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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.txt, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			acpi_backlight=vendor
26			acpi_backlight=video
27			If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver
28			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
29			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
30
31	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
32			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
33			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
34			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
35			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
36
37	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
38			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
39			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
40			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
41			This option is useful for developers to identify the
42			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
43			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
44
45	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
46	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
47			Format: <int>
48			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
49			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
50			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
51			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
52			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
53			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
54			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
55			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
56			Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about
57			debug layers and levels.
58
59			Enable processor driver info messages:
60			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
61			Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <int>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
140			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
141			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
142			second kernel for kdump.
143
144	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
145			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
146
147	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
148			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
149			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
150			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
151			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
152
153	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
154			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
155			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
156			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
157			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
158						  strings
159			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
160						  strings
161			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
162
163			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
164			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
165			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
166			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
167			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
168			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
169			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
170			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
171			care about the state of the feature group strings which
172			should be controlled by the OSPM.
173			Examples:
174			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
175			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
176			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
177
178			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
179			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
180			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
181			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
182			multiple times through kernel command line is also
183			meaningless.
184			Examples:
185			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
186			     FALSE.
187
188			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
189			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
190			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
191			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
192			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
193			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
194			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
195			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
196			is useful when one want to control the state of the
197			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
198			the OSPM features.
199			Examples:
200			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
201			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
202			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
203			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
204			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
205			     equivalent to
206			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
207			     and
208			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
209			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
210
211	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
212			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
213			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
214			and always returns good values.
215
216	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
217			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
218
219	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
220			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
221			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
222
223	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
224			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
225				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
226			See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
227			s3_bios and s3_mode.
228			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
229			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
230			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
231			used during resume from hibernation.
232			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
233			control method, with respect to putting devices into
234			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
235			of _PTS is used by default).
236			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
237			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
238			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
239			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
240			but some broken systems don't work without it).
241			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
242			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
243			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
244
245	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
246			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
247			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
248
249	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
250			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
251
252	agp=		[AGP]
253			{ off | try_unsupported }
254			off: disable AGP support
255			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
256				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
257
258	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
259			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
260
261	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
262			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
263			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
264			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
265
266	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
267			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
268			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
269			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
270			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
271			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
272			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
273
274			32: only for 32-bit processes
275			64: only for 64-bit processes
276			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
277			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
278
279	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
280			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
281			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
282			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
283			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
284			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
285
286	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
287			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
288			Possible values are:
289			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
290				    they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
291				    flushed before they will be reused, which
292				    is a lot of faster
293			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
294				    the system
295			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
296					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
297					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
298					  requirements as needed. This option
299					  does not override iommu=pt
300
301	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
302			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
303			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
304			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
305			IOMMU initialization.
306
307	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
308			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
309			remapping modes:
310			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
311			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
312			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
313			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
314			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
315
316	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
317			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
318			Format: <a>,<b>
319			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
320
321	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
322			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
323			connected to one of 16 gameports
324			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
325
326	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
327			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
328			Format: noidle
329			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
330			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
331			APC and your system crashes randomly.
332
333	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
334			Change the output verbosity whilst booting
335			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
336			Change the amount of debugging information output
337			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
338			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
339			driver name.
340			Format: apic=driver_name
341			Examples: apic=bigsmp
342
343	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
344			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
345			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
346			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
347			      backup of CPU 0
348			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
349			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
350			      shot down by NMI
351
352	autoconf=	[IPV6]
353			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
354
355	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
356			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
357			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
358			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
359			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
360			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
361			apic=verbose is specified.
362			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
363
364	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
365			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
366
367	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
368			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
369
370	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
371
372	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
373
374	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
375			EzKey and similar keyboards
376
377	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
378
379	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
380			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
381
382	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
383			keyboards
384
385	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
386			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
387
388	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
389			Use software keyboard repeat
390
391	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
392			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
393			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
394			    enabled until the next reboot
395			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
396			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
397			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
398			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
399			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
400			    userspace auditd.
401			Default: unset
402
403	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
404			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
405			Default: 64
406
407	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
408			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
409			Format: { "0" | "1" }
410			0 - Disable the BAU.
411			1 - Enable the BAU.
412			unset - Disable the BAU.
413
414	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
415			Format: <io>,<mode>
416
417	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
418			Format: <io>,<mode>
419			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
420
421	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
422			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
423			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
424			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
425
426	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
427			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
428			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
429			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
430
431	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
432			embedded devices based on command line input.
433			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
434
435	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
436			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
437			no delay (0).
438			Format: integer
439
440	bootmem_debug	[KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages.
441
442	bert_disable	[ACPI]
443			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
444
445	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
446	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
447			kernel args too.
448	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/bttv.rst
449	bttv.tuner=
450
451	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
452			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
453			at a time.
454
455	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
456
457	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
458			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
459			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
460			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
461			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
462			This option provides an override for these situations.
463
464	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
465			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
466			trust validation.
467			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
468
469	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
470			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
471			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
472			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
473			others).
474
475	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
476			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
477
478	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller
479			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
480			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
481			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
482			  a single hierarchy
483			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
484			  subsystem
485			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
486			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
487			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
488
489	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable one, multiple, all cgroup controllers in v1
490			Format: { controller[,controller...] | "all" }
491			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
492			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
493
494	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
495			Format: <string>
496			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
497			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
498
499	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
500			Format: { "0" | "1" }
501			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
502			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
503				any implied execute protection).
504			1 -- check protection requested by application.
505			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
506			Value can be changed at runtime via
507				/selinux/checkreqprot.
508
509	cio_ignore=	[S390]
510			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
511	clk_ignore_unused
512			[CLK]
513			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
514			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
515			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
516			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
517			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
518			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
519			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
520			platform with proper driver support.  For more
521			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
522
523	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
524			[Deprecated]
525			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
526			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
527			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
528			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
529
530	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
531			Format: <string>
532			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
533			with the name specified.
534			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
535			the platform:
536			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
537			[ACPI] acpi_pm
538			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
539				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
540			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
541				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
542			[MIPS] MIPS
543			[PARISC] cr16
544			[S390] tod
545			[SH] SuperH
546			[SPARC64] tick
547			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
548
549	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
550			[ARM,ARM64]
551			Format: <bool>
552			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
553			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
554			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
555			systems.
556
557	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
558			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
559			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
560			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
561			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
562			ones should be.
563			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
564			or using the feature without checking anything
565			will still see it. This just prevents it from
566			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
567			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
568			some critical bits.
569
570	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
571			[ARM,X86,KNL]
572			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
573			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
574			placement constraint by the physical address range of
575			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
576			altogether. For more information, see
577			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
578
579	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
580			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
581			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
582			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
583			a hypervisor.
584			Default: yes
585
586	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
587			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
588			allocations, by default set to 256K.
589
590	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
591			Format:
592			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
593
594	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
595			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
596
597	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
598			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
599			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
600
601	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
602	conmode=
603
604	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
605
606		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
607
608		ttyS<n>[,options]
609		ttyUSB0[,options]
610			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
611			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
612			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
613			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
614			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
615
616			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
617			information.  See
618			Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
619			alternative.
620
621		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
622		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
623		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
624		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
625		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
626			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
627			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
628			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
629			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
630			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
631			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
632			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
633			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
634			the h/w is not re-initialized.
635
636		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
637			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
638
639		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
640		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
641			console=brl,ttyS0
642		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
643
644	console_msg_format=
645			[KNL] Change console messages format
646		default
647			By default we print messages on consoles in
648			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
649			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
650			`printk_time' param).
651		syslog
652			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
653			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
654			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
655			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
656			from /proc/kmsg.
657
658	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
659			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
660			Defaults to 0.
661
662	coredump_filter=
663			[KNL] Change the default value for
664			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
665			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
666
667	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
668			[ARM,ARM64]
669			Format: <bool>
670			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
671			0: default value, disable debugging
672			1: enable debugging at boot time
673
674	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
675			disable the cpuidle sub-system
676
677	cpuidle.governor=
678			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
679
680	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
681			disable the cpufreq sub-system
682
683	cpu_init_udelay=N
684			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
685			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
686			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
687			Default: 10000
688
689	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
690			Format:
691			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
692
693	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
694			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
695			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
696			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
697			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
698			is selected automatically. Check
699			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
700
701	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
702			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
703			in the running system. The syntax of range is
704			start-[end] where start and end are both
705			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
706			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example.
707
708	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
709			[KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
710			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
711			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
712			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
713			available.
714			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
715	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
716			[KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
717			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
718			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
719			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
720			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
721			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
722			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
723			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
724			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
725			for second kernel instead.
726			0: to disable low allocation.
727			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
728			or memory reserved is below 4G.
729
730	cryptomgr.notests
731			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
732
733	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
734			Format: <dma>
735
736	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
737			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
738
739	dasd=		[HW,NET]
740			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
741
742	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
743			(one device per port)
744			Format: <port#>,<type>
745			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
746
747	ddebug_query=	[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
748			time. See
749			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
750			details.  Deprecated, see dyndbg.
751
752	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
753
754	debug_boot_weak_hash
755			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
756			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
757			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
758			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
759			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
760			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
761
762	debug_locks_verbose=
763			[KNL] verbose self-tests
764			Format=<0|1>
765			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
766			self-tests.
767			We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
768			1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
769			only useful to kernel developers.
770
771	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
772
773	no_debug_objects
774			[KNL] Disable object debugging
775
776	debug_guardpage_minorder=
777			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
778			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
779			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
780			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
781			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
782			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
783			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
784			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
785			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
786			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
787			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
788			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
789			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
790			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
791			bypassed) which are not detectable by
792			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
793			tracking down these problems.
794
795	debug_pagealloc=
796			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
797			parameter enables the feature at boot time. In
798			default, it is disabled. We can avoid allocating huge
799			chunk of memory for debug pagealloc if we don't enable
800			it at boot time and the system will work mostly same
801			with the kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
802			on: enable the feature
803
804	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
805
806	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
807			Format: <area>[,<node>]
808			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
809
810	default_hugepagesz=
811			[same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
812			HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
813			the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
814			default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
815			Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
816			if not specified.
817
818	deferred_probe_timeout=
819			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
820			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
821			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
822			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout of 0
823			will timeout at the end of initcalls. This option will also
824			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
825			retrying.
826
827	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
828			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
829
830	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
831			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
832			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
833			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
834			miss to occur.
835
836	disable=	[IPV6]
837			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
838
839	hardened_usercopy=
840                        [KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
841                        hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
842                        usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
843                        from reading or writing beyond known memory
844                        allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
845                        against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
846                        copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
847                on      Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
848                off     Disable hardened usercopy checks.
849
850	disable_radix	[PPC]
851			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
852
853	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
854			Format: <int>
855			The number of initial APIC ID for the
856			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
857			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
858			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
859			causing system reset or hang due to sending
860			INIT from AP to BSP.
861
862	perf_v4_pmi=	[X86,INTEL]
863			Format: <bool>
864			Disable Intel PMU counter freezing feature.
865			The feature only exists starting from
866			Arch Perfmon v4 (Skylake and newer).
867
868	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
869			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
870			to workaround buggy firmware.
871
872	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
873			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
874
875	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
876			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
877			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
878			entry later. This parameter disables that.
879
880	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
881			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
882			memory out of your available memory pool based on
883			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
884			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
885
886	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
887			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
888			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
889
890	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
891
892	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
893			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
894
895	dma_debug_entries=<number>
896			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
897			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
898			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
899			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
900			architectural default is too low.
901
902	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
903			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
904			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
905			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
906			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
907			driver later using sysfs.
908
909	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
910			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
911			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
912			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
913			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
914			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
915			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
916			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
917			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
918			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
919			available in Documentation/EDID/HOWTO.txt. An EDID
920			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
921			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
922			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
923			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
924			data set with no connector name will be used for
925			any connectors not explicitly specified.
926
927	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
928
929	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
930			Format: {"off" | "known"}
931			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
932			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
933			exists).
934			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
935			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
936			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
937
938	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
939			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
940			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
941			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
942
943	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
944	module.dyndbg[="val"]
945			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
946			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
947			for details.
948
949	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
950			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
951			information about the feature.
952
953	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
954			in some Intel CPUs.
955
956	module.async_probe [KNL]
957			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
958
959	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
960			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
961			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
962			which are not unmapped.
963
964	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
965
966			[ARM64] The early console is determined by the
967			stdout-path property in device tree's chosen node,
968			or determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
969
970			[X86] When used with no options the early console is
971			determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
972
973		cdns,<addr>[,options]
974			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
975			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
976			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
977			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
978			configured.
979
980		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
981		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
982		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
983		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
984		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
985			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
986			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
987			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
988			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
989			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
990			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
991			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
992			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
993
994		pl011,<addr>
995		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
996			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
997			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
998			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
999			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1000			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1001			the device registers.
1002
1003		meson,<addr>
1004			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1005			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1006			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1007			supported.
1008
1009		msm_serial,<addr>
1010			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1011			port at the specified address. The serial port
1012			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1013			yet supported.
1014
1015		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1016			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1017			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1018			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1019			yet supported.
1020
1021		owl,<addr>
1022			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1023			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1024			specified address. The serial port must already be
1025			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1026
1027		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1028
1029		s3c2410,<addr>
1030		s3c2412,<addr>
1031		s3c2440,<addr>
1032		s3c6400,<addr>
1033		s5pv210,<addr>
1034		exynos4210,<addr>
1035			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1036			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1037			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1038			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1039			Options are not yet supported.
1040
1041		lantiq,<addr>
1042			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1043			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1044			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1045			yet supported.
1046
1047		lpuart,<addr>
1048		lpuart32,<addr>
1049			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1050			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1051			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1052			port must already be setup and configured.
1053
1054		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1055			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1056			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1057			address. The serial port must already be setup
1058			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1059
1060		qcom_geni,<addr>
1061			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1062			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1063			specified address. The serial port must already be
1064			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1065
1066	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1067			earlyprintk=vga
1068			earlyprintk=efi
1069			earlyprintk=sclp
1070			earlyprintk=xen
1071			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1072			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1073			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1074			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1075			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1076			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1077
1078			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1079			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1080			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1081
1082			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1083			takes over.
1084
1085			Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1086			be used at a time.
1087
1088			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1089			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1090			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1091			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1092				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1093			You can find the port for a given device in
1094			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1095				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1096
1097			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1098			very good.
1099
1100			The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1101			the real console.
1102
1103			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1104
1105			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1106
1107			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1108			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1109			UART class.
1110
1111	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1112			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1113			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1114			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1115			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1116			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1117			default: on.
1118
1119	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1120			ekgdboc=kbd
1121
1122			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1123			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1124
1125	edd=		[EDD]
1126			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1127
1128	efi=		[EFI]
1129			Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
1130			old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
1131			runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
1132			default.
1133			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1134			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1135			firmware implementations.
1136			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1137			debug: enable misc debug output
1138
1139	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1140			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1141			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1142			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1143			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1144
1145	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1146			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1147			updating original EFI memory map.
1148			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1149			from ss to ss+nn.
1150			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1151			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1152			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1153			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1154
1155			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1156			related feature. For example, you can do debugging of
1157			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1158			doesn't support it.
1159
1160	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1161			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1162			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1163			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1164			Documentation/acpi/ssdt-overlays.txt for details.
1165
1166
1167	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1168			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1169
1170	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1171			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1172			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1173
1174	elevator=	[IOSCHED]
1175			Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
1176			See Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt and
1177			Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
1178
1179	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1180			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1181			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1182			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1183			See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
1184
1185	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1186			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1187			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1188			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1189
1190	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1191			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1192			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1193			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1194			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1195
1196	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1197			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1198			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1199			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1200			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1201			Default value is 0.
1202			Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
1203
1204	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1205			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1206			support.
1207
1208	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1209			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1210			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1211
1212	evm=		[EVM]
1213			Format: { "fix" }
1214			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1215			current integrity status.
1216
1217	failslab=
1218	fail_page_alloc=
1219	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1220			General fault injection mechanism.
1221			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1222			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1223
1224	floppy=		[HW]
1225			See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt.
1226
1227	force_pal_cache_flush
1228			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1229			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1230			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1231			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1232
1233	forcepae	[X86-32]
1234			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1235			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1236			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1237			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1238			and may cause unknown problems.
1239
1240	ftrace=[tracer]
1241			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1242			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1243			boot debugging.
1244
1245	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1246			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1247			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1248			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1249			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1250			oops.
1251
1252	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1253			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1254			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
1255			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1256			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1257			tracing directory.
1258
1259	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1260			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1261			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1262			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1263			tracing directory.
1264
1265	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1266			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1267			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1268			function-list is a comma separated list of functions
1269			that can be changed at run time by the
1270			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1271
1272	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1273			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1274			function-list.  This list is a comma separated list of
1275			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1276			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1277
1278	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1279			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1280			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1281			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1282			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1283
1284	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1285			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1286			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1287			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1288			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1289
1290	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1291
1292	gart_fix_e820=	[X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1293			Format: off | on
1294			default: on
1295
1296	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1297			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1298			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1299			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1300			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1301
1302	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1303			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1304			android emulator
1305
1306	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1307			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1308			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1309			GPT to be used instead.
1310
1311	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1312			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1313			Format: 0 | 1
1314			Default: 0
1315	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1316			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1317			Format: 0 | 1
1318			Default: 0
1319	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1320			Format: 0 | 1
1321			Default: 0
1322	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1323			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1324			Default: 1024
1325	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1326			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1327			Default: 1024
1328
1329	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1330			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1331			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1332
1333	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1334			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1335			backtraces on all cpus.
1336			Format: <integer>
1337
1338	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1339			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1340			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1341			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1342
1343	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1344
1345	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1346			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1347
1348	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1349			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1350			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1351			logic will be disabled.
1352
1353	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1354			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1355			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1356			size on bigger boxes.
1357
1358	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1359			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1360			Default: "on"
1361
1362	hisax=		[HW,ISDN]
1363			See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
1364
1365	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1366
1367	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1368			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1369				verbose }
1370			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1371			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1372				VIA, nVidia)
1373			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1374
1375	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1376			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1377
1378	hugepages=	[HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1379	hugepagesz=	[HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
1380			On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
1381			multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve
1382			huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on
1383			x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
1384			(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).
1385
1386	hung_task_panic=
1387			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1388			Format: <integer>
1389
1390			A nonzero value instructs the kernel to panic when a
1391			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1392			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1393			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1394			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1395
1396	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1397				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1398	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1399				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1400				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1401
1402	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1403				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1404				      guest on lock contention.
1405
1406	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1407			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1408			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1409			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1410			the real console.
1411
1412	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1413				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1414				registered from board initialization code.
1415				Format:
1416				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1417
1418	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1419	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1420			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1421			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1422			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1423	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1424	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1425			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1426			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1427	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1428	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1429	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1430			     for the AUX port
1431	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1432			     controller
1433	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1434			     controllers
1435	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1436	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1437			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1438			     transitions, or never reset
1439			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1440			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1441			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1442			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1443			architectures force reset to be always executed
1444	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1445	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1446
1447	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1448
1449	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1450			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1451			hardware.
1452	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1453			does not match list of supported models.
1454	i8k.power_status
1455			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1456			(disabled by default)
1457	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1458			capability is set.
1459
1460	i915.invert_brightness=
1461			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1462			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1463			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1464			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1465			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1466			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1467			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1468			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1469			value switches the backlight off.
1470			-1 -- never invert brightness
1471			 0 -- machine default
1472			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1473
1474	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1475			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1476
1477	ide-core.nodma=	[HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1478			Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1479			.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1480			.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1481			See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
1482
1483	ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1484			Format: <int>
1485			Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports.  Depending on
1486			platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1487			setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  The
1488			default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1489			On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1490			PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1491			are then probed.  On systems without PCI the value
1492			of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1493			was 0x3.
1494
1495	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1496			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1497
1498	idle=		[X86]
1499			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1500			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1501			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1502			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1503			Not recommended.
1504			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1505			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1506			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1507
1508	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1509			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1510			Default: strict
1511
1512			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1513			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1514			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1515			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1516			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1517			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1518			encoding mode.
1519
1520			Available settings are as follows:
1521			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1522				supported by the FPU
1523			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1524				by the FPU
1525			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1526				by the FPU
1527			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1528				supported by the FPU
1529
1530			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1531			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1532			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1533			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1534			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1535			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1536			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1537			MIPS64 CPUs.
1538
1539			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1540			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1541			except where unsupported by hardware.
1542
1543	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1544			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1545			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1546			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1547			could change it dynamically, usually by
1548			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1549
1550	ignore_rlimit_data
1551			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1552			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1553			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1554
1555	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1556			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1557
1558	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1559			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1560			default: "enforce"
1561
1562	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA]
1563			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1564			owned by uid=0.
1565
1566	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1567			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1568			measurements, instead of host native format.
1569
1570	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1571			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1572				   | sha512 | ... }
1573			default: "sha1"
1574
1575			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1576			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1577
1578	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1579			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1580			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1581				 fail_securely"
1582
1583			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1584			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1585			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1586			uid=0.
1587
1588			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1589			all files owned by root. (This is the equivalent
1590			of ima_appraise_tcb.)
1591
1592			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1593			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1594			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1595
1596			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1597			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1598			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1599			flag.
1600
1601	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1602			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1603			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1604			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1605			opened for read by uid=0.
1606
1607	ima_template=	[IMA]
1608			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1609			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1610			Default: "ima-ng"
1611
1612	ima_template_fmt=
1613			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1614			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1615
1616	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1617			Format: <min_file_size>
1618			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1619			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1620
1621			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1622			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1623			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1624
1625	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1626			Format: <bufsize>
1627			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1628
1629			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1630			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1631			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1632
1633	init=		[KNL]
1634			Format: <full_path>
1635			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1636			process.
1637
1638	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1639			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1640			startup.
1641
1642	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1643			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1644			modules and initcalls.
1645
1646	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1647
1648	init_pkru=	[x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1649			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
1650			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
1651			override in debugfs after boot.
1652
1653	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1654			Format: <irq>
1655
1656	int_pln_enable	[x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1657
1658	integrity_audit=[IMA]
1659			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1660			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1661			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1662
1663	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1664		on
1665			Enable intel iommu driver.
1666		off
1667			Disable intel iommu driver.
1668		igfx_off [Default Off]
1669			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1670			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1671			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1672			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1673			DMA.
1674		forcedac [x86_64]
1675			With this option iommu will not optimize to look
1676			for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
1677			address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
1678			than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1679			for translation below 32-bit and if not available
1680			then look in the higher range.
1681		strict [Default Off]
1682			With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1683			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1684			to batching them for performance.
1685		sp_off [Default Off]
1686			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1687			has the capability. With this option, super page will
1688			not be supported.
1689		ecs_off [Default Off]
1690			By default, extended context tables will be supported if
1691			the hardware advertises that it has support both for the
1692			extended tables themselves, and also PASID support. With
1693			this option set, extended tables will not be used even
1694			on hardware which claims to support them.
1695		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1696			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1697			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1698			could harm performance of some high-throughput
1699			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1700			mapping is enabled.
1701			Note that using this option lowers the security
1702			provided by tboot because it makes the system
1703			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1704
1705	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1706			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1707			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
1708
1709	intel_pstate=	[X86]
1710			disable
1711			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1712			  scaling driver for the supported processors
1713			passive
1714			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1715			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1716			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
1717			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1718			  feature.
1719			force
1720			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1721			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1722			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1723			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1724			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1725			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1726			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1727			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1728			no_hwp
1729			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1730			  if available.
1731			hwp_only
1732			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1733			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1734			support_acpi_ppc
1735			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1736			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1737			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1738			  then this feature is turned on by default.
1739			per_cpu_perf_limits
1740			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1741			  cpufreq sysfs interface
1742
1743	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1744			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1745			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
1746			nosid	disable Source ID checking
1747			no_x2apic_optout
1748				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1749			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
1750
1751	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1752		strict	regions from userspace.
1753		relaxed
1754
1755	iommu=		[x86]
1756		off
1757		force
1758		noforce
1759		biomerge
1760		panic
1761		nopanic
1762		merge
1763		nomerge
1764		soft
1765		pt		[x86]
1766		nopt		[x86]
1767		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
1768			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1769
1770	iommu.strict=	[ARM64] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
1771			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1772			0 - Lazy mode.
1773			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
1774			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
1775			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
1776			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
1777			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
1778			1 - Strict mode (default).
1779			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
1780			  synchronously.
1781
1782	iommu.passthrough=
1783			[ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
1784			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1785			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1786			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
1787			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
1788
1789	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
1790			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1791			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1792
1793	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
1794		0x80
1795			Standard port 0x80 based delay
1796		0xed
1797			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
1798		udelay
1799			Simple two microseconds delay
1800		none
1801			No delay
1802
1803	ip=		[IP_PNP]
1804			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
1805
1806	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
1807			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
1808
1809	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
1810			[ARM, ARM64]
1811			Format: <bool>
1812			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
1813			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
1814			exposed by the device tree is too small.
1815
1816	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
1817			[ARM, ARM64]
1818			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
1819			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
1820			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
1821			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
1822			LPIs.
1823
1824	irqfixup	[HW]
1825			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1826			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1827			firmware running.
1828
1829	irqpoll		[HW]
1830			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1831			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
1832			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1833			firmware running.
1834
1835	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
1836			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
1837
1838	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
1839			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
1840			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
1841
1842			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
1843			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
1844
1845			nohz
1846			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
1847
1848			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
1849			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
1850			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
1851			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
1852			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
1853
1854			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
1855			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
1856			  be configured manually after bootup.
1857
1858			domain
1859			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1860			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
1861			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
1862			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
1863			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
1864			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
1865			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
1866			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
1867
1868			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
1869			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1870			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1871			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1872
1873			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
1874
1875
1876
1877	iucv=		[HW,NET]
1878
1879	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86_64]
1880			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1881			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1882			example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
1883			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1884				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
1885
1886	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86_64]
1887			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1888			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1889			example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
1890			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1891				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
1892
1893	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86_64]
1894			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
1895			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1896			example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
1897			PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
1898				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
1899
1900	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
1901			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
1902
1903	nokaslr		[KNL]
1904			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
1905			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
1906			Layout Randomization).
1907
1908	kasan_multi_shot
1909			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
1910			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
1911			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
1912			invalid access.
1913
1914	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
1915
1916	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
1917			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
1918			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
1919			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
1920			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
1921			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
1922			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
1923			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
1924			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
1925			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
1926
1927			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
1928			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
1929			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
1930			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1931			zone if it does not.
1932
1933			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
1934			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
1935			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
1936			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
1937			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
1938			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
1939			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
1940
1941	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
1942			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
1943			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
1944			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
1945			optional and is the number seconds in between
1946			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
1947			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
1948			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
1949			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
1950			the kernel debugger.
1951
1952	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
1953			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
1954			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
1955			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
1956			 keyboard only format: kbd
1957			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
1958			Optional Kernel mode setting:
1959			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
1960			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
1961
1962	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
1963			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
1964
1965	kmac=		[MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
1966			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
1967			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
1968
1969	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
1970			Valid arguments: on, off
1971			Default: on
1972			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
1973			the default is off.
1974
1975	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
1976			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
1977
1978	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
1979				   Default is false (don't support).
1980
1981	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
1982			KVM MMU at runtime.
1983			Default is 0 (off)
1984
1985	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
1986			Default is 1 (enabled)
1987
1988	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
1989			for all guests.
1990			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
1991
1992	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
1993			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
1994			system registers
1995
1996	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
1997			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
1998			system registers
1999
2000	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2001			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2002			system registers
2003
2004	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2005			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2006			LPIs.
2007
2008	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2009			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2010			Default is 1 (enabled)
2011
2012	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2013			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
2014			Default is 0 (disabled)
2015
2016	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2017			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2018			Default is 1 (enabled)
2019
2020	kvm-intel.nested=
2021			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2022			Default is 0 (disabled)
2023
2024	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2025			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2026			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2027			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2028
2029	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2030			CVE-2018-3620.
2031
2032			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2033
2034			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2035			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2036				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2037			never:	Disables the mitigation
2038
2039			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2040
2041	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2042			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2043			Default is 1 (enabled)
2044
2045	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2046			      affected CPUs
2047
2048			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2049			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2050
2051			full
2052				Provides all available mitigations for the
2053				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2054				enables all mitigations in the
2055				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2056
2057				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2058				sysfs interface is still possible after
2059				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2060				when the first VM is started in a
2061				potentially insecure configuration,
2062				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2063
2064			full,force
2065				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2066				flush runtime control. Implies the
2067				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2068				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2069
2070			flush
2071				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2072				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2073				L1D flush.
2074
2075				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2076				sysfs interface is still possible after
2077				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2078				when the first VM is started in a
2079				potentially insecure configuration,
2080				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2081
2082			flush,nosmt
2083
2084				Disables SMT and enables the default
2085				hypervisor mitigation.
2086
2087				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2088				sysfs interface is still possible after
2089				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2090				when the first VM is started in a
2091				potentially insecure configuration,
2092				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2093
2094			flush,nowarn
2095				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2096				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2097				insecure configuration.
2098
2099			off
2100				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2101				emit any warnings.
2102				It also drops the swap size and available
2103				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2104				bare metal.
2105
2106			Default is 'flush'.
2107
2108			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/l1tf.rst
2109
2110	l2cr=		[PPC]
2111
2112	l3cr=		[PPC]
2113
2114	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2115			disabled it.
2116
2117	lapic=		[x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
2118			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2119			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2120
2121	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2122			in C2 power state.
2123
2124	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2125			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2126			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2127			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2128			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2129			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2130			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2131
2132	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2133			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2134			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2135
2136	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2137			when set.
2138			Format: <int>
2139
2140	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma
2141			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
2142			PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
2143			matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
2144			the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
2145			the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
2146			values are used.  If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
2147			configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
2148
2149			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2150			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2151			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2152			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2153			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2154			host link and device attached to it.
2155
2156			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2157			as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
2158			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2159			The following configurations can be forced.
2160
2161			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2162			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2163
2164			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2165
2166			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2167			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2168			  allowed.
2169
2170			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2171
2172			* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
2173
2174			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
2175			  and both resets.
2176
2177			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
2178			  hot-unplug link recovery
2179
2180			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
2181
2182			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
2183
2184			* disable: Disable this device.
2185
2186			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2187			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2188
2189	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2190
2191	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
2192			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
2193
2194	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2195			Format: <integer>
2196
2197	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2198			Format: <integer>
2199
2200	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2201			Format: <integer>
2202
2203	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2204			Format: <integer>
2205
2206	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2207			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2208			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2209			number of online CPUs.
2210
2211	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2212			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2213
2214	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2215			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2216
2217	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2218			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2219			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2220
2221	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2222			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2223			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2224			mode during the locktorture test.
2225
2226	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2227			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2228			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2229
2230	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2231			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2232
2233	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2234			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2235			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2236			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2237			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2238			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2239
2240	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2241			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2242
2243	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2244			Enable additional printk() statements.
2245
2246	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2247			Format: <irq>
2248
2249	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2250			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2251			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2252			loglevels are defined as follows:
2253
2254			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2255			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2256			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2257			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2258			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2259			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2260			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2261			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2262
2263	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2264			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2265			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2266			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2267			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2268			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2269			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2270
2271	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2272			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2273			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2274			kernel boot problems.
2275
2276	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2277	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2278	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2279	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2280				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2281				attached printers to be reset. Using
2282				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2283				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2284				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2285				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2286				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2287				port specification list means that device IDs
2288				from each port should be examined, to see if
2289				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2290				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2291				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2292
2293	lpj=n		[KNL]
2294			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2295			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2296			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2297			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2298			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2299			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2300			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2301			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2302			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2303			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2304			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2305			hardware.
2306
2307	ltpc=		[NET]
2308			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2309
2310	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2311
2312	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2313			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2314			Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
2315
2316	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
2317			 yeeloong laptop.
2318			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2319
2320	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2321			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2322
2323	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2324			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2325			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2326			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2327			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2328			only takes effect during system bootup.
2329			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2330			which also disables the IO APIC.
2331
2332	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2333	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2334			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2335			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2336			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2337			/dev/loop-control interface.
2338
2339	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2340
2341	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
2342
2343	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2344			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2345
2346	mdacon=		[MDA]
2347			Format: <first>,<last>
2348			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2349
2350	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2351			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
2352			to see the whole system memory or for test.
2353			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2354			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2355			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2356			belonging to unused RAM.
2357
2358	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2359			memory.
2360
2361	memchunk=nn[KMG]
2362			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2363			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2364
2365	memhp_default_state=online/offline
2366			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2367			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2368			set according to the
2369			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2370			option.
2371			See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt.
2372
2373	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2374			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2375			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2376			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2377			option description.
2378
2379	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2380			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2381			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2382			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2383			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2384			Multiple different regions can be specified,
2385			comma delimited.
2386			Example:
2387				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2388
2389	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2390			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2391			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2392
2393	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2394			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2395			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2396			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2397			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
2398			         or
2399			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2400			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2401			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2402			will be eaten.
2403
2404	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2405			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2406			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2407			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2408			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2409
2410	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
2411			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
2412			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
2413			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
2414			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
2415			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
2416			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
2417			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
2418
2419	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2420			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2421			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2422			Setting this option will scan the memory
2423			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
2424			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2425			from using the memory being corrupted.
2426			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2427			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2428			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2429			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2430
2431	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2432			By default it checks for corruption in the low
2433			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2434			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
2435			corruption in more or less memory.
2436
2437	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2438			By default it checks for corruption every 60
2439			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
2440			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
2441
2442	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,PPC] Enable memtest
2443			Format: <integer>
2444			default : 0 <disable>
2445			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2446			performed. Each pass selects another test
2447			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2448			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2449			memory contents and reserves bad memory
2450			regions that are detected.
2451
2452	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2453			Valid arguments: on, off
2454			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2455			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2456			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2457			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
2458			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
2459
2460			Refer to Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.txt
2461			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2462
2463	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2464			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
2465			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2466			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2467			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2468
2469	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2470			See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/meye.rst.
2471
2472	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2473			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2474			platforms.
2475
2476	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2477			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2478			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2479			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2480
2481	mga=		[HW,DRM]
2482
2483	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2484			physical address is ignored.
2485
2486	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
2487			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2488			Default: "0tb"
2489			MINI2440 configuration specification:
2490			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2491			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2492			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2493			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2494			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2495			unconfigured.
2496			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2497			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2498			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2499			VGA shield.
2500			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2501			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2502			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2503			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2504			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2505			http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2506
2507	mminit_loglevel=
2508			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2509			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2510			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2511			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2512			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2513			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2514
2515	module.sig_enforce
2516			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2517			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2518			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2519			is always true, so this option does nothing.
2520
2521	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2522			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
2523
2524	mousedev.tap_time=
2525			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2526			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2527			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2528			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2529			Format: <msecs>
2530	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2531			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2532	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2533			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2534
2535	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2536			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
2537			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
2538			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
2539			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
2540			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
2541			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
2542			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
2543			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2544			is not too small.
2545
2546	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2547			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2548			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2549			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2550			allocations. Use with caution!
2551
2552	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
2553			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2554
2555	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
2556			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
2557
2558	mtdparts=	[MTD]
2559			See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
2560
2561	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
2562			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
2563			at a time.
2564
2565	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
2566
2567			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
2568
2569			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
2570				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
2571			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
2572				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
2573				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
2574
2575	mtdset=		[ARM]
2576			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
2577
2578			See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
2579
2580	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
2581			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
2582			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
2583
2584	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2585			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
2586			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
2587
2588	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2589			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
2590			Default is 1.
2591			Large value could prevent small alignment from
2592			using up MTRRs.
2593
2594	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
2595			Format: <integer>
2596			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
2597			Default : 1
2598			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
2599			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
2600
2601	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
2602
2603	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
2604			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
2605			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
2606			something different and driver-specific.
2607			This usage is only documented in each driver source
2608			file if at all.
2609
2610	nf_conntrack.acct=
2611			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
2612			0 to disable accounting
2613			1 to enable accounting
2614			Default value is 0.
2615
2616	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
2617			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2618
2619	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
2620			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2621
2622	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
2623			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2624
2625	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
2626			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
2627			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
2628			requests.
2629
2630	nfs.callback_tcpport=
2631			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
2632			channel should listen.
2633
2634	nfs.cache_getent=
2635			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
2636			to update the NFS client cache entries.
2637
2638	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
2639			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
2640			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
2641
2642	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
2643			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
2644			entries.
2645
2646	nfs.enable_ino64=
2647			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
2648			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
2649			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
2650			of returning the full 64-bit number.
2651			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
2652
2653	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
2654			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
2655			slots the client will assign to the callback
2656			channel. This determines the maximum number of
2657			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
2658			a particular server.
2659
2660	nfs.max_session_slots=
2661			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
2662			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
2663			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
2664			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
2665			Note that there is little point in setting this
2666			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
2667
2668	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2669			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
2670			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
2671			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
2672			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
2673			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
2674			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
2675			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
2676			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
2677			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
2678			back to using the idmapper.
2679			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
2680	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
2681			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
2682			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
2683			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
2684			UUID that is generated at system install time.
2685
2686	nfs.send_implementation_id =
2687			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
2688			information in exchange_id requests.
2689			If zero, no implementation identification information
2690			will be sent.
2691			The default is to send the implementation identification
2692			information.
2693
2694	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
2695			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
2696			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
2697			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
2698			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
2699			after the locks are lost.
2700			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
2701			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
2702			parameter to '1'.
2703			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
2704			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
2705
2706	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
2707			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
2708			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
2709
2710			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
2711			whatever value is the default set by the layout
2712			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
2713			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
2714
2715	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2716			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
2717			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
2718			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
2719			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
2720			migration from NFSv2/v3.
2721
2722	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
2723			when a NMI is triggered.
2724			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
2725
2726	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
2727			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
2728			Valid num: 0 or 1
2729			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
2730			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
2731			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
2732			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
2733			default). To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
2734			please see 'nowatchdog'.
2735			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
2736			need the box quickly up again.
2737
2738			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
2739			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
2740
2741	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
2742			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
2743			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
2744			waits 4 seconds.
2745
2746	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
2747			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
2748			is present.
2749
2750	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
2751			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
2752
2753	no_console_suspend
2754			[HW] Never suspend the console
2755			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
2756			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
2757			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
2758			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
2759			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
2760			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
2761			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
2762			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
2763			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
2764			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
2765			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
2766			turn on/off it dynamically.
2767
2768	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
2769			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
2770			but will impact performance.
2771
2772	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
2773
2774	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
2775			(CPU alternatives feature).
2776
2777	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
2778			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
2779
2780	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
2781
2782	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
2783			on "Classic" PPC cores.
2784
2785	nocache		[ARM]
2786
2787	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
2788
2789	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
2790
2791	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
2792
2793	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
2794
2795	noexec		[IA-64]
2796
2797	noexec		[X86]
2798			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
2799			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2800			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
2801
2802	nosmap		[X86]
2803			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
2804			even if it is supported by processor.
2805
2806	nosmep		[X86]
2807			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
2808			even if it is supported by processor.
2809
2810	noexec32	[X86-64]
2811			This affects only 32-bit executables.
2812			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2813				read doesn't imply executable mappings
2814			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
2815				read implies executable mappings
2816
2817	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
2818
2819	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
2820			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
2821			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
2822
2823	nohugeiomap	[KNL,x86] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
2824
2825	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2826			Equivalent to smt=1.
2827
2828			[KNL,x86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2829			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
2830				     via the sysfs control file.
2831
2832	nospectre_v1	[PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1 (bounds
2833			check bypass). With this option data leaks are possible
2834			in the system.
2835
2836	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E] Disable all mitigations for the Spectre variant 2
2837			(indirect branch prediction) vulnerability. System may
2838			allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent
2839			to spectre_v2=off.
2840
2841	nospec_store_bypass_disable
2842			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
2843
2844	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
2845			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
2846			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
2847
2848	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
2849			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
2850			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
2851			performance of saving the states is degraded because
2852			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
2853			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
2854
2855	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
2856			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
2857			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
2858			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
2859			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
2860			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
2861			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
2862
2863	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
2864			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
2865			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
2866
2867	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
2868			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
2869			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
2870
2871	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
2872			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
2873			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
2874			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
2875			in certain environments such as networked servers or
2876			real-time systems.
2877
2878	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
2879
2880	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
2881			Valid arguments: on, off
2882			Default: on
2883
2884	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
2885			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2886			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
2887			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
2888			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
2889			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
2890			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
2891			just as if they had also been called out in the
2892			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
2893
2894	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
2895
2896	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
2897			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
2898
2899	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
2900			broken timer IRQ sources.
2901
2902	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
2903
2904	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
2905			initial RAM disk.
2906
2907	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
2908			remapping.
2909			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
2910
2911	nointroute	[IA-64]
2912
2913	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
2914
2915	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
2916
2917	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
2918
2919	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
2920			fault handling.
2921
2922	no-vmw-sched-clock
2923			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
2924			clock and use the default one.
2925
2926	no-steal-acc	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
2927			steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
2928			behaviour
2929
2930	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
2931
2932	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
2933
2934	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
2935			lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
2936
2937	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
2938
2939	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
2940
2941	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
2942			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
2943
2944	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
2945			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
2946			irq.
2947
2948	nomodule	Disable module load
2949
2950	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
2951			pagetables) support.
2952
2953	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
2954
2955	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
2956			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
2957
2958	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
2959			with UP alternatives
2960
2961	nordrand	[X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
2962			RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
2963			by the processor.  RDRAND and RDSEED are still
2964			available to user space applications.
2965
2966	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
2967			space.
2968
2969	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
2970			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
2971			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
2972
2973	nosbagart	[IA-64]
2974
2975	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
2976
2977	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
2978			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
2979
2980	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
2981
2982	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
2983
2984	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
2985			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
2986
2987	nowb		[ARM]
2988
2989	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
2990
2991	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
2992			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
2993			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
2994			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
2995			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
2996			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
2997			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
2998			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
2999			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
3000			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
3001			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
3002			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
3003			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
3004
3005	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3006			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3007			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3008			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3009			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3010			parameter's value.
3011			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3012			Default: 255
3013
3014	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3015			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3016			SAL PALO.
3017
3018	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3019			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3020			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3021			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3022			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3023			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3024			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3025			hot plugging.
3026
3027	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3028
3029	numa_balancing=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
3030			Allowed values are enable and disable
3031
3032	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3033			'node', 'default' can be specified
3034			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3035			See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
3036
3037	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3038			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
3039			info.
3040
3041	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3042			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3043			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3044			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3045			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3046			interrupts *may* be lost!
3047
3048	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3049			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3050			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3051			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3052
3053	oprofile.timer=	[HW]
3054			Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
3055
3056	oprofile.cpu_type=	Force an oprofile cpu type
3057			This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
3058			userland or if you want common events.
3059			Format: { arch_perfmon }
3060			arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
3061				perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
3062				CPU specific event set.
3063			timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
3064				timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
3065				for generic hr timer mode)
3066
3067	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3068			process, but there is a small probability of
3069			deadlocking the machine.
3070			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3071			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3072
3073	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3074			Storage of the information about who allocated
3075			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3076			we can turn it on.
3077			on: enable the feature
3078
3079	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3080			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3081			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3082			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3083			on: turn on poisoning
3084
3085	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3086			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3087			timeout = 0: wait forever
3088			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3089			Format: <timeout>
3090
3091	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3092			on a WARN().
3093
3094	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
3095			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
3096			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
3097			succeeds in any situation.
3098			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
3099			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
3100			kernel more unstable.
3101
3102	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3103			connected to, default is 0.
3104			Format: <parport#>
3105	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3106			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3107			Format: <mode>
3108
3109	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3110			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3111			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3112			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3113			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3114			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3115			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3116			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3117			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3118			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3119			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3120			are specified on the command line, starting
3121			with parport0.
3122
3123	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
3124			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3125			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3126			computer where firmware has no options for setting
3127			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3128			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3129			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3130
3131	pause_on_oops=
3132			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
3133			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
3134			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
3135
3136	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
3137
3138	pcd.		[PARIDE]
3139			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
3140			See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3141
3142	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
3143
3144				Some options herein operate on a specific device
3145				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
3146				specified in one of the following formats:
3147
3148				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
3149				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
3150
3151				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
3152				bus/device/function address which may change
3153				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
3154				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
3155				by other kernel parameters. If the
3156				domain is left unspecified, it is
3157				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
3158				to a device through multiple device/function
3159				addresses can be specified after the base
3160				address (this is more robust against
3161				renumbering issues).  The second format
3162				selects devices using IDs from the
3163				configuration space which may match multiple
3164				devices in the system.
3165
3166		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
3167				changes anything
3168		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
3169		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
3170				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
3171				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
3172		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
3173				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
3174				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
3175				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
3176		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3177				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
3178				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
3179		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3180				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
3181				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
3182				bus number. The config space is then accessed
3183				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
3184				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
3185				on the configuration access mechanisms.
3186		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
3187				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3188				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
3189		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
3190				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
3191		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
3192				Configuration
3193		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
3194				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
3195				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
3196		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
3197				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3198				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
3199		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
3200				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
3201				should never be necessary.
3202		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
3203				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
3204				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
3205				when the system masks IRQs.
3206		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
3207				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
3208				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
3209				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
3210		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
3211				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
3212				on several machines and they hang the machine
3213				when used, but on other computers it's the only
3214				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
3215				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
3216				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
3217				motherboard.
3218		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
3219				Use with caution as certain devices share
3220				address decoders between ROMs and other
3221				resources.
3222		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
3223				expansion ROMs that do not already have
3224				BIOS assigned address ranges.
3225		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
3226				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
3227		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
3228				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
3229				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
3230				this way.
3231		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
3232				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
3233				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
3234				F0000h-100000h range.
3235		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3236				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3237				secondary buses and you want to tell it
3238				explicitly which ones they are.
3239		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3240				numbers ourselves, overriding
3241				whatever the firmware may have done.
3242		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3243				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3244				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3245				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3246				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3247				IRQ routing is enabled.
3248		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3249				or for PCI scanning.
3250		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3251				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3252				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
3253				please report a bug.
3254		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3255				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3256		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3257				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3258				so this option is a temporary workaround
3259				for broken drivers that don't call it.
3260		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3261				handle more pci cards
3262		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3263				This might help on some broken boards which
3264				machine check when some devices' config space
3265				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3266				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3267		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3268				This sorting is done to get a device
3269				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3270		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3271		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3272				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3273		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3274				supported by all devices below the root complex.
3275		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3276				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3277				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3278				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3279				or bus can support) for best performance.
3280		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3281				every device is guaranteed to support. This
3282				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3283				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3284				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
3285				that hot-added devices will work.
3286		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3287				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3288				The default value is 256 bytes.
3289		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3290				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3291				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3292		resource_alignment=
3293				Format:
3294				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
3295				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3296				aligned memory resources. How to
3297				specify the device is described above.
3298				If <order of align> is not specified,
3299				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3300				PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
3301				windows need to be expanded.
3302				To specify the alignment for several
3303				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3304				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3305				specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3306		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3307				end-to-end CRC checking).
3308				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3309				the default.
3310				off: Turn ECRC off
3311				on: Turn ECRC on.
3312		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3313				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3314				Default size is 256 bytes.
3315		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3316				reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window.
3317				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3318		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3319				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3320				Default is 1.
3321		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3322				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3323				accommodate resources required by all child
3324				devices.
3325				off: Turn realloc off
3326				on: Turn realloc on
3327		realloc		same as realloc=on
3328		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
3329		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
3330				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
3331		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
3332				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3333				port.
3334		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
3335				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
3336				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
3337				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
3338				conflict with unreported devices), so this
3339				taints the kernel.
3340		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
3341				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
3342				specified above) separated by semicolons.
3343				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
3344				redirect capabilities forced off which will
3345				allow P2P traffic between devices through
3346				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
3347				this removes isolation between devices and
3348				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
3349
3350	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3351			Management.
3352		off	Disable ASPM.
3353		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3354			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3355
3356	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
3357		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
3358			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
3359			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
3360			also tries to use these services.
3361		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
3362			hotplug).
3363
3364	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3365		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3366		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3367
3368	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3369		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3370			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3371
3372	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3373
3374	pd_ignore_unused
3375			[PM]
3376			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3377			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3378			for debug and development, but should not be
3379			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3380
3381	pd.		[PARIDE]
3382			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3383
3384	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
3385			boot time.
3386			Format: { 0 | 1 }
3387			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
3388
3389	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
3390			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
3391			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
3392			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
3393			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
3394			and performance comparison.
3395
3396	pf.		[PARIDE]
3397			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3398
3399	pg.		[PARIDE]
3400			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3401
3402	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
3403			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
3404
3405	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
3406			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
3407			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
3408
3409	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
3410			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
3411			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
3412
3413	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
3414			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
3415			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
3416			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
3417			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
3418			possible settings and some assignment information.
3419
3420	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
3421			{ off }
3422
3423	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
3424			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
3425
3426	pnp_reserve_irq=
3427			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
3428
3429	pnp_reserve_dma=
3430			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
3431
3432	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
3433			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
3434
3435	pnp_reserve_mem=
3436			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
3437			autoconfiguration.
3438			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
3439
3440	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
3441			Default is 21.
3442			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
3443			may be specified.
3444			Format: <port>,<port>....
3445
3446	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
3447			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
3448			platform machine description specific power_save
3449			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
3450			execution priority.
3451
3452	ppc_strict_facility_enable
3453			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
3454			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
3455			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
3456			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
3457
3458	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
3459			Format: {"off"}
3460			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
3461
3462	print-fatal-signals=
3463			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
3464
3465			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
3466			related application anomalies: too many signals,
3467			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
3468			coredump - etc.
3469
3470			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
3471			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
3472
3473			default: off.
3474
3475	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
3476			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
3477			panics
3478			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3479			default: disabled
3480
3481	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
3482			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
3483			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
3484			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
3485			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
3486			Default: ratelimit
3487
3488	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
3489			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3490
3491	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
3492			Limit processor to maximum C-state
3493			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
3494
3495	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
3496			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
3497			instead using the legacy FADT method
3498
3499	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
3500			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
3501			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
3502				[defaults to kernel profiling]
3503			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
3504			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
3505				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
3506			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
3507			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
3508				statistical time based profiling.
3509
3510	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
3511			before loading.
3512			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3513
3514	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
3515			tracking.
3516			Format: <bool>
3517
3518	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
3519			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
3520	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
3521			per second.
3522	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
3523			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
3524			(0 = never).
3525	psmouse.resolution=
3526			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
3527	psmouse.smartscroll=
3528			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
3529			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
3530
3531	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
3532
3533	pt.		[PARIDE]
3534			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3535
3536	pti=		[X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
3537			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
3538			removes hardening, but improves performance of
3539			system calls and interrupts.
3540
3541			on   - unconditionally enable
3542			off  - unconditionally disable
3543			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
3544			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
3545
3546			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
3547
3548	nopti		[X86_64]
3549			Equivalent to pti=off
3550
3551	pty.legacy_count=
3552			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
3553			default number.
3554
3555	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
3556
3557	r128=		[HW,DRM]
3558
3559	raid=		[HW,RAID]
3560			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3561
3562	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
3563			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3564
3565	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
3566			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
3567			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
3568			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
3569			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
3570
3571	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
3572
3573		cec_disable	[X86]
3574				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
3575				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
3576
3577	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
3578			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3579
3580			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
3581			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
3582			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be
3583			offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that
3584			purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and
3585			"s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number.
3586			This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs,
3587			which can be useful for HPC and real-time
3588			workloads.  It can also improve energy efficiency
3589			for asymmetric multiprocessors.
3590
3591	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
3592			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
3593			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
3594			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
3595			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
3596			This improves the real-time response for the
3597			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
3598			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
3599			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
3600			periodically wake up to do the polling.
3601
3602	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
3603			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
3604			process in one batch.
3605
3606	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
3607			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
3608			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
3609			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
3610
3611	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
3612			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3613			RCU grace-period cleanup.
3614
3615	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
3616			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3617			RCU grace-period initialization.
3618
3619	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
3620			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3621			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
3622			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
3623			the rcu_node combining tree.
3624
3625	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
3626			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
3627			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
3628			possibly be useful for architectures having high
3629			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
3630
3631	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
3632			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
3633			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
3634			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
3635			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
3636			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
3637			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
3638
3639	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
3640			Set required age in jiffies for a
3641			given grace period before RCU starts
3642			soliciting quiescent-state help from
3643			rcu_note_context_switch().  If not specified, the
3644			kernel will calculate a value based on the most
3645			recent settings of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
3646			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
3647			This calculated value may be viewed in
3648			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to
3649			set rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be
3650			cheerfully overwritten.
3651
3652	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
3653			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
3654			first attempt to force quiescent states.
3655			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
3656			and maximum value is HZ.
3657
3658	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
3659			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
3660			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
3661			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
3662
3663	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
3664			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
3665			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
3666			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
3667			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
3668			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
3669			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
3670			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
3671			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
3672			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
3673
3674	rcutree.rcu_nocb_leader_stride= [KNL]
3675			Set the number of NOCB kthread groups, which
3676			defaults to the square root of the number of
3677			CPUs.  Larger numbers reduces the wakeup overhead
3678			on the per-CPU grace-period kthreads, but increases
3679			that same overhead on each group's leader.
3680
3681	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
3682			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
3683			batch limiting is disabled.
3684
3685	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
3686			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
3687			batch limiting is re-enabled.
3688
3689	rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
3690			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3691			RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3692
3693	rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL]
3694			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3695			only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3696			Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
3697			prove do nothing more than free memory.
3698
3699	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
3700			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
3701			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
3702			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
3703			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
3704			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
3705
3706	rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL]
3707			Measure performance of asynchronous
3708			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
3709
3710	rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL]
3711			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
3712			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
3713			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
3714			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
3715			previously posted callbacks to drain.
3716
3717	rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
3718			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
3719			grace-period primitives.
3720
3721	rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL]
3722			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
3723			this parameter is to delay the start of the
3724			test until boot completes in order to avoid
3725			interference.
3726
3727	rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
3728			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3729			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3730			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
3731			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3732			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3733			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
3734			a single reader.
3735
3736	rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL]
3737			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
3738			the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
3739			N, where N is the number of CPUs
3740
3741	rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
3742			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3743
3744	rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL]
3745			Shut the system down after performance tests
3746			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
3747			testing.
3748
3749	rcuperf.verbose= [KNL]
3750			Enable additional printk() statements.
3751
3752	rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
3753			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
3754			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
3755			no holdoff.
3756
3757	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
3758			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
3759			in microseconds.
3760
3761	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
3762			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
3763			in microseconds.
3764
3765	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
3766			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
3767			in seconds.
3768
3769	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
3770			Enable RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
3771			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
3772
3773	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
3774			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
3775			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
3776
3777	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
3778			Number of seconds to wait between successive
3779			forward-progress tests.
3780
3781	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
3782			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
3783			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
3784			testing.
3785
3786	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
3787			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
3788			primitives, if available.
3789
3790	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
3791			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
3792
3793	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
3794			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
3795			update-side primitives, if available.
3796
3797	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
3798			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
3799			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
3800			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
3801			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
3802			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
3803			they are all non-zero.
3804
3805	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
3806			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
3807
3808	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
3809			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
3810			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
3811			test, hence the "fake".
3812
3813	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
3814			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3815			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3816			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
3817			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3818			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3819
3820	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
3821			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
3822
3823	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3824			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3825
3826	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3827			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
3828			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3829
3830	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3831			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
3832			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
3833			during the rcutorture test.
3834
3835	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3836			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3837			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3838
3839	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
3840			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
3841			warnings, zero to disable.
3842
3843	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
3844			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
3845
3846	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
3847			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
3848
3849	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3850			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3851
3852	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
3853			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
3854			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
3855			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
3856			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
3857
3858	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
3859			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
3860			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
3861			under test support RCU priority boosting.
3862
3863	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
3864			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
3865
3866	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
3867			Interval (s) between each boost test.
3868
3869	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
3870			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
3871			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
3872
3873	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3874			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3875
3876	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
3877			Enable additional printk() statements.
3878
3879	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
3880			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3881
3882	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3883			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3884
3885	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
3886			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
3887			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
3888			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
3889			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
3890			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
3891			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3892
3893	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
3894			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
3895			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
3896			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
3897			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
3898			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
3899			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
3900			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
3901			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3902
3903	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
3904			Once boot has completed (that is, after
3905			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
3906			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
3907			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3908
3909	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3910			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
3911			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
3912			to zero.
3913
3914	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
3915			Run the RCU early boot self tests
3916
3917	rdinit=		[KNL]
3918			Format: <full_path>
3919			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
3920			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
3921
3922	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
3923			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
3924			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
3925			mba.
3926			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
3927				rdt=cmt,!mba
3928
3929	reboot=		[KNL]
3930			Format (x86 or x86_64):
3931				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
3932				[[,]s[mp]#### \
3933				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
3934				[[,]f[orce]
3935			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio,
3936			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
3937			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
3938			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
3939					to be used for rebooting.
3940
3941	relax_domain_level=
3942			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
3943			See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt.
3944
3945	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
3946			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
3947			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
3948			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
3949			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
3950
3951	reservetop=	[X86-32]
3952			Format: nn[KMG]
3953			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
3954			address space.
3955
3956	reservelow=	[X86]
3957			Format: nn[K]
3958			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
3959			the bottom of the address space.
3960
3961	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
3962			during initialization.
3963
3964	resume=		[SWSUSP]
3965			Specify the partition device for software suspend
3966			Format:
3967			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
3968
3969	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
3970			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
3971			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
3972			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
3973			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
3974
3975	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
3976			read the resume files
3977
3978	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
3979			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
3980			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
3981
3982	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
3983		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
3984				present during boot.
3985		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
3986		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
3987		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
3988				(that will set all pages holding image data
3989				during restoration read-only).
3990
3991	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
3992
3993	rfkill.default_state=
3994		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
3995			etc. communication is blocked by default.
3996		1	Unblocked.
3997
3998	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
3999		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
4000		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4001			blocked and the previous configuration.
4002		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4003			blocked and everything unblocked.
4004
4005	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4006			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
4007
4008	ring3mwait=disable
4009			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
4010			CPUs.
4011
4012	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
4013
4014	rodata=		[KNL]
4015		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
4016		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
4017
4018	rockchip.usb_uart
4019			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
4020			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
4021			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
4022			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
4023
4024	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
4025			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
4026
4027	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4028			mount the root filesystem
4029
4030	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
4031
4032	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
4033
4034	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
4035			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4036			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4037
4038	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
4039			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
4040			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
4041			managed by CMA.
4042
4043	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
4044
4045	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
4046
4047	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
4048			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
4049		strict
4050			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
4051			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
4052			which is faster.
4053
4054	sa1100ir	[NET]
4055			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
4056
4057	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
4058
4059	sched_debug	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
4060
4061	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
4062			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
4063			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
4064			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
4065
4066	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
4067			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
4068			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
4069			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4070			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
4071			1 -- enable.
4072			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
4073			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
4074
4075	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
4076			If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
4077			security module asking for security registration will be
4078			loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
4079			as if no module has been chosen.
4080
4081	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
4082			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4083			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
4084			0 -- disable.
4085			1 -- enable.
4086			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4087			If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
4088			later to disable prior to initial policy load.
4089
4090	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
4091			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4092			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
4093			0 -- disable.
4094			1 -- enable.
4095			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4096
4097	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
4098
4099	shapers=	[NET]
4100			Maximal number of shapers.
4101
4102	simeth=		[IA-64]
4103	simscsi=
4104
4105	slram=		[HW,MTD]
4106
4107	slab_nomerge	[MM]
4108			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
4109			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
4110			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
4111			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
4112			layout control by attackers can usually be
4113			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
4114			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
4115			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
4116			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
4117			own.
4118			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4119
4120	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
4121			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4122			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4123			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
4124			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
4125
4126	slub_debug[=options[,slabs]]	[MM, SLUB]
4127			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
4128			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
4129			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
4130			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
4131			last alloc / free. For more information see
4132			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4133
4134	slub_memcg_sysfs=	[MM, SLUB]
4135			Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for
4136			memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
4137			The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.
4138			Enabling this can lead to a very high number of	debug
4139			directories and files being created under
4140			/sys/kernel/slub.
4141
4142	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
4143			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4144			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4145			fragmentation. For more information see
4146			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4147
4148	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
4149			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
4150			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
4151			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
4152			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
4153			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
4154			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
4155			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4156
4157	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
4158			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
4159			lower than slub_max_order.
4160			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4161
4162	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
4163			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
4164			See slab_nomerge for more information.
4165
4166	smart2=		[HW]
4167			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
4168
4169	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
4170	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
4171	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
4172	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
4173	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
4174	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
4175	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
4176				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
4177				1: Fast pin select (default)
4178				2: ATC IRMode
4179
4180	smt		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
4181			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
4182			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
4183			actual hardware limit.
4184			Format: <integer>
4185			Default: -1 (no limit)
4186
4187	softlockup_panic=
4188			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
4189			Format: <integer>
4190
4191			A nonzero value instructs the soft-lockup detector
4192			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. This
4193			is also controlled by CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
4194			which is the respective build-time switch to that
4195			functionality.
4196
4197	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
4198			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
4199			backtraces on all cpus.
4200			Format: <integer>
4201
4202	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
4203			See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt
4204
4205	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
4206			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
4207			The default operation protects the kernel from
4208			user space attacks.
4209
4210			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
4211			       spectre_v2_user=on
4212			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
4213			       spectre_v2_user=off
4214			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4215			       vulnerable
4216
4217			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
4218			mitigation method at run time according to the
4219			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
4220			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
4221			compiler with which the kernel was built.
4222
4223			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
4224			against user space to user space task attacks.
4225
4226			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
4227			the user space protections.
4228
4229			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
4230
4231			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
4232			retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline
4233			retpoline,amd     - AMD-specific minimal thunk
4234
4235			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4236			spectre_v2=auto.
4237
4238	spectre_v2_user=
4239			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
4240		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
4241		        user space tasks
4242
4243			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
4244				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
4245
4246			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
4247				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
4248
4249			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
4250				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
4251				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
4252				  is inherited on fork.
4253
4254			prctl,ibpb
4255				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
4256				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
4257				  always when switching between different user
4258				  space processes.
4259
4260			seccomp
4261				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
4262				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
4263				  they explicitly opt out.
4264
4265			seccomp,ibpb
4266				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
4267				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
4268				  always when switching between different
4269				  user space processes.
4270
4271			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
4272				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
4273
4274			Default mitigation:
4275			If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y then "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4276
4277			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4278			spectre_v2_user=auto.
4279
4280	spec_store_bypass_disable=
4281			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
4282			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
4283
4284			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
4285			a common industry wide performance optimization known
4286			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
4287			to the same memory location may not be observed by
4288			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
4289			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
4290			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
4291			end of a particular speculation execution window.
4292
4293			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
4294			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
4295			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
4296			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
4297
4298			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
4299			Bypass optimization is used.
4300
4301			On x86 the options are:
4302
4303			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
4304			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
4305			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
4306				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
4307				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
4308				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
4309				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
4310				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
4311			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
4312				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
4313				  for a process by default. The state of the control
4314				  is inherited on fork.
4315			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
4316				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
4317
4318			Default mitigations:
4319			X86:	If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4320
4321			On powerpc the options are:
4322
4323			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
4324				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
4325				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
4326				  exit.
4327			off	- No action.
4328
4329			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4330			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
4331
4332	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
4333	spia_fio_base=
4334	spia_pedr=
4335	spia_peddr=
4336
4337	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
4338			Specifies how frequently to check for
4339			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
4340			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
4341			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
4342			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
4343			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
4344			are ignored.
4345
4346	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
4347			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
4348			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
4349			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
4350			grace period will be considered for automatic
4351			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
4352			expediting.
4353
4354	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
4355			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
4356
4357			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
4358			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
4359			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
4360			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
4361
4362			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
4363				   for both kernel and userspace
4364			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
4365				   for both kernel and userspace
4366			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
4367				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
4368				   to allow userspace to register its
4369				   interest in being mitigated too.
4370
4371	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
4372			override the default stack gap protection. The value
4373			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
4374			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
4375			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
4376			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
4377
4378	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
4379			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
4380
4381	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
4382			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
4383			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
4384			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
4385			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
4386			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
4387			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
4388
4389	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
4390			Format: <num>
4391			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
4392			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
4393			as the initial boot-console.
4394			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4395
4396	sti_font=	[HW]
4397			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4398
4399	stifb=		[HW]
4400			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
4401
4402	sunrpc.min_resvport=
4403	sunrpc.max_resvport=
4404			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4405			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
4406			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
4407			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
4408			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
4409			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
4410			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
4411			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
4412			maximum port values.
4413
4414	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
4415			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4416			Limit the number of requests that the server will
4417			process in parallel from a single connection.
4418			The default value is 0 (no limit).
4419
4420	sunrpc.pool_mode=
4421			[NFS]
4422			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
4423			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
4424			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
4425			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
4426			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
4427			NFS server is running.
4428
4429			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
4430				    automatically using heuristics
4431			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
4432			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
4433			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
4434				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
4435
4436	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
4437	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
4438			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4439			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
4440			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
4441			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
4442			improve throughput, but will also increase the
4443			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
4444
4445	suspend.pm_test_delay=
4446			[SUSPEND]
4447			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
4448			mode before resuming the system (see
4449			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
4450			is set. Default value is 5.
4451
4452	swapaccount=[0|1]
4453			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
4454			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
4455			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt)
4456
4457	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
4458			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
4459			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
4460			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
4461			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
4462			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
4463
4464	switches=	[HW,M68k]
4465
4466	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
4467			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
4468			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
4469			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
4470			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
4471			in older udev will not work anymore.
4472			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
4473			the kernel configuration.
4474
4475	sysrq_always_enabled
4476			[KNL]
4477			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
4478			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
4479			Useful for debugging.
4480
4481	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4482			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
4483			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
4484			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
4485			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
4486			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
4487
4488	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
4489
4490	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
4491			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
4492			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
4493			as the system sleep state during system startup with
4494			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
4495			The system is woken from this state using a
4496			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
4497
4498	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4499			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
4500
4501	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
4502			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
4503			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
4504
4505	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
4506			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
4507			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
4508
4509	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
4510			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
4511			critical and hot trip points.
4512
4513	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
4514			1: disable ACPI thermal control
4515
4516	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
4517			-1: disable all passive trip points
4518			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
4519			value
4520
4521	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
4522			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
4523			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
4524			0: no polling (default)
4525
4526	threadirqs	[KNL]
4527			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
4528			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
4529
4530	tmem		[KNL,XEN]
4531			Enable the Transcendent memory driver if built-in.
4532
4533	tmem.cleancache=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4534			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the cleancache
4535			API to send anonymous pages to the hypervisor.
4536
4537	tmem.frontswap=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4538			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the frontswap
4539			API to send swap pages to the hypervisor. If disabled
4540			the selfballooning and selfshrinking are force disabled.
4541
4542	tmem.selfballooning=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4543			Default is on (1). Disable the driving of swap pages
4544			to the hypervisor.
4545
4546	tmem.selfshrinking=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4547			Default is on (1). Partial swapoff that immediately
4548			transfers pages from Xen hypervisor back to the
4549			kernel based on different criteria.
4550
4551	topology=	[S390]
4552			Format: {off | on}
4553			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
4554			topology information if the hardware supports this.
4555			The scheduler will make use of this information and
4556			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
4557			Default is on.
4558
4559	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
4560			Format: {off}
4561			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
4562			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
4563			LPAR.
4564
4565	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
4566
4567	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
4568			Format: integer pcr id
4569			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
4570			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
4571			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
4572			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
4573			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
4574			are saved.
4575
4576	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
4577			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
4578
4579	trace_event=[event-list]
4580			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
4581			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
4582			comma separated list of trace events to enable. See
4583			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
4584
4585	trace_options=[option-list]
4586			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
4587			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
4588			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
4589			to echo the option name into
4590
4591			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
4592
4593			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
4594			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
4595
4596			      trace_options=stacktrace
4597
4598			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
4599			section.
4600
4601	tp_printk[FTRACE]
4602			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
4603			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
4604			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
4605			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
4606			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
4607
4608			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
4609			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
4610			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
4611			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
4612
4613			** CAUTION **
4614
4615			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
4616			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
4617			the system to live lock.
4618
4619	traceoff_on_warning
4620			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
4621			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
4622			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
4623			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
4624
4625			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
4626			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
4627			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
4628
4629			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
4630			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
4631
4632	transparent_hugepage=
4633			[KNL]
4634			Format: [always|madvise|never]
4635			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
4636			with respect to transparent hugepages.
4637			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
4638			for more details.
4639
4640	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
4641			Format: <string>
4642			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
4643			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
4644			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
4645			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
4646			virtualized environment.
4647			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
4648			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
4649			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
4650			can add overhead.
4651			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
4652			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
4653			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
4654
4655	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
4656			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
4657			Format:
4658			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
4659			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
4660
4661	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
4662			happen after console_init() and before a proper
4663			console driver takes over, this boot options might
4664			help "seeing" what's going on.
4665
4666	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4667			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
4668
4669	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
4670			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
4671			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
4672			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
4673			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
4674			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
4675			reported either.
4676
4677	unknown_nmi_panic
4678			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
4679
4680	usbcore.authorized_default=
4681			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
4682			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
4683			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized)
4684
4685	usbcore.autosuspend=
4686			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
4687			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
4688			is the time required before an idle device will be
4689			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
4690			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
4691
4692	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
4693			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
4694
4695	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
4696			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
4697			(default = 65536).
4698
4699	usbcore.blinkenlights=
4700			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
4701
4702	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
4703			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
4704			scheme,  applies only to low and full-speed devices
4705			 (default 0 = off).
4706
4707	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
4708			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
4709			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
4710
4711	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
4712			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
4713			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
4714
4715	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
4716			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
4717			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
4718			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
4719
4720	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
4721
4722	usbcore.quirks=
4723			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
4724			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
4725			commas. Each entry has the form
4726			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
4727			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
4728			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
4729			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
4730			the following meanings:
4731				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
4732					descriptors must not be fetched using
4733					a 255-byte read);
4734				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
4735					correctly so reset it instead);
4736				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
4737					Set-Interface requests);
4738				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
4739					handle its Configuration or Interface
4740					strings);
4741				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
4742					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
4743				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
4744					more interface descriptions than the
4745					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
4746					talking to these interfaces);
4747				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
4748					during initialization, after we read
4749					the device descriptor);
4750				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
4751					high speed and super speed interrupt
4752					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
4753					require the interval in microframes (1
4754					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
4755					calculated as interval = 2 ^
4756					(bInterval-1).
4757					Devices with this quirk report their
4758					bInterval as the result of this
4759					calculation instead of the exponent
4760					variable used in the calculation);
4761				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
4762					handle device_qualifier descriptor
4763					requests);
4764				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
4765					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
4766					remote wakeup capability);
4767				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
4768					Power Management);
4769				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
4770					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
4771					frames instead of the USB 2.0
4772					calculation);
4773				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
4774					to be disconnected before suspend to
4775					prevent spurious wakeup);
4776				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
4777					pause after every control message);
4778				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
4779					delay after resetting its port);
4780			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
4781
4782	usbhid.mousepoll=
4783			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
4784
4785	usbhid.jspoll=
4786			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
4787
4788	usbhid.kbpoll=
4789			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
4790
4791	usb-storage.delay_use=
4792			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
4793			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
4794
4795	usb-storage.quirks=
4796			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
4797			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
4798			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
4799			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
4800			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
4801			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
4802			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
4803				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
4804					of sense data);
4805				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
4806					bytes of sense data);
4807				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
4808					device capacity by one sector);
4809				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
4810					READ_DISC_INFO command);
4811				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
4812					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
4813				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
4814					command, uas only);
4815				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
4816					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
4817				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
4818					reported device capacity by one
4819					sector if the number is odd);
4820				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
4821					device);
4822				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
4823					command, uas only);
4824				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
4825					unlock ejectable media);
4826				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
4827					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
4828				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
4829					initial READ(10) command);
4830				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
4831					reported by the device);
4832				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
4833					by default);
4834				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
4835					bogus residue values);
4836				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
4837					Logical Unit);
4838				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
4839					commands, uas only);
4840				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
4841				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
4842					medium is write-protected).
4843				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
4844					even if the device claims no cache)
4845			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
4846
4847	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
4848			Format: <int>
4849			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
4850				 1 - undefined instruction events
4851				 2 - system calls
4852				 4 - invalid data aborts
4853				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
4854				16 - SIGBUS faults
4855			Example: user_debug=31
4856
4857	userpte=
4858			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
4859
4860				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
4861					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
4862					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
4863
4864	vdso=		[X86,SH]
4865			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
4866
4867			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
4868			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
4869
4870	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
4871			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
4872			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
4873
4874			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
4875			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
4876			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
4877
4878			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
4879			alias for vdso32=0.
4880
4881			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
4882			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
4883
4884	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
4885			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
4886
4887	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
4888			See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
4889
4890	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
4891			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
4892			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
4893			level and then send out the event to user space through
4894			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
4895			will only send out the event without touching backlight
4896			brightness level.
4897			default: 1
4898
4899	virtio_mmio.device=
4900			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
4901
4902				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
4903			where:
4904				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
4905						like K, M and G)
4906				<baseaddr> := physical base address
4907				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
4908						request_irq())
4909				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
4910			example:
4911				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
4912
4913			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
4914
4915	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
4916			See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
4917			Documentation/svga.txt.
4918			Use vga=ask for menu.
4919			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
4920			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
4921
4922	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
4923			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
4924			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
4925			All options are enabled by default, and this
4926			interface is meant to allow for selectively
4927			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
4928			debugging features.
4929
4930			Available options are:
4931			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
4932			  -	Disable all of the above options
4933
4934	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
4935			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
4936			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
4937			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
4938			mapped kernel RAM.
4939
4940	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
4941			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
4942			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
4943
4944	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
4945			Format: <command>
4946
4947	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
4948			Format: <command>
4949
4950	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
4951			Format: <command>
4952
4953	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
4954			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
4955			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
4956			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
4957			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
4958			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
4959			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
4960
4961			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
4962			            emulated reasonably safely.
4963
4964			native      Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
4965			            This is a little bit faster than trapping
4966			            and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
4967			            better than they would in emulation mode.
4968			            It also makes exploits much easier to write.
4969
4970			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
4971			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
4972			            might break your system.
4973
4974	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
4975			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
4976			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
4977
4978	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
4979			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
4980			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
4981			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
4982
4983	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
4984			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
4985			Change the default blue palette of the console.
4986			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4987			ranging from 0-255.
4988
4989	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
4990			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
4991			Change the default green palette of the console.
4992			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4993			ranging from 0-255.
4994
4995	vt.default_red=	[VT]
4996			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
4997			Change the default red palette of the console.
4998			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4999			ranging from 0-255.
5000
5001	vt.default_utf8=
5002			[VT]
5003			Format=<0|1>
5004			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
5005			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
5006			newly opened terminals.
5007
5008	vt.global_cursor_default=
5009			[VT]
5010			Format=<-1|0|1>
5011			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
5012			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
5013			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
5014			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
5015			cursors, 1 will display them.
5016
5017	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
5018			Default: 2 = green.
5019
5020	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
5021			Default: 3 = cyan.
5022
5023	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
5024			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
5025			or other driver-specific files in the
5026			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
5027
5028	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
5029			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
5030			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
5031			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
5032			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
5033			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
5034			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
5035			corresponding sysfs file.
5036
5037	workqueue.disable_numa
5038			By default, all work items queued to unbound
5039			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
5040			issued on, which results in better behavior in
5041			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
5042			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
5043			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
5044			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
5045
5046	workqueue.power_efficient
5047			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
5048			they show better performance thanks to cache
5049			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
5050			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
5051
5052			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
5053			were observed to contribute significantly to power
5054			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
5055			power usage at the cost of small performance
5056			overhead.
5057
5058			The default value of this parameter is determined by
5059			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
5060
5061	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
5062			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
5063			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
5064			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
5065			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
5066			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
5067			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
5068			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
5069			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
5070			impacted.
5071
5072	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
5073			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
5074			supporting x2apic.
5075
5076	x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
5077			Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform.
5078			Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
5079			plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
5080			x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
5081
5082	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
5083			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
5084			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
5085			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
5086			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
5087			domains.
5088
5089	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
5090			Unplug Xen emulated devices
5091			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
5092			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
5093			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
5094			nics -- unplug network devices
5095			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
5096			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
5097				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
5098				the unplug protocol
5099			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
5100
5101	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
5102			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
5103			optimizations.
5104
5105	xen_nopv	[X86]
5106			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
5107			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
5108
5109	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
5110			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
5111			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
5112			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
5113			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
5114
5115	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
5116			Format:
5117			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
5118
5119	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
5120			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
5121			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
5122			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
5123