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1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			acpi_backlight=vendor
26			acpi_backlight=video
27			If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver
28			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
29			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
30
31	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
32			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
33			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
34			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
35			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
36
37	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
38			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
39			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
40			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
41			This option is useful for developers to identify the
42			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
43			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
44
45	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
46	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
47			Format: <int>
48			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
49			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
50			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
51			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
52			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
53			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
54			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
55			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
56			Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about
57			debug layers and levels.
58
59			Enable processor driver info messages:
60			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
61			Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=  [HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112                        GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113                        the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <int>
117			Support masking of GPEs numbered from 0x00 to 0x7f.
118
119	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
120			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
121			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
122			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
123			auto-serialization feature.
124			This feature is enabled by default.
125			This option allows to turn off the feature.
126
127	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
128			   kernels.
129
130	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
131			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
132			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
133			installed automatically and they will appear under
134			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
135			This option turns off this feature.
136			Note that specifying this option does not affect
137			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
138			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
139
140	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
141			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
142			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
143			second kernel for kdump.
144
145	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
146			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
147
148	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
149			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
150			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
151			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
152			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
153
154	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
155			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
156			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
157			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
158			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
159						  strings
160			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
161						  strings
162			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
163
164			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
165			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
166			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
167			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
168			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
169			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
170			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
171			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
172			care about the state of the feature group strings which
173			should be controlled by the OSPM.
174			Examples:
175			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
176			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
177			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
178
179			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
180			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
181			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
182			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
183			multiple times through kernel command line is also
184			meaningless.
185			Examples:
186			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
187			     FALSE.
188
189			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
190			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
191			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
192			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
193			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
194			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
195			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
196			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
197			is useful when one want to control the state of the
198			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
199			the OSPM features.
200			Examples:
201			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
202			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
203			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
204			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
205			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
206			     equivalent to
207			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
208			     and
209			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
210			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
211
212	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
213			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
214			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
215			and always returns good values.
216
217	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
218			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
219
220	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
221			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
222			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
223
224	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
225			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
226				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable }
227			See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
228			s3_bios and s3_mode.
229			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
230			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
231			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
232			used during resume from hibernation.
233			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
234			control method, with respect to putting devices into
235			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
236			of _PTS is used by default).
237			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
238			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
239			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
240			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
241			but some broken systems don't work without it).
242
243	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
244			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
245			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
246
247	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
248			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
249
250	agp=		[AGP]
251			{ off | try_unsupported }
252			off: disable AGP support
253			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
254				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
255
256	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
257			See Documentation/sound/alsa/alsa-parameters.txt
258
259	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
260			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
261			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
262			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
263
264	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
265			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
266			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
267			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
268			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
269			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
270			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
271
272			32: only for 32-bit processes
273			64: only for 64-bit processes
274			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
275			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
276
277	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
278			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
279			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
280			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
281			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
282			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
283
284	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
285			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
286			Possible values are:
287			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
288				    they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
289				    flushed before they will be reused, which
290				    is a lot of faster
291			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
292				    the system
293			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
294					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
295					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
296					  requirements as needed. This option
297					  does not override iommu=pt
298
299	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
300			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
301			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
302			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
303			IOMMU initialization.
304
305	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
306			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
307			remapping modes:
308			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
309			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
310			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
311			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
312			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
313
314	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
315			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
316			Format: <a>,<b>
317			See also Documentation/input/joystick.txt
318
319	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
320			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
321			connected to one of 16 gameports
322			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
323
324	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
325			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
326			Format: noidle
327			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
328			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
329			APC and your system crashes randomly.
330
331	apic=		[APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
332			Change the output verbosity whilst booting
333			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
334			Change the amount of debugging information output
335			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
336
337	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
338			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
339			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
340			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
341			      backup of CPU 0
342			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
343			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
344			      shot down by NMI
345
346	autoconf=	[IPV6]
347			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
348
349	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
350			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
351			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
352			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
353			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
354			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
355			apic=verbose is specified.
356			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
357
358	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
359			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
360
361	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
362			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
363
364	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
365
366	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
367
368	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
369			EzKey and similar keyboards
370
371	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
372
373	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
374			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
375
376	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
377			keyboards
378
379	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
380			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
381
382	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
383			Use software keyboard repeat
384
385	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
386			Format: { "0" | "1" } (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)
387			0 - kernel audit is disabled and can not be enabled
388			    until the next reboot
389			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
390			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
391			1 - kernel audit is initialized and partially enabled,
392			    storing at most audit_backlog_limit messages in
393			    RAM until it is fully enabled by the userspace
394			    auditd.
395			Default: unset
396
397	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
398			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
399			Default: 64
400
401	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
402			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
403			Format: { "0" | "1" }
404			0 - Disable the BAU.
405			1 - Enable the BAU.
406			unset - Disable the BAU.
407
408	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
409			Format: <io>,<mode>
410
411	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
412			Format: <io>,<mode>
413			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
414
415	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
416			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
417			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
418			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
419
420	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
421			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
422			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
423			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
424
425	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
426			embedded devices based on command line input.
427			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
428
429	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
430			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
431			no delay (0).
432			Format: integer
433
434	bootmem_debug	[KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages.
435
436	bert_disable	[ACPI]
437			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
438
439	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
440	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
441			kernel args too.
442	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
443	bttv.tuner=
444
445	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
446			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
447			at a time.
448
449	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
450
451	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
452			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
453			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
454			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
455			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
456			This option provides an override for these situations.
457
458	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
459			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
460			trust validation.
461			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
462
463	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
464			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
465			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
466			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
467			others).
468
469	ccw_timeout_log [S390]
470			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
471
472	cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
473			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
474			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
475			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
476			  a single hierarchy
477			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
478			  subsystem
479			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
480			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
481			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
482
483	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable one, multiple, all cgroup controllers in v1
484			Format: { controller[,controller...] | "all" }
485			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
486			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
487
488	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
489			Format: <string>
490			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
491			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
492
493	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
494			Format: { "0" | "1" }
495			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
496			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
497				any implied execute protection).
498			1 -- check protection requested by application.
499			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
500			Value can be changed at runtime via
501				/selinux/checkreqprot.
502
503	cio_ignore=	[S390]
504			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
505	clk_ignore_unused
506			[CLK]
507			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
508			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
509			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
510			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
511			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
512			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
513			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
514			platform with proper driver support.  For more
515			information, see Documentation/clk.txt.
516
517	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
518			[Deprecated]
519			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
520			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
521			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
522			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
523
524	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
525			Format: <string>
526			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
527			with the name specified.
528			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
529			the platform:
530			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
531			[ACPI] acpi_pm
532			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
533				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
534			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
535				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
536			[MIPS] MIPS
537			[PARISC] cr16
538			[S390] tod
539			[SH] SuperH
540			[SPARC64] tick
541			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
542
543	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
544			[ARM,ARM64]
545			Format: <bool>
546			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
547			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
548			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
549			systems.
550
551	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
552			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
553			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
554			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
555			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
556			ones should be.
557			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
558			or using the feature without checking anything
559			will still see it. This just prevents it from
560			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
561			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
562			some critical bits.
563
564	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
565			[ARM,X86,KNL]
566			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
567			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
568			placement constraint by the physical address range of
569			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
570			altogether. For more information, see
571			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
572
573	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
574			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
575			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
576			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
577			a hypervisor.
578			Default: yes
579
580	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
581			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
582			allocations, by default set to 256K.
583
584	code_bytes	[X86] How many bytes of object code to print
585			in an oops report.
586			Range: 0 - 8192
587			Default: 64
588
589	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
590			Format:
591			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
592
593	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
594			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
595
596	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
597			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
598			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
599
600	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
601	conmode=
602
603	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
604
605		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
606
607		ttyS<n>[,options]
608		ttyUSB0[,options]
609			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
610			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
611			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
612			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
613			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
614
615			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
616			information.  See
617			Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
618			alternative.
619
620		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
621		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
622		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
623		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
624		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
625			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
626			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
627			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
628			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
629			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
630			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
631			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
632			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
633			the h/w is not re-initialized.
634
635		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
636			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
637
638                If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
639                device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
640			console=brl,ttyS0
641		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
642
643	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
644			seconds. Defaults to 10*60 = 10mins. A value of 0
645			disables the blank timer.
646
647	coredump_filter=
648			[KNL] Change the default value for
649			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
650			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
651
652	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
653			[ARM,ARM64]
654			Format: <bool>
655			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
656			0: default value, disable debugging
657			1: enable debugging at boot time
658
659	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
660			disable the cpuidle sub-system
661
662	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
663			disable the cpufreq sub-system
664
665	cpu_init_udelay=N
666			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
667			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
668			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
669			Default: 10000
670
671	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
672			Format:
673			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
674
675	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
676			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
677			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
678			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
679			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
680			is selected automatically. Check
681			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
682
683	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
684			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
685			in the running system. The syntax of range is
686			start-[end] where start and end are both
687			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
688			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example.
689
690	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
691			[KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
692			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
693			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
694			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
695			available.
696			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
697	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
698			[KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
699			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
700			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
701			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
702			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
703			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
704			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
705			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
706			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
707			for second kernel instead.
708			0: to disable low allocation.
709			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
710			or memory reserved is below 4G.
711
712	crossrelease_fullstack
713			[KNL] Allow to record full stack trace in cross-release
714
715	cryptomgr.notests
716                        [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
717
718	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
719			Format: <dma>
720
721	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
722			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
723
724	dasd=		[HW,NET]
725			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
726
727	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
728			(one device per port)
729			Format: <port#>,<type>
730			See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
731
732	ddebug_query=   [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
733			time. See
734			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
735			details.  Deprecated, see dyndbg.
736
737	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
738
739	debug_locks_verbose=
740			[KNL] verbose self-tests
741			Format=<0|1>
742			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
743			self-tests.
744			We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
745			1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
746			only useful to kernel developers.
747
748	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
749
750	no_debug_objects
751			[KNL] Disable object debugging
752
753	debug_guardpage_minorder=
754			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
755			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
756			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
757			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
758			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
759			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
760			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
761			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
762			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
763			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
764			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
765			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
766			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
767			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
768			bypassed) which are not detectable by
769			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
770			tracking down these problems.
771
772	debug_pagealloc=
773			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
774			parameter enables the feature at boot time. In
775			default, it is disabled. We can avoid allocating huge
776			chunk of memory for debug pagealloc if we don't enable
777			it at boot time and the system will work mostly same
778			with the kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
779			on: enable the feature
780
781	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
782
783	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
784			Format: <area>[,<node>]
785			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
786
787	default_hugepagesz=
788			[same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
789			HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
790			the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
791			default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
792			Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
793			if not specified.
794
795	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
796			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
797
798	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
799			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
800			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
801			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
802			miss to occur.
803
804	disable=	[IPV6]
805			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
806
807	disable_radix	[PPC]
808			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
809
810	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
811			Format: <int>
812			The number of initial APIC ID for the
813			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
814			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
815			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
816			causing system reset or hang due to sending
817			INIT from AP to BSP.
818
819	disable_ddw     [PPC/PSERIES]
820			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
821			to workaround buggy firmware.
822
823	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
824			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
825
826	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
827			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
828			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
829			entry later. This parameter disables that.
830
831	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
832			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
833			memory out of your available memory pool based on
834			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
835			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
836
837	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
838			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
839			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
840
841	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
842
843	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
844			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
845
846	dma_debug_entries=<number>
847			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
848			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
849			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
850			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
851			architectural default is too low.
852
853	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
854			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
855			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
856			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
857			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
858			driver later using sysfs.
859
860	drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
861			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
862			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
863			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
864			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
865			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
866			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
867			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
868			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
869			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
870			available in Documentation/EDID/HOWTO.txt. An EDID
871			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
872			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
873			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
874			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
875			data set with no connector name will be used for
876			any connectors not explicitly specified.
877
878	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
879
880	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
881			Format: {"off" | "known"}
882			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
883			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
884			exists).
885			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
886			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
887			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
888
889	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
890			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
891			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
892			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
893
894	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
895	module.dyndbg[="val"]
896			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
897			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
898			for details.
899
900	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
901			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
902			information about the feature.
903
904	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
905			in some Intel CPUs.
906
907	module.async_probe [KNL]
908			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
909
910	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
911			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
912			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
913			which are not unmapped.
914
915	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
916
917			When used with no options, the early console is
918			determined by the stdout-path property in device
919			tree's chosen node.
920
921		cdns,<addr>[,options]
922			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
923			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
924			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
925			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
926			configured.
927
928		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
929		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
930		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
931		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
932		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
933			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
934			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
935			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
936			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
937			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
938			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
939			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
940			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
941
942		pl011,<addr>
943		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
944			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
945			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
946			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
947			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
948			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
949			the device registers.
950
951		meson,<addr>
952			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
953			port at the specified address. The serial port must
954			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
955			supported.
956
957		msm_serial,<addr>
958			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
959			port at the specified address. The serial port
960			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
961			yet supported.
962
963		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
964			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
965			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
966			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
967			yet supported.
968
969		owl,<addr>
970			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
971			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
972			specified address. The serial port must already be
973			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
974
975		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
976
977		s3c2410,<addr>
978		s3c2412,<addr>
979		s3c2440,<addr>
980		s3c6400,<addr>
981		s5pv210,<addr>
982		exynos4210,<addr>
983			Use early console provided by serial driver available
984			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
985			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
986			serial port must already be setup and configured.
987			Options are not yet supported.
988
989		lantiq,<addr>
990			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
991			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
992			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
993			yet supported.
994
995		lpuart,<addr>
996		lpuart32,<addr>
997			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
998			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
999			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1000			port must already be setup and configured.
1001
1002		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1003			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1004			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1005			address. The serial port must already be setup
1006			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1007
1008	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k,S390]
1009			earlyprintk=vga
1010			earlyprintk=efi
1011			earlyprintk=sclp
1012			earlyprintk=xen
1013			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1014			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1015			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1016			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1017			earlyprintk=pciserial,bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1018			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1019
1020			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1021			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1022			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1023
1024			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1025			takes over.
1026
1027			Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1028			be used at a time.
1029
1030			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1031			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1032			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1033			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1034				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1035			You can find the port for a given device in
1036			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1037				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1038
1039			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1040			very good.
1041
1042			The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1043			the real console.
1044
1045			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1046
1047			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1048
1049	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1050			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1051			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1052			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1053			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1054			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1055			default: on.
1056
1057	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1058			ekgdboc=kbd
1059
1060			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1061			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1062
1063	edd=		[EDD]
1064			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1065
1066	efi=		[EFI]
1067			Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
1068			old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
1069			runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
1070			default.
1071			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1072			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1073			firmware implementations.
1074			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1075			debug: enable misc debug output
1076
1077	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1078			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1079			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1080			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1081			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1082
1083	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1084			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1085			updating original EFI memory map.
1086			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1087			from ss to ss+nn.
1088			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1089			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1090			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1091			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1092
1093			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1094			related feature. For example, you can do debugging of
1095			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1096			doesn't support it.
1097
1098	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1099			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1100			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1101			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1102			Documentation/acpi/ssdt-overlays.txt for details.
1103
1104
1105	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1106			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1107
1108	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1109			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1110			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1111
1112	elevator=	[IOSCHED]
1113			Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
1114			See Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt and
1115			Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
1116
1117	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1118			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1119			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1120			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1121			See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
1122
1123	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1124			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1125			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1126			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1127
1128	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1129			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1130			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1131			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1132			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1133
1134	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1135			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1136			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1137			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1138			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1139			Default value is 0.
1140			Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
1141
1142	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1143			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1144			support.
1145
1146	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1147			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1148			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1149
1150	evm=		[EVM]
1151			Format: { "fix" }
1152			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1153			current integrity status.
1154
1155	failslab=
1156	fail_page_alloc=
1157	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1158			General fault injection mechanism.
1159			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1160			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1161
1162	floppy=		[HW]
1163			See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt.
1164
1165	force_pal_cache_flush
1166			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1167			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1168			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1169			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1170
1171	forcepae [X86-32]
1172			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1173			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1174			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1175			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1176			and may cause unknown problems.
1177
1178	ftrace=[tracer]
1179			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1180			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1181			boot debugging.
1182
1183	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1184			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1185			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1186			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1187			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1188			oops.
1189
1190	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1191			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1192			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
1193			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1194			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1195			tracing directory.
1196
1197	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1198			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1199			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1200			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1201			tracing directory.
1202
1203	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1204			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1205			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1206			function-list is a comma separated list of functions
1207			that can be changed at run time by the
1208			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1209
1210	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1211			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1212			function-list.  This list is a comma separated list of
1213			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1214			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1215
1216	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1217			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1218			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1219			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1220			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1221
1222	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1223			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1224			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1225			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1226			See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
1227
1228	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1229
1230	gart_fix_e820=  [X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1231			Format: off | on
1232			default: on
1233
1234	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1235			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1236			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1237			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1238			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1239
1240	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1241			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1242			android emulator
1243
1244	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1245			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1246			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1247			GPT to be used instead.
1248
1249	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1250			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1251			Format: 0 | 1
1252			Default: 0
1253	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1254			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1255			Format: 0 | 1
1256			Default: 0
1257	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1258			Format: 0 | 1
1259			Default: 0
1260	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1261			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1262			Default: 1024
1263	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1264			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1265			Default: 1024
1266
1267	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1268			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1269			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1270
1271	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1272			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1273			backtraces on all cpus.
1274			Format: <integer>
1275
1276	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1277			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1278			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1279			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1280
1281	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1282
1283	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1284			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1285
1286	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1287			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1288			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1289			logic will be disabled.
1290
1291	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1292			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1293			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1294			size on bigger boxes.
1295
1296	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1297			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1298			Default: "on"
1299
1300	hisax=		[HW,ISDN]
1301			See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
1302
1303	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1304
1305	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1306			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1307				verbose }
1308			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1309			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1310				VIA, nVidia)
1311			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1312
1313	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1314			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1315
1316	hugepages=	[HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1317	hugepagesz=	[HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
1318			On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
1319			multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve
1320			huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on
1321			x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
1322			(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).
1323
1324	hvc_iucv=	[S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1325			       terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1326	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1327			       If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1328			       from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1329
1330	hwthread_map=	[METAG] Comma-separated list of Linux cpu id to
1331			        hardware thread id mappings.
1332				Format: <cpu>:<hwthread>
1333
1334	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1335			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1336			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1337			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1338			the real console.
1339
1340	i2c_bus=	[HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1341			     or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1342			     registered from board initialization code.
1343			     Format:
1344			     <bus_id>,<clkrate>
1345
1346	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1347	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1348			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1349			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1350			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1351	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1352	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1353			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1354			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1355	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1356	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1357	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1358			     for the AUX port
1359	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1360			     controller
1361	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1362			     controllers
1363	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1364	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1365			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1366			     transitions, or never reset
1367			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1368			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1369			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1370			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1371			architectures force reset to be always executed
1372	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1373	i8042.kbdreset  [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1374
1375	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1376
1377	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1378			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1379			hardware.
1380	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1381			does not match list of supported models.
1382	i8k.power_status
1383			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1384			(disabled by default)
1385	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1386			capability is set.
1387
1388	i915.invert_brightness=
1389			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1390			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1391			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1392			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1393			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1394			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1395			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1396			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1397			value switches the backlight off.
1398			-1 -- never invert brightness
1399			 0 -- machine default
1400			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1401
1402	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1403			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1404
1405	ide-core.nodma=	[HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1406			Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1407			.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1408			.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1409			See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
1410
1411	ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1412			Format: <int>
1413			Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports.  Depending on
1414			platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1415			setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  The
1416			default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1417			On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1418			PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1419			are then probed.  On systems without PCI the value
1420			of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1421			was 0x3.
1422
1423	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1424			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1425
1426	idle=		[X86]
1427			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1428			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1429			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1430			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1431			Not recommended.
1432			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1433			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1434			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1435
1436	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1437			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1438			Default: strict
1439
1440			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1441			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1442			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1443			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1444			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1445			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1446			encoding mode.
1447
1448			Available settings are as follows:
1449			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1450				supported by the FPU
1451			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1452				by the FPU
1453			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1454				by the FPU
1455			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1456				supported by the FPU
1457
1458			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1459			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1460			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1461			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1462			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1463			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1464			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1465			MIPS64 CPUs.
1466
1467			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1468			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1469			except where unsupported by hardware.
1470
1471	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1472			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1473			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1474			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1475			could change it dynamically, usually by
1476			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1477
1478	ignore_rlimit_data
1479			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1480			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1481			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1482
1483	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1484			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1485
1486	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1487			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1488			default: "enforce"
1489
1490	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA]
1491			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1492			owned by uid=0.
1493
1494	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1495			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1496			measurements, instead of host native format.
1497
1498	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1499			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1500				   | sha512 | ... }
1501			default: "sha1"
1502
1503			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1504			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1505
1506	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1507			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1508			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot"
1509
1510			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1511			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1512			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1513			uid=0.
1514
1515			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1516			all files owned by root. (This is the equivalent
1517			of ima_appraise_tcb.)
1518
1519			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1520			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1521			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1522
1523	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1524			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1525			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1526			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1527			opened for read by uid=0.
1528
1529	ima_template=   [IMA]
1530			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1531			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1532			Default: "ima-ng"
1533
1534	ima_template_fmt=
1535	                [IMA] Define a custom template format.
1536			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1537
1538	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1539			Format: <min_file_size>
1540			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1541			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1542
1543			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1544			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1545			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1546
1547	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1548			Format: <bufsize>
1549			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1550
1551			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1552			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1553			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1554
1555	init=		[KNL]
1556			Format: <full_path>
1557			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1558			process.
1559
1560	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1561			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1562			startup.
1563
1564	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1565			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1566			modules and initcalls.
1567
1568	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1569
1570	init_pkru=	[x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1571			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
1572			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
1573			override in debugfs after boot.
1574
1575	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1576			Format: <irq>
1577
1578	int_pln_enable  [x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1579
1580	integrity_audit=[IMA]
1581			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1582			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1583			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1584
1585	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1586		on
1587			Enable intel iommu driver.
1588		off
1589			Disable intel iommu driver.
1590		igfx_off [Default Off]
1591			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1592			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1593			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1594			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1595			DMA.
1596		forcedac [x86_64]
1597			With this option iommu will not optimize to look
1598			for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
1599			address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
1600			than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1601			for translation below 32-bit and if not available
1602			then look in the higher range.
1603		strict [Default Off]
1604			With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1605			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1606			to batching them for performance.
1607		sp_off [Default Off]
1608			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1609			has the capability. With this option, super page will
1610			not be supported.
1611		ecs_off [Default Off]
1612			By default, extended context tables will be supported if
1613			the hardware advertises that it has support both for the
1614			extended tables themselves, and also PASID support. With
1615			this option set, extended tables will not be used even
1616			on hardware which claims to support them.
1617		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1618			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1619			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1620			could harm performance of some high-throughput
1621			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1622			mapping is enabled.
1623			Note that using this option lowers the security
1624			provided by tboot because it makes the system
1625			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1626
1627	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1628			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1629			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
1630
1631	intel_pstate=  [X86]
1632		       disable
1633		         Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1634		         scaling driver for the supported processors
1635		       passive
1636			 Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1637			 to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1638			 enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
1639			 used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1640			 feature.
1641		       force
1642			 Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1643			 in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1644			 instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1645			 as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1646			 P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1647			 should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1648			 processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1649			 or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1650		       no_hwp
1651		         Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1652			 if available.
1653		hwp_only
1654			Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1655			hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1656		support_acpi_ppc
1657			Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1658			Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1659			profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1660			then this feature is turned on by default.
1661		per_cpu_perf_limits
1662			Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1663			cpufreq sysfs interface
1664
1665	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1666			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1667			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
1668			nosid	disable Source ID checking
1669			no_x2apic_optout
1670				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1671			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
1672
1673	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1674		strict	regions from userspace.
1675		relaxed
1676
1677	iommu=		[x86]
1678		off
1679		force
1680		noforce
1681		biomerge
1682		panic
1683		nopanic
1684		merge
1685		nomerge
1686		forcesac
1687		soft
1688		pt		[x86, IA-64]
1689		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
1690			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1691
1692	iommu.passthrough=
1693			[ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
1694			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1695			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1696			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
1697			unset - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1698
1699	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
1700			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1701			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1702
1703	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
1704		0x80
1705			Standard port 0x80 based delay
1706		0xed
1707			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
1708		udelay
1709			Simple two microseconds delay
1710		none
1711			No delay
1712
1713	ip=		[IP_PNP]
1714			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
1715
1716	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
1717			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
1718
1719	irqfixup	[HW]
1720			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1721			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1722			firmware running.
1723
1724	irqpoll		[HW]
1725			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1726			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
1727			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1728			firmware running.
1729
1730	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
1731			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
1732
1733	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler.
1734			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
1735
1736			This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
1737			to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1738			algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an
1739			"isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1740			<cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1741			"number of CPUs in system - 1".
1742
1743			This option is the preferred way to isolate CPUs. The
1744			alternative -- manually setting the CPU mask of all
1745			tasks in the system -- can cause problems and
1746			suboptimal load balancer performance.
1747
1748	iucv=		[HW,NET]
1749
1750	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86_64]
1751			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1752			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1753			example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
1754			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1755				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
1756
1757	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86_64]
1758			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1759			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1760			example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
1761			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1762				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
1763
1764	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86_64]
1765			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
1766			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1767			example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
1768			PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
1769				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
1770
1771	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
1772			See Documentation/input/joystick.txt.
1773
1774	nokaslr		[KNL]
1775			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
1776			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
1777			Layout Randomization).
1778
1779	kasan_multi_shot
1780			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
1781			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
1782			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
1783			invalid access.
1784
1785	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
1786
1787	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
1788			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | "mirror"
1789			This parameter
1790			specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
1791			for non-movable allocations.  The requested amount is
1792			spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The
1793			remaining memory in each node is used for Movable
1794			pages. In the event, a node is too small to have both
1795			kernelcore and Movable pages, kernelcore pages will
1796			take priority and other nodes will have a larger number
1797			of Movable pages.  The Movable zone is used for the
1798			allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved
1799			by the page migration subsystem.  This means that
1800			HugeTLB pages may not be allocated from this zone.
1801			Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem still
1802			use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1803			zone if it does not.
1804
1805			Instead of specifying the amount of memory (nn[KMGTPE]),
1806			you can specify "mirror" option. In case "mirror"
1807			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
1808			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
1809			for Movable pages. nn[KMGTPE] and "mirror" are exclusive,
1810			so you can NOT specify nn[KMGTPE] and "mirror" at the same
1811			time.
1812
1813	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
1814			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
1815			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
1816			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
1817			optional and is the number seconds in between
1818			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
1819			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
1820			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
1821			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
1822			the kernel debugger.
1823
1824	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
1825			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
1826			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
1827			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
1828			 keyboard only format: kbd
1829			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
1830			Optional Kernel mode setting:
1831			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
1832			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
1833
1834	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
1835			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
1836
1837	kmac=		[MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
1838			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
1839			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
1840
1841	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
1842			Valid arguments: on, off
1843			Default: on
1844			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
1845			the default is off.
1846
1847	kmemcheck=	[X86] Boot-time kmemcheck enable/disable/one-shot mode
1848			Valid arguments: 0, 1, 2
1849			kmemcheck=0 (disabled)
1850			kmemcheck=1 (enabled)
1851			kmemcheck=2 (one-shot mode)
1852			Default: 2 (one-shot mode)
1853
1854	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
1855			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
1856
1857	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
1858			KVM MMU at runtime.
1859			Default is 0 (off)
1860
1861	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
1862			Default is 1 (enabled)
1863
1864	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
1865			for all guests.
1866			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
1867
1868	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
1869			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
1870			system registers
1871
1872	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
1873			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
1874			system registers
1875
1876	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
1877			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
1878			system registers
1879
1880	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
1881			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
1882			Default is 1 (enabled)
1883
1884	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
1885			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
1886			Default is 0 (disabled)
1887
1888	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
1889			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
1890			Default is 1 (enabled)
1891
1892	kvm-intel.nested=
1893			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
1894			Default is 0 (disabled)
1895
1896	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
1897			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
1898			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
1899			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
1900
1901	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
1902			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
1903			Default is 1 (enabled)
1904
1905	l2cr=		[PPC]
1906
1907	l3cr=		[PPC]
1908
1909	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
1910			disabled it.
1911
1912	lapic=		[x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
1913			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
1914			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
1915
1916	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
1917			in C2 power state.
1918
1919	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
1920			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
1921			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
1922			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
1923			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
1924			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
1925			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
1926
1927	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
1928			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
1929			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
1930
1931	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
1932			when set.
1933			Format: <int>
1934
1935	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma
1936			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
1937			PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
1938			matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
1939			the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
1940			the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
1941			values are used.  If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
1942			configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
1943
1944			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
1945			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
1946			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
1947			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
1948			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
1949			host link and device attached to it.
1950
1951			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
1952			as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
1953			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
1954			The following configurations can be forced.
1955
1956			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
1957			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
1958
1959			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
1960
1961			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
1962			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
1963			  allowed.
1964
1965			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
1966
1967			* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
1968
1969			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
1970                          and both resets.
1971
1972			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
1973			  hot-unplug link recovery
1974
1975			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
1976
1977			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
1978
1979			* disable: Disable this device.
1980
1981			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
1982			the same attribute, the last one is used.
1983
1984	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
1985
1986	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
1987			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
1988
1989	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
1990			Format: <integer>
1991
1992	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
1993			Format: <integer>
1994
1995	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
1996			Format: <integer>
1997
1998	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
1999			Format: <integer>
2000
2001	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2002			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2003			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2004			number of online CPUs.
2005
2006	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2007			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2008
2009	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2010			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2011
2012	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2013			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2014			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2015
2016	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2017			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2018			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2019			mode during the locktorture test.
2020
2021	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2022			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2023			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2024
2025	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2026			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2027
2028	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2029			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2030			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2031			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2032			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2033			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2034
2035	locktorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
2036			Start locktorture running at boot time.
2037
2038	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2039			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2040
2041	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2042			Enable additional printk() statements.
2043
2044	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2045			Format: <irq>
2046
2047	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2048			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2049			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2050			loglevels are defined as follows:
2051
2052			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2053			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2054			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2055			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2056			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2057			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2058			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2059			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2060
2061	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2062			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2063			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2064			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2065			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2066			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2067			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2068
2069	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2070			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2071			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2072			kernel boot problems.
2073
2074	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2075	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2076	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2077	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2078				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2079				attached printers to be reset. Using
2080				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2081				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2082				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2083				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2084				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2085				port specification list means that device IDs
2086				from each port should be examined, to see if
2087				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2088				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2089				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2090
2091	lpj=n		[KNL]
2092			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2093			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2094			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2095			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2096			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2097			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2098			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2099			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2100			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2101			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2102			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2103			hardware.
2104
2105	ltpc=		[NET]
2106			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2107
2108	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2109			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2110			Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
2111
2112	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
2113			 yeeloong laptop.
2114			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2115
2116	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2117			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2118
2119	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2120			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2121			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2122			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2123			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2124			only takes effect during system bootup.
2125			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2126			which also disables the IO APIC.
2127
2128	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2129	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2130			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2131			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2132			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2133			/dev/loop-control interface.
2134
2135	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2136
2137	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
2138
2139	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2140			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2141
2142	mdacon=		[MDA]
2143			Format: <first>,<last>
2144			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2145
2146	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2147			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
2148			to see the whole system memory or for test.
2149			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2150			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2151			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2152			belonging to unused RAM.
2153
2154	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2155			memory.
2156
2157	memchunk=nn[KMG]
2158			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2159			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2160
2161        memhp_default_state=online/offline
2162			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2163			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2164			set according to the
2165			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2166			option.
2167			See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt.
2168
2169	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2170			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2171			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2172			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2173			option description.
2174
2175	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2176			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2177			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2178			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2179			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2180			Multiple different regions can be specified,
2181			comma delimited.
2182			Example:
2183				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2184
2185	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2186			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2187			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2188
2189	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2190			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2191			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2192			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2193			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
2194			         or
2195			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2196			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2197			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2198			will be eaten.
2199
2200	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2201			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2202			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2203			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2204			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2205
2206	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2207			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2208			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2209			Setting this option will scan the memory
2210			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
2211			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2212			from using the memory being corrupted.
2213			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2214			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2215			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2216			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2217
2218	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2219			By default it checks for corruption in the low
2220			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2221			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
2222			corruption in more or less memory.
2223
2224	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2225			By default it checks for corruption every 60
2226			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
2227			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
2228
2229	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM] Enable memtest
2230			Format: <integer>
2231			default : 0 <disable>
2232			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2233			performed. Each pass selects another test
2234			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2235			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2236			memory contents and reserves bad memory
2237			regions that are detected.
2238
2239	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2240			Valid arguments: on, off
2241			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2242			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2243			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2244			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
2245			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
2246
2247			Refer to Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.txt
2248			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2249
2250	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2251			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
2252			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2253			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2254			See Documentation/power/states.txt.
2255
2256	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2257			See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt.
2258
2259	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2260			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2261			platforms.
2262
2263	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2264			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2265			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2266			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2267
2268	mga=		[HW,DRM]
2269
2270	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2271			physical address is ignored.
2272
2273	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
2274			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2275			Default: "0tb"
2276			MINI2440 configuration specification:
2277			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2278			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2279			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2280			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2281			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2282			unconfigured.
2283			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2284			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2285			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2286			VGA shield.
2287			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2288			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2289			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2290			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2291			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2292			http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2293
2294	mminit_loglevel=
2295			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2296			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2297			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2298			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2299			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2300			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2301
2302	module.sig_enforce
2303			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2304			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2305			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2306			is always true, so this option does nothing.
2307
2308	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2309			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
2310
2311	mousedev.tap_time=
2312			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2313			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2314			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2315			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2316			Format: <msecs>
2317	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2318			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2319	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2320			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2321
2322	movablecore=nn[KMG]	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter
2323			is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
2324			amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
2325			If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
2326			then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified
2327			value but may be more. If movablecore on its own
2328			is specified, the administrator must be careful
2329			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2330			is not too small.
2331
2332	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2333			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2334			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2335			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2336			allocations. Use with caution!
2337
2338	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
2339			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2340
2341	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
2342			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
2343
2344	mtdparts=	[MTD]
2345			See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
2346
2347	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
2348			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
2349			at a time.
2350
2351	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
2352
2353			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
2354
2355			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
2356				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
2357			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
2358				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
2359				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
2360
2361	mtdset=		[ARM]
2362			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
2363
2364			See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
2365
2366	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
2367			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
2368			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
2369
2370	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2371			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
2372			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
2373
2374	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2375			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
2376			Default is 1.
2377			Large value could prevent small alignment from
2378			using up MTRRs.
2379
2380	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
2381			Format: <integer>
2382			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
2383			Default : 1
2384			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
2385			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
2386
2387	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
2388
2389	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
2390			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
2391			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
2392			something different and driver-specific.
2393			This usage is only documented in each driver source
2394			file if at all.
2395
2396	nf_conntrack.acct=
2397			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
2398			0 to disable accounting
2399			1 to enable accounting
2400			Default value is 0.
2401
2402	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
2403			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2404
2405	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
2406			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2407
2408	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
2409			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2410
2411	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
2412			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
2413			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
2414			requests.
2415
2416	nfs.callback_tcpport=
2417			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
2418			channel should listen.
2419
2420	nfs.cache_getent=
2421			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
2422			to update the NFS client cache entries.
2423
2424	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
2425			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
2426			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
2427
2428	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
2429			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
2430			entries.
2431
2432	nfs.enable_ino64=
2433			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
2434			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
2435			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
2436			of returning the full 64-bit number.
2437			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
2438
2439	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
2440			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
2441			slots the client will assign to the callback
2442			channel. This determines the maximum number of
2443			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
2444			a particular server.
2445
2446	nfs.max_session_slots=
2447			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
2448			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
2449			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
2450			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
2451			Note that there is little point in setting this
2452			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
2453
2454	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2455			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
2456			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
2457			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
2458			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
2459			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
2460			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
2461			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
2462			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
2463			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
2464			back to using the idmapper.
2465			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
2466	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
2467			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
2468			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
2469			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
2470			UUID that is generated at system install time.
2471
2472	nfs.send_implementation_id =
2473			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
2474			information in exchange_id requests.
2475			If zero, no implementation identification information
2476			will be sent.
2477			The default is to send the implementation identification
2478			information.
2479
2480	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
2481			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
2482			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
2483			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
2484			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
2485			after the locks are lost.
2486			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
2487			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
2488			parameter to '1'.
2489			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
2490			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
2491
2492	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
2493			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
2494			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
2495
2496			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
2497			whatever value is the default set by the layout
2498			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
2499			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
2500
2501	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2502			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
2503			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
2504			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
2505			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
2506			migration from NFSv2/v3.
2507
2508	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
2509			when a NMI is triggered.
2510			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
2511
2512	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
2513			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
2514			Valid num: 0 or 1
2515			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
2516			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
2517			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
2518			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
2519			default). To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
2520			please see 'nowatchdog'.
2521			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
2522			need the box quickly up again.
2523
2524	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
2525			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
2526			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
2527			waits 4 seconds.
2528
2529	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
2530			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
2531			is present.
2532
2533	no_console_suspend
2534			[HW] Never suspend the console
2535			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
2536			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
2537			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
2538			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
2539			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
2540			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
2541			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
2542			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
2543			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
2544			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
2545			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
2546			turn on/off it dynamically.
2547
2548	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
2549			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
2550			but will impact performance.
2551
2552	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
2553
2554	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
2555			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
2556
2557	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
2558
2559	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
2560			on "Classic" PPC cores.
2561
2562	nocache		[ARM]
2563
2564	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
2565
2566	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
2567
2568	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
2569
2570	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
2571
2572	noexec		[IA-64]
2573
2574	noexec		[X86]
2575			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
2576			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2577			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
2578
2579	nosmap		[X86]
2580			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
2581			even if it is supported by processor.
2582
2583	nosmep		[X86]
2584			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
2585			even if it is supported by processor.
2586
2587	noexec32	[X86-64]
2588			This affects only 32-bit executables.
2589			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2590				read doesn't imply executable mappings
2591			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
2592				read implies executable mappings
2593
2594	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
2595
2596	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
2597			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
2598			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
2599
2600	nohugeiomap	[KNL,x86] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
2601
2602	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2603			Equivalent to smt=1.
2604
2605	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
2606			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
2607			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
2608
2609	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
2610			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
2611			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
2612			performance of saving the states is degraded because
2613			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
2614			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
2615
2616	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
2617			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
2618			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
2619			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
2620			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
2621			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
2622			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
2623
2624	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
2625			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
2626			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
2627
2628	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
2629			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
2630			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
2631
2632	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
2633			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
2634			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
2635			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
2636			in certain environments such as networked servers or
2637			real-time systems.
2638
2639	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
2640
2641	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
2642			Valid arguments: on, off
2643			Default: on
2644
2645	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT]
2646			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2647			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
2648			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
2649			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
2650			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
2651			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
2652			just as if they had also been called out in the
2653			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
2654
2655	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
2656
2657	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
2658			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
2659
2660	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
2661			broken timer IRQ sources.
2662
2663	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
2664
2665	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
2666			initial RAM disk.
2667
2668	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
2669			remapping.
2670			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
2671
2672	nointroute	[IA-64]
2673
2674	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
2675
2676	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
2677
2678	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
2679
2680	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
2681			fault handling.
2682
2683	no-vmw-sched-clock
2684			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
2685			clock and use the default one.
2686
2687	no-steal-acc    [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
2688			steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
2689			behaviour
2690
2691	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
2692
2693	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
2694
2695	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
2696			lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
2697
2698	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
2699
2700	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
2701
2702	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
2703			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
2704
2705	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
2706			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
2707			irq.
2708
2709	nomodule	Disable module load
2710
2711	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
2712			pagetables) support.
2713
2714	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
2715
2716	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
2717			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
2718
2719	noreplace-paravirt	[X86,IA-64,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
2720
2721	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
2722			with UP alternatives
2723
2724	nordrand	[X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
2725			RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
2726			by the processor.  RDRAND and RDSEED are still
2727			available to user space applications.
2728
2729	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
2730			space.
2731
2732	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
2733			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
2734			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
2735
2736	nosbagart	[IA-64]
2737
2738	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
2739
2740	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
2741			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
2742
2743	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
2744
2745	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
2746
2747	notsc		[BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter
2748
2749	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
2750                        soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
2751
2752	nowb		[ARM]
2753
2754	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
2755
2756	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
2757			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
2758			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
2759			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
2760			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
2761			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
2762			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
2763			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
2764			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
2765			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
2766			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
2767			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
2768			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
2769
2770	nps_mtm_hs_ctr= [KNL,ARC]
2771			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
2772			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
2773			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
2774			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
2775			parameter's value.
2776			Format: integer between 1 and 255
2777			Default: 255
2778
2779	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
2780			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
2781			SAL PALO.
2782
2783	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2784			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
2785			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
2786			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
2787			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
2788			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
2789			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
2790			hot plugging.
2791
2792	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
2793
2794	numa_balancing=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
2795			Allowed values are enable and disable
2796
2797	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
2798			'node', 'default' can be specified
2799			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
2800			See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
2801
2802	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
2803			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
2804			info.
2805
2806	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
2807			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
2808			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
2809			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
2810			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
2811			interrupts *may* be lost!
2812
2813	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
2814			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
2815			For example, to override I2C bus2:
2816			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
2817
2818	oprofile.timer=	[HW]
2819			Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
2820
2821	oprofile.cpu_type=	Force an oprofile cpu type
2822			This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
2823			userland or if you want common events.
2824			Format: { arch_perfmon }
2825			arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
2826				perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
2827				CPU specific event set.
2828			timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
2829				timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
2830				for generic hr timer mode)
2831
2832	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
2833			process, but there is a small probability of
2834			deadlocking the machine.
2835			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
2836			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
2837
2838	OSS		[HW,OSS]
2839			See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
2840
2841	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
2842			Storage of the information about who allocated
2843			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
2844			we can turn it on.
2845			on: enable the feature
2846
2847	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
2848			poisoning on the buddy allocator.
2849			off: turn off poisoning
2850			on: turn on poisoning
2851
2852	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
2853			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
2854			timeout = 0: wait forever
2855			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
2856			Format: <timeout>
2857
2858	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
2859			on a WARN().
2860
2861	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
2862			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
2863			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
2864			succeeds in any situation.
2865			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
2866			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
2867			kernel more unstable.
2868
2869	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
2870			connected to, default is 0.
2871			Format: <parport#>
2872	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
2873			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
2874			Format: <mode>
2875
2876	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
2877			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
2878			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
2879			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
2880			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
2881			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
2882			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
2883			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
2884			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
2885			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
2886			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
2887			are specified on the command line, starting
2888			with parport0.
2889
2890	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
2891			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
2892			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
2893			computer where firmware has no options for setting
2894			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
2895			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
2896			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
2897
2898	pause_on_oops=
2899			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
2900			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
2901			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
2902
2903	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
2904
2905	pcd.		[PARIDE]
2906			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
2907			See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
2908
2909	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
2910		earlydump	[X86] dump PCI config space before the kernel
2911			        changes anything
2912		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
2913		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
2914				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
2915				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
2916		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
2917				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
2918				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
2919				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
2920		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
2921				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
2922				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
2923		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
2924				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
2925				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
2926				bus number. The config space is then accessed
2927				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
2928				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
2929				on the configuration access mechanisms.
2930		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
2931				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
2932				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
2933		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
2934				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
2935		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
2936				Configuration
2937		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
2938				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
2939				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
2940		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
2941				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
2942				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
2943		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
2944				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
2945				should never be necessary.
2946		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
2947				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
2948				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
2949				when the system masks IRQs.
2950		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
2951				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
2952				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
2953				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
2954		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
2955				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
2956				on several machines and they hang the machine
2957				when used, but on other computers it's the only
2958				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
2959				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
2960				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
2961				motherboard.
2962		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
2963				Use with caution as certain devices share
2964				address decoders between ROMs and other
2965				resources.
2966		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
2967				expansion ROMs that do not already have
2968				BIOS assigned address ranges.
2969		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
2970				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
2971		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
2972				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
2973				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
2974				this way.
2975		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
2976				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
2977				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
2978				F0000h-100000h range.
2979		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
2980				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
2981				secondary buses and you want to tell it
2982				explicitly which ones they are.
2983		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
2984				numbers ourselves, overriding
2985				whatever the firmware may have done.
2986		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
2987				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
2988				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
2989				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
2990				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
2991				IRQ routing is enabled.
2992		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
2993				or for PCI scanning.
2994		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
2995				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
2996				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
2997				please report a bug.
2998		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
2999			        If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3000		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3001				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3002				so this option is a temporary workaround
3003				for broken drivers that don't call it.
3004		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3005				handle more pci cards
3006		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3007				This might help on some broken boards which
3008				machine check when some devices' config space
3009				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3010				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3011		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3012				This sorting is done to get a device
3013				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3014		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3015		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3016				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3017		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3018				supported by all devices below the root complex.
3019		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3020				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3021				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3022				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3023				or bus can support) for best performance.
3024		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3025				every device is guaranteed to support. This
3026				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3027				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3028				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
3029				that hot-added devices will work.
3030		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3031				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3032				The default value is 256 bytes.
3033		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3034				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3035				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3036		resource_alignment=
3037				Format:
3038				[<order of align>@][<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>[; ...]
3039				[<order of align>@]pci:<vendor>:<device>\
3040						[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>][; ...]
3041				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3042				aligned memory resources.
3043				If <order of align> is not specified,
3044				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3045				PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
3046				windows need to be expanded.
3047				To specify the alignment for several
3048				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3049				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3050				specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3051		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3052				end-to-end CRC checking).
3053				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3054				the default.
3055				off: Turn ECRC off
3056				on: Turn ECRC on.
3057		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3058				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3059				Default size is 256 bytes.
3060		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3061				reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window.
3062				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3063		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3064				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3065				Default is 1.
3066		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3067				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3068				accommodate resources required by all child
3069				devices.
3070				off: Turn realloc off
3071				on: Turn realloc on
3072		realloc		same as realloc=on
3073		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
3074		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
3075				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3076				port.
3077
3078	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3079			Management.
3080		off	Disable ASPM.
3081		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3082			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3083
3084	pcie_hp=	[PCIE] PCI Express Hotplug driver options:
3085		nomsi	Do not use MSI for PCI Express Native Hotplug (this
3086			makes all PCIe ports use INTx for hotplug services).
3087
3088	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe ports handling:
3089		auto	Ask the BIOS whether or not to use native PCIe services
3090			associated with PCIe ports (PME, hot-plug, AER).  Use
3091			them only if that is allowed by the BIOS.
3092		native	Use native PCIe services associated with PCIe ports
3093			unconditionally.
3094		compat	Treat PCIe ports as PCI-to-PCI bridges, disable the PCIe
3095			ports driver.
3096
3097	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3098		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3099		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3100
3101	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3102		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3103			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3104
3105	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3106
3107	pd_ignore_unused
3108			[PM]
3109			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3110			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3111			for debug and development, but should not be
3112			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3113
3114	pd.		[PARIDE]
3115			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3116
3117	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
3118			boot time.
3119			Format: { 0 | 1 }
3120			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
3121
3122	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
3123			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
3124			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
3125			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
3126			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
3127			and performance comparison.
3128
3129	pf.		[PARIDE]
3130			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3131
3132	pg.		[PARIDE]
3133			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3134
3135	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
3136			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
3137
3138	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
3139			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
3140			See also Documentation/parport.txt.
3141
3142	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
3143			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
3144			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
3145
3146	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
3147			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
3148			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
3149			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
3150			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
3151			possible settings and some assignment information.
3152
3153	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
3154			{ off }
3155
3156	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
3157			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
3158
3159	pnp_reserve_irq=
3160			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
3161
3162	pnp_reserve_dma=
3163			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
3164
3165	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
3166			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
3167
3168	pnp_reserve_mem=
3169			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
3170			autoconfiguration.
3171			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
3172
3173	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
3174			Default is 21.
3175			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
3176			may be specified.
3177			Format: <port>,<port>....
3178
3179	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
3180			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
3181			platform machine description specific power_save
3182			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
3183			execution priority.
3184
3185	ppc_strict_facility_enable
3186			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
3187			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
3188			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
3189			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
3190
3191	print-fatal-signals=
3192			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
3193
3194			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
3195			related application anomalies: too many signals,
3196			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
3197			coredump - etc.
3198
3199			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
3200			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
3201
3202			default: off.
3203
3204	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
3205			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
3206			panics
3207			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3208			default: disabled
3209
3210	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
3211			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
3212			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
3213			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
3214			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
3215			Default: ratelimit
3216
3217	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
3218			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3219
3220	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
3221			Limit processor to maximum C-state
3222			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
3223
3224	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
3225			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
3226			instead using the legacy FADT method
3227
3228	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
3229			Format: [schedule,]<number>
3230			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
3231			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
3232				statistical time based profiling.
3233			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
3234				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
3235			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
3236
3237	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
3238			before loading.
3239			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3240
3241	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
3242			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
3243	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
3244			per second.
3245	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
3246			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
3247			(0 = never).
3248	psmouse.resolution=
3249			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
3250	psmouse.smartscroll=
3251			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
3252			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
3253
3254	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
3255
3256	pt.		[PARIDE]
3257			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3258
3259	pty.legacy_count=
3260			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
3261			default number.
3262
3263	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
3264
3265	r128=		[HW,DRM]
3266
3267	raid=		[HW,RAID]
3268			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3269
3270	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
3271			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3272
3273	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
3274
3275		cec_disable	[X86]
3276				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
3277				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
3278
3279	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
3280			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3281
3282			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
3283			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
3284			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will
3285			be offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for
3286			that purpose, where "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p"
3287			for RCU-preempt, and "s" for RCU-sched, and "N"
3288			is the CPU number.  This reduces OS jitter on the
3289			offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and
3290			real-time workloads.  It can also improve energy
3291			efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
3292
3293	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
3294			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
3295			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
3296			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
3297			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
3298			This improves the real-time response for the
3299			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
3300			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
3301			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
3302			periodically wake up to do the polling.
3303
3304	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
3305			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
3306			process in one batch.
3307
3308	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
3309			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
3310			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
3311			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
3312
3313	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
3314			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3315			RCU grace-period cleanup.
3316
3317	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
3318			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3319			RCU grace-period initialization.
3320
3321	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
3322			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3323			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
3324			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
3325			the rcu_node combining tree.
3326
3327	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
3328			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
3329			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
3330			possibly be useful for architectures having high
3331			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
3332
3333	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
3334			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
3335			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
3336			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
3337			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
3338			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
3339			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
3340
3341	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
3342			Set required age in jiffies for a
3343			given grace period before RCU starts
3344			soliciting quiescent-state help from
3345			rcu_note_context_switch().
3346
3347	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
3348			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
3349			first attempt to force quiescent states.
3350			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
3351			and maximum value is HZ.
3352
3353	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
3354			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
3355			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
3356			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
3357
3358	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
3359			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
3360			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
3361			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
3362			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
3363			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
3364			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
3365			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
3366			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
3367			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
3368
3369	rcutree.rcu_nocb_leader_stride= [KNL]
3370			Set the number of NOCB kthread groups, which
3371			defaults to the square root of the number of
3372			CPUs.  Larger numbers reduces the wakeup overhead
3373			on the per-CPU grace-period kthreads, but increases
3374			that same overhead on each group's leader.
3375
3376	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
3377			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
3378			batch limiting is disabled.
3379
3380	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
3381			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
3382			batch limiting is re-enabled.
3383
3384	rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
3385			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3386			RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3387
3388	rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL]
3389			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3390			only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3391			Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
3392			prove do nothing more than free memory.
3393
3394	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
3395			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
3396			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
3397			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
3398			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
3399			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
3400
3401	rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL]
3402			Measure performance of asynchronous
3403			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
3404
3405	rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL]
3406			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
3407			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
3408			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
3409			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
3410			previously posted callbacks to drain.
3411
3412	rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
3413			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
3414			grace-period primitives.
3415
3416	rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL]
3417			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
3418			this parameter is to delay the start of the
3419			test until boot completes in order to avoid
3420			interference.
3421
3422	rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
3423			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3424			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3425			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
3426			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3427			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3428			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
3429			a single reader.
3430
3431	rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL]
3432			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
3433			the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
3434			N, where N is the number of CPUs
3435
3436	rcuperf.perf_runnable= [BOOT]
3437			Start rcuperf running at boot time.
3438
3439	rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
3440			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3441
3442	rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL]
3443			Shut the system down after performance tests
3444			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
3445			testing.
3446
3447	rcuperf.verbose= [KNL]
3448			Enable additional printk() statements.
3449
3450	rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
3451			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
3452			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
3453			no holdoff.
3454
3455	rcutorture.cbflood_inter_holdoff= [KNL]
3456			Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
3457			callback-flood tests.
3458
3459	rcutorture.cbflood_intra_holdoff= [KNL]
3460			Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
3461			bursts of callbacks within a given callback-flood
3462			test.
3463
3464	rcutorture.cbflood_n_burst= [KNL]
3465			Set the number of bursts making up a given
3466			callback-flood test.  Set this to zero to
3467			disable callback-flood testing.
3468
3469	rcutorture.cbflood_n_per_burst= [KNL]
3470			Set the number of callbacks to be registered
3471			in a given burst of a callback-flood test.
3472
3473	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
3474			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
3475			in microseconds.
3476
3477	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
3478			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
3479			in microseconds.
3480
3481	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
3482			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
3483			in seconds.
3484
3485	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
3486			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
3487			primitives, if available.
3488
3489	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
3490			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
3491
3492	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
3493			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
3494			update-side primitives, if available.
3495
3496	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
3497			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
3498			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
3499			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
3500			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
3501			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
3502			they are all non-zero.
3503
3504	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
3505			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
3506
3507	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
3508			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
3509			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
3510			test, hence the "fake".
3511
3512	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
3513			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3514			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3515			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
3516			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3517			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3518
3519	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
3520			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
3521
3522	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3523			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3524
3525	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3526			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
3527			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3528
3529	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3530			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
3531			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
3532			during the rcutorture test.
3533
3534	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3535			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3536			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3537
3538	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
3539			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
3540			warnings, zero to disable.
3541
3542	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
3543			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
3544
3545	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3546			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3547
3548	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
3549			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
3550			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
3551			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
3552			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
3553
3554	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
3555			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
3556			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
3557			under test support RCU priority boosting.
3558
3559	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
3560			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
3561
3562	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
3563			Interval (s) between each boost test.
3564
3565	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
3566			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
3567			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
3568
3569	rcutorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
3570			Start rcutorture running at boot time.
3571
3572	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3573			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3574
3575	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
3576			Enable additional printk() statements.
3577
3578	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
3579			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3580
3581	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3582			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3583
3584	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
3585			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
3586			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
3587			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
3588			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
3589			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
3590			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3591
3592	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
3593			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
3594			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
3595			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
3596			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
3597			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
3598			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
3599			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
3600			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3601
3602	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
3603			Once boot has completed (that is, after
3604			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
3605			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
3606			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3607
3608	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3609			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
3610			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
3611			to zero.
3612
3613	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
3614			Run the RCU early boot self tests
3615
3616	rcupdate.rcu_self_test_bh= [KNL]
3617			Run the RCU bh early boot self tests
3618
3619	rcupdate.rcu_self_test_sched= [KNL]
3620			Run the RCU sched early boot self tests
3621
3622	rdinit=		[KNL]
3623			Format: <full_path>
3624			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
3625			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
3626
3627	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
3628			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
3629			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, mba.
3630			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
3631				rdt=cmt,!mba
3632
3633	reboot=		[KNL]
3634			Format (x86 or x86_64):
3635				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
3636				[[,]s[mp]#### \
3637				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
3638				[[,]f[orce]
3639			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio,
3640			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
3641			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
3642			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
3643					to be used for rebooting.
3644
3645	relax_domain_level=
3646			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
3647			See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt.
3648
3649	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
3650
3651	reservetop=	[X86-32]
3652			Format: nn[KMG]
3653			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
3654			address space.
3655
3656	reservelow=	[X86]
3657			Format: nn[K]
3658			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
3659			the bottom of the address space.
3660
3661	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
3662			during initialization.
3663
3664	resume=		[SWSUSP]
3665			Specify the partition device for software suspend
3666			Format:
3667			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
3668
3669	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
3670			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
3671			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
3672			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
3673			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
3674
3675	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
3676			read the resume files
3677
3678	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
3679			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
3680			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
3681
3682	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
3683		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
3684				present during boot.
3685		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
3686		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
3687		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
3688				(that will set all pages holding image data
3689				during restoration read-only).
3690
3691	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
3692
3693	rfkill.default_state=
3694		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
3695			etc. communication is blocked by default.
3696		1	Unblocked.
3697
3698	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
3699		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
3700		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
3701			blocked and the previous configuration.
3702		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
3703			blocked and everything unblocked.
3704
3705	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
3706			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
3707
3708	ring3mwait=disable
3709			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
3710			CPUs.
3711
3712	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
3713
3714	rodata=		[KNL]
3715		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
3716		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
3717
3718	rockchip.usb_uart
3719			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
3720			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
3721			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
3722			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
3723
3724	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
3725			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
3726
3727	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
3728			mount the root filesystem
3729
3730	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
3731
3732	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
3733
3734	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
3735			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
3736			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
3737
3738	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
3739			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
3740			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
3741			managed by CMA.
3742
3743	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
3744
3745	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
3746
3747	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
3748			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
3749		strict
3750			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
3751			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
3752			which is faster.
3753
3754	sa1100ir	[NET]
3755			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
3756
3757	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
3758
3759	sched_debug	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
3760
3761	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
3762			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
3763			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
3764			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
3765
3766	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
3767			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
3768			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
3769			Format: { "0" | "1" }
3770			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
3771			1 -- enable.
3772			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
3773			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
3774
3775	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
3776			If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
3777			security module asking for security registration will be
3778			loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
3779			as if no module has been chosen.
3780
3781	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
3782			Format: { "0" | "1" }
3783			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
3784			0 -- disable.
3785			1 -- enable.
3786			Default value is set via kernel config option.
3787			If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
3788			later to disable prior to initial policy load.
3789
3790	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
3791			Format: { "0" | "1" }
3792			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
3793			0 -- disable.
3794			1 -- enable.
3795			Default value is set via kernel config option.
3796
3797	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
3798
3799	shapers=	[NET]
3800			Maximal number of shapers.
3801
3802	simeth=		[IA-64]
3803	simscsi=
3804
3805	slram=		[HW,MTD]
3806
3807	slab_nomerge	[MM]
3808			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
3809			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
3810			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
3811			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
3812			layout control by attackers can usually be
3813			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
3814			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
3815			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
3816			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
3817			own.
3818			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3819
3820	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
3821			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
3822			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
3823			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
3824			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
3825
3826	slub_debug[=options[,slabs]]	[MM, SLUB]
3827			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
3828			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
3829			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
3830			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
3831			last alloc / free. For more information see
3832			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3833
3834	slub_memcg_sysfs=	[MM, SLUB]
3835			Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for
3836			memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
3837			The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.
3838			Enabling this can lead to a very high number of	debug
3839			directories and files being created under
3840			/sys/kernel/slub.
3841
3842	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
3843			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
3844			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
3845			fragmentation. For more information see
3846			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3847
3848	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
3849			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
3850			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
3851			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
3852			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
3853			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
3854			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
3855			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3856
3857	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
3858			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
3859			lower than slub_max_order.
3860			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3861
3862	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
3863			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
3864			See slab_nomerge for more information.
3865
3866	smart2=		[HW]
3867			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
3868
3869	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
3870	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
3871	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
3872	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
3873	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
3874	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
3875	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
3876				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
3877				1: Fast pin select (default)
3878				2: ATC IRMode
3879
3880	smt		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
3881			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
3882			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
3883			actual hardware limit.
3884			Format: <integer>
3885			Default: -1 (no limit)
3886
3887	softlockup_panic=
3888			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
3889			Format: <integer>
3890
3891	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
3892			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
3893			backtraces on all cpus.
3894			Format: <integer>
3895
3896	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
3897			See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt
3898
3899	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
3900	spia_fio_base=
3901	spia_pedr=
3902	spia_peddr=
3903
3904	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
3905			Specifies how frequently to check for
3906			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
3907			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
3908			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
3909			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
3910			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
3911			are ignored.
3912
3913	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
3914			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
3915			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
3916			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
3917			grace period will be considered for automatic
3918			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
3919			expediting.
3920
3921	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
3922			override the default stack gap protection. The value
3923			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
3924			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
3925			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
3926			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
3927
3928	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
3929			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
3930
3931	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
3932			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
3933			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
3934			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
3935			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
3936			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
3937			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
3938
3939	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
3940			Format: <num>
3941			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
3942			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
3943			as the initial boot-console.
3944			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
3945
3946	sti_font=	[HW]
3947			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
3948
3949	stifb=		[HW]
3950			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
3951
3952	sunrpc.min_resvport=
3953	sunrpc.max_resvport=
3954			[NFS,SUNRPC]
3955			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
3956			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
3957			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
3958			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
3959			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
3960			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
3961			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
3962			maximum port values.
3963
3964	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
3965			[NFS,SUNRPC]
3966			Limit the number of requests that the server will
3967			process in parallel from a single connection.
3968			The default value is 0 (no limit).
3969
3970	sunrpc.pool_mode=
3971			[NFS]
3972			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
3973			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
3974			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
3975			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
3976			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
3977			NFS server is running.
3978
3979			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
3980				    automatically using heuristics
3981			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
3982			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
3983			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
3984				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
3985
3986	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
3987	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
3988			[NFS,SUNRPC]
3989			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
3990			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
3991			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
3992			improve throughput, but will also increase the
3993			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
3994
3995	suspend.pm_test_delay=
3996			[SUSPEND]
3997			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
3998			mode before resuming the system (see
3999			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
4000			is set. Default value is 5.
4001
4002	swapaccount=[0|1]
4003			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
4004			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
4005			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt)
4006
4007	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
4008			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
4009			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
4010			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
4011			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
4012			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
4013
4014	switches=	[HW,M68k]
4015
4016	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
4017			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
4018			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
4019			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
4020			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
4021			in older udev will not work anymore.
4022			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
4023			the kernel configuration.
4024
4025	sysrq_always_enabled
4026			[KNL]
4027			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
4028			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
4029			Useful for debugging.
4030
4031	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4032			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
4033			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
4034			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
4035			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
4036			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
4037
4038	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
4039
4040	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
4041			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
4042			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
4043			as the system sleep state during system startup with
4044			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
4045			The system is woken from this state using a
4046			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
4047
4048	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4049			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
4050
4051	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
4052			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
4053			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
4054
4055	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
4056			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
4057			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
4058
4059	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
4060			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
4061			critical and hot trip points.
4062
4063	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
4064			1: disable ACPI thermal control
4065
4066	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
4067			-1: disable all passive trip points
4068			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
4069			value
4070
4071	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
4072			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
4073			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
4074			0: no polling (default)
4075
4076	threadirqs	[KNL]
4077			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
4078			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
4079
4080	tmem		[KNL,XEN]
4081			Enable the Transcendent memory driver if built-in.
4082
4083	tmem.cleancache=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4084			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the cleancache
4085			API to send anonymous pages to the hypervisor.
4086
4087	tmem.frontswap=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4088			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the frontswap
4089			API to send swap pages to the hypervisor. If disabled
4090			the selfballooning and selfshrinking are force disabled.
4091
4092	tmem.selfballooning=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4093			Default is on (1). Disable the driving of swap pages
4094			to the hypervisor.
4095
4096	tmem.selfshrinking=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4097			Default is on (1). Partial swapoff that immediately
4098			transfers pages from Xen hypervisor back to the
4099			kernel based on different criteria.
4100
4101	topology=	[S390]
4102			Format: {off | on}
4103			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
4104			topology information if the hardware supports this.
4105			The scheduler will make use of this information and
4106			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
4107			Default is on.
4108
4109	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
4110			Format: {off}
4111			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
4112			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
4113			LPAR.
4114
4115	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
4116
4117	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
4118			Format: integer pcr id
4119			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
4120			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
4121			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
4122			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
4123			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
4124			are saved.
4125
4126	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
4127			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
4128
4129	trace_event=[event-list]
4130			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
4131			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
4132			comma separated list of trace events to enable. See
4133			also Documentation/trace/events.txt
4134
4135	trace_options=[option-list]
4136			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
4137			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
4138			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
4139			to echo the option name into
4140
4141			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
4142
4143			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
4144			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
4145
4146			      trace_options=stacktrace
4147
4148			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt "trace options"
4149			section.
4150
4151	tp_printk[FTRACE]
4152			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
4153			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
4154			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
4155			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
4156			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
4157
4158			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
4159			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
4160			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
4161			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
4162
4163			** CAUTION **
4164
4165			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
4166			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
4167			the system to live lock.
4168
4169	traceoff_on_warning
4170			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
4171			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
4172			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
4173			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
4174
4175			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
4176			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
4177			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
4178
4179			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
4180			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
4181
4182	transparent_hugepage=
4183			[KNL]
4184			Format: [always|madvise|never]
4185			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
4186			with respect to transparent hugepages.
4187			See Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt for more details.
4188
4189	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
4190			Format: <string>
4191			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
4192			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
4193			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
4194			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
4195			virtualized environment.
4196			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
4197			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
4198			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
4199			can add overhead.
4200
4201	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
4202			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
4203			Format:
4204			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
4205			See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
4206
4207	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
4208			happen after console_init() and before a proper
4209			console driver takes over, this boot options might
4210			help "seeing" what's going on.
4211
4212	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4213			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
4214
4215	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
4216			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
4217			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
4218			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
4219			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
4220			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
4221			reported either.
4222
4223	unknown_nmi_panic
4224			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
4225
4226	usbcore.authorized_default=
4227			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
4228			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
4229			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized)
4230
4231	usbcore.autosuspend=
4232			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
4233			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
4234			is the time required before an idle device will be
4235			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
4236			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
4237
4238	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
4239			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
4240
4241	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
4242			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
4243			(default = 65536).
4244
4245	usbcore.blinkenlights=
4246			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
4247
4248	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
4249			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
4250			scheme (default 0 = off).
4251
4252	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
4253			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
4254			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
4255
4256	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
4257			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
4258			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
4259
4260	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
4261			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
4262                        USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
4263			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
4264
4265	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
4266
4267	usbhid.mousepoll=
4268			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
4269
4270	usbhid.jspoll=
4271			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
4272
4273	usb-storage.delay_use=
4274			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
4275			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
4276
4277	usb-storage.quirks=
4278			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
4279			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
4280			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
4281			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
4282			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
4283			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
4284			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
4285				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
4286					of sense data);
4287				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
4288					bytes of sense data);
4289				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
4290					device capacity by one sector);
4291				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
4292					READ_DISC_INFO command);
4293				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
4294					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
4295				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
4296					command, uas only);
4297				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
4298					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
4299				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
4300					reported device capacity by one
4301					sector if the number is odd);
4302				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
4303					device);
4304				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
4305					command, uas only);
4306				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
4307					unlock ejectable media);
4308				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
4309					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
4310				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
4311					initial READ(10) command);
4312				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
4313					reported by the device);
4314				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
4315					by default);
4316				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
4317					bogus residue values);
4318				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
4319					Logical Unit);
4320				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
4321					commands, uas only);
4322				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
4323				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
4324					medium is write-protected).
4325				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
4326					even if the device claims no cache)
4327			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
4328
4329	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
4330			Format: <int>
4331			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
4332				 1 - undefined instruction events
4333				 2 - system calls
4334				 4 - invalid data aborts
4335				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
4336				16 - SIGBUS faults
4337			Example: user_debug=31
4338
4339	userpte=
4340			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
4341
4342				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
4343					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
4344					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
4345
4346	vdso=		[X86,SH]
4347			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
4348
4349			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
4350			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
4351
4352	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
4353			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
4354			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
4355
4356			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
4357			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
4358			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
4359
4360			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
4361			alias for vdso32=0.
4362
4363			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
4364			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
4365
4366	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
4367			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
4368
4369	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
4370			See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
4371
4372	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
4373			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
4374			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
4375			level and then send out the event to user space through
4376			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
4377			will only send out the event without touching backlight
4378			brightness level.
4379			default: 1
4380
4381	virtio_mmio.device=
4382			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
4383
4384				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
4385			where:
4386				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
4387						like K, M and G)
4388				<baseaddr> := physical base address
4389				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
4390						request_irq())
4391				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
4392			example:
4393				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
4394
4395			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
4396
4397	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
4398			See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
4399			Documentation/svga.txt.
4400			Use vga=ask for menu.
4401			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
4402			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
4403
4404	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
4405			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
4406			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
4407			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
4408			mapped kernel RAM.
4409
4410	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
4411			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
4412			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
4413
4414	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
4415			Format: <command>
4416
4417	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
4418			Format: <command>
4419
4420	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
4421			Format: <command>
4422
4423	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
4424			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
4425			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
4426			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
4427			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
4428			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
4429			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
4430
4431			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
4432			            emulated reasonably safely.
4433
4434			native      Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
4435			            This is a little bit faster than trapping
4436			            and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
4437			            better than they would in emulation mode.
4438			            It also makes exploits much easier to write.
4439
4440			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
4441			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
4442			            might break your system.
4443
4444	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
4445			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
4446			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
4447
4448	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
4449			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
4450			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
4451			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
4452
4453	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
4454			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
4455			Change the default blue palette of the console.
4456			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4457			ranging from 0-255.
4458
4459	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
4460			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
4461			Change the default green palette of the console.
4462			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4463			ranging from 0-255.
4464
4465	vt.default_red=	[VT]
4466			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
4467			Change the default red palette of the console.
4468			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4469			ranging from 0-255.
4470
4471	vt.default_utf8=
4472			[VT]
4473			Format=<0|1>
4474			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
4475			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
4476			newly opened terminals.
4477
4478	vt.global_cursor_default=
4479			[VT]
4480			Format=<-1|0|1>
4481			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
4482			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
4483			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
4484			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
4485			cursors, 1 will display them.
4486
4487	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
4488			Default: 2 = green.
4489
4490	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
4491			Default: 3 = cyan.
4492
4493	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
4494			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
4495			or other driver-specific files in the
4496			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
4497
4498	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
4499			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
4500			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
4501			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
4502			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
4503			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
4504			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
4505			corresponding sysfs file.
4506
4507	workqueue.disable_numa
4508			By default, all work items queued to unbound
4509			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
4510			issued on, which results in better behavior in
4511			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
4512			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
4513			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
4514			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
4515
4516	workqueue.power_efficient
4517			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
4518			they show better performance thanks to cache
4519			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
4520			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
4521
4522			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
4523			were observed to contribute significantly to power
4524			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
4525			power usage at the cost of small performance
4526			overhead.
4527
4528			The default value of this parameter is determined by
4529			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
4530
4531	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
4532			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
4533			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
4534			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
4535			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
4536			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
4537			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
4538			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
4539			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
4540			impacted.
4541
4542	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
4543			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
4544			supporting x2apic.
4545
4546	x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
4547			Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform.
4548			Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
4549			plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
4550			x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
4551
4552	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
4553			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
4554			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
4555			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
4556			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
4557			domains.
4558
4559	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
4560			Unplug Xen emulated devices
4561			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
4562			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
4563			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
4564			nics -- unplug network devices
4565			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
4566			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
4567				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
4568				the unplug protocol
4569			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
4570
4571	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
4572			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
4573			optimizations.
4574
4575	xen_nopv	[X86]
4576			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
4577			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
4578
4579	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
4580			Format:
4581			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
4582