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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			{ vendor | video | native | none }
26			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
27			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
28			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
29			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
30			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
31			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
32
33	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
34			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
35			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
36			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
37			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
38
39	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
40			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
41			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
42			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
43			This option is useful for developers to identify the
44			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
45			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
46
47	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
48	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
49			Format: <int>
50			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
51			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
52			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
53			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
54			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
55			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
56			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
57			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
58			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
59			debug layers and levels.
60
61			Enable processor driver info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
140			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
141			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
142
143	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
144			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
145			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
146			second kernel for kdump.
147
148	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
149			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
150
151	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
152			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
153			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
154			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
155			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
156
157	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
158			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
159			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
160			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
161			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
162						  strings
163			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
164						  strings
165			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
166
167			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
168			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
169			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
170			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
171			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
172			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
173			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
174			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
175			care about the state of the feature group strings which
176			should be controlled by the OSPM.
177			Examples:
178			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
179			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
180			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
181
182			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
183			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
184			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
185			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
186			multiple times through kernel command line is also
187			meaningless.
188			Examples:
189			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
190			     FALSE.
191
192			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
193			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
194			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
195			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
196			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
197			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
198			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
199			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
200			is useful when one want to control the state of the
201			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
202			the OSPM features.
203			Examples:
204			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
205			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
206			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
207			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
208			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
209			     equivalent to
210			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
211			     and
212			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
213			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
214
215	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
216			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
217			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
218			and always returns good values.
219
220	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
221			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
222
223	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
224			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
225			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
226
227	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
228			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
229				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
230				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
231			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
232			s3_bios and s3_mode.
233			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
234			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
235			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
236			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
237			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
238			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
239			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
240			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
241			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
242			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
243			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
244			used (or even warned about) during resume.
245			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
246			control method, with respect to putting devices into
247			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
248			of _PTS is used by default).
249			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
250			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
251			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
252			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
253			but some broken systems don't work without it).
254			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
255			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
256			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
257
258	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
259			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
260			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
261
262	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
263			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
264
265	agp=		[AGP]
266			{ off | try_unsupported }
267			off: disable AGP support
268			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
269				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
270
271	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
272			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
273
274	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
275			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
276			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
277			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
278
279	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
280			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
281			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
282			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
283			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
284			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
285			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
286
287			32: only for 32-bit processes
288			64: only for 64-bit processes
289			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
290			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
291
292	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
293			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
294			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
295			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
296			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
297			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
298
299	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64]
300			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
301			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
302			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
303			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
304			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
305			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
306
307			See Documentation/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
308			information.
309
310	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
311			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
312			Possible values are:
313			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
314			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
315				    the system
316			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
317					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
318					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
319					  requirements as needed. This option
320					  does not override iommu=pt
321			force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
322				       to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
323				       option with care.
324
325	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
326			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
327			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
328			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
329			IOMMU initialization.
330
331	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
332			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
333			remapping modes:
334			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
335			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
336			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
337			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
338			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
339
340	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
341			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
342			Format: <a>,<b>
343			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
344
345	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
346			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
347			connected to one of 16 gameports
348			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
349
350	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
351			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
352			Format: noidle
353			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
354			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
355			APC and your system crashes randomly.
356
357	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
358			Change the output verbosity while booting
359			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
360			Change the amount of debugging information output
361			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
362			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
363			driver name.
364			Format: apic=driver_name
365			Examples: apic=bigsmp
366
367	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
368			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
369			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
370			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
371			      backup of CPU 0
372			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
373			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
374			      shot down by NMI
375
376	autoconf=	[IPV6]
377			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
378
379	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
380			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
381			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
382			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
383			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
384			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
385			apic=verbose is specified.
386			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
387
388	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
389			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
390
391	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
392			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
393
394	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
395			Identification support
396
397	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
398			support
399
400	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
401			support
402
403	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
404			Extension support
405
406	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
407			Extension support
408
409	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
410
411	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
412
413	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
414			EzKey and similar keyboards
415
416	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
417
418	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
419			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
420
421	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
422			keyboards
423
424	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
425			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
426
427	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
428			Use software keyboard repeat
429
430	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
431			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
432			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
433			    enabled until the next reboot
434			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
435			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
436			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
437			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
438			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
439			    userspace auditd.
440			Default: unset
441
442	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
443			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
444			Default: 64
445
446	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
447			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
448			Format: { "0" | "1" }
449			0 - Disable the BAU.
450			1 - Enable the BAU.
451			unset - Disable the BAU.
452
453	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
454			Format: <io>,<mode>
455
456	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
457			Format: <io>,<mode>
458			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
459
460	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
461			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
462			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
463			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
464
465	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
466			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
467			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
468			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
469
470	bert_disable	[ACPI]
471			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
472
473	bgrt_disable	[ACPI][X86]
474			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
475
476	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
477			embedded devices based on command line input.
478			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
479
480	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
481			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
482			no delay (0).
483			Format: integer
484
485	bootconfig	[KNL]
486			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
487			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
488
489			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
490
491	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
492	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
493			kernel args too.
494	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
495	bttv.tuner=
496
497	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
498			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
499			at a time.
500
501	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
502
503	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
504			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
505			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
506			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
507			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
508			This option provides an override for these situations.
509
510	carrier_timeout=
511			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
512			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
513			it waits 120 seconds.
514
515	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
516			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
517			trust validation.
518			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
519
520	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
521			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
522			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
523			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
524			others).
525
526	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
527			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
528
529	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
530			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
531			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
532			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
533			  a single hierarchy
534			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
535			  subsystem
536			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
537			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
538			  created
539			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
540			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
541			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
542			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
543			stall information accounting feature
544
545	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
546			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
547			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
548			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
549			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
550			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
551			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
552			all v1 hierarchies.
553
554	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
555			Format: <string>
556			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
557			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
558
559	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
560			Format: { "0" | "1" }
561			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
562			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
563				any implied execute protection).
564			1 -- check protection requested by application.
565			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
566			Value can be changed at runtime via
567				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
568			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
569
570	cio_ignore=	[S390]
571			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
572
573	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
574			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
575			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
576			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
577			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
578			ones should be.
579			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
580			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
581			instability issue. However, not all features have names
582			in /proc/cpuinfo.
583			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
584			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
585			or using the feature without checking anything
586			will still see it. This just prevents it from
587			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
588			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
589			some critical bits.
590
591	clk_ignore_unused
592			[CLK]
593			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
594			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
595			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
596			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
597			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
598			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
599			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
600			platform with proper driver support.  For more
601			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
602
603	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
604			[Deprecated]
605			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
606			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
607			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
608			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
609
610	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
611			Format: <string>
612			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
613			with the name specified.
614			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
615			the platform:
616			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
617			[ACPI] acpi_pm
618			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
619				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
620			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
621				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
622			[MIPS] MIPS
623			[PARISC] cr16
624			[S390] tod
625			[SH] SuperH
626			[SPARC64] tick
627			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
628
629	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
630			[ARM,ARM64]
631			Format: <bool>
632			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
633			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
634			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
635			systems.
636
637	clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL]
638			Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to
639			external delays before the clock will be marked
640			unstable.  Defaults to two retries, that is,
641			three attempts to read the clock under test.
642
643	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
644			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
645			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
646			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
647			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
648			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
649			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
650			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
651			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
652
653	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
654			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
655			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
656			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
657			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
658
659	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
660			[KNL,CMA]
661			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
662			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
663			placement constraint by the physical address range of
664			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
665			altogether. For more information, see
666			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
667
668	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
669			[ARM64,KNL,CMA]
670			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
671			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
672			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
673			specificed, the default value is 0.
674			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
675			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
676			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
677			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
678
679	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
680			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
681			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
682			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
683			a hypervisor.
684			Default: yes
685
686	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
687			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
688			allocations, by default set to 256K.
689
690	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
691			Format:
692			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
693
694	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
695			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
696
697	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
698			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
699			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
700
701	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
702	conmode=
703
704	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
705
706		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
707
708		ttyS<n>[,options]
709		ttyUSB0[,options]
710			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
711			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
712			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
713			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
714			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
715
716			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
717			information.  See
718			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
719			alternative.
720
721		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
722		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
723		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
724		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
725		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
726			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
727			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
728			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
729			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
730			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
731			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
732			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
733			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
734			the h/w is not re-initialized.
735
736		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
737			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
738
739		{ null | "" }
740			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
741			console messages discarded.
742			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
743			kernel command line.
744
745		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
746		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
747			console=brl,ttyS0
748		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
749
750	console_msg_format=
751			[KNL] Change console messages format
752		default
753			By default we print messages on consoles in
754			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
755			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
756			`printk_time' param).
757		syslog
758			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
759			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
760			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
761			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
762			from /proc/kmsg.
763
764	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
765			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
766			Defaults to 0.
767
768	coredump_filter=
769			[KNL] Change the default value for
770			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
771			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
772
773	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
774			[ARM,ARM64]
775			Format: <bool>
776			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
777			0: default value, disable debugging
778			1: enable debugging at boot time
779
780	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
781			Format:
782			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
783
784	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
785			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
786			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
787			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
788			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
789			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
790			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
791			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
792			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
793			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
794			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
795			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
796			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
797
798	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
799			disable the cpuidle sub-system
800
801	cpuidle.governor=
802			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
803
804	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
805			disable the cpufreq sub-system
806
807	cpufreq.default_governor=
808			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
809			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
810			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
811
812	cpu_init_udelay=N
813			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
814			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
815			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
816			Default: 10000
817
818	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
819			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
820			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
821			succeeds in any situation.
822			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
823			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
824			kernel more unstable.
825
826	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
827			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
828			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
829			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
830			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
831			is selected automatically.
832			[KNL, X86-64] Select a region under 4G first, and
833			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
834			hasn't been specified.
835			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
836
837	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
838			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
839			in the running system. The syntax of range is
840			start-[end] where start and end are both
841			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
842			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
843
844	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
845			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
846			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
847			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
848			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
849			available.
850			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
851	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
852			[KNL, X86-64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
853			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
854			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
855			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
856			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
857			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
858			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
859			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
860			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
861			for second kernel instead.
862			0: to disable low allocation.
863			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
864			or memory reserved is below 4G.
865
866			[KNL, ARM64] range in low memory.
867			This one lets the user specify a low range in the
868			DMA zone for the crash dump kernel.
869			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
870			or memory reserved is located in the DMA zones.
871
872	cryptomgr.notests
873			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
874
875	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
876			Format: <dma>
877
878	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
879			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
880
881	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call
882			handling. When switched on, additional debug data is
883			printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is
884			detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try
885			to resolve the hang situation.
886			0: disable csdlock debugging (default)
887			1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact)
888			ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact,
889			     but more data)
890
891	dasd=		[HW,NET]
892			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
893
894	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
895			(one device per port)
896			Format: <port#>,<type>
897			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
898
899	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
900
901	debug_boot_weak_hash
902			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
903			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
904			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
905			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
906			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
907			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
908
909	debug_locks_verbose=
910			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
911			Format: <int>
912			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
913			self-tests.
914			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
915			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
916			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
917			useful to lockdep developers.
918
919	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
920
921	no_debug_objects
922			[KNL] Disable object debugging
923
924	debug_guardpage_minorder=
925			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
926			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
927			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
928			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
929			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
930			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
931			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
932			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
933			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
934			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
935			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
936			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
937			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
938			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
939			bypassed) which are not detectable by
940			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
941			tracking down these problems.
942
943	debug_pagealloc=
944			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
945			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
946			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
947			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
948			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
949			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
950			on: enable the feature
951
952	debugfs=    	[KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
953			and debugfs internal clients.
954			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
955			on: 	All functions are enabled.
956			no-mount:
957				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
958			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
959				its content. There is nothing to mount.
960			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
961			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
962				or directories within debugfs.
963				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
964				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
965			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
966
967	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
968
969	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
970			Format: <area>[,<node>]
971			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.rst.
972
973	default_hugepagesz=
974			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
975			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
976			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
977			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
978			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
979			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
980			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
981			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
982			Format: size[KMG]
983
984	deferred_probe_timeout=
985			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
986			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
987			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
988			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
989			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
990			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
991			successful driver registration. This option will also
992			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
993			retrying.
994
995	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
996
997	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
998			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
999			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1000			hardware.
1001
1002	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1003			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1004			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1005			blacklisted features.
1006
1007	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1008			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1009			(disabled by default).
1010
1011	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1012			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1013			capability is set.
1014
1015	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1016			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1017
1018	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1019			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1020
1021	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1022			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1023			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1024			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1025			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1026			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1027			          only (compression on level 1)
1028			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1029			          only (decompression)
1030			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1031			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1032
1033	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1034			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1035
1036	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
1037			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1038			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1039			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1040			miss to occur.
1041
1042	stress_slb	[PPC]
1043			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
1044			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
1045			on kernel addresses.
1046
1047	disable=	[IPV6]
1048			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1049
1050	disable_radix	[PPC]
1051			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1052
1053	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
1054			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
1055			invalidate.
1056
1057	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1058			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1059			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1060
1061	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
1062			Format: <int>
1063			The number of initial APIC ID for the
1064			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
1065			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
1066			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
1067			causing system reset or hang due to sending
1068			INIT from AP to BSP.
1069
1070	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
1071			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1072			to workaround buggy firmware.
1073
1074	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1075			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1076
1077	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1078			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1079			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1080			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1081
1082	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
1083			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1084			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1085			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1086			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1087
1088	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1089			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1090			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1091
1092	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1093
1094	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1095			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1096
1097	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1098			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1099			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1100			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1101			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1102			architectural default is too low.
1103
1104	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1105			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1106			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1107			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1108			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1109			driver later using sysfs.
1110
1111	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1112			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1113			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1114			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1115			match the *.
1116			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1117
1118	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1119			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1120			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1121			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1122			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1123			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
1124			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
1125			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
1126			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
1127			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
1128			available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID
1129			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
1130			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
1131			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
1132			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
1133			data set with no connector name will be used for
1134			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1135
1136	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1137
1138	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
1139			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1140			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1141			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1142			exists).
1143			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1144			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1145			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1146
1147	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1148			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1149			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1150			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1151
1152	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1153	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1154			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1155			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1156			for details.
1157
1158	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
1159			in some Intel CPUs.
1160
1161	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
1162			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
1163			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
1164			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
1165			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
1166			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
1167
1168	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
1169			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1170			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1171			which are not unmapped.
1172
1173	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
1174
1175			When used with no options, the early console is
1176			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1177			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1178			the platform.
1179
1180		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1181			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1182			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1183			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1184			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1185			configured.
1186
1187		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
1188		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
1189		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
1190		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
1191		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1192			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1193			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1194			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1195			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1196			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1197			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1198			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1199			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1200
1201		pl011,<addr>
1202		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1203			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1204			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1205			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1206			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1207			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1208			the device registers.
1209
1210		liteuart,<addr>
1211			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1212			specified address. The serial port must already be
1213			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1214
1215		meson,<addr>
1216			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1217			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1218			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1219			supported.
1220
1221		msm_serial,<addr>
1222			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1223			port at the specified address. The serial port
1224			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1225			yet supported.
1226
1227		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1228			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1229			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1230			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1231			yet supported.
1232
1233		owl,<addr>
1234			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1235			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1236			specified address. The serial port must already be
1237			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1238
1239		rda,<addr>
1240			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1241			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1242			specified address. The serial port must already be
1243			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1244
1245		sbi
1246			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1247			console.
1248
1249		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1250
1251		s3c2410,<addr>
1252		s3c2412,<addr>
1253		s3c2440,<addr>
1254		s3c6400,<addr>
1255		s5pv210,<addr>
1256		exynos4210,<addr>
1257			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1258			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1259			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1260			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1261			Options are not yet supported.
1262
1263		lantiq,<addr>
1264			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1265			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1266			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1267			yet supported.
1268
1269		lpuart,<addr>
1270		lpuart32,<addr>
1271			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1272			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1273			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1274			port must already be setup and configured.
1275
1276		ec_imx21,<addr>
1277		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1278			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1279			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1280			must already be setup and configured.
1281
1282		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1283			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1284			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1285			address. The serial port must already be setup
1286			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1287
1288		qcom_geni,<addr>
1289			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1290			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1291			specified address. The serial port must already be
1292			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1293
1294		efifb,[options]
1295			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1296			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1297			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1298			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1299			mapped with the correct attributes.
1300
1301		linflex,<addr>
1302			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1303			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1304			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1305			already be setup and configured.
1306
1307	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1308			earlyprintk=vga
1309			earlyprintk=sclp
1310			earlyprintk=xen
1311			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1312			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1313			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1314			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1315			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1316			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1317
1318			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1319			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1320			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1321
1322			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1323			takes over.
1324
1325			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1326			be used at a time.
1327
1328			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1329			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1330			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1331			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1332				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1333			You can find the port for a given device in
1334			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1335				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1336
1337			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1338			very good.
1339
1340			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1341			the real console.
1342
1343			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1344
1345			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1346
1347			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1348			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1349			UART class.
1350
1351	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1352			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1353			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1354			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1355			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1356			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1357			default: on.
1358
1359	edd=		[EDD]
1360			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1361
1362	efi=		[EFI]
1363			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1364				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1365				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1366			debug: enable misc debug output.
1367			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1368			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1369			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1370			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1371			firmware implementations.
1372			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1373			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1374			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1375			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1376			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1377			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1378			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1379			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1380			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1381			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1382
1383	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1384			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1385			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1386			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1387			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1388
1389	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1390			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1391			updating original EFI memory map.
1392			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1393			from ss to ss+nn.
1394
1395			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1396			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1397			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1398			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1399
1400			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1401			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1402			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1403
1404			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1405			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1406			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1407			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1408			"soft reserved".
1409
1410	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1411			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1412			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1413			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1414			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1415
1416
1417	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1418			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1419
1420	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1421			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1422
1423			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1424			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1425
1426			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1427			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1428			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1429			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1430
1431	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1432			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1433			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1434
1435	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1436			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1437			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1438			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1439			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1440
1441	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1442			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1443			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1444			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1445
1446	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1447			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1448			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1449			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1450			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1451
1452	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1453			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1454			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1455			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1456			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1457			Default value is 0.
1458			Value can be changed at runtime via
1459			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1460
1461	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1462			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1463			support.
1464
1465	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1466			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1467			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1468
1469	evm=		[EVM]
1470			Format: { "fix" }
1471			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1472			current integrity status.
1473
1474	failslab=
1475	fail_usercopy=
1476	fail_page_alloc=
1477	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1478			General fault injection mechanism.
1479			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1480			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1481
1482	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1483			Format: { initns | none }
1484			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1485			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1486
1487	floppy=		[HW]
1488			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1489
1490	force_pal_cache_flush
1491			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1492			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1493			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1494			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1495
1496	forcepae	[X86-32]
1497			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1498			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1499			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1500			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1501			and may cause unknown problems.
1502
1503	ftrace=[tracer]
1504			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1505			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1506			boot debugging.
1507
1508	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1509			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1510			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1511			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1512			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1513			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1514			start up functionality.
1515
1516	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1517			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1518			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1519			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1520			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1521			oops.
1522
1523	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1524			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1525			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1526			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1527			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1528			tracing directory.
1529
1530	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1531			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1532			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1533			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1534			tracing directory.
1535
1536	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1537			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1538			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1539			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1540			that can be changed at run time by the
1541			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1542
1543	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1544			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1545			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1546			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1547			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1548
1549	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1550			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1551			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1552			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1553			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1554
1555	fw_devlink=	[KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1556			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1557			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1558			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1559			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1560			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1561			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1562			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1563			suppliers).
1564			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1565			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1566			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1567				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1568				up (sync_state() calls).
1569			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1570				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1571			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1572
1573	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1574			[KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1575			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1576			Format: <bool>
1577
1578	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1579			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1580			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1581			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1582			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1583
1584	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1585
1586	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1587			Format: off | on
1588			default: on
1589
1590	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1591			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1592			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1593			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1594			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1595
1596	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1597			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1598			android emulator
1599
1600	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1601			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1602			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1603	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1604			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1605
1606	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1607			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1608			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1609			GPT to be used instead.
1610
1611	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1612			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1613			Format: 0 | 1
1614			Default: 0
1615	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1616			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1617			Format: 0 | 1
1618			Default: 0
1619	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1620			Format: 0 | 1
1621			Default: 0
1622	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1623			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1624			Default: 1024
1625	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1626			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1627			Default: 1024
1628
1629	hardened_usercopy=
1630			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1631			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1632			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1633			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1634			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1635			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1636			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1637		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1638		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1639
1640	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1641			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1642			backtraces on all cpus.
1643			Format: 0 | 1
1644
1645	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1646			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1647			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1648			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1649
1650	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1651
1652	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1653			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1654
1655	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1656			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1657			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1658			logic will be disabled.
1659
1660	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1661		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1662				present during boot.
1663		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1664		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1665		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1666				(that will set all pages holding image data
1667				during restoration read-only).
1668
1669	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1670			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1671			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1672			size on bigger boxes.
1673
1674	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1675			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1676			Default: "on"
1677
1678	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1679
1680	hostname=	[KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1681			Format: <string>
1682			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1683			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1684			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1685			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1686			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1687			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1688			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1689			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1690			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1691			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1692
1693	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1694			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1695				verbose }
1696			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1697			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1698				VIA, nVidia)
1699			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1700
1701	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1702			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1703
1704	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1705			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1706			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1707			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1708			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1709			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1710			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1711			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1712			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1713				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1714
1715	hugepagesz=
1716			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1717			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1718			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1719			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1720			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1721			architecture dependent.  See also
1722			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1723			Format: size[KMG]
1724
1725	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1726			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1727			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1728			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1729				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1730
1731			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1732			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1733			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1734
1735	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1736			[KNL] Reguires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1737			enabled.
1738			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1739			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1740			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1741			Format: { on | off (default) }
1742
1743			on: enable HVO
1744			off: disable HVO
1745
1746			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1747			the default is on.
1748
1749			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1750			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1751			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1752			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1753			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1754
1755	hung_task_panic=
1756			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1757			Format: 0 | 1
1758
1759			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1760			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1761			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1762			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1763			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1764
1765	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1766				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1767	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1768				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1769				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1770
1771	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1772				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1773				      guest on lock contention.
1774
1775	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1776			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1777			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1778			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1779			the real console.
1780
1781	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1782				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1783				registered from board initialization code.
1784				Format:
1785				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1786
1787	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1788	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1789			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1790			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1791			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1792	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1793	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1794			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1795			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1796	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1797	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1798	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1799			     for the AUX port
1800	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1801			     controller
1802	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1803			     controllers
1804	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1805	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1806			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1807			     transitions, or never reset
1808			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1809			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1810			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1811			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1812			architectures force reset to be always executed
1813	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1814	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1815	i8042.probe_defer
1816			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1817
1818	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1819
1820	i915.invert_brightness=
1821			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1822			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1823			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1824			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1825			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1826			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1827			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1828			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1829			value switches the backlight off.
1830			-1 -- never invert brightness
1831			 0 -- machine default
1832			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1833
1834	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1835			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1836
1837
1838	idle=		[X86]
1839			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1840			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1841			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1842			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1843			Not recommended.
1844			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1845			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1846			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1847
1848	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1849			Format: <bool>
1850			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1851			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1852			true (1).
1853
1854	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
1855			Format: <bool>
1856			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
1857			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
1858
1859	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1860			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1861			Default: strict
1862
1863			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1864			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1865			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1866			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1867			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1868			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1869			encoding mode.
1870
1871			Available settings are as follows:
1872			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1873				supported by the FPU
1874			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1875				by the FPU
1876			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1877				by the FPU
1878			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1879				supported by the FPU
1880
1881			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1882			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1883			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1884			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1885			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1886			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1887			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1888			MIPS64 CPUs.
1889
1890			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1891			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1892			except where unsupported by hardware.
1893
1894	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1895			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1896			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1897			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1898			could change it dynamically, usually by
1899			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1900
1901	ignore_rlimit_data
1902			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1903			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1904			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1905
1906	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1907			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1908
1909	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1910			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1911			default: "enforce"
1912
1913	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1914			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1915			owned by uid=0.
1916
1917	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1918			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1919			measurements, instead of host native format.
1920
1921	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1922			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1923				   | sha512 | ... }
1924			default: "sha1"
1925
1926			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1927			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1928
1929	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1930			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1931			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1932				 fail_securely | critical_data"
1933
1934			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1935			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1936			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1937			uid=0.
1938
1939			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1940			all files owned by root.
1941
1942			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1943			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1944			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1945
1946			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1947			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1948			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1949			flag.
1950
1951			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
1952			critical data.
1953
1954	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1955			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1956			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1957			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1958			opened for read by uid=0.
1959
1960	ima_template=	[IMA]
1961			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1962			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
1963				   "ima-sigv2" }
1964			Default: "ima-ng"
1965
1966	ima_template_fmt=
1967			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1968			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1969
1970	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1971			Format: <min_file_size>
1972			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1973			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1974
1975			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1976			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1977			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1978
1979	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1980			Format: <bufsize>
1981			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1982
1983			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1984			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1985			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1986
1987	init=		[KNL]
1988			Format: <full_path>
1989			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1990			process.
1991
1992	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1993			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1994			startup.
1995
1996	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1997			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1998			modules and initcalls.
1999
2000	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2001			Format: <bool>
2002			Default: 1
2003			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2004			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2005			with devices being probed and
2006			initialized. This should normally just work,
2007			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2008			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2009			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2010			late_ initcalls.
2011
2012	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2013
2014	initrdmem=	[KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2015			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2016			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2017			setting.
2018			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2019			Default is 0, 0
2020
2021	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2022			zeroes.
2023			Format: 0 | 1
2024			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2025
2026	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2027			Format: 0 | 1
2028			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2029
2030	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2031			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2032			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2033			override in debugfs after boot.
2034
2035	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2036			Format: <irq>
2037
2038	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2039
2040	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2041			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2042			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2043			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2044
2045	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2046		on
2047			Enable intel iommu driver.
2048		off
2049			Disable intel iommu driver.
2050		igfx_off [Default Off]
2051			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2052			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2053			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2054			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2055			DMA.
2056		strict [Default Off]
2057			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2058		sp_off [Default Off]
2059			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2060			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2061			not be supported.
2062		sm_on
2063			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2064			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2065			translation.
2066		sm_off
2067			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2068		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2069			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2070			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2071			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2072			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2073			mapping is enabled.
2074			Note that using this option lowers the security
2075			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2076			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2077
2078	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2079			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2080			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2081
2082	intel_pstate=	[X86]
2083			disable
2084			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2085			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2086			passive
2087			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2088			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2089			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2090			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2091			  feature.
2092			force
2093			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2094			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2095			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2096			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2097			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2098			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2099			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2100			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2101			no_hwp
2102			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2103			  if available.
2104			hwp_only
2105			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2106			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2107			support_acpi_ppc
2108			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2109			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2110			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2111			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2112			per_cpu_perf_limits
2113			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2114			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2115
2116	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
2117			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2118			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2119			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2120			no_x2apic_optout
2121				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2122			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2123
2124	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2125		strict	regions from userspace.
2126		relaxed
2127
2128	iommu=		[X86]
2129		off
2130		force
2131		noforce
2132		biomerge
2133		panic
2134		nopanic
2135		merge
2136		nomerge
2137		soft
2138		pt		[X86]
2139		nopt		[X86]
2140		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2141			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2142
2143	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2144			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2145			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2146			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2147			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2148			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2149			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2150
2151	iommu.strict=	[ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2152			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2153			0 - Lazy mode.
2154			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2155			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2156			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2157			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2158			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2159			1 - Strict mode.
2160			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2161			  synchronously.
2162			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2163			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2164			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2165
2166	iommu.passthrough=
2167			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2168			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2169			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2170			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2171			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2172
2173	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2174			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2175			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2176
2177	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
2178		0x80
2179			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2180		0xed
2181			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2182		udelay
2183			Simple two microseconds delay
2184		none
2185			No delay
2186
2187	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2188			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2189
2190	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2191			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2192
2193	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2194			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2195
2196	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2197			[ARM, ARM64]
2198			Format: <bool>
2199			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2200			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2201			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2202
2203	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2204			[ARM, ARM64]
2205			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2206			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2207			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2208			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2209			LPIs.
2210
2211	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2212			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2213			requires the kernel to be built with
2214			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2215
2216	irqfixup	[HW]
2217			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2218			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2219			firmware running.
2220
2221	irqpoll		[HW]
2222			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2223			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2224			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2225			firmware running.
2226
2227	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2228			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2229
2230	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2231			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2232			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2233
2234			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2235			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2236
2237			nohz
2238			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2239
2240			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2241			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2242			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2243			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2244			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2245
2246			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2247			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2248			  be configured manually after bootup.
2249
2250			domain
2251			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2252			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2253			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2254			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2255			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2256			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2257			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2258			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2259
2260			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2261			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2262			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2263			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2264
2265			managed_irq
2266
2267			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2268			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2269			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2270			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2271			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2272
2273			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2274			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2275			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2276			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2277			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2278			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2279			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2280
2281			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2282			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2283			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2284			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2285			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2286			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2287			  queues.
2288
2289			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2290
2291	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2292
2293	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2294			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2295			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2296			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2297			For example:
2298			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2299			  write the parameter as:
2300				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2301			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2302			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2303				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2304
2305	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2306			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2307			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2308			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2309			For example:
2310			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2311			  write the parameter as:
2312				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2313			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2314			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2315				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2316
2317	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2318			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2319			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2320
2321			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2322			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2323			write the parameter as:
2324				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2325
2326			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2327			For example, PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
2328				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2329
2330	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2331			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2332
2333	nokaslr		[KNL]
2334			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
2335			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
2336			Layout Randomization).
2337
2338	kasan_multi_shot
2339			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2340			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2341			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2342			invalid access.
2343
2344	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
2345
2346	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2347			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2348			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2349			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2350			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2351			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2352			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2353			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2354			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2355			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2356
2357			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2358			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2359			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2360			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2361			zone if it does not.
2362
2363			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2364			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2365			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2366			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2367			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2368			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2369			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2370
2371	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2372			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2373			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2374			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2375			optional and is the number seconds in between
2376			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2377			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2378			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2379			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2380			the kernel debugger.
2381
2382	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2383			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2384			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2385			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2386			 keyboard only format: kbd
2387			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2388			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2389			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2390			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2391
2392	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW]
2393			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2394			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2395			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2396			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2397			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2398			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2399
2400			The name of the early console should be specified
2401			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2402			the early console might be different than the tty
2403			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2404			blank and the first boot console that implements
2405			read() will be picked.
2406
2407	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2408			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2409
2410	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2411			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2412			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2413
2414	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2415			Valid arguments: on, off
2416			Default: on
2417			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2418			the default is off.
2419
2420	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2421			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2422			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2423			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2424			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2425			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2426			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2427
2428			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2429
2430			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2431			Boot Parameter" section.
2432
2433	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2434			and kernel address spaces.
2435			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2436			0: force disabled
2437			1: force enabled
2438
2439	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2440			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2441
2442	kvm.eager_page_split=
2443			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2444			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2445			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2446			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2447			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2448			required to split huge pages lazily.
2449
2450			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2451			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2452			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2453			still be used for reads.
2454
2455			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2456			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2457			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2458			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2459			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2460			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2461			cleared.
2462
2463			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2464
2465			Default is Y (on).
2466
2467	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2468				   Default is false (don't support).
2469
2470	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2471			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2472			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2473			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2474			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2475			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2476				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2477
2478			Default is 'auto'.
2479
2480			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2481			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2482
2483	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2484			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2485			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2486			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2487			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2488
2489	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2490			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2491			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2492			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2493			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2494			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2495
2496	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2497			Default is 1 (enabled)
2498
2499	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2500			for all guests.
2501			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2502
2503	kvm-arm.mode=
2504			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2505
2506			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2507
2508			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2509			      protected guests.
2510
2511			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2512				   state is kept private from the host.
2513
2514			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2515			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2516			for the host.
2517
2518	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2519			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2520			system registers
2521
2522	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2523			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2524			system registers
2525
2526	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2527			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2528			system registers
2529
2530	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2531			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2532			LPIs.
2533
2534	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2535			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2536			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2537			allocation.
2538			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2539			Format: <integer>
2540			Default: 5
2541
2542	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2543			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2544			Default is 1 (enabled)
2545
2546	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2547			[KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state.
2548			Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as
2549			guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests.
2550			This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM
2551			never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2552			Default is 1 (enabled)
2553
2554	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2555			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2556			Default is 1 (enabled)
2557
2558	kvm-intel.nested=
2559			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2560			Default is 0 (disabled)
2561
2562	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2563			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2564			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2565			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2566
2567	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2568			CVE-2018-3620.
2569
2570			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2571
2572			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2573			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2574				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2575			never:	Disables the mitigation
2576
2577			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2578
2579	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2580			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2581			Default is 1 (enabled)
2582
2583	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL]
2584			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2585
2586			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2587			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2588			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2589
2590			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2591			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2592			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2593			not have direct access.
2594
2595			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2596			options are:
2597
2598			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2599
2600	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2601			      affected CPUs
2602
2603			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2604			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2605
2606			full
2607				Provides all available mitigations for the
2608				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2609				enables all mitigations in the
2610				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2611
2612				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2613				sysfs interface is still possible after
2614				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2615				when the first VM is started in a
2616				potentially insecure configuration,
2617				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2618
2619			full,force
2620				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2621				flush runtime control. Implies the
2622				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2623				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2624
2625			flush
2626				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2627				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2628				L1D flush.
2629
2630				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2631				sysfs interface is still possible after
2632				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2633				when the first VM is started in a
2634				potentially insecure configuration,
2635				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2636
2637			flush,nosmt
2638
2639				Disables SMT and enables the default
2640				hypervisor mitigation.
2641
2642				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2643				sysfs interface is still possible after
2644				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2645				when the first VM is started in a
2646				potentially insecure configuration,
2647				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2648
2649			flush,nowarn
2650				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2651				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2652				insecure configuration.
2653
2654			off
2655				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2656				emit any warnings.
2657				It also drops the swap size and available
2658				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2659				bare metal.
2660
2661			Default is 'flush'.
2662
2663			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2664
2665	l2cr=		[PPC]
2666
2667	l3cr=		[PPC]
2668
2669	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2670			disabled it.
2671
2672	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2673			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2674			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2675			Format: notscdeadline
2676
2677	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2678			in C2 power state.
2679
2680	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2681			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2682			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2683			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2684			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2685			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2686			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2687
2688	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2689			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2690			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2691
2692	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2693			when set.
2694			Format: <int>
2695
2696	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2697			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2698			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2699			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2700			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2701			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2702			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2703			to all ports, links and devices.
2704
2705			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2706			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2707			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2708			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2709			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2710			host link and device attached to it.
2711
2712			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2713			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2714			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2715			The following configurations can be forced.
2716
2717			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2718			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2719
2720			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2721
2722			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2723			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2724			  allowed.
2725
2726			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2727			  resets.
2728
2729			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2730			  link recovery.
2731
2732			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2733			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2734			  detection.
2735
2736			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2737
2738			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
2739
2740			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
2741
2742			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
2743
2744			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
2745
2746			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
2747
2748			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
2749
2750			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
2751
2752			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
2753			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
2754
2755			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
2756			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
2757
2758			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
2759			  identify device data log.
2760
2761			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
2762			  purpose log directory.
2763
2764			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
2765
2766			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2767			  1024 sectors.
2768
2769			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2770			  65535 sectors.
2771
2772			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
2773
2774			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
2775			  should be skipped.
2776
2777			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
2778
2779			* disable: Disable this device.
2780
2781			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2782			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2783
2784	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2785
2786	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2787			Format: <integer>
2788
2789	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2790			Format: <integer>
2791
2792	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2793			Format: <integer>
2794
2795	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2796			Format: <integer>
2797
2798	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2799			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2800			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2801			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2802			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2803			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2804			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2805			are also disabled.
2806
2807	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2808			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2809			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2810			number of online CPUs.
2811
2812	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2813			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2814
2815	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2816			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2817
2818	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2819			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2820			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2821
2822	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2823			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2824			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2825			mode during the locktorture test.
2826
2827	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2828			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2829			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2830
2831	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2832			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2833
2834	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2835			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2836			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2837			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2838			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2839			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2840
2841	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2842			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2843
2844	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2845			Enable additional printk() statements.
2846
2847	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2848			Format: <irq>
2849
2850	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2851			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2852			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2853			loglevels are defined as follows:
2854
2855			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2856			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2857			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2858			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2859			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2860			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2861			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2862			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2863
2864	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2865			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2866			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2867			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2868			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2869			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2870			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2871
2872	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2873			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2874			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2875			kernel boot problems.
2876
2877	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2878	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2879	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2880	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2881				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2882				attached printers to be reset. Using
2883				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2884				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2885				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2886				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2887				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2888				port specification list means that device IDs
2889				from each port should be examined, to see if
2890				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2891				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2892				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2893
2894	lpj=n		[KNL]
2895			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2896			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2897			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2898			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2899			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2900			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2901			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2902			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2903			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2904			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2905			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2906			hardware.
2907
2908	ltpc=		[NET]
2909			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2910
2911	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2912
2913	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2914			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2915			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2916
2917	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2918			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2919			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2920
2921	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
2922			different yeeloong laptops.
2923			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2924
2925	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater
2926			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2927
2928	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2929			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2930			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2931			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2932			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2933			only takes effect during system bootup.
2934			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2935			which also disables the IO APIC.
2936
2937	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2938	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2939			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2940			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2941			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2942			/dev/loop-control interface.
2943
2944	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2945
2946	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2947
2948	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2949			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2950
2951	mdacon=		[MDA]
2952			Format: <first>,<last>
2953			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2954
2955	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
2956			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
2957			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
2958
2959			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2960			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2961			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2962
2963			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2964			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2965			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2966			not have direct access.
2967
2968			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
2969			options are:
2970
2971			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
2972			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
2973				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
2974			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
2975
2976			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
2977			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
2978			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
2979			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
2980			too.
2981
2982			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
2983			mds=full.
2984
2985			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
2986
2987	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON] Set the memory size.
2988			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
2989
2990	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2991			Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
2992
2993			1 for test;
2994			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
2995			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
2996			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
2997			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
2998
2999			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3000			high memory is not affected.
3001
3002			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3003			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3004
3005			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3006			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3007			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3008			belonging to unused RAM.
3009
3010			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3011			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3012			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3013
3014	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3015			[ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by
3016			firmware.
3017			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3018			ss[KMG].
3019			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3020			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3021
3022	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3023			memory.
3024
3025	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
3026
3027	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3028			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3029			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3030
3031	memhp_default_state=online/offline
3032			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3033			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3034			set according to the
3035			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3036			option.
3037			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3038
3039	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
3040			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3041			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3042			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3043			option description.
3044
3045	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3046			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3047			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3048			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3049			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3050			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3051			comma delimited.
3052			Example:
3053				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3054
3055	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3056			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3057			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3058
3059	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3060			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3061			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3062			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3063			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3064			         or
3065			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3066			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3067			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3068			will be eaten.
3069
3070	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
3071			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3072			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3073			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3074			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3075
3076	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3077			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
3078			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3079			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3080			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3081			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3082			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3083			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3084
3085	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
3086			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3087			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3088			Setting this option will scan the memory
3089			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3090			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3091			from using the memory being corrupted.
3092			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3093			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3094			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3095			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3096
3097	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
3098			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3099			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3100			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3101			corruption in more or less memory.
3102
3103	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
3104			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3105			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3106			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3107
3108	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3109			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3110			Format: {on | off (default)}
3111			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3112			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3113			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3114			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3115			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3116			lot of memory without requiring additional
3117			memory to do so.
3118			This feature is disabled by default because it
3119			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3120			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3121			memory blocks).
3122			The state of the flag can be read in
3123			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3124			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3125			the feature is not effective.
3126
3127	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
3128			Format: <integer>
3129			default : 0 <disable>
3130			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3131			performed. Each pass selects another test
3132			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3133			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3134			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3135			regions that are detected.
3136
3137	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3138			Valid arguments: on, off
3139			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
3140			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
3141			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
3142			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3143			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3144
3145			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3146			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3147
3148	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3149			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3150			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3151			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3152			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3153
3154	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
3155			See Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst.
3156
3157	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
3158			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
3159			platforms.
3160
3161	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3162			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3163			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3164			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3165
3166	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3167
3168	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this
3169			physical address is ignored.
3170
3171	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3172			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3173			Default: "0tb"
3174			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3175			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3176			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3177			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3178			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3179			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3180			unconfigured.
3181			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3182			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3183			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3184			VGA shield.
3185			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3186			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3187			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3188			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3189			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3190			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3191
3192	mitigations=
3193			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
3194			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3195			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3196			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3197
3198			off
3199				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3200				improves system performance, but it may also
3201				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3202				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
3203					       if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3204					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3205					       nobp=0 [S390]
3206					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3207					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3208					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3209					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3210					       l1tf=off [X86]
3211					       mds=off [X86]
3212					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3213					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3214					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3215					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3216					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3217					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3218					       retbleed=off [X86]
3219
3220				Exceptions:
3221					       This does not have any effect on
3222					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3223					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3224
3225			auto (default)
3226				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3227				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3228				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3229				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3230				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3231				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3232
3233			auto,nosmt
3234				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3235				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3236				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3237				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3238					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3239					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3240					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3241					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3242
3243	mminit_loglevel=
3244			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3245			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3246			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3247			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3248			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3249			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3250
3251	mmio_stale_data=
3252			[X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor
3253			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3254
3255			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3256			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3257			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3258			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3259			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3260			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3261
3262			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3263			options are:
3264
3265			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3266
3267			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3268				     vulnerable CPUs.
3269
3270			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3271
3272			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3273			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3274			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3275			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3276			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3277			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3278
3279			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3280			mmio_stale_data=full.
3281
3282			For details see:
3283			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3284
3285	module.async_probe=<bool>
3286			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3287			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3288			specific module, use the module specific control that
3289			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3290			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3291			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3292			the specific module.
3293
3294	module.sig_enforce
3295			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3296			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3297			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3298			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3299
3300	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3301			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3302
3303	mousedev.tap_time=
3304			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3305			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3306			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3307			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3308			Format: <msecs>
3309	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3310			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3311	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3312			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3313
3314	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
3315			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3316			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3317			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3318			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3319			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3320			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3321			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3322			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3323			is not too small.
3324
3325	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3326			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3327			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3328			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3329			allocations. Use with caution!
3330
3331	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3332			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3333
3334	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3335			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3336
3337	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3338			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3339
3340	mtdset=		[ARM]
3341			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3342
3343			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3344
3345	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3346			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3347			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3348
3349	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3350			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3351			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3352
3353	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3354			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3355			Default is 1.
3356			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3357			using up MTRRs.
3358
3359	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3360			Format: <integer>
3361			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3362			Default : 1
3363			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3364			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3365
3366	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3367			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3368			at a time.
3369
3370	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3371
3372	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3373			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3374			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3375			something different and driver-specific.
3376			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3377			file if at all.
3378
3379	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3380			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3381			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3382			waits 4 seconds.
3383
3384	nf_conntrack.acct=
3385			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3386			0 to disable accounting
3387			1 to enable accounting
3388			Default value is 0.
3389
3390	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3391			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3392
3393	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3394			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3395
3396	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3397			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3398
3399	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3400			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3401			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3402			requests.
3403
3404	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3405			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3406			channel should listen.
3407
3408	nfs.cache_getent=
3409			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3410			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3411
3412	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3413			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3414			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3415
3416	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3417			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3418			entries.
3419
3420	nfs.enable_ino64=
3421			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3422			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3423			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3424			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3425			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3426
3427	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3428			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3429			slots the client will assign to the callback
3430			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3431			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3432			a particular server.
3433
3434	nfs.max_session_slots=
3435			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3436			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3437			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3438			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3439			Note that there is little point in setting this
3440			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3441
3442	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3443			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3444			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3445			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3446			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3447			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3448			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3449			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3450			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3451			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3452			back to using the idmapper.
3453			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3454	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3455			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3456			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3457			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3458			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3459
3460	nfs.send_implementation_id =
3461			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3462			information in exchange_id requests.
3463			If zero, no implementation identification information
3464			will be sent.
3465			The default is to send the implementation identification
3466			information.
3467
3468	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
3469			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3470			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3471			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3472			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3473			after the locks are lost.
3474			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3475			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3476			parameter to '1'.
3477			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3478			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3479
3480	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
3481			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3482			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3483
3484			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3485			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3486			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3487			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3488
3489	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable =
3490			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3491			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3492			the destination of the copy.
3493
3494	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout =
3495			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3496			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3497			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3498			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3499			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3500			this parameter.
3501
3502	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3503			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3504			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3505			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3506			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3507			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3508
3509
3510	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3511			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3512			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3513
3514	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3515			when a NMI is triggered.
3516			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3517
3518	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3519			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3520			Valid num: 0 or 1
3521			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3522			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3523			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3524			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3525			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3526			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3527			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3528			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3529			need the box quickly up again.
3530
3531			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3532			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3533
3534	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3535			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3536			is present.
3537
3538	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3539			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3540
3541	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3542
3543	no_console_suspend
3544			[HW] Never suspend the console
3545			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3546			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3547			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3548			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3549			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3550			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3551			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3552			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3553			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3554			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3555			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3556			turn on/off it dynamically.
3557
3558	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
3559			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
3560			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
3561			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
3562			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
3563			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
3564			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
3565			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
3566			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
3567			is set.
3568
3569	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3570			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
3571			but will impact performance.
3572
3573	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3574
3575	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3576			(CPU alternatives feature).
3577
3578	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3579			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3580
3581	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3582
3583	nocache		[ARM]
3584
3585	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3586
3587	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
3588
3589	no_entry_flush  [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3590
3591	noexec		[IA-64]
3592
3593	nosmap		[PPC]
3594			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3595			even if it is supported by processor.
3596
3597	nosmep		[PPC64s]
3598			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3599			even if it is supported by processor.
3600
3601	noexec32	[X86-64]
3602			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3603			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3604				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3605			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3606				read implies executable mappings
3607
3608	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3609
3610	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3611			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3612			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3613
3614	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3615
3616	nohugevmalloc	[PPC] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3617
3618	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3619			Equivalent to smt=1.
3620
3621			[KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3622			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3623				     via the sysfs control file.
3624
3625	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3626			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3627			possible in the system.
3628
3629	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3630			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3631			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3632			option.
3633
3634	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3635			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3636
3637	no_uaccess_flush
3638	                [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
3639
3640	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3641			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3642			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3643
3644	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3645			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3646			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3647			performance of saving the states is degraded because
3648			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3649			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3650
3651	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3652			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3653			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3654			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3655			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3656			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3657			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3658
3659	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait
3660			in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3661			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3662			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3663			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3664			correctly or when doing power measurements to evalute
3665			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3666			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3667
3668	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3669			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3670			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3671
3672	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3673			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3674			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3675			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3676			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3677			real-time systems.
3678
3679	no_hash_pointers
3680			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3681			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3682			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3683			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3684			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3685			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3686			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3687			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3688			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3689			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3690			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3691			kernels.
3692
3693	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3694
3695	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3696			Valid arguments: on, off
3697			Default: on
3698
3699	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3700			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3701			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3702			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3703			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3704			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3705			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3706			just as if they had also been called out in the
3707			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3708
3709			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3710			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3711
3712	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3713
3714	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3715			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3716
3717	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3718			broken timer IRQ sources.
3719
3720	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3721
3722	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3723			initial RAM disk.
3724
3725	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3726			remapping.
3727			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3728
3729	nointroute	[IA-64]
3730
3731	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3732
3733	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3734
3735	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3736
3737	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3738			fault handling.
3739
3740	no-vmw-sched-clock
3741			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3742			clock and use the default one.
3743
3744	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64] Disable paravirtualized steal time
3745			accounting. steal time is computed, but won't
3746			influence scheduler behaviour
3747
3748	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3749
3750	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3751
3752	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3753
3754	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3755
3756	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3757			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3758
3759	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3760			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3761			irq.
3762
3763	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. DRM drivers will not perform
3764			display-mode changes or accelerated rendering. Only the
3765			system framebuffer will be available for use if this was
3766			set-up by the firmware or boot loader.
3767
3768			Useful as fallback, or for testing and debugging.
3769
3770	nomodule	Disable module load
3771
3772	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3773			pagetables) support.
3774
3775	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3776
3777	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3778			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3779
3780	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3781			with UP alternatives
3782
3783	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3784			space.
3785
3786	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3787			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3788			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3789
3790	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3791
3792	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3793
3794	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3795			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3796
3797	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3798
3799	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3800
3801	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3802			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3803
3804	nowb		[ARM]
3805
3806	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3807
3808	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3809			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3810			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3811			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3812			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3813			parameter's value.
3814			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3815			Default: 255
3816
3817	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3818			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3819			SAL PALO.
3820
3821	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3822			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3823			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3824			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3825			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3826			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3827			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3828			hot plugging.
3829
3830	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3831
3832	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only
3833			set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
3834
3835	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
3836			NUMA balancing.
3837			Allowed values are enable and disable
3838
3839	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3840			'node', 'default' can be specified
3841			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3842			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3843
3844	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3845			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
3846			info.
3847
3848	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3849			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3850			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3851			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3852			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3853			interrupts *may* be lost!
3854
3855	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3856			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3857			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3858			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3859
3860	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
3861
3862			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
3863
3864			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
3865				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
3866			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
3867				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
3868				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
3869
3870	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3871			process, but there is a small probability of
3872			deadlocking the machine.
3873			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3874			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3875
3876	page_alloc.shuffle=
3877			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3878			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3879			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3880			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3881			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3882			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3883			can be read from sysfs at:
3884			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3885
3886	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3887			Storage of the information about who allocated
3888			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3889			we can turn it on.
3890			on: enable the feature
3891
3892	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3893			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3894			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3895			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3896			on: turn on poisoning
3897
3898	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
3899			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
3900			Format: <integer>
3901			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
3902			reporting is disabled when it exceeds (MAX_ORDER-1).
3903
3904	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3905			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3906			timeout = 0: wait forever
3907			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3908			Format: <timeout>
3909
3910	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3911			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3912			bit 0: print all tasks info
3913			bit 1: print system memory info
3914			bit 2: print timer info
3915			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3916			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3917			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3918			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
3919			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
3920			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
3921			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
3922			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
3923
3924	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
3925			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
3926			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
3927			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
3928			called with any of the flags in this set.
3929			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
3930			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
3931			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
3932			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
3933			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
3934			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
3935			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
3936
3937	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3938			on a WARN().
3939
3940	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3941			connected to, default is 0.
3942			Format: <parport#>
3943	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3944			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3945			Format: <mode>
3946
3947	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3948			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3949			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3950			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3951			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3952			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3953			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3954			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3955			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3956			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3957			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3958			are specified on the command line, starting
3959			with parport0.
3960
3961	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
3962			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3963			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3964			computer where firmware has no options for setting
3965			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3966			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3967			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3968
3969	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
3970			Format: <int>
3971			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
3972			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
3973			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
3974
3975	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
3976			Format: <int>
3977			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
3978			changes.  Disabled by default.
3979
3980	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
3981			Format: <int>
3982			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
3983			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
3984			Disabled by default.
3985
3986	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
3987			Format: <int>
3988			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
3989			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
3990			Disabled by default.
3991
3992	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
3993			Format: <int>
3994			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
3995			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
3996			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
3997			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
3998			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
3999			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4000			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4001			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4002			all channels.
4003
4004	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4005			Format: <int>
4006			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4007			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4008			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4009
4010	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4011			Format: <int>
4012			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4013			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4014			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4015
4016	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4017			Format: <int>
4018			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4019			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4020			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4021			All modes allowed by default.
4022
4023	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4024			Format: <int>
4025			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4026			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4027
4028	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4029			Format: <int>
4030			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4031			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4032			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4033			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4034			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4035			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4036			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4037			By default all supported ports are probed.
4038
4039	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4040			Format: <int>
4041			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4042			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4043
4044	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4045			Format: <int>
4046			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4047			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4048			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4049			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4050			0 otherwise.
4051
4052	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4053			Format: <int>
4054			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4055			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4056			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4057			allowed by default.
4058
4059	pause_on_oops=
4060			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4061			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4062			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4063
4064	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4065
4066	pcd.		[PARIDE]
4067			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
4068			See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4069
4070	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
4071
4072				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4073				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4074				specified in one of the following formats:
4075
4076				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4077				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4078
4079				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4080				bus/device/function address which may change
4081				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4082				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4083				by other kernel parameters. If the
4084				domain is left unspecified, it is
4085				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4086				to a device through multiple device/function
4087				addresses can be specified after the base
4088				address (this is more robust against
4089				renumbering issues).  The second format
4090				selects devices using IDs from the
4091				configuration space which may match multiple
4092				devices in the system.
4093
4094		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4095				changes anything
4096		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4097		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4098				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4099				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4100		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4101				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4102				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4103				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4104		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4105				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4106				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4107		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4108				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4109				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4110				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4111				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4112				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4113				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4114		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4115				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4116				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4117		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4118				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4119		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4120				Configuration
4121		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4122				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4123				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4124		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4125				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4126				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4127		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4128				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4129				should never be necessary.
4130		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4131				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4132				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4133				when the system masks IRQs.
4134		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4135				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4136				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4137				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4138		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4139				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4140				on several machines and they hang the machine
4141				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4142				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4143				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4144				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4145				motherboard.
4146		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4147				Use with caution as certain devices share
4148				address decoders between ROMs and other
4149				resources.
4150		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4151				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4152				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4153		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4154				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4155		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4156				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4157				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4158				this way.
4159		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4160				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4161				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4162				F0000h-100000h range.
4163		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4164				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4165				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4166				explicitly which ones they are.
4167		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4168				numbers ourselves, overriding
4169				whatever the firmware may have done.
4170		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4171				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4172				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4173				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4174				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4175				IRQ routing is enabled.
4176		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4177				or for PCI scanning.
4178		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4179				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4180				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4181				please report a bug.
4182		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4183				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4184		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4185				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4186				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4187				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4188				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4189		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4190				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4191				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4192				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4193		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4194				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4195				so this option is a temporary workaround
4196				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4197		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4198				handle more pci cards
4199		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4200				This might help on some broken boards which
4201				machine check when some devices' config space
4202				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4203				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4204		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4205				This sorting is done to get a device
4206				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4207		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4208		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4209				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4210		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4211				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4212		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4213				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4214				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4215				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4216				or bus can support) for best performance.
4217		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4218				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4219				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4220				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4221				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4222				that hot-added devices will work.
4223		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4224				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4225				The default value is 256 bytes.
4226		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4227				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4228				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4229		resource_alignment=
4230				Format:
4231				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4232				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4233				aligned memory resources. How to
4234				specify the device is described above.
4235				If <order of align> is not specified,
4236				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4237				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4238				windows need to be expanded.
4239				To specify the alignment for several
4240				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4241				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4242				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4243				for 4096-byte alignment.
4244		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4245				end-to-end CRC checking).
4246				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4247				the default.
4248				off: Turn ECRC off
4249				on: Turn ECRC on.
4250		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4251				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4252				Default size is 256 bytes.
4253		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4254				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4255				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4256		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4257				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4258				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4259		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4260				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4261				MMIO_PREF window.
4262				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4263		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4264				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4265				Default is 1.
4266		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4267				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4268				accommodate resources required by all child
4269				devices.
4270				off: Turn realloc off
4271				on: Turn realloc on
4272		realloc		same as realloc=on
4273		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4274		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4275				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4276		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4277				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4278				port.
4279		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4280				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4281				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4282				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4283				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4284				taints the kernel.
4285		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4286				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4287				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4288				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4289				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4290				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4291				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4292				this removes isolation between devices and
4293				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4294		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4295		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4296		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4297				one PCI domain per PCI function
4298
4299	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
4300			Management.
4301		off	Disable ASPM.
4302		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4303			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4304
4305	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4306		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4307			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4308			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4309			also tries to use these services.
4310		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4311				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4312		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4313			hotplug).
4314
4315	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4316		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4317		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4318
4319	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4320		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4321			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4322
4323	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4324
4325	pd_ignore_unused
4326			[PM]
4327			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4328			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4329			for debug and development, but should not be
4330			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4331
4332	pd.		[PARIDE]
4333			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4334
4335	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4336			boot time.
4337			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4338			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4339
4340	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4341			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4342			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4343			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4344			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4345			and performance comparison.
4346
4347	pf.		[PARIDE]
4348			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4349
4350	pg.		[PARIDE]
4351			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4352
4353	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4354			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4355
4356	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4357			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4358			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4359
4360	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4361			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4362			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4363
4364	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4365			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4366			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4367			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4368			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4369			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4370			remains 0.
4371
4372	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4373			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4374
4375	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4376			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4377			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4378			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4379			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4380			possible settings and some assignment information.
4381
4382	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4383			{ off }
4384
4385	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4386			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4387
4388	pnp_reserve_irq=
4389			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4390
4391	pnp_reserve_dma=
4392			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4393
4394	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4395			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4396
4397	pnp_reserve_mem=
4398			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4399			autoconfiguration.
4400			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4401
4402	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4403			Default is 21.
4404			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4405			may be specified.
4406			Format: <port>,<port>....
4407
4408	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4409			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4410			platform machine description specific power_save
4411			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4412			execution priority.
4413
4414	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4415			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4416			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4417			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4418			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4419
4420	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
4421			Format: {"off"}
4422			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4423
4424	preempt=	[KNL]
4425			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4426			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4427			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4428			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4429			       can be preempted anytime.
4430
4431	print-fatal-signals=
4432			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4433
4434			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4435			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4436			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4437			coredump - etc.
4438
4439			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4440			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4441
4442			default: off.
4443
4444	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4445			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4446			panics
4447			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4448			default: disabled
4449
4450	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4451			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4452			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4453			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4454			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4455			in order to provide more debug information.
4456			Format: <bool>
4457			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4458
4459	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4460			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4461			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4462			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4463			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4464			Default: ratelimit
4465
4466	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4467			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4468
4469	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4470			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4471			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4472
4473	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4474			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4475			instead using the legacy FADT method
4476
4477	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4478			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4479			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4480				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4481			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4482			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4483				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4484			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4485			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4486				statistical time based profiling.
4487
4488	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4489
4490	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4491			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4492			that).
4493			Format: <bool>
4494
4495	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4496			tracking.
4497			Format: <bool>
4498
4499	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4500			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4501	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4502			per second.
4503	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4504			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4505			(0 = never).
4506	psmouse.resolution=
4507			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4508	psmouse.smartscroll=
4509			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4510			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4511
4512	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4513
4514	pt.		[PARIDE]
4515			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4516
4517	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4518			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4519			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4520			system calls and interrupts.
4521
4522			on   - unconditionally enable
4523			off  - unconditionally disable
4524			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4525			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4526
4527			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4528
4529	nopti		[X86-64]
4530			Equivalent to pti=off
4531
4532	pty.legacy_count=
4533			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4534			default number.
4535
4536	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
4537
4538	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4539
4540	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4541			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4542
4543	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4544			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4545
4546	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4547
4548	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
4549			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
4550			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
4551			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
4552			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
4553
4554	random.trust_bootloader={on,off}
4555			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of a
4556			seed passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4557			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
4558			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER.
4559
4560	randomize_kstack_offset=
4561			[KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4562			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4563			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4564			that depend on stack address determinism or
4565			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4566			available on architectures that have defined
4567			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4568			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4569			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4570
4571	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4572
4573		cec_disable	[X86]
4574				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4575				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4576
4577	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4578			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4579			as described above.
4580
4581			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4582			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4583			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4584			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4585			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4586			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4587			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4588			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4589			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4590			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4591			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4592			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4593
4594			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4595			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4596
4597			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4598			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4599			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4600			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4601
4602			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4603			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4604
4605	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4606			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4607			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4608			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4609			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4610			This improves the real-time response for the
4611			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4612			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4613			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4614			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4615
4616	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4617			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4618			process in one batch.
4619
4620	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4621			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4622			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4623			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4624
4625	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4626			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4627			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4628
4629	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4630			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4631			RCU grace-period initialization.
4632
4633	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4634			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4635			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4636			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4637			the rcu_node combining tree.
4638
4639	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
4640			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
4641			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
4642			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
4643			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
4644
4645			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
4646			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
4647			to zero.
4648
4649	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4650			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4651			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
4652			possibly be useful for architectures having high
4653			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4654
4655	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4656			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4657			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
4658			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4659			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4660			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4661			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4662
4663	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4664			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4665			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4666			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4667			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4668			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4669			condition.
4670
4671	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
4672			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
4673			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
4674			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
4675
4676	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4677			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4678			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4679			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4680			and maximum value is HZ.
4681
4682	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4683			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4684			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4685			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4686
4687	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4688			Set required age in jiffies for a
4689			given grace period before RCU starts
4690			soliciting quiescent-state help from
4691			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4692			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4693			a value based on the most recent settings
4694			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4695			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4696			This calculated value may be viewed in
4697			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
4698			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4699			overwritten.
4700
4701	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
4702			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4703			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4704			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4705			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4706			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4707			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4708			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
4709			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4710			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4711			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
4712			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
4713
4714	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
4715			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
4716			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
4717			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
4718			The result will be bounded below by the value of
4719			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
4720			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
4721			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
4722
4723			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
4724			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
4725			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
4726			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
4727			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
4728
4729	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
4730			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
4731			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
4732			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
4733			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
4734			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
4735			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
4736			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
4737			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
4738			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
4739			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
4740			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
4741
4742	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4743			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4744			each group, which defaults to the square root
4745			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
4746			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4747			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4748			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4749
4750	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4751			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4752			batch limiting is disabled.
4753
4754	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4755			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4756			batch limiting is re-enabled.
4757
4758	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4759			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4760			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4761			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4762			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4763			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4764			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4765			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4766
4767	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4768			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4769			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4770			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4771			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4772			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4773
4774	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
4775			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
4776			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
4777			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
4778			Larger delays increase the probability of
4779			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
4780			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
4781			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
4782
4783	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
4784			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
4785			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
4786			why a new grace period has not yet started.
4787
4788	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
4789			Measure performance of asynchronous
4790			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
4791
4792	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
4793			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
4794			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
4795			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
4796			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
4797			previously posted callbacks to drain.
4798
4799	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
4800			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
4801			grace-period primitives.
4802
4803	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4804			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
4805			this parameter is to delay the start of the
4806			test until boot completes in order to avoid
4807			interference.
4808
4809	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
4810			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
4811
4812	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
4813			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4814			If this parameter has the same value as
4815			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
4816			and double-argument variants are tested.
4817
4818	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
4819			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4820			If this parameter has the same value as
4821			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
4822			and double-argument variants are tested.
4823
4824	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
4825			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
4826
4827	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
4828			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
4829
4830	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
4831			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
4832			of allocations and frees.
4833
4834	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4835			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4836			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4837			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
4838			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4839			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4840			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
4841			a single reader.
4842
4843	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
4844			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
4845			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
4846			N, where N is the number of CPUs
4847
4848	rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL]
4849			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4850
4851	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4852			Shut the system down after performance tests
4853			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
4854			testing.
4855
4856	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
4857			Enable additional printk() statements.
4858
4859	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
4860			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
4861			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
4862			no holdoff.
4863
4864	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
4865			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
4866			in microseconds.
4867
4868	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
4869			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
4870			in microseconds.
4871
4872	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
4873			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
4874			in seconds.
4875
4876	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
4877			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
4878			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
4879			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
4880			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
4881			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
4882			of CPUs to be used.
4883
4884	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
4885			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
4886			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
4887
4888	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
4889			Number of seconds to wait between successive
4890			forward-progress tests.
4891
4892	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
4893			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
4894			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
4895			testing.
4896
4897	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
4898			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
4899			primitives, if available.
4900
4901	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
4902			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
4903
4904	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
4905			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
4906			update-side primitives, if available.
4907
4908	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
4909			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
4910			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
4911			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
4912			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
4913			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
4914			they are all non-zero.
4915
4916	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
4917			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
4918			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
4919			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
4920
4921	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
4922			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
4923			This can of course result in splats, and is
4924			intended to test the ability of things like
4925			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
4926			such leaks.
4927
4928	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
4929			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
4930
4931	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
4932			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
4933			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
4934			test, hence the "fake".
4935
4936	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
4937			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
4938			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
4939
4940	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
4941			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
4942			callback-offload toggling attempts.
4943
4944	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
4945			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4946			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4947			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
4948			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4949			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4950
4951	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
4952			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
4953
4954	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4955			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
4956
4957	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4958			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
4959			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
4960
4961	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
4962			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
4963			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
4964			task-exit processing.
4965
4966	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
4967			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
4968			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
4969			is spawned.
4970
4971	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
4972			The delay, in seconds, between successive
4973			read-then-exit testing episodes.
4974
4975	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
4976			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
4977			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
4978			during the rcutorture test.
4979
4980	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
4981			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
4982			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
4983
4984	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
4985			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
4986			warnings, zero to disable.
4987
4988	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
4989			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
4990			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition
4991			to any other stall-related activity.
4992
4993	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
4994			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
4995
4996	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
4997			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
4998
4999	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5000			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5001			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5002			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5003			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5004			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5005
5006	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5007			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5008
5009	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5010			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5011			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5012			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5013			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5014
5015	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5016			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5017			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5018			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5019
5020	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5021			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5022
5023	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5024			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5025
5026	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5027			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5028			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5029
5030	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5031			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5032
5033	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5034			Enable additional printk() statements.
5035
5036	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5037			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5038			stall warning.
5039
5040	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5041			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5042
5043	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5044			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5045			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5046			during early boot, that is, during the time
5047			before the init task is spawned.
5048
5049	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5050			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5051			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5052			value is 300 seconds.
5053
5054	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5055			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5056			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5057			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5058			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5059			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5060			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5061			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5062			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5063
5064	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5065			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5066			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5067			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5068			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5069			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5070			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5071
5072	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5073			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5074			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5075			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5076			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5077			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5078			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5079			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5080			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5081
5082	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5083			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5084			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5085			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5086			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5087
5088			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5089			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5090			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5091			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5092			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5093			grace-period processing.
5094
5095	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5096			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5097			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5098			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5099			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5100			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5101			set to the default value of -1.
5102
5103	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5104			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5105			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5106			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5107			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5108			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5109			the default value of -1.
5110
5111	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5112			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5113			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5114			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5115			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5116			for use in testing.
5117
5118	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5119			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5120			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5121			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5122			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5123			but lengthens grace periods.
5124
5125	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5126			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5127			informational messages, which give some indication
5128			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5129			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5130			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5131			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5132			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5133			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5134			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5135
5136	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5137			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5138			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5139			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5140			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5141			the value three, so that the first informational
5142			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5143			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5144			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5145			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5146
5147	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5148			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5149			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5150			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5151			A change in value does not take effect until
5152			the beginning of the next grace period.
5153
5154	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5155			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5156
5157	rdinit=		[KNL]
5158			Format: <full_path>
5159			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5160			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5161
5162	rdrand=		[X86]
5163			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5164				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5165				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5166				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5167				path).
5168
5169	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5170			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5171			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5172			mba.
5173			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5174				rdt=cmt,!mba
5175
5176	reboot=		[KNL]
5177			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5178				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5179				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5180				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5181				[[,]f[orce]
5182			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5183					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5184					reboot only),
5185			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5186			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5187			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5188					to be used for rebooting.
5189
5190	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5191			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5192			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5193			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5194			interference.
5195
5196	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5197			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5198			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5199			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5200			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5201			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5202			x86 laptops.
5203
5204	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5205			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5206			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5207			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5208
5209	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5210			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5211			the console log.
5212
5213	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5214			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5215			measured in microseconds.
5216
5217	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5218			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5219
5220	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5221			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5222			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5223			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5224			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5225
5226	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5227			Enable additional printk() statements.
5228
5229	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5230			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5231			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5232			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5233			specified.
5234
5235	relax_domain_level=
5236			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5237			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5238
5239	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5240			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5241			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5242			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5243			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5244
5245	reservetop=	[X86-32]
5246			Format: nn[KMG]
5247			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5248			address space.
5249
5250	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5251			during initialization.
5252
5253	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5254			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5255			Format:
5256			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5257
5258	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5259			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5260			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5261			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5262			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5263
5264	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5265			read the resume files
5266
5267	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5268			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5269			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5270
5271	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
5272
5273	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5274			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5275			vulnerability.
5276
5277			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5278			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5279			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5280			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5281			that don't.
5282
5283			off          - no mitigation
5284			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5285			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5286				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5287				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5288				       and older without STIBP).
5289			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5290				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5291				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5292				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5293				       on Intel.
5294			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5295				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5296				       the alternative for systems which do not
5297				       have STIBP.
5298			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5299				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5300				       systems.
5301			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5302				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5303				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5304
5305			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5306			time according to the CPU.
5307
5308			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5309
5310	rfkill.default_state=
5311		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5312			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5313		1	Unblocked.
5314
5315	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5316		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5317		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5318			blocked and the previous configuration.
5319		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5320			blocked and everything unblocked.
5321
5322	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5323			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
5324
5325	ring3mwait=disable
5326			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5327			CPUs.
5328
5329	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5330
5331	rodata=		[KNL]
5332		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5333		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5334		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5335		        [arm64]
5336
5337	rockchip.usb_uart
5338			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5339			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5340			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5341			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5342
5343	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5344			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
5345
5346	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5347			mount the root filesystem
5348
5349	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5350
5351	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5352
5353	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5354			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5355			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5356
5357	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5358			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5359			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5360			managed by CMA.
5361
5362	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5363
5364	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5365
5366	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5367			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5368		strict
5369			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
5370			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
5371			which is faster.
5372
5373	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5374			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5375			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5376			factor of the size of main memory.
5377			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5378			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5379			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5380			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5381			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5382			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5383			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5384
5385	sa1100ir	[NET]
5386			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5387
5388	sched_verbose	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5389
5390	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5391			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5392			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5393			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5394
5395	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5396			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5397			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5398			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5399			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5400			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5401			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5402			value.
5403			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5404			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5405				1			64 ms
5406				2			128 ms
5407			and so on.
5408			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5409			Default is 0.
5410
5411	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5412			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5413			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5414			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5415			tests.
5416
5417	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5418			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5419			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5420			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5421			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5422			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5423			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5424
5425	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5426			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5427			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5428			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5429			equal to the number of CPUs.
5430
5431	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5432			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5433			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5434
5435	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5436			Number seconds to wait between successive
5437			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
5438			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5439
5440	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5441			The number of seconds following the start of the
5442			test after which to shut down the system.  The
5443			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5444			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5445
5446	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5447			The number of seconds between outputting the
5448			current test statistics to the console.  A value
5449			of zero disables statistics output.
5450
5451	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5452			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5453			to the set of CPUs under test.
5454
5455	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5456			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5457			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5458			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5459			functions.
5460
5461	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5462			Enable additional printk() statements.
5463
5464	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5465			The probability weighting to use for the
5466			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5467			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
5468			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
5469			if at least one weight has some other value, a
5470			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5471
5472	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
5473			The probability weighting to use for the
5474			smp_call_function_single() function with a
5475			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5476
5477	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
5478			The probability weighting to use for the
5479			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
5480			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5481			Note well that setting a high probability for
5482			this weighting can place serious IPI load
5483			on the system.
5484
5485	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
5486			The probability weighting to use for the
5487			smp_call_function_many() function with a
5488			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5489			and weight_many.
5490
5491	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
5492			The probability weighting to use for the
5493			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
5494			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
5495			weight_many.
5496
5497	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
5498			The probability weighting to use for the
5499			smp_call_function_all() function with a
5500			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5501			and weight_many.
5502
5503	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5504			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5505			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5506			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5507			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5508			1 -- enable.
5509			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5510			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5511
5512	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5513			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5514			"lsm=" parameter.
5515
5516	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5517			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5518			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
5519			0 -- disable.
5520			1 -- enable.
5521			Default value is 1.
5522
5523	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
5524			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5525			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
5526			0 -- disable.
5527			1 -- enable.
5528			Default value is set via kernel config option.
5529
5530	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
5531
5532	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
5533
5534	shapers=	[NET]
5535			Maximal number of shapers.
5536
5537	simeth=		[IA-64]
5538	simscsi=
5539
5540	slram=		[HW,MTD]
5541
5542	slab_merge	[MM]
5543			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5544			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5545
5546	slab_nomerge	[MM]
5547			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5548			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5549			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5550			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5551			layout control by attackers can usually be
5552			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5553			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5554			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5555			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5556			own.
5557			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5558
5559	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
5560			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5561			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5562			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
5563			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5564
5565	slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM, SLUB]
5566			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5567			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5568			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5569			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5570			last alloc / free. For more information see
5571			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5572
5573	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5574			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5575			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5576			fragmentation. For more information see
5577			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5578
5579	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
5580			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5581			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5582			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5583			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5584			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5585			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5586			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5587
5588	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
5589			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5590			lower than slub_max_order.
5591			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5592
5593	slub_merge	[MM, SLUB]
5594			Same with slab_merge.
5595
5596	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
5597			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5598			See slab_nomerge for more information.
5599
5600	smart2=		[HW]
5601			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5602
5603	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
5604			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
5605			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
5606			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
5607			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
5608			disabling interrupts for extended periods
5609			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
5610			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
5611			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
5612			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
5613
5614	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5615	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
5616	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
5617	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
5618	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
5619	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
5620	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5621				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5622				1: Fast pin select (default)
5623				2: ATC IRMode
5624
5625	smt=		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5626			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5627			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5628			actual hardware limit.
5629			Format: <integer>
5630			Default: -1 (no limit)
5631
5632	softlockup_panic=
5633			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5634			Format: 0 | 1
5635
5636			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5637			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5638			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5639			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5640			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
5641
5642	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
5643			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
5644			backtraces on all cpus.
5645			Format: 0 | 1
5646
5647	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
5648			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
5649
5650	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5651			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
5652			The default operation protects the kernel from
5653			user space attacks.
5654
5655			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
5656			       spectre_v2_user=on
5657			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
5658			       spectre_v2_user=off
5659			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5660			       vulnerable
5661
5662			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
5663			mitigation method at run time according to the
5664			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
5665			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
5666			compiler with which the kernel was built.
5667
5668			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
5669			against user space to user space task attacks.
5670
5671			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
5672			the user space protections.
5673
5674			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
5675
5676			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
5677			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
5678			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
5679			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
5680			eibrs		  - enhanced IBRS
5681			eibrs,retpoline   - enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
5682			eibrs,lfence      - enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
5683			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
5684
5685			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5686			spectre_v2=auto.
5687
5688	spectre_v2_user=
5689			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5690		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
5691		        user space tasks
5692
5693			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
5694				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
5695
5696			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
5697				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
5698
5699			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
5700				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
5701				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
5702				  is inherited on fork.
5703
5704			prctl,ibpb
5705				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
5706				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5707				  always when switching between different user
5708				  space processes.
5709
5710			seccomp
5711				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
5712				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
5713				  they explicitly opt out.
5714
5715			seccomp,ibpb
5716				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
5717				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5718				  always when switching between different
5719				  user space processes.
5720
5721			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
5722				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
5723
5724			Default mitigation: "prctl"
5725
5726			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5727			spectre_v2_user=auto.
5728
5729	spec_store_bypass_disable=
5730			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
5731			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
5732
5733			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
5734			a common industry wide performance optimization known
5735			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
5736			to the same memory location may not be observed by
5737			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
5738			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
5739			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
5740			end of a particular speculation execution window.
5741
5742			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5743			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
5744			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
5745			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
5746
5747			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
5748			Bypass optimization is used.
5749
5750			On x86 the options are:
5751
5752			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
5753			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
5754			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
5755				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
5756				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
5757				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
5758				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
5759				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
5760			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
5761				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
5762				  for a process by default. The state of the control
5763				  is inherited on fork.
5764			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
5765				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
5766
5767			Default mitigations:
5768			X86:	"prctl"
5769
5770			On powerpc the options are:
5771
5772			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
5773				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
5774				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
5775				  exit.
5776			off	- No action.
5777
5778			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5779			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
5780
5781	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
5782	spia_fio_base=
5783	spia_pedr=
5784	spia_peddr=
5785
5786	split_lock_detect=
5787			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
5788
5789			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
5790			instructions that access data across cache line
5791			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
5792			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
5793			bus lock detection.
5794
5795			off	- not enabled
5796
5797			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
5798				  about applications triggering the #AC
5799				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
5800				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
5801				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
5802				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
5803				  enabled in hardware.
5804
5805			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
5806				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
5807				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
5808				  both features are enabled in hardware.
5809
5810			ratelimit:N -
5811				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
5812				  per second for bus lock detection.
5813				  0 < N <= 1000.
5814
5815				  N/A for split lock detection.
5816
5817
5818			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
5819			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
5820			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
5821			mode.
5822
5823			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
5824			CPL > 0.
5825
5826	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
5827			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
5828			(SRBDS) mitigation.
5829
5830			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
5831			exploit which can leak bits from the random
5832			number generator.
5833
5834			By default, this issue is mitigated by
5835			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
5836			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
5837			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
5838			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
5839
5840			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
5841			the following option:
5842
5843			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
5844				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
5845
5846	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
5847			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
5848			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
5849			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
5850			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
5851			but takes effect only when the low-order four
5852			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
5853			(decide at boot).
5854
5855	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
5856			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
5857			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
5858			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
5859
5860				   0:  Never.
5861				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
5862				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
5863				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
5864				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
5865
5866			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
5867			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
5868			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
5869
5870	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
5871			Specifies how frequently to check for
5872			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
5873			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
5874			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
5875			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
5876			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
5877			are ignored.
5878
5879	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
5880			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
5881			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
5882			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
5883			grace period will be considered for automatic
5884			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
5885			expediting.
5886
5887	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
5888			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
5889			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
5890			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
5891			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
5892			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
5893
5894	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
5895			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
5896			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
5897			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
5898			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
5899			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
5900
5901	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
5902			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
5903			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
5904
5905	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
5906			Specifies the number of update-side contention
5907			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
5908			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
5909			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
5910			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
5911			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
5912
5913	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
5914			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
5915
5916			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
5917			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
5918			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
5919			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
5920
5921			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
5922				   for both kernel and userspace
5923			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
5924				   for both kernel and userspace
5925			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
5926				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
5927				   to allow userspace to register its
5928				   interest in being mitigated too.
5929
5930	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
5931			override the default stack gap protection. The value
5932			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
5933			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
5934			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
5935			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
5936
5937	stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
5938			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
5939			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
5940			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
5941			to false.
5942
5943	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
5944			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
5945
5946	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
5947			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
5948			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
5949			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
5950			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
5951			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
5952			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
5953
5954	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
5955			Format: <num>
5956			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
5957			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
5958			as the initial boot-console.
5959			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5960
5961	sti_font=	[HW]
5962			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5963
5964	stifb=		[HW]
5965			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
5966
5967        strict_sas_size=
5968			[X86]
5969			Format: <bool>
5970			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
5971			against the required signal frame size which
5972			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
5973			be used to filter out binaries which have
5974			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
5975
5976	sunrpc.min_resvport=
5977	sunrpc.max_resvport=
5978			[NFS,SUNRPC]
5979			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
5980			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
5981			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
5982			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
5983			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
5984			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
5985			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
5986			maximum port values.
5987
5988	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
5989			[NFS,SUNRPC]
5990			Limit the number of requests that the server will
5991			process in parallel from a single connection.
5992			The default value is 0 (no limit).
5993
5994	sunrpc.pool_mode=
5995			[NFS]
5996			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
5997			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
5998			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
5999			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6000			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6001			NFS server is running.
6002
6003			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6004				    automatically using heuristics
6005			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6006			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6007			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6008				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6009
6010	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6011	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6012			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6013			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6014			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6015			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6016			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6017			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6018
6019	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6020			[SUSPEND]
6021			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6022			mode before resuming the system (see
6023			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6024			is set. Default value is 5.
6025
6026	svm=		[PPC]
6027			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6028			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6029			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6030
6031	swapaccount=	[KNL]
6032			Format: [0|1]
6033			Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
6034			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
6035			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst)
6036
6037	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
6038			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6039			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6040			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6041				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6042				 to a power of 2.
6043			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6044			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6045			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6046
6047	switches=	[HW,M68k]
6048
6049	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6050			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6051			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6052			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6053			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6054			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6055			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6056			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6057
6058	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
6059			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
6060			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
6061			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
6062			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
6063			in older udev will not work anymore.
6064			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
6065			the kernel configuration.
6066
6067	sysrq_always_enabled
6068			[KNL]
6069			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6070			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6071			Useful for debugging.
6072
6073	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6074			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6075			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6076			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6077			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6078			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6079
6080	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6081
6082	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6083			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6084			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6085			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6086			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6087			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6088			The system is woken from this state using a
6089			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6090
6091	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6092			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6093
6094	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6095			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6096			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6097
6098	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6099			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6100			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6101
6102	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
6103			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
6104			critical and hot trip points.
6105
6106	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6107			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6108
6109	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6110			-1: disable all passive trip points
6111			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6112			value
6113
6114	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6115			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6116			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6117			0: no polling (default)
6118
6119	threadirqs	[KNL]
6120			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6121			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6122
6123	topology=	[S390]
6124			Format: {off | on}
6125			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6126			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6127			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6128			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6129			Default is on.
6130
6131	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
6132			Format: {off}
6133			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
6134			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
6135			LPAR.
6136
6137	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6138			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6139			until after init has spawned.
6140
6141	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6142			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6143			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6144			very costly operation when many torture tests
6145			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6146			with rotating-rust storage.
6147
6148	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6149			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6150			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6151			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6152
6153	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6154			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6155
6156	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
6157
6158	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6159			Format: integer pcr id
6160			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6161			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6162			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6163			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6164			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6165			are saved.
6166
6167	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6168			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6169			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6170			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6171			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6172			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6173
6174			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6175			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6176			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6177			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6178
6179			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6180			to stop the printing of events to console at
6181			late_initcall_sync.
6182
6183			** CAUTION **
6184
6185			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6186			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6187			the system to live lock.
6188
6189	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6190			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6191			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6192			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6193			make the system inoperable.
6194
6195			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6196			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6197
6198	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6199			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6200
6201	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6202			at boot up.
6203			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6204				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6205				depending on the architecture, may not be
6206				in sync between CPUs.
6207			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6208				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6209				but better for some race conditions.
6210			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6211				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6212				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6213				once per event.
6214			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6215			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6216			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6217			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6218				stamps.
6219			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6220			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6221			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6222
6223	trace_event=[event-list]
6224			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6225			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6226			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6227			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6228
6229	trace_options=[option-list]
6230			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6231			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6232			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6233			to echo the option name into
6234
6235			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
6236
6237			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6238			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6239
6240			      trace_options=stacktrace
6241
6242			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6243			section.
6244
6245	traceoff_on_warning
6246			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6247			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6248			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6249			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
6250
6251			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6252			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6253			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6254
6255			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6256			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6257
6258	transparent_hugepage=
6259			[KNL]
6260			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6261			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6262			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6263			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6264			for more details.
6265
6266	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6267			Format: <string>
6268			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6269			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6270			sources:
6271			- "tpm"
6272			- "tee"
6273			- "caam"
6274			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6275			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6276			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6277			successfully during iteration.
6278
6279	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6280			Format: <string>
6281			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6282			Can be one of:
6283			- "kernel"
6284			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6285			- "default"
6286			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6287			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6288
6289	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6290			Format: <string>
6291			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6292			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6293			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6294			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6295			virtualized environment.
6296			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6297			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6298			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6299			can add overhead.
6300			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6301			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6302			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6303			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6304			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6305			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6306			acceptable).
6307
6308	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
6309			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
6310			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
6311			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
6312			Format: <unsigned int>
6313
6314	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
6315			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
6316			support TSX control.
6317
6318			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
6319
6320			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
6321				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
6322				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
6323				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
6324				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
6325				with leaving it enabled.
6326
6327			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
6328				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
6329				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
6330				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
6331				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
6332				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
6333				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
6334
6335			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
6336				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
6337
6338			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
6339
6340			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6341			for more details.
6342
6343	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
6344			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
6345
6346			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
6347			certain CPUs that support Transactional
6348			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
6349			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
6350			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
6351			conditions.
6352
6353			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6354			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
6355			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
6356			access.
6357
6358			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
6359			options are:
6360
6361			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
6362				     if TSX is enabled.
6363
6364			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
6365				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
6366				     is not disabled because CPU is not
6367				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
6368			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
6369
6370			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
6371			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
6372			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
6373			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
6374
6375			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6376			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
6377			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
6378			required and doesn't provide any additional
6379			mitigation.
6380
6381			For details see:
6382			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6383
6384	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
6385			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
6386			Format:
6387			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
6388			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
6389
6390	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
6391			happen after console_init() and before a proper
6392			console driver takes over, this boot options might
6393			help "seeing" what's going on.
6394
6395	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6396			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
6397
6398	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
6399			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
6400			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
6401			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
6402			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
6403			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
6404			reported either.
6405
6406	unknown_nmi_panic
6407			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
6408
6409	usbcore.authorized_default=
6410			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
6411			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
6412			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
6413			if device connected to internal port)
6414
6415	usbcore.autosuspend=
6416			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
6417			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
6418			is the time required before an idle device will be
6419			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
6420			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
6421
6422	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
6423			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
6424
6425	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
6426			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
6427			(default = 65536).
6428
6429	usbcore.blinkenlights=
6430			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
6431
6432	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
6433			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
6434			scheme (default 0 = off).
6435
6436	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
6437			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
6438			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
6439
6440	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
6441			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
6442			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
6443
6444	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
6445			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
6446			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
6447			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
6448
6449	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
6450
6451	usbcore.quirks=
6452			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
6453			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
6454			commas. Each entry has the form
6455			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
6456			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
6457			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
6458			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
6459			the following meanings:
6460				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
6461					descriptors must not be fetched using
6462					a 255-byte read);
6463				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
6464					correctly so reset it instead);
6465				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
6466					Set-Interface requests);
6467				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
6468					handle its Configuration or Interface
6469					strings);
6470				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
6471					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
6472				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
6473					more interface descriptions than the
6474					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
6475					talking to these interfaces);
6476				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
6477					during initialization, after we read
6478					the device descriptor);
6479				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
6480					high speed and super speed interrupt
6481					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
6482					require the interval in microframes (1
6483					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
6484					calculated as interval = 2 ^
6485					(bInterval-1).
6486					Devices with this quirk report their
6487					bInterval as the result of this
6488					calculation instead of the exponent
6489					variable used in the calculation);
6490				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
6491					handle device_qualifier descriptor
6492					requests);
6493				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
6494					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
6495					remote wakeup capability);
6496				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
6497					Power Management);
6498				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
6499					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
6500					frames instead of the USB 2.0
6501					calculation);
6502				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
6503					to be disconnected before suspend to
6504					prevent spurious wakeup);
6505				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
6506					pause after every control message);
6507				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
6508					delay after resetting its port);
6509			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
6510
6511	usbhid.mousepoll=
6512			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
6513
6514	usbhid.jspoll=
6515			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
6516
6517	usbhid.kbpoll=
6518			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
6519
6520	usb-storage.delay_use=
6521			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
6522			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
6523
6524	usb-storage.quirks=
6525			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
6526			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
6527			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
6528			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
6529			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
6530			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
6531			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
6532				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
6533					of sense data, not on uas);
6534				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
6535					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
6536				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
6537					device capacity by one sector);
6538				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
6539					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
6540				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
6541					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
6542				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
6543					command, uas only);
6544				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
6545					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
6546				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
6547					reported device capacity by one
6548					sector if the number is odd);
6549				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
6550					device);
6551				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
6552					command, uas only);
6553				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
6554				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
6555					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
6556				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
6557					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
6558					not on uas);
6559				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
6560					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
6561				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
6562					reported by the device, not on uas);
6563				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
6564					by default, not on uas);
6565				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
6566					bogus residue values, not on uas);
6567				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
6568					Logical Unit);
6569				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
6570					commands, uas only);
6571				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
6572				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
6573					medium is write-protected).
6574				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
6575					even if the device claims no cache,
6576					not on uas)
6577			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
6578
6579	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
6580			Format: <int>
6581			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
6582				 1 - undefined instruction events
6583				 2 - system calls
6584				 4 - invalid data aborts
6585				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
6586				16 - SIGBUS faults
6587			Example: user_debug=31
6588
6589	userpte=
6590			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
6591
6592				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
6593					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
6594					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
6595
6596	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
6597			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
6598
6599			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
6600			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
6601
6602	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
6603			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
6604			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
6605
6606			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
6607			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
6608			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
6609
6610			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
6611			alias for vdso32=0.
6612
6613			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
6614			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
6615
6616	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
6617			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
6618
6619	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
6620			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
6621
6622	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
6623			Format: [0|1]
6624			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
6625			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
6626			level and then send out the event to user space through
6627			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
6628			will only send out the event without touching backlight
6629			brightness level.
6630			default: 1
6631
6632	virtio_mmio.device=
6633			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
6634
6635				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
6636			where:
6637				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
6638						like K, M and G)
6639				<baseaddr> := physical base address
6640				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
6641						request_irq())
6642				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
6643			example:
6644				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
6645
6646			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
6647
6648	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
6649			See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
6650			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
6651			Use vga=ask for menu.
6652			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
6653			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
6654
6655	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
6656			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
6657			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
6658			All options are enabled by default, and this
6659			interface is meant to allow for selectively
6660			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
6661			debugging features.
6662
6663			Available options are:
6664			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
6665			  -	Disable all of the above options
6666
6667	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
6668			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
6669			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
6670			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
6671			mapped kernel RAM.
6672
6673	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
6674			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
6675			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
6676
6677	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
6678			Format: <command>
6679
6680	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
6681			Format: <command>
6682
6683	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
6684			Format: <command>
6685
6686	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
6687			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
6688			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
6689			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
6690			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
6691			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
6692			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
6693
6694			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6695			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6696				    page is readable.
6697
6698			xonly       Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6699			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6700				    page is not readable.
6701
6702			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
6703			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
6704			            might break your system.
6705
6706	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
6707			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
6708			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
6709
6710	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
6711			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
6712			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
6713			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
6714
6715	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
6716			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
6717			Change the default blue palette of the console.
6718			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6719			ranging from 0-255.
6720
6721	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
6722			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
6723			Change the default green palette of the console.
6724			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6725			ranging from 0-255.
6726
6727	vt.default_red=	[VT]
6728			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
6729			Change the default red palette of the console.
6730			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6731			ranging from 0-255.
6732
6733	vt.default_utf8=
6734			[VT]
6735			Format=<0|1>
6736			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
6737			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
6738			newly opened terminals.
6739
6740	vt.global_cursor_default=
6741			[VT]
6742			Format=<-1|0|1>
6743			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
6744			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
6745			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
6746			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
6747			cursors, 1 will display them.
6748
6749	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
6750			Default: 2 = green.
6751
6752	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
6753			Default: 3 = cyan.
6754
6755	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
6756			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
6757			or other driver-specific files in the
6758			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
6759
6760	watchdog_thresh=
6761			[KNL]
6762			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
6763			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
6764			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
6765			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
6766			seconds.
6767
6768	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
6769			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
6770			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
6771			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
6772			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
6773			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
6774			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
6775			corresponding sysfs file.
6776
6777	workqueue.disable_numa
6778			By default, all work items queued to unbound
6779			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
6780			issued on, which results in better behavior in
6781			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
6782			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
6783			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
6784			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
6785
6786	workqueue.power_efficient
6787			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
6788			they show better performance thanks to cache
6789			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
6790			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
6791
6792			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
6793			were observed to contribute significantly to power
6794			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
6795			power usage at the cost of small performance
6796			overhead.
6797
6798			The default value of this parameter is determined by
6799			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
6800
6801	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
6802			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
6803			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
6804			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
6805			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
6806			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
6807			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
6808			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
6809			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
6810			impacted.
6811
6812	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
6813			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
6814			supporting x2apic.
6815
6816	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
6817			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
6818			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
6819			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
6820			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
6821			domains.
6822
6823	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
6824			Unplug Xen emulated devices
6825			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
6826			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
6827			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
6828			nics -- unplug network devices
6829			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
6830			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
6831				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
6832				the unplug protocol
6833			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
6834
6835	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
6836			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
6837			panic() code such as dumping handler.
6838
6839	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
6840			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
6841			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
6842			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6843
6844	xen_nopv	[X86]
6845			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
6846			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
6847			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
6848			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6849
6850	xen_no_vector_callback
6851			[KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
6852			event channel interrupts.
6853
6854	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
6855			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
6856			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
6857			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
6858			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
6859
6860	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
6861			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
6862			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
6863			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
6864			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
6865			more timer interrupts.
6866
6867	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
6868			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
6869			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
6870			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
6871			started with less memory configured than allowed at
6872			max. Default is 180.
6873
6874	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
6875			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
6876			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
6877
6878	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
6879			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
6880			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
6881
6882	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
6883			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
6884			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
6885			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
6886			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
6887			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
6888
6889	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
6890			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
6891			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
6892			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
6893
6894	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM]
6895			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
6896			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
6897			contention.
6898
6899	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
6900			Format:
6901			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
6902
6903	xive=		[PPC]
6904			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
6905			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
6906			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
6907
6908			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
6909				  controller on both pseries and powernv
6910				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
6911
6912	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
6913			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
6914			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
6915			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
6916			loads instead, as on POWER9.
6917
6918	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
6919			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
6920			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
6921			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
6922
6923	xmon		[PPC]
6924			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
6925			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
6926			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
6927			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
6928				debugger is called from setup_arch().
6929			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6930				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
6931				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
6932				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
6933			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6934				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
6935				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
6936				can be written using xmon commands.
6937			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
6938				memory, and other data can't be written using
6939				xmon commands.
6940			off	xmon is disabled.
6941