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