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1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			acpi_backlight=vendor
26			acpi_backlight=video
27			If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver
28			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
29			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
30
31	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
32			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
33			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
34			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
35			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
36
37	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
38			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
39			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
40			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
41			This option is useful for developers to identify the
42			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
43			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
44
45	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
46	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
47			Format: <int>
48			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
49			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
50			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
51			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
52			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
53			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
54			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
55			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
56			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
57			debug layers and levels.
58
59			Enable processor driver info messages:
60			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
61			Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <int>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
140			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
141			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
142			second kernel for kdump.
143
144	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
145			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
146
147	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
148			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
149			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
150			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
151			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
152
153	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
154			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
155			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
156			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
157			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
158						  strings
159			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
160						  strings
161			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
162
163			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
164			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
165			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
166			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
167			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
168			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
169			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
170			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
171			care about the state of the feature group strings which
172			should be controlled by the OSPM.
173			Examples:
174			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
175			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
176			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
177
178			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
179			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
180			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
181			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
182			multiple times through kernel command line is also
183			meaningless.
184			Examples:
185			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
186			     FALSE.
187
188			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
189			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
190			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
191			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
192			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
193			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
194			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
195			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
196			is useful when one want to control the state of the
197			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
198			the OSPM features.
199			Examples:
200			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
201			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
202			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
203			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
204			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
205			     equivalent to
206			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
207			     and
208			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
209			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
210
211	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
212			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
213			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
214			and always returns good values.
215
216	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
217			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
218
219	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
220			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
221			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
222
223	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
224			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
225				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
226			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
227			s3_bios and s3_mode.
228			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
229			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
230			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
231			used during resume from hibernation.
232			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
233			control method, with respect to putting devices into
234			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
235			of _PTS is used by default).
236			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
237			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
238			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
239			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
240			but some broken systems don't work without it).
241			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
242			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
243			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
244
245	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
246			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
247			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
248
249	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
250			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
251
252	agp=		[AGP]
253			{ off | try_unsupported }
254			off: disable AGP support
255			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
256				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
257
258	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
259			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
260
261	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
262			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
263			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
264			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
265
266	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
267			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
268			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
269			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
270			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
271			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
272			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
273
274			32: only for 32-bit processes
275			64: only for 64-bit processes
276			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
277			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
278
279	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
280			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
281			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
282			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
283			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
284			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
285
286	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
287			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
288			Possible values are:
289			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
290				    they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
291				    flushed before they will be reused, which
292				    is a lot of faster
293			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
294				    the system
295			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
296					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
297					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
298					  requirements as needed. This option
299					  does not override iommu=pt
300
301	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
302			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
303			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
304			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
305			IOMMU initialization.
306
307	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
308			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
309			remapping modes:
310			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
311			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
312			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
313			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
314			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
315
316	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
317			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
318			Format: <a>,<b>
319			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
320
321	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
322			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
323			connected to one of 16 gameports
324			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
325
326	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
327			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
328			Format: noidle
329			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
330			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
331			APC and your system crashes randomly.
332
333	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
334			Change the output verbosity while booting
335			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
336			Change the amount of debugging information output
337			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
338			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
339			driver name.
340			Format: apic=driver_name
341			Examples: apic=bigsmp
342
343	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
344			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
345			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
346			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
347			      backup of CPU 0
348			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
349			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
350			      shot down by NMI
351
352	autoconf=	[IPV6]
353			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
354
355	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
356			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
357			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
358			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
359			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
360			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
361			apic=verbose is specified.
362			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
363
364	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
365			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
366
367	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
368			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
369
370	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
371
372	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
373
374	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
375			EzKey and similar keyboards
376
377	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
378
379	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
380			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
381
382	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
383			keyboards
384
385	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
386			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
387
388	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
389			Use software keyboard repeat
390
391	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
392			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
393			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
394			    enabled until the next reboot
395			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
396			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
397			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
398			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
399			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
400			    userspace auditd.
401			Default: unset
402
403	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
404			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
405			Default: 64
406
407	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
408			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
409			Format: { "0" | "1" }
410			0 - Disable the BAU.
411			1 - Enable the BAU.
412			unset - Disable the BAU.
413
414	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
415			Format: <io>,<mode>
416
417	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
418			Format: <io>,<mode>
419			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
420
421	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
422			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
423			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
424			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
425
426	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
427			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
428			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
429			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
430
431	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
432			embedded devices based on command line input.
433			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
434
435	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
436			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
437			no delay (0).
438			Format: integer
439
440	bootmem_debug	[KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages.
441
442	bert_disable	[ACPI]
443			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
444
445	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
446	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
447			kernel args too.
448	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/bttv.rst
449	bttv.tuner=
450
451	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
452			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
453			at a time.
454
455	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
456
457	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
458			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
459			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
460			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
461			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
462			This option provides an override for these situations.
463
464	carrier_timeout=
465			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
466			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
467			it waits 120 seconds.
468
469	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
470			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
471			trust validation.
472			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
473
474	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
475			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
476			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
477			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
478			others).
479
480	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
481			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
482
483	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller
484			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
485			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
486			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
487			  a single hierarchy
488			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
489			  subsystem
490			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
491			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
492			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
493
494	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
495			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
496			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
497			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
498			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
499			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
500			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
501			all v1 hierarchies.
502
503	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
504			Format: <string>
505			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
506			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
507
508	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
509			Format: { "0" | "1" }
510			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
511			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
512				any implied execute protection).
513			1 -- check protection requested by application.
514			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
515			Value can be changed at runtime via
516				/selinux/checkreqprot.
517
518	cio_ignore=	[S390]
519			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
520	clk_ignore_unused
521			[CLK]
522			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
523			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
524			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
525			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
526			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
527			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
528			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
529			platform with proper driver support.  For more
530			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
531
532	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
533			[Deprecated]
534			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
535			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
536			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
537			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
538
539	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
540			Format: <string>
541			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
542			with the name specified.
543			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
544			the platform:
545			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
546			[ACPI] acpi_pm
547			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
548				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
549			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
550				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
551			[MIPS] MIPS
552			[PARISC] cr16
553			[S390] tod
554			[SH] SuperH
555			[SPARC64] tick
556			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
557
558	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
559			[ARM,ARM64]
560			Format: <bool>
561			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
562			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
563			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
564			systems.
565
566	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
567			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
568			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
569			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
570			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
571			ones should be.
572			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
573			or using the feature without checking anything
574			will still see it. This just prevents it from
575			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
576			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
577			some critical bits.
578
579	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
580			[ARM,X86,KNL]
581			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
582			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
583			placement constraint by the physical address range of
584			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
585			altogether. For more information, see
586			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
587
588	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
589			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
590			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
591			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
592			a hypervisor.
593			Default: yes
594
595	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
596			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
597			allocations, by default set to 256K.
598
599	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
600			Format:
601			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
602
603	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
604			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
605
606	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
607			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
608			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
609
610	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
611	conmode=
612
613	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
614
615		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
616
617		ttyS<n>[,options]
618		ttyUSB0[,options]
619			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
620			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
621			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
622			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
623			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
624
625			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
626			information.  See
627			Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
628			alternative.
629
630		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
631		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
632		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
633		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
634		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
635			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
636			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
637			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
638			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
639			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
640			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
641			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
642			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
643			the h/w is not re-initialized.
644
645		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
646			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
647
648		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
649		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
650			console=brl,ttyS0
651		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
652
653	console_msg_format=
654			[KNL] Change console messages format
655		default
656			By default we print messages on consoles in
657			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
658			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
659			`printk_time' param).
660		syslog
661			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
662			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
663			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
664			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
665			from /proc/kmsg.
666
667	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
668			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
669			Defaults to 0.
670
671	coredump_filter=
672			[KNL] Change the default value for
673			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
674			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
675
676	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
677			[ARM,ARM64]
678			Format: <bool>
679			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
680			0: default value, disable debugging
681			1: enable debugging at boot time
682
683	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
684			disable the cpuidle sub-system
685
686	cpuidle.governor=
687			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
688
689	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
690			disable the cpufreq sub-system
691
692	cpu_init_udelay=N
693			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
694			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
695			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
696			Default: 10000
697
698	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
699			Format:
700			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
701
702	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
703			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
704			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
705			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
706			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
707			is selected automatically.
708			[KNL, x86_64] select a region under 4G first, and
709			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
710			hasn't been specified.
711			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
712
713	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
714			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
715			in the running system. The syntax of range is
716			start-[end] where start and end are both
717			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
718			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
719
720	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
721			[KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
722			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
723			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
724			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
725			available.
726			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
727	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
728			[KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
729			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
730			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
731			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
732			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
733			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
734			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
735			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
736			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
737			for second kernel instead.
738			0: to disable low allocation.
739			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
740			or memory reserved is below 4G.
741
742	cryptomgr.notests
743			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
744
745	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
746			Format: <dma>
747
748	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
749			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
750
751	dasd=		[HW,NET]
752			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
753
754	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
755			(one device per port)
756			Format: <port#>,<type>
757			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
758
759	ddebug_query=	[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
760			time. See
761			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
762			details.  Deprecated, see dyndbg.
763
764	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
765
766	debug_boot_weak_hash
767			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
768			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
769			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
770			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
771			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
772			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
773
774	debug_locks_verbose=
775			[KNL] verbose self-tests
776			Format=<0|1>
777			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
778			self-tests.
779			We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
780			1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
781			only useful to kernel developers.
782
783	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
784
785	no_debug_objects
786			[KNL] Disable object debugging
787
788	debug_guardpage_minorder=
789			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
790			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
791			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
792			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
793			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
794			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
795			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
796			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
797			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
798			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
799			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
800			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
801			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
802			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
803			bypassed) which are not detectable by
804			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
805			tracking down these problems.
806
807	debug_pagealloc=
808			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
809			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
810			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
811			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
812			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
813			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
814			on: enable the feature
815
816	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
817
818	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
819			Format: <area>[,<node>]
820			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
821
822	default_hugepagesz=
823			[same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
824			HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
825			the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
826			default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
827			Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
828			if not specified.
829
830	deferred_probe_timeout=
831			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
832			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
833			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
834			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout of 0
835			will timeout at the end of initcalls. This option will also
836			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
837			retrying.
838
839	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
840			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
841
842	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
843			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
844			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
845			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
846			miss to occur.
847
848	disable=	[IPV6]
849			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
850
851	hardened_usercopy=
852                        [KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
853                        hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
854                        usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
855                        from reading or writing beyond known memory
856                        allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
857                        against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
858                        copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
859                on      Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
860                off     Disable hardened usercopy checks.
861
862	disable_radix	[PPC]
863			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
864
865	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
866			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
867			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
868
869	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
870			Format: <int>
871			The number of initial APIC ID for the
872			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
873			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
874			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
875			causing system reset or hang due to sending
876			INIT from AP to BSP.
877
878	perf_v4_pmi=	[X86,INTEL]
879			Format: <bool>
880			Disable Intel PMU counter freezing feature.
881			The feature only exists starting from
882			Arch Perfmon v4 (Skylake and newer).
883
884	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
885			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
886			to workaround buggy firmware.
887
888	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
889			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
890
891	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
892			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
893			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
894			entry later. This parameter disables that.
895
896	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
897			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
898			memory out of your available memory pool based on
899			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
900			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
901
902	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
903			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
904			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
905
906	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
907
908	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
909			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
910
911	dma_debug_entries=<number>
912			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
913			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
914			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
915			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
916			architectural default is too low.
917
918	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
919			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
920			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
921			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
922			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
923			driver later using sysfs.
924
925	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
926			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously.
927			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
928
929	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
930			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
931			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
932			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
933			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
934			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
935			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
936			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
937			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
938			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
939			available in Documentation/driver-api/edid.rst. An EDID
940			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
941			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
942			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
943			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
944			data set with no connector name will be used for
945			any connectors not explicitly specified.
946
947	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
948
949	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
950			Format: {"off" | "known"}
951			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
952			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
953			exists).
954			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
955			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
956			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
957
958	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
959			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
960			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
961			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
962
963	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
964	module.dyndbg[="val"]
965			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
966			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
967			for details.
968
969	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
970			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.rst for more
971			information about the feature.
972
973	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
974			in some Intel CPUs.
975
976	module.async_probe [KNL]
977			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
978
979	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
980			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
981			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
982			which are not unmapped.
983
984	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
985
986			When used with no options, the early console is
987			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
988			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
989			the platform.
990
991		cdns,<addr>[,options]
992			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
993			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
994			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
995			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
996			configured.
997
998		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
999		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
1000		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
1001		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
1002		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1003			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1004			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1005			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1006			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1007			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1008			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1009			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1010			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1011
1012		pl011,<addr>
1013		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1014			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1015			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1016			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1017			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1018			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1019			the device registers.
1020
1021		meson,<addr>
1022			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1023			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1024			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1025			supported.
1026
1027		msm_serial,<addr>
1028			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1029			port at the specified address. The serial port
1030			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1031			yet supported.
1032
1033		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1034			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1035			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1036			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1037			yet supported.
1038
1039		owl,<addr>
1040			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1041			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1042			specified address. The serial port must already be
1043			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1044
1045		rda,<addr>
1046			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1047			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1048			specified address. The serial port must already be
1049			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1050
1051		sbi
1052			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1053			console.
1054
1055		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1056
1057		s3c2410,<addr>
1058		s3c2412,<addr>
1059		s3c2440,<addr>
1060		s3c6400,<addr>
1061		s5pv210,<addr>
1062		exynos4210,<addr>
1063			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1064			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1065			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1066			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1067			Options are not yet supported.
1068
1069		lantiq,<addr>
1070			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1071			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1072			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1073			yet supported.
1074
1075		lpuart,<addr>
1076		lpuart32,<addr>
1077			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1078			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1079			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1080			port must already be setup and configured.
1081
1082		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1083			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1084			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1085			address. The serial port must already be setup
1086			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1087
1088		qcom_geni,<addr>
1089			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1090			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1091			specified address. The serial port must already be
1092			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1093
1094		efifb,[options]
1095			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1096			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1097			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1098			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1099			mapped with the correct attributes.
1100
1101		linflex,<addr>
1102			Use early console provided by Freescale LinFlex UART
1103			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1104			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1105			already be setup and configured.
1106
1107	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1108			earlyprintk=vga
1109			earlyprintk=sclp
1110			earlyprintk=xen
1111			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1112			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1113			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1114			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1115			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1116			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1117
1118			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1119			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1120			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1121
1122			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1123			takes over.
1124
1125			Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1126			be used at a time.
1127
1128			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1129			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1130			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1131			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1132				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1133			You can find the port for a given device in
1134			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1135				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1136
1137			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1138			very good.
1139
1140			The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1141			the real console.
1142
1143			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1144
1145			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1146
1147			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1148			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1149			UART class.
1150
1151	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1152			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1153			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1154			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1155			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1156			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1157			default: on.
1158
1159	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1160			ekgdboc=kbd
1161
1162			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1163			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1164
1165	edd=		[EDD]
1166			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1167
1168	efi=		[EFI]
1169			Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
1170			old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
1171			runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
1172			default.
1173			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1174			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1175			firmware implementations.
1176			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1177			debug: enable misc debug output
1178
1179	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1180			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1181			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1182			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1183			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1184
1185	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1186			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1187			updating original EFI memory map.
1188			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1189			from ss to ss+nn.
1190			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1191			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1192			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1193			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1194
1195			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1196			related feature. For example, you can do debugging of
1197			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1198			doesn't support it.
1199
1200	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1201			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1202			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1203			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1204			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1205
1206
1207	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1208			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1209
1210	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1211			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1212			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1213
1214	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1215			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1216			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1217			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1218			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1219
1220	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1221			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1222			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1223			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1224
1225	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1226			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1227			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1228			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1229			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1230
1231	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1232			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1233			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1234			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1235			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1236			Default value is 0.
1237			Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
1238
1239	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1240			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1241			support.
1242
1243	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1244			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1245			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1246
1247	evm=		[EVM]
1248			Format: { "fix" }
1249			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1250			current integrity status.
1251
1252	failslab=
1253	fail_page_alloc=
1254	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1255			General fault injection mechanism.
1256			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1257			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1258
1259	floppy=		[HW]
1260			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1261
1262	force_pal_cache_flush
1263			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1264			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1265			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1266			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1267
1268	forcepae	[X86-32]
1269			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1270			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1271			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1272			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1273			and may cause unknown problems.
1274
1275	ftrace=[tracer]
1276			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1277			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1278			boot debugging.
1279
1280	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1281			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1282			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1283			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1284			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1285			oops.
1286
1287	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1288			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1289			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
1290			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1291			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1292			tracing directory.
1293
1294	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1295			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1296			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1297			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1298			tracing directory.
1299
1300	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1301			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1302			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1303			function-list is a comma separated list of functions
1304			that can be changed at run time by the
1305			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1306
1307	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1308			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1309			function-list.  This list is a comma separated list of
1310			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1311			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1312
1313	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1314			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1315			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1316			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1317			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1318
1319	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1320			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1321			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1322			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1323			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1324
1325	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1326
1327	gart_fix_e820=	[X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1328			Format: off | on
1329			default: on
1330
1331	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1332			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1333			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1334			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1335			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1336
1337	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1338			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1339			android emulator
1340
1341	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1342			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1343			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1344			GPT to be used instead.
1345
1346	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1347			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1348			Format: 0 | 1
1349			Default: 0
1350	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1351			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1352			Format: 0 | 1
1353			Default: 0
1354	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1355			Format: 0 | 1
1356			Default: 0
1357	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1358			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1359			Default: 1024
1360	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1361			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1362			Default: 1024
1363
1364	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1365			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1366			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1367
1368	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1369			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1370			backtraces on all cpus.
1371			Format: <integer>
1372
1373	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1374			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1375			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1376			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1377
1378	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1379
1380	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1381			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1382
1383	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1384			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1385			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1386			logic will be disabled.
1387
1388	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1389			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1390			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1391			size on bigger boxes.
1392
1393	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1394			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1395			Default: "on"
1396
1397	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1398
1399	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1400			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1401				verbose }
1402			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1403			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1404				VIA, nVidia)
1405			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1406
1407	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1408			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1409
1410	hugepages=	[HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1411	hugepagesz=	[HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
1412			On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
1413			multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve
1414			huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on
1415			x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
1416			(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).
1417
1418	hung_task_panic=
1419			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1420			Format: <integer>
1421
1422			A nonzero value instructs the kernel to panic when a
1423			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1424			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1425			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1426			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1427
1428	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1429				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1430	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1431				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1432				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1433
1434	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1435				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1436				      guest on lock contention.
1437
1438	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1439			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1440			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1441			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1442			the real console.
1443
1444	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1445				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1446				registered from board initialization code.
1447				Format:
1448				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1449
1450	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1451	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1452			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1453			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1454			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1455	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1456	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1457			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1458			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1459	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1460	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1461	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1462			     for the AUX port
1463	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1464			     controller
1465	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1466			     controllers
1467	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1468	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1469			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1470			     transitions, or never reset
1471			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1472			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1473			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1474			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1475			architectures force reset to be always executed
1476	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1477	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1478
1479	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1480
1481	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1482			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1483			hardware.
1484	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1485			does not match list of supported models.
1486	i8k.power_status
1487			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1488			(disabled by default)
1489	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1490			capability is set.
1491
1492	i915.invert_brightness=
1493			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1494			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1495			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1496			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1497			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1498			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1499			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1500			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1501			value switches the backlight off.
1502			-1 -- never invert brightness
1503			 0 -- machine default
1504			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1505
1506	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1507			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1508
1509	ide-core.nodma=	[HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1510			Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1511			.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1512			.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1513			See Documentation/ide/ide.rst.
1514
1515	ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1516			Format: <int>
1517			Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports.  Depending on
1518			platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1519			setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  The
1520			default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1521			On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1522			PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1523			are then probed.  On systems without PCI the value
1524			of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1525			was 0x3.
1526
1527	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1528			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1529
1530	idle=		[X86]
1531			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1532			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1533			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1534			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1535			Not recommended.
1536			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1537			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1538			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1539
1540	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1541			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1542			Default: strict
1543
1544			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1545			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1546			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1547			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1548			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1549			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1550			encoding mode.
1551
1552			Available settings are as follows:
1553			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1554				supported by the FPU
1555			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1556				by the FPU
1557			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1558				by the FPU
1559			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1560				supported by the FPU
1561
1562			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1563			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1564			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1565			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1566			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1567			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1568			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1569			MIPS64 CPUs.
1570
1571			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1572			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1573			except where unsupported by hardware.
1574
1575	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1576			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1577			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1578			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1579			could change it dynamically, usually by
1580			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1581
1582	ignore_rlimit_data
1583			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1584			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1585			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1586
1587	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1588			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1589
1590	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1591			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1592			default: "enforce"
1593
1594	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1595			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1596			owned by uid=0.
1597
1598	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1599			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1600			measurements, instead of host native format.
1601
1602	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1603			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1604				   | sha512 | ... }
1605			default: "sha1"
1606
1607			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1608			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1609
1610	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1611			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1612			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1613				 fail_securely"
1614
1615			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1616			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1617			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1618			uid=0.
1619
1620			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1621			all files owned by root.
1622
1623			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1624			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1625			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1626
1627			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1628			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1629			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1630			flag.
1631
1632	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1633			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1634			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1635			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1636			opened for read by uid=0.
1637
1638	ima_template=	[IMA]
1639			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1640			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1641			Default: "ima-ng"
1642
1643	ima_template_fmt=
1644			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1645			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1646
1647	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1648			Format: <min_file_size>
1649			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1650			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1651
1652			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1653			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1654			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1655
1656	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1657			Format: <bufsize>
1658			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1659
1660			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1661			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1662			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1663
1664	init=		[KNL]
1665			Format: <full_path>
1666			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1667			process.
1668
1669	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1670			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1671			startup.
1672
1673	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1674			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1675			modules and initcalls.
1676
1677	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1678
1679	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
1680			zeroes.
1681			Format: 0 | 1
1682			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
1683
1684	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
1685			Format: 0 | 1
1686			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
1687
1688	init_pkru=	[x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1689			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
1690			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
1691			override in debugfs after boot.
1692
1693	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1694			Format: <irq>
1695
1696	int_pln_enable	[x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1697
1698	integrity_audit=[IMA]
1699			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1700			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1701			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1702
1703	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1704		on
1705			Enable intel iommu driver.
1706		off
1707			Disable intel iommu driver.
1708		igfx_off [Default Off]
1709			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1710			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1711			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1712			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1713			DMA.
1714		forcedac [x86_64]
1715			With this option iommu will not optimize to look
1716			for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
1717			address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
1718			than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1719			for translation below 32-bit and if not available
1720			then look in the higher range.
1721		strict [Default Off]
1722			With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1723			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1724			to batching them for performance.
1725		sp_off [Default Off]
1726			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1727			has the capability. With this option, super page will
1728			not be supported.
1729		sm_on [Default Off]
1730			By default, scalable mode will be disabled even if the
1731			hardware advertises that it has support for the scalable
1732			mode translation. With this option set, scalable mode
1733			will be used on hardware which claims to support it.
1734		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1735			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1736			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1737			could harm performance of some high-throughput
1738			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1739			mapping is enabled.
1740			Note that using this option lowers the security
1741			provided by tboot because it makes the system
1742			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1743		nobounce [Default off]
1744			Disable bounce buffer for unstrusted devices such as
1745			the Thunderbolt devices. This will treat the untrusted
1746			devices as the trusted ones, hence might expose security
1747			risks of DMA attacks.
1748
1749	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1750			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1751			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
1752
1753	intel_pstate=	[X86]
1754			disable
1755			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1756			  scaling driver for the supported processors
1757			passive
1758			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1759			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1760			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
1761			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1762			  feature.
1763			force
1764			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1765			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1766			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1767			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1768			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1769			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1770			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1771			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1772			no_hwp
1773			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1774			  if available.
1775			hwp_only
1776			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1777			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1778			support_acpi_ppc
1779			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1780			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1781			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1782			  then this feature is turned on by default.
1783			per_cpu_perf_limits
1784			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1785			  cpufreq sysfs interface
1786
1787	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1788			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1789			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
1790			nosid	disable Source ID checking
1791			no_x2apic_optout
1792				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1793			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
1794
1795	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1796		strict	regions from userspace.
1797		relaxed
1798
1799	iommu=		[x86]
1800		off
1801		force
1802		noforce
1803		biomerge
1804		panic
1805		nopanic
1806		merge
1807		nomerge
1808		soft
1809		pt		[x86]
1810		nopt		[x86]
1811		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
1812			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1813
1814	iommu.strict=	[ARM64] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
1815			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1816			0 - Lazy mode.
1817			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
1818			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
1819			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
1820			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
1821			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
1822			1 - Strict mode (default).
1823			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
1824			  synchronously.
1825
1826	iommu.passthrough=
1827			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
1828			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1829			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1830			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
1831			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
1832
1833	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
1834			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1835			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1836
1837	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
1838		0x80
1839			Standard port 0x80 based delay
1840		0xed
1841			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
1842		udelay
1843			Simple two microseconds delay
1844		none
1845			No delay
1846
1847	ip=		[IP_PNP]
1848			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
1849
1850	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
1851			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
1852
1853	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
1854			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
1855
1856	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
1857			[ARM, ARM64]
1858			Format: <bool>
1859			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
1860			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
1861			exposed by the device tree is too small.
1862
1863	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
1864			[ARM, ARM64]
1865			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
1866			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
1867			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
1868			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
1869			LPIs.
1870
1871	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
1872			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
1873			requires the kernel to be built with
1874			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
1875
1876	irqfixup	[HW]
1877			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1878			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1879			firmware running.
1880
1881	irqpoll		[HW]
1882			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1883			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
1884			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1885			firmware running.
1886
1887	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
1888			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
1889
1890	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
1891			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
1892			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
1893
1894			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
1895			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
1896
1897			nohz
1898			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
1899
1900			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
1901			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
1902			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
1903			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
1904			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
1905
1906			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
1907			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
1908			  be configured manually after bootup.
1909
1910			domain
1911			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1912			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
1913			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
1914			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
1915			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
1916			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
1917			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
1918			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
1919
1920			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
1921			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1922			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1923			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1924
1925			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
1926
1927
1928
1929	iucv=		[HW,NET]
1930
1931	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86_64]
1932			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1933			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1934			example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
1935			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1936				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
1937
1938	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86_64]
1939			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1940			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1941			example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
1942			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1943				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
1944
1945	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86_64]
1946			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
1947			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1948			example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
1949			PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
1950				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
1951
1952	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
1953			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
1954
1955	nokaslr		[KNL]
1956			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
1957			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
1958			Layout Randomization).
1959
1960	kasan_multi_shot
1961			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
1962			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
1963			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
1964			invalid access.
1965
1966	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
1967
1968	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
1969			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
1970			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
1971			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
1972			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
1973			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
1974			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
1975			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
1976			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
1977			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
1978
1979			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
1980			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
1981			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
1982			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1983			zone if it does not.
1984
1985			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
1986			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
1987			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
1988			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
1989			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
1990			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
1991			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
1992
1993	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
1994			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
1995			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
1996			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
1997			optional and is the number seconds in between
1998			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
1999			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2000			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2001			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2002			the kernel debugger.
2003
2004	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2005			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2006			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2007			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2008			 keyboard only format: kbd
2009			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2010			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2011			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2012			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2013
2014	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2015			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2016
2017	kmac=		[MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
2018			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2019			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2020
2021	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2022			Valid arguments: on, off
2023			Default: on
2024			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2025			the default is off.
2026
2027	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2028			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2029			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2030			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2031			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2032			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2033			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2034
2035			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2036
2037			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2038			Boot Parameter" section.
2039
2040	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2041			and kernel address spaces.
2042			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2043			0: force disabled
2044			1: force enabled
2045
2046	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2047			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2048
2049	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2050				   Default is false (don't support).
2051
2052	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
2053			KVM MMU at runtime.
2054			Default is 0 (off)
2055
2056	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2057			Default is 1 (enabled)
2058
2059	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2060			for all guests.
2061			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2062
2063	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2064			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2065			system registers
2066
2067	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2068			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2069			system registers
2070
2071	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2072			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2073			system registers
2074
2075	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2076			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2077			LPIs.
2078
2079	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2080			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2081			Default is 1 (enabled)
2082
2083	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2084			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
2085			Default is 0 (disabled)
2086
2087	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2088			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2089			Default is 1 (enabled)
2090
2091	kvm-intel.nested=
2092			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2093			Default is 0 (disabled)
2094
2095	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2096			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2097			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2098			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2099
2100	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2101			CVE-2018-3620.
2102
2103			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2104
2105			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2106			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2107				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2108			never:	Disables the mitigation
2109
2110			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2111
2112	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2113			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2114			Default is 1 (enabled)
2115
2116	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2117			      affected CPUs
2118
2119			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2120			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2121
2122			full
2123				Provides all available mitigations for the
2124				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2125				enables all mitigations in the
2126				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2127
2128				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2129				sysfs interface is still possible after
2130				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2131				when the first VM is started in a
2132				potentially insecure configuration,
2133				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2134
2135			full,force
2136				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2137				flush runtime control. Implies the
2138				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2139				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2140
2141			flush
2142				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2143				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2144				L1D flush.
2145
2146				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2147				sysfs interface is still possible after
2148				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2149				when the first VM is started in a
2150				potentially insecure configuration,
2151				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2152
2153			flush,nosmt
2154
2155				Disables SMT and enables the default
2156				hypervisor mitigation.
2157
2158				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2159				sysfs interface is still possible after
2160				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2161				when the first VM is started in a
2162				potentially insecure configuration,
2163				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2164
2165			flush,nowarn
2166				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2167				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2168				insecure configuration.
2169
2170			off
2171				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2172				emit any warnings.
2173				It also drops the swap size and available
2174				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2175				bare metal.
2176
2177			Default is 'flush'.
2178
2179			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2180
2181	l2cr=		[PPC]
2182
2183	l3cr=		[PPC]
2184
2185	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2186			disabled it.
2187
2188	lapic=		[x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
2189			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2190			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2191
2192	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2193			in C2 power state.
2194
2195	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2196			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2197			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2198			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2199			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2200			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2201			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2202
2203	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2204			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2205			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2206
2207	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2208			when set.
2209			Format: <int>
2210
2211	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma
2212			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
2213			PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
2214			matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
2215			the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
2216			the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
2217			values are used.  If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
2218			configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
2219
2220			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2221			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2222			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2223			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2224			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2225			host link and device attached to it.
2226
2227			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2228			as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
2229			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2230			The following configurations can be forced.
2231
2232			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2233			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2234
2235			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2236
2237			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2238			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2239			  allowed.
2240
2241			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2242
2243			* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
2244
2245			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
2246			  and both resets.
2247
2248			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
2249			  hot-unplug link recovery
2250
2251			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
2252
2253			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
2254
2255			* disable: Disable this device.
2256
2257			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2258			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2259
2260	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2261
2262	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
2263			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
2264
2265	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2266			Format: <integer>
2267
2268	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2269			Format: <integer>
2270
2271	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2272			Format: <integer>
2273
2274	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2275			Format: <integer>
2276
2277	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2278			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2279			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2280			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2281			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2282			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2283			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2284			are also disabled.
2285
2286	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2287			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2288			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2289			number of online CPUs.
2290
2291	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2292			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2293
2294	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2295			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2296
2297	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2298			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2299			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2300
2301	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2302			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2303			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2304			mode during the locktorture test.
2305
2306	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2307			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2308			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2309
2310	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2311			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2312
2313	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2314			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2315			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2316			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2317			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2318			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2319
2320	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2321			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2322
2323	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2324			Enable additional printk() statements.
2325
2326	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2327			Format: <irq>
2328
2329	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2330			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2331			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2332			loglevels are defined as follows:
2333
2334			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2335			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2336			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2337			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2338			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2339			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2340			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2341			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2342
2343	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2344			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2345			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2346			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2347			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2348			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2349			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2350
2351	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2352			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2353			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2354			kernel boot problems.
2355
2356	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2357	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2358	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2359	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2360				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2361				attached printers to be reset. Using
2362				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2363				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2364				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2365				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2366				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2367				port specification list means that device IDs
2368				from each port should be examined, to see if
2369				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2370				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2371				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2372
2373	lpj=n		[KNL]
2374			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2375			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2376			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2377			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2378			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2379			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2380			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2381			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2382			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2383			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2384			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2385			hardware.
2386
2387	ltpc=		[NET]
2388			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2389
2390	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2391
2392	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2393			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2394			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2395
2396	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2397			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2398			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2399
2400	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
2401			 yeeloong laptop.
2402			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2403
2404	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2405			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2406
2407	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2408			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2409			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2410			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2411			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2412			only takes effect during system bootup.
2413			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2414			which also disables the IO APIC.
2415
2416	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2417	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2418			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2419			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2420			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2421			/dev/loop-control interface.
2422
2423	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2424
2425	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2426
2427	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2428			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2429
2430	mdacon=		[MDA]
2431			Format: <first>,<last>
2432			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2433
2434	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
2435			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
2436			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
2437
2438			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2439			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2440			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2441
2442			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2443			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2444			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2445			not have direct access.
2446
2447			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
2448			options are:
2449
2450			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
2451			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
2452				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
2453			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
2454
2455			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
2456			mds=full.
2457
2458			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
2459
2460	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2461			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
2462			to see the whole system memory or for test.
2463			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2464			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2465			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2466			belonging to unused RAM.
2467
2468	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2469			memory.
2470
2471	memchunk=nn[KMG]
2472			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2473			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2474
2475	memhp_default_state=online/offline
2476			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2477			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2478			set according to the
2479			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2480			option.
2481			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
2482
2483	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2484			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2485			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2486			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2487			option description.
2488
2489	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2490			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2491			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2492			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2493			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2494			Multiple different regions can be specified,
2495			comma delimited.
2496			Example:
2497				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2498
2499	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2500			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2501			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2502
2503	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2504			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2505			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2506			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2507			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
2508			         or
2509			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2510			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2511			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2512			will be eaten.
2513
2514	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2515			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2516			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2517			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2518			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2519
2520	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
2521			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
2522			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
2523			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
2524			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
2525			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
2526			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
2527			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
2528
2529	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2530			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2531			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2532			Setting this option will scan the memory
2533			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
2534			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2535			from using the memory being corrupted.
2536			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2537			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2538			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2539			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2540
2541	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2542			By default it checks for corruption in the low
2543			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2544			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
2545			corruption in more or less memory.
2546
2547	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2548			By default it checks for corruption every 60
2549			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
2550			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
2551
2552	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,PPC] Enable memtest
2553			Format: <integer>
2554			default : 0 <disable>
2555			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2556			performed. Each pass selects another test
2557			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2558			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2559			memory contents and reserves bad memory
2560			regions that are detected.
2561
2562	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2563			Valid arguments: on, off
2564			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2565			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2566			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2567			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
2568			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
2569
2570			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst
2571			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2572
2573	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2574			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
2575			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2576			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2577			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2578
2579	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2580			See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/meye.rst.
2581
2582	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2583			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2584			platforms.
2585
2586	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2587			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2588			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2589			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2590
2591	mga=		[HW,DRM]
2592
2593	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2594			physical address is ignored.
2595
2596	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
2597			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2598			Default: "0tb"
2599			MINI2440 configuration specification:
2600			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2601			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2602			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2603			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2604			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2605			unconfigured.
2606			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2607			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2608			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2609			VGA shield.
2610			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2611			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2612			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2613			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2614			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2615			http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2616
2617	mitigations=
2618			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
2619			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
2620			arch-independent options, each of which is an
2621			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
2622
2623			off
2624				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
2625				improves system performance, but it may also
2626				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
2627				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
2628					       kpti=0 [ARM64]
2629					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
2630					       nobp=0 [S390]
2631					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
2632					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
2633					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
2634					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
2635					       l1tf=off [X86]
2636					       mds=off [X86]
2637
2638			auto (default)
2639				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
2640				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
2641				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
2642				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
2643				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
2644				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
2645
2646			auto,nosmt
2647				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
2648				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
2649				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
2650				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
2651					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
2652
2653	mminit_loglevel=
2654			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2655			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2656			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2657			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2658			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2659			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2660
2661	module.sig_enforce
2662			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2663			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2664			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2665			is always true, so this option does nothing.
2666
2667	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2668			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
2669
2670	mousedev.tap_time=
2671			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2672			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2673			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2674			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2675			Format: <msecs>
2676	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2677			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2678	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2679			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2680
2681	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2682			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
2683			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
2684			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
2685			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
2686			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
2687			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
2688			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
2689			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2690			is not too small.
2691
2692	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2693			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2694			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2695			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2696			allocations. Use with caution!
2697
2698	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
2699			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2700
2701	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
2702			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
2703
2704	mtdparts=	[MTD]
2705			See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
2706
2707	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
2708			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
2709			at a time.
2710
2711	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
2712
2713			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
2714
2715			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
2716				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
2717			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
2718				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
2719				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
2720
2721	mtdset=		[ARM]
2722			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
2723
2724			See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
2725
2726	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
2727			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
2728			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
2729
2730	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2731			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
2732			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
2733
2734	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2735			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
2736			Default is 1.
2737			Large value could prevent small alignment from
2738			using up MTRRs.
2739
2740	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
2741			Format: <integer>
2742			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
2743			Default : 1
2744			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
2745			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
2746
2747	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
2748
2749	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
2750			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
2751			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
2752			something different and driver-specific.
2753			This usage is only documented in each driver source
2754			file if at all.
2755
2756	nf_conntrack.acct=
2757			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
2758			0 to disable accounting
2759			1 to enable accounting
2760			Default value is 0.
2761
2762	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
2763			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2764
2765	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
2766			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2767
2768	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
2769			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2770
2771	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
2772			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
2773			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
2774			requests.
2775
2776	nfs.callback_tcpport=
2777			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
2778			channel should listen.
2779
2780	nfs.cache_getent=
2781			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
2782			to update the NFS client cache entries.
2783
2784	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
2785			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
2786			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
2787
2788	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
2789			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
2790			entries.
2791
2792	nfs.enable_ino64=
2793			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
2794			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
2795			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
2796			of returning the full 64-bit number.
2797			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
2798
2799	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
2800			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
2801			slots the client will assign to the callback
2802			channel. This determines the maximum number of
2803			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
2804			a particular server.
2805
2806	nfs.max_session_slots=
2807			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
2808			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
2809			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
2810			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
2811			Note that there is little point in setting this
2812			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
2813
2814	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2815			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
2816			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
2817			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
2818			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
2819			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
2820			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
2821			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
2822			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
2823			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
2824			back to using the idmapper.
2825			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
2826	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
2827			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
2828			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
2829			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
2830			UUID that is generated at system install time.
2831
2832	nfs.send_implementation_id =
2833			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
2834			information in exchange_id requests.
2835			If zero, no implementation identification information
2836			will be sent.
2837			The default is to send the implementation identification
2838			information.
2839
2840	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
2841			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
2842			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
2843			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
2844			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
2845			after the locks are lost.
2846			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
2847			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
2848			parameter to '1'.
2849			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
2850			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
2851
2852	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
2853			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
2854			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
2855
2856			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
2857			whatever value is the default set by the layout
2858			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
2859			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
2860
2861	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2862			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
2863			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
2864			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
2865			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
2866			migration from NFSv2/v3.
2867
2868	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
2869			when a NMI is triggered.
2870			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
2871
2872	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
2873			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
2874			Valid num: 0 or 1
2875			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
2876			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
2877			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
2878			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
2879			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
2880			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
2881			please see 'nowatchdog'.
2882			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
2883			need the box quickly up again.
2884
2885			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
2886			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
2887
2888	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
2889			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
2890			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
2891			waits 4 seconds.
2892
2893	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
2894			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
2895			is present.
2896
2897	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
2898			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
2899
2900	no_console_suspend
2901			[HW] Never suspend the console
2902			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
2903			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
2904			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
2905			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
2906			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
2907			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
2908			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
2909			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
2910			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
2911			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
2912			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
2913			turn on/off it dynamically.
2914
2915	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
2916			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
2917			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
2918			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
2919			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
2920			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
2921			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
2922			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
2923			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
2924			is set.
2925
2926	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
2927			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
2928			but will impact performance.
2929
2930	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
2931
2932	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
2933			(CPU alternatives feature).
2934
2935	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
2936			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
2937
2938	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
2939
2940	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
2941			on "Classic" PPC cores.
2942
2943	nocache		[ARM]
2944
2945	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
2946
2947	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
2948
2949	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
2950
2951	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
2952
2953	noexec		[IA-64]
2954
2955	noexec		[X86]
2956			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
2957			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2958			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
2959
2960	nosmap		[X86,PPC]
2961			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
2962			even if it is supported by processor.
2963
2964	nosmep		[X86,PPC]
2965			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
2966			even if it is supported by processor.
2967
2968	noexec32	[X86-64]
2969			This affects only 32-bit executables.
2970			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2971				read doesn't imply executable mappings
2972			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
2973				read implies executable mappings
2974
2975	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
2976
2977	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
2978			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
2979			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
2980
2981	nohugeiomap	[KNL,x86,PPC] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
2982
2983	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2984			Equivalent to smt=1.
2985
2986			[KNL,x86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2987			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
2988				     via the sysfs control file.
2989
2990	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
2991			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
2992			possible in the system.
2993
2994	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
2995			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
2996			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
2997			option.
2998
2999	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3000			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3001
3002	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3003			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3004			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3005
3006	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3007			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3008			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3009			performance of saving the states is degraded because
3010			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3011			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3012
3013	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3014			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3015			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3016			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3017			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3018			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3019			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3020
3021	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
3022			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
3023			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
3024
3025	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3026			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3027			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3028
3029	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3030			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3031			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3032			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3033			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3034			real-time systems.
3035
3036	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3037
3038	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3039			Valid arguments: on, off
3040			Default: on
3041
3042	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3043			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3044			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3045			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3046			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3047			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3048			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3049			just as if they had also been called out in the
3050			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3051
3052	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3053
3054	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3055			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3056
3057	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3058			broken timer IRQ sources.
3059
3060	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3061
3062	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3063			initial RAM disk.
3064
3065	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3066			remapping.
3067			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3068
3069	nointroute	[IA-64]
3070
3071	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3072
3073	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3074
3075	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3076
3077	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3078			fault handling.
3079
3080	no-vmw-sched-clock
3081			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3082			clock and use the default one.
3083
3084	no-steal-acc	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
3085			steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
3086			behaviour
3087
3088	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3089
3090	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3091
3092	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
3093			lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
3094
3095	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3096
3097	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3098
3099	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3100			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3101
3102	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3103			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3104			irq.
3105
3106	nomodule	Disable module load
3107
3108	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3109			pagetables) support.
3110
3111	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3112
3113	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3114			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3115
3116	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3117			with UP alternatives
3118
3119	nordrand	[X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
3120			RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
3121			by the processor.  RDRAND and RDSEED are still
3122			available to user space applications.
3123
3124	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3125			space.
3126
3127	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3128			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3129			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3130
3131	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3132
3133	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
3134
3135	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3136			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3137
3138	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3139
3140	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3141
3142	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3143			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3144
3145	nowb		[ARM]
3146
3147	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3148
3149	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
3150			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
3151			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
3152			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
3153			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
3154			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
3155			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
3156			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
3157			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
3158			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
3159			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
3160			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
3161			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
3162
3163	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3164			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3165			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3166			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3167			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3168			parameter's value.
3169			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3170			Default: 255
3171
3172	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3173			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3174			SAL PALO.
3175
3176	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3177			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3178			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3179			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3180			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3181			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3182			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3183			hot plugging.
3184
3185	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3186
3187	numa_balancing=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
3188			Allowed values are enable and disable
3189
3190	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3191			'node', 'default' can be specified
3192			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3193			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3194
3195	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3196			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
3197			info.
3198
3199	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3200			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3201			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3202			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3203			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3204			interrupts *may* be lost!
3205
3206	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3207			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3208			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3209			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3210
3211	oprofile.timer=	[HW]
3212			Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
3213
3214	oprofile.cpu_type=	Force an oprofile cpu type
3215			This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
3216			userland or if you want common events.
3217			Format: { arch_perfmon }
3218			arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
3219				perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
3220				CPU specific event set.
3221			timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
3222				timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
3223				for generic hr timer mode)
3224
3225	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3226			process, but there is a small probability of
3227			deadlocking the machine.
3228			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3229			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3230
3231	page_alloc.shuffle=
3232			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3233			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3234			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3235			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3236			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3237			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3238			can be read from sysfs at:
3239			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3240
3241	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3242			Storage of the information about who allocated
3243			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3244			we can turn it on.
3245			on: enable the feature
3246
3247	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3248			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3249			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3250			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3251			on: turn on poisoning
3252
3253	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3254			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3255			timeout = 0: wait forever
3256			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3257			Format: <timeout>
3258
3259	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3260			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3261			bit 0: print all tasks info
3262			bit 1: print system memory info
3263			bit 2: print timer info
3264			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3265			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3266			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3267
3268	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3269			on a WARN().
3270
3271	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
3272			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
3273			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
3274			succeeds in any situation.
3275			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
3276			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
3277			kernel more unstable.
3278
3279	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3280			connected to, default is 0.
3281			Format: <parport#>
3282	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3283			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3284			Format: <mode>
3285
3286	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3287			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3288			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3289			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3290			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3291			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3292			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3293			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3294			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3295			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3296			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3297			are specified on the command line, starting
3298			with parport0.
3299
3300	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
3301			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3302			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3303			computer where firmware has no options for setting
3304			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3305			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3306			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3307
3308	pause_on_oops=
3309			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
3310			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
3311			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
3312
3313	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
3314
3315	pcd.		[PARIDE]
3316			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
3317			See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3318
3319	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
3320
3321				Some options herein operate on a specific device
3322				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
3323				specified in one of the following formats:
3324
3325				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
3326				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
3327
3328				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
3329				bus/device/function address which may change
3330				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
3331				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
3332				by other kernel parameters. If the
3333				domain is left unspecified, it is
3334				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
3335				to a device through multiple device/function
3336				addresses can be specified after the base
3337				address (this is more robust against
3338				renumbering issues).  The second format
3339				selects devices using IDs from the
3340				configuration space which may match multiple
3341				devices in the system.
3342
3343		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
3344				changes anything
3345		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
3346		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
3347				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
3348				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
3349		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
3350				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
3351				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
3352				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
3353		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3354				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
3355				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
3356		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3357				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
3358				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
3359				bus number. The config space is then accessed
3360				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
3361				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
3362				on the configuration access mechanisms.
3363		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
3364				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3365				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
3366		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
3367				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
3368		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
3369				Configuration
3370		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
3371				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
3372				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
3373		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
3374				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3375				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
3376		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
3377				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
3378				should never be necessary.
3379		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
3380				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
3381				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
3382				when the system masks IRQs.
3383		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
3384				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
3385				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
3386				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
3387		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
3388				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
3389				on several machines and they hang the machine
3390				when used, but on other computers it's the only
3391				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
3392				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
3393				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
3394				motherboard.
3395		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
3396				Use with caution as certain devices share
3397				address decoders between ROMs and other
3398				resources.
3399		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
3400				expansion ROMs that do not already have
3401				BIOS assigned address ranges.
3402		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
3403				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
3404		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
3405				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
3406				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
3407				this way.
3408		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
3409				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
3410				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
3411				F0000h-100000h range.
3412		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3413				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3414				secondary buses and you want to tell it
3415				explicitly which ones they are.
3416		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3417				numbers ourselves, overriding
3418				whatever the firmware may have done.
3419		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3420				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3421				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3422				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3423				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3424				IRQ routing is enabled.
3425		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3426				or for PCI scanning.
3427		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3428				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3429				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
3430				please report a bug.
3431		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3432				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3433		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3434				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3435				so this option is a temporary workaround
3436				for broken drivers that don't call it.
3437		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3438				handle more pci cards
3439		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3440				This might help on some broken boards which
3441				machine check when some devices' config space
3442				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3443				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3444		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3445				This sorting is done to get a device
3446				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3447		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3448		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3449				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3450		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3451				supported by all devices below the root complex.
3452		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3453				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3454				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3455				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3456				or bus can support) for best performance.
3457		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3458				every device is guaranteed to support. This
3459				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3460				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3461				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
3462				that hot-added devices will work.
3463		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3464				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3465				The default value is 256 bytes.
3466		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3467				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3468				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3469		resource_alignment=
3470				Format:
3471				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
3472				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3473				aligned memory resources. How to
3474				specify the device is described above.
3475				If <order of align> is not specified,
3476				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3477				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
3478				windows need to be expanded.
3479				To specify the alignment for several
3480				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3481				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3482				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3483				for 4096-byte alignment.
3484		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3485				end-to-end CRC checking).
3486				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3487				the default.
3488				off: Turn ECRC off
3489				on: Turn ECRC on.
3490		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3491				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3492				Default size is 256 bytes.
3493		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3494				reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window.
3495				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3496		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3497				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3498				Default is 1.
3499		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3500				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3501				accommodate resources required by all child
3502				devices.
3503				off: Turn realloc off
3504				on: Turn realloc on
3505		realloc		same as realloc=on
3506		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
3507		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
3508				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
3509		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
3510				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3511				port.
3512		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
3513				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
3514				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
3515				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
3516				conflict with unreported devices), so this
3517				taints the kernel.
3518		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
3519				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
3520				specified above) separated by semicolons.
3521				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
3522				redirect capabilities forced off which will
3523				allow P2P traffic between devices through
3524				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
3525				this removes isolation between devices and
3526				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
3527		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
3528		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
3529
3530	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3531			Management.
3532		off	Disable ASPM.
3533		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3534			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3535
3536	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
3537		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
3538			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
3539			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
3540			also tries to use these services.
3541		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
3542			hotplug).
3543
3544	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3545		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3546		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3547
3548	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3549		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3550			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3551
3552	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3553
3554	pd_ignore_unused
3555			[PM]
3556			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3557			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3558			for debug and development, but should not be
3559			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3560
3561	pd.		[PARIDE]
3562			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3563
3564	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
3565			boot time.
3566			Format: { 0 | 1 }
3567			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
3568
3569	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
3570			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
3571			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
3572			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
3573			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
3574			and performance comparison.
3575
3576	pf.		[PARIDE]
3577			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3578
3579	pg.		[PARIDE]
3580			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3581
3582	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
3583			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
3584
3585	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
3586			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
3587			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
3588
3589	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
3590			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
3591			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
3592
3593	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
3594			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
3595			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
3596			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
3597			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
3598			possible settings and some assignment information.
3599
3600	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
3601			{ off }
3602
3603	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
3604			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
3605
3606	pnp_reserve_irq=
3607			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
3608
3609	pnp_reserve_dma=
3610			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
3611
3612	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
3613			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
3614
3615	pnp_reserve_mem=
3616			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
3617			autoconfiguration.
3618			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
3619
3620	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
3621			Default is 21.
3622			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
3623			may be specified.
3624			Format: <port>,<port>....
3625
3626	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
3627			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
3628			platform machine description specific power_save
3629			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
3630			execution priority.
3631
3632	ppc_strict_facility_enable
3633			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
3634			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
3635			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
3636			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
3637
3638	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
3639			Format: {"off"}
3640			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
3641
3642	print-fatal-signals=
3643			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
3644
3645			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
3646			related application anomalies: too many signals,
3647			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
3648			coredump - etc.
3649
3650			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
3651			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
3652
3653			default: off.
3654
3655	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
3656			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
3657			panics
3658			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3659			default: disabled
3660
3661	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
3662			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
3663			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
3664			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
3665			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
3666			Default: ratelimit
3667
3668	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
3669			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3670
3671	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
3672			Limit processor to maximum C-state
3673			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
3674
3675	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
3676			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
3677			instead using the legacy FADT method
3678
3679	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
3680			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
3681			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
3682				[defaults to kernel profiling]
3683			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
3684			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
3685				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
3686			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
3687			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
3688				statistical time based profiling.
3689
3690	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
3691			before loading.
3692			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
3693
3694	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
3695			tracking.
3696			Format: <bool>
3697
3698	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
3699			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
3700	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
3701			per second.
3702	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
3703			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
3704			(0 = never).
3705	psmouse.resolution=
3706			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
3707	psmouse.smartscroll=
3708			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
3709			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
3710
3711	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
3712
3713	pt.		[PARIDE]
3714			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3715
3716	pti=		[X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
3717			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
3718			removes hardening, but improves performance of
3719			system calls and interrupts.
3720
3721			on   - unconditionally enable
3722			off  - unconditionally disable
3723			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
3724			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
3725
3726			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
3727
3728	nopti		[X86_64]
3729			Equivalent to pti=off
3730
3731	pty.legacy_count=
3732			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
3733			default number.
3734
3735	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
3736
3737	r128=		[HW,DRM]
3738
3739	raid=		[HW,RAID]
3740			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3741
3742	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
3743			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
3744
3745	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
3746			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
3747			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
3748			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
3749			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
3750
3751	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
3752
3753		cec_disable	[X86]
3754				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
3755				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
3756
3757	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
3758			The argument is a cpu list, as described above,
3759			except that the string "all" can be used to
3760			specify every CPU on the system.
3761
3762			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
3763			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
3764			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be
3765			offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that
3766			purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and
3767			"s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number.
3768			This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs,
3769			which can be useful for HPC and real-time
3770			workloads.  It can also improve energy efficiency
3771			for asymmetric multiprocessors.
3772
3773	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
3774			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
3775			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
3776			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
3777			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
3778			This improves the real-time response for the
3779			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
3780			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
3781			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
3782			periodically wake up to do the polling.
3783
3784	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
3785			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
3786			process in one batch.
3787
3788	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
3789			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
3790			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
3791			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
3792
3793	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
3794			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3795			RCU grace-period cleanup.
3796
3797	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
3798			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3799			RCU grace-period initialization.
3800
3801	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
3802			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3803			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
3804			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
3805			the rcu_node combining tree.
3806
3807	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
3808			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
3809			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
3810			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
3811			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
3812
3813	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
3814			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
3815			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
3816			possibly be useful for architectures having high
3817			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
3818
3819	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
3820			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
3821			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
3822			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
3823			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
3824			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
3825			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
3826
3827	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
3828			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
3829			first attempt to force quiescent states.
3830			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
3831			and maximum value is HZ.
3832
3833	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
3834			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
3835			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
3836			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
3837
3838	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
3839			Set required age in jiffies for a
3840			given grace period before RCU starts
3841			soliciting quiescent-state help from
3842			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
3843			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
3844			a value based on the most recent settings
3845			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
3846			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
3847			This calculated value may be viewed in
3848			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
3849			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
3850			overwritten.
3851
3852	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
3853			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
3854			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
3855			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
3856			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
3857			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
3858			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
3859			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
3860			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
3861			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
3862
3863	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
3864			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
3865			each group, which defaults to the square root
3866			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
3867			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
3868			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
3869			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
3870
3871	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
3872			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
3873			batch limiting is disabled.
3874
3875	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
3876			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
3877			batch limiting is re-enabled.
3878
3879	rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
3880			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3881			RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3882
3883	rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL]
3884			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3885			only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3886			Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
3887			prove do nothing more than free memory.
3888
3889	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
3890			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
3891			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
3892			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
3893			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
3894			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
3895
3896	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
3897			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
3898			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
3899			why a new grace period has not yet started.
3900
3901	rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL]
3902			Measure performance of asynchronous
3903			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
3904
3905	rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL]
3906			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
3907			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
3908			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
3909			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
3910			previously posted callbacks to drain.
3911
3912	rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
3913			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
3914			grace-period primitives.
3915
3916	rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL]
3917			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
3918			this parameter is to delay the start of the
3919			test until boot completes in order to avoid
3920			interference.
3921
3922	rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
3923			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3924			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3925			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
3926			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3927			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3928			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
3929			a single reader.
3930
3931	rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL]
3932			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
3933			the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
3934			N, where N is the number of CPUs
3935
3936	rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
3937			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3938
3939	rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL]
3940			Shut the system down after performance tests
3941			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
3942			testing.
3943
3944	rcuperf.verbose= [KNL]
3945			Enable additional printk() statements.
3946
3947	rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
3948			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
3949			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
3950			no holdoff.
3951
3952	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
3953			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
3954			in microseconds.
3955
3956	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
3957			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
3958			in microseconds.
3959
3960	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
3961			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
3962			in seconds.
3963
3964	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
3965			Enable RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
3966			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
3967
3968	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
3969			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
3970			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
3971
3972	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
3973			Number of seconds to wait between successive
3974			forward-progress tests.
3975
3976	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
3977			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
3978			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
3979			testing.
3980
3981	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
3982			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
3983			primitives, if available.
3984
3985	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
3986			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
3987
3988	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
3989			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
3990			update-side primitives, if available.
3991
3992	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
3993			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
3994			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
3995			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
3996			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
3997			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
3998			they are all non-zero.
3999
4000	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
4001			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
4002
4003	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
4004			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
4005			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
4006			test, hence the "fake".
4007
4008	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
4009			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4010			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4011			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
4012			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4013			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4014
4015	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
4016			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
4017
4018	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4019			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
4020
4021	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4022			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
4023			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
4024
4025	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
4026			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
4027			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
4028			during the rcutorture test.
4029
4030	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
4031			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
4032			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
4033
4034	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
4035			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
4036			warnings, zero to disable.
4037
4038	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
4039			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
4040
4041	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
4042			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
4043
4044	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
4045			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
4046
4047	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
4048			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
4049			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
4050			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
4051			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
4052
4053	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
4054			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
4055			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
4056			under test support RCU priority boosting.
4057
4058	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
4059			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
4060
4061	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
4062			Interval (s) between each boost test.
4063
4064	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
4065			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
4066			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
4067
4068	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
4069			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4070
4071	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
4072			Enable additional printk() statements.
4073
4074	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
4075			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
4076			stall warning.
4077
4078	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
4079			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4080
4081	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4082			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4083
4084	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
4085			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
4086			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
4087			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
4088			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
4089			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
4090			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4091
4092	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
4093			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
4094			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
4095			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
4096			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
4097			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
4098			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
4099			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
4100			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4101
4102	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
4103			Once boot has completed (that is, after
4104			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
4105			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
4106			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4107
4108	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4109			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
4110			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
4111			to zero.
4112
4113	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
4114			Run the RCU early boot self tests
4115
4116	rdinit=		[KNL]
4117			Format: <full_path>
4118			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
4119			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
4120
4121	rdrand=		[X86]
4122			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
4123				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
4124				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
4125				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
4126				path).
4127
4128	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
4129			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
4130			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
4131			mba.
4132			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
4133				rdt=cmt,!mba
4134
4135	reboot=		[KNL]
4136			Format (x86 or x86_64):
4137				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
4138				[[,]s[mp]#### \
4139				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
4140				[[,]f[orce]
4141			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
4142					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
4143					reboot only),
4144			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
4145			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
4146			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
4147					to be used for rebooting.
4148
4149	relax_domain_level=
4150			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
4151			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
4152
4153	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
4154			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
4155			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
4156			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
4157			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
4158
4159	reservetop=	[X86-32]
4160			Format: nn[KMG]
4161			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
4162			address space.
4163
4164	reservelow=	[X86]
4165			Format: nn[K]
4166			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
4167			the bottom of the address space.
4168
4169	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
4170			during initialization.
4171
4172	resume=		[SWSUSP]
4173			Specify the partition device for software suspend
4174			Format:
4175			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
4176
4177	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
4178			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
4179			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
4180			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
4181			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
4182
4183	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4184			read the resume files
4185
4186	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
4187			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4188			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4189
4190	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
4191		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
4192				present during boot.
4193		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
4194		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
4195		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
4196				(that will set all pages holding image data
4197				during restoration read-only).
4198
4199	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
4200
4201	rfkill.default_state=
4202		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
4203			etc. communication is blocked by default.
4204		1	Unblocked.
4205
4206	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
4207		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
4208		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4209			blocked and the previous configuration.
4210		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4211			blocked and everything unblocked.
4212
4213	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4214			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
4215
4216	ring3mwait=disable
4217			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
4218			CPUs.
4219
4220	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
4221
4222	rodata=		[KNL]
4223		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
4224		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
4225
4226	rockchip.usb_uart
4227			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
4228			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
4229			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
4230			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
4231
4232	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
4233			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
4234
4235	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4236			mount the root filesystem
4237
4238	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
4239
4240	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
4241
4242	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
4243			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4244			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4245
4246	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
4247			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
4248			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
4249			managed by CMA.
4250
4251	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
4252
4253	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
4254
4255	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
4256			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
4257		strict
4258			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
4259			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
4260			which is faster.
4261
4262	sa1100ir	[NET]
4263			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
4264
4265	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
4266
4267	sched_debug	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
4268
4269	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
4270			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
4271			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
4272			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
4273
4274	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
4275			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
4276			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
4277			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4278			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
4279			1 -- enable.
4280			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
4281			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
4282
4283	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
4284			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
4285			"lsm=" parameter.
4286
4287	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
4288			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4289			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
4290			0 -- disable.
4291			1 -- enable.
4292			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4293			If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
4294			later to disable prior to initial policy load.
4295
4296	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
4297			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4298			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
4299			0 -- disable.
4300			1 -- enable.
4301			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4302
4303	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
4304
4305	shapers=	[NET]
4306			Maximal number of shapers.
4307
4308	simeth=		[IA-64]
4309	simscsi=
4310
4311	slram=		[HW,MTD]
4312
4313	slab_nomerge	[MM]
4314			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
4315			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
4316			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
4317			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
4318			layout control by attackers can usually be
4319			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
4320			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
4321			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
4322			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
4323			own.
4324			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4325
4326	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
4327			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4328			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4329			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
4330			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
4331
4332	slub_debug[=options[,slabs]]	[MM, SLUB]
4333			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
4334			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
4335			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
4336			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
4337			last alloc / free. For more information see
4338			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4339
4340	slub_memcg_sysfs=	[MM, SLUB]
4341			Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for
4342			memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
4343			The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.
4344			Enabling this can lead to a very high number of	debug
4345			directories and files being created under
4346			/sys/kernel/slub.
4347
4348	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
4349			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4350			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4351			fragmentation. For more information see
4352			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4353
4354	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
4355			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
4356			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
4357			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
4358			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
4359			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
4360			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
4361			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4362
4363	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
4364			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
4365			lower than slub_max_order.
4366			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4367
4368	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
4369			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
4370			See slab_nomerge for more information.
4371
4372	smart2=		[HW]
4373			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
4374
4375	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
4376	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
4377	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
4378	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
4379	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
4380	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
4381	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
4382				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
4383				1: Fast pin select (default)
4384				2: ATC IRMode
4385
4386	smt		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
4387			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
4388			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
4389			actual hardware limit.
4390			Format: <integer>
4391			Default: -1 (no limit)
4392
4393	softlockup_panic=
4394			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
4395			Format: <integer>
4396
4397			A nonzero value instructs the soft-lockup detector
4398			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. This
4399			is also controlled by CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
4400			which is the respective build-time switch to that
4401			functionality.
4402
4403	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
4404			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
4405			backtraces on all cpus.
4406			Format: <integer>
4407
4408	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
4409			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
4410
4411	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
4412			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
4413			The default operation protects the kernel from
4414			user space attacks.
4415
4416			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
4417			       spectre_v2_user=on
4418			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
4419			       spectre_v2_user=off
4420			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4421			       vulnerable
4422
4423			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
4424			mitigation method at run time according to the
4425			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
4426			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
4427			compiler with which the kernel was built.
4428
4429			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
4430			against user space to user space task attacks.
4431
4432			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
4433			the user space protections.
4434
4435			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
4436
4437			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
4438			retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline
4439			retpoline,amd     - AMD-specific minimal thunk
4440
4441			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4442			spectre_v2=auto.
4443
4444	spectre_v2_user=
4445			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
4446		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
4447		        user space tasks
4448
4449			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
4450				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
4451
4452			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
4453				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
4454
4455			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
4456				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
4457				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
4458				  is inherited on fork.
4459
4460			prctl,ibpb
4461				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
4462				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
4463				  always when switching between different user
4464				  space processes.
4465
4466			seccomp
4467				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
4468				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
4469				  they explicitly opt out.
4470
4471			seccomp,ibpb
4472				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
4473				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
4474				  always when switching between different
4475				  user space processes.
4476
4477			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
4478				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
4479
4480			Default mitigation:
4481			If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y then "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4482
4483			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4484			spectre_v2_user=auto.
4485
4486	spec_store_bypass_disable=
4487			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
4488			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
4489
4490			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
4491			a common industry wide performance optimization known
4492			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
4493			to the same memory location may not be observed by
4494			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
4495			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
4496			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
4497			end of a particular speculation execution window.
4498
4499			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
4500			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
4501			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
4502			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
4503
4504			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
4505			Bypass optimization is used.
4506
4507			On x86 the options are:
4508
4509			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
4510			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
4511			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
4512				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
4513				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
4514				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
4515				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
4516				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
4517			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
4518				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
4519				  for a process by default. The state of the control
4520				  is inherited on fork.
4521			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
4522				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
4523
4524			Default mitigations:
4525			X86:	If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4526
4527			On powerpc the options are:
4528
4529			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
4530				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
4531				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
4532				  exit.
4533			off	- No action.
4534
4535			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4536			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
4537
4538	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
4539	spia_fio_base=
4540	spia_pedr=
4541	spia_peddr=
4542
4543	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
4544			Specifies how frequently to check for
4545			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
4546			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
4547			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
4548			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
4549			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
4550			are ignored.
4551
4552	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
4553			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
4554			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
4555			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
4556			grace period will be considered for automatic
4557			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
4558			expediting.
4559
4560	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
4561			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
4562
4563			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
4564			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
4565			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
4566			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
4567
4568			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
4569				   for both kernel and userspace
4570			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
4571				   for both kernel and userspace
4572			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
4573				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
4574				   to allow userspace to register its
4575				   interest in being mitigated too.
4576
4577	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
4578			override the default stack gap protection. The value
4579			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
4580			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
4581			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
4582			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
4583
4584	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
4585			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
4586
4587	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
4588			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
4589			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
4590			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
4591			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
4592			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
4593			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
4594
4595	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
4596			Format: <num>
4597			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
4598			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
4599			as the initial boot-console.
4600			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4601
4602	sti_font=	[HW]
4603			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4604
4605	stifb=		[HW]
4606			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
4607
4608	sunrpc.min_resvport=
4609	sunrpc.max_resvport=
4610			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4611			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
4612			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
4613			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
4614			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
4615			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
4616			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
4617			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
4618			maximum port values.
4619
4620	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
4621			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4622			Limit the number of requests that the server will
4623			process in parallel from a single connection.
4624			The default value is 0 (no limit).
4625
4626	sunrpc.pool_mode=
4627			[NFS]
4628			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
4629			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
4630			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
4631			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
4632			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
4633			NFS server is running.
4634
4635			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
4636				    automatically using heuristics
4637			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
4638			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
4639			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
4640				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
4641
4642	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
4643	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
4644			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4645			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
4646			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
4647			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
4648			improve throughput, but will also increase the
4649			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
4650
4651	suspend.pm_test_delay=
4652			[SUSPEND]
4653			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
4654			mode before resuming the system (see
4655			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
4656			is set. Default value is 5.
4657
4658	svm=		[PPC]
4659			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
4660			This parameter controls use of the Protected
4661			Execution Facility on pSeries.
4662
4663	swapaccount=[0|1]
4664			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
4665			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
4666			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst)
4667
4668	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
4669			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
4670			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
4671			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
4672			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
4673			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
4674
4675	switches=	[HW,M68k]
4676
4677	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
4678			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
4679			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
4680			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
4681			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
4682			in older udev will not work anymore.
4683			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
4684			the kernel configuration.
4685
4686	sysrq_always_enabled
4687			[KNL]
4688			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
4689			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
4690			Useful for debugging.
4691
4692	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4693			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
4694			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
4695			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
4696			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
4697			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
4698
4699	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
4700
4701	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
4702			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
4703			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
4704			as the system sleep state during system startup with
4705			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
4706			The system is woken from this state using a
4707			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
4708
4709	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4710			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
4711
4712	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
4713			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
4714			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
4715
4716	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
4717			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
4718			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
4719
4720	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
4721			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
4722			critical and hot trip points.
4723
4724	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
4725			1: disable ACPI thermal control
4726
4727	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
4728			-1: disable all passive trip points
4729			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
4730			value
4731
4732	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
4733			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
4734			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
4735			0: no polling (default)
4736
4737	threadirqs	[KNL]
4738			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
4739			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
4740
4741	topology=	[S390]
4742			Format: {off | on}
4743			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
4744			topology information if the hardware supports this.
4745			The scheduler will make use of this information and
4746			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
4747			Default is on.
4748
4749	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
4750			Format: {off}
4751			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
4752			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
4753			LPAR.
4754
4755	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
4756
4757	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
4758			Format: integer pcr id
4759			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
4760			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
4761			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
4762			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
4763			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
4764			are saved.
4765
4766	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
4767			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
4768
4769	trace_event=[event-list]
4770			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
4771			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
4772			comma separated list of trace events to enable. See
4773			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
4774
4775	trace_options=[option-list]
4776			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
4777			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
4778			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
4779			to echo the option name into
4780
4781			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
4782
4783			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
4784			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
4785
4786			      trace_options=stacktrace
4787
4788			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
4789			section.
4790
4791	tp_printk[FTRACE]
4792			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
4793			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
4794			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
4795			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
4796			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
4797
4798			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
4799			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
4800			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
4801			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
4802
4803			** CAUTION **
4804
4805			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
4806			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
4807			the system to live lock.
4808
4809	traceoff_on_warning
4810			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
4811			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
4812			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
4813			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
4814
4815			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
4816			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
4817			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
4818
4819			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
4820			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
4821
4822	transparent_hugepage=
4823			[KNL]
4824			Format: [always|madvise|never]
4825			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
4826			with respect to transparent hugepages.
4827			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
4828			for more details.
4829
4830	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
4831			Format: <string>
4832			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
4833			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
4834			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
4835			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
4836			virtualized environment.
4837			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
4838			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
4839			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
4840			can add overhead.
4841			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
4842			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
4843			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
4844			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
4845			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
4846			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
4847			acceptable).
4848
4849	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
4850			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
4851			Format:
4852			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
4853			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
4854
4855	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
4856			happen after console_init() and before a proper
4857			console driver takes over, this boot options might
4858			help "seeing" what's going on.
4859
4860	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4861			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
4862
4863	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
4864			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
4865			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
4866			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
4867			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
4868			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
4869			reported either.
4870
4871	unknown_nmi_panic
4872			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
4873
4874	usbcore.authorized_default=
4875			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
4876			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
4877			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
4878			if device connected to internal port)
4879
4880	usbcore.autosuspend=
4881			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
4882			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
4883			is the time required before an idle device will be
4884			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
4885			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
4886
4887	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
4888			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
4889
4890	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
4891			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
4892			(default = 65536).
4893
4894	usbcore.blinkenlights=
4895			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
4896
4897	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
4898			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
4899			scheme,  applies only to low and full-speed devices
4900			 (default 0 = off).
4901
4902	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
4903			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
4904			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
4905
4906	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
4907			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
4908			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
4909
4910	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
4911			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
4912			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
4913			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
4914
4915	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
4916
4917	usbcore.quirks=
4918			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
4919			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
4920			commas. Each entry has the form
4921			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
4922			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
4923			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
4924			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
4925			the following meanings:
4926				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
4927					descriptors must not be fetched using
4928					a 255-byte read);
4929				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
4930					correctly so reset it instead);
4931				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
4932					Set-Interface requests);
4933				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
4934					handle its Configuration or Interface
4935					strings);
4936				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
4937					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
4938				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
4939					more interface descriptions than the
4940					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
4941					talking to these interfaces);
4942				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
4943					during initialization, after we read
4944					the device descriptor);
4945				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
4946					high speed and super speed interrupt
4947					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
4948					require the interval in microframes (1
4949					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
4950					calculated as interval = 2 ^
4951					(bInterval-1).
4952					Devices with this quirk report their
4953					bInterval as the result of this
4954					calculation instead of the exponent
4955					variable used in the calculation);
4956				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
4957					handle device_qualifier descriptor
4958					requests);
4959				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
4960					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
4961					remote wakeup capability);
4962				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
4963					Power Management);
4964				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
4965					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
4966					frames instead of the USB 2.0
4967					calculation);
4968				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
4969					to be disconnected before suspend to
4970					prevent spurious wakeup);
4971				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
4972					pause after every control message);
4973				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
4974					delay after resetting its port);
4975			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
4976
4977	usbhid.mousepoll=
4978			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
4979
4980	usbhid.jspoll=
4981			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
4982
4983	usbhid.kbpoll=
4984			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
4985
4986	usb-storage.delay_use=
4987			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
4988			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
4989
4990	usb-storage.quirks=
4991			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
4992			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
4993			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
4994			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
4995			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
4996			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
4997			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
4998				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
4999					of sense data);
5000				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
5001					bytes of sense data);
5002				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
5003					device capacity by one sector);
5004				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
5005					READ_DISC_INFO command);
5006				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
5007					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
5008				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
5009					command, uas only);
5010				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
5011					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
5012				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
5013					reported device capacity by one
5014					sector if the number is odd);
5015				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
5016					device);
5017				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
5018					command, uas only);
5019				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
5020					unlock ejectable media);
5021				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
5022					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
5023				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
5024					initial READ(10) command);
5025				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
5026					reported by the device);
5027				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
5028					by default);
5029				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
5030					bogus residue values);
5031				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
5032					Logical Unit);
5033				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
5034					commands, uas only);
5035				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
5036				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
5037					medium is write-protected).
5038				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
5039					even if the device claims no cache)
5040			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
5041
5042	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
5043			Format: <int>
5044			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
5045				 1 - undefined instruction events
5046				 2 - system calls
5047				 4 - invalid data aborts
5048				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
5049				16 - SIGBUS faults
5050			Example: user_debug=31
5051
5052	userpte=
5053			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
5054
5055				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
5056					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
5057					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
5058
5059	vdso=		[X86,SH]
5060			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
5061
5062			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
5063			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
5064
5065	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
5066			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
5067			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
5068
5069			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
5070			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
5071			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
5072
5073			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
5074			alias for vdso32=0.
5075
5076			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
5077			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
5078
5079	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
5080			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
5081
5082	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
5083			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
5084
5085	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
5086			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
5087			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
5088			level and then send out the event to user space through
5089			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
5090			will only send out the event without touching backlight
5091			brightness level.
5092			default: 1
5093
5094	virtio_mmio.device=
5095			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
5096
5097				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
5098			where:
5099				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
5100						like K, M and G)
5101				<baseaddr> := physical base address
5102				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
5103						request_irq())
5104				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
5105			example:
5106				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
5107
5108			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
5109
5110	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
5111			See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
5112			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
5113			Use vga=ask for menu.
5114			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
5115			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
5116
5117	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
5118			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
5119			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
5120			All options are enabled by default, and this
5121			interface is meant to allow for selectively
5122			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
5123			debugging features.
5124
5125			Available options are:
5126			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
5127			  -	Disable all of the above options
5128
5129	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
5130			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
5131			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
5132			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
5133			mapped kernel RAM.
5134
5135	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
5136			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
5137			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
5138
5139	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
5140			Format: <command>
5141
5142	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
5143			Format: <command>
5144
5145	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
5146			Format: <command>
5147
5148	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
5149			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
5150			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
5151			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
5152			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
5153			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
5154			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
5155
5156			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
5157			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
5158				    page is readable.
5159
5160			xonly       Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
5161			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
5162				    page is not readable.
5163
5164			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
5165			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
5166			            might break your system.
5167
5168	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
5169			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
5170			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
5171
5172	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
5173			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
5174			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
5175			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
5176
5177	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
5178			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
5179			Change the default blue palette of the console.
5180			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5181			ranging from 0-255.
5182
5183	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
5184			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
5185			Change the default green palette of the console.
5186			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5187			ranging from 0-255.
5188
5189	vt.default_red=	[VT]
5190			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
5191			Change the default red palette of the console.
5192			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5193			ranging from 0-255.
5194
5195	vt.default_utf8=
5196			[VT]
5197			Format=<0|1>
5198			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
5199			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
5200			newly opened terminals.
5201
5202	vt.global_cursor_default=
5203			[VT]
5204			Format=<-1|0|1>
5205			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
5206			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
5207			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
5208			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
5209			cursors, 1 will display them.
5210
5211	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
5212			Default: 2 = green.
5213
5214	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
5215			Default: 3 = cyan.
5216
5217	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
5218			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
5219			or other driver-specific files in the
5220			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
5221
5222	watchdog_thresh=
5223			[KNL]
5224			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
5225			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
5226			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
5227			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
5228			seconds.
5229
5230	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
5231			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
5232			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
5233			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
5234			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
5235			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
5236			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
5237			corresponding sysfs file.
5238
5239	workqueue.disable_numa
5240			By default, all work items queued to unbound
5241			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
5242			issued on, which results in better behavior in
5243			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
5244			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
5245			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
5246			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
5247
5248	workqueue.power_efficient
5249			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
5250			they show better performance thanks to cache
5251			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
5252			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
5253
5254			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
5255			were observed to contribute significantly to power
5256			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
5257			power usage at the cost of small performance
5258			overhead.
5259
5260			The default value of this parameter is determined by
5261			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
5262
5263	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
5264			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
5265			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
5266			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
5267			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
5268			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
5269			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
5270			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
5271			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
5272			impacted.
5273
5274	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
5275			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
5276			supporting x2apic.
5277
5278	x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
5279			Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform.
5280			Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
5281			plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
5282			x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
5283
5284	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
5285			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
5286			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
5287			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
5288			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
5289			domains.
5290
5291	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
5292			Unplug Xen emulated devices
5293			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
5294			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
5295			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
5296			nics -- unplug network devices
5297			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
5298			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
5299				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
5300				the unplug protocol
5301			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
5302
5303	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
5304			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
5305			panic() code such as dumping handler.
5306
5307	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
5308			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
5309			optimizations.
5310
5311	xen_nopv	[X86]
5312			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
5313			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
5314			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
5315			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
5316
5317	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
5318			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
5319			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
5320			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
5321			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
5322
5323	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
5324			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
5325			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
5326			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
5327			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
5328			more timer interrupts.
5329
5330	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
5331			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
5332			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
5333			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
5334
5335	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
5336			Format:
5337			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
5338
5339	xive=		[PPC]
5340			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
5341			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
5342			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
5343
5344			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
5345				  controller on both pseries and powernv
5346				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
5347
5348	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
5349			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
5350			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
5351			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
5352
5353	xmon		[PPC]
5354			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
5355			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
5356			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
5357			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
5358				debugger is called from setup_arch().
5359			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
5360				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
5361				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
5362				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
5363			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
5364				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
5365				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
5366				can be written using xmon commands.
5367			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
5368				memory, and other data can't be written using
5369				xmon commands.
5370			off	xmon is disabled.
5371