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1	accept_memory=  [MM]
2			Format: { eager | lazy }
3			default: lazy
4			By default, unaccepted memory is accepted lazily to
5			avoid prolonged boot times. The lazy option will add
6			some runtime overhead until all memory is eventually
7			accepted. In most cases the overhead is negligible.
8			For some workloads or for debugging purposes
9			accept_memory=eager can be used to accept all memory
10			at once during boot.
11
12	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64,RISCV64,EARLY]
13			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
14			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
15				  copy_dsdt | nospcr }
16			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
17			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64,riscv64]
18			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
19			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
20			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
21				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
22			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
23			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
24			nocmcff -- Disable firmware first mode for corrected
25			errors. This disables parsing the HEST CMC error
26			source to check if firmware has set the FF flag. This
27			may result in duplicate corrected error reports.
28			nospcr -- disable console in ACPI SPCR table as
29				default _serial_ console on ARM64
30			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on", "acpi=force" or
31			"acpi=nospcr" are available
32			For RISCV64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
33			are available
34
35			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
36
37	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI,IOAPIC,EARLY]
38			Format: <int>
39			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
40			1,0: use 1st APIC table
41			default: 0
42
43	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
44			{ vendor | video | native | none }
45			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
46			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
47			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
48			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
49			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
50			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
51
52	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr [ACPI,EARLY]
53			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
54			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
55			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
56			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
57
58	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
59			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
60			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
61			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
62			This option is useful for developers to identify the
63			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
64			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
65
66	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
67	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
68			Format: <int>
69			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
70			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
71			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
72			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
73			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
74			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
75			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
76			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
77			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
78			debug layers and levels.
79
80			Enable processor driver info messages:
81			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
82			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
83			object while interpreting AML:
84			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
85			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
86			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
87
88			Some values produce so much output that the system is
89			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
90			if you need to capture more output.
91
92	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
93			{ strict | lax | no }
94			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
95			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
96			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
97			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
98			can interfere with legacy drivers.
99			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
100			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
101			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
102			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
103			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
104			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
105			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
106			no further checks are performed.
107
108	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI,EARLY]
109			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
110			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
111			size limitation.
112
113	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
114			ACPI will balance active IRQs
115			default in APIC mode
116
117	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
118			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
119			default in PIC mode
120
121	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
122			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
123
124	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
125			use by PCI
126			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
127
128	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
129			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
130			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
131			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
132			the GPE dispatcher.
133			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
134			GPE floodings.
135			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
136
137	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
138			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
139			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
140			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
141			auto-serialization feature.
142			This feature is enabled by default.
143			This option allows to turn off the feature.
144
145	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
146			   kernels.
147
148	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI,EARLY]
149			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
150			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
151			installed automatically and they will appear under
152			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
153			This option turns off this feature.
154			Note that specifying this option does not affect
155			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
156			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
157
158	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
159			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
160			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
161
162	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC,EARLY]
163			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
164			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
165			second kernel for kdump.
166
167	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
168			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
169
170	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
171			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
172			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
173			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
174			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
175
176	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
177			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
178			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
179			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
180			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
181						  strings
182			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
183						  strings
184			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
185
186			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
187			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
188			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
189			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
190			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
191			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
192			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
193			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
194			care about the state of the feature group strings which
195			should be controlled by the OSPM.
196			Examples:
197			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
198			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
199			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
200
201			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
202			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
203			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
204			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
205			multiple times through kernel command line is also
206			meaningless.
207			Examples:
208			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
209			     FALSE.
210
211			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
212			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
213			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
214			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
215			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
216			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
217			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
218			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
219			is useful when one want to control the state of the
220			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
221			the OSPM features.
222			Examples:
223			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
224			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
225			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
226			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
227			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
228			     equivalent to
229			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
230			     and
231			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
232			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
233
234	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
235			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
236			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
237			and always returns good values.
238
239	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI,EARLY] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
240			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
241
242	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
243			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
244			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
245
246	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
247			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
248				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
249				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
250			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
251			s3_bios and s3_mode.
252			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
253			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
254			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
255			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
256			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
257			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
258			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
259			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
260			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
261			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
262			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
263			used (or even warned about) during resume.
264			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
265			control method, with respect to putting devices into
266			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
267			of _PTS is used by default).
268			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
269			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
270			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
271			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
272			but some broken systems don't work without it).
273			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
274			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
275			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
276
277	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
278			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
279			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
280
281	add_efi_memmap	[EFI,X86,EARLY] Include EFI memory map in
282			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
283
284	agp=		[AGP]
285			{ off | try_unsupported }
286			off: disable AGP support
287			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
288				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
289
290	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
291			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
292
293	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
294			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
295			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
296			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
297
298	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
299			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
300			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
301			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
302			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
303			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
304			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
305
306			32: only for 32-bit processes
307			64: only for 64-bit processes
308			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
309			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
310
311	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
312			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
313			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
314			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
315			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
316			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
317
318	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64,EARLY]
319			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
320			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
321			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
322			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
323			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
324			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
325
326			See Documentation/arch/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
327			information.
328
329	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
330			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
331			Possible values are:
332			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
333			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
334				    the system
335			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
336					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
337					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
338					  requirements as needed. This option
339					  does not override iommu=pt
340			force_enable    - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
341				          to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
342				          option with care.
343			pgtbl_v1        - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default).
344			pgtbl_v2        - Use v2 page table for DMA-API.
345			irtcachedis     - Disable Interrupt Remapping Table (IRT) caching.
346			nohugepages     - Limit page-sizes used for v1 page-tables
347				          to 4 KiB.
348			v2_pgsizes_only - Limit page-sizes used for v1 page-tables
349				          to 4KiB/2Mib/1GiB.
350
351
352	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
353			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
354			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
355			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
356			IOMMU initialization.
357
358	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
359			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
360			remapping modes:
361			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
362			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
363			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
364			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
365			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
366
367	amd_pstate=	[X86,EARLY]
368			disable
369			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
370			  scaling driver for the supported processors
371			passive
372			  Use amd_pstate with passive mode as a scaling driver.
373			  In this mode autonomous selection is disabled.
374			  Driver requests a desired performance level and platform
375			  tries to match the same performance level if it is
376			  satisfied by guaranteed performance level.
377			active
378			  Use amd_pstate_epp driver instance as the scaling driver,
379			  driver provides a hint to the hardware if software wants
380			  to bias toward performance (0x0) or energy efficiency (0xff)
381			  to the CPPC firmware. then CPPC power algorithm will
382			  calculate the runtime workload and adjust the realtime cores
383			  frequency.
384			guided
385			  Activate guided autonomous mode. Driver requests minimum and
386			  maximum performance level and the platform autonomously
387			  selects a performance level in this range and appropriate
388			  to the current workload.
389
390	amd_prefcore=
391			[X86]
392			disable
393			  Disable amd-pstate preferred core.
394
395	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
396			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
397			Format: <a>,<b>
398			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
399
400	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
401			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
402			connected to one of 16 gameports
403			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
404
405	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
406			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
407			Format: noidle
408			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
409			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
410			APC and your system crashes randomly.
411
412	apic		[APIC,X86-64] Use IO-APIC. Default.
413
414	apic=		[APIC,X86,EARLY] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
415			Change the output verbosity while booting
416			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
417			Change the amount of debugging information output
418			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
419
420	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86,EARLY] External NMI delivery setting
421			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
422			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
423			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
424			      backup of CPU 0
425			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
426			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
427			      shot down by NMI
428
429	apicpmtimer	Do APIC timer calibration using the pmtimer. Implies
430			apicmaintimer. Useful when your PIT timer is totally
431			broken.
432
433	autoconf=	[IPV6]
434			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
435
436	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
437			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
438
439	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
440			Format: { "0" | "1" }
441			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
442			0 -- disable.
443			1 -- enable.
444			Default value is set via kernel config option.
445
446	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
447			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
448
449	arm64.no32bit_el0 [ARM64] Unconditionally disable the execution of
450			32 bit applications.
451
452	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
453			Identification support
454
455	arm64.nogcs	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Guarded Control Stack
456			support
457
458	arm64.nomops	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory
459			Set instructions support
460
461	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
462			support
463
464	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
465			support
466
467	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
468			Extension support
469
470	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
471			Extension support
472
473	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
474
475	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
476
477	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
478			EzKey and similar keyboards
479
480	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
481
482	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
483			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
484
485	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
486			keyboards
487
488	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
489			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
490
491	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
492			Use software keyboard repeat
493
494	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
495			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
496			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
497			    enabled until the next reboot
498			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
499			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
500			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
501			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
502			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
503			    userspace auditd.
504			Default: unset
505
506	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
507			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
508			Default: 64
509
510	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
511			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
512			Format: { "0" | "1" }
513			0 - Disable the BAU.
514			1 - Enable the BAU.
515			unset - Disable the BAU.
516
517	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
518			Format: <io>,<mode>
519
520	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
521			Format: <io>,<mode>
522			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
523
524	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
525			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
526			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
527			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
528
529	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
530			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
531			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
532			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
533
534	bdev_allow_write_mounted=
535			Format: <bool>
536			Control the ability to open a mounted block device
537			for writing, i.e., allow / disallow writes that bypass
538			the FS. This was implemented as a means to prevent
539			fuzzers from crashing the kernel by overwriting the
540			metadata underneath a mounted FS without its awareness.
541			This also prevents destructive formatting of mounted
542			filesystems by naive storage tooling that don't use
543			O_EXCL. Default is Y and can be changed through the
544			Kconfig option CONFIG_BLK_DEV_WRITE_MOUNTED.
545
546	bert_disable	[ACPI]
547			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
548
549	bgrt_disable	[ACPI,X86,EARLY]
550			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
551
552	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
553			embedded devices based on command line input.
554			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
555
556	boot_delay=	[KNL,EARLY]
557			Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
558			Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled,
559			and you may also have to specify "lpj=".  Boot_delay
560			values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed
561			erroneous and ignored.
562			Format: integer
563
564	bootconfig	[KNL,EARLY]
565			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
566			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
567
568			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
569
570	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
571	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
572			kernel args too.
573	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
574	bttv.tuner=
575
576	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
577			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
578			at a time.
579
580	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
581
582	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
583			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
584			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
585			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
586			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
587			This option provides an override for these situations.
588
589	carrier_timeout=
590			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
591			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
592			it waits 120 seconds.
593
594	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
595			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
596			trust validation.
597			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
598
599	cca=		[MIPS,EARLY] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
600			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
601			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
602			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
603			others).
604
605	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
606			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
607
608	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
609			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
610			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
611			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
612			  a single hierarchy
613			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
614			  subsystem
615			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
616			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
617			  created
618			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
619			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
620			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
621			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
622			stall information accounting feature
623
624	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
625			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
626			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
627			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
628			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
629			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
630			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
631			all v1 hierarchies.
632
633	cgroup_favordynmods= [KNL] Enable or Disable favordynmods.
634			Format: { "true" | "false" }
635			Defaults to the value of CONFIG_CGROUP_FAVOR_DYNMODS.
636
637	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
638			Format: <string>
639			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
640			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
641			nobpf -- Disable BPF memory accounting.
642
643	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
644			Format: { "0" | "1" }
645			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
646			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
647				any implied execute protection).
648			1 -- check protection requested by application.
649			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
650			Value can be changed at runtime via
651				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
652			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
653
654	cio_ignore=	[S390]
655			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
656
657	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
658			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
659			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
660			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
661			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
662			ones should be.
663			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
664			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
665			instability issue. However, not all features have names
666			in /proc/cpuinfo.
667			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
668			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
669			or using the feature without checking anything
670			will still see it. This just prevents it from
671			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
672			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
673			some critical bits.
674
675	clk_ignore_unused
676			[CLK]
677			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
678			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
679			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
680			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
681			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
682			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
683			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
684			platform with proper driver support.  For more
685			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
686
687	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
688			[Deprecated]
689			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
690			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
691			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
692			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
693
694	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
695			Format: <string>
696			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
697			with the name specified.
698			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
699			the platform:
700			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
701			[ACPI] acpi_pm
702			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
703				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
704			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
705				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
706			[MIPS] MIPS
707			[PARISC] cr16
708			[S390] tod
709			[SH] SuperH
710			[SPARC64] tick
711			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
712
713	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
714			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
715			Format: <bool>
716			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
717			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
718			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
719			systems.
720
721	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
722			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
723			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
724			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
725			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
726			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
727			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
728			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
729			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
730
731	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
732			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
733			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
734			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
735			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
736
737	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
738			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
739			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
740			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
741			placement constraint by the physical address range of
742			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
743			altogether. For more information, see
744			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
745
746	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
747			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
748			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
749			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
750			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
751			specified, the default value is 0.
752			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
753			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
754			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
755			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
756
757	numa_cma=<node>:nn[MG][,<node>:nn[MG]]
758			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
759			Sets the size of kernel numa memory area for
760			contiguous memory allocations. It will reserve CMA
761			area for the specified node.
762
763			With numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
764			first try to allocate buffer from the numa area
765			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
766			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
767
768	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
769			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
770			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
771			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
772			a hypervisor.
773			Default: yes
774
775	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL,EARLY]
776			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
777			allocations, by default set to 256K.
778
779	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
780			Format:
781			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
782
783	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
784			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
785
786	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
787			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
788			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
789
790	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
791	conmode=
792
793	con3215_drop=	[S390,EARLY] 3215 console drop mode.
794			Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
795			When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
796			the console buffer is full. In this case the
797			operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
798			x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
799			console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
800			This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
801			terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
802			emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
803
804	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
805
806		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
807
808		ttyS<n>[,options]
809		ttyUSB0[,options]
810			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
811			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
812			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
813			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
814			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
815
816			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
817			information.  See
818			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
819			alternative.
820
821		<DEVNAME>:<n>.<n>[,options]
822			Use the specified serial port on the serial core bus.
823			The addressing uses DEVNAME of the physical serial port
824			device, followed by the serial core controller instance,
825			and the serial port instance. The options are the same
826			as documented for the ttyS addressing above.
827
828			The mapping of the serial ports to the tty instances
829			can be viewed with:
830
831			$ ls -d /sys/bus/serial-base/devices/*:*.*/tty/*
832			/sys/bus/serial-base/devices/00:04:0.0/tty/ttyS0
833
834			In the above example, the console can be addressed with
835			console=00:04:0.0. Note that a console addressed this
836			way will only get added when the related device driver
837			is ready. The use of an earlycon parameter in addition to
838			the console may be desired for console output early on.
839
840		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
841		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
842		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
843		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
844		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
845			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
846			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
847			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
848			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
849			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
850			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
851			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
852			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
853			the h/w is not re-initialized.
854
855		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
856			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
857
858		{ null | "" }
859			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
860			console messages discarded.
861			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
862			kernel command line.
863
864		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
865		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
866			console=brl,ttyS0
867		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
868
869	console_msg_format=
870			[KNL] Change console messages format
871		default
872			By default we print messages on consoles in
873			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
874			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
875			`printk_time' param).
876		syslog
877			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
878			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
879			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
880			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
881			from /proc/kmsg.
882
883	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
884			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
885			Defaults to 0.
886
887	coredump_filter=
888			[KNL] Change the default value for
889			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
890			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
891
892	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
893			[ARM,ARM64]
894			Format: <bool>
895			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
896			0: default value, disable debugging
897			1: enable debugging at boot time
898
899	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
900			Format:
901			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
902
903	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
904			disable the cpuidle sub-system
905
906	cpuidle.governor=
907			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
908
909	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
910			disable the cpufreq sub-system
911
912	cpufreq.default_governor=
913			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
914			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
915			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
916
917	cpu_init_udelay=N
918			[X86,EARLY] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
919			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
920			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
921			Default: 10000
922
923	cpuhp.parallel=
924			[SMP] Enable/disable parallel bringup of secondary CPUs
925			Format: <bool>
926			Default is enabled if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PARALLEL=y. Otherwise
927			the parameter has no effect.
928
929	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
930			Only jump to kdump kernel after running the panic
931			notifiers and dumping kmsg. This option increases
932			the risks of a kdump failure, since some panic
933			notifiers can make the crashed kernel more unstable.
934			In configurations where kdump may not be reliable,
935			running the panic notifiers could allow collecting
936			more data on dmesg, like stack traces from other CPUS
937			or extra data dumped by panic_print. Note that some
938			configurations enable this option unconditionally,
939			like Hyper-V, PowerPC (fadump) and AMD SEV-SNP.
940
941	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
942			[KNL,EARLY] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
943			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
944			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
945			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
946			is selected automatically.
947			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] Select a region
948			under 4G first, and fall back to reserve region above
949			4G when '@offset' hasn't been specified.
950			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
951
952	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
953			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
954			in the running system. The syntax of range is
955			start-[end] where start and end are both
956			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
957			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
958
959	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
960			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range could be
961			above 4G.
962			Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top,
963			so could be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram
964			installed. Otherwise memory region will be allocated
965			below 4G, if available.
966			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
967	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
968			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range under 4G.
969			When crashkernel=X,high is passed, kernel could allocate
970			physical memory region above 4G, that cause second kernel
971			crash on system that require some amount of low memory,
972			e.g. swiotlb requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also
973			enough extra low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers
974			for 32-bit devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
975			default	size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
976			size is	platform dependent.
977			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
978			  --> arm64: 128MiB
979			  --> riscv: 128MiB
980			  --> loongarch: 128MiB
981			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
982			for second kernel instead.
983			0: to disable low allocation.
984			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
985			or memory reserved is below 4G.
986
987	cryptomgr.notests
988			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
989
990	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
991			Format: <dma>
992
993	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
994			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
995
996	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable or disable debug add-ons of cross-CPU
997			function call handling. When switched on,
998			additional debug data is printed to the console
999			in case a hanging CPU is detected, and that
1000			CPU is pinged again in order to try to resolve
1001			the hang situation.  The default value of this
1002			option depends on the CSD_LOCK_WAIT_DEBUG_DEFAULT
1003			Kconfig option.
1004
1005	dasd=		[HW,NET]
1006			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
1007
1008	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
1009			(one device per port)
1010			Format: <port#>,<type>
1011			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1012
1013	debug		[KNL,EARLY] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
1014
1015	debug_boot_weak_hash
1016			[KNL,EARLY] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
1017			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
1018			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
1019			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
1020			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
1021			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
1022
1023	debug_locks_verbose=
1024			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
1025			Format: <int>
1026			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
1027			self-tests.
1028			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
1029			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
1030			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
1031			useful to lockdep developers.
1032
1033	debug_objects	[KNL,EARLY] Enable object debugging
1034
1035	debug_guardpage_minorder=
1036			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
1037			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
1038			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
1039			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
1040			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
1041			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
1042			possible value is MAX_PAGE_ORDER/2.  Setting this
1043			parameter to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most
1044			random memory corruption problems caused by bugs in
1045			kernel or driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads
1046			from) a random memory location. Note that there exists
1047			a class of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy
1048			H/W or F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA
1049			(basically when memory is written at bus level and the
1050			CPU MMU is bypassed) which are not detectable by
1051			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not
1052			help tracking down these problems.
1053
1054	debug_pagealloc=
1055			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
1056			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
1057			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
1058			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
1059			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
1060			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
1061			on: enable the feature
1062
1063	debugfs=    	[KNL,EARLY] This parameter enables what is exposed to
1064			userspace and debugfs internal clients.
1065			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
1066			on: 	All functions are enabled.
1067			no-mount:
1068				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
1069			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
1070				its content. There is nothing to mount.
1071			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
1072			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
1073				or directories within debugfs.
1074				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
1075				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
1076			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
1077
1078	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
1079
1080	default_hugepagesz=
1081			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
1082			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
1083			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
1084			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
1085			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
1086			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
1087			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
1088			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1089			Format: size[KMG]
1090
1091	deferred_probe_timeout=
1092			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
1093			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
1094			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
1095			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
1096			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
1097			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
1098			successful driver registration. This option will also
1099			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
1100			retrying.
1101
1102	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
1103
1104	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
1105			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1106			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1107			hardware.
1108
1109	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1110			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1111			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1112			blacklisted features.
1113
1114	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1115			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1116			(disabled by default).
1117
1118	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1119			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1120			capability is set.
1121
1122	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1123			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1124
1125	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1126			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1127
1128	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1129			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1130			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1131			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1132			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1133			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1134			          only (compression on level 1)
1135			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1136			          only (decompression)
1137			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1138			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1139
1140	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1141			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1142
1143	disable_1tb_segments [PPC,EARLY]
1144			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1145			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1146			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1147			miss to occur.
1148
1149	disable=	[IPV6]
1150			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1151
1152	disable_radix	[PPC,EARLY]
1153			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1154
1155	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1156			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1157			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1158
1159	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES,EARLY]
1160			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1161			to workaround buggy firmware.
1162
1163	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1164			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1165
1166	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
1167			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1168			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1169			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1170
1171	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only,EARLY]
1172			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1173			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1174			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1175			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1176
1177	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86,EARLY]
1178			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1179			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1180
1181	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1182
1183	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1184			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1185
1186	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1187			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1188			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1189			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1190			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1191			architectural default is too low.
1192
1193	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1194			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1195			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1196			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1197			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1198			driver later using sysfs.
1199
1200	reg_file_data_sampling=
1201			[X86] Controls mitigation for Register File Data
1202			Sampling (RFDS) vulnerability. RFDS is a CPU
1203			vulnerability which may allow userspace to infer
1204			kernel data values previously stored in floating point
1205			registers, vector registers, or integer registers.
1206			RFDS only affects Intel Atom processors.
1207
1208			on:	Turns ON the mitigation.
1209			off:	Turns OFF the mitigation.
1210
1211			This parameter overrides the compile time default set
1212			by CONFIG_MITIGATION_RFDS. Mitigation cannot be
1213			disabled when other VERW based mitigations (like MDS)
1214			are enabled. In order to disable RFDS mitigation all
1215			VERW based mitigations need to be disabled.
1216
1217			For details see:
1218			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst
1219
1220	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1221			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1222			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1223			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1224			match the *.
1225			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1226
1227	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1228			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1229			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1230			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1231			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1232			An EDID data set will only be used for a particular
1233			connector, if its name and a colon are prepended to
1234			the EDID name. Each connector may use a unique EDID
1235			data set by separating the files with a comma. An EDID
1236			data set with no connector name will be used for
1237			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1238
1239	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1240
1241	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC,EARLY]
1242			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1243			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1244			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1245			exists).
1246			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1247			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1248			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1249
1250	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1251			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1252			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1253			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1254
1255	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1256	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1257			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1258			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1259			for details.
1260
1261	early_ioremap_debug [KNL,EARLY]
1262			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1263			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1264			which are not unmapped.
1265
1266	earlycon=	[KNL,EARLY] Output early console device and options.
1267
1268			When used with no options, the early console is
1269			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1270			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1271			the platform.
1272
1273		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1274			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1275			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1276			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1277			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1278			configured.
1279
1280		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1281		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1282		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1283		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1284		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1285			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1286			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1287			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1288			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1289			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1290			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1291			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1292			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized. 'uartclk' is
1293			the uart clock frequency; if unspecified, it is set
1294			to 'BASE_BAUD' * 16.
1295
1296		pl011,<addr>
1297		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1298			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1299			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1300			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1301			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1302			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1303			the device registers.
1304
1305		liteuart,<addr>
1306			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1307			specified address. The serial port must already be
1308			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1309
1310		meson,<addr>
1311			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1312			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1313			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1314			supported.
1315
1316		msm_serial,<addr>
1317			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1318			port at the specified address. The serial port
1319			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1320			yet supported.
1321
1322		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1323			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1324			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1325			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1326			yet supported.
1327
1328		owl,<addr>
1329			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1330			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1331			specified address. The serial port must already be
1332			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1333
1334		rda,<addr>
1335			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1336			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1337			specified address. The serial port must already be
1338			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1339
1340		sbi
1341			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1342			console.
1343
1344		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1345
1346		s3c2410,<addr>
1347		s3c2412,<addr>
1348		s3c2440,<addr>
1349		s3c6400,<addr>
1350		s5pv210,<addr>
1351		exynos4210,<addr>
1352			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1353			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1354			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1355			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1356			Options are not yet supported.
1357
1358		lantiq,<addr>
1359			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1360			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1361			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1362			yet supported.
1363
1364		lpuart,<addr>
1365		lpuart32,<addr>
1366			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1367			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1368			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1369			port must already be setup and configured.
1370
1371		ec_imx21,<addr>
1372		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1373			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1374			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1375			must already be setup and configured.
1376
1377		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1378			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1379			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1380			address. The serial port must already be setup
1381			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1382
1383		qcom_geni,<addr>
1384			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1385			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1386			specified address. The serial port must already be
1387			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1388
1389		efifb,[options]
1390			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1391			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1392			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1393			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1394			mapped with the correct attributes.
1395
1396		linflex,<addr>
1397			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1398			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1399			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1400			already be setup and configured.
1401
1402	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390,UM,EARLY]
1403			earlyprintk=vga
1404			earlyprintk=sclp
1405			earlyprintk=xen
1406			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1407			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1408			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1409			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1410			earlyprintk=mmio32,membase[,{nocfg|baudrate}]
1411			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,{nocfg|baudrate}]
1412			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1413			earlyprintk=bios
1414
1415			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1416			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1417			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1418
1419			Use "nocfg" to skip UART configuration, assume
1420			BIOS/firmware has configured UART correctly.
1421
1422			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1423			takes over.
1424
1425			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1426			be used at a time.
1427
1428			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1429			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1430			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1431			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1432				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1433			You can find the port for a given device in
1434			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1435				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1436
1437			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1438			very good.
1439
1440			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1441			the real console.
1442
1443			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1444
1445			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1446
1447			The bios output can only be used on SuperH.
1448
1449			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1450			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1451			UART class.
1452
1453	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1454			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1455			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1456			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1457			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1458			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1459			default: on.
1460
1461	edd=		[EDD]
1462			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1463
1464	efi=		[EFI,EARLY]
1465			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1466				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1467				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1468			debug: enable misc debug output.
1469			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1470			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1471			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1472			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1473			firmware implementations.
1474			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1475			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1476			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1477			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1478			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1479			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1480			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1481			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1482			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1483			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1484
1485	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI,X86,EARLY]
1486			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1487			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1488			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1489			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1490
1491	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1492			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1493			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1494			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1495			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1496
1497
1498	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1499			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1500
1501	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB,EARLY] Allow early kernel console debugging
1502			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1503
1504			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1505			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1506
1507			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1508			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1509			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1510			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1511
1512	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1513			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1514			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1515
1516	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [PPC,SH,X86,S390,EARLY]
1517			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1518			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1519			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1520			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1521
1522	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
1523			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1524			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1525			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1526
1527	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1528			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1529			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1530			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1531			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1532
1533	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1534			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1535			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1536			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1537			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1538			Default value is 0.
1539			Value can be changed at runtime via
1540			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1541
1542	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1543			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1544			support.
1545
1546	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1547			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1548			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1549
1550	evm=		[EVM]
1551			Format: { "fix" }
1552			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1553			current integrity status.
1554
1555	early_page_ext [KNL,EARLY] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1556			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1557			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1558			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1559			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1560			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1561			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1562
1563	failslab=
1564	fail_usercopy=
1565	fail_page_alloc=
1566	fail_skb_realloc=
1567	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1568			General fault injection mechanism.
1569			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1570			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1571
1572	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1573			Format: { initns | none }
1574			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1575			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1576
1577	floppy=		[HW]
1578			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1579
1580	forcepae	[X86-32]
1581			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1582			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1583			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1584			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1585			and may cause unknown problems.
1586
1587	fred=		[X86-64]
1588			Enable/disable Flexible Return and Event Delivery.
1589			Format: { on | off }
1590			on: enable FRED when it's present.
1591			off: disable FRED, the default setting.
1592
1593	ftrace=[tracer]
1594			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1595			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1596			boot debugging.
1597
1598	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1599			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1600			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1601			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1602			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1603			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1604			start up functionality.
1605
1606			Optionally, the snapshot can also be defined for a tracing
1607			instance that was created by the trace_instance= command
1608			line parameter.
1609
1610			trace_instance=foo,sched_switch ftrace_boot_snapshot=foo
1611
1612			The above will cause the "foo" tracing instance to trigger
1613			a snapshot at the end of boot up.
1614
1615	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=2(orig_cpu) | =<instance>][,<instance> |
1616			  ,<instance>=2(orig_cpu)]
1617			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1618			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump global
1619			buffers of all CPUs, if you pass 2 or orig_cpu, it
1620			will dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered
1621			the oops, or the specific instance will be dumped if
1622			its name is passed. Multiple instance dump is also
1623			supported, and instances are separated by commas. Each
1624			instance supports only dump on CPU that triggered the
1625			oops by passing 2 or orig_cpu to it.
1626
1627			ftrace_dump_on_oops=foo=orig_cpu
1628
1629			The above will dump only the buffer of "foo" instance
1630			on CPU that triggered the oops.
1631
1632			ftrace_dump_on_oops,foo,bar=orig_cpu
1633
1634			The above will dump global buffer on all CPUs, the
1635			buffer of "foo" instance on all CPUs and the buffer
1636			of "bar" instance on CPU that triggered the oops.
1637
1638	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1639			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1640			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1641			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1642			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1643			tracing directory.
1644
1645	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1646			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1647			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1648			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1649			tracing directory.
1650
1651	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1652			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1653			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1654			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1655			that can be changed at run time by the
1656			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1657
1658	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1659			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1660			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1661			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1662			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1663
1664	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1665			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1666			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1667			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1668			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1669
1670	fw_devlink=	[KNL,EARLY] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1671			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1672			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1673			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1674			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1675			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1676			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1677			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1678			suppliers).
1679			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1680			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1681			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1682				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1683				up (sync_state() calls).
1684			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1685				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1686			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1687
1688	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1689			[KNL,EARLY] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1690			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1691			Format: <bool>
1692
1693	fw_devlink.sync_state =
1694			[KNL,EARLY] When all devices that could probe have finished
1695			probing, this parameter controls what to do with
1696			devices that haven't yet received their sync_state()
1697			calls.
1698			Format: { strict | timeout }
1699			strict -- Default. Continue waiting on consumers to
1700				probe successfully.
1701			timeout -- Give up waiting on consumers and call
1702				sync_state() on any devices that haven't yet
1703				received their sync_state() calls after
1704				deferred_probe_timeout has expired or by
1705				late_initcall() if !CONFIG_MODULES.
1706
1707	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1708			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1709			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1710			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1711			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1712
1713	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1714
1715	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64,EARLY] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1716			Format: off | on
1717			default: on
1718
1719	gather_data_sampling=
1720			[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control the Gather Data Sampling (GDS)
1721			mitigation.
1722
1723			Gather Data Sampling is a hardware vulnerability which
1724			allows unprivileged speculative access to data which was
1725			previously stored in vector registers.
1726
1727			This issue is mitigated by default in updated microcode.
1728			The mitigation may have a performance impact but can be
1729			disabled. On systems without the microcode mitigation
1730			disabling AVX serves as a mitigation.
1731
1732			force:	Disable AVX to mitigate systems without
1733				microcode mitigation. No effect if the microcode
1734				mitigation is present. Known to cause crashes in
1735				userspace with buggy AVX enumeration.
1736
1737			off:	Disable GDS mitigation.
1738
1739	gbpages		[X86] Use GB pages for kernel direct mappings.
1740
1741	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1742			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1743			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1744			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1745			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1746
1747	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1748			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1749			android emulator
1750
1751	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1752			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1753			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1754	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1755			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1756
1757	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1758			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1759			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1760			GPT to be used instead.
1761
1762	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1763			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1764			Format: 0 | 1
1765			Default: 0
1766	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1767			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1768			Format: 0 | 1
1769			Default: 0
1770	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1771			Format: 0 | 1
1772			Default: 0
1773	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1774			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1775			Default: 1024
1776	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1777			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1778			Default: 1024
1779
1780	hardened_usercopy=
1781			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1782			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1783			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1784			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1785			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1786			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1787			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1788			The default is determined by
1789			CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY_DEFAULT_ON.
1790		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks.
1791		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1792
1793	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1794			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1795			backtraces on all cpus.
1796			Format: 0 | 1
1797
1798	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1799			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1800			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1801			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1802
1803	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1804			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1805
1806	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1807			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1808			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1809			logic will be disabled.
1810
1811	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1812		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1813				present during boot.
1814		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1815		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1816		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1817				(that will set all pages holding image data
1818				during restoration read-only).
1819
1820	hibernate.compressor= 	[HIBERNATION] Compression algorithm to be
1821				used with hibernation.
1822				Format: { lzo | lz4 }
1823				Default: lzo
1824
1825				lzo: Select LZO compression algorithm to
1826				compress/decompress hibernation image.
1827
1828				lz4: Select LZ4 compression algorithm to
1829				compress/decompress hibernation image.
1830
1831	hibernate.pm_test_delay=
1832			[HIBERNATION]
1833			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a hibernation test
1834			mode before resuming the system (see
1835			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
1836			is set. Default value is 5.
1837
1838	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1839			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1840			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1841			size on bigger boxes.
1842
1843	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1844			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1845			Default: "on"
1846
1847	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1848
1849	hostname=	[KNL,EARLY] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1850			Format: <string>
1851			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1852			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1853			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1854			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1855			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1856			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1857			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1858			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1859			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1860			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1861
1862	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1863			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1864				verbose }
1865			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1866			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1867				VIA, nVidia)
1868			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1869
1870	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1871			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1872
1873	hugepages=	[HW,EARLY] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1874			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1875			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1876			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1877			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1878			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1879			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1880			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1881			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1882				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1883
1884	hugepagesz=
1885			[HW,EARLY] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is
1886			used in conjunction with hugepages (above) to
1887			allocate huge pages of a specific size at boot. The
1888			pair hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once
1889			for each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes
1890			are architecture dependent. See also
1891			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1892			Format: size[KMG]
1893
1894	hugepage_alloc_threads=
1895			[HW] The number of threads that should be used to
1896			allocate hugepages during boot. This option can be
1897			used to improve system bootup time when allocating
1898			a large amount of huge pages.
1899			The default value is 25% of the available hardware threads.
1900
1901			Note that this parameter only applies to non-gigantic huge pages.
1902
1903	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA,EARLY] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1904			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1905			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1906			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1907				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1908
1909			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1910			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1911			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1912
1913	hugetlb_cma_only=
1914			[HW,CMA,EARLY] When allocating new HugeTLB pages, only
1915			try to allocate from the CMA areas.
1916
1917			This option does nothing if hugetlb_cma= is not also
1918			specified.
1919
1920	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1921			[KNL] Requires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1922			enabled.
1923			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1924			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1925			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1926			Format: { on | off (default) }
1927
1928			on: enable HVO
1929			off: disable HVO
1930
1931			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1932			the default is on.
1933
1934			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1935			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1936			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1937			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1938			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1939
1940	hung_task_panic=
1941			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1942			Format: 0 | 1
1943
1944			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1945			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1946			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1947			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1948			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1949
1950	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1951				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1952	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1953				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1954				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1955
1956	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V,EARLY]
1957			Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1958			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest
1959			on lock contention.
1960
1961	hw_protection=	[HW]
1962			Format: reboot | shutdown
1963
1964			Hardware protection action taken on critical events like
1965			overtemperature or imminent voltage loss.
1966
1967	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1968				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1969				registered from board initialization code.
1970				Format:
1971				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1972
1973	i2c_touchscreen_props= [HW,ACPI,X86]
1974			Set device-properties for ACPI-enumerated I2C-attached
1975			touchscreen, to e.g. fix coordinates of upside-down
1976			mounted touchscreens. If you need this option please
1977			submit a drivers/platform/x86/touchscreen_dmi.c patch
1978			adding a DMI quirk for this.
1979
1980			Format:
1981			<ACPI_HW_ID>:<prop_name>=<val>[:prop_name=val][:...]
1982			Where <val> is one of:
1983			Omit "=<val>" entirely	Set a boolean device-property
1984			Unsigned number		Set a u32 device-property
1985			Anything else		Set a string device-property
1986
1987			Examples (split over multiple lines):
1988			i2c_touchscreen_props=GDIX1001:touchscreen-inverted-x:
1989			touchscreen-inverted-y
1990
1991			i2c_touchscreen_props=MSSL1680:touchscreen-size-x=1920:
1992			touchscreen-size-y=1080:touchscreen-inverted-y:
1993			firmware-name=gsl1680-vendor-model.fw:silead,home-button
1994
1995	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1996	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1997			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1998			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1999			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
2000	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
2001	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
2002			     keyboard and cannot control its state
2003			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
2004	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
2005	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
2006	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
2007			     for the AUX port
2008	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
2009			     controller
2010	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
2011			     controllers
2012	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
2013	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
2014			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
2015			     transitions, or never reset
2016			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
2017			1, Y, y: always reset controller
2018			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
2019			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
2020			architectures force reset to be always executed
2021	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
2022	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
2023	i8042.probe_defer
2024			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
2025
2026	i810=		[HW,DRM]
2027
2028	i915.invert_brightness=
2029			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
2030			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
2031			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
2032			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
2033			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
2034			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
2035			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
2036			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
2037			value switches the backlight off.
2038			-1 -- never invert brightness
2039			 0 -- machine default
2040			 1 -- force brightness inversion
2041
2042	ia32_emulation=	[X86-64]
2043			Format: <bool>
2044			When true, allows loading 32-bit programs and executing 32-bit
2045			syscalls, essentially overriding IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED at
2046			boot time. When false, unconditionally disables IA32 emulation.
2047
2048	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
2049			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
2050
2051
2052	idle=		[X86,EARLY]
2053			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
2054
2055			idle=poll:  Don't do power saving in the idle loop
2056			using HLT, but poll for rescheduling event. This will
2057			make the CPUs eat a lot more power, but may be useful
2058			to get slightly better performance in multiprocessor
2059			benchmarks. It also makes some profiling using
2060			performance counters more accurate.  Please note that
2061			on systems with MONITOR/MWAIT support (like Intel
2062			EM64T CPUs) this option has no performance advantage
2063			over the normal idle loop.  It may also interact badly
2064			with hyperthreading.
2065
2066			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
2067			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
2068
2069			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
2070
2071	idxd.sva=	[HW]
2072			Format: <bool>
2073			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
2074			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
2075			true (1).
2076
2077	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
2078			Format: <bool>
2079			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
2080			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
2081
2082	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
2083			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed | emulated }
2084			Default: strict
2085
2086			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
2087			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
2088			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
2089			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
2090			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
2091			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
2092			encoding mode.
2093
2094			Available settings are as follows:
2095			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
2096				supported by the FPU
2097			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
2098				by the FPU
2099			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
2100				by the FPU
2101			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
2102				supported by the FPU
2103			emulated accept any binaries but enable FPU emulator
2104				if binary mode is unsupported by the FPU.
2105
2106			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
2107			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
2108			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
2109			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
2110			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
2111			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
2112			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
2113			MIPS64 CPUs.
2114
2115			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
2116			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
2117			except where unsupported by hardware.
2118
2119	ignore_loglevel	[KNL,EARLY]
2120			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
2121			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
2122			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
2123			could change it dynamically, usually by
2124			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
2125
2126	ignore_rlimit_data
2127			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
2128			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
2129			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
2130
2131	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
2132			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
2133
2134	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
2135			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
2136			default: "enforce"
2137
2138	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2139			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
2140			owned by uid=0.
2141
2142	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
2143			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
2144			measurements, instead of host native format.
2145
2146	ima_hash=	[IMA]
2147			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
2148				   | sha512 | ... }
2149			default: "sha1"
2150
2151			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
2152			in crypto/hash_info.h.
2153
2154	ima_policy=	[IMA]
2155			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
2156			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
2157				 fail_securely | critical_data"
2158
2159			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
2160			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
2161			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
2162			uid=0.
2163
2164			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
2165			all files owned by root.
2166
2167			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
2168			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
2169			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
2170
2171			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
2172			verification failure also on privileged mounted
2173			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
2174			flag.
2175
2176			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
2177			critical data.
2178
2179	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2180			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
2181			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
2182			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
2183			opened for read by uid=0.
2184
2185	ima_template=	[IMA]
2186			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
2187			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
2188				   "ima-sigv2" }
2189			Default: "ima-ng"
2190
2191	ima_template_fmt=
2192			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
2193			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
2194
2195	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
2196			Format: <min_file_size>
2197			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
2198			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
2199
2200			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
2201			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2202			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
2203
2204	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
2205			Format: <bufsize>
2206			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
2207
2208			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
2209			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2210			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
2211
2212	indirect_target_selection= [X86,Intel] Mitigation control for Indirect
2213			Target Selection(ITS) bug in Intel CPUs. Updated
2214			microcode is also required for a fix in IBPB.
2215
2216			on:     Enable mitigation (default).
2217			off:    Disable mitigation.
2218			force:	Force the ITS bug and deploy default
2219				mitigation.
2220			vmexit: Only deploy mitigation if CPU is affected by
2221				guest/host isolation part of ITS.
2222			stuff:	Deploy RSB-fill mitigation when retpoline is
2223				also deployed. Otherwise, deploy the default
2224				mitigation.
2225
2226			For details see:
2227			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/indirect-target-selection.rst
2228
2229	init=		[KNL]
2230			Format: <full_path>
2231			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
2232			process.
2233
2234	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
2235			for working out where the kernel is dying during
2236			startup.
2237
2238	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
2239			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
2240			modules and initcalls.
2241
2242	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2243			Format: <bool>
2244			Default: 1
2245			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2246			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2247			with devices being probed and
2248			initialized. This should normally just work,
2249			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2250			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2251			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2252			late_ initcalls.
2253
2254	initrd=		[BOOT,EARLY] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2255
2256	initrdmem=	[KNL,EARLY] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2257			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2258			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2259			setting.
2260			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2261			Default is 0, 0
2262
2263	init_on_alloc=	[MM,EARLY] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2264			zeroes.
2265			Format: 0 | 1
2266			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2267
2268	init_on_free=	[MM,EARLY] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2269			Format: 0 | 1
2270			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2271
2272	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2273			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2274			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2275			override in debugfs after boot.
2276
2277	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2278			Format: <irq>
2279
2280	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2281
2282	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2283			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2284			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2285			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2286
2287	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2288		on
2289			Enable intel iommu driver.
2290		off
2291			Disable intel iommu driver.
2292		igfx_off [Default Off]
2293			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2294			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2295			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2296			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2297			DMA.
2298		strict [Default Off]
2299			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2300		sp_off [Default Off]
2301			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2302			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2303			not be supported.
2304		sm_on
2305			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2306			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2307			translation.
2308		sm_off
2309			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2310		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2311			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2312			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2313			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2314			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2315			mapping is enabled.
2316			Note that using this option lowers the security
2317			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2318			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2319
2320	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2321			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2322			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2323
2324	intel_pstate=	[X86,EARLY]
2325			disable
2326			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2327			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2328                        active
2329                          Use intel_pstate driver to bypass the scaling
2330                          governors layer of cpufreq and provides it own
2331                          algorithms for p-state selection. There are two
2332                          P-state selection algorithms provided by
2333                          intel_pstate in the active mode: powersave and
2334                          performance.  The way they both operate depends
2335                          on whether or not the hardware managed P-states
2336                          (HWP) feature has been enabled in the processor
2337                          and possibly on the processor model.
2338			passive
2339			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2340			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2341			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2342			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2343			  feature.
2344			force
2345			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2346			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2347			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2348			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2349			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2350			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2351			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2352			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2353			no_hwp
2354			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2355			  if available.
2356			hwp_only
2357			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2358			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2359			support_acpi_ppc
2360			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2361			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2362			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2363			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2364			per_cpu_perf_limits
2365			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2366			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2367			no_cas
2368			  Do not enable capacity-aware scheduling (CAS) on
2369			  hybrid systems
2370
2371	intremap=	[X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY]
2372			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2373			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2374			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2375			no_x2apic_optout
2376				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2377			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2378			posted_msi
2379				enable MSIs delivered as posted interrupts
2380
2381	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2382		strict	regions from userspace.
2383		relaxed
2384
2385	iommu=		[X86,EARLY]
2386
2387		off
2388			Don't initialize and use any kind of IOMMU.
2389
2390		force
2391			Force the use of the hardware IOMMU even when
2392			it is not actually needed (e.g. because < 3 GB
2393			memory).
2394
2395		noforce
2396			Don't force hardware IOMMU usage when it is not
2397			needed. (default).
2398
2399		biomerge
2400		panic
2401		nopanic
2402		merge
2403		nomerge
2404
2405		soft
2406			Use software bounce buffering (SWIOTLB) (default for
2407			Intel machines). This can be used to prevent the usage
2408			of an available hardware IOMMU.
2409
2410			[X86]
2411		pt
2412			[X86]
2413		nopt
2414			[PPC/POWERNV]
2415		nobypass
2416			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2417
2418		[X86]
2419		AMD Gart HW IOMMU-specific options:
2420
2421		<size>
2422			Set the size of the remapping area in bytes.
2423
2424		allowed
2425			Overwrite iommu off workarounds for specific chipsets
2426
2427		fullflush
2428			Flush IOMMU on each allocation (default).
2429
2430		nofullflush
2431			Don't use IOMMU fullflush.
2432
2433		memaper[=<order>]
2434			Allocate an own aperture over RAM with size
2435			32MB<<order.  (default: order=1, i.e. 64MB)
2436
2437		merge
2438			Do scatter-gather (SG) merging. Implies "force"
2439			(experimental).
2440
2441		nomerge
2442			Don't do scatter-gather (SG) merging.
2443
2444		noaperture
2445			Ask the IOMMU not to touch the aperture for AGP.
2446
2447		noagp
2448			Don't initialize the AGP driver and use full aperture.
2449
2450		panic
2451			Always panic when IOMMU overflows.
2452
2453	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64,X86,EARLY] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2454			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2455			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2456			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2457			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2458			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2459			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2460
2461	iommu.strict=	[ARM64,X86,S390,EARLY] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2462			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2463			0 - Lazy mode.
2464			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2465			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2466			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2467			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2468			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2469			1 - Strict mode.
2470			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2471			  synchronously.
2472			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2473			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2474			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2475
2476	iommu.passthrough=
2477			[ARM64,X86,EARLY] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2478			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2479			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2480			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2481			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2482
2483	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2484			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2485			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2486
2487	io_delay=	[X86,EARLY] I/O delay method
2488		0x80
2489			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2490		0xed
2491			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2492		udelay
2493			Simple two microseconds delay
2494		none
2495			No delay
2496
2497	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2498			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2499
2500	ipcmni_extend	[KNL,EARLY] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2501			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2502
2503	ipe.enforce=	[IPE]
2504			Format: <bool>
2505			Determine whether IPE starts in permissive (0) or
2506			enforce (1) mode. The default is enforce.
2507
2508	ipe.success_audit=
2509			[IPE]
2510			Format: <bool>
2511			Start IPE with success auditing enabled, emitting
2512			an audit event when a binary is allowed. The default
2513			is 0.
2514
2515	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2516			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2517
2518	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2519			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
2520			Format: <bool>
2521			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2522			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2523			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2524
2525	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2526			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
2527			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2528			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2529			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2530			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2531			LPIs.
2532
2533	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64,EARLY]
2534			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2535			requires the kernel to be built with
2536			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2537
2538	irqfixup	[HW]
2539			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2540			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2541			firmware running.
2542
2543	irqpoll		[HW]
2544			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2545			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2546			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2547			firmware running.
2548
2549	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2550			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2551
2552	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2553			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2554			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2555
2556			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2557			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2558
2559			nohz
2560			  Disable the tick when a single task runs as well as
2561			  disabling other kernel noises like having RCU callbacks
2562			  offloaded. This is equivalent to the nohz_full parameter.
2563
2564			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2565			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2566			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2567			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2568			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2569
2570			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2571			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2572			  be configured manually after bootup.
2573
2574			domain
2575			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2576			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2577			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2578			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2579			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2580			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2581			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2582			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2583
2584			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2585			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2586			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2587			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2588
2589			managed_irq
2590
2591			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2592			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2593			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2594			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2595			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2596
2597			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2598			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2599			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2600			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2601			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2602			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2603			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2604
2605			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2606			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2607			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2608			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2609			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2610			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2611			  queues.
2612
2613			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2614
2615	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2616
2617	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2618			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2619			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2620			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2621
2622			For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2623			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2624			write the parameter as:
2625				ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
2626
2627			Deprecated formats:
2628			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2629			  write the parameter as:
2630				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2631			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2632			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2633				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2634
2635	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2636			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2637			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2638			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2639
2640			For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
2641			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2642			write the parameter as:
2643				ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
2644
2645			Deprecated formats:
2646			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2647			  write the parameter as:
2648				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2649			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2650			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2651				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2652
2653	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2654			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2655			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2656			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2657
2658			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2659			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2660			write the parameter as:
2661				ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
2662
2663			Deprecated formats:
2664			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
2665			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2666				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2667			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2668			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2669				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2670
2671	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2672			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2673
2674	kasan_multi_shot
2675			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2676			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2677			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2678			invalid access.
2679
2680	keep_bootcon	[KNL,EARLY]
2681			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
2682			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
2683			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
2684			the real console.
2685
2686	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM] See retain_initrd.
2687
2688	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,PPC,EARLY]
2689			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2690			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2691			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2692			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2693			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2694			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2695			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2696			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2697			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2698
2699			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2700			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2701			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2702			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2703			zone if it does not.
2704
2705			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2706			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2707			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2708			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2709			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2710			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2711			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2712
2713	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW,EARLY] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2714			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2715			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2716			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2717			optional and is the number seconds in between
2718			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2719			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2720			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2721			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2722			the kernel debugger.
2723
2724	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2725			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2726			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2727			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2728			 keyboard only format: kbd
2729			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2730			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2731			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2732			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2733
2734	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW,EARLY]
2735			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2736			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2737			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2738			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2739			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2740			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2741
2742			The name of the early console should be specified
2743			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2744			the early console might be different than the tty
2745			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2746			blank and the first boot console that implements
2747			read() will be picked.
2748
2749	kgdbwait	[KGDB,EARLY] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2750			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2751
2752	kho=		[KEXEC,EARLY]
2753			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" | "y" | "n" }
2754			Enables or disables Kexec HandOver.
2755			"0" | "off" | "n" - kexec handover is disabled
2756			"1" | "on" | "y" - kexec handover is enabled
2757
2758	kho_scratch=	[KEXEC,EARLY]
2759			Format: ll[KMG],mm[KMG],nn[KMG] | nn%
2760			Defines the size of the KHO scratch region. The KHO
2761			scratch regions are physically contiguous memory
2762			ranges that can only be used for non-kernel
2763			allocations. That way, even when memory is heavily
2764			fragmented with handed over memory, the kexeced
2765			kernel will always have enough contiguous ranges to
2766			bootstrap itself.
2767
2768			It is possible to specify the exact amount of
2769			memory in the form of "ll[KMG],mm[KMG],nn[KMG]"
2770			where the first parameter defines the size of a low
2771			memory scratch area, the second parameter defines
2772			the size of a global scratch area and the third
2773			parameter defines the size of additional per-node
2774			scratch areas.  The form "nn%" defines scale factor
2775			(in percents) of memory that was used during boot.
2776
2777	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2778			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2779			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2780
2781	kmemleak=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2782			Valid arguments: on, off
2783			Default: on
2784			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2785			the default is off.
2786
2787	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2788			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2789			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2790			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2791			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2792			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2793			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2794
2795			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2796
2797			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2798			Boot Parameter" section.
2799
2800	kpti=		[ARM64,EARLY] Control page table isolation of
2801			user and kernel address spaces.
2802			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2803			0: force disabled
2804			1: force enabled
2805
2806	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2807			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2808			default value can be overridden via
2809			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2810			Default is 1 (enabled)
2811
2812	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2813			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2814
2815	kvm.eager_page_split=
2816			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2817			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2818			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2819			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2820			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2821			required to split huge pages lazily.
2822
2823			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2824			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2825			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2826			still be used for reads.
2827
2828			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2829			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2830			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2831			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2832			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2833			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2834			cleared.
2835
2836			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2837
2838			Default is Y (on).
2839
2840	kvm.enable_virt_at_load=[KVM,ARM64,LOONGARCH,MIPS,RISCV,X86]
2841			If enabled, KVM will enable virtualization in hardware
2842			when KVM is loaded, and disable virtualization when KVM
2843			is unloaded (if KVM is built as a module).
2844
2845			If disabled, KVM will dynamically enable and disable
2846			virtualization on-demand when creating and destroying
2847			VMs, i.e. on the 0=>1 and 1=>0 transitions of the
2848			number of VMs.
2849
2850			Enabling virtualization at module load avoids potential
2851			latency for creation of the 0=>1 VM, as KVM serializes
2852			virtualization enabling across all online CPUs.  The
2853			"cost" of enabling virtualization when KVM is loaded,
2854			is that doing so may interfere with using out-of-tree
2855			hypervisors that want to "own" virtualization hardware.
2856
2857	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2858				   Default is false (don't support).
2859
2860	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2861			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2862			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2863			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2864			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2865			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2866				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2867
2868			Default is 'auto'.
2869
2870			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2871			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2872
2873	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2874			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2875			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2876			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2877			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2878
2879	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2880			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2881			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2882			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2883			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2884			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2885
2886	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Control nested virtualization feature in
2887			KVM/SVM. Default is 1 (enabled).
2888
2889	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Control KVM's use of Nested Page Tables,
2890			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables. Default is 1
2891			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2892			for NPT.
2893
2894	kvm-arm.mode=
2895			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of
2896			operation.
2897
2898			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2899
2900			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2901			      protected guests.
2902
2903			protected: Mode with support for guests whose state is
2904				   kept private from the host, using VHE or
2905				   nVHE depending on HW support.
2906
2907			nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
2908				virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.4
2909				hardware (with FEAT_NV2).
2910
2911			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2912			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2913			for the host. To force nVHE on VHE hardware, add
2914			"arm64_sw.hvhe=0 id_aa64mmfr1.vh=0" to the
2915			command-line.
2916			"nested" is experimental and should be used with
2917			extreme caution.
2918
2919	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2920			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2921			system registers
2922
2923	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2924			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2925			system registers
2926
2927	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2928			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2929			system registers
2930
2931	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2932			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Allow use of GICv4 for direct
2933			injection of LPIs.
2934
2935	kvm-arm.wfe_trap_policy=
2936			[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFE instruction trap for
2937			KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
2938			CPU architecture.
2939
2940			trap: set WFE instruction trap
2941
2942			notrap: clear WFE instruction trap
2943
2944	kvm-arm.wfi_trap_policy=
2945			[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFI instruction trap for
2946			KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
2947			CPU architecture.
2948
2949			trap: set WFI instruction trap
2950
2951			notrap: clear WFI instruction trap
2952
2953	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC,EARLY]
2954			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2955			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2956			allocation.
2957			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2958			Format: <integer>
2959			Default: 5
2960
2961	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Extended Page Tables,
2962			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables.  Default is 1
2963			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2964			for EPT.
2965
2966	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2967			[KVM,Intel] Control whether to emulate invalid guest
2968			state. Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1,
2969			as guest state is never invalid for unrestricted
2970			guests. This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2),
2971			as KVM never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2972			Default is 1 (enabled).
2973
2974	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2975			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of FlexPriority feature
2976			(TPR shadow). Default is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if
2977			hardware lacks support for it.
2978
2979	kvm-intel.nested=
2980			[KVM,Intel] Control nested virtualization feature in
2981			KVM/VMX. Default is 1 (enabled).
2982
2983	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2984			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of unrestricted guest
2985			feature (virtualized real and unpaged mode). Default
2986			is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if EPT is disabled or
2987			hardware lacks support for it.
2988
2989	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2990			CVE-2018-3620.
2991
2992			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2993
2994			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2995			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2996				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2997			never:	Disables the mitigation
2998
2999			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
3000
3001	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Virtual Processor
3002			Identification feature (tagged TLBs). Default is 1
3003			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
3004			for it.
3005
3006	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
3007			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
3008
3009			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
3010			internal buffers which can forward information to a
3011			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
3012
3013			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
3014			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
3015			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
3016			not have direct access.
3017
3018			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3019			options are:
3020
3021			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
3022
3023	l1tf=           [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
3024			      affected CPUs
3025
3026			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
3027			enabled and cannot be disabled.
3028
3029			full
3030				Provides all available mitigations for the
3031				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
3032				enables all mitigations in the
3033				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
3034
3035				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
3036				sysfs interface is still possible after
3037				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
3038				when the first VM is started in a
3039				potentially insecure configuration,
3040				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
3041
3042			full,force
3043				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
3044				flush runtime control. Implies the
3045				'nosmt=force' command line option.
3046				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
3047
3048			flush
3049				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
3050				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
3051				L1D flush.
3052
3053				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
3054				sysfs interface is still possible after
3055				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
3056				when the first VM is started in a
3057				potentially insecure configuration,
3058				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
3059
3060			flush,nosmt
3061
3062				Disables SMT and enables the default
3063				hypervisor mitigation.
3064
3065				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
3066				sysfs interface is still possible after
3067				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
3068				when the first VM is started in a
3069				potentially insecure configuration,
3070				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
3071
3072			flush,nowarn
3073				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
3074				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
3075				insecure configuration.
3076
3077			off
3078				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
3079				emit any warnings.
3080				It also drops the swap size and available
3081				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
3082				bare metal.
3083
3084			Default is 'flush'.
3085
3086			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
3087
3088	l2cr=		[PPC]
3089
3090	l3cr=		[PPC]
3091
3092	lapic		[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
3093			disabled it.
3094
3095	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
3096			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
3097			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
3098			Format: notscdeadline
3099
3100	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC,EARLY] trust the local apic timer
3101			in C2 power state.
3102
3103	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
3104			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
3105			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
3106			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
3107			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
3108			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
3109			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
3110
3111	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
3112			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
3113			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
3114
3115	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
3116			when set.
3117			Format: <int>
3118
3119	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
3120			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
3121			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
3122			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
3123			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
3124			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
3125			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
3126			to all ports, links and devices.
3127
3128			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
3129			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
3130			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
3131			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
3132			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
3133			host link and device attached to it.
3134
3135			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
3136			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
3137			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
3138			The following configurations can be forced.
3139
3140			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
3141			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
3142
3143			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
3144
3145			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
3146			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
3147			  allowed.
3148
3149			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
3150			  resets.
3151
3152			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
3153			  link recovery.
3154
3155			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
3156			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
3157			  detection.
3158
3159			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
3160
3161			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
3162
3163			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
3164
3165			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
3166
3167			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
3168
3169			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
3170
3171			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
3172
3173			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
3174
3175			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
3176			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
3177
3178			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
3179			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
3180
3181			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
3182			  identify device data log.
3183
3184			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
3185			  purpose log directory.
3186
3187			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
3188
3189			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
3190			  1024 sectors.
3191
3192			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
3193			  65535 sectors.
3194
3195			* external: Mark port as external (hotplug-capable).
3196
3197			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
3198
3199			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
3200			  should be skipped.
3201
3202			* [no]fua: Disable or enable FUA (Force Unit Access)
3203			  support for devices supporting this feature.
3204
3205			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
3206
3207			* disable: Disable this device.
3208
3209			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
3210			the same attribute, the last one is used.
3211
3212	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
3213
3214	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
3215			Format: <integer>
3216
3217	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
3218			Format: <integer>
3219
3220	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
3221			Format: <integer>
3222
3223	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
3224			Format: <integer>
3225
3226	lockdown=	[SECURITY,EARLY]
3227			{ integrity | confidentiality }
3228			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
3229			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
3230			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
3231			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
3232			to extract confidential information from the kernel
3233			are also disabled.
3234
3235	locktorture.acq_writer_lim= [KNL]
3236			Set the time limit in jiffies for a lock
3237			acquisition.  Acquisitions exceeding this limit
3238			will result in a splat once they do complete.
3239
3240	locktorture.bind_readers= [KNL]
3241			Specify the list of CPUs to which the readers are
3242			to be bound.
3243
3244	locktorture.bind_writers= [KNL]
3245			Specify the list of CPUs to which the writers are
3246			to be bound.
3247
3248	locktorture.call_rcu_chains= [KNL]
3249			Specify the number of self-propagating call_rcu()
3250			chains to set up.  These are used to ensure that
3251			there is a high probability of an RCU grace period
3252			in progress at any given time.	Defaults to 0,
3253			which disables these call_rcu() chains.
3254
3255	locktorture.long_hold= [KNL]
3256			Specify the duration in milliseconds for the
3257			occasional long-duration lock hold time.  Defaults
3258			to 100 milliseconds.  Select 0 to disable.
3259
3260	locktorture.nested_locks= [KNL]
3261			Specify the maximum lock nesting depth that
3262			locktorture is to exercise, up to a limit of 8
3263			(MAX_NESTED_LOCKS).  Specify zero to disable.
3264			Note that this parameter is ineffective on types
3265			of locks that do not support nested acquisition.
3266
3267	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
3268			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
3269			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
3270			number of online CPUs.
3271
3272	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
3273			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
3274
3275	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3276			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3277
3278	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3279			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
3280			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3281
3282	locktorture.rt_boost= [KNL]
3283			Do periodic testing of real-time lock priority
3284			boosting.  Select 0 to disable, 1 to boost
3285			only rt_mutex, and 2 to boost unconditionally.
3286			Defaults to 2, which might seem to be an
3287			odd choice, but which should be harmless for
3288			non-real-time spinlocks, due to their disabling
3289			of preemption.	Note that non-realtime mutexes
3290			disable boosting.
3291
3292	locktorture.rt_boost_factor= [KNL]
3293			Number that determines how often and for how
3294			long priority boosting is exercised.  This is
3295			scaled down by the number of writers, so that the
3296			number of boosts per unit time remains roughly
3297			constant as the number of writers increases.
3298			On the other hand, the duration of each boost
3299			increases with the number of writers.
3300
3301	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3302			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
3303			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
3304			mode during the locktorture test.
3305
3306	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3307			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3308			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3309
3310	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3311			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3312
3313	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
3314			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
3315			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
3316			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
3317			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
3318			transition abruptly to and from idle.
3319
3320	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3321			Specify the locking implementation to test.
3322
3323	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
3324			Enable additional printk() statements.
3325
3326	locktorture.writer_fifo= [KNL]
3327			Run the write-side locktorture kthreads at
3328			sched_set_fifo() real-time priority.
3329
3330	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
3331			Format: <irq>
3332
3333	loglevel=	[KNL,EARLY]
3334			All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
3335			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
3336			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
3337			loglevels are defined as follows:
3338
3339			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
3340			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
3341			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
3342			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
3343			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
3344			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
3345			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
3346			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
3347
3348	log_buf_len=n[KMG] [KNL,EARLY]
3349			Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.
3350			n must be a power of two and greater than the
3351			minimal size. The minimal size is defined by
3352			LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There
3353			is also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config
3354			parameter that allows to increase the default size
3355			depending on the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig
3356			for more details.
3357
3358	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
3359			This may be used to provide more screen space for
3360			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
3361			kernel boot problems.
3362
3363	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
3364	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
3365	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
3366	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
3367				specified in addition to the ports) causes
3368				attached printers to be reset. Using
3369				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
3370				to associate lp devices with, starting with
3371				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
3372				that lp device, or a parport name such as
3373				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
3374				port specification list means that device IDs
3375				from each port should be examined, to see if
3376				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
3377				so, the driver will manage that printer.
3378				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
3379
3380	lpj=n		[KNL]
3381			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
3382			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
3383			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
3384			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
3385			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
3386			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
3387			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
3388			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
3389			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
3390			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
3391			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
3392			hardware.
3393
3394	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
3395
3396	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
3397			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
3398			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
3399
3400	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
3401			different yeeloong laptops.
3402			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
3403
3404	maxcpus=	[SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
3405			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
3406			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
3407			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
3408			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
3409			only takes effect during system bootup.
3410			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
3411			which also disables the IO APIC.
3412
3413	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
3414	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
3415			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
3416			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
3417			devices can be requested on-demand with the
3418			/dev/loop-control interface.
3419
3420	mce=		[X86-{32,64}]
3421
3422			Please see Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/machinecheck.rst for sysfs runtime tunables.
3423
3424		off
3425			disable machine check
3426
3427		no_cmci
3428			disable CMCI(Corrected Machine Check Interrupt) that
3429			Intel processor supports.  Usually this disablement is
3430			not recommended, but it might be handy if your
3431			hardware is misbehaving.
3432
3433			Note that you'll get more problems without CMCI than
3434			with due to the shared banks, i.e. you might get
3435			duplicated error logs.
3436
3437		dont_log_ce
3438			don't make logs for corrected errors.  All events
3439			reported as corrected are silently cleared by OS. This
3440			option will be useful if you have no interest in any
3441			of corrected errors.
3442
3443		ignore_ce
3444			disable features for corrected errors, e.g.
3445			polling timer and CMCI.  All events reported as
3446			corrected are not cleared by OS and remained in its
3447			error banks.
3448
3449			Usually this disablement is not recommended, however
3450			if there is an agent checking/clearing corrected
3451			errors (e.g. BIOS or hardware monitoring
3452			applications), conflicting with OS's error handling,
3453			and you cannot deactivate the agent, then this option
3454			will be a help.
3455
3456		no_lmce
3457			do not opt-in to Local MCE delivery. Use legacy method
3458			to broadcast MCEs.
3459
3460		bootlog
3461			enable logging of machine checks left over from
3462			booting. Disabled by default on AMD Fam10h and older
3463			because some BIOS leave bogus ones.
3464
3465			If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to
3466			enable though to make sure you log even machine check
3467			events that result in a reboot. On Intel systems it is
3468			enabled by default.
3469
3470		nobootlog
3471			disable boot machine check logging.
3472
3473		monarchtimeout (number)
3474			sets the time in us to wait for other CPUs on machine
3475			checks. 0 to disable.
3476
3477		bios_cmci_threshold
3478			don't overwrite the bios-set CMCI threshold. This boot
3479			option prevents Linux from overwriting the CMCI
3480			threshold set by the bios.  Without this option, Linux
3481			always sets the CMCI threshold to 1. Enabling this may
3482			make memory predictive failure analysis less effective
3483			if the bios sets thresholds for memory errors since we
3484			will not see details for all errors.
3485
3486		recovery
3487			force-enable recoverable machine check code paths
3488
3489			Everything else is in sysfs now.
3490
3491
3492	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
3493			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3494
3495	mdacon=		[MDA]
3496			Format: <first>,<last>
3497			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
3498
3499	mds=		[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
3500			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
3501			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
3502
3503			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
3504			internal buffers which can forward information to a
3505			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
3506
3507			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
3508			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
3509			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
3510			not have direct access.
3511
3512			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
3513			options are:
3514
3515			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3516			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
3517				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
3518			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
3519
3520			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
3521			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
3522			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
3523			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3524			too.
3525
3526			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3527			mds=full.
3528
3529			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3530
3531	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON,EARLY] Set the memory size.
3532			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3533
3534	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Force usage of a specific amount
3535			of memory Amount of memory to be used in cases
3536			as follows:
3537
3538			1 for test;
3539			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3540			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3541			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3542			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3543
3544			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3545			high memory is not affected.
3546
3547			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3548			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3549
3550			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3551			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3552			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3553			belonging to unused RAM.
3554
3555			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3556			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3557			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3558
3559	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3560			[ARM,MIPS,EARLY] - override the memory layout
3561			reported by firmware.
3562			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3563			ss[KMG].
3564			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3565			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3566
3567	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3568			memory.
3569
3570	memblock=debug	[KNL,EARLY] Enable memblock debug messages.
3571
3572	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3573			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3574			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3575
3576	memhp_default_state=online/offline/online_kernel/online_movable
3577			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3578			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3579			set according to the
3580			CONFIG_MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE kernel config
3581			options.
3582			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3583
3584	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86,EARLY] Enable setting of an exact
3585			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3586			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3587			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3588			option description.
3589
3590	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3591			[KNL, X86,MIPS,XTENSA,EARLY] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3592			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3593			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3594			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3595			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3596			comma delimited.
3597			Example:
3598				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3599
3600	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3601			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3602			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3603
3604	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3605			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3606			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3607			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3608			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3609			         or
3610			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3611			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3612			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3613			will be eaten.
3614
3615	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG,EARLY]
3616			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3617			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3618			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3619			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3620
3621	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3622			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Convert memory within the specified region
3623			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3624			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3625			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3626			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3627			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3628			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3629
3630	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86,EARLY]
3631			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3632			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3633			Setting this option will scan the memory
3634			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3635			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3636			from using the memory being corrupted.
3637			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3638			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3639			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3640			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3641
3642	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86,EARLY]
3643			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3644			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3645			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3646			corruption in more or less memory.
3647
3648	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86,EARLY]
3649			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3650			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3651			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3652
3653	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3654			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3655			Format: {on | off (default)}
3656			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3657			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3658			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3659			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3660			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3661			lot of memory without requiring additional
3662			memory to do so.
3663			This feature is disabled by default because it
3664			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3665			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3666			memory blocks).
3667			The state of the flag can be read in
3668			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3669			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3670			the feature is not effective.
3671
3672	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV,EARLY] Enable memtest
3673			Format: <integer>
3674			default : 0 <disable>
3675			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3676			performed. Each pass selects another test
3677			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3678			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3679			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3680			regions that are detected.
3681
3682	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3683			Valid arguments: on, off
3684			Default: off
3685			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3686			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3687
3688			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3689			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3690
3691	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3692			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3693			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3694			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3695			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3696
3697	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3698			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3699			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3700			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3701
3702	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3703
3704	microcode.force_minrev=	[X86]
3705			Format: <bool>
3706			Enable or disable the microcode minimal revision
3707			enforcement for the runtime microcode loader.
3708
3709	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3710			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3711			Default: "0tb"
3712			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3713			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3714			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3715			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3716			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3717			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3718			unconfigured.
3719			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3720			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3721			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3722			VGA shield.
3723			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3724			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3725			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3726			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3727			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3728			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3729
3730	mitigations=
3731			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64,EARLY] Control optional mitigations for
3732			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3733			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3734			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3735
3736			Note, "mitigations" is supported if and only if the
3737			kernel was built with CPU_MITIGATIONS=y.
3738
3739			off
3740				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3741				improves system performance, but it may also
3742				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3743				Equivalent to: if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3744					       gather_data_sampling=off [X86]
3745					       indirect_target_selection=off [X86]
3746					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3747					       l1tf=off [X86]
3748					       mds=off [X86]
3749					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3750					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3751					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3752					       nobp=0 [S390]
3753					       nopti [X86,PPC]
3754					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3755					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3756					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3757					       reg_file_data_sampling=off [X86]
3758					       retbleed=off [X86]
3759					       spec_rstack_overflow=off [X86]
3760					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3761					       spectre_bhi=off [X86]
3762					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3763					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3764					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3765					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3766
3767				Exceptions:
3768					       This does not have any effect on
3769					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3770					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3771
3772			auto (default)
3773				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3774				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3775				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3776				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3777				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3778				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3779
3780			auto,nosmt
3781				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3782				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3783				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3784				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3785					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3786					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3787					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3788					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3789
3790	mminit_loglevel=
3791			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3792			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3793			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3794			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3795			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3796			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3797
3798	mmio_stale_data=
3799			[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the Processor
3800			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3801
3802			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3803			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3804			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3805			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3806			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3807			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3808
3809			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3810			options are:
3811
3812			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3813
3814			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3815				     vulnerable CPUs.
3816
3817			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3818
3819			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3820			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3821			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3822			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3823			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3824			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3825
3826			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3827			mmio_stale_data=full.
3828
3829			For details see:
3830			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3831
3832	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
3833			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
3834			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
3835			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
3836			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
3837			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
3838
3839	module.async_probe=<bool>
3840			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3841			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3842			specific module, use the module specific control that
3843			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3844			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3845			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3846			the specific module.
3847
3848	module.enable_dups_trace
3849			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS is set,
3850			this means that duplicate request_module() calls will
3851			trigger a WARN_ON() instead of a pr_warn(). Note that
3852			if MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS_TRACE is set, WARN_ON()s
3853			will always be issued and this option does nothing.
3854	module.sig_enforce
3855			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3856			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3857			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3858			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3859
3860	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3861			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3862
3863	mousedev.tap_time=
3864			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3865			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3866			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3867			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3868			Format: <msecs>
3869	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3870			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3871	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3872			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3873
3874	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,PPC,EARLY]
3875			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3876			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3877			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3878			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3879			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3880			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3881			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3882			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3883			is not too small.
3884
3885	movable_node	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3886			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3887			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3888			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3889			allocations. Use with caution!
3890
3891	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3892			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3893
3894	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3895			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3896
3897	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3898			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3899
3900	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3901			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3902			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3903
3904	mtrr=debug	[X86,EARLY]
3905			Enable printing debug information related to MTRR
3906			registers at boot time.
3907
3908	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
3909			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3910			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3911
3912	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
3913			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3914			Default is 1.
3915			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3916			using up MTRRs.
3917
3918	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86,EARLY]
3919			Format: <integer>
3920			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3921			Default : 1
3922			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3923			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3924
3925	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3926			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3927			at a time.
3928
3929	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3930
3931	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3932			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3933			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3934			something different and driver-specific.
3935			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3936			file if at all.
3937
3938	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3939			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3940			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3941			waits 4 seconds.
3942
3943	nf_conntrack.acct=
3944			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3945			0 to disable accounting
3946			1 to enable accounting
3947			Default value is 0.
3948
3949	nfs.cache_getent=
3950			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3951			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3952
3953	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3954			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3955			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3956
3957	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3958			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3959			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3960			requests.
3961
3962	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3963			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3964			channel should listen.
3965
3966	nfs.delay_retrans=
3967			[NFS] specifies the number of times the NFSv4 client
3968			retries the request before returning an EAGAIN error,
3969			after a reply of NFS4ERR_DELAY from the server.
3970			Only applies if the softerr mount option is enabled,
3971			and the specified value is >= 0.
3972
3973	nfs.enable_ino64=
3974			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3975			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3976			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3977			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3978			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3979
3980	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3981			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3982			entries.
3983
3984	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3985			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3986			slots the client will assign to the callback
3987			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3988			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3989			a particular server.
3990
3991	nfs.max_session_slots=
3992			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3993			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3994			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3995			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3996			Note that there is little point in setting this
3997			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3998
3999	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
4000			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
4001			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
4002			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
4003			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
4004			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
4005			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
4006			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
4007			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
4008			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
4009			back to using the idmapper.
4010			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
4011
4012	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
4013			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
4014			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
4015			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
4016			UUID that is generated at system install time.
4017
4018	nfs.recover_lost_locks=
4019			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
4020			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
4021			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
4022			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
4023			after the locks are lost.
4024			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
4025			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
4026			parameter to '1'.
4027			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
4028			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
4029
4030	nfs.send_implementation_id=
4031			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
4032			information in exchange_id requests.
4033			If zero, no implementation identification information
4034			will be sent.
4035			The default is to send the implementation identification
4036			information.
4037
4038	nfs4.layoutstats_timer=
4039			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
4040			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
4041
4042			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
4043			whatever value is the default set by the layout
4044			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
4045			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
4046
4047	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable=
4048			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
4049			server-to-server copies for which this server is
4050			the destination of the copy.
4051
4052	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
4053			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
4054			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
4055			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
4056			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
4057			migration from NFSv2/v3.
4058
4059	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout=
4060			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
4061			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
4062			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
4063			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
4064			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
4065			this parameter.
4066
4067	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
4068			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
4069
4070	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
4071			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
4072
4073	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
4074			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
4075
4076	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
4077			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
4078			NMI stack-backtrace request.
4079
4080	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
4081			when a NMI is triggered.
4082			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
4083
4084	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
4085			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][rNNN,][num]
4086			Valid num: 0 or 1
4087			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
4088			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
4089			rNNN - configure the watchdog with raw perf event 0xNNN
4090
4091			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
4092			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
4093			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
4094			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
4095			please see 'nowatchdog'.
4096			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
4097			need the box quickly up again.
4098
4099			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
4100			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
4101
4102	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
4103			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
4104			is present.
4105
4106	no4lvl		[RISCV,EARLY] Disable 4-level and 5-level paging modes.
4107			Forces kernel to use 3-level paging instead.
4108
4109	no5lvl		[X86-64,RISCV,EARLY] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
4110			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
4111
4112	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
4113
4114	noapic		[SMP,APIC,EARLY] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
4115			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
4116
4117	noapictimer	[APIC,X86] Don't set up the APIC timer
4118
4119	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
4120
4121	nocache		[ARM,EARLY]
4122
4123	no_console_suspend
4124			[HW] Never suspend the console
4125			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
4126			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
4127			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
4128			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
4129			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
4130			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
4131			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
4132			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
4133			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
4134			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
4135			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
4136			turn on/off it dynamically.
4137
4138	no_debug_objects
4139			[KNL,EARLY] Disable object debugging
4140
4141	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
4142
4143	noefi		[EFI,EARLY] Disable EFI runtime services support.
4144
4145	no_entry_flush  [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
4146
4147	noexec32	[X86-64]
4148			This affects only 32-bit executables.
4149			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
4150				read doesn't imply executable mappings
4151			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
4152				read implies executable mappings
4153
4154	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
4155			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
4156			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
4157
4158	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
4159
4160	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
4161
4162	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
4163			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
4164			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
4165
4166	nogbpages	[X86] Do not use GB pages for kernel direct mappings.
4167
4168	no_hash_pointers
4169			[KNL,EARLY]
4170			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
4171			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
4172			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
4173			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
4174			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
4175			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
4176			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
4177			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
4178			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
4179			value printed. This option should only be specified when
4180			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
4181			kernels.
4182
4183	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
4184
4185	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,PPC,RISCV,SH] Forces the kernel to
4186			busy wait in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
4187			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
4188			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
4189			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
4190			correctly or when doing power measurements to evaluate
4191			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
4192			useful when using JTAG debugger.
4193
4194	nohpet		[X86] Don't use the HPET timer.
4195
4196	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
4197
4198	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
4199
4200	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
4201			Valid arguments: on, off
4202			Default: on
4203
4204	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
4205			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
4206			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
4207			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
4208			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
4209			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
4210			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
4211			just as if they had also been called out in the
4212			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
4213
4214			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4215			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4216
4217	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
4218			initial RAM disk.
4219
4220	nointremap	[X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY] Do not enable interrupt
4221			remapping.
4222			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
4223
4224	noinvpcid	[X86,EARLY] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
4225
4226	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
4227
4228	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
4229			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
4230
4231	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
4232
4233	nokaslr		[KNL,EARLY]
4234			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
4235			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
4236			Layout Randomization).
4237
4238	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
4239			fault handling.
4240
4241	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
4242
4243	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
4244
4245	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not use the local APIC timer.
4246
4247	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
4248
4249	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
4250			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
4251
4252	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware
4253			sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory
4254			for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will
4255			not load if they could possibly displace the pre-
4256			initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will
4257			be available for use. The respective drivers will not
4258			perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering.
4259
4260			Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging.
4261
4262	nomodule	Disable module load
4263
4264	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
4265			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
4266			irq.
4267
4268	nopat		[X86,EARLY] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
4269			pagetables) support.
4270
4271	nopcid		[X86-64,EARLY] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
4272
4273	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
4274			in some Intel CPUs.
4275
4276	nopti		[X86-64,EARLY]
4277			Equivalent to pti=off
4278
4279	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE,EARLY]
4280			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
4281			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
4282			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
4283
4284	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM,EARLY]
4285			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
4286			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
4287			contention.
4288
4289	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
4290			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
4291
4292	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
4293			with UP alternatives
4294
4295	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
4296			space.
4297
4298	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
4299			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
4300			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
4301
4302	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX,EARLY] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
4303
4304	nosmap		[PPC,EARLY]
4305			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
4306			even if it is supported by processor.
4307
4308	nosmep		[PPC64s,EARLY]
4309			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
4310			even if it is supported by processor.
4311
4312	nosmp		[SMP,EARLY] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
4313			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
4314
4315	nosmt		[KNL,MIPS,PPC,EARLY] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
4316			Equivalent to smt=1.
4317
4318			[KNL,X86,PPC,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
4319			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
4320				     via the sysfs control file.
4321
4322	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
4323
4324	nospec_store_bypass_disable
4325			[HW,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative
4326			Store Bypass vulnerability
4327
4328	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
4329			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
4330			with this option.
4331
4332	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC,EARLY] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
4333			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
4334			possible in the system.
4335
4336	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations
4337			for the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch
4338			prediction) vulnerability. System may allow data
4339			leaks with this option.
4340
4341	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES,RISCV,LOONGARCH,EARLY]
4342			Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting. steal time
4343			is computed, but won't influence scheduler behaviour
4344
4345	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
4346
4347	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for broken
4348			timer IRQ sources, i.e., the IO-APIC timer. This can
4349			work around problems with incorrect timer
4350			initialization on some boards.
4351
4352	no_uaccess_flush
4353	                [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
4354
4355	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
4356			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
4357			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
4358			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
4359			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
4360			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
4361			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
4362			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
4363			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
4364			is set.
4365
4366	no-vmw-sched-clock
4367			[X86,PV_OPS,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized VMware
4368			scheduler clock and use the default one.
4369
4370	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
4371			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
4372
4373	nowb		[ARM,EARLY]
4374
4375	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
4376
4377			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
4378			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
4379			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
4380
4381	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
4382			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
4383			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
4384
4385	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
4386			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
4387			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
4388			performance of saving the states is degraded because
4389			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
4390			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
4391
4392	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
4393			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
4394			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
4395			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
4396			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
4397			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
4398			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
4399
4400	nr_cpus=	[SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
4401			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
4402			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
4403			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
4404			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
4405			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
4406			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
4407			hot plugging.
4408
4409	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
4410
4411	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86, EARLY]
4412			Disable NUMA, Only set up a single NUMA node
4413			spanning all memory.
4414
4415	numa=fake=<size>[MG]
4416			[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
4417			If given as a memory unit, fills all system RAM with
4418			nodes of size interleaved over physical nodes.
4419
4420	numa=fake=<N>
4421			[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
4422			If given as an integer, fills all system RAM with N
4423			fake nodes interleaved over physical nodes.
4424
4425	numa=fake=<N>U
4426			[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
4427			If given as an integer followed by 'U', it will
4428			divide each physical node into N emulated nodes.
4429
4430	numa=noacpi	[X86] Don't parse the SRAT table for NUMA setup
4431
4432	numa=nohmat	[X86] Don't parse the HMAT table for NUMA setup, or
4433			soft-reserved memory partitioning.
4434
4435	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
4436			NUMA balancing.
4437			Allowed values are enable and disable
4438
4439	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
4440			'node', 'default' can be specified
4441			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
4442			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
4443
4444	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW,EARLY] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
4445			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
4446			info.
4447
4448	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
4449			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
4450			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
4451			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
4452			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
4453			interrupts *may* be lost!
4454
4455	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
4456			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
4457			For example, to override I2C bus2:
4458			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
4459
4460	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
4461
4462			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
4463
4464			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
4465				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
4466			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
4467				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
4468				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
4469
4470	oops=panic	[KNL,EARLY]
4471			Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
4472			process, but there is a small probability of
4473			deadlocking the machine.
4474			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
4475			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
4476
4477	page_alloc.shuffle=
4478			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
4479			should randomize its free lists. This parameter can be
4480			used to enable/disable page randomization. The state of
4481			the flag can be read from sysfs at:
4482			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
4483			This parameter is only available if CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y.
4484
4485	page_owner=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
4486			Storage of the information about who allocated
4487			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
4488			we can turn it on.
4489			on: enable the feature
4490
4491	page_poison=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
4492			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
4493			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
4494			off: turn off poisoning (default)
4495			on: turn on poisoning
4496
4497	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
4498			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
4499			Format: <integer>
4500			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
4501			reporting is disabled when it exceeds MAX_PAGE_ORDER.
4502
4503	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
4504			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
4505			timeout = 0: wait forever
4506			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
4507			Format: <timeout>
4508
4509	panic_on_taint=	[KNL,EARLY]
4510			Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
4511			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
4512			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
4513			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
4514			called with any of the flags in this set.
4515			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
4516			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
4517			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
4518			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
4519			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
4520			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
4521			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
4522
4523	panic_on_warn=1	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
4524			on a WARN().
4525
4526	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
4527			User can chose combination of the following bits:
4528			bit 0: print all tasks info
4529			bit 1: print system memory info
4530			bit 2: print timer info
4531			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
4532			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
4533			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
4534			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
4535			bit 7: print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
4536			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
4537			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
4538			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
4539			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
4540
4541	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
4542			connected to, default is 0.
4543			Format: <parport#>
4544	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
4545			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
4546			Format: <mode>
4547
4548	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
4549			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
4550			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
4551			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
4552			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
4553			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
4554			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
4555			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
4556			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
4557			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
4558			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
4559			are specified on the command line, starting
4560			with parport0.
4561
4562	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
4563			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
4564			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
4565			computer where firmware has no options for setting
4566			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
4567			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
4568			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
4569
4570	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4571			Format: <int>
4572			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4573			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4574			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4575
4576	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4577			Format: <int>
4578			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4579			changes.  Disabled by default.
4580
4581	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4582			Format: <int>
4583			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4584			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4585			Disabled by default.
4586
4587	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4588			Format: <int>
4589			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4590			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4591			Disabled by default.
4592
4593	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4594			Format: <int>
4595			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4596			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4597			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4598			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4599			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4600			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4601			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4602			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4603			all channels.
4604
4605	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4606			Format: <int>
4607			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4608			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4609			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4610
4611	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4612			Format: <int>
4613			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4614			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4615			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4616
4617	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4618			Format: <int>
4619			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4620			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4621			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4622			All modes allowed by default.
4623
4624	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4625			Format: <int>
4626			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4627			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4628
4629	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4630			Format: <int>
4631			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4632			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4633			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4634			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4635			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4636			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4637			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4638			By default all supported ports are probed.
4639
4640	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4641			Format: <int>
4642			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4643			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4644
4645	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4646			Format: <int>
4647			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4648			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4649			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4650			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4651			0 otherwise.
4652
4653	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4654			Format: <int>
4655			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4656			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4657			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4658			allowed by default.
4659
4660	pause_on_oops=<int>
4661			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4662			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4663			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4664
4665	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4666
4667	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI,EARLY] various PCI subsystem options.
4668
4669				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4670				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4671				specified in one of the following formats:
4672
4673				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4674				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4675
4676				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4677				bus/device/function address which may change
4678				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4679				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4680				by other kernel parameters. If the
4681				domain is left unspecified, it is
4682				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4683				to a device through multiple device/function
4684				addresses can be specified after the base
4685				address (this is more robust against
4686				renumbering issues).  The second format
4687				selects devices using IDs from the
4688				configuration space which may match multiple
4689				devices in the system.
4690
4691		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4692				changes anything
4693		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4694		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4695				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4696				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4697		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4698				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4699				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4700				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4701		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4702				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4703				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4704		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4705				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4706				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4707				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4708				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4709				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4710				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4711		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4712				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4713				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4714		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4715				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4716		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4717				Configuration
4718		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4719				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4720				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4721		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4722				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4723				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4724		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4725				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4726				should never be necessary.
4727		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4728				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4729				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4730				when the system masks IRQs.
4731		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4732				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4733				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4734				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4735		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4736				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4737				on several machines and they hang the machine
4738				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4739				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4740				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4741				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4742				motherboard.
4743		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4744				Use with caution as certain devices share
4745				address decoders between ROMs and other
4746				resources.
4747		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4748				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4749				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4750		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4751				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4752		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4753				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4754				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4755				this way.
4756		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4757				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4758				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4759				F0000h-100000h range.
4760		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4761				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4762				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4763				explicitly which ones they are.
4764		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4765				numbers ourselves, overriding
4766				whatever the firmware may have done.
4767		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4768				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4769				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4770				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4771				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4772				IRQ routing is enabled.
4773		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4774				or for PCI scanning.
4775		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4776				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4777				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4778				please report a bug.
4779		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4780				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4781		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4782				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4783				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4784				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4785				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4786		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4787				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4788				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4789				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4790		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4791				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4792				so this option is a temporary workaround
4793				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4794		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4795				handle more pci cards
4796		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4797				This might help on some broken boards which
4798				machine check when some devices' config space
4799				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4800				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4801		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4802				This sorting is done to get a device
4803				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4804		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4805		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4806				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4807		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4808				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4809		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4810				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4811				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4812				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4813				or bus can support) for best performance.
4814		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4815				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4816				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4817				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4818				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4819				that hot-added devices will work.
4820		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4821				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4822				The default value is 256 bytes.
4823		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4824				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4825				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4826		resource_alignment=
4827				Format:
4828				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4829				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4830				aligned memory resources. How to
4831				specify the device is described above.
4832				If <order of align> is not specified,
4833				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4834				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4835				windows need to be expanded.
4836				To specify the alignment for several
4837				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4838				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4839				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4840				for 4096-byte alignment.
4841		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4842				end-to-end CRC checking). Only effective if
4843				OS has native AER control (either granted by
4844				ACPI _OSC or forced via "pcie_ports=native")
4845				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4846				the default.
4847				off: Turn ECRC off
4848				on: Turn ECRC on.
4849		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4850				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4851				Default size is 256 bytes.
4852		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4853				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4854				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4855		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4856				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4857				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4858		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4859				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4860				MMIO_PREF window.
4861				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4862		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4863				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4864				Default is 1.
4865		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4866				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4867				accommodate resources required by all child
4868				devices.
4869				off: Turn realloc off
4870				on: Turn realloc on
4871		realloc		same as realloc=on
4872		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4873		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4874				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4875		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4876				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4877				port.
4878		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4879				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4880				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4881				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4882				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4883				taints the kernel.
4884		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4885				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4886				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4887				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4888				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4889				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4890				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4891				this removes isolation between devices and
4892				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4893		config_acs=
4894				Format:
4895				<ACS flags>@<pci_dev>[; ...]
4896				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4897				specified above) optionally prepended with flags
4898				and separated by semicolons. The respective
4899				capabilities will be enabled, disabled or
4900				unchanged based on what is specified in
4901				flags.
4902
4903				ACS Flags is defined as follows:
4904				  bit-0 : ACS Source Validation
4905				  bit-1 : ACS Translation Blocking
4906				  bit-2 : ACS P2P Request Redirect
4907				  bit-3 : ACS P2P Completion Redirect
4908				  bit-4 : ACS Upstream Forwarding
4909				  bit-5 : ACS P2P Egress Control
4910				  bit-6 : ACS Direct Translated P2P
4911				Each bit can be marked as:
4912				  '0' – force disabled
4913				  '1' – force enabled
4914				  'x' – unchanged
4915				For example,
4916				  pci=config_acs=10x@pci:0:0
4917				would configure all devices that support
4918				ACS to enable P2P Request Redirect, disable
4919				Translation Blocking, and leave Source
4920				Validation unchanged from whatever power-up
4921				or firmware set it to.
4922
4923				Note: this may remove isolation between devices
4924				and may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4925		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4926		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4927		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4928				one PCI domain per PCI function
4929		notph		[PCIE] If the PCIE_TPH kernel config parameter
4930				is enabled, this kernel boot option can be used
4931				to disable PCIe TLP Processing Hints support
4932				system-wide.
4933
4934	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or ignore PCIe Active State Power
4935			Management.
4936		off	Don't touch ASPM configuration at all.  Leave any
4937			configuration done by firmware unchanged.
4938		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4939			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4940
4941	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4942		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4943			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4944			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4945			also tries to use these services.
4946		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4947				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4948		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4949			hotplug).
4950
4951	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4952		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4953		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4954
4955	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4956		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4957			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4958
4959	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4960
4961	pd_ignore_unused
4962			[PM]
4963			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4964			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4965			for debug and development, but should not be
4966			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4967
4968	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4969			boot time.
4970			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4971			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4972
4973	percpu_alloc=	[MM,EARLY]
4974			Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4975			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4976			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4977			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4978			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4979			and performance comparison.
4980
4981	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4982			See Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4983
4984	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4985			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4986			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4987
4988	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4989			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4990			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4991
4992	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4993			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4994			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4995			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4996			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4997			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4998			remains 0.
4999
5000	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
5001			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
5002
5003	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
5004			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
5005			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
5006			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
5007			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
5008			possible settings and some assignment information.
5009
5010	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
5011			{ off }
5012
5013	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
5014			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
5015
5016	pnp_reserve_irq=
5017			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
5018
5019	pnp_reserve_dma=
5020			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
5021
5022	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
5023			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
5024
5025	pnp_reserve_mem=
5026			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
5027			autoconfiguration.
5028			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
5029
5030	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
5031			Default is 21.
5032			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
5033			may be specified.
5034			Format: <port>,<port>....
5035
5036	possible_cpus=  [SMP,S390,X86]
5037			Format: <unsigned int>
5038			Set the number of possible CPUs, overriding the
5039			regular discovery mechanisms (such as ACPI/FW, etc).
5040
5041	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
5042			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
5043			platform machine description specific power_save
5044			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
5045			execution priority.
5046
5047	ppc_strict_facility_enable
5048			[PPC,ENABLE] This option catches any kernel floating point,
5049			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
5050			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
5051			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
5052
5053	ppc_tm=		[PPC,EARLY]
5054			Format: {"off"}
5055			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
5056
5057	preempt=	[KNL]
5058			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
5059			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
5060			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
5061			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
5062			       can be preempted anytime.  Tasks will also yield
5063			       contended spinlocks (if the critical section isn't
5064			       explicitly preempt disabled beyond the lock itself).
5065			lazy - Scheduler controlled. Similar to full but instead
5066			       of preempting the task immediately, the task gets
5067			       one HZ tick time to yield itself before the
5068			       preemption will be forced. One preemption is when the
5069			       task returns to user space.
5070
5071	print-fatal-signals=
5072			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
5073
5074			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
5075			related application anomalies: too many signals,
5076			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
5077			coredump - etc.
5078
5079			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
5080			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
5081
5082			default: off.
5083
5084	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
5085			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
5086			panics
5087			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
5088			default: disabled
5089
5090	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
5091			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
5092			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
5093			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
5094			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
5095			in order to provide more debug information.
5096			Format: <bool>
5097			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
5098
5099	printk.debug_non_panic_cpus=
5100			Allows storing messages from non-panic CPUs into
5101			the printk log buffer during panic(). They are
5102			flushed to consoles by the panic-CPU on
5103			a best-effort basis.
5104			Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
5105			Default: disabled
5106
5107	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
5108			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
5109			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
5110			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
5111			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
5112			Default: ratelimit
5113
5114	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
5115			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
5116
5117	proc_mem.force_override= [KNL]
5118			Format: {always | ptrace | never}
5119			Traditionally /proc/pid/mem allows memory permissions to be
5120			overridden without restrictions. This option may be set to
5121			restrict that. Can be one of:
5122			- 'always': traditional behavior always allows mem overrides.
5123			- 'ptrace': only allow mem overrides for active ptracers.
5124			- 'never':  never allow mem overrides.
5125			If not specified, default is the CONFIG_PROC_MEM_* choice.
5126
5127	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
5128			Limit processor to maximum C-state
5129			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
5130
5131	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
5132			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
5133			instead using the legacy FADT method
5134
5135	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
5136			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
5137			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule" or "kvm"
5138				[defaults to kernel profiling]
5139			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
5140			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
5141			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
5142				statistical time based profiling.
5143
5144	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
5145
5146	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
5147			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
5148			that). If enabled, the default kernel base address
5149			might be overridden even when Kernel Address Space
5150			Layout Randomization is disabled.
5151			Format: <bool>
5152
5153	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
5154			tracking.
5155			Format: <bool>
5156
5157	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
5158			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
5159	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
5160			per second.
5161	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
5162			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
5163			(0 = never).
5164	psmouse.resolution=
5165			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
5166	psmouse.smartscroll=
5167			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
5168			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
5169
5170	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
5171
5172	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
5173			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
5174			removes hardening, but improves performance of
5175			system calls and interrupts.
5176
5177			on   - unconditionally enable
5178			off  - unconditionally disable
5179			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5180			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
5181
5182			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
5183
5184	pty.legacy_count=
5185			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
5186			default number.
5187
5188	quiet		[KNL,EARLY] Disable most log messages
5189
5190	r128=		[HW,DRM]
5191
5192	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
5193			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
5194			invalidate.
5195
5196	raid=		[HW,RAID]
5197			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
5198
5199	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
5200			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
5201
5202	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
5203
5204	random.trust_cpu=off
5205			[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
5206			random number generator (if available) to
5207			initialize the kernel's RNG.
5208
5209	random.trust_bootloader=off
5210			[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
5211			passed by the bootloader (if available) to
5212			initialize the kernel's RNG.
5213
5214	randomize_kstack_offset=
5215			[KNL,EARLY] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
5216			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
5217			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
5218			that depend on stack address determinism or
5219			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
5220			available on architectures that have defined
5221			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
5222			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
5223			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
5224
5225	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
5226
5227		cec_disable	[X86]
5228				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
5229				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
5230
5231	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
5232			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
5233			as described above.
5234
5235			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
5236			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
5237			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
5238			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
5239			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
5240			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
5241			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
5242			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
5243			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
5244			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
5245			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
5246			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
5247
5248			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
5249			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
5250
5251			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
5252			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
5253			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
5254			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
5255
5256			Note that this argument takes precedence over
5257			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
5258
5259	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
5260			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
5261			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
5262			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
5263			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
5264			This improves the real-time response for the
5265			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
5266			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
5267			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
5268			periodically wake up to do the polling.
5269
5270	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
5271			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
5272			process in one batch.
5273
5274	rcutree.csd_lock_suppress_rcu_stall=	[KNL]
5275			Do only a one-line RCU CPU stall warning when
5276			there is an ongoing too-long CSD-lock wait.
5277
5278	rcutree.do_rcu_barrier=	[KNL]
5279			Request a call to rcu_barrier().  This is
5280			throttled so that userspace tests can safely
5281			hammer on the sysfs variable if they so choose.
5282			If triggered before the RCU grace-period machinery
5283			is fully active, this will error out with EAGAIN.
5284
5285	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
5286			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
5287			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
5288			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
5289
5290	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
5291			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
5292			RCU grace-period cleanup.
5293
5294	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
5295			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
5296			RCU grace-period initialization.
5297
5298	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
5299			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
5300			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
5301			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
5302			the rcu_node combining tree.
5303
5304	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
5305			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
5306			first attempt to force quiescent states.
5307			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
5308			and maximum value is HZ.
5309
5310	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
5311			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
5312			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
5313			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
5314
5315	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
5316			Set required age in jiffies for a
5317			given grace period before RCU starts
5318			soliciting quiescent-state help from
5319			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
5320			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
5321			a value based on the most recent settings
5322			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
5323			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
5324			This calculated value may be viewed in
5325			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
5326			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
5327			overwritten.
5328
5329	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
5330			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
5331			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
5332			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
5333			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
5334			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
5335			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
5336			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
5337			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
5338			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
5339			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
5340			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
5341
5342	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
5343			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
5344			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
5345			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
5346			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
5347			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
5348			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
5349			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
5350			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
5351			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
5352			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
5353			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
5354
5355	rcutree.nohz_full_patience_delay= [KNL]
5356			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs, avoid
5357			disturbing RCU unless the grace period has
5358			reached the specified age in milliseconds.
5359			Defaults to zero.  Large values will be capped
5360			at five seconds.  All values will be rounded down
5361			to the nearest value representable by jiffies.
5362
5363	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
5364			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
5365			batch limiting is disabled.
5366
5367	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
5368			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
5369			batch limiting is re-enabled.
5370
5371	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
5372			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
5373			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
5374			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
5375			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
5376			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
5377			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
5378			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
5379
5380	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
5381			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
5382			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
5383			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
5384
5385	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
5386			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
5387			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
5388			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
5389			The result will be bounded below by the value of
5390			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
5391			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
5392			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
5393
5394			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
5395			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
5396			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
5397			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
5398			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
5399
5400	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
5401			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
5402			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
5403			possibly be useful for architectures having high
5404			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
5405
5406	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
5407			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
5408			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
5409			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
5410			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
5411			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
5412			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
5413
5414	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
5415			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
5416			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
5417			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
5418			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
5419			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
5420			condition.
5421
5422	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
5423			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
5424			each group, which defaults to the square root
5425			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
5426			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
5427			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
5428			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
5429
5430	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
5431			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
5432			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
5433			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
5434			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
5435			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
5436
5437	rcutree.rcu_resched_ns= [KNL]
5438			Limit the time spend invoking a batch of RCU
5439			callbacks to the specified number of nanoseconds.
5440			By default, this limit is checked only once
5441			every 32 callbacks in order to limit the pain
5442			inflicted by local_clock() overhead.
5443
5444	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
5445			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
5446			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
5447			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
5448			Larger delays increase the probability of
5449			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
5450			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
5451			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
5452
5453	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
5454			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
5455			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
5456			why a new grace period has not yet started.
5457
5458	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
5459			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
5460			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
5461			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
5462			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
5463
5464			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
5465			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
5466			to zero.
5467
5468	rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy= [KNL]
5469			To save power, batch RCU callbacks and flush after
5470			delay, memory pressure or callback list growing too
5471			big.
5472
5473	rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp= [KNL]
5474			Reduces a latency of synchronize_rcu() call. This approach
5475			maintains its own track of synchronize_rcu() callers, so it
5476			does not interact with regular callbacks because it does not
5477			use a call_rcu[_hurry]() path. Please note, this is for a
5478			normal grace period.
5479
5480			How to enable it:
5481
5482			echo 1 > /sys/module/rcutree/parameters/rcu_normal_wake_from_gp
5483			or pass a boot parameter "rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp=1"
5484
5485			Default is 0.
5486
5487	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
5488			Measure performance of asynchronous
5489			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
5490
5491	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
5492			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
5493			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
5494			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
5495			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
5496			previously posted callbacks to drain.
5497
5498	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
5499			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
5500			grace-period primitives.
5501
5502	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5503			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5504			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5505			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5506			interference.
5507
5508	rcuscale.kfree_by_call_rcu= [KNL]
5509			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, test
5510			call_rcu() instead of kfree_rcu().
5511
5512	rcuscale.kfree_mult= [KNL]
5513			Instead of allocating an object of size kfree_obj,
5514			allocate one of kfree_mult * sizeof(kfree_obj).
5515			Defaults to 1.
5516
5517	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
5518			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
5519
5520	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
5521			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5522			If this parameter has the same value as
5523			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
5524			and double-argument variants are tested.
5525
5526	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
5527			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5528			If this parameter has the same value as
5529			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
5530			and double-argument variants are tested.
5531
5532	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
5533			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
5534
5535	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
5536			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
5537
5538	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
5539			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
5540			of allocations and frees.
5541
5542	rcuscale.minruntime= [KNL]
5543			Set the minimum test run time in seconds.  This
5544			does not affect the data-collection interval,
5545			but instead allows better measurement of things
5546			like CPU consumption.
5547
5548	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5549			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5550			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5551			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
5552			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5553			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5554			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
5555			a single reader.
5556
5557	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
5558			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
5559			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
5560			N, where N is the number of CPUs
5561
5562	rcuscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5563			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5564
5565	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5566			Shut the system down after performance tests
5567			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
5568			testing.
5569
5570	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
5571			Enable additional printk() statements.
5572
5573	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
5574			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
5575			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
5576			no holdoff.
5577
5578	rcuscale.writer_holdoff_jiffies= [KNL]
5579			Additional write-side holdoff between grace
5580			periods, but in jiffies.  The default of zero
5581			says no holdoff.
5582
5583	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
5584			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
5585			in microseconds.
5586
5587	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
5588			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
5589			in microseconds.
5590
5591	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
5592			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
5593			in seconds.
5594
5595	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
5596			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
5597			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
5598			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
5599			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
5600			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
5601			of CPUs to be used.
5602
5603	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
5604			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
5605			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
5606
5607	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
5608			Number of seconds to wait between successive
5609			forward-progress tests.
5610
5611	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
5612			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
5613			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
5614			testing.
5615
5616	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
5617			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5618			normal-grace-period primitives, if available.
5619
5620	rcutorture.gp_cond_exp= [KNL]
5621			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5622			expedited-grace-period primitives, if available.
5623
5624	rcutorture.gp_cond_full= [KNL]
5625			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5626			normal-grace-period primitives that also take
5627			concurrent expedited grace periods into account,
5628			if available.
5629
5630	rcutorture.gp_cond_exp_full= [KNL]
5631			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5632			expedited-grace-period primitives that also take
5633			concurrent normal grace periods into account,
5634			if available.
5635
5636	rcutorture.gp_cond_wi= [KNL]
5637			Nominal wait interval for normal conditional
5638			grace periods (specified by rcutorture's
5639			gp_cond and gp_cond_full module parameters),
5640			in microseconds.  The actual wait interval will
5641			be randomly selected to nanosecond granularity up
5642			to this wait interval.	Defaults to 16 jiffies,
5643			for example, 16,000 microseconds on a system
5644			with HZ=1000.
5645
5646	rcutorture.gp_cond_wi_exp= [KNL]
5647			Nominal wait interval for expedited conditional
5648			grace periods (specified by rcutorture's
5649			gp_cond_exp and gp_cond_exp_full module
5650			parameters), in microseconds.  The actual wait
5651			interval will be randomly selected to nanosecond
5652			granularity up to this wait interval.  Defaults to
5653			128 microseconds.
5654
5655	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
5656			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
5657
5658	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
5659			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
5660			update-side primitives, if available.
5661
5662	rcutorture.gp_poll= [KNL]
5663			Use polled update-side normal-grace-period
5664			primitives, if available.
5665
5666	rcutorture.gp_poll_exp= [KNL]
5667			Use polled update-side expedited-grace-period
5668			primitives, if available.
5669
5670	rcutorture.gp_poll_full= [KNL]
5671			Use polled update-side normal-grace-period
5672			primitives that also take concurrent expedited
5673			grace periods into account, if available.
5674
5675	rcutorture.gp_poll_exp_full= [KNL]
5676			Use polled update-side expedited-grace-period
5677			primitives that also take concurrent normal
5678			grace periods into account, if available.
5679
5680	rcutorture.gp_poll_wi= [KNL]
5681			Nominal wait interval for normal conditional
5682			grace periods (specified by rcutorture's
5683			gp_poll and gp_poll_full module parameters),
5684			in microseconds.  The actual wait interval will
5685			be randomly selected to nanosecond granularity up
5686			to this wait interval.	Defaults to 16 jiffies,
5687			for example, 16,000 microseconds on a system
5688			with HZ=1000.
5689
5690	rcutorture.gp_poll_wi_exp= [KNL]
5691			Nominal wait interval for expedited conditional
5692			grace periods (specified by rcutorture's
5693			gp_poll_exp and gp_poll_exp_full module
5694			parameters), in microseconds.  The actual wait
5695			interval will be randomly selected to nanosecond
5696			granularity up to this wait interval.  Defaults to
5697			128 microseconds.
5698
5699	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
5700			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
5701			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
5702			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
5703			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
5704			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
5705			they are all non-zero.
5706
5707	rcutorture.gpwrap_lag= [KNL]
5708			Enable grace-period wrap lag testing. Setting
5709			to false prevents the gpwrap lag test from
5710			running. Default is true.
5711
5712	rcutorture.gpwrap_lag_gps= [KNL]
5713			Set the value for grace-period wrap lag during
5714			active lag testing periods. This controls how many
5715			grace periods differences we tolerate between
5716			rdp and rnp's gp_seq before setting overflow flag.
5717			The default is always set to 8.
5718
5719	rcutorture.gpwrap_lag_cycle_mins= [KNL]
5720			Set the total cycle duration for gpwrap lag
5721			testing in minutes. This is the total time for
5722			one complete cycle of active and inactive
5723			testing periods. Default is 30 minutes.
5724
5725	rcutorture.gpwrap_lag_active_mins= [KNL]
5726			Set the duration for which gpwrap lag is active
5727			within each cycle, in minutes. During this time,
5728			the grace-period wrap lag will be set to the
5729			value specified by gpwrap_lag_gps. Default is
5730			5 minutes.
5731
5732	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
5733			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
5734			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
5735			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
5736
5737	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
5738			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
5739			This can of course result in splats, and is
5740			intended to test the ability of things like
5741			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
5742			such leaks.
5743
5744	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
5745			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
5746
5747	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
5748			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
5749			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
5750			test, hence the "fake".
5751
5752	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
5753			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
5754			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
5755
5756	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
5757			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
5758			callback-offload toggling attempts.
5759
5760	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
5761			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5762			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5763			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
5764			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5765			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5766
5767	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
5768			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
5769
5770	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5771			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
5772
5773	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5774			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
5775			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
5776
5777	rcutorture.preempt_duration= [KNL]
5778			Set duration (in milliseconds) of preemptions
5779			by a high-priority FIFO real-time task.  Set to
5780			zero (the default) to disable.	The CPUs to
5781			preempt are selected randomly from the set that
5782			are online at a given point in time.  Races with
5783			CPUs going offline are ignored, with that attempt
5784			at preemption skipped.
5785
5786	rcutorture.preempt_interval= [KNL]
5787			Set interval (in milliseconds, defaulting to one
5788			second) between preemptions by a high-priority
5789			FIFO real-time task.  This delay is mediated
5790			by an hrtimer and is further fuzzed to avoid
5791			inadvertent synchronizations.
5792
5793	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
5794			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
5795			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
5796			is spawned.
5797
5798	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
5799			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5800			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5801
5802	rcutorture.reader_flavor= [KNL]
5803			A bit mask indicating which readers to use.
5804			If there is more than one bit set, the readers
5805			are entered from low-order bit up, and are
5806			exited in the opposite order.  For SRCU, the
5807			0x1 bit is normal readers, 0x2 NMI-safe readers,
5808			and 0x4 light-weight readers.
5809
5810	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5811			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5812			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5813			during the rcutorture test.
5814
5815	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5816			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5817			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5818
5819	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5820			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5821			warnings, zero to disable.
5822
5823	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5824			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5825			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition to
5826			any other stall-related activity.  Note that
5827			in kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n and
5828			CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y, this parameter will
5829			cause the CPU to pass through a quiescent state.
5830			Given CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, this will suppress
5831			RCU CPU stall warnings, but will instead result
5832			in scheduling-while-atomic splats.
5833
5834			Use of this module parameter results in splats.
5835
5836
5837	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5838			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5839
5840	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5841			Disable interrupts while stalling if set, but only
5842			on the first stall in the set.
5843
5844	rcutorture.stall_cpu_repeat= [KNL]
5845			Number of times to repeat the stall sequence,
5846			so that rcutorture.stall_cpu_repeat=3 will result
5847			in four stall sequences.
5848
5849	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5850			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5851			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5852			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5853			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5854			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5855
5856	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5857			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5858
5859	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5860			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5861			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5862			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5863			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5864
5865	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5866			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5867			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5868			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5869
5870	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5871			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5872
5873	rcutorture.test_boost_holdoff= [KNL]
5874			Holdoff time (s) from start of test to the start
5875			of RCU priority-boost testing.	Defaults to zero,
5876			that is, no holdoff.
5877
5878	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5879			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5880
5881	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5882			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5883			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5884
5885	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5886			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5887
5888	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5889			Enable additional printk() statements.
5890
5891	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5892			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5893			stall warning.
5894
5895	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers= [KNL]
5896			Provide RCU CPU stall notifiers, but see the
5897			warnings in the RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER Kconfig
5898			option's help text.  TL;DR:  You almost certainly
5899			do not want rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers.
5900
5901	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5902			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5903
5904	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5905			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5906			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5907			during early boot, that is, during the time
5908			before the init task is spawned.
5909
5910	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5911			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5912			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5913			value is 300 seconds.
5914
5915	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5916			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5917			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5918			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5919			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5920			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5921			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5922			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5923			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5924
5925	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_cputime= [KNL]
5926			Provide statistics on the cputime and count of
5927			interrupts and tasks during the sampling period. For
5928			multiple continuous RCU stalls, all sampling periods
5929			begin at half of the first RCU stall timeout.
5930
5931	rcupdate.rcu_exp_stall_task_details= [KNL]
5932			Print stack dumps of any tasks blocking the
5933			current expedited RCU grace period during an
5934			expedited RCU CPU stall warning.
5935
5936	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5937			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5938			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5939			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5940			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5941			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5942			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5943
5944	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5945			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5946			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5947			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5948			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5949			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5950			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5951			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5952			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5953
5954	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5955			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5956			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5957			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5958			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5959
5960			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5961			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5962			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5963			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5964			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5965			grace-period processing.
5966
5967	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5968			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5969			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5970			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5971			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5972			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5973			set to the default value of -1.
5974
5975	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5976			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5977			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5978			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5979			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5980			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5981			the default value of -1.
5982
5983	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5984			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5985			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5986			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5987			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5988			for use in testing.
5989
5990	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5991			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5992			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5993			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5994			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5995			but lengthens grace periods.
5996
5997	rcupdate.rcu_task_lazy_lim= [KNL]
5998			Number of callbacks on a given CPU that will
5999			cancel laziness on that CPU.  Use -1 to disable
6000			cancellation of laziness, but be advised that
6001			doing so increases the danger of OOM due to
6002			callback flooding.
6003
6004	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
6005			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
6006			informational messages, which give some indication
6007			of the problem for those not patient enough to
6008			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
6009			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
6010			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
6011			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
6012			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
6013			until the beginning of the next grace period.
6014
6015	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
6016			Multiplier for time interval between successive
6017			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
6018			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
6019			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
6020			the value three, so that the first informational
6021			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
6022			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
6023			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
6024			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
6025
6026	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
6027			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
6028			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
6029			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
6030			A change in value does not take effect until
6031			the beginning of the next grace period.
6032
6033	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_lazy_ms= [KNL]
6034			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks asynchronous
6035			callback batching for call_rcu_tasks().
6036			A negative value will take the default.  A value
6037			of zero will disable batching.	Batching is
6038			always disabled for synchronize_rcu_tasks().
6039
6040	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_trace_lazy_ms= [KNL]
6041			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks
6042			Trace asynchronous callback batching for
6043			call_rcu_tasks_trace().  A negative value
6044			will take the default.	A value of zero will
6045			disable batching.  Batching is always disabled
6046			for synchronize_rcu_tasks_trace().
6047
6048	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
6049			Run the RCU early boot self tests
6050
6051	rdinit=		[KNL]
6052			Format: <full_path>
6053			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
6054			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
6055
6056	rdrand=		[X86,EARLY]
6057			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
6058				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
6059				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
6060				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
6061				path).
6062
6063	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
6064			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
6065			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
6066			mba, smba, bmec.
6067			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
6068				rdt=cmt,!mba
6069
6070	reboot=		[KNL]
6071			Format (x86 or x86_64):
6072				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
6073				[[,]s[mp]#### \
6074				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
6075				[[,]f[orce]
6076			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
6077					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
6078					reboot only),
6079			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
6080			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
6081			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
6082					to be used for rebooting.
6083
6084		acpi
6085			Use the ACPI RESET_REG in the FADT. If ACPI is not
6086			configured or the ACPI reset does not work, the reboot
6087			path attempts the reset using the keyboard controller.
6088
6089		bios
6090			Use the CPU reboot vector for warm reset
6091
6092		cold
6093			Set the cold reboot flag
6094
6095		default
6096			There are some built-in platform specific "quirks"
6097			- you may see: "reboot: <name> series board detected.
6098			Selecting <type> for reboots." In the case where you
6099			think the quirk is in error (e.g. you have newer BIOS,
6100			or newer board) using this option will ignore the
6101			built-in quirk table, and use the generic default
6102			reboot actions.
6103
6104		efi
6105			Use efi reset_system runtime service. If EFI is not
6106			configured or the EFI reset does not work, the reboot
6107			path attempts the reset using the keyboard controller.
6108
6109		force
6110			Don't stop other CPUs on reboot. This can make reboot
6111			more reliable in some cases.
6112
6113		kbd
6114			Use the keyboard controller. cold reset (default)
6115
6116		pci
6117			Use a write to the PCI config space register 0xcf9 to
6118			trigger reboot.
6119
6120		triple
6121			Force a triple fault (init)
6122
6123		warm
6124			Don't set the cold reboot flag
6125
6126			Using warm reset will be much faster especially on big
6127			memory systems because the BIOS will not go through
6128			the memory check.  Disadvantage is that not all
6129			hardware will be completely reinitialized on reboot so
6130			there may be boot problems on some systems.
6131
6132
6133	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
6134			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
6135			this parameter is to delay the start of the
6136			test until boot completes in order to avoid
6137			interference.
6138
6139	refscale.lookup_instances= [KNL]
6140			Number of data elements to use for the forms of
6141			SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU testing.  A negative number
6142			is negated and multiplied by nr_cpu_ids, while
6143			zero specifies nr_cpu_ids.
6144
6145	refscale.loops= [KNL]
6146			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
6147			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
6148			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
6149			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
6150			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
6151			x86 laptops.
6152
6153	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
6154			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
6155			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
6156			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
6157
6158	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
6159			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
6160			the console log.
6161
6162	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
6163			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
6164			measured in microseconds.
6165
6166	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
6167			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
6168
6169	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
6170			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
6171			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
6172			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
6173			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
6174
6175	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
6176			Enable additional printk() statements.
6177
6178	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
6179			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
6180			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
6181			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
6182			specified.
6183
6184	regulator_ignore_unused
6185			[REGULATOR]
6186			Prevents regulator framework from disabling regulators
6187			that are unused, due no driver claiming them. This may
6188			be useful for debug and development, but should not be
6189			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
6190
6191	relax_domain_level=
6192			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
6193			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
6194
6195	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
6196			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
6197			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
6198			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
6199			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
6200
6201	reserve_mem=	[RAM]
6202			Format: nn[KMG]:<align>:<label>
6203			Reserve physical memory and label it with a name that
6204			other subsystems can use to access it. This is typically
6205			used for systems that do not wipe the RAM, and this command
6206			line will try to reserve the same physical memory on
6207			soft reboots. Note, it is not guaranteed to be the same
6208			location. For example, if anything about the system changes
6209			or if booting a different kernel. It can also fail if KASLR
6210			places the kernel at the location of where the RAM reservation
6211			was from a previous boot, the new reservation will be at a
6212			different location.
6213			Any subsystem using this feature must add a way to verify
6214			that the contents of the physical memory is from a previous
6215			boot, as there may be cases where the memory will not be
6216			located at the same location.
6217
6218			The format is size:align:label for example, to request
6219			12 megabytes of 4096 alignment for ramoops:
6220
6221			reserve_mem=12M:4096:oops ramoops.mem_name=oops
6222
6223	reservetop=	[X86-32,EARLY]
6224			Format: nn[KMG]
6225			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
6226			address space.
6227
6228	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
6229			during initialization.
6230
6231	resume=		[SWSUSP]
6232			Specify the partition device for software suspend
6233			Format:
6234			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
6235
6236	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
6237			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
6238			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
6239			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
6240			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
6241
6242	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
6243			read the resume files
6244
6245	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
6246			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
6247			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
6248
6249	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction. After boot, it will
6250			be accessible via /sys/firmware/initrd.
6251
6252	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
6253			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
6254			vulnerability.
6255
6256			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
6257			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
6258			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
6259			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
6260			that don't.
6261
6262			off          - no mitigation
6263			auto         - automatically select a migitation
6264			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
6265				       disabling SMT if necessary for
6266				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
6267				       and older without STIBP).
6268			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
6269				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
6270				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
6271				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
6272				       on Intel.
6273			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
6274				       when STIBP is not available. This is
6275				       the alternative for systems which do not
6276				       have STIBP.
6277			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
6278				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
6279				       systems.
6280			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
6281				       is not available. This is the alternative for
6282				       systems which do not have STIBP.
6283
6284			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
6285			time according to the CPU.
6286
6287			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
6288
6289	rfkill.default_state=
6290		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
6291			etc. communication is blocked by default.
6292		1	Unblocked.
6293
6294	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
6295		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
6296		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
6297			blocked and the previous configuration.
6298		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
6299			blocked and everything unblocked.
6300
6301	ring3mwait=disable
6302			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
6303			CPUs.
6304
6305	riscv_isa_fallback [RISCV,EARLY]
6306			When CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK is not enabled, permit
6307			falling back to detecting extension support by parsing
6308			"riscv,isa" property on devicetree systems when the
6309			replacement properties are not found. See the Kconfig
6310			entry for RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK.
6311
6312	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
6313
6314	rodata=		[KNL,EARLY]
6315		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
6316		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
6317		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
6318		        [arm64]
6319
6320	rockchip.usb_uart
6321			[EARLY]
6322			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
6323			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
6324			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
6325			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
6326
6327	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
6328			Usually this is a block device specifier of some kind,
6329			see the early_lookup_bdev comment in
6330			block/early-lookup.c for details.
6331			Alternatively this can be "ram" for the legacy initial
6332			ramdisk, "nfs" and "cifs" for root on a network file
6333			system, or "mtd" and "ubi" for mounting from raw flash.
6334
6335	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
6336			mount the root filesystem
6337
6338	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
6339
6340	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
6341
6342	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
6343			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
6344			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
6345
6346	rootwait=	[KNL] Maximum time (in seconds) to wait for root device
6347			to show up before attempting to mount the root
6348			filesystem.
6349
6350	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
6351			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
6352			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
6353			managed by CMA.
6354
6355	rt_group_sched=	[KNL] Enable or disable SCHED_RR/FIFO group scheduling
6356			when CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED=y. Defaults to
6357			!CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED_DEFAULT_DISABLED.
6358			Format: <bool>
6359
6360	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
6361
6362	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
6363
6364	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
6365			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
6366		strict
6367			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result
6368			in an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before
6369			reuse, which is faster. Deprecated, equivalent to
6370			iommu.strict=1.
6371
6372	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
6373			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
6374			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
6375			factor of the size of main memory.
6376			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
6377			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
6378			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
6379			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
6380			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
6381			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
6382			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
6383
6384	sa1100ir	[NET]
6385			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
6386
6387	sched_verbose	[KNL,EARLY] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
6388
6389	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
6390			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
6391			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
6392			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
6393
6394	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
6395			[Deprecated]
6396			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
6397			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
6398			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
6399			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
6400			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
6401			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
6402			value.
6403			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
6404			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
6405				1			64 ms
6406				2			128 ms
6407			and so on.
6408			Format: integer between 0 and 10
6409			Default is 0.
6410
6411	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
6412			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
6413			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
6414			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
6415			tests.
6416
6417	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
6418			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
6419			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
6420			default) disables this feature.  Please note
6421			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
6422			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
6423			softlockup complaints, and so on.
6424
6425	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
6426			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
6427			smp_call_function() family of functions.
6428			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
6429			equal to the number of CPUs.
6430
6431	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
6432			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
6433			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
6434
6435	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
6436			Number seconds to wait between successive
6437			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
6438			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
6439
6440	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
6441			The number of seconds following the start of the
6442			test after which to shut down the system.  The
6443			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
6444			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
6445
6446	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
6447			The number of seconds between outputting the
6448			current test statistics to the console.  A value
6449			of zero disables statistics output.
6450
6451	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
6452			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
6453			to the set of CPUs under test.
6454
6455	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
6456			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
6457			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
6458			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
6459			functions.
6460
6461	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
6462			Enable additional printk() statements.
6463
6464	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
6465			The probability weighting to use for the
6466			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
6467			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
6468			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
6469			if at least one weight has some other value, a
6470			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
6471
6472	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
6473			The probability weighting to use for the
6474			smp_call_function_single() function with a
6475			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
6476
6477	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
6478			The probability weighting to use for the
6479			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
6480			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
6481			Note well that setting a high probability for
6482			this weighting can place serious IPI load
6483			on the system.
6484
6485	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
6486			The probability weighting to use for the
6487			smp_call_function_many() function with a
6488			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
6489			and weight_many.
6490
6491	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
6492			The probability weighting to use for the
6493			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
6494			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
6495			weight_many.
6496
6497	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
6498			The probability weighting to use for the
6499			smp_call_function_all() function with a
6500			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
6501			and weight_many.
6502
6503	sdw_mclk_divider=[SDW]
6504			Specify the MCLK divider for Intel SoundWire buses in
6505			case the BIOS does not provide the clock rate properly.
6506
6507	skew_tick=	[KNL,EARLY] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
6508			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
6509			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
6510			Format: { "0" | "1" }
6511			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
6512			1 -- enable.
6513			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
6514			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
6515
6516	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
6517			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
6518			"lsm=" parameter.
6519
6520	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
6521			Format: { "0" | "1" }
6522			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
6523			0 -- disable.
6524			1 -- enable.
6525			Default value is 1.
6526
6527	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
6528
6529	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64]
6530
6531		debug
6532			Enable debug messages.
6533
6534		nosnp
6535			Do not enable SEV-SNP (applies to host/hypervisor
6536			only). Setting 'nosnp' avoids the RMP check overhead
6537			in memory accesses when users do not want to run
6538			SEV-SNP guests.
6539
6540	shapers=	[NET]
6541			Maximal number of shapers.
6542
6543	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
6544			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
6545			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
6546			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
6547			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
6548			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
6549			apic=verbose is specified.
6550			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
6551
6552	slab_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM]
6553			Enabling slab_debug allows one to determine the
6554			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
6555			slab_debug can create guard zones around objects and
6556			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
6557			last alloc / free. For more information see
6558			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6559			(slub_debug legacy name also accepted for now)
6560
6561	slab_max_order= [MM]
6562			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
6563			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
6564			fragmentation. For more information see
6565			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6566			(slub_max_order legacy name also accepted for now)
6567
6568	slab_merge	[MM]
6569			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
6570			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
6571			(slub_merge legacy name also accepted for now)
6572
6573	slab_min_objects=	[MM]
6574			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
6575			increase the slab order up to slab_max_order to
6576			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
6577			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
6578			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
6579			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
6580			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6581			(slub_min_objects legacy name also accepted for now)
6582
6583	slab_min_order=	[MM]
6584			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
6585			lower or equal to slab_max_order. For more information see
6586			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6587			(slub_min_order legacy name also accepted for now)
6588
6589	slab_nomerge	[MM]
6590			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
6591			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
6592			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
6593			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
6594			layout control by attackers can usually be
6595			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
6596			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
6597			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
6598			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
6599			own.
6600			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
6601			(slub_nomerge legacy name also accepted for now)
6602
6603	slab_strict_numa	[MM]
6604			Support memory policies on a per object level
6605			in the slab allocator. The default is for memory
6606			policies to be applied at the folio level when
6607			a new folio is needed or a partial folio is
6608			retrieved from the lists. Increases overhead
6609			in the slab fastpaths but gains more accurate
6610			NUMA kernel object placement which helps with slow
6611			interconnects in NUMA systems.
6612
6613	slram=		[HW,MTD]
6614
6615	smart2=		[HW]
6616			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
6617
6618	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
6619			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
6620			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
6621			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
6622			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
6623			disabling interrupts for extended periods
6624			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
6625			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
6626			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
6627			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
6628
6629	smp.panic_on_ipistall= [KNL]
6630			If a csd_lock_timeout extends for more than
6631			the specified number of milliseconds, panic the
6632			system.  By default, let CSD-lock acquisition
6633			take as long as they take.  Specifying 300,000
6634			for this value provides a 5-minute timeout.
6635
6636	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
6637	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
6638	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
6639	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
6640	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
6641	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
6642	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
6643				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
6644				1: Fast pin select (default)
6645				2: ATC IRMode
6646
6647	smt=		[KNL,MIPS,S390,EARLY] Set the maximum number of threads
6648			(logical CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems
6649			capable of symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will
6650			be capped to the actual hardware limit.
6651			Format: <integer>
6652			Default: -1 (no limit)
6653
6654	softlockup_panic=
6655			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
6656			Format: 0 | 1
6657
6658			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
6659			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
6660			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
6661			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
6662			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
6663
6664	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
6665			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
6666			backtraces on all cpus.
6667			Format: 0 | 1
6668
6669	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
6670			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
6671
6672	spectre_bhi=	[X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection
6673			(BHI) vulnerability.  This setting affects the
6674			deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB
6675			clearing sequence.
6676
6677			on     - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation as
6678				 needed.  This protects the kernel from
6679				 both syscalls and VMs.
6680			vmexit - On systems which don't have the HW mitigation
6681				 available, enable the SW mitigation on vmexit
6682				 ONLY.  On such systems, the host kernel is
6683				 protected from VM-originated BHI attacks, but
6684				 may still be vulnerable to syscall attacks.
6685			off    - Disable the mitigation.
6686
6687	spectre_v2=	[X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6688			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
6689			The default operation protects the kernel from
6690			user space attacks.
6691
6692			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
6693			       spectre_v2_user=on
6694			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
6695			       spectre_v2_user=off
6696			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
6697			       vulnerable
6698
6699			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
6700			mitigation method at run time according to the
6701			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
6702			CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE configuration option,
6703			and the compiler with which the kernel was built.
6704
6705			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
6706			against user space to user space task attacks.
6707			Selecting specific mitigation does not force enable
6708			user mitigations.
6709
6710			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
6711			the user space protections.
6712
6713			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
6714
6715			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
6716			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
6717			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
6718			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
6719			eibrs		  - Enhanced/Auto IBRS
6720			eibrs,retpoline   - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
6721			eibrs,lfence      - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
6722			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
6723
6724			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6725			spectre_v2=auto.
6726
6727	spectre_v2_user=
6728			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6729		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
6730		        user space tasks
6731
6732			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
6733				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
6734
6735			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
6736				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
6737
6738			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
6739				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
6740				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
6741				  is inherited on fork.
6742
6743			prctl,ibpb
6744				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
6745				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6746				  always when switching between different user
6747				  space processes.
6748
6749			seccomp
6750				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
6751				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
6752				  they explicitly opt out.
6753
6754			seccomp,ibpb
6755				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
6756				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6757				  always when switching between different
6758				  user space processes.
6759
6760			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
6761				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
6762
6763			Default mitigation: "prctl"
6764
6765			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6766			spectre_v2_user=auto.
6767
6768	spec_rstack_overflow=
6769			[X86,EARLY] Control RAS overflow mitigation on AMD Zen CPUs
6770
6771			off		- Disable mitigation
6772			microcode	- Enable microcode mitigation only
6773			safe-ret	- Enable sw-only safe RET mitigation (default)
6774			ibpb		- Enable mitigation by issuing IBPB on
6775					  kernel entry
6776			ibpb-vmexit	- Issue IBPB only on VMEXIT
6777					  (cloud-specific mitigation)
6778
6779	spec_store_bypass_disable=
6780			[HW,EARLY] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
6781			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
6782
6783			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
6784			a common industry wide performance optimization known
6785			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
6786			to the same memory location may not be observed by
6787			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
6788			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
6789			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
6790			end of a particular speculation execution window.
6791
6792			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6793			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
6794			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
6795			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
6796
6797			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
6798			Bypass optimization is used.
6799
6800			On x86 the options are:
6801
6802			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
6803			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
6804			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
6805				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
6806				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
6807				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
6808				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
6809				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
6810			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
6811				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
6812				  for a process by default. The state of the control
6813				  is inherited on fork.
6814			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
6815				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
6816
6817			Default mitigations:
6818			X86:	"prctl"
6819
6820			On powerpc the options are:
6821
6822			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
6823				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
6824				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
6825				  exit.
6826			off	- No action.
6827
6828			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6829			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
6830
6831	split_lock_detect=
6832			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
6833
6834			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
6835			instructions that access data across cache line
6836			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
6837			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
6838			bus lock detection.
6839
6840			off	- not enabled
6841
6842			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
6843				  about applications triggering the #AC
6844				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
6845				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
6846				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
6847				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
6848				  enabled in hardware.
6849
6850			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
6851				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
6852				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
6853				  both features are enabled in hardware.
6854
6855			ratelimit:N -
6856				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
6857				  per second for bus lock detection.
6858				  0 < N <= 1000.
6859
6860				  N/A for split lock detection.
6861
6862
6863			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
6864			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
6865			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
6866			mode.
6867
6868			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
6869			CPL > 0.
6870
6871	srbds=		[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
6872			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
6873			(SRBDS) mitigation.
6874
6875			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
6876			exploit which can leak bits from the random
6877			number generator.
6878
6879			By default, this issue is mitigated by
6880			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
6881			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
6882			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
6883			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
6884
6885			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
6886			the following option:
6887
6888			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
6889				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
6890
6891	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
6892			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
6893			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
6894			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
6895			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
6896			but takes effect only when the low-order four
6897			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
6898			(decide at boot).
6899
6900	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
6901			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
6902			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
6903			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
6904
6905				   0:  Never.
6906				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
6907				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
6908				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
6909				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
6910
6911			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
6912			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
6913			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
6914
6915	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
6916			Specifies how frequently to check for
6917			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
6918			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
6919			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
6920			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
6921			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
6922			are ignored.
6923
6924	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
6925			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
6926			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
6927			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
6928			grace period will be considered for automatic
6929			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
6930			expediting.
6931
6932	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
6933			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
6934			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
6935			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
6936			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
6937			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
6938
6939	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
6940			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
6941			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
6942			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
6943			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
6944			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
6945
6946	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
6947			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
6948			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
6949
6950	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
6951			Specifies the number of update-side contention
6952			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
6953			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
6954			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
6955			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
6956			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
6957
6958	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW,EARLY]
6959			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
6960
6961			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
6962			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
6963			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
6964			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
6965
6966			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
6967				   for both kernel and userspace
6968			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
6969				   for both kernel and userspace
6970			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
6971				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
6972				   to allow userspace to register its
6973				   interest in being mitigated too.
6974
6975	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
6976			override the default stack gap protection. The value
6977			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
6978			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
6979			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
6980			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
6981
6982	stack_depot_disable= [KNL,EARLY]
6983			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
6984			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
6985			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
6986			to false.
6987
6988	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
6989			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
6990
6991	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
6992			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
6993			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
6994			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
6995			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
6996			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
6997			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
6998
6999	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
7000			Format: <num>
7001			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
7002			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
7003			as the initial boot-console.
7004			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
7005
7006	sti_font=	[HW]
7007			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
7008
7009	stifb=		[HW]
7010			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
7011
7012        strict_sas_size=
7013			[X86]
7014			Format: <bool>
7015			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
7016			against the required signal frame size which
7017			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
7018			be used to filter out binaries which have
7019			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
7020
7021	stress_hpt	[PPC,EARLY]
7022			Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
7023			page table to increase the rate of hash page table
7024			faults on kernel addresses.
7025
7026	stress_slb	[PPC,EARLY]
7027			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
7028			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
7029			on kernel addresses.
7030
7031	sunrpc.min_resvport=
7032	sunrpc.max_resvport=
7033			[NFS,SUNRPC]
7034			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
7035			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
7036			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
7037			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
7038			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
7039			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
7040			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
7041			maximum port values.
7042
7043	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
7044			[NFS,SUNRPC]
7045			Limit the number of requests that the server will
7046			process in parallel from a single connection.
7047			The default value is 0 (no limit).
7048
7049	sunrpc.pool_mode=
7050			[NFS]
7051			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
7052			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
7053			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
7054			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
7055			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
7056			NFS server is running.
7057
7058			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
7059				    automatically using heuristics
7060			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
7061			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
7062			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
7063				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
7064
7065	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
7066	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
7067			[NFS,SUNRPC]
7068			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
7069			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
7070			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
7071			improve throughput, but will also increase the
7072			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
7073
7074	suspend.pm_test_delay=
7075			[SUSPEND]
7076			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
7077			mode before resuming the system (see
7078			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
7079			is set. Default value is 5.
7080
7081	svm=		[PPC]
7082			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
7083			This parameter controls use of the Protected
7084			Execution Facility on pSeries.
7085
7086	swiotlb=	[ARM,PPC,MIPS,X86,S390,EARLY]
7087			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
7088			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
7089			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
7090				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
7091				 to a power of 2.
7092			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
7093			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
7094			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
7095
7096	switches=	[HW,M68k,EARLY]
7097
7098	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
7099			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
7100			process, as if the value was written to the respective
7101			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
7102			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
7103			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
7104			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
7105			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
7106
7107	sysrq_always_enabled
7108			[KNL]
7109			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
7110			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
7111			Useful for debugging.
7112
7113	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
7114			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
7115			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
7116			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
7117			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
7118			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
7119
7120	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
7121
7122	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
7123			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
7124			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
7125			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
7126			as the system sleep state during system startup with
7127			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
7128			The system is woken from this state using a
7129			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
7130
7131	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
7132			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
7133
7134	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
7135			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
7136			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
7137
7138	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
7139			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
7140			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
7141
7142	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
7143			1: disable ACPI thermal control
7144
7145	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
7146			-1: disable all passive trip points
7147			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
7148			value
7149
7150	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
7151			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
7152			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
7153			0: no polling (default)
7154
7155	thp_anon=	[KNL]
7156			Format: <size>[KMG],<size>[KMG]:<state>;<size>[KMG]-<size>[KMG]:<state>
7157			state is one of "always", "madvise", "never" or "inherit".
7158			Control the default behavior of the system with respect
7159			to anonymous transparent hugepages.
7160			Can be used multiple times for multiple anon THP sizes.
7161			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for more
7162			details.
7163
7164	threadirqs	[KNL,EARLY]
7165			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
7166			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
7167
7168	thp_shmem=	[KNL]
7169			Format: <size>[KMG],<size>[KMG]:<policy>;<size>[KMG]-<size>[KMG]:<policy>
7170			Control the default policy of each hugepage size for the
7171			internal shmem mount. <policy> is one of policies available
7172			for the shmem mount ("always", "inherit", "never", "within_size",
7173			and "advise").
7174			It can be used multiple times for multiple shmem THP sizes.
7175			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for more
7176			details.
7177
7178	topology=	[S390,EARLY]
7179			Format: {off | on}
7180			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
7181			topology information if the hardware supports this.
7182			The scheduler will make use of this information and
7183			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
7184			Default is on.
7185
7186	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
7187			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
7188			until after init has spawned.
7189
7190	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
7191			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
7192			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
7193			very costly operation when many torture tests
7194			are running concurrently, especially on systems
7195			with rotating-rust storage.
7196
7197	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
7198			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
7199			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
7200			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
7201
7202	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
7203			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
7204
7205	tpm.disable_pcr_integrity= [HW,TPM]
7206			Do not protect PCR registers from unintended physical
7207			access, or interposers in the bus by the means of
7208			having an integrity protected session wrapped around
7209			TPM2_PCR_Extend command. Consider this in a situation
7210			where TPM is heavily utilized by IMA, thus protection
7211			causing a major performance hit, and the space where
7212			machines are deployed is by other means guarded.
7213
7214	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
7215			Format: integer pcr id
7216			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
7217			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
7218			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
7219			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
7220			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
7221			are saved.
7222
7223	tpm_tis.interrupts= [HW,TPM]
7224			Enable interrupts for the MMIO based physical layer
7225			for the FIFO interface. By default it is set to false
7226			(0). For more information about TPM hardware interfaces
7227			defined by Trusted Computing Group (TCG) see
7228			https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-platform-tpm-profile-ptp-specification/
7229
7230	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
7231			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
7232			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
7233			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
7234			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
7235			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
7236
7237			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
7238			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
7239			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
7240			tp_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
7241
7242			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
7243			to stop the printing of events to console at
7244			late_initcall_sync.
7245
7246			** CAUTION **
7247
7248			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
7249			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
7250			the system to live lock.
7251
7252	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
7253			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
7254			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
7255			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
7256			make the system inoperable.
7257
7258			This command line option will stop the printing of events
7259			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
7260
7261	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
7262			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
7263
7264	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
7265			at boot up.
7266			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
7267				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
7268				depending on the architecture, may not be
7269				in sync between CPUs.
7270			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
7271				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
7272				but better for some race conditions.
7273			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
7274				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
7275				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
7276				once per event.
7277			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
7278			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
7279			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
7280			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
7281				stamps.
7282			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
7283			Architectures may add more clocks. See
7284			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
7285
7286	trace_event=[event-list]
7287			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
7288			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
7289			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
7290			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
7291
7292			To enable modules, use :mod: keyword:
7293
7294			trace_event=:mod:<module>
7295
7296			The value before :mod: will only enable specific events
7297			that are part of the module. See the above mentioned
7298			document for more information.
7299
7300	trace_instance=[instance-info]
7301			[FTRACE] Create a ring buffer instance early in boot up.
7302			This will be listed in:
7303
7304				/sys/kernel/tracing/instances
7305
7306			Events can be enabled at the time the instance is created
7307			via:
7308
7309				trace_instance=<name>,<system1>:<event1>,<system2>:<event2>
7310
7311			Note, the "<system*>:" portion is optional if the event is
7312			unique.
7313
7314				trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall
7315
7316			will enable the "sched_switch" event (note, the "sched:" is optional, and
7317			the same thing would happen if it was left off). The irq_handler_entry
7318			event, and all events under the "initcall" system.
7319
7320			Flags can be added to the instance to modify its behavior when it is
7321			created. The flags are separated by '^'.
7322
7323			The available flags are:
7324
7325			    traceoff	- Have the tracing instance tracing disabled after it is created.
7326			    traceprintk	- Have trace_printk() write into this trace instance
7327					  (note, "printk" and "trace_printk" can also be used)
7328
7329				trace_instance=foo^traceoff^traceprintk,sched,irq
7330
7331			The flags must come before the defined events.
7332
7333			If memory has been reserved (see memmap for x86), the instance
7334			can use that memory:
7335
7336				memmap=12M$0x284500000 trace_instance=boot_map@0x284500000:12M
7337
7338			The above will create a "boot_map" instance that uses the physical
7339			memory at 0x284500000 that is 12Megs. The per CPU buffers of that
7340			instance will be split up accordingly.
7341
7342			Alternatively, the memory can be reserved by the reserve_mem option:
7343
7344				reserve_mem=12M:4096:trace trace_instance=boot_map@trace
7345
7346			This will reserve 12 megabytes at boot up with a 4096 byte alignment
7347			and place the ring buffer in this memory. Note that due to KASLR, the
7348			memory may not be the same location each time, which will not preserve
7349			the buffer content.
7350
7351			Also note that the layout of the ring buffer data may change between
7352			kernel versions where the validator will fail and reset the ring buffer
7353			if the layout is not the same as the previous kernel.
7354
7355			If the ring buffer is used for persistent bootups and has events enabled,
7356			it is recommend to disable tracing so that events from a previous boot do not
7357			mix with events of the current boot (unless you are debugging a random crash
7358			at boot up).
7359
7360				reserve_mem=12M:4096:trace trace_instance=boot_map^traceoff^traceprintk@trace,sched,irq
7361
7362			Note, saving the trace buffer across reboots does require that the system
7363			is set up to not wipe memory. For instance, CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION
7364			can force a memory reset on boot which will clear any trace that was stored.
7365			This is just one of many ways that can clear memory. Make sure your system
7366			keeps the content of memory across reboots before relying on this option.
7367
7368			NB: Both the mapped address and size must be page aligned for the architecture.
7369
7370			See also Documentation/trace/debugging.rst
7371
7372
7373	trace_options=[option-list]
7374			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
7375			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
7376			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
7377			to echo the option name into
7378
7379			    /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_options
7380
7381			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
7382			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
7383
7384			      trace_options=stacktrace
7385
7386			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
7387			section.
7388
7389	trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
7390			[FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events.
7391			Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
7392			filter.
7393
7394			The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..."
7395			Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated.
7396
7397			For example:
7398
7399			  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"
7400
7401			The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch"
7402			event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch"
7403			event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE).
7404
7405			See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst
7406
7407
7408	traceoff_after_boot
7409			[FTRACE] Sometimes tracing is used to debug issues
7410			during the boot process. Since the trace buffer has a
7411			limited amount of storage, it may be prudent to
7412			disable tracing after the boot is finished, otherwise
7413			the critical information may be overwritten.  With this
7414			option, the main tracing buffer will be turned off at
7415			the end of the boot process.
7416
7417	traceoff_on_warning
7418			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
7419			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
7420			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
7421			file located in /sys/kernel/tracing/
7422
7423			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
7424			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
7425			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
7426
7427			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
7428			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
7429
7430	transparent_hugepage=
7431			[KNL]
7432			Format: [always|madvise|never]
7433			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
7434			with respect to transparent hugepages.
7435			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
7436			for more details.
7437
7438	transparent_hugepage_shmem= [KNL]
7439			Format: [always|within_size|advise|never|deny|force]
7440			Can be used to control the hugepage allocation policy for
7441			the internal shmem mount.
7442			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
7443			for more details.
7444
7445	transparent_hugepage_tmpfs= [KNL]
7446			Format: [always|within_size|advise|never]
7447			Can be used to control the default hugepage allocation policy
7448			for the tmpfs mount.
7449			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
7450			for more details.
7451
7452	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
7453			Format: <string>
7454			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
7455			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
7456			sources:
7457			- "tpm"
7458			- "tee"
7459			- "caam"
7460			- "dcp"
7461			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
7462			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
7463			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
7464			successfully during iteration.
7465
7466	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
7467			Format: <string>
7468			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
7469			Can be one of:
7470			- "kernel"
7471			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
7472			- "default"
7473			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
7474			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
7475
7476	trusted.dcp_use_otp_key
7477			This is intended to be used in combination with
7478			trusted.source=dcp and will select the DCP OTP key
7479			instead of the DCP UNIQUE key blob encryption.
7480
7481	trusted.dcp_skip_zk_test
7482			This is intended to be used in combination with
7483			trusted.source=dcp and will disable the check if the
7484			blob key is all zeros. This is helpful for situations where
7485			having this key zero'ed is acceptable. E.g. in testing
7486			scenarios.
7487
7488	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
7489			Format: <string>
7490			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
7491			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
7492			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
7493			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
7494			virtualized environment.
7495			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
7496			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
7497			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
7498			can add overhead.
7499			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
7500			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
7501			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
7502			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
7503			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
7504			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
7505			acceptable).
7506			[x86] recalibrate: force recalibration against a HW timer
7507			(HPET or PM timer) on systems whose TSC frequency was
7508			obtained from HW or FW using either an MSR or CPUID(0x15).
7509			Warn if the difference is more than 500 ppm.
7510			[x86] watchdog: Use TSC as the watchdog clocksource with
7511			which to check other HW timers (HPET or PM timer), but
7512			only on systems where TSC has been deemed trustworthy.
7513			This will be suppressed by an earlier tsc=nowatchdog and
7514			can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog.  A console
7515			message will flag any such suppression or overriding.
7516
7517	tsc_early_khz=  [X86,EARLY] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
7518			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
7519			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
7520			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
7521			Format: <unsigned int>
7522
7523	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
7524			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
7525			support TSX control.
7526
7527			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
7528
7529			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
7530				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
7531				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
7532				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
7533				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
7534				with leaving it enabled.
7535
7536			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
7537				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
7538				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
7539				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
7540				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
7541				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
7542				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
7543
7544			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
7545				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
7546
7547			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
7548
7549			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
7550			for more details.
7551
7552	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
7553			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
7554
7555			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
7556			certain CPUs that support Transactional
7557			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
7558			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
7559			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
7560			conditions.
7561
7562			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
7563			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
7564			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
7565			access.
7566
7567			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
7568			options are:
7569
7570			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
7571				     if TSX is enabled.
7572
7573			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
7574				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
7575				     is not disabled because CPU is not
7576				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
7577			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
7578
7579			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
7580			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
7581			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
7582			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
7583
7584			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
7585			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
7586			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
7587			required and doesn't provide any additional
7588			mitigation.
7589
7590			For details see:
7591			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
7592
7593	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
7594			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
7595			Format:
7596			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
7597			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
7598
7599	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
7600			happen after console_init() and before a proper
7601			console driver takes over, this boot options might
7602			help "seeing" what's going on.
7603
7604	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
7605			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
7606
7607	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
7608			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
7609			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
7610			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
7611			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
7612			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
7613			reported either.
7614
7615	unaligned_scalar_speed=
7616			[RISCV]
7617			Format: {slow | fast | unsupported}
7618			Allow skipping scalar unaligned access speed tests. This
7619			is useful for testing alternative code paths and to skip
7620			the tests in environments where they run too slowly. All
7621			CPUs must have the same scalar unaligned access speed.
7622
7623	unaligned_vector_speed=
7624			[RISCV]
7625			Format: {slow | fast | unsupported}
7626			Allow skipping vector unaligned access speed tests. This
7627			is useful for testing alternative code paths and to skip
7628			the tests in environments where they run too slowly. All
7629			CPUs must have the same vector unaligned access speed.
7630
7631	unknown_nmi_panic
7632			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
7633
7634	unwind_debug	[X86-64,EARLY]
7635			Enable unwinder debug output.  This can be
7636			useful for debugging certain unwinder error
7637			conditions, including corrupt stacks and
7638			bad/missing unwinder metadata.
7639
7640	usbcore.authorized_default=
7641			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
7642			(default -1 = authorized (same as 1),
7643			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
7644			if device connected to internal port)
7645
7646	usbcore.autosuspend=
7647			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
7648			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
7649			is the time required before an idle device will be
7650			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
7651			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
7652
7653	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
7654			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
7655
7656	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
7657			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
7658			(default = 65536).
7659
7660	usbcore.blinkenlights=
7661			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
7662
7663	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
7664			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
7665			scheme (default 0 = off).
7666
7667	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
7668			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
7669			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
7670
7671	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
7672			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
7673			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
7674
7675	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
7676			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
7677			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
7678			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
7679
7680	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
7681
7682	usbcore.quirks=
7683			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
7684			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
7685			commas. Each entry has the form
7686			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
7687			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
7688			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
7689			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
7690			the following meanings:
7691				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
7692					descriptors must not be fetched using
7693					a 255-byte read);
7694				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
7695					correctly so reset it instead);
7696				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
7697					Set-Interface requests);
7698				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
7699					handle its Configuration or Interface
7700					strings);
7701				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
7702					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
7703				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
7704					more interface descriptions than the
7705					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
7706					talking to these interfaces);
7707				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
7708					during initialization, after we read
7709					the device descriptor);
7710				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
7711					high speed and super speed interrupt
7712					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
7713					require the interval in microframes (1
7714					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
7715					calculated as interval = 2 ^
7716					(bInterval-1).
7717					Devices with this quirk report their
7718					bInterval as the result of this
7719					calculation instead of the exponent
7720					variable used in the calculation);
7721				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
7722					handle device_qualifier descriptor
7723					requests);
7724				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
7725					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
7726					remote wakeup capability);
7727				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
7728					Power Management);
7729				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
7730					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
7731					frames instead of the USB 2.0
7732					calculation);
7733				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
7734					to be disconnected before suspend to
7735					prevent spurious wakeup);
7736				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
7737					pause after every control message);
7738				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
7739					delay after resetting its port);
7740				p = USB_QUIRK_SHORT_SET_ADDRESS_REQ_TIMEOUT
7741					(Reduce timeout of the SET_ADDRESS
7742					request from 5000 ms to 500 ms);
7743			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
7744
7745	usbhid.mousepoll=
7746			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
7747
7748	usbhid.jspoll=
7749			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
7750
7751	usbhid.kbpoll=
7752			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
7753
7754	usb-storage.delay_use=
7755			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
7756			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
7757			Optionally the delay in milliseconds if the value has
7758			suffix with "ms".
7759			Example: delay_use=2567ms
7760
7761	usb-storage.quirks=
7762			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
7763			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
7764			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
7765			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
7766			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
7767			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
7768			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
7769				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
7770					of sense data, not on uas);
7771				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
7772					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
7773				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
7774					device capacity by one sector);
7775				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
7776					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
7777				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
7778					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
7779				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
7780					command, uas only);
7781				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
7782					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
7783				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
7784					reported device capacity by one
7785					sector if the number is odd);
7786				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
7787					device);
7788				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
7789					command, uas only);
7790				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
7791				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
7792					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
7793				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
7794					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
7795					not on uas);
7796				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
7797					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
7798				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
7799					reported by the device, not on uas);
7800				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
7801					by default, not on uas);
7802				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
7803					bogus residue values, not on uas);
7804				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
7805					Logical Unit);
7806				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
7807					commands, uas only);
7808				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
7809				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
7810					medium is write-protected).
7811				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
7812					even if the device claims no cache,
7813					not on uas)
7814			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
7815
7816	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
7817			Format: <int>
7818			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
7819				 1 - undefined instruction events
7820				 2 - system calls
7821				 4 - invalid data aborts
7822				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
7823				16 - SIGBUS faults
7824			Example: user_debug=31
7825
7826	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
7827			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
7828
7829			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
7830			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
7831
7832	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
7833			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
7834			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
7835
7836			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
7837			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
7838			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
7839
7840			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
7841			alias for vdso32=0.
7842
7843			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
7844			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
7845
7846	video=		[FB,EARLY] Frame buffer configuration
7847			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
7848
7849	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
7850			Format: [0|1]
7851			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
7852			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
7853			level and then send out the event to user space through
7854			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
7855			will only send out the event without touching backlight
7856			brightness level.
7857			default: 1
7858
7859	virtio_mmio.device=
7860			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
7861
7862				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
7863			where:
7864				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
7865						like K, M and G)
7866				<baseaddr> := physical base address
7867				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
7868						request_irq())
7869				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
7870			example:
7871				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
7872
7873			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
7874
7875	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
7876			See Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst and
7877			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
7878			Use vga=ask for menu.
7879			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
7880			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
7881
7882	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
7883			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
7884			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
7885			All options are enabled by default, and this
7886			interface is meant to allow for selectively
7887			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
7888			debugging features.
7889
7890			Available options are:
7891			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
7892			  -	Disable all of the above options
7893
7894	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Forces the vmalloc area to have an
7895			exact size of <nn>. This can be used to increase
7896			the minimum size (128MB on x86, arm32 platforms).
7897			It can also be used to decrease the size and leave more room
7898			for directly mapped kernel RAM. Note that this parameter does
7899			not exist on many other platforms (including arm64, alpha,
7900			loongarch, arc, csky, hexagon, microblaze, mips, nios2, openrisc,
7901			parisc, m64k, powerpc, riscv, sh, um, xtensa, s390, sparc).
7902
7903	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390,EARLY]
7904			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
7905			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
7906
7907	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
7908			Format: <command>
7909
7910	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
7911			Format: <command>
7912
7913	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
7914			Format: <command>
7915
7916	vsyscall=	[X86-64,EARLY]
7917			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
7918			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
7919			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
7920			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
7921			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
7922			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
7923
7924			emulate     Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
7925			            reasonably safely.  The vsyscall page is
7926				    readable.
7927
7928			xonly       [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
7929			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
7930				    page is not readable.
7931
7932			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
7933			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
7934			            might break your system.
7935
7936	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
7937			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
7938			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
7939
7940	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
7941			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
7942			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
7943			see vga-softcursor.rst. Default: 2 = underline.
7944
7945	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
7946			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
7947			Change the default blue palette of the console.
7948			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7949			ranging from 0-255.
7950
7951	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
7952			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
7953			Change the default green palette of the console.
7954			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7955			ranging from 0-255.
7956
7957	vt.default_red=	[VT]
7958			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
7959			Change the default red palette of the console.
7960			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7961			ranging from 0-255.
7962
7963	vt.default_utf8=
7964			[VT]
7965			Format=<0|1>
7966			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
7967			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
7968			newly opened terminals.
7969
7970	vt.global_cursor_default=
7971			[VT]
7972			Format=<-1|0|1>
7973			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
7974			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
7975			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
7976			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
7977			cursors, 1 will display them.
7978
7979	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
7980			Default: 2 = green.
7981
7982	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
7983			Default: 3 = cyan.
7984
7985	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
7986			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
7987			or other driver-specific files in the
7988			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
7989
7990	watchdog_thresh=
7991			[KNL]
7992			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
7993			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
7994			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
7995			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
7996			seconds.
7997
7998	workqueue.unbound_cpus=
7999			[KNL,SMP] Specify to constrain one or some CPUs
8000			to use in unbound workqueues.
8001			Format: <cpu-list>
8002			By default, all online CPUs are available for
8003			unbound workqueues.
8004
8005	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
8006			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
8007			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
8008			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
8009			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
8010			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
8011			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
8012			corresponding sysfs file.
8013
8014	workqueue.panic_on_stall=<uint>
8015			Panic when workqueue stall is detected by
8016			CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG. It sets the number times of the
8017			stall to trigger panic.
8018
8019			The default is 0, which disables the panic on stall.
8020
8021	workqueue.cpu_intensive_thresh_us=
8022			Per-cpu work items which run for longer than this
8023			threshold are automatically considered CPU intensive
8024			and excluded from concurrency management to prevent
8025			them from noticeably delaying other per-cpu work
8026			items. Default is 10000 (10ms).
8027
8028			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
8029			will report the work functions which violate this
8030			threshold repeatedly. They are likely good
8031			candidates for using WQ_UNBOUND workqueues instead.
8032
8033	workqueue.cpu_intensive_warning_thresh=<uint>
8034			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
8035			will report the work functions which violate the
8036			intensive_threshold_us repeatedly. In order to prevent
8037			spurious warnings, start printing only after a work
8038			function has violated this threshold number of times.
8039
8040			The default is 4 times. 0 disables the warning.
8041
8042	workqueue.power_efficient
8043			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
8044			they show better performance thanks to cache
8045			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
8046			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
8047
8048			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
8049			were observed to contribute significantly to power
8050			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
8051			power usage at the cost of small performance
8052			overhead.
8053
8054			The default value of this parameter is determined by
8055			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
8056
8057        workqueue.default_affinity_scope=
8058			Select the default affinity scope to use for unbound
8059			workqueues. Can be one of "cpu", "smt", "cache",
8060			"numa" and "system". Default is "cache". For more
8061			information, see the Affinity Scopes section in
8062			Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst.
8063
8064			This can be changed after boot by writing to the
8065			matching /sys/module/workqueue/parameters file. All
8066			workqueues with the "default" affinity scope will be
8067			updated accordingly.
8068
8069	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
8070			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
8071			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
8072			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
8073			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
8074			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
8075			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
8076			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
8077			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
8078			impacted.
8079
8080	writecombine=	[LOONGARCH,EARLY] Control the MAT (Memory Access
8081			Type) of ioremap_wc().
8082
8083			on   - Enable writecombine, use WUC for ioremap_wc()
8084			off  - Disable writecombine, use SUC for ioremap_wc()
8085
8086	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
8087			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
8088			supporting x2apic.
8089
8090	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
8091			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
8092			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
8093			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
8094			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
8095			domains.
8096
8097	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN,EARLY]
8098			Unplug Xen emulated devices
8099			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
8100			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
8101			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
8102			nics -- unplug network devices
8103			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
8104			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
8105				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
8106				the unplug protocol
8107			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
8108
8109	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
8110			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
8111			panic() code such as dumping handler.
8112
8113	xen_mc_debug	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
8114			Enable multicall debugging when running as a Xen PV guest.
8115			Enabling this feature will reduce performance a little
8116			bit, so it should only be enabled for obtaining extended
8117			debug data in case of multicall errors.
8118
8119	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
8120			Format: <bool>
8121			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
8122			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
8123			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
8124
8125	xen_nopv	[X86]
8126			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
8127			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
8128			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
8129			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
8130
8131	xen_no_vector_callback
8132			[KNL,X86,XEN,EARLY] Disable the vector callback for Xen
8133			event channel interrupts.
8134
8135	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
8136			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
8137			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
8138			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
8139			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
8140
8141	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN,EARLY]
8142			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
8143			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
8144			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
8145			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
8146			more timer interrupts.
8147
8148	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
8149			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
8150			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
8151			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
8152			started with less memory configured than allowed at
8153			max. Default is 180.
8154
8155	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
8156			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
8157			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
8158
8159	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
8160			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
8161			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
8162
8163	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
8164			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
8165			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
8166			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
8167			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
8168			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
8169
8170	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
8171			Format:
8172			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
8173
8174	xive=		[PPC]
8175			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
8176			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
8177			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
8178
8179			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
8180				  controller on both pseries and powernv
8181				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
8182
8183	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
8184			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
8185			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
8186			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
8187			loads instead, as on POWER9.
8188
8189	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
8190			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
8191			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
8192			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
8193
8194	xmon		[PPC,EARLY]
8195			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
8196			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
8197			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
8198			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
8199				debugger is called from setup_arch().
8200			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
8201				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
8202				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
8203				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
8204			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
8205				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
8206				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
8207				can be written using xmon commands.
8208			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
8209				memory, and other data can't be written using
8210				xmon commands.
8211			off	xmon is disabled.
8212