				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2885				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2886
2887			flush
2888				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2889				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2890				L1D flush.
2891
2892				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2893				sysfs interface is still possible after
2894				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2895				when the first VM is started in a
2896				potentially insecure configuration,
2897				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2898
2899			flush,nosmt
2900
2901				Disables SMT and enables the default
2902				hypervisor mitigation.
2903
2904				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2905				sysfs interface is still possible after
2906				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2907				when the first VM is started in a
2908				potentially insecure configuration,
2909				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2910
2911			flush,nowarn
2912				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2913				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2914				insecure configuration.
2915
2916			off
2917				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2918				emit any warnings.
2919				It also drops the swap size and available
2920				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2921				bare metal.
2922
2923			Default is 'flush'.
2924
2925			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2926
2927	l2cr=		[PPC]
2928
2929	l3cr=		[PPC]
2930
2931	lapic		[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2932			disabled it.
2933
2934	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2935			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2936			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2937			Format: notscdeadline
2938
2939	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC,EARLY] trust the local apic timer
2940			in C2 power state.
2941
2942	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2943			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2944			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2945			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2946			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2947			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2948			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2949
2950	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2951			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2952			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2953
2954	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2955			when set.
2956			Format: <int>
2957
2958	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2959			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2960			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2961			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2962			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2963			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2964			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2965			to all ports, links and devices.
2966
2967			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2968			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2969			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2970			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2971			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2972			host link and device attached to it.
2973
2974			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2975			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2976			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2977			The following configurations can be forced.
2978
2979			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2980			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2981
2982			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2983
2984			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2985			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2986			  allowed.
2987
2988			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2989			  resets.
2990
2991			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2992			  link recovery.
2993
2994			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2995			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2996			  detection.
2997
2998			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2999
3000			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
3001
3002			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
3003
3004			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
3005
3006			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
3007
3008			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
3009
3010			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
3011
3012			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
3013
3014			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
3015			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
3016
3017			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
3018			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
3019
3020			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
3021			  identify device data log.
3022
3023			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
3024			  purpose log directory.
3025
3026			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
3027
3028			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
3029			  1024 sectors.
3030
3031			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
3032			  65535 sectors.
3033
3034			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
3035
3036			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
3037			  should be skipped.
3038
3039			* [no]fua: Disable or enable FUA (Force Unit Access)
3040			  support for devices supporting this feature.
3041
3042			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
3043
3044			* disable: Disable this device.
3045
3046			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
3047			the same attribute, the last one is used.
3048
3049	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
3050
3051	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
3052			Format: <integer>
3053
3054	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
3055			Format: <integer>
3056
3057	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
3058			Format: <integer>
3059
3060	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
3061			Format: <integer>
3062
3063	lockdown=	[SECURITY,EARLY]
3064			{ integrity | confidentiality }
3065			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
3066			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
3067			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
3068			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
3069			to extract confidential information from the kernel
3070			are also disabled.
3071
3072	locktorture.acq_writer_lim= [KNL]
3073			Set the time limit in jiffies for a lock
3074			acquisition.  Acquisitions exceeding this limit
3075			will result in a splat once they do complete.
3076
3077	locktorture.bind_readers= [KNL]
3078			Specify the list of CPUs to which the readers are
3079			to be bound.
3080
3081	locktorture.bind_writers= [KNL]
3082			Specify the list of CPUs to which the writers are
3083			to be bound.
3084
3085	locktorture.call_rcu_chains= [KNL]
3086			Specify the number of self-propagating call_rcu()
3087			chains to set up.  These are used to ensure that
3088			there is a high probability of an RCU grace period
3089			in progress at any given time.	Defaults to 0,
3090			which disables these call_rcu() chains.
3091
3092	locktorture.long_hold= [KNL]
3093			Specify the duration in milliseconds for the
3094			occasional long-duration lock hold time.  Defaults
3095			to 100 milliseconds.  Select 0 to disable.
3096
3097	locktorture.nested_locks= [KNL]
3098			Specify the maximum lock nesting depth that
3099			locktorture is to exercise, up to a limit of 8
3100			(MAX_NESTED_LOCKS).  Specify zero to disable.
3101			Note that this parameter is ineffective on types
3102			of locks that do not support nested acquisition.
3103
3104	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
3105			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
3106			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
3107			number of online CPUs.
3108
3109	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
3110			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
3111
3112	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3113			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3114
3115	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3116			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
3117			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3118
3119	locktorture.rt_boost= [KNL]
3120			Do periodic testing of real-time lock priority
3121			boosting.  Select 0 to disable, 1 to boost
3122			only rt_mutex, and 2 to boost unconditionally.
3123			Defaults to 2, which might seem to be an
3124			odd choice, but which should be harmless for
3125			non-real-time spinlocks, due to their disabling
3126			of preemption.	Note that non-realtime mutexes
3127			disable boosting.
3128
3129	locktorture.rt_boost_factor= [KNL]
3130			Number that determines how often and for how
3131			long priority boosting is exercised.  This is
3132			scaled down by the number of writers, so that the
3133			number of boosts per unit time remains roughly
3134			constant as the number of writers increases.
3135			On the other hand, the duration of each boost
3136			increases with the number of writers.
3137
3138	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3139			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
3140			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
3141			mode during the locktorture test.
3142
3143	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3144			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3145			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3146
3147	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3148			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3149
3150	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
3151			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
3152			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
3153			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
3154			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
3155			transition abruptly to and from idle.
3156
3157	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3158			Specify the locking implementation to test.
3159
3160	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
3161			Enable additional printk() statements.
3162
3163	locktorture.writer_fifo= [KNL]
3164			Run the write-side locktorture kthreads at
3165			sched_set_fifo() real-time priority.
3166
3167	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
3168			Format: <irq>
3169
3170	loglevel=	[KNL,EARLY]
3171			All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
3172			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
3173			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
3174			loglevels are defined as follows:
3175
3176			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
3177			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
3178			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
3179			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
3180			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
3181			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
3182			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
3183			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
3184
3185	log_buf_len=n[KMG] [KNL,EARLY]
3186			Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.
3187			n must be a power of two and greater than the
3188			minimal size. The minimal size is defined by
3189			LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There
3190			is also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config
3191			parameter that allows to increase the default size
3192			depending on the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig
3193			for more details.
3194
3195	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
3196			This may be used to provide more screen space for
3197			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
3198			kernel boot problems.
3199
3200	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
3201	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
3202	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
3203	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
3204				specified in addition to the ports) causes
3205				attached printers to be reset. Using
3206				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
3207				to associate lp devices with, starting with
3208				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
3209				that lp device, or a parport name such as
3210				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
3211				port specification list means that device IDs
3212				from each port should be examined, to see if
3213				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
3214				so, the driver will manage that printer.
3215				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
3216
3217	lpj=n		[KNL]
3218			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
3219			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
3220			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
3221			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
3222			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
3223			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
3224			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
3225			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
3226			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
3227			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
3228			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
3229			hardware.
3230
3231	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
3232
3233	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
3234			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
3235			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
3236
3237	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
3238			different yeeloong laptops.
3239			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
3240
3241	maxcpus=	[SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
3242			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
3243			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
3244			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
3245			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
3246			only takes effect during system bootup.
3247			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
3248			which also disables the IO APIC.
3249
3250	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
3251	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
3252			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
3253			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
3254			devices can be requested on-demand with the
3255			/dev/loop-control interface.
3256
3257	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
3258
3259	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
3260
3261	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
3262			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3263
3264	mdacon=		[MDA]
3265			Format: <first>,<last>
3266			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
3267
3268	mds=		[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
3269			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
3270			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
3271
3272			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
3273			internal buffers which can forward information to a
3274			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
3275
3276			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
3277			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
3278			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
3279			not have direct access.
3280
3281			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
3282			options are:
3283
3284			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3285			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
3286				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
3287			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
3288
3289			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
3290			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
3291			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
3292			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3293			too.
3294
3295			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3296			mds=full.
3297
3298			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3299
3300	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON,EARLY] Set the memory size.
3301			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3302
3303	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Force usage of a specific amount
3304			of memory Amount of memory to be used in cases
3305			as follows:
3306
3307			1 for test;
3308			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3309			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3310			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3311			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3312
3313			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3314			high memory is not affected.
3315
3316			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3317			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3318
3319			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3320			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3321			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3322			belonging to unused RAM.
3323
3324			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3325			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3326			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3327
3328	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3329			[ARM,MIPS,EARLY] - override the memory layout
3330			reported by firmware.
3331			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3332			ss[KMG].
3333			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3334			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3335
3336	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3337			memory.
3338
3339	memblock=debug	[KNL,EARLY] Enable memblock debug messages.
3340
3341	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3342			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3343			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3344
3345	memhp_default_state=online/offline/online_kernel/online_movable
3346			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3347			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3348			set according to the
3349			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3350			option.
3351			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3352
3353	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86,EARLY] Enable setting of an exact
3354			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3355			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3356			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3357			option description.
3358
3359	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3360			[KNL, X86,MIPS,XTENSA,EARLY] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3361			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3362			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3363			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3364			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3365			comma delimited.
3366			Example:
3367				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3368
3369	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3370			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3371			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3372
3373	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3374			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3375			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3376			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3377			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3378			         or
3379			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3380			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3381			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3382			will be eaten.
3383
3384	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG,EARLY]
3385			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3386			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3387			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3388			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3389
3390	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3391			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Convert memory within the specified region
3392			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3393			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3394			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3395			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3396			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3397			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3398
3399	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86,EARLY]
3400			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3401			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3402			Setting this option will scan the memory
3403			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3404			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3405			from using the memory being corrupted.
3406			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3407			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3408			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3409			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3410
3411	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86,EARLY]
3412			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3413			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3414			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3415			corruption in more or less memory.
3416
3417	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86,EARLY]
3418			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3419			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3420			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3421
3422	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3423			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3424			Format: {on | off (default)}
3425			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3426			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3427			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3428			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3429			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3430			lot of memory without requiring additional
3431			memory to do so.
3432			This feature is disabled by default because it
3433			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3434			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3435			memory blocks).
3436			The state of the flag can be read in
3437			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3438			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3439			the feature is not effective.
3440
3441	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV,EARLY] Enable memtest
3442			Format: <integer>
3443			default : 0 <disable>
3444			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3445			performed. Each pass selects another test
3446			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3447			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3448			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3449			regions that are detected.
3450
3451	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3452			Valid arguments: on, off
3453			Default: off
3454			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3455			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3456
3457			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3458			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3459
3460	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3461			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3462			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3463			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3464			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3465
3466	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3467			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3468			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3469			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3470
3471	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3472
3473	microcode.force_minrev=	[X86]
3474			Format: <bool>
3475			Enable or disable the microcode minimal revision
3476			enforcement for the runtime microcode loader.
3477
3478	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3479			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3480			Default: "0tb"
3481			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3482			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3483			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3484			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3485			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3486			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3487			unconfigured.
3488			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3489			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3490			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3491			VGA shield.
3492			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3493			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3494			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3495			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3496			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3497			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3498
3499	mitigations=
3500			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64,EARLY] Control optional mitigations for
3501			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3502			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3503			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3504
3505			Note, "mitigations" is supported if and only if the
3506			kernel was built with CPU_MITIGATIONS=y.
3507
3508			off
3509				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3510				improves system performance, but it may also
3511				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3512				Equivalent to: if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3513					       gather_data_sampling=off [X86]
3514					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3515					       l1tf=off [X86]
3516					       mds=off [X86]
3517					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3518					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3519					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3520					       nobp=0 [S390]
3521					       nopti [X86,PPC]
3522					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3523					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3524					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3525					       reg_file_data_sampling=off [X86]
3526					       retbleed=off [X86]
3527					       spec_rstack_overflow=off [X86]
3528					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3529					       spectre_bhi=off [X86]
3530					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3531					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3532					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3533					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3534
3535				Exceptions:
3536					       This does not have any effect on
3537					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3538					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3539
3540			auto (default)
3541				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3542				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3543				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3544				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3545				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3546				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3547
3548			auto,nosmt
3549				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3550				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3551				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3552				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3553					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3554					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3555					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3556					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3557
3558	mminit_loglevel=
3559			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3560			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3561			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3562			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3563			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3564			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3565
3566	mmio_stale_data=
3567			[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the Processor
3568			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3569
3570			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3571			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3572			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3573			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3574			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3575			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3576
3577			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3578			options are:
3579
3580			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3581
3582			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3583				     vulnerable CPUs.
3584
3585			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3586
3587			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3588			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3589			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3590			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3591			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3592			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3593
3594			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3595			mmio_stale_data=full.
3596
3597			For details see:
3598			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3599
3600	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
3601			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
3602			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
3603			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
3604			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
3605			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
3606
3607	module.async_probe=<bool>
3608			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3609			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3610			specific module, use the module specific control that
3611			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3612			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3613			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3614			the specific module.
3615
3616	module.enable_dups_trace
3617			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS is set,
3618			this means that duplicate request_module() calls will
3619			trigger a WARN_ON() instead of a pr_warn(). Note that
3620			if MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS_TRACE is set, WARN_ON()s
3621			will always be issued and this option does nothing.
3622	module.sig_enforce
3623			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3624			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3625			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3626			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3627
3628	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3629			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3630
3631	mousedev.tap_time=
3632			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3633			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3634			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3635			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3636			Format: <msecs>
3637	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3638			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3639	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3640			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3641
3642	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,PPC,EARLY]
3643			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3644			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3645			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3646			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3647			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3648			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3649			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3650			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3651			is not too small.
3652
3653	movable_node	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3654			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3655			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3656			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3657			allocations. Use with caution!
3658
3659	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3660			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3661
3662	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3663			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3664
3665	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3666			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3667
3668	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3669			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3670			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3671
3672	mtrr=debug	[X86,EARLY]
3673			Enable printing debug information related to MTRR
3674			registers at boot time.
3675
3676	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
3677			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3678			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3679
3680	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
3681			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3682			Default is 1.
3683			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3684			using up MTRRs.
3685
3686	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86,EARLY]
3687			Format: <integer>
3688			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3689			Default : 1
3690			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3691			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3692
3693	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3694			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3695			at a time.
3696
3697	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3698
3699	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3700			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3701			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3702			something different and driver-specific.
3703			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3704			file if at all.
3705
3706	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3707			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3708			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3709			waits 4 seconds.
3710
3711	nf_conntrack.acct=
3712			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3713			0 to disable accounting
3714			1 to enable accounting
3715			Default value is 0.
3716
3717	nfs.cache_getent=
3718			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3719			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3720
3721	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3722			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3723			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3724
3725	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3726			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3727			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3728			requests.
3729
3730	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3731			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3732			channel should listen.
3733
3734	nfs.delay_retrans=
3735			[NFS] specifies the number of times the NFSv4 client
3736			retries the request before returning an EAGAIN error,
3737			after a reply of NFS4ERR_DELAY from the server.
3738			Only applies if the softerr mount option is enabled,
3739			and the specified value is >= 0.
3740
3741	nfs.enable_ino64=
3742			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3743			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3744			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3745			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3746			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3747
3748	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3749			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3750			entries.
3751
3752	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3753			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3754			slots the client will assign to the callback
3755			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3756			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3757			a particular server.
3758
3759	nfs.max_session_slots=
3760			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3761			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3762			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3763			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3764			Note that there is little point in setting this
3765			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3766
3767	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3768			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3769			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3770			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3771			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3772			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3773			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3774			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3775			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3776			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3777			back to using the idmapper.
3778			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3779
3780	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3781			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3782			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3783			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3784			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3785
3786	nfs.recover_lost_locks=
3787			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3788			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3789			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3790			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3791			after the locks are lost.
3792			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3793			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3794			parameter to '1'.
3795			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3796			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3797
3798	nfs.send_implementation_id=
3799			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3800			information in exchange_id requests.
3801			If zero, no implementation identification information
3802			will be sent.
3803			The default is to send the implementation identification
3804			information.
3805
3806	nfs4.layoutstats_timer=
3807			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3808			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3809
3810			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3811			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3812			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3813			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3814
3815	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable=
3816			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3817			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3818			the destination of the copy.
3819
3820	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3821			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3822			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3823			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3824			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3825			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3826
3827	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout=
3828			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3829			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3830			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3831			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3832			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3833			this parameter.
3834
3835	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3836			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3837
3838	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3839			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3840
3841	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3842			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3843
3844	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3845			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3846			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3847
3848	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3849			when a NMI is triggered.
3850			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3851
3852	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3853			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][rNNN,][num]
3854			Valid num: 0 or 1
3855			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3856			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3857			rNNN - configure the watchdog with raw perf event 0xNNN
3858
3859			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3860			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3861			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3862			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3863			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3864			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3865			need the box quickly up again.
3866
3867			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3868			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3869
3870	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3871			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3872			is present.
3873
3874	no4lvl		[RISCV,EARLY] Disable 4-level and 5-level paging modes.
3875			Forces kernel to use 3-level paging instead.
3876
3877	no5lvl		[X86-64,RISCV,EARLY] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3878			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3879
3880	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3881
3882	noapic		[SMP,APIC,EARLY] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3883			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3884
3885	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3886
3887	nocache		[ARM,EARLY]
3888
3889	no_console_suspend
3890			[HW] Never suspend the console
3891			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3892			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3893			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3894			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3895			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3896			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3897			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3898			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3899			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3900			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3901			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3902			turn on/off it dynamically.
3903
3904	no_debug_objects
3905			[KNL,EARLY] Disable object debugging
3906
3907	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3908
3909	noefi		[EFI,EARLY] Disable EFI runtime services support.
3910
3911	no_entry_flush  [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3912
3913	noexec32	[X86-64]
3914			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3915			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3916				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3917			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3918				read implies executable mappings
3919
3920	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3921			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3922			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3923
3924	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3925
3926	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3927
3928	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3929			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3930			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3931
3932	no_hash_pointers
3933			[KNL,EARLY]
3934			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3935			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3936			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3937			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3938			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3939			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3940			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3941			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3942			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3943			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3944			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3945			kernels.
3946
3947	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3948
3949	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,PPC,RISCV,SH] Forces the kernel to
3950			busy wait in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3951			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3952			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3953			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3954			correctly or when doing power measurements to evaluate
3955			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3956			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3957
3958	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3959
3960	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3961
3962	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3963			Valid arguments: on, off
3964			Default: on
3965
3966	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3967			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3968			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3969			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3970			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3971			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3972			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3973			just as if they had also been called out in the
3974			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3975
3976			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3977			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3978
3979	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3980			initial RAM disk.
3981
3982	nointremap	[X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY] Do not enable interrupt
3983			remapping.
3984			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3985
3986	noinvpcid	[X86,EARLY] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3987
3988	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3989
3990	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3991			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3992
3993	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3994
3995	nokaslr		[KNL,EARLY]
3996			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
3997			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
3998			Layout Randomization).
3999
4000	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
4001			fault handling.
4002
4003	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
4004
4005	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
4006
4007	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not use the local APIC timer.
4008
4009	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
4010
4011	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
4012			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
4013
4014	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware
4015			sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory
4016			for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will
4017			not load if they could possibly displace the pre-
4018			initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will
4019			be available for use. The respective drivers will not
4020			perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering.
4021
4022			Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging.
4023
4024	nomodule	Disable module load
4025
4026	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
4027			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
4028			irq.
4029
4030	nopat		[X86,EARLY] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
4031			pagetables) support.
4032
4033	nopcid		[X86-64,EARLY] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
4034
4035	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
4036			in some Intel CPUs.
4037
4038	nopti		[X86-64,EARLY]
4039			Equivalent to pti=off
4040
4041	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE,EARLY]
4042			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
4043			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
4044			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
4045
4046	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM,EARLY]
4047			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
4048			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
4049			contention.
4050
4051	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
4052			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
4053
4054	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
4055			with UP alternatives
4056
4057	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
4058			space.
4059
4060	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
4061			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
4062			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
4063
4064	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX,EARLY] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
4065
4066	nosmap		[PPC,EARLY]
4067			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
4068			even if it is supported by processor.
4069
4070	nosmep		[PPC64s,EARLY]
4071			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
4072			even if it is supported by processor.
4073
4074	nosmp		[SMP,EARLY] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
4075			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
4076
4077	nosmt		[KNL,MIPS,PPC,S390,EARLY] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
4078			Equivalent to smt=1.
4079
4080			[KNL,X86,PPC] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
4081			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
4082				     via the sysfs control file.
4083
4084	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
4085
4086	nospec_store_bypass_disable
4087			[HW,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative
4088			Store Bypass vulnerability
4089
4090	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
4091			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
4092			with this option.
4093
4094	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC,EARLY] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
4095			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
4096			possible in the system.
4097
4098	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations
4099			for the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch
4100			prediction) vulnerability. System may allow data
4101			leaks with this option.
4102
4103	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES,RISCV,LOONGARCH,EARLY]
4104			Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting. steal time
4105			is computed, but won't influence scheduler behaviour
4106
4107	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
4108
4109	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
4110			broken timer IRQ sources.
4111
4112	no_uaccess_flush
4113	                [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
4114
4115	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
4116			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
4117			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
4118			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
4119			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
4120			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
4121			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
4122			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
4123			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
4124			is set.
4125
4126	no-vmw-sched-clock
4127			[X86,PV_OPS,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized VMware
4128			scheduler clock and use the default one.
4129
4130	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
4131			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
4132
4133	nowb		[ARM,EARLY]
4134
4135	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
4136
4137			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
4138			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
4139			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
4140
4141	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
4142			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
4143			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
4144
4145	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
4146			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
4147			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
4148			performance of saving the states is degraded because
4149			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
4150			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
4151
4152	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
4153			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
4154			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
4155			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
4156			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
4157			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
4158			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
4159
4160	nr_cpus=	[SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
4161			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
4162			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
4163			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
4164			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
4165			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
4166			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
4167			hot plugging.
4168
4169	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
4170
4171	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86, EARLY]
4172			Disable NUMA, Only set up a single NUMA node
4173			spanning all memory.
4174
4175	numa=fake=<size>[MG]
4176			[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
4177			If given as a memory unit, fills all system RAM with
4178			nodes of size interleaved over physical nodes.
4179
4180	numa=fake=<N>
4181			[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
4182			If given as an integer, fills all system RAM with N
4183			fake nodes interleaved over physical nodes.
4184
4185	numa=fake=<N>U
4186			[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
4187			If given as an integer followed by 'U', it will
4188			divide each physical node into N emulated nodes.
4189
4190	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
4191			NUMA balancing.
4192			Allowed values are enable and disable
4193
4194	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
4195			'node', 'default' can be specified
4196			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
4197			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
4198
4199	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW,EARLY] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
4200			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
4201			info.
4202
4203	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
4204			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
4205			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
4206			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
4207			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
4208			interrupts *may* be lost!
4209
4210	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
4211			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
4212			For example, to override I2C bus2:
4213			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
4214
4215	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
4216
4217			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
4218
4219			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
4220				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
4221			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
4222				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
4223				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
4224
4225	oops=panic	[KNL,EARLY]
4226			Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
4227			process, but there is a small probability of
4228			deadlocking the machine.
4229			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
4230			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
4231
4232	page_alloc.shuffle=
4233			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
4234			should randomize its free lists. This parameter can be
4235			used to enable/disable page randomization. The state of
4236			the flag can be read from sysfs at:
4237			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
4238			This parameter is only available if CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y.
4239
4240	page_owner=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
4241			Storage of the information about who allocated
4242			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
4243			we can turn it on.
4244			on: enable the feature
4245
4246	page_poison=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
4247			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
4248			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
4249			off: turn off poisoning (default)
4250			on: turn on poisoning
4251
4252	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
4253			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
4254			Format: <integer>
4255			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
4256			reporting is disabled when it exceeds MAX_PAGE_ORDER.
4257
4258	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
4259			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
4260			timeout = 0: wait forever
4261			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
4262			Format: <timeout>
4263
4264	panic_on_taint=	[KNL,EARLY]
4265			Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
4266			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
4267			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
4268			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
4269			called with any of the flags in this set.
4270			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
4271			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
4272			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
4273			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
4274			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
4275			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
4276			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
4277
4278	panic_on_warn=1	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
4279			on a WARN().
4280
4281	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
4282			User can chose combination of the following bits:
4283			bit 0: print all tasks info
4284			bit 1: print system memory info
4285			bit 2: print timer info
4286			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
4287			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
4288			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
4289			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
4290			bit 7: print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
4291			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
4292			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
4293			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
4294			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
4295
4296	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
4297			connected to, default is 0.
4298			Format: <parport#>
4299	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
4300			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
4301			Format: <mode>
4302
4303	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
4304			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
4305			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
4306			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
4307			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
4308			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
4309			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
4310			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
4311			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
4312			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
4313			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
4314			are specified on the command line, starting
4315			with parport0.
4316
4317	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
4318			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
4319			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
4320			computer where firmware has no options for setting
4321			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
4322			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
4323			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
4324
4325	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4326			Format: <int>
4327			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4328			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4329			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4330
4331	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4332			Format: <int>
4333			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4334			changes.  Disabled by default.
4335
4336	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4337			Format: <int>
4338			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4339			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4340			Disabled by default.
4341
4342	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4343			Format: <int>
4344			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4345			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4346			Disabled by default.
4347
4348	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4349			Format: <int>
4350			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4351			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4352			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4353			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4354			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4355			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4356			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4357			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4358			all channels.
4359
4360	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4361			Format: <int>
4362			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4363			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4364			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4365
4366	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4367			Format: <int>
4368			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4369			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4370			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4371
4372	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4373			Format: <int>
4374			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4375			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4376			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4377			All modes allowed by default.
4378
4379	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4380			Format: <int>
4381			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4382			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4383
4384	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4385			Format: <int>
4386			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4387			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4388			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4389			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4390			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4391			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4392			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4393			By default all supported ports are probed.
4394
4395	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4396			Format: <int>
4397			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4398			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4399
4400	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4401			Format: <int>
4402			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4403			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4404			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4405			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4406			0 otherwise.
4407
4408	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4409			Format: <int>
4410			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4411			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4412			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4413			allowed by default.
4414
4415	pause_on_oops=<int>
4416			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4417			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4418			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4419
4420	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4421
4422	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI,EARLY] various PCI subsystem options.
4423
4424				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4425				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4426				specified in one of the following formats:
4427
4428				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4429				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4430
4431				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4432				bus/device/function address which may change
4433				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4434				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4435				by other kernel parameters. If the
4436				domain is left unspecified, it is
4437				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4438				to a device through multiple device/function
4439				addresses can be specified after the base
4440				address (this is more robust against
4441				renumbering issues).  The second format
4442				selects devices using IDs from the
4443				configuration space which may match multiple
4444				devices in the system.
4445
4446		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4447				changes anything
4448		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4449		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4450				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4451				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4452		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4453				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4454				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4455				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4456		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4457				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4458				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4459		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4460				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4461				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4462				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4463				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4464				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4465				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4466		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4467				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4468				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4469		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4470				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4471		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4472				Configuration
4473		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4474				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4475				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4476		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4477				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4478				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4479		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4480				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4481				should never be necessary.
4482		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4483				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4484				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4485				when the system masks IRQs.
4486		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4487				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4488				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4489				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4490		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4491				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4492				on several machines and they hang the machine
4493				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4494				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4495				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4496				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4497				motherboard.
4498		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4499				Use with caution as certain devices share
4500				address decoders between ROMs and other
4501				resources.
4502		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4503				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4504				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4505		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4506				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4507		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4508				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4509				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4510				this way.
4511		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4512				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4513				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4514				F0000h-100000h range.
4515		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4516				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4517				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4518				explicitly which ones they are.
4519		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4520				numbers ourselves, overriding
4521				whatever the firmware may have done.
4522		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4523				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4524				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4525				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4526				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4527				IRQ routing is enabled.
4528		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4529				or for PCI scanning.
4530		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4531				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4532				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4533				please report a bug.
4534		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4535				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4536		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4537				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4538				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4539				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4540				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4541		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4542				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4543				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4544				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4545		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4546				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4547				so this option is a temporary workaround
4548				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4549		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4550				handle more pci cards
4551		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4552				This might help on some broken boards which
4553				machine check when some devices' config space
4554				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4555				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4556		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4557				This sorting is done to get a device
4558				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4559		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4560		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4561				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4562		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4563				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4564		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4565				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4566				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4567				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4568				or bus can support) for best performance.
4569		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4570				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4571				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4572				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4573				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4574				that hot-added devices will work.
4575		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4576				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4577				The default value is 256 bytes.
4578		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4579				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4580				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4581		resource_alignment=
4582				Format:
4583				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4584				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4585				aligned memory resources. How to
4586				specify the device is described above.
4587				If <order of align> is not specified,
4588				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4589				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4590				windows need to be expanded.
4591				To specify the alignment for several
4592				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4593				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4594				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4595				for 4096-byte alignment.
4596		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4597				end-to-end CRC checking). Only effective if
4598				OS has native AER control (either granted by
4599				ACPI _OSC or forced via "pcie_ports=native")
4600				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4601				the default.
4602				off: Turn ECRC off
4603				on: Turn ECRC on.
4604		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4605				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4606				Default size is 256 bytes.
4607		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4608				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4609				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4610		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4611				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4612				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4613		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4614				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4615				MMIO_PREF window.
4616				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4617		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4618				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4619				Default is 1.
4620		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4621				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4622				accommodate resources required by all child
4623				devices.
4624				off: Turn realloc off
4625				on: Turn realloc on
4626		realloc		same as realloc=on
4627		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4628		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4629				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4630		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4631				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4632				port.
4633		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4634				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4635				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4636				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4637				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4638				taints the kernel.
4639		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4640				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4641				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4642				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4643				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4644				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4645				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4646				this removes isolation between devices and
4647				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4648		config_acs=
4649				Format:
4650				<ACS flags>@<pci_dev>[; ...]
4651				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4652				specified above) optionally prepended with flags
4653				and separated by semicolons. The respective
4654				capabilities will be enabled, disabled or
4655				unchanged based on what is specified in
4656				flags.
4657
4658				ACS Flags is defined as follows:
4659				  bit-0 : ACS Source Validation
4660				  bit-1 : ACS Translation Blocking
4661				  bit-2 : ACS P2P Request Redirect
4662				  bit-3 : ACS P2P Completion Redirect
4663				  bit-4 : ACS Upstream Forwarding
4664				  bit-5 : ACS P2P Egress Control
4665				  bit-6 : ACS Direct Translated P2P
4666				Each bit can be marked as:
4667				  '0' – force disabled
4668				  '1' – force enabled
4669				  'x' – unchanged
4670				For example,
4671				  pci=config_acs=10x
4672				would configure all devices that support
4673				ACS to enable P2P Request Redirect, disable
4674				Translation Blocking, and leave Source
4675				Validation unchanged from whatever power-up
4676				or firmware set it to.
4677
4678				Note: this may remove isolation between devices
4679				and may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4680		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4681		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4682		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4683				one PCI domain per PCI function
4684
4685	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or ignore PCIe Active State Power
4686			Management.
4687		off	Don't touch ASPM configuration at all.  Leave any
4688			configuration done by firmware unchanged.
4689		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4690			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4691
4692	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4693		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4694			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4695			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4696			also tries to use these services.
4697		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4698				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4699		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4700			hotplug).
4701
4702	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4703		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4704		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4705
4706	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4707		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4708			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4709
4710	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4711
4712	pd_ignore_unused
4713			[PM]
4714			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4715			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4716			for debug and development, but should not be
4717			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4718
4719	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4720			boot time.
4721			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4722			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4723
4724	percpu_alloc=	[MM,EARLY]
4725			Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4726			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4727			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4728			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4729			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4730			and performance comparison.
4731
4732	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4733			See Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4734
4735	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4736			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4737			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4738
4739	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4740			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4741			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4742
4743	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4744			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4745			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4746			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4747			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4748			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4749			remains 0.
4750
4751	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4752			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4753
4754	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4755			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4756			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4757			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4758			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4759			possible settings and some assignment information.
4760
4761	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4762			{ off }
4763
4764	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4765			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4766
4767	pnp_reserve_irq=
4768			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4769
4770	pnp_reserve_dma=
4771			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4772
4773	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4774			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4775
4776	pnp_reserve_mem=
4777			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4778			autoconfiguration.
4779			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4780
4781	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4782			Default is 21.
4783			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4784			may be specified.
4785			Format: <port>,<port>....
4786
4787	possible_cpus=  [SMP,S390,X86]
4788			Format: <unsigned int>
4789			Set the number of possible CPUs, overriding the
4790			regular discovery mechanisms (such as ACPI/FW, etc).
4791
4792	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4793			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4794			platform machine description specific power_save
4795			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4796			execution priority.
4797
4798	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4799			[PPC,ENABLE] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4800			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4801			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4802			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4803
4804	ppc_tm=		[PPC,EARLY]
4805			Format: {"off"}
4806			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4807
4808	preempt=	[KNL]
4809			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4810			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4811			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4812			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4813			       can be preempted anytime.  Tasks will also yield
4814			       contended spinlocks (if the critical section isn't
4815			       explicitly preempt disabled beyond the lock itself).
4816
4817	print-fatal-signals=
4818			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4819
4820			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4821			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4822			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4823			coredump - etc.
4824
4825			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4826			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4827
4828			default: off.
4829
4830	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4831			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4832			panics
4833			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4834			default: disabled
4835
4836	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4837			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4838			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4839			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4840			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4841			in order to provide more debug information.
4842			Format: <bool>
4843			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4844
4845	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4846			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4847			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4848			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4849			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4850			Default: ratelimit
4851
4852	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4853			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4854
4855	proc_mem.force_override= [KNL]
4856			Format: {always | ptrace | never}
4857			Traditionally /proc/pid/mem allows memory permissions to be
4858			overridden without restrictions. This option may be set to
4859			restrict that. Can be one of:
4860			- 'always': traditional behavior always allows mem overrides.
4861			- 'ptrace': only allow mem overrides for active ptracers.
4862			- 'never':  never allow mem overrides.
4863			If not specified, default is the CONFIG_PROC_MEM_* choice.
4864
4865	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4866			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4867			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4868
4869	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4870			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4871			instead using the legacy FADT method
4872
4873	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4874			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4875			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule" or "kvm"
4876				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4877			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4878			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4879			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4880				statistical time based profiling.
4881
4882	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4883
4884	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4885			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4886			that). If enabled, the default kernel base address
4887			might be overridden even when Kernel Address Space
4888			Layout Randomization is disabled.
4889			Format: <bool>
4890
4891	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4892			tracking.
4893			Format: <bool>
4894
4895	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4896			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4897	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4898			per second.
4899	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4900			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4901			(0 = never).
4902	psmouse.resolution=
4903			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4904	psmouse.smartscroll=
4905			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4906			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4907
4908	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4909
4910	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4911			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4912			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4913			system calls and interrupts.
4914
4915			on   - unconditionally enable
4916			off  - unconditionally disable
4917			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4918			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4919
4920			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4921
4922	pty.legacy_count=
4923			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4924			default number.
4925
4926	quiet		[KNL,EARLY] Disable most log messages
4927
4928	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4929
4930	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
4931			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
4932			invalidate.
4933
4934	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4935			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4936
4937	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4938			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4939
4940	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4941
4942	random.trust_cpu=off
4943			[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
4944			random number generator (if available) to
4945			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4946
4947	random.trust_bootloader=off
4948			[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
4949			passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4950			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4951
4952	randomize_kstack_offset=
4953			[KNL,EARLY] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4954			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4955			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4956			that depend on stack address determinism or
4957			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4958			available on architectures that have defined
4959			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4960			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4961			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4962
4963	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4964
4965		cec_disable	[X86]
4966				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4967				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4968
4969	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4970			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4971			as described above.
4972
4973			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4974			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4975			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4976			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4977			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4978			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4979			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4980			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4981			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4982			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4983			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4984			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4985
4986			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4987			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4988
4989			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4990			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4991			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4992			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4993
4994			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4995			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4996
4997	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4998			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4999			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
5000			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
5001			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
5002			This improves the real-time response for the
5003			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
5004			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
5005			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
5006			periodically wake up to do the polling.
5007
5008	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
5009			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
5010			process in one batch.
5011
5012	rcutree.csd_lock_suppress_rcu_stall=	[KNL]
5013			Do only a one-line RCU CPU stall warning when
5014			there is an ongoing too-long CSD-lock wait.
5015
5016	rcutree.do_rcu_barrier=	[KNL]
5017			Request a call to rcu_barrier().  This is
5018			throttled so that userspace tests can safely
5019			hammer on the sysfs variable if they so choose.
5020			If triggered before the RCU grace-period machinery
5021			is fully active, this will error out with EAGAIN.
5022
5023	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
5024			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
5025			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
5026			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
5027
5028	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
5029			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
5030			RCU grace-period cleanup.
5031
5032	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
5033			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
5034			RCU grace-period initialization.
5035
5036	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
5037			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
5038			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
5039			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
5040			the rcu_node combining tree.
5041
5042	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
5043			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
5044			first attempt to force quiescent states.
5045			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
5046			and maximum value is HZ.
5047
5048	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
5049			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
5050			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
5051			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
5052
5053	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
5054			Set required age in jiffies for a
5055			given grace period before RCU starts
5056			soliciting quiescent-state help from
5057			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
5058			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
5059			a value based on the most recent settings
5060			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
5061			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
5062			This calculated value may be viewed in
5063			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
5064			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
5065			overwritten.
5066
5067	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
5068			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
5069			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
5070			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
5071			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
5072			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
5073			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
5074			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
5075			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
5076			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
5077			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
5078			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
5079
5080	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
5081			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
5082			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
5083			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
5084			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
5085			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
5086			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
5087			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
5088			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
5089			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
5090			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
5091			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
5092
5093	rcutree.nohz_full_patience_delay= [KNL]
5094			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs, avoid
5095			disturbing RCU unless the grace period has
5096			reached the specified age in milliseconds.
5097			Defaults to zero.  Large values will be capped
5098			at five seconds.  All values will be rounded down
5099			to the nearest value representable by jiffies.
5100
5101	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
5102			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
5103			batch limiting is disabled.
5104
5105	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
5106			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
5107			batch limiting is re-enabled.
5108
5109	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
5110			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
5111			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
5112			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
5113			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
5114			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
5115			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
5116			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
5117
5118	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
5119			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
5120			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
5121			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
5122
5123	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
5124			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
5125			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
5126			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
5127			The result will be bounded below by the value of
5128			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
5129			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
5130			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
5131
5132			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
5133			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
5134			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
5135			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
5136			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
5137
5138	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
5139			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
5140			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
5141			possibly be useful for architectures having high
5142			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
5143
5144	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
5145			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
5146			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
5147			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
5148			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
5149			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
5150			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
5151
5152	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
5153			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
5154			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
5155			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
5156			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
5157			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
5158			condition.
5159
5160	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
5161			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
5162			each group, which defaults to the square root
5163			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
5164			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
5165			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
5166			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
5167
5168	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
5169			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
5170			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
5171			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
5172			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
5173			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
5174
5175	rcutree.rcu_resched_ns= [KNL]
5176			Limit the time spend invoking a batch of RCU
5177			callbacks to the specified number of nanoseconds.
5178			By default, this limit is checked only once
5179			every 32 callbacks in order to limit the pain
5180			inflicted by local_clock() overhead.
5181
5182	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
5183			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
5184			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
5185			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
5186			Larger delays increase the probability of
5187			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
5188			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
5189			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
5190
5191	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
5192			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
5193			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
5194			why a new grace period has not yet started.
5195
5196	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
5197			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
5198			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
5199			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
5200			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
5201
5202			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
5203			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
5204			to zero.
5205
5206	rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy= [KNL]
5207			To save power, batch RCU callbacks and flush after
5208			delay, memory pressure or callback list growing too
5209			big.
5210
5211	rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp= [KNL]
5212			Reduces a latency of synchronize_rcu() call. This approach
5213			maintains its own track of synchronize_rcu() callers, so it
5214			does not interact with regular callbacks because it does not
5215			use a call_rcu[_hurry]() path. Please note, this is for a
5216			normal grace period.
5217
5218			How to enable it:
5219
5220			echo 1 > /sys/module/rcutree/parameters/rcu_normal_wake_from_gp
5221			or pass a boot parameter "rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp=1"
5222
5223			Default is 0.
5224
5225	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
5226			Measure performance of asynchronous
5227			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
5228
5229	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
5230			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
5231			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
5232			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
5233			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
5234			previously posted callbacks to drain.
5235
5236	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
5237			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
5238			grace-period primitives.
5239
5240	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5241			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5242			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5243			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5244			interference.
5245
5246	rcuscale.kfree_by_call_rcu= [KNL]
5247			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, test
5248			call_rcu() instead of kfree_rcu().
5249
5250	rcuscale.kfree_mult= [KNL]
5251			Instead of allocating an object of size kfree_obj,
5252			allocate one of kfree_mult * sizeof(kfree_obj).
5253			Defaults to 1.
5254
5255	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
5256			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
5257
5258	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
5259			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5260			If this parameter has the same value as
5261			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
5262			and double-argument variants are tested.
5263
5264	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
5265			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5266			If this parameter has the same value as
5267			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
5268			and double-argument variants are tested.
5269
5270	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
5271			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
5272
5273	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
5274			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
5275
5276	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
5277			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
5278			of allocations and frees.
5279
5280	rcuscale.minruntime= [KNL]
5281			Set the minimum test run time in seconds.  This
5282			does not affect the data-collection interval,
5283			but instead allows better measurement of things
5284			like CPU consumption.
5285
5286	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5287			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5288			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5289			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
5290			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5291			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5292			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
5293			a single reader.
5294
5295	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
5296			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
5297			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
5298			N, where N is the number of CPUs
5299
5300	rcuscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5301			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5302
5303	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5304			Shut the system down after performance tests
5305			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
5306			testing.
5307
5308	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
5309			Enable additional printk() statements.
5310
5311	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
5312			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
5313			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
5314			no holdoff.
5315
5316	rcuscale.writer_holdoff_jiffies= [KNL]
5317			Additional write-side holdoff between grace
5318			periods, but in jiffies.  The default of zero
5319			says no holdoff.
5320
5321	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
5322			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
5323			in microseconds.
5324
5325	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
5326			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
5327			in microseconds.
5328
5329	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
5330			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
5331			in seconds.
5332
5333	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
5334			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
5335			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
5336			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
5337			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
5338			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
5339			of CPUs to be used.
5340
5341	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
5342			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
5343			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
5344
5345	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
5346			Number of seconds to wait between successive
5347			forward-progress tests.
5348
5349	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
5350			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
5351			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
5352			testing.
5353
5354	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
5355			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5356			primitives, if available.
5357
5358	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
5359			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
5360
5361	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
5362			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
5363			update-side primitives, if available.
5364
5365	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
5366			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
5367			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
5368			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
5369			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
5370			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
5371			they are all non-zero.
5372
5373	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
5374			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
5375			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
5376			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
5377
5378	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
5379			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
5380			This can of course result in splats, and is
5381			intended to test the ability of things like
5382			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
5383			such leaks.
5384
5385	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
5386			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
5387
5388	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
5389			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
5390			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
5391			test, hence the "fake".
5392
5393	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
5394			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
5395			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
5396
5397	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
5398			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
5399			callback-offload toggling attempts.
5400
5401	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
5402			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5403			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5404			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
5405			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5406			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5407
5408	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
5409			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
5410
5411	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5412			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
5413
5414	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5415			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
5416			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
5417
5418	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
5419			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
5420			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
5421			is spawned.
5422
5423	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
5424			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5425			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5426
5427	rcutorture.reader_flavor= [KNL]
5428			A bit mask indicating which readers to use.
5429			If there is more than one bit set, the readers
5430			are entered from low-order bit up, and are
5431			exited in the opposite order.  For SRCU, the
5432			0x1 bit is normal readers, 0x2 NMI-safe readers,
5433			and 0x4 light-weight readers.
5434
5435	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5436			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5437			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5438			during the rcutorture test.
5439
5440	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5441			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5442			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5443
5444	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5445			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5446			warnings, zero to disable.
5447
5448	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5449			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5450			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition to
5451			any other stall-related activity.  Note that
5452			in kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n and
5453			CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y, this parameter will
5454			cause the CPU to pass through a quiescent state.
5455			Given CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, this will suppress
5456			RCU CPU stall warnings, but will instead result
5457			in scheduling-while-atomic splats.
5458
5459			Use of this module parameter results in splats.
5460
5461
5462	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5463			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5464
5465	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5466			Disable interrupts while stalling if set, but only
5467			on the first stall in the set.
5468
5469	rcutorture.stall_cpu_repeat= [KNL]
5470			Number of times to repeat the stall sequence,
5471			so that rcutorture.stall_cpu_repeat=3 will result
5472			in four stall sequences.
5473
5474	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5475			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5476			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5477			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5478			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5479			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5480
5481	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5482			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5483
5484	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5485			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5486			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5487			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5488			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5489
5490	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5491			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5492			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5493			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5494
5495	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5496			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5497
5498	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5499			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5500
5501	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5502			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5503			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5504
5505	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5506			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5507
5508	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5509			Enable additional printk() statements.
5510
5511	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5512			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5513			stall warning.
5514
5515	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers= [KNL]
5516			Provide RCU CPU stall notifiers, but see the
5517			warnings in the RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER Kconfig
5518			option's help text.  TL;DR:  You almost certainly
5519			do not want rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers.
5520
5521	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5522			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5523
5524	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5525			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5526			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5527			during early boot, that is, during the time
5528			before the init task is spawned.
5529
5530	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5531			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5532			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5533			value is 300 seconds.
5534
5535	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5536			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5537			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5538			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5539			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5540			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5541			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5542			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5543			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5544
5545	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_cputime= [KNL]
5546			Provide statistics on the cputime and count of
5547			interrupts and tasks during the sampling period. For
5548			multiple continuous RCU stalls, all sampling periods
5549			begin at half of the first RCU stall timeout.
5550
5551	rcupdate.rcu_exp_stall_task_details= [KNL]
5552			Print stack dumps of any tasks blocking the
5553			current expedited RCU grace period during an
5554			expedited RCU CPU stall warning.
5555
5556	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5557			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5558			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5559			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5560			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5561			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5562			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5563
5564	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5565			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5566			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5567			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5568			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5569			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5570			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5571			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5572			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5573
5574	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5575			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5576			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5577			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5578			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5579
5580			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5581			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5582			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5583			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5584			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5585			grace-period processing.
5586
5587	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5588			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5589			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5590			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5591			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5592			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5593			set to the default value of -1.
5594
5595	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5596			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5597			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5598			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5599			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5600			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5601			the default value of -1.
5602
5603	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5604			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5605			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5606			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5607			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5608			for use in testing.
5609
5610	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5611			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5612			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5613			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5614			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5615			but lengthens grace periods.
5616
5617	rcupdate.rcu_task_lazy_lim= [KNL]
5618			Number of callbacks on a given CPU that will
5619			cancel laziness on that CPU.  Use -1 to disable
5620			cancellation of laziness, but be advised that
5621			doing so increases the danger of OOM due to
5622			callback flooding.
5623
5624	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5625			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5626			informational messages, which give some indication
5627			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5628			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5629			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5630			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5631			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5632			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5633			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5634
5635	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5636			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5637			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5638			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5639			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5640			the value three, so that the first informational
5641			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5642			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5643			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5644			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5645
5646	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5647			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5648			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5649			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5650			A change in value does not take effect until
5651			the beginning of the next grace period.
5652
5653	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5654			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks asynchronous
5655			callback batching for call_rcu_tasks().
5656			A negative value will take the default.  A value
5657			of zero will disable batching.	Batching is
5658			always disabled for synchronize_rcu_tasks().
5659
5660	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_trace_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5661			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks
5662			Trace asynchronous callback batching for
5663			call_rcu_tasks_trace().  A negative value
5664			will take the default.	A value of zero will
5665			disable batching.  Batching is always disabled
5666			for synchronize_rcu_tasks_trace().
5667
5668	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5669			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5670
5671	rdinit=		[KNL]
5672			Format: <full_path>
5673			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5674			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5675
5676	rdrand=		[X86,EARLY]
5677			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5678				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5679				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5680				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5681				path).
5682
5683	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5684			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5685			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5686			mba, smba, bmec.
5687			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5688				rdt=cmt,!mba
5689
5690	reboot=		[KNL]
5691			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5692				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5693				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5694				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5695				[[,]f[orce]
5696			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5697					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5698					reboot only),
5699			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5700			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5701			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5702					to be used for rebooting.
5703
5704	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5705			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5706			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5707			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5708			interference.
5709
5710	refscale.lookup_instances= [KNL]
5711			Number of data elements to use for the forms of
5712			SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU testing.  A negative number
5713			is negated and multiplied by nr_cpu_ids, while
5714			zero specifies nr_cpu_ids.
5715
5716	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5717			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5718			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5719			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5720			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5721			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5722			x86 laptops.
5723
5724	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5725			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5726			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5727			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5728
5729	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5730			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5731			the console log.
5732
5733	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5734			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5735			measured in microseconds.
5736
5737	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5738			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5739
5740	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5741			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5742			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5743			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5744			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5745
5746	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5747			Enable additional printk() statements.
5748
5749	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5750			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5751			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5752			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5753			specified.
5754
5755	regulator_ignore_unused
5756			[REGULATOR]
5757			Prevents regulator framework from disabling regulators
5758			that are unused, due no driver claiming them. This may
5759			be useful for debug and development, but should not be
5760			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
5761
5762	relax_domain_level=
5763			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5764			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5765
5766	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5767			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5768			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5769			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5770			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5771
5772	reserve_mem=	[RAM]
5773			Format: nn[KNG]:<align>:<label>
5774			Reserve physical memory and label it with a name that
5775			other subsystems can use to access it. This is typically
5776			used for systems that do not wipe the RAM, and this command
5777			line will try to reserve the same physical memory on
5778			soft reboots. Note, it is not guaranteed to be the same
5779			location. For example, if anything about the system changes
5780			or if booting a different kernel. It can also fail if KASLR
5781			places the kernel at the location of where the RAM reservation
5782			was from a previous boot, the new reservation will be at a
5783			different location.
5784			Any subsystem using this feature must add a way to verify
5785			that the contents of the physical memory is from a previous
5786			boot, as there may be cases where the memory will not be
5787			located at the same location.
5788
5789			The format is size:align:label for example, to request
5790			12 megabytes of 4096 alignment for ramoops:
5791
5792			reserve_mem=12M:4096:oops ramoops.mem_name=oops
5793
5794	reservetop=	[X86-32,EARLY]
5795			Format: nn[KMG]
5796			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5797			address space.
5798
5799	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5800			during initialization.
5801
5802	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5803			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5804			Format:
5805			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5806
5807	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5808			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5809			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5810			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5811			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5812
5813	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5814			read the resume files
5815
5816	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5817			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5818			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5819
5820	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction. After boot, it will
5821			be accessible via /sys/firmware/initrd.
5822
5823	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5824			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5825			vulnerability.
5826
5827			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5828			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5829			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5830			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5831			that don't.
5832
5833			off          - no mitigation
5834			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5835			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5836				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5837				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5838				       and older without STIBP).
5839			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5840				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5841				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5842				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5843				       on Intel.
5844			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5845				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5846				       the alternative for systems which do not
5847				       have STIBP.
5848			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5849				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5850				       systems.
5851			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5852				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5853				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5854
5855			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5856			time according to the CPU.
5857
5858			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5859
5860	rfkill.default_state=
5861		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5862			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5863		1	Unblocked.
5864
5865	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5866		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5867		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5868			blocked and the previous configuration.
5869		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5870			blocked and everything unblocked.
5871
5872	ring3mwait=disable
5873			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5874			CPUs.
5875
5876	riscv_isa_fallback [RISCV,EARLY]
5877			When CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK is not enabled, permit
5878			falling back to detecting extension support by parsing
5879			"riscv,isa" property on devicetree systems when the
5880			replacement properties are not found. See the Kconfig
5881			entry for RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK.
5882
5883	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5884
5885	rodata=		[KNL,EARLY]
5886		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5887		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5888		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5889		        [arm64]
5890
5891	rockchip.usb_uart
5892			[EARLY]
5893			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5894			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5895			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5896			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5897
5898	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5899			Usually this a a block device specifier of some kind,
5900			see the early_lookup_bdev comment in
5901			block/early-lookup.c for details.
5902			Alternatively this can be "ram" for the legacy initial
5903			ramdisk, "nfs" and "cifs" for root on a network file
5904			system, or "mtd" and "ubi" for mounting from raw flash.
5905
5906	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5907			mount the root filesystem
5908
5909	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5910
5911	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5912
5913	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5914			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5915			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5916
5917	rootwait=	[KNL] Maximum time (in seconds) to wait for root device
5918			to show up before attempting to mount the root
5919			filesystem.
5920
5921	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5922			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5923			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5924			managed by CMA.
5925
5926	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5927
5928	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5929
5930	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5931			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5932		strict
5933			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result
5934			in an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before
5935			reuse, which is faster. Deprecated, equivalent to
5936			iommu.strict=1.
5937
5938	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5939			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5940			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5941			factor of the size of main memory.
5942			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5943			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5944			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5945			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5946			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5947			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5948			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5949
5950	sa1100ir	[NET]
5951			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5952
5953	sched_verbose	[KNL,EARLY] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5954
5955	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5956			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5957			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5958			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5959
5960	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5961			[Deprecated]
5962			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5963			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5964			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5965			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5966			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5967			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5968			value.
5969			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5970			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5971				1			64 ms
5972				2			128 ms
5973			and so on.
5974			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5975			Default is 0.
5976
5977	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5978			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5979			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5980			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5981			tests.
5982
5983	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5984			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5985			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5986			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5987			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5988			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5989			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5990
5991	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5992			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5993			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5994			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5995			equal to the number of CPUs.
5996
5997	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5998			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5999			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
6000
6001	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
6002			Number seconds to wait between successive
6003			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
6004			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
6005
6006	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
6007			The number of seconds following the start of the
6008			test after which to shut down the system.  The
6009			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
6010			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
6011
6012	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
6013			The number of seconds between outputting the
6014			current test statistics to the console.  A value
6015			of zero disables statistics output.
6016
6017	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
6018			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
6019			to the set of CPUs under test.
6020
6021	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
6022			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
6023			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
6024			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
6025			functions.
6026
6027	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
6028			Enable additional printk() statements.
6029
6030	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
6031			The probability weighting to use for the
6032			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
6033			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
6034			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
6035			if at least one weight has some other value, a
6036			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
6037
6038	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
6039			The probability weighting to use for the
6040			smp_call_function_single() function with a
6041			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
6042
6043	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
6044			The probability weighting to use for the
6045			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
6046			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
6047			Note well that setting a high probability for
6048			this weighting can place serious IPI load
6049			on the system.
6050
6051	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
6052			The probability weighting to use for the
6053			smp_call_function_many() function with a
6054			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
6055			and weight_many.
6056
6057	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
6058			The probability weighting to use for the
6059			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
6060			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
6061			weight_many.
6062
6063	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
6064			The probability weighting to use for the
6065			smp_call_function_all() function with a
6066			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
6067			and weight_many.
6068
6069	skew_tick=	[KNL,EARLY] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
6070			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
6071			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
6072			Format: { "0" | "1" }
6073			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
6074			1 -- enable.
6075			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
6076			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
6077
6078	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
6079			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
6080			"lsm=" parameter.
6081
6082	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
6083			Format: { "0" | "1" }
6084			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
6085			0 -- disable.
6086			1 -- enable.
6087			Default value is 1.
6088
6089	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
6090
6091	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
6092
6093	shapers=	[NET]
6094			Maximal number of shapers.
6095
6096	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
6097			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
6098			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
6099			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
6100			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
6101			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
6102			apic=verbose is specified.
6103			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
6104
6105	slab_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM]
6106			Enabling slab_debug allows one to determine the
6107			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
6108			slab_debug can create guard zones around objects and
6109			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
6110			last alloc / free. For more information see
6111			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6112			(slub_debug legacy name also accepted for now)
6113
6114	slab_max_order= [MM]
6115			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
6116			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
6117			fragmentation. For more information see
6118			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6119			(slub_max_order legacy name also accepted for now)
6120
6121	slab_merge	[MM]
6122			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
6123			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
6124			(slub_merge legacy name also accepted for now)
6125
6126	slab_min_objects=	[MM]
6127			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
6128			increase the slab order up to slab_max_order to
6129			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
6130			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
6131			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
6132			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
6133			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6134			(slub_min_objects legacy name also accepted for now)
6135
6136	slab_min_order=	[MM]
6137			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
6138			lower or equal to slab_max_order. For more information see
6139			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6140			(slub_min_order legacy name also accepted for now)
6141
6142	slab_nomerge	[MM]
6143			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
6144			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
6145			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
6146			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
6147			layout control by attackers can usually be
6148			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
6149			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
6150			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
6151			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
6152			own.
6153			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6154			(slub_nomerge legacy name also accepted for now)
6155
6156	slram=		[HW,MTD]
6157
6158	smart2=		[HW]
6159			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
6160
6161	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
6162			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
6163			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
6164			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
6165			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
6166			disabling interrupts for extended periods
6167			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
6168			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
6169			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
6170			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
6171
6172	smp.panic_on_ipistall= [KNL]
6173			If a csd_lock_timeout extends for more than
6174			the specified number of milliseconds, panic the
6175			system.  By default, let CSD-lock acquisition
6176			take as long as they take.  Specifying 300,000
6177			for this value provides a 5-minute timeout.
6178
6179	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
6180	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
6181	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
6182	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
6183	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
6184	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
6185	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
6186				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
6187				1: Fast pin select (default)
6188				2: ATC IRMode
6189
6190	smt=		[KNL,MIPS,S390,EARLY] Set the maximum number of threads
6191			(logical CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems
6192			capable of symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will
6193			be capped to the actual hardware limit.
6194			Format: <integer>
6195			Default: -1 (no limit)
6196
6197	softlockup_panic=
6198			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
6199			Format: 0 | 1
6200
6201			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
6202			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
6203			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
6204			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
6205			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
6206
6207	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
6208			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
6209			backtraces on all cpus.
6210			Format: 0 | 1
6211
6212	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
6213			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
6214
6215	spectre_bhi=	[X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection
6216			(BHI) vulnerability.  This setting affects the
6217			deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB
6218			clearing sequence.
6219
6220			on     - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation as
6221				 needed.  This protects the kernel from
6222				 both syscalls and VMs.
6223			vmexit - On systems which don't have the HW mitigation
6224				 available, enable the SW mitigation on vmexit
6225				 ONLY.  On such systems, the host kernel is
6226				 protected from VM-originated BHI attacks, but
6227				 may still be vulnerable to syscall attacks.
6228			off    - Disable the mitigation.
6229
6230	spectre_v2=	[X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6231			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
6232			The default operation protects the kernel from
6233			user space attacks.
6234
6235			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
6236			       spectre_v2_user=on
6237			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
6238			       spectre_v2_user=off
6239			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
6240			       vulnerable
6241
6242			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
6243			mitigation method at run time according to the
6244			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
6245			CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE configuration option,
6246			and the compiler with which the kernel was built.
6247
6248			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
6249			against user space to user space task attacks.
6250
6251			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
6252			the user space protections.
6253
6254			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
6255
6256			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
6257			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
6258			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
6259			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
6260			eibrs		  - Enhanced/Auto IBRS
6261			eibrs,retpoline   - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
6262			eibrs,lfence      - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
6263			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
6264
6265			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6266			spectre_v2=auto.
6267
6268	spectre_v2_user=
6269			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6270		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
6271		        user space tasks
6272
6273			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
6274				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
6275
6276			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
6277				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
6278
6279			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
6280				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
6281				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
6282				  is inherited on fork.
6283
6284			prctl,ibpb
6285				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
6286				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6287				  always when switching between different user
6288				  space processes.
6289
6290			seccomp
6291				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
6292				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
6293				  they explicitly opt out.
6294
6295			seccomp,ibpb
6296				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
6297				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6298				  always when switching between different
6299				  user space processes.
6300
6301			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
6302				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
6303
6304			Default mitigation: "prctl"
6305
6306			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6307			spectre_v2_user=auto.
6308
6309	spec_rstack_overflow=
6310			[X86,EARLY] Control RAS overflow mitigation on AMD Zen CPUs
6311
6312			off		- Disable mitigation
6313			microcode	- Enable microcode mitigation only
6314			safe-ret	- Enable sw-only safe RET mitigation (default)
6315			ibpb		- Enable mitigation by issuing IBPB on
6316					  kernel entry
6317			ibpb-vmexit	- Issue IBPB only on VMEXIT
6318					  (cloud-specific mitigation)
6319
6320	spec_store_bypass_disable=
6321			[HW,EARLY] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
6322			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
6323
6324			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
6325			a common industry wide performance optimization known
6326			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
6327			to the same memory location may not be observed by
6328			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
6329			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
6330			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
6331			end of a particular speculation execution window.
6332
6333			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6334			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
6335			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
6336			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
6337
6338			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
6339			Bypass optimization is used.
6340
6341			On x86 the options are:
6342
6343			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
6344			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
6345			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
6346				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
6347				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
6348				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
6349				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
6350				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
6351			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
6352				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
6353				  for a process by default. The state of the control
6354				  is inherited on fork.
6355			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
6356				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
6357
6358			Default mitigations:
6359			X86:	"prctl"
6360
6361			On powerpc the options are:
6362
6363			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
6364				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
6365				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
6366				  exit.
6367			off	- No action.
6368
6369			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6370			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
6371
6372	split_lock_detect=
6373			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
6374
6375			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
6376			instructions that access data across cache line
6377			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
6378			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
6379			bus lock detection.
6380
6381			off	- not enabled
6382
6383			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
6384				  about applications triggering the #AC
6385				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
6386				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
6387				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
6388				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
6389				  enabled in hardware.
6390
6391			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
6392				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
6393				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
6394				  both features are enabled in hardware.
6395
6396			ratelimit:N -
6397				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
6398				  per second for bus lock detection.
6399				  0 < N <= 1000.
6400
6401				  N/A for split lock detection.
6402
6403
6404			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
6405			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
6406			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
6407			mode.
6408
6409			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
6410			CPL > 0.
6411
6412	srbds=		[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
6413			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
6414			(SRBDS) mitigation.
6415
6416			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
6417			exploit which can leak bits from the random
6418			number generator.
6419
6420			By default, this issue is mitigated by
6421			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
6422			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
6423			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
6424			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
6425
6426			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
6427			the following option:
6428
6429			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
6430				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
6431
6432	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
6433			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
6434			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
6435			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
6436			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
6437			but takes effect only when the low-order four
6438			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
6439			(decide at boot).
6440
6441	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
6442			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
6443			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
6444			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
6445
6446				   0:  Never.
6447				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
6448				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
6449				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
6450				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
6451
6452			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
6453			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
6454			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
6455
6456	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
6457			Specifies how frequently to check for
6458			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
6459			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
6460			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
6461			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
6462			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
6463			are ignored.
6464
6465	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
6466			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
6467			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
6468			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
6469			grace period will be considered for automatic
6470			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
6471			expediting.
6472
6473	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
6474			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
6475			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
6476			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
6477			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
6478			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
6479
6480	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
6481			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
6482			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
6483			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
6484			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
6485			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
6486
6487	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
6488			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
6489			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
6490
6491	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
6492			Specifies the number of update-side contention
6493			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
6494			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
6495			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
6496			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
6497			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
6498
6499	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW,EARLY]
6500			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
6501
6502			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
6503			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
6504			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
6505			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
6506
6507			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
6508				   for both kernel and userspace
6509			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
6510				   for both kernel and userspace
6511			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
6512				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
6513				   to allow userspace to register its
6514				   interest in being mitigated too.
6515
6516	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
6517			override the default stack gap protection. The value
6518			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
6519			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
6520			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
6521			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
6522
6523	stack_depot_disable= [KNL,EARLY]
6524			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
6525			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
6526			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
6527			to false.
6528
6529	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
6530			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
6531
6532	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
6533			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
6534			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
6535			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
6536			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
6537			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
6538			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
6539
6540	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
6541			Format: <num>
6542			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
6543			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
6544			as the initial boot-console.
6545			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6546
6547	sti_font=	[HW]
6548			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6549
6550	stifb=		[HW]
6551			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
6552
6553        strict_sas_size=
6554			[X86]
6555			Format: <bool>
6556			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
6557			against the required signal frame size which
6558			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
6559			be used to filter out binaries which have
6560			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
6561
6562	stress_hpt	[PPC,EARLY]
6563			Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
6564			page table to increase the rate of hash page table
6565			faults on kernel addresses.
6566
6567	stress_slb	[PPC,EARLY]
6568			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
6569			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
6570			on kernel addresses.
6571
6572	sunrpc.min_resvport=
6573	sunrpc.max_resvport=
6574			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6575			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
6576			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
6577			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
6578			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
6579			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
6580			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
6581			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
6582			maximum port values.
6583
6584	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
6585			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6586			Limit the number of requests that the server will
6587			process in parallel from a single connection.
6588			The default value is 0 (no limit).
6589
6590	sunrpc.pool_mode=
6591			[NFS]
6592			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
6593			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
6594			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
6595			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6596			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6597			NFS server is running.
6598
6599			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6600				    automatically using heuristics
6601			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6602			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6603			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6604				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6605
6606	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6607	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6608			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6609			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6610			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6611			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6612			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6613			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6614
6615	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6616			[SUSPEND]
6617			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6618			mode before resuming the system (see
6619			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6620			is set. Default value is 5.
6621
6622	svm=		[PPC]
6623			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6624			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6625			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6626
6627	swiotlb=	[ARM,PPC,MIPS,X86,S390,EARLY]
6628			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6629			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6630			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6631				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6632				 to a power of 2.
6633			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6634			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6635			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6636
6637	switches=	[HW,M68k,EARLY]
6638
6639	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6640			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6641			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6642			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6643			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6644			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6645			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6646			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6647
6648	sysrq_always_enabled
6649			[KNL]
6650			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6651			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6652			Useful for debugging.
6653
6654	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6655			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6656			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6657			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6658			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6659			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6660
6661	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6662
6663	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6664			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6665			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6666			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6667			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6668			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6669			The system is woken from this state using a
6670			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6671
6672	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6673			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6674
6675	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6676			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6677			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6678
6679	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6680			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6681			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6682
6683	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6684			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6685
6686	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6687			-1: disable all passive trip points
6688			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6689			value
6690
6691	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6692			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6693			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6694			0: no polling (default)
6695
6696	thp_anon=	[KNL]
6697			Format: <size>[KMG],<size>[KMG]:<state>;<size>[KMG]-<size>[KMG]:<state>
6698			state is one of "always", "madvise", "never" or "inherit".
6699			Control the default behavior of the system with respect
6700			to anonymous transparent hugepages.
6701			Can be used multiple times for multiple anon THP sizes.
6702			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for more
6703			details.
6704
6705	threadirqs	[KNL,EARLY]
6706			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6707			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6708
6709	topology=	[S390,EARLY]
6710			Format: {off | on}
6711			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6712			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6713			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6714			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6715			Default is on.
6716
6717	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6718			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6719			until after init has spawned.
6720
6721	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6722			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6723			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6724			very costly operation when many torture tests
6725			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6726			with rotating-rust storage.
6727
6728	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6729			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6730			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6731			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6732
6733	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6734			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6735
6736	tpm.disable_pcr_integrity= [HW,TPM]
6737			Do not protect PCR registers from unintended physical
6738			access, or interposers in the bus by the means of
6739			having an integrity protected session wrapped around
6740			TPM2_PCR_Extend command. Consider this in a situation
6741			where TPM is heavily utilized by IMA, thus protection
6742			causing a major performance hit, and the space where
6743			machines are deployed is by other means guarded.
6744
6745	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6746			Format: integer pcr id
6747			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6748			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6749			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6750			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6751			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6752			are saved.
6753
6754	tpm_tis.interrupts= [HW,TPM]
6755			Enable interrupts for the MMIO based physical layer
6756			for the FIFO interface. By default it is set to false
6757			(0). For more information about TPM hardware interfaces
6758			defined by Trusted Computing Group (TCG) see
6759			https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-platform-tpm-profile-ptp-specification/
6760
6761	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6762			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6763			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6764			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6765			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6766			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6767
6768			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6769			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6770			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6771			tp_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6772
6773			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6774			to stop the printing of events to console at
6775			late_initcall_sync.
6776
6777			** CAUTION **
6778
6779			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6780			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6781			the system to live lock.
6782
6783	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6784			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6785			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6786			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6787			make the system inoperable.
6788
6789			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6790			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6791
6792	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6793			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6794
6795	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6796			at boot up.
6797			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6798				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6799				depending on the architecture, may not be
6800				in sync between CPUs.
6801			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6802				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6803				but better for some race conditions.
6804			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6805				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6806				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6807				once per event.
6808			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6809			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6810			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6811			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6812				stamps.
6813			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6814			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6815			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6816
6817	trace_event=[event-list]
6818			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6819			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6820			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6821			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6822
6823	trace_instance=[instance-info]
6824			[FTRACE] Create a ring buffer instance early in boot up.
6825			This will be listed in:
6826
6827				/sys/kernel/tracing/instances
6828
6829			Events can be enabled at the time the instance is created
6830			via:
6831
6832				trace_instance=<name>,<system1>:<event1>,<system2>:<event2>
6833
6834			Note, the "<system*>:" portion is optional if the event is
6835			unique.
6836
6837				trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall
6838
6839			will enable the "sched_switch" event (note, the "sched:" is optional, and
6840			the same thing would happen if it was left off). The irq_handler_entry
6841			event, and all events under the "initcall" system.
6842
6843			Flags can be added to the instance to modify its behavior when it is
6844			created. The flags are separated by '^'.
6845
6846			The available flags are:
6847
6848			    traceoff	- Have the tracing instance tracing disabled after it is created.
6849			    traceprintk	- Have trace_printk() write into this trace instance
6850					  (note, "printk" and "trace_printk" can also be used)
6851
6852				trace_instance=foo^traceoff^traceprintk,sched,irq
6853
6854			The flags must come before the defined events.
6855
6856			If memory has been reserved (see memmap for x86), the instance
6857			can use that memory:
6858
6859				memmap=12M$0x284500000 trace_instance=boot_map@0x284500000:12M
6860
6861			The above will create a "boot_map" instance that uses the physical
6862			memory at 0x284500000 that is 12Megs. The per CPU buffers of that
6863			instance will be split up accordingly.
6864
6865			Alternatively, the memory can be reserved by the reserve_mem option:
6866
6867				reserve_mem=12M:4096:trace trace_instance=boot_map@trace
6868
6869			This will reserve 12 megabytes at boot up with a 4096 byte alignment
6870			and place the ring buffer in this memory. Note that due to KASLR, the
6871			memory may not be the same location each time, which will not preserve
6872			the buffer content.
6873
6874			Also note that the layout of the ring buffer data may change between
6875			kernel versions where the validator will fail and reset the ring buffer
6876			if the layout is not the same as the previous kernel.
6877
6878			If the ring buffer is used for persistent bootups and has events enabled,
6879			it is recommend to disable tracing so that events from a previous boot do not
6880			mix with events of the current boot (unless you are debugging a random crash
6881			at boot up).
6882
6883				reserve_mem=12M:4096:trace trace_instance=boot_map^traceoff^traceprintk@trace,sched,irq
6884
6885			See also Documentation/trace/debugging.rst
6886
6887
6888	trace_options=[option-list]
6889			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6890			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6891			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6892			to echo the option name into
6893
6894			    /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_options
6895
6896			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6897			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6898
6899			      trace_options=stacktrace
6900
6901			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6902			section.
6903
6904	trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
6905			[FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events.
6906			Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
6907			filter.
6908
6909			The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..."
6910			Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated.
6911
6912			For example:
6913
6914			  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"
6915
6916			The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch"
6917			event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch"
6918			event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE).
6919
6920			See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst
6921
6922
6923	traceoff_on_warning
6924			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6925			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6926			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6927			file located in /sys/kernel/tracing/
6928
6929			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6930			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6931			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6932
6933			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6934			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6935
6936	transparent_hugepage=
6937			[KNL]
6938			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6939			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6940			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6941			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6942			for more details.
6943
6944	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6945			Format: <string>
6946			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6947			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6948			sources:
6949			- "tpm"
6950			- "tee"
6951			- "caam"
6952			- "dcp"
6953			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6954			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6955			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6956			successfully during iteration.
6957
6958	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6959			Format: <string>
6960			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6961			Can be one of:
6962			- "kernel"
6963			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6964			- "default"
6965			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6966			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6967
6968	trusted.dcp_use_otp_key
6969			This is intended to be used in combination with
6970			trusted.source=dcp and will select the DCP OTP key
6971			instead of the DCP UNIQUE key blob encryption.
6972
6973	trusted.dcp_skip_zk_test
6974			This is intended to be used in combination with
6975			trusted.source=dcp and will disable the check if the
6976			blob key is all zeros. This is helpful for situations where
6977			having this key zero'ed is acceptable. E.g. in testing
6978			scenarios.
6979
6980	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6981			Format: <string>
6982			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6983			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6984			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6985			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6986			virtualized environment.
6987			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6988			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6989			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6990			can add overhead.
6991			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6992			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6993			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6994			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6995			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6996			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6997			acceptable).
6998			[x86] recalibrate: force recalibration against a HW timer
6999			(HPET or PM timer) on systems whose TSC frequency was
7000			obtained from HW or FW using either an MSR or CPUID(0x15).
7001			Warn if the difference is more than 500 ppm.
7002			[x86] watchdog: Use TSC as the watchdog clocksource with
7003			which to check other HW timers (HPET or PM timer), but
7004			only on systems where TSC has been deemed trustworthy.
7005			This will be suppressed by an earlier tsc=nowatchdog and
7006			can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog.  A console
7007			message will flag any such suppression or overriding.
7008
7009	tsc_early_khz=  [X86,EARLY] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
7010			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
7011			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
7012			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
7013			Format: <unsigned int>
7014
7015	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
7016			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
7017			support TSX control.
7018
7019			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
7020
7021			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
7022				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
7023				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
7024				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
7025				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
7026				with leaving it enabled.
7027
7028			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
7029				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
7030				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
7031				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
7032				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
7033				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
7034				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
7035
7036			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
7037				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
7038
7039			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
7040
7041			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
7042			for more details.
7043
7044	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
7045			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
7046
7047			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
7048			certain CPUs that support Transactional
7049			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
7050			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
7051			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
7052			conditions.
7053
7054			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
7055			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
7056			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
7057			access.
7058
7059			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
7060			options are:
7061
7062			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
7063				     if TSX is enabled.
7064
7065			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
7066				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
7067				     is not disabled because CPU is not
7068				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
7069			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
7070
7071			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
7072			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
7073			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
7074			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
7075
7076			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
7077			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
7078			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
7079			required and doesn't provide any additional
7080			mitigation.
7081
7082			For details see:
7083			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
7084
7085	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
7086			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
7087			Format:
7088			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
7089			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
7090
7091	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
7092			happen after console_init() and before a proper
7093			console driver takes over, this boot options might
7094			help "seeing" what's going on.
7095
7096	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
7097			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
7098
7099	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
7100			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
7101			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
7102			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
7103			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
7104			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
7105			reported either.
7106
7107	unknown_nmi_panic
7108			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
7109
7110	unwind_debug	[X86-64,EARLY]
7111			Enable unwinder debug output.  This can be
7112			useful for debugging certain unwinder error
7113			conditions, including corrupt stacks and
7114			bad/missing unwinder metadata.
7115
7116	usbcore.authorized_default=
7117			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
7118			(default -1 = authorized (same as 1),
7119			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
7120			if device connected to internal port)
7121
7122	usbcore.autosuspend=
7123			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
7124			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
7125			is the time required before an idle device will be
7126			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
7127			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
7128
7129	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
7130			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
7131
7132	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
7133			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
7134			(default = 65536).
7135
7136	usbcore.blinkenlights=
7137			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
7138
7139	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
7140			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
7141			scheme (default 0 = off).
7142
7143	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
7144			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
7145			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
7146
7147	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
7148			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
7149			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
7150
7151	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
7152			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
7153			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
7154			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
7155
7156	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
7157
7158	usbcore.quirks=
7159			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
7160			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
7161			commas. Each entry has the form
7162			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
7163			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
7164			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
7165			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
7166			the following meanings:
7167				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
7168					descriptors must not be fetched using
7169					a 255-byte read);
7170				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
7171					correctly so reset it instead);
7172				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
7173					Set-Interface requests);
7174				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
7175					handle its Configuration or Interface
7176					strings);
7177				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
7178					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
7179				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
7180					more interface descriptions than the
7181					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
7182					talking to these interfaces);
7183				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
7184					during initialization, after we read
7185					the device descriptor);
7186				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
7187					high speed and super speed interrupt
7188					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
7189					require the interval in microframes (1
7190					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
7191					calculated as interval = 2 ^
7192					(bInterval-1).
7193					Devices with this quirk report their
7194					bInterval as the result of this
7195					calculation instead of the exponent
7196					variable used in the calculation);
7197				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
7198					handle device_qualifier descriptor
7199					requests);
7200				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
7201					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
7202					remote wakeup capability);
7203				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
7204					Power Management);
7205				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
7206					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
7207					frames instead of the USB 2.0
7208					calculation);
7209				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
7210					to be disconnected before suspend to
7211					prevent spurious wakeup);
7212				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
7213					pause after every control message);
7214				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
7215					delay after resetting its port);
7216				p = USB_QUIRK_SHORT_SET_ADDRESS_REQ_TIMEOUT
7217					(Reduce timeout of the SET_ADDRESS
7218					request from 5000 ms to 500 ms);
7219			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
7220
7221	usbhid.mousepoll=
7222			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
7223
7224	usbhid.jspoll=
7225			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
7226
7227	usbhid.kbpoll=
7228			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
7229
7230	usb-storage.delay_use=
7231			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
7232			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
7233			Optionally the delay in milliseconds if the value has
7234			suffix with "ms".
7235			Example: delay_use=2567ms
7236
7237	usb-storage.quirks=
7238			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
7239			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
7240			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
7241			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
7242			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
7243			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
7244			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
7245				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
7246					of sense data, not on uas);
7247				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
7248					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
7249				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
7250					device capacity by one sector);
7251				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
7252					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
7253				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
7254					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
7255				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
7256					command, uas only);
7257				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
7258					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
7259				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
7260					reported device capacity by one
7261					sector if the number is odd);
7262				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
7263					device);
7264				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
7265					command, uas only);
7266				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
7267				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
7268					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
7269				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
7270					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
7271					not on uas);
7272				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
7273					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
7274				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
7275					reported by the device, not on uas);
7276				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
7277					by default, not on uas);
7278				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
7279					bogus residue values, not on uas);
7280				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
7281					Logical Unit);
7282				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
7283					commands, uas only);
7284				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
7285				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
7286					medium is write-protected).
7287				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
7288					even if the device claims no cache,
7289					not on uas)
7290			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
7291
7292	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
7293			Format: <int>
7294			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
7295				 1 - undefined instruction events
7296				 2 - system calls
7297				 4 - invalid data aborts
7298				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
7299				16 - SIGBUS faults
7300			Example: user_debug=31
7301
7302	userpte=
7303			[X86,EARLY] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
7304
7305				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
7306					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
7307					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
7308
7309	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
7310			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
7311
7312			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
7313			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
7314
7315	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
7316			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
7317			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
7318
7319			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
7320			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
7321			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
7322
7323			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
7324			alias for vdso32=0.
7325
7326			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
7327			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
7328
7329	video=		[FB,EARLY] Frame buffer configuration
7330			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
7331
7332	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
7333			Format: [0|1]
7334			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
7335			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
7336			level and then send out the event to user space through
7337			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
7338			will only send out the event without touching backlight
7339			brightness level.
7340			default: 1
7341
7342	virtio_mmio.device=
7343			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
7344
7345				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
7346			where:
7347				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
7348						like K, M and G)
7349				<baseaddr> := physical base address
7350				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
7351						request_irq())
7352				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
7353			example:
7354				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
7355
7356			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
7357
7358	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
7359			See Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst and
7360			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
7361			Use vga=ask for menu.
7362			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
7363			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
7364
7365	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
7366			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
7367			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
7368			All options are enabled by default, and this
7369			interface is meant to allow for selectively
7370			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
7371			debugging features.
7372
7373			Available options are:
7374			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
7375			  -	Disable all of the above options
7376
7377	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Forces the vmalloc area to have an
7378			exact size of <nn>. This can be used to increase
7379			the minimum size (128MB on x86, arm32 platforms).
7380			It can also be used to decrease the size and leave more room
7381			for directly mapped kernel RAM. Note that this parameter does
7382			not exist on many other platforms (including arm64, alpha,
7383			loongarch, arc, csky, hexagon, microblaze, mips, nios2, openrisc,
7384			parisc, m64k, powerpc, riscv, sh, um, xtensa, s390, sparc).
7385
7386	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390,EARLY]
7387			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
7388			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
7389
7390	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
7391			Format: <command>
7392
7393	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
7394			Format: <command>
7395
7396	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
7397			Format: <command>
7398
7399	vsyscall=	[X86-64,EARLY]
7400			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
7401			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
7402			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
7403			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
7404			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
7405			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
7406
7407			emulate     Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
7408			            reasonably safely.  The vsyscall page is
7409				    readable.
7410
7411			xonly       [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
7412			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
7413				    page is not readable.
7414
7415			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
7416			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
7417			            might break your system.
7418
7419	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
7420			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
7421			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
7422
7423	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
7424			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
7425			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
7426			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
7427
7428	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
7429			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
7430			Change the default blue palette of the console.
7431			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7432			ranging from 0-255.
7433
7434	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
7435			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
7436			Change the default green palette of the console.
7437			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7438			ranging from 0-255.
7439
7440	vt.default_red=	[VT]
7441			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
7442			Change the default red palette of the console.
7443			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7444			ranging from 0-255.
7445
7446	vt.default_utf8=
7447			[VT]
7448			Format=<0|1>
7449			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
7450			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
7451			newly opened terminals.
7452
7453	vt.global_cursor_default=
7454			[VT]
7455			Format=<-1|0|1>
7456			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
7457			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
7458			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
7459			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
7460			cursors, 1 will display them.
7461
7462	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
7463			Default: 2 = green.
7464
7465	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
7466			Default: 3 = cyan.
7467
7468	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
7469			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
7470			or other driver-specific files in the
7471			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
7472
7473	watchdog_thresh=
7474			[KNL]
7475			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
7476			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
7477			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
7478			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
7479			seconds.
7480
7481	workqueue.unbound_cpus=
7482			[KNL,SMP] Specify to constrain one or some CPUs
7483			to use in unbound workqueues.
7484			Format: <cpu-list>
7485			By default, all online CPUs are available for
7486			unbound workqueues.
7487
7488	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
7489			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
7490			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
7491			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
7492			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
7493			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
7494			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
7495			corresponding sysfs file.
7496
7497	workqueue.panic_on_stall=<uint>
7498			Panic when workqueue stall is detected by
7499			CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG. It sets the number times of the
7500			stall to trigger panic.
7501
7502			The default is 0, which disables the panic on stall.
7503
7504	workqueue.cpu_intensive_thresh_us=
7505			Per-cpu work items which run for longer than this
7506			threshold are automatically considered CPU intensive
7507			and excluded from concurrency management to prevent
7508			them from noticeably delaying other per-cpu work
7509			items. Default is 10000 (10ms).
7510
7511			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
7512			will report the work functions which violate this
7513			threshold repeatedly. They are likely good
7514			candidates for using WQ_UNBOUND workqueues instead.
7515
7516	workqueue.cpu_intensive_warning_thresh=<uint>
7517			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
7518			will report the work functions which violate the
7519			intensive_threshold_us repeatedly. In order to prevent
7520			spurious warnings, start printing only after a work
7521			function has violated this threshold number of times.
7522
7523			The default is 4 times. 0 disables the warning.
7524
7525	workqueue.power_efficient
7526			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
7527			they show better performance thanks to cache
7528			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
7529			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
7530
7531			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
7532			were observed to contribute significantly to power
7533			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
7534			power usage at the cost of small performance
7535			overhead.
7536
7537			The default value of this parameter is determined by
7538			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
7539
7540        workqueue.default_affinity_scope=
7541			Select the default affinity scope to use for unbound
7542			workqueues. Can be one of "cpu", "smt", "cache",
7543			"numa" and "system". Default is "cache". For more
7544			information, see the Affinity Scopes section in
7545			Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst.
7546
7547			This can be changed after boot by writing to the
7548			matching /sys/module/workqueue/parameters file. All
7549			workqueues with the "default" affinity scope will be
7550			updated accordingly.
7551
7552	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
7553			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
7554			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
7555			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
7556			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
7557			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
7558			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
7559			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
7560			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
7561			impacted.
7562
7563	writecombine=	[LOONGARCH,EARLY] Control the MAT (Memory Access
7564			Type) of ioremap_wc().
7565
7566			on   - Enable writecombine, use WUC for ioremap_wc()
7567			off  - Disable writecombine, use SUC for ioremap_wc()
7568
7569	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
7570			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
7571			supporting x2apic.
7572
7573	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
7574			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
7575			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
7576			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
7577			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
7578			domains.
7579
7580	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN,EARLY]
7581			Unplug Xen emulated devices
7582			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
7583			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
7584			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
7585			nics -- unplug network devices
7586			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
7587			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
7588				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
7589				the unplug protocol
7590			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
7591
7592	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
7593			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
7594			panic() code such as dumping handler.
7595
7596	xen_mc_debug	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
7597			Enable multicall debugging when running as a Xen PV guest.
7598			Enabling this feature will reduce performance a little
7599			bit, so it should only be enabled for obtaining extended
7600			debug data in case of multicall errors.
7601
7602	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
7603			Format: <bool>
7604			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
7605			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
7606			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
7607
7608	xen_nopv	[X86]
7609			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
7610			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
7611			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
7612			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
7613
7614	xen_no_vector_callback
7615			[KNL,X86,XEN,EARLY] Disable the vector callback for Xen
7616			event channel interrupts.
7617
7618	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
7619			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
7620			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
7621			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
7622			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
7623
7624	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN,EARLY]
7625			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
7626			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
7627			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
7628			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
7629			more timer interrupts.
7630
7631	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
7632			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
7633			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
7634			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
7635			started with less memory configured than allowed at
7636			max. Default is 180.
7637
7638	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
7639			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
7640			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
7641
7642	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
7643			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
7644			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
7645
7646	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
7647			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
7648			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
7649			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
7650			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
7651			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
7652
7653	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
7654			Format:
7655			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
7656
7657	xive=		[PPC]
7658			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
7659			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
7660			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
7661
7662			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
7663				  controller on both pseries and powernv
7664				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
7665
7666	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
7667			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
7668			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
7669			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
7670			loads instead, as on POWER9.
7671
7672	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
7673			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
7674			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
7675			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
7676
7677	xmon		[PPC,EARLY]
7678			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
7679			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
7680			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
7681			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
7682				debugger is called from setup_arch().
7683			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7684				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
7685				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
7686				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
7687			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7688				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
7689				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
7690				can be written using xmon commands.
7691			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
7692				memory, and other data can't be written using
7693				xmon commands.
7694			off	xmon is disabled.
7695