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1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			{ vendor | video | native | none }
26			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
27			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
28			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
29			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
30			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
31			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
32
33	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
34			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
35			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
36			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
37			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
38
39	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
40			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
41			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
42			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
43			This option is useful for developers to identify the
44			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
45			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
46
47	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
48	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
49			Format: <int>
50			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
51			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
52			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
53			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
54			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
55			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
56			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
57			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
58			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
59			debug layers and levels.
60
61			Enable processor driver info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
140			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
141			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
142
143	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
144			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
145			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
146			second kernel for kdump.
147
148	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
149			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
150
151	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
152			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
153			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
154			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
155			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
156
157	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
158			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
159			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
160			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
161			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
162						  strings
163			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
164						  strings
165			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
166
167			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
168			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
169			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
170			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
171			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
172			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
173			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
174			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
175			care about the state of the feature group strings which
176			should be controlled by the OSPM.
177			Examples:
178			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
179			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
180			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
181
182			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
183			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
184			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
185			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
186			multiple times through kernel command line is also
187			meaningless.
188			Examples:
189			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
190			     FALSE.
191
192			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
193			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
194			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
195			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
196			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
197			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
198			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
199			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
200			is useful when one want to control the state of the
201			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
202			the OSPM features.
203			Examples:
204			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
205			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
206			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
207			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
208			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
209			     equivalent to
210			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
211			     and
212			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
213			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
214
215	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
216			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
217			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
218			and always returns good values.
219
220	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
221			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
222
223	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
224			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
225			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
226
227	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
228			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
229				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
230				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
231			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
232			s3_bios and s3_mode.
233			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
234			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
235			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
236			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
237			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
238			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
239			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
240			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
241			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
242			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
243			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
244			used (or even warned about) during resume.
245			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
246			control method, with respect to putting devices into
247			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
248			of _PTS is used by default).
249			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
250			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
251			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
252			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
253			but some broken systems don't work without it).
254			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
255			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
256			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
257
258	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
259			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
260			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
261
262	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
263			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
264
265	agp=		[AGP]
266			{ off | try_unsupported }
267			off: disable AGP support
268			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
269				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
270
271	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
272			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
273
274	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
275			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
276			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
277			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
278
279	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
280			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
281			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
282			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
283			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
284			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
285			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
286
287			32: only for 32-bit processes
288			64: only for 64-bit processes
289			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
290			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
291
292	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
293			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
294			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
295			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
296			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
297			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
298
299	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64]
300			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
301			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
302			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
303			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
304			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
305			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
306
307			See Documentation/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
308			information.
309
310	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
311			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
312			Possible values are:
313			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
314			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
315				    the system
316			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
317					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
318					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
319					  requirements as needed. This option
320					  does not override iommu=pt
321			force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
322				       to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
323				       option with care.
324			pgtbl_v1     - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default).
325			pgtbl_v2     - Use v2 page table for DMA-API.
326
327	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
328			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
329			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
330			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
331			IOMMU initialization.
332
333	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
334			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
335			remapping modes:
336			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
337			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
338			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
339			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
340			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
341
342	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
343			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
344			Format: <a>,<b>
345			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
346
347	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
348			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
349			connected to one of 16 gameports
350			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
351
352	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
353			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
354			Format: noidle
355			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
356			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
357			APC and your system crashes randomly.
358
359	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
360			Change the output verbosity while booting
361			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
362			Change the amount of debugging information output
363			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
364			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
365			driver name.
366			Format: apic=driver_name
367			Examples: apic=bigsmp
368
369	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
370			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
371			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
372			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
373			      backup of CPU 0
374			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
375			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
376			      shot down by NMI
377
378	autoconf=	[IPV6]
379			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
380
381	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
382			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
383
384	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
385			Format: { "0" | "1" }
386			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
387			0 -- disable.
388			1 -- enable.
389			Default value is set via kernel config option.
390
391	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
392			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
393
394	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
395			Identification support
396
397	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
398			support
399
400	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
401			support
402
403	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
404			Extension support
405
406	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
407			Extension support
408
409	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
410
411	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
412
413	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
414			EzKey and similar keyboards
415
416	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
417
418	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
419			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
420
421	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
422			keyboards
423
424	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
425			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
426
427	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
428			Use software keyboard repeat
429
430	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
431			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
432			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
433			    enabled until the next reboot
434			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
435			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
436			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
437			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
438			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
439			    userspace auditd.
440			Default: unset
441
442	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
443			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
444			Default: 64
445
446	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
447			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
448			Format: { "0" | "1" }
449			0 - Disable the BAU.
450			1 - Enable the BAU.
451			unset - Disable the BAU.
452
453	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
454			Format: <io>,<mode>
455
456	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
457			Format: <io>,<mode>
458			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
459
460	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
461			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
462			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
463			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
464
465	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
466			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
467			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
468			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
469
470	bert_disable	[ACPI]
471			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
472
473	bgrt_disable	[ACPI][X86]
474			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
475
476	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
477			embedded devices based on command line input.
478			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
479
480	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
481			Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled,
482			and you may also have to specify "lpj=".  Boot_delay
483			values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed
484			erroneous and ignored.
485			Format: integer
486
487	bootconfig	[KNL]
488			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
489			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
490
491			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
492
493	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
494	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
495			kernel args too.
496	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
497	bttv.tuner=
498
499	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
500			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
501			at a time.
502
503	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
504
505	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
506			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
507			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
508			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
509			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
510			This option provides an override for these situations.
511
512	carrier_timeout=
513			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
514			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
515			it waits 120 seconds.
516
517	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
518			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
519			trust validation.
520			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
521
522	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
523			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
524			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
525			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
526			others).
527
528	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
529			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
530
531	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
532			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
533			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
534			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
535			  a single hierarchy
536			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
537			  subsystem
538			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
539			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
540			  created
541			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
542			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
543			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
544			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
545			stall information accounting feature
546
547	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
548			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
549			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
550			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
551			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
552			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
553			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
554			all v1 hierarchies.
555
556	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
557			Format: <string>
558			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
559			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
560			nobpf -- Disable BPF memory accounting.
561
562	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
563			Format: { "0" | "1" }
564			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
565			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
566				any implied execute protection).
567			1 -- check protection requested by application.
568			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
569			Value can be changed at runtime via
570				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
571			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
572
573	cio_ignore=	[S390]
574			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
575
576	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
577			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
578			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
579			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
580			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
581			ones should be.
582			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
583			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
584			instability issue. However, not all features have names
585			in /proc/cpuinfo.
586			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
587			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
588			or using the feature without checking anything
589			will still see it. This just prevents it from
590			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
591			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
592			some critical bits.
593
594	clk_ignore_unused
595			[CLK]
596			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
597			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
598			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
599			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
600			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
601			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
602			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
603			platform with proper driver support.  For more
604			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
605
606	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
607			[Deprecated]
608			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
609			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
610			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
611			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
612
613	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
614			Format: <string>
615			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
616			with the name specified.
617			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
618			the platform:
619			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
620			[ACPI] acpi_pm
621			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
622				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
623			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
624				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
625			[MIPS] MIPS
626			[PARISC] cr16
627			[S390] tod
628			[SH] SuperH
629			[SPARC64] tick
630			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
631
632	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
633			[ARM,ARM64]
634			Format: <bool>
635			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
636			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
637			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
638			systems.
639
640	clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL]
641			Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to
642			external delays before the clock will be marked
643			unstable.  Defaults to two retries, that is,
644			three attempts to read the clock under test.
645
646	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
647			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
648			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
649			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
650			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
651			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
652			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
653			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
654			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
655
656	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
657			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
658			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
659			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
660			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
661
662	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
663			[KNL,CMA]
664			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
665			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
666			placement constraint by the physical address range of
667			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
668			altogether. For more information, see
669			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
670
671	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
672			[ARM64,KNL,CMA]
673			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
674			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
675			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
676			specified, the default value is 0.
677			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
678			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
679			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
680			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
681
682	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
683			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
684			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
685			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
686			a hypervisor.
687			Default: yes
688
689	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
690			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
691			allocations, by default set to 256K.
692
693	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
694			Format:
695			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
696
697	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
698			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
699
700	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
701			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
702			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
703
704	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
705	conmode=
706
707	con3215_drop=	[S390] 3215 console drop mode.
708			Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
709			When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
710			the console buffer is full. In this case the
711			operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
712			x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
713			console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
714			This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
715			terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
716			emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
717
718	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
719
720		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
721
722		ttyS<n>[,options]
723		ttyUSB0[,options]
724			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
725			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
726			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
727			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
728			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
729
730			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
731			information.  See
732			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
733			alternative.
734
735		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
736		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
737		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
738		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
739		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
740			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
741			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
742			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
743			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
744			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
745			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
746			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
747			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
748			the h/w is not re-initialized.
749
750		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
751			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
752
753		{ null | "" }
754			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
755			console messages discarded.
756			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
757			kernel command line.
758
759		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
760		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
761			console=brl,ttyS0
762		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
763
764	console_msg_format=
765			[KNL] Change console messages format
766		default
767			By default we print messages on consoles in
768			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
769			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
770			`printk_time' param).
771		syslog
772			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
773			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
774			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
775			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
776			from /proc/kmsg.
777
778	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
779			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
780			Defaults to 0.
781
782	coredump_filter=
783			[KNL] Change the default value for
784			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
785			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
786
787	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
788			[ARM,ARM64]
789			Format: <bool>
790			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
791			0: default value, disable debugging
792			1: enable debugging at boot time
793
794	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
795			Format:
796			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
797
798	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
799			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
800			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
801			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
802			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
803			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
804			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
805			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
806			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
807			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
808			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
809			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
810			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
811
812	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
813			disable the cpuidle sub-system
814
815	cpuidle.governor=
816			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
817
818	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
819			disable the cpufreq sub-system
820
821	cpufreq.default_governor=
822			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
823			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
824			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
825
826	cpu_init_udelay=N
827			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
828			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
829			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
830			Default: 10000
831
832	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
833			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
834			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
835			succeeds in any situation.
836			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
837			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
838			kernel more unstable.
839
840	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
841			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
842			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
843			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
844			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
845			is selected automatically.
846			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] Select a region under 4G first, and
847			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
848			hasn't been specified.
849			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
850
851	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
852			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
853			in the running system. The syntax of range is
854			start-[end] where start and end are both
855			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
856			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
857
858	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
859			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
860			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
861			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
862			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
863			available.
864			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
865	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
866			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
867			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
868			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
869			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
870			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
871			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
872			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
873			default	size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
874			size is	platform dependent.
875			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
876			  --> arm64: 128MiB
877			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
878			for second kernel instead.
879			0: to disable low allocation.
880			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
881			or memory reserved is below 4G.
882
883	cryptomgr.notests
884			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
885
886	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
887			Format: <dma>
888
889	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
890			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
891
892	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call
893			handling. When switched on, additional debug data is
894			printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is
895			detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try
896			to resolve the hang situation.
897			0: disable csdlock debugging (default)
898			1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact)
899			ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact,
900			     but more data)
901
902	dasd=		[HW,NET]
903			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
904
905	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
906			(one device per port)
907			Format: <port#>,<type>
908			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
909
910	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
911
912	debug_boot_weak_hash
913			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
914			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
915			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
916			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
917			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
918			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
919
920	debug_locks_verbose=
921			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
922			Format: <int>
923			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
924			self-tests.
925			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
926			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
927			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
928			useful to lockdep developers.
929
930	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
931
932	no_debug_objects
933			[KNL] Disable object debugging
934
935	debug_guardpage_minorder=
936			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
937			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
938			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
939			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
940			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
941			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
942			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
943			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
944			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
945			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
946			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
947			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
948			F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA (basically when
949			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
950			bypassed) which are not detectable by
951			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
952			tracking down these problems.
953
954	debug_pagealloc=
955			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
956			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
957			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
958			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
959			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
960			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
961			on: enable the feature
962
963	debugfs=    	[KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
964			and debugfs internal clients.
965			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
966			on: 	All functions are enabled.
967			no-mount:
968				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
969			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
970				its content. There is nothing to mount.
971			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
972			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
973				or directories within debugfs.
974				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
975				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
976			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
977
978	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
979
980	default_hugepagesz=
981			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
982			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
983			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
984			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
985			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
986			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
987			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
988			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
989			Format: size[KMG]
990
991	deferred_probe_timeout=
992			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
993			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
994			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
995			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
996			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
997			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
998			successful driver registration. This option will also
999			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
1000			retrying.
1001
1002	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
1003
1004	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
1005			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1006			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1007			hardware.
1008
1009	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1010			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1011			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1012			blacklisted features.
1013
1014	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1015			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1016			(disabled by default).
1017
1018	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1019			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1020			capability is set.
1021
1022	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1023			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1024
1025	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1026			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1027
1028	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1029			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1030			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1031			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1032			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1033			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1034			          only (compression on level 1)
1035			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1036			          only (decompression)
1037			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1038			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1039
1040	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1041			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1042
1043	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
1044			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1045			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1046			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1047			miss to occur.
1048
1049	disable=	[IPV6]
1050			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1051
1052	disable_radix	[PPC]
1053			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1054
1055	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1056			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1057			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1058
1059	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
1060			Format: <int>
1061			The number of initial APIC ID for the
1062			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
1063			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
1064			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
1065			causing system reset or hang due to sending
1066			INIT from AP to BSP.
1067
1068	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
1069			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1070			to workaround buggy firmware.
1071
1072	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1073			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1074
1075	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1076			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1077			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1078			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1079
1080	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
1081			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1082			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1083			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1084			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1085
1086	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1087			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1088			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1089
1090	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1091
1092	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1093			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1094
1095	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1096			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1097			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1098			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1099			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1100			architectural default is too low.
1101
1102	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1103			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1104			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1105			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1106			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1107			driver later using sysfs.
1108
1109	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1110			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1111			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1112			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1113			match the *.
1114			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1115
1116	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1117			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1118			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1119			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1120			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1121			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
1122			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
1123			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
1124			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
1125			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
1126			available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID
1127			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
1128			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
1129			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
1130			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
1131			data set with no connector name will be used for
1132			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1133
1134	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1135
1136	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
1137			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1138			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1139			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1140			exists).
1141			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1142			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1143			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1144
1145	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1146			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1147			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1148			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1149
1150	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1151	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1152			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1153			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1154			for details.
1155
1156	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
1157			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1158			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1159			which are not unmapped.
1160
1161	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
1162
1163			When used with no options, the early console is
1164			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1165			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1166			the platform.
1167
1168		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1169			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1170			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1171			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1172			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1173			configured.
1174
1175		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1176		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1177		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1178		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1179		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1180			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1181			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1182			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1183			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1184			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1185			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1186			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1187			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized. 'uartclk' is
1188			the uart clock frequency; if unspecified, it is set
1189			to 'BASE_BAUD' * 16.
1190
1191		pl011,<addr>
1192		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1193			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1194			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1195			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1196			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1197			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1198			the device registers.
1199
1200		liteuart,<addr>
1201			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1202			specified address. The serial port must already be
1203			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1204
1205		meson,<addr>
1206			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1207			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1208			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1209			supported.
1210
1211		msm_serial,<addr>
1212			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1213			port at the specified address. The serial port
1214			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1215			yet supported.
1216
1217		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1218			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1219			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1220			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1221			yet supported.
1222
1223		owl,<addr>
1224			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1225			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1226			specified address. The serial port must already be
1227			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1228
1229		rda,<addr>
1230			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1231			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1232			specified address. The serial port must already be
1233			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1234
1235		sbi
1236			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1237			console.
1238
1239		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1240
1241		s3c2410,<addr>
1242		s3c2412,<addr>
1243		s3c2440,<addr>
1244		s3c6400,<addr>
1245		s5pv210,<addr>
1246		exynos4210,<addr>
1247			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1248			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1249			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1250			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1251			Options are not yet supported.
1252
1253		lantiq,<addr>
1254			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1255			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1256			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1257			yet supported.
1258
1259		lpuart,<addr>
1260		lpuart32,<addr>
1261			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1262			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1263			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1264			port must already be setup and configured.
1265
1266		ec_imx21,<addr>
1267		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1268			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1269			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1270			must already be setup and configured.
1271
1272		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1273			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1274			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1275			address. The serial port must already be setup
1276			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1277
1278		qcom_geni,<addr>
1279			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1280			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1281			specified address. The serial port must already be
1282			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1283
1284		efifb,[options]
1285			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1286			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1287			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1288			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1289			mapped with the correct attributes.
1290
1291		linflex,<addr>
1292			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1293			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1294			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1295			already be setup and configured.
1296
1297	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1298			earlyprintk=vga
1299			earlyprintk=sclp
1300			earlyprintk=xen
1301			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1302			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1303			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1304			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1305			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1306			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1307
1308			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1309			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1310			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1311
1312			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1313			takes over.
1314
1315			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1316			be used at a time.
1317
1318			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1319			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1320			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1321			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1322				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1323			You can find the port for a given device in
1324			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1325				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1326
1327			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1328			very good.
1329
1330			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1331			the real console.
1332
1333			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1334
1335			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1336
1337			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1338			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1339			UART class.
1340
1341	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1342			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1343			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1344			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1345			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1346			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1347			default: on.
1348
1349	edd=		[EDD]
1350			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1351
1352	efi=		[EFI]
1353			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1354				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1355				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1356			debug: enable misc debug output.
1357			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1358			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1359			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1360			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1361			firmware implementations.
1362			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1363			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1364			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1365			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1366			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1367			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1368			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1369			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1370			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1371			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1372
1373	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1374			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1375			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1376			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1377			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1378
1379	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1380			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1381			updating original EFI memory map.
1382			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1383			from ss to ss+nn.
1384
1385			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1386			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1387			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1388			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1389
1390			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1391			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1392			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1393
1394			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1395			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1396			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1397			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1398			"soft reserved".
1399
1400	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1401			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1402			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1403			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1404			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1405
1406
1407	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1408			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1409
1410	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1411			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1412
1413			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1414			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1415
1416			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1417			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1418			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1419			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1420
1421	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1422			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1423			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1424
1425	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1426			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1427			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1428			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1429			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1430
1431	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1432			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1433			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1434			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1435
1436	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1437			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1438			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1439			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1440			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1441
1442	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1443			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1444			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1445			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1446			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1447			Default value is 0.
1448			Value can be changed at runtime via
1449			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1450
1451	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1452			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1453			support.
1454
1455	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1456			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1457			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1458
1459	evm=		[EVM]
1460			Format: { "fix" }
1461			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1462			current integrity status.
1463
1464	early_page_ext [KNL] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1465			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1466			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1467			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1468			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1469			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1470			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1471
1472	failslab=
1473	fail_usercopy=
1474	fail_page_alloc=
1475	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1476			General fault injection mechanism.
1477			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1478			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1479
1480	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1481			Format: { initns | none }
1482			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1483			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1484
1485	floppy=		[HW]
1486			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1487
1488	force_pal_cache_flush
1489			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1490			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1491			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1492			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1493
1494	forcepae	[X86-32]
1495			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1496			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1497			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1498			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1499			and may cause unknown problems.
1500
1501	ftrace=[tracer]
1502			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1503			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1504			boot debugging.
1505
1506	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1507			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1508			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1509			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1510			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1511			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1512			start up functionality.
1513
1514			Optionally, the snapshot can also be defined for a tracing
1515			instance that was created by the trace_instance= command
1516			line parameter.
1517
1518			trace_instance=foo,sched_switch ftrace_boot_snapshot=foo
1519
1520			The above will cause the "foo" tracing instance to trigger
1521			a snapshot at the end of boot up.
1522
1523	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1524			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1525			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1526			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1527			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1528			oops.
1529
1530	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1531			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1532			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1533			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1534			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1535			tracing directory.
1536
1537	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1538			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1539			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1540			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1541			tracing directory.
1542
1543	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1544			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1545			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1546			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1547			that can be changed at run time by the
1548			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1549
1550	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1551			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1552			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1553			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1554			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1555
1556	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1557			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1558			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1559			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1560			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1561
1562	fw_devlink=	[KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1563			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1564			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1565			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1566			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1567			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1568			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1569			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1570			suppliers).
1571			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1572			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1573			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1574				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1575				up (sync_state() calls).
1576			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1577				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1578			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1579
1580	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1581			[KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1582			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1583			Format: <bool>
1584
1585	fw_devlink.sync_state =
1586			[KNL] When all devices that could probe have finished
1587			probing, this parameter controls what to do with
1588			devices that haven't yet received their sync_state()
1589			calls.
1590			Format: { strict | timeout }
1591			strict -- Default. Continue waiting on consumers to
1592				probe successfully.
1593			timeout -- Give up waiting on consumers and call
1594				sync_state() on any devices that haven't yet
1595				received their sync_state() calls after
1596				deferred_probe_timeout has expired or by
1597				late_initcall() if !CONFIG_MODULES.
1598
1599	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1600			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1601			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1602			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1603			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1604
1605	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1606
1607	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1608			Format: off | on
1609			default: on
1610
1611	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1612			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1613			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1614			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1615			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1616
1617	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1618			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1619			android emulator
1620
1621	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1622			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1623			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1624	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1625			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1626
1627	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1628			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1629			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1630			GPT to be used instead.
1631
1632	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1633			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1634			Format: 0 | 1
1635			Default: 0
1636	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1637			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1638			Format: 0 | 1
1639			Default: 0
1640	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1641			Format: 0 | 1
1642			Default: 0
1643	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1644			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1645			Default: 1024
1646	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1647			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1648			Default: 1024
1649
1650	hardened_usercopy=
1651			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1652			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1653			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1654			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1655			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1656			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1657			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1658		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1659		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1660
1661	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1662			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1663			backtraces on all cpus.
1664			Format: 0 | 1
1665
1666	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1667			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1668			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1669			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1670
1671	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1672
1673	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1674			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1675
1676	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1677			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1678			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1679			logic will be disabled.
1680
1681	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1682		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1683				present during boot.
1684		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1685		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1686		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1687				(that will set all pages holding image data
1688				during restoration read-only).
1689
1690	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1691			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1692			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1693			size on bigger boxes.
1694
1695	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1696			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1697			Default: "on"
1698
1699	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1700
1701	hostname=	[KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1702			Format: <string>
1703			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1704			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1705			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1706			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1707			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1708			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1709			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1710			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1711			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1712			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1713
1714	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1715			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1716				verbose }
1717			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1718			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1719				VIA, nVidia)
1720			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1721
1722	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1723			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1724
1725	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1726			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1727			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1728			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1729			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1730			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1731			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1732			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1733			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1734				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1735
1736	hugepagesz=
1737			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1738			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1739			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1740			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1741			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1742			architecture dependent.  See also
1743			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1744			Format: size[KMG]
1745
1746	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1747			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1748			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1749			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1750				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1751
1752			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1753			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1754			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1755
1756	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1757			[KNL] Requires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1758			enabled.
1759			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1760			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1761			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1762			Format: { on | off (default) }
1763
1764			on: enable HVO
1765			off: disable HVO
1766
1767			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1768			the default is on.
1769
1770			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1771			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1772			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1773			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1774			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1775
1776	hung_task_panic=
1777			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1778			Format: 0 | 1
1779
1780			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1781			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1782			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1783			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1784			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1785
1786	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1787				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1788	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1789				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1790				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1791
1792	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1793				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1794				      guest on lock contention.
1795
1796	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1797				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1798				registered from board initialization code.
1799				Format:
1800				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1801
1802	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1803	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1804			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1805			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1806			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1807	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1808	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1809			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1810			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1811	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1812	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1813	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1814			     for the AUX port
1815	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1816			     controller
1817	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1818			     controllers
1819	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1820	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1821			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1822			     transitions, or never reset
1823			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1824			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1825			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1826			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1827			architectures force reset to be always executed
1828	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1829	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1830	i8042.probe_defer
1831			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1832
1833	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1834
1835	i915.invert_brightness=
1836			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1837			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1838			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1839			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1840			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1841			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1842			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1843			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1844			value switches the backlight off.
1845			-1 -- never invert brightness
1846			 0 -- machine default
1847			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1848
1849	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1850			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1851
1852
1853	idle=		[X86]
1854			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1855			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1856			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1857			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1858			Not recommended.
1859			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1860			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1861			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1862
1863	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1864			Format: <bool>
1865			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1866			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1867			true (1).
1868
1869	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
1870			Format: <bool>
1871			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
1872			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
1873
1874	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1875			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1876			Default: strict
1877
1878			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1879			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1880			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1881			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1882			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1883			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1884			encoding mode.
1885
1886			Available settings are as follows:
1887			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1888				supported by the FPU
1889			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1890				by the FPU
1891			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1892				by the FPU
1893			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1894				supported by the FPU
1895
1896			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1897			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1898			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1899			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1900			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1901			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1902			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1903			MIPS64 CPUs.
1904
1905			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1906			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1907			except where unsupported by hardware.
1908
1909	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1910			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1911			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1912			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1913			could change it dynamically, usually by
1914			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1915
1916	ignore_rlimit_data
1917			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1918			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1919			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1920
1921	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1922			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1923
1924	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1925			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1926			default: "enforce"
1927
1928	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1929			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1930			owned by uid=0.
1931
1932	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1933			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1934			measurements, instead of host native format.
1935
1936	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1937			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1938				   | sha512 | ... }
1939			default: "sha1"
1940
1941			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1942			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1943
1944	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1945			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1946			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1947				 fail_securely | critical_data"
1948
1949			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1950			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1951			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1952			uid=0.
1953
1954			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1955			all files owned by root.
1956
1957			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1958			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1959			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1960
1961			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1962			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1963			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1964			flag.
1965
1966			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
1967			critical data.
1968
1969	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1970			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1971			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1972			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1973			opened for read by uid=0.
1974
1975	ima_template=	[IMA]
1976			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1977			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
1978				   "ima-sigv2" }
1979			Default: "ima-ng"
1980
1981	ima_template_fmt=
1982			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1983			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1984
1985	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1986			Format: <min_file_size>
1987			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1988			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1989
1990			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1991			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1992			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1993
1994	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1995			Format: <bufsize>
1996			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1997
1998			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1999			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2000			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
2001
2002	init=		[KNL]
2003			Format: <full_path>
2004			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
2005			process.
2006
2007	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
2008			for working out where the kernel is dying during
2009			startup.
2010
2011	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
2012			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
2013			modules and initcalls.
2014
2015	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2016			Format: <bool>
2017			Default: 1
2018			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2019			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2020			with devices being probed and
2021			initialized. This should normally just work,
2022			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2023			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2024			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2025			late_ initcalls.
2026
2027	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2028
2029	initrdmem=	[KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2030			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2031			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2032			setting.
2033			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2034			Default is 0, 0
2035
2036	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2037			zeroes.
2038			Format: 0 | 1
2039			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2040
2041	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2042			Format: 0 | 1
2043			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2044
2045	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2046			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2047			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2048			override in debugfs after boot.
2049
2050	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2051			Format: <irq>
2052
2053	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2054
2055	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2056			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2057			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2058			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2059
2060	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2061		on
2062			Enable intel iommu driver.
2063		off
2064			Disable intel iommu driver.
2065		igfx_off [Default Off]
2066			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2067			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2068			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2069			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2070			DMA.
2071		strict [Default Off]
2072			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2073		sp_off [Default Off]
2074			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2075			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2076			not be supported.
2077		sm_on
2078			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2079			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2080			translation.
2081		sm_off
2082			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2083		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2084			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2085			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2086			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2087			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2088			mapping is enabled.
2089			Note that using this option lowers the security
2090			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2091			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2092
2093	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2094			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2095			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2096
2097	intel_pstate=	[X86]
2098			disable
2099			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2100			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2101			passive
2102			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2103			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2104			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2105			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2106			  feature.
2107			force
2108			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2109			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2110			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2111			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2112			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2113			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2114			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2115			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2116			no_hwp
2117			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2118			  if available.
2119			hwp_only
2120			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2121			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2122			support_acpi_ppc
2123			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2124			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2125			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2126			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2127			per_cpu_perf_limits
2128			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2129			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2130
2131	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
2132			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2133			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2134			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2135			no_x2apic_optout
2136				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2137			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2138
2139	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2140		strict	regions from userspace.
2141		relaxed
2142
2143	iommu=		[X86]
2144		off
2145		force
2146		noforce
2147		biomerge
2148		panic
2149		nopanic
2150		merge
2151		nomerge
2152		soft
2153		pt		[X86]
2154		nopt		[X86]
2155		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2156			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2157
2158	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2159			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2160			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2161			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2162			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2163			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2164			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2165
2166	iommu.strict=	[ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2167			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2168			0 - Lazy mode.
2169			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2170			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2171			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2172			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2173			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2174			1 - Strict mode.
2175			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2176			  synchronously.
2177			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2178			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2179			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2180
2181	iommu.passthrough=
2182			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2183			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2184			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2185			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2186			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2187
2188	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2189			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2190			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2191
2192	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
2193		0x80
2194			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2195		0xed
2196			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2197		udelay
2198			Simple two microseconds delay
2199		none
2200			No delay
2201
2202	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2203			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2204
2205	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2206			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2207
2208	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2209			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2210
2211	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2212			[ARM, ARM64]
2213			Format: <bool>
2214			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2215			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2216			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2217
2218	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2219			[ARM, ARM64]
2220			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2221			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2222			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2223			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2224			LPIs.
2225
2226	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2227			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2228			requires the kernel to be built with
2229			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2230
2231	irqfixup	[HW]
2232			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2233			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2234			firmware running.
2235
2236	irqpoll		[HW]
2237			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2238			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2239			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2240			firmware running.
2241
2242	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2243			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2244
2245	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2246			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2247			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2248
2249			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2250			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2251
2252			nohz
2253			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2254
2255			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2256			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2257			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2258			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2259			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2260
2261			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2262			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2263			  be configured manually after bootup.
2264
2265			domain
2266			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2267			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2268			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2269			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2270			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2271			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2272			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2273			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2274
2275			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2276			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2277			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2278			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2279
2280			managed_irq
2281
2282			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2283			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2284			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2285			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2286			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2287
2288			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2289			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2290			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2291			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2292			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2293			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2294			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2295
2296			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2297			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2298			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2299			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2300			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2301			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2302			  queues.
2303
2304			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2305
2306	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2307
2308	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2309			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2310			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2311			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2312
2313			For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2314			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2315			write the parameter as:
2316				ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
2317
2318			Deprecated formats:
2319			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2320			  write the parameter as:
2321				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2322			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2323			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2324				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2325
2326	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2327			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2328			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2329			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2330
2331			For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
2332			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2333			write the parameter as:
2334				ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
2335
2336			Deprecated formats:
2337			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2338			  write the parameter as:
2339				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2340			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2341			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2342				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2343
2344	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2345			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2346			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2347			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2348
2349			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2350			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2351			write the parameter as:
2352				ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
2353
2354			Deprecated formats:
2355			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
2356			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2357				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2358			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2359			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2360				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2361
2362	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2363			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2364
2365	kasan_multi_shot
2366			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2367			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2368			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2369			invalid access.
2370
2371	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
2372			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
2373			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
2374			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
2375			the real console.
2376
2377	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
2378
2379	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2380			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2381			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2382			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2383			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2384			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2385			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2386			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2387			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2388			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2389
2390			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2391			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2392			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2393			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2394			zone if it does not.
2395
2396			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2397			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2398			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2399			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2400			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2401			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2402			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2403
2404	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2405			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2406			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2407			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2408			optional and is the number seconds in between
2409			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2410			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2411			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2412			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2413			the kernel debugger.
2414
2415	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2416			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2417			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2418			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2419			 keyboard only format: kbd
2420			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2421			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2422			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2423			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2424
2425	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW]
2426			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2427			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2428			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2429			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2430			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2431			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2432
2433			The name of the early console should be specified
2434			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2435			the early console might be different than the tty
2436			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2437			blank and the first boot console that implements
2438			read() will be picked.
2439
2440	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2441			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2442
2443	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2444			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2445			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2446
2447	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2448			Valid arguments: on, off
2449			Default: on
2450			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2451			the default is off.
2452
2453	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2454			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2455			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2456			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2457			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2458			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2459			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2460
2461			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2462
2463			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2464			Boot Parameter" section.
2465
2466	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2467			and kernel address spaces.
2468			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2469			0: force disabled
2470			1: force enabled
2471
2472	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2473			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2474			default value can be overridden via
2475			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2476			Default is 1 (enabled)
2477
2478	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2479			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2480
2481	kvm.eager_page_split=
2482			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2483			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2484			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2485			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2486			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2487			required to split huge pages lazily.
2488
2489			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2490			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2491			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2492			still be used for reads.
2493
2494			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2495			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2496			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2497			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2498			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2499			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2500			cleared.
2501
2502			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2503
2504			Default is Y (on).
2505
2506	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2507				   Default is false (don't support).
2508
2509	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2510			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2511			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2512			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2513			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2514			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2515				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2516
2517			Default is 'auto'.
2518
2519			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2520			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2521
2522	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2523			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2524			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2525			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2526			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2527
2528	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2529			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2530			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2531			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2532			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2533			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2534
2535	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2536			Default is 1 (enabled)
2537
2538	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2539			for all guests.
2540			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2541
2542	kvm-arm.mode=
2543			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2544
2545			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2546
2547			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2548			      protected guests.
2549
2550			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2551				   state is kept private from the host.
2552
2553			nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
2554				virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.3
2555				hardware.
2556
2557			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2558			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2559			for the host. "nested" is experimental and should be
2560			used with extreme caution.
2561
2562	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2563			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2564			system registers
2565
2566	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2567			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2568			system registers
2569
2570	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2571			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2572			system registers
2573
2574	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2575			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2576			LPIs.
2577
2578	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2579			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2580			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2581			allocation.
2582			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2583			Format: <integer>
2584			Default: 5
2585
2586	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2587			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2588			Default is 1 (enabled)
2589
2590	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2591			[KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state.
2592			Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as
2593			guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests.
2594			This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM
2595			never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2596			Default is 1 (enabled)
2597
2598	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2599			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2600			Default is 1 (enabled)
2601
2602	kvm-intel.nested=
2603			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2604			Default is 0 (disabled)
2605
2606	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2607			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2608			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2609			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2610
2611	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2612			CVE-2018-3620.
2613
2614			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2615
2616			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2617			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2618				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2619			never:	Disables the mitigation
2620
2621			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2622
2623	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2624			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2625			Default is 1 (enabled)
2626
2627	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL]
2628			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2629
2630			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2631			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2632			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2633
2634			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2635			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2636			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2637			not have direct access.
2638
2639			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2640			options are:
2641
2642			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2643
2644	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2645			      affected CPUs
2646
2647			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2648			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2649
2650			full
2651				Provides all available mitigations for the
2652				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2653				enables all mitigations in the
2654				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2655
2656				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2657				sysfs interface is still possible after
2658				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2659				when the first VM is started in a
2660				potentially insecure configuration,
2661				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2662
2663			full,force
2664				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2665				flush runtime control. Implies the
2666				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2667				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2668
2669			flush
2670				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2671				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2672				L1D flush.
2673
2674				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2675				sysfs interface is still possible after
2676				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2677				when the first VM is started in a
2678				potentially insecure configuration,
2679				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2680
2681			flush,nosmt
2682
2683				Disables SMT and enables the default
2684				hypervisor mitigation.
2685
2686				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2687				sysfs interface is still possible after
2688				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2689				when the first VM is started in a
2690				potentially insecure configuration,
2691				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2692
2693			flush,nowarn
2694				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2695				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2696				insecure configuration.
2697
2698			off
2699				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2700				emit any warnings.
2701				It also drops the swap size and available
2702				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2703				bare metal.
2704
2705			Default is 'flush'.
2706
2707			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2708
2709	l2cr=		[PPC]
2710
2711	l3cr=		[PPC]
2712
2713	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2714			disabled it.
2715
2716	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2717			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2718			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2719			Format: notscdeadline
2720
2721	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2722			in C2 power state.
2723
2724	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2725			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2726			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2727			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2728			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2729			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2730			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2731
2732	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2733			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2734			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2735
2736	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2737			when set.
2738			Format: <int>
2739
2740	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2741			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2742			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2743			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2744			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2745			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2746			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2747			to all ports, links and devices.
2748
2749			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2750			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2751			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2752			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2753			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2754			host link and device attached to it.
2755
2756			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2757			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2758			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2759			The following configurations can be forced.
2760
2761			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2762			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2763
2764			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2765
2766			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2767			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2768			  allowed.
2769
2770			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2771			  resets.
2772
2773			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2774			  link recovery.
2775
2776			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2777			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2778			  detection.
2779
2780			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2781
2782			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
2783
2784			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
2785
2786			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
2787
2788			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
2789
2790			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
2791
2792			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
2793
2794			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
2795
2796			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
2797			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
2798
2799			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
2800			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
2801
2802			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
2803			  identify device data log.
2804
2805			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
2806			  purpose log directory.
2807
2808			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
2809
2810			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2811			  1024 sectors.
2812
2813			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2814			  65535 sectors.
2815
2816			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
2817
2818			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
2819			  should be skipped.
2820
2821			* [no]fua: Disable or enable FUA (Force Unit Access)
2822			  support for devices supporting this feature.
2823
2824			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
2825
2826			* disable: Disable this device.
2827
2828			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2829			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2830
2831	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2832
2833	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2834			Format: <integer>
2835
2836	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2837			Format: <integer>
2838
2839	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2840			Format: <integer>
2841
2842	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2843			Format: <integer>
2844
2845	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2846			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2847			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2848			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2849			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2850			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2851			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2852			are also disabled.
2853
2854	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2855			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2856			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2857			number of online CPUs.
2858
2859	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2860			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2861
2862	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2863			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2864
2865	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2866			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2867			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2868
2869	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2870			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2871			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2872			mode during the locktorture test.
2873
2874	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2875			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2876			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2877
2878	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2879			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2880
2881	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2882			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2883			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2884			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2885			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2886			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2887
2888	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2889			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2890
2891	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2892			Enable additional printk() statements.
2893
2894	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2895			Format: <irq>
2896
2897	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2898			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2899			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2900			loglevels are defined as follows:
2901
2902			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2903			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2904			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2905			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2906			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2907			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2908			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2909			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2910
2911	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2912			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2913			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2914			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2915			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2916			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2917			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2918
2919	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2920			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2921			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2922			kernel boot problems.
2923
2924	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2925	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2926	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2927	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2928				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2929				attached printers to be reset. Using
2930				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2931				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2932				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2933				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2934				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2935				port specification list means that device IDs
2936				from each port should be examined, to see if
2937				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2938				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2939				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2940
2941	lpj=n		[KNL]
2942			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2943			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2944			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2945			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2946			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2947			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2948			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2949			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2950			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2951			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2952			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2953			hardware.
2954
2955	ltpc=		[NET]
2956			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2957
2958	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2959
2960	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2961			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2962			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2963
2964	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2965			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2966			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2967
2968	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
2969			different yeeloong laptops.
2970			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2971
2972	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater
2973			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2974
2975	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2976			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2977			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2978			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2979			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2980			only takes effect during system bootup.
2981			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2982			which also disables the IO APIC.
2983
2984	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2985	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2986			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2987			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2988			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2989			/dev/loop-control interface.
2990
2991	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2992
2993	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2994
2995	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2996			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2997
2998	mdacon=		[MDA]
2999			Format: <first>,<last>
3000			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
3001
3002	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
3003			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
3004			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
3005
3006			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
3007			internal buffers which can forward information to a
3008			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
3009
3010			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
3011			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
3012			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
3013			not have direct access.
3014
3015			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
3016			options are:
3017
3018			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3019			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
3020				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
3021			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
3022
3023			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
3024			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
3025			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
3026			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3027			too.
3028
3029			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3030			mds=full.
3031
3032			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3033
3034	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON] Set the memory size.
3035			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3036
3037	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
3038			Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
3039
3040			1 for test;
3041			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3042			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3043			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3044			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3045
3046			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3047			high memory is not affected.
3048
3049			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3050			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3051
3052			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3053			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3054			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3055			belonging to unused RAM.
3056
3057			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3058			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3059			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3060
3061	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3062			[ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by
3063			firmware.
3064			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3065			ss[KMG].
3066			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3067			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3068
3069	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3070			memory.
3071
3072	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
3073
3074	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3075			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3076			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3077
3078	memhp_default_state=online/offline
3079			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3080			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3081			set according to the
3082			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3083			option.
3084			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3085
3086	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
3087			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3088			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3089			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3090			option description.
3091
3092	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3093			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3094			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3095			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3096			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3097			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3098			comma delimited.
3099			Example:
3100				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3101
3102	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3103			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3104			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3105
3106	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3107			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3108			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3109			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3110			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3111			         or
3112			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3113			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3114			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3115			will be eaten.
3116
3117	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
3118			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3119			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3120			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3121			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3122
3123	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3124			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
3125			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3126			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3127			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3128			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3129			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3130			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3131
3132	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
3133			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3134			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3135			Setting this option will scan the memory
3136			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3137			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3138			from using the memory being corrupted.
3139			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3140			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3141			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3142			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3143
3144	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
3145			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3146			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3147			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3148			corruption in more or less memory.
3149
3150	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
3151			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3152			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3153			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3154
3155	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3156			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3157			Format: {on | off (default)}
3158			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3159			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3160			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3161			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3162			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3163			lot of memory without requiring additional
3164			memory to do so.
3165			This feature is disabled by default because it
3166			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3167			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3168			memory blocks).
3169			The state of the flag can be read in
3170			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3171			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3172			the feature is not effective.
3173
3174	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
3175			Format: <integer>
3176			default : 0 <disable>
3177			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3178			performed. Each pass selects another test
3179			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3180			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3181			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3182			regions that are detected.
3183
3184	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3185			Valid arguments: on, off
3186			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
3187			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
3188			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
3189			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3190			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3191
3192			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3193			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3194
3195	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3196			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3197			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3198			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3199			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3200
3201	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
3202			See Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst.
3203
3204	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
3205			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
3206			platforms.
3207
3208	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3209			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3210			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3211			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3212
3213	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3214
3215	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this
3216			physical address is ignored.
3217
3218	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3219			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3220			Default: "0tb"
3221			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3222			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3223			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3224			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3225			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3226			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3227			unconfigured.
3228			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3229			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3230			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3231			VGA shield.
3232			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3233			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3234			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3235			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3236			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3237			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3238
3239	mitigations=
3240			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
3241			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3242			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3243			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3244
3245			off
3246				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3247				improves system performance, but it may also
3248				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3249				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
3250					       if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3251					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3252					       nobp=0 [S390]
3253					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3254					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3255					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3256					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3257					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3258					       l1tf=off [X86]
3259					       mds=off [X86]
3260					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3261					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3262					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3263					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3264					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3265					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3266					       retbleed=off [X86]
3267
3268				Exceptions:
3269					       This does not have any effect on
3270					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3271					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3272
3273			auto (default)
3274				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3275				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3276				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3277				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3278				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3279				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3280
3281			auto,nosmt
3282				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3283				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3284				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3285				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3286					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3287					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3288					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3289					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3290
3291	mminit_loglevel=
3292			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3293			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3294			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3295			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3296			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3297			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3298
3299	mmio_stale_data=
3300			[X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor
3301			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3302
3303			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3304			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3305			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3306			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3307			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3308			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3309
3310			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3311			options are:
3312
3313			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3314
3315			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3316				     vulnerable CPUs.
3317
3318			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3319
3320			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3321			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3322			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3323			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3324			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3325			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3326
3327			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3328			mmio_stale_data=full.
3329
3330			For details see:
3331			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3332
3333	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
3334			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
3335			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
3336			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
3337			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
3338			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
3339
3340	module.async_probe=<bool>
3341			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3342			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3343			specific module, use the module specific control that
3344			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3345			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3346			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3347			the specific module.
3348
3349	module.sig_enforce
3350			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3351			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3352			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3353			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3354
3355	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3356			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3357
3358	mousedev.tap_time=
3359			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3360			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3361			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3362			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3363			Format: <msecs>
3364	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3365			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3366	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3367			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3368
3369	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
3370			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3371			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3372			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3373			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3374			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3375			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3376			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3377			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3378			is not too small.
3379
3380	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3381			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3382			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3383			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3384			allocations. Use with caution!
3385
3386	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3387			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3388
3389	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3390			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3391
3392	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3393			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3394
3395	mtdset=		[ARM]
3396			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3397
3398			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3399
3400	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3401			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3402			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3403
3404	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3405			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3406			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3407
3408	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3409			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3410			Default is 1.
3411			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3412			using up MTRRs.
3413
3414	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3415			Format: <integer>
3416			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3417			Default : 1
3418			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3419			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3420
3421	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3422			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3423			at a time.
3424
3425	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3426
3427	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3428			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3429			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3430			something different and driver-specific.
3431			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3432			file if at all.
3433
3434	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3435			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3436			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3437			waits 4 seconds.
3438
3439	nf_conntrack.acct=
3440			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3441			0 to disable accounting
3442			1 to enable accounting
3443			Default value is 0.
3444
3445	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3446			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3447
3448	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3449			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3450
3451	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3452			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3453
3454	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3455			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3456			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3457			requests.
3458
3459	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3460			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3461			channel should listen.
3462
3463	nfs.cache_getent=
3464			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3465			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3466
3467	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3468			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3469			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3470
3471	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3472			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3473			entries.
3474
3475	nfs.enable_ino64=
3476			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3477			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3478			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3479			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3480			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3481
3482	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3483			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3484			slots the client will assign to the callback
3485			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3486			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3487			a particular server.
3488
3489	nfs.max_session_slots=
3490			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3491			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3492			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3493			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3494			Note that there is little point in setting this
3495			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3496
3497	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3498			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3499			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3500			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3501			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3502			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3503			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3504			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3505			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3506			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3507			back to using the idmapper.
3508			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3509	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3510			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3511			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3512			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3513			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3514
3515	nfs.send_implementation_id =
3516			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3517			information in exchange_id requests.
3518			If zero, no implementation identification information
3519			will be sent.
3520			The default is to send the implementation identification
3521			information.
3522
3523	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
3524			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3525			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3526			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3527			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3528			after the locks are lost.
3529			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3530			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3531			parameter to '1'.
3532			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3533			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3534
3535	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
3536			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3537			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3538
3539			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3540			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3541			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3542			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3543
3544	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable =
3545			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3546			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3547			the destination of the copy.
3548
3549	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout =
3550			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3551			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3552			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3553			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3554			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3555			this parameter.
3556
3557	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3558			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3559			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3560			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3561			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3562			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3563
3564
3565	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3566			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3567			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3568
3569	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3570			when a NMI is triggered.
3571			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3572
3573	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3574			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3575			Valid num: 0 or 1
3576			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3577			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3578			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3579			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3580			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3581			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3582			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3583			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3584			need the box quickly up again.
3585
3586			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3587			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3588
3589	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3590			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3591			is present.
3592
3593	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3594			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3595
3596	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3597
3598	no_console_suspend
3599			[HW] Never suspend the console
3600			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3601			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3602			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3603			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3604			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3605			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3606			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3607			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3608			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3609			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3610			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3611			turn on/off it dynamically.
3612
3613	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
3614			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
3615			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
3616			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
3617			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
3618			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
3619			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
3620			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
3621			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
3622			is set.
3623
3624	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3625			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
3626			but will impact performance.
3627
3628	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3629
3630	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3631			(CPU alternatives feature).
3632
3633	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3634			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3635
3636	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3637
3638	nocache		[ARM]
3639
3640	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3641
3642	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
3643
3644	no_entry_flush  [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3645
3646	noexec		[IA-64]
3647
3648	nosmap		[PPC]
3649			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3650			even if it is supported by processor.
3651
3652	nosmep		[PPC64s]
3653			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3654			even if it is supported by processor.
3655
3656	noexec32	[X86-64]
3657			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3658			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3659				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3660			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3661				read implies executable mappings
3662
3663	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3664
3665	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3666			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3667			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3668
3669	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3670
3671	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3672
3673	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3674			Equivalent to smt=1.
3675
3676			[KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3677			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3678				     via the sysfs control file.
3679
3680	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3681			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3682			possible in the system.
3683
3684	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3685			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3686			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3687			option.
3688
3689	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
3690			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
3691			with this option.
3692
3693	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3694			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3695
3696	no_uaccess_flush
3697	                [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
3698
3699	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3700			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3701			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3702
3703	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3704			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3705			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3706			performance of saving the states is degraded because
3707			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3708			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3709
3710	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3711			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3712			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3713			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3714			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3715			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3716			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3717
3718	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait
3719			in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3720			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3721			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3722			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3723			correctly or when doing power measurements to evaluate
3724			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3725			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3726
3727	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3728			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3729			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3730
3731	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3732			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3733			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3734			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3735			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3736			real-time systems.
3737
3738	no_hash_pointers
3739			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3740			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3741			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3742			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3743			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3744			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3745			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3746			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3747			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3748			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3749			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3750			kernels.
3751
3752	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3753
3754	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3755			Valid arguments: on, off
3756			Default: on
3757
3758	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3759			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3760			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3761			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3762			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3763			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3764			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3765			just as if they had also been called out in the
3766			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3767
3768			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3769			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3770
3771	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3772
3773	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3774			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3775
3776	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3777			broken timer IRQ sources.
3778
3779	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3780
3781	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3782			initial RAM disk.
3783
3784	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3785			remapping.
3786			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3787
3788	nointroute	[IA-64]
3789
3790	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3791
3792	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3793
3794	nokaslr		[KNL]
3795			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
3796			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
3797			Layout Randomization).
3798
3799	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3800
3801	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3802			fault handling.
3803
3804	no-vmw-sched-clock
3805			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3806			clock and use the default one.
3807
3808	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES] Disable paravirtualized
3809			steal time accounting. steal time is computed, but
3810			won't influence scheduler behaviour
3811
3812	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3813
3814	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3815
3816	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3817
3818	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3819
3820	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3821			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3822
3823	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3824			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3825			irq.
3826
3827	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware
3828			sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory
3829			for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will
3830			not load if they could possibly displace the pre-
3831			initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will
3832			be available for use. The respective drivers will not
3833			perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering.
3834
3835			Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging.
3836
3837	nomodule	Disable module load
3838
3839	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3840			pagetables) support.
3841
3842	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3843
3844	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
3845			in some Intel CPUs.
3846
3847	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
3848			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
3849			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
3850			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
3851
3852	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM]
3853			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
3854			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
3855			contention.
3856
3857	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3858			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3859
3860	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3861			with UP alternatives
3862
3863	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3864			space.
3865
3866	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3867			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3868			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3869
3870	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3871
3872	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3873
3874	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3875			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3876
3877	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3878
3879	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3880
3881	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3882			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3883
3884	nowb		[ARM]
3885
3886	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3887
3888			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
3889			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
3890			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
3891
3892	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3893			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3894			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3895			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3896			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3897			parameter's value.
3898			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3899			Default: 255
3900
3901	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3902			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3903			SAL PALO.
3904
3905	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3906			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3907			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3908			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3909			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3910			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3911			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3912			hot plugging.
3913
3914	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3915
3916	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only
3917			set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
3918
3919	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
3920			NUMA balancing.
3921			Allowed values are enable and disable
3922
3923	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3924			'node', 'default' can be specified
3925			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3926			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3927
3928	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3929			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
3930			info.
3931
3932	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3933			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3934			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3935			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3936			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3937			interrupts *may* be lost!
3938
3939	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3940			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3941			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3942			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3943
3944	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
3945
3946			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
3947
3948			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
3949				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
3950			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
3951				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
3952				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
3953
3954	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3955			process, but there is a small probability of
3956			deadlocking the machine.
3957			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3958			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3959
3960	page_alloc.shuffle=
3961			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3962			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3963			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3964			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3965			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3966			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3967			can be read from sysfs at:
3968			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3969
3970	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3971			Storage of the information about who allocated
3972			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3973			we can turn it on.
3974			on: enable the feature
3975
3976	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3977			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3978			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3979			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3980			on: turn on poisoning
3981
3982	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
3983			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
3984			Format: <integer>
3985			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
3986			reporting is disabled when it exceeds (MAX_ORDER-1).
3987
3988	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3989			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3990			timeout = 0: wait forever
3991			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3992			Format: <timeout>
3993
3994	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3995			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3996			bit 0: print all tasks info
3997			bit 1: print system memory info
3998			bit 2: print timer info
3999			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
4000			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
4001			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
4002			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
4003			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
4004			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
4005			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
4006			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
4007
4008	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
4009			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
4010			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
4011			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
4012			called with any of the flags in this set.
4013			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
4014			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
4015			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
4016			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
4017			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
4018			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
4019			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
4020
4021	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
4022			on a WARN().
4023
4024	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
4025			connected to, default is 0.
4026			Format: <parport#>
4027	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
4028			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
4029			Format: <mode>
4030
4031	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
4032			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
4033			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
4034			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
4035			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
4036			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
4037			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
4038			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
4039			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
4040			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
4041			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
4042			are specified on the command line, starting
4043			with parport0.
4044
4045	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
4046			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
4047			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
4048			computer where firmware has no options for setting
4049			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
4050			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
4051			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
4052
4053	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4054			Format: <int>
4055			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4056			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4057			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4058
4059	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4060			Format: <int>
4061			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4062			changes.  Disabled by default.
4063
4064	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4065			Format: <int>
4066			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4067			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4068			Disabled by default.
4069
4070	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4071			Format: <int>
4072			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4073			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4074			Disabled by default.
4075
4076	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4077			Format: <int>
4078			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4079			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4080			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4081			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4082			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4083			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4084			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4085			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4086			all channels.
4087
4088	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4089			Format: <int>
4090			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4091			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4092			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4093
4094	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4095			Format: <int>
4096			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4097			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4098			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4099
4100	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4101			Format: <int>
4102			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4103			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4104			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4105			All modes allowed by default.
4106
4107	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4108			Format: <int>
4109			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4110			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4111
4112	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4113			Format: <int>
4114			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4115			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4116			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4117			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4118			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4119			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4120			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4121			By default all supported ports are probed.
4122
4123	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4124			Format: <int>
4125			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4126			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4127
4128	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4129			Format: <int>
4130			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4131			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4132			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4133			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4134			0 otherwise.
4135
4136	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4137			Format: <int>
4138			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4139			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4140			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4141			allowed by default.
4142
4143	pause_on_oops=
4144			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4145			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4146			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4147
4148	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4149
4150	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
4151
4152				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4153				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4154				specified in one of the following formats:
4155
4156				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4157				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4158
4159				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4160				bus/device/function address which may change
4161				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4162				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4163				by other kernel parameters. If the
4164				domain is left unspecified, it is
4165				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4166				to a device through multiple device/function
4167				addresses can be specified after the base
4168				address (this is more robust against
4169				renumbering issues).  The second format
4170				selects devices using IDs from the
4171				configuration space which may match multiple
4172				devices in the system.
4173
4174		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4175				changes anything
4176		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4177		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4178				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4179				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4180		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4181				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4182				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4183				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4184		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4185				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4186				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4187		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4188				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4189				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4190				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4191				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4192				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4193				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4194		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4195				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4196				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4197		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4198				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4199		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4200				Configuration
4201		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4202				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4203				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4204		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4205				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4206				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4207		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4208				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4209				should never be necessary.
4210		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4211				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4212				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4213				when the system masks IRQs.
4214		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4215				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4216				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4217				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4218		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4219				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4220				on several machines and they hang the machine
4221				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4222				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4223				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4224				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4225				motherboard.
4226		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4227				Use with caution as certain devices share
4228				address decoders between ROMs and other
4229				resources.
4230		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4231				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4232				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4233		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4234				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4235		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4236				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4237				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4238				this way.
4239		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4240				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4241				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4242				F0000h-100000h range.
4243		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4244				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4245				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4246				explicitly which ones they are.
4247		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4248				numbers ourselves, overriding
4249				whatever the firmware may have done.
4250		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4251				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4252				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4253				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4254				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4255				IRQ routing is enabled.
4256		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4257				or for PCI scanning.
4258		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4259				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4260				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4261				please report a bug.
4262		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4263				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4264		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4265				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4266				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4267				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4268				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4269		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4270				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4271				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4272				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4273		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4274				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4275				so this option is a temporary workaround
4276				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4277		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4278				handle more pci cards
4279		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4280				This might help on some broken boards which
4281				machine check when some devices' config space
4282				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4283				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4284		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4285				This sorting is done to get a device
4286				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4287		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4288		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4289				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4290		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4291				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4292		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4293				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4294				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4295				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4296				or bus can support) for best performance.
4297		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4298				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4299				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4300				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4301				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4302				that hot-added devices will work.
4303		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4304				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4305				The default value is 256 bytes.
4306		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4307				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4308				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4309		resource_alignment=
4310				Format:
4311				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4312				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4313				aligned memory resources. How to
4314				specify the device is described above.
4315				If <order of align> is not specified,
4316				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4317				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4318				windows need to be expanded.
4319				To specify the alignment for several
4320				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4321				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4322				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4323				for 4096-byte alignment.
4324		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4325				end-to-end CRC checking). Only effective if
4326				OS has native AER control (either granted by
4327				ACPI _OSC or forced via "pcie_ports=native")
4328				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4329				the default.
4330				off: Turn ECRC off
4331				on: Turn ECRC on.
4332		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4333				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4334				Default size is 256 bytes.
4335		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4336				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4337				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4338		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4339				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4340				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4341		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4342				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4343				MMIO_PREF window.
4344				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4345		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4346				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4347				Default is 1.
4348		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4349				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4350				accommodate resources required by all child
4351				devices.
4352				off: Turn realloc off
4353				on: Turn realloc on
4354		realloc		same as realloc=on
4355		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4356		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4357				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4358		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4359				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4360				port.
4361		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4362				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4363				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4364				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4365				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4366				taints the kernel.
4367		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4368				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4369				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4370				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4371				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4372				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4373				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4374				this removes isolation between devices and
4375				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4376		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4377		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4378		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4379				one PCI domain per PCI function
4380
4381	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
4382			Management.
4383		off	Disable ASPM.
4384		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4385			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4386
4387	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4388		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4389			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4390			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4391			also tries to use these services.
4392		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4393				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4394		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4395			hotplug).
4396
4397	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4398		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4399		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4400
4401	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4402		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4403			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4404
4405	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4406
4407	pd_ignore_unused
4408			[PM]
4409			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4410			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4411			for debug and development, but should not be
4412			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4413
4414	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4415			boot time.
4416			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4417			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4418
4419	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4420			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4421			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4422			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4423			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4424			and performance comparison.
4425
4426	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4427			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4428
4429	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4430			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4431			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4432
4433	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4434			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4435			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4436
4437	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4438			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4439			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4440			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4441			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4442			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4443			remains 0.
4444
4445	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4446			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4447
4448	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4449			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4450			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4451			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4452			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4453			possible settings and some assignment information.
4454
4455	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4456			{ off }
4457
4458	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4459			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4460
4461	pnp_reserve_irq=
4462			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4463
4464	pnp_reserve_dma=
4465			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4466
4467	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4468			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4469
4470	pnp_reserve_mem=
4471			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4472			autoconfiguration.
4473			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4474
4475	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4476			Default is 21.
4477			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4478			may be specified.
4479			Format: <port>,<port>....
4480
4481	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4482			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4483			platform machine description specific power_save
4484			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4485			execution priority.
4486
4487	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4488			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4489			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4490			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4491			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4492
4493	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
4494			Format: {"off"}
4495			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4496
4497	preempt=	[KNL]
4498			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4499			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4500			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4501			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4502			       can be preempted anytime.
4503
4504	print-fatal-signals=
4505			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4506
4507			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4508			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4509			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4510			coredump - etc.
4511
4512			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4513			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4514
4515			default: off.
4516
4517	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4518			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4519			panics
4520			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4521			default: disabled
4522
4523	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4524			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4525			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4526			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4527			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4528			in order to provide more debug information.
4529			Format: <bool>
4530			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4531
4532	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4533			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4534			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4535			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4536			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4537			Default: ratelimit
4538
4539	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4540			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4541
4542	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4543			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4544			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4545
4546	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4547			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4548			instead using the legacy FADT method
4549
4550	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4551			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4552			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4553				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4554			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4555			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4556				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4557			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4558			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4559				statistical time based profiling.
4560
4561	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4562
4563	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4564			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4565			that).
4566			Format: <bool>
4567
4568	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4569			tracking.
4570			Format: <bool>
4571
4572	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4573			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4574	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4575			per second.
4576	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4577			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4578			(0 = never).
4579	psmouse.resolution=
4580			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4581	psmouse.smartscroll=
4582			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4583			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4584
4585	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4586
4587	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4588			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4589			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4590			system calls and interrupts.
4591
4592			on   - unconditionally enable
4593			off  - unconditionally disable
4594			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4595			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4596
4597			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4598
4599	nopti		[X86-64]
4600			Equivalent to pti=off
4601
4602	pty.legacy_count=
4603			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4604			default number.
4605
4606	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
4607
4608	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4609
4610	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
4611			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
4612			invalidate.
4613
4614	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4615			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4616
4617	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4618			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4619
4620	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4621
4622	random.trust_cpu=off
4623			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
4624			random number generator (if available) to
4625			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4626
4627	random.trust_bootloader=off
4628			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
4629			passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4630			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4631
4632	randomize_kstack_offset=
4633			[KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4634			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4635			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4636			that depend on stack address determinism or
4637			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4638			available on architectures that have defined
4639			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4640			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4641			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4642
4643	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4644
4645		cec_disable	[X86]
4646				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4647				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4648
4649	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4650			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4651			as described above.
4652
4653			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4654			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4655			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4656			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4657			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4658			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4659			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4660			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4661			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4662			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4663			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4664			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4665
4666			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4667			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4668
4669			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4670			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4671			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4672			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4673
4674			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4675			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4676
4677	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4678			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4679			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4680			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4681			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4682			This improves the real-time response for the
4683			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4684			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4685			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4686			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4687
4688	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4689			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4690			process in one batch.
4691
4692	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4693			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4694			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4695			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4696
4697	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4698			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4699			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4700
4701	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4702			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4703			RCU grace-period initialization.
4704
4705	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4706			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4707			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4708			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4709			the rcu_node combining tree.
4710
4711	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
4712			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
4713			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
4714			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
4715			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
4716
4717			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
4718			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
4719			to zero.
4720
4721	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4722			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4723			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
4724			possibly be useful for architectures having high
4725			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4726
4727	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4728			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4729			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
4730			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4731			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4732			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4733			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4734
4735	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4736			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4737			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4738			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4739			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4740			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4741			condition.
4742
4743	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
4744			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
4745			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
4746			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
4747
4748	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4749			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4750			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4751			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4752			and maximum value is HZ.
4753
4754	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4755			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4756			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4757			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4758
4759	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4760			Set required age in jiffies for a
4761			given grace period before RCU starts
4762			soliciting quiescent-state help from
4763			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4764			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4765			a value based on the most recent settings
4766			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4767			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4768			This calculated value may be viewed in
4769			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
4770			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4771			overwritten.
4772
4773	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
4774			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4775			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4776			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4777			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4778			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4779			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4780			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
4781			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4782			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4783			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
4784			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
4785
4786	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
4787			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
4788			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
4789			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
4790			The result will be bounded below by the value of
4791			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
4792			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
4793			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
4794
4795			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
4796			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
4797			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
4798			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
4799			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
4800
4801	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
4802			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
4803			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
4804			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
4805			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
4806			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
4807			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
4808			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
4809			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
4810			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
4811			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
4812			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
4813
4814	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4815			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4816			each group, which defaults to the square root
4817			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
4818			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4819			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4820			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4821
4822	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4823			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4824			batch limiting is disabled.
4825
4826	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4827			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4828			batch limiting is re-enabled.
4829
4830	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4831			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4832			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4833			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4834			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4835			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4836			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4837			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4838
4839	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4840			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4841			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4842			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4843			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4844			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4845
4846	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
4847			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
4848			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
4849			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
4850			Larger delays increase the probability of
4851			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
4852			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
4853			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
4854
4855	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
4856			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
4857			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
4858			why a new grace period has not yet started.
4859
4860	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
4861			Measure performance of asynchronous
4862			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
4863
4864	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
4865			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
4866			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
4867			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
4868			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
4869			previously posted callbacks to drain.
4870
4871	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
4872			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
4873			grace-period primitives.
4874
4875	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4876			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
4877			this parameter is to delay the start of the
4878			test until boot completes in order to avoid
4879			interference.
4880
4881	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
4882			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
4883
4884	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
4885			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4886			If this parameter has the same value as
4887			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
4888			and double-argument variants are tested.
4889
4890	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
4891			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4892			If this parameter has the same value as
4893			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
4894			and double-argument variants are tested.
4895
4896	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
4897			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
4898
4899	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
4900			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
4901
4902	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
4903			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
4904			of allocations and frees.
4905
4906	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4907			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4908			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4909			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
4910			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4911			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4912			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
4913			a single reader.
4914
4915	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
4916			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
4917			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
4918			N, where N is the number of CPUs
4919
4920	rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL]
4921			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4922
4923	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4924			Shut the system down after performance tests
4925			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
4926			testing.
4927
4928	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
4929			Enable additional printk() statements.
4930
4931	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
4932			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
4933			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
4934			no holdoff.
4935
4936	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
4937			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
4938			in microseconds.
4939
4940	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
4941			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
4942			in microseconds.
4943
4944	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
4945			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
4946			in seconds.
4947
4948	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
4949			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
4950			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
4951			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
4952			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
4953			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
4954			of CPUs to be used.
4955
4956	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
4957			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
4958			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
4959
4960	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
4961			Number of seconds to wait between successive
4962			forward-progress tests.
4963
4964	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
4965			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
4966			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
4967			testing.
4968
4969	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
4970			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
4971			primitives, if available.
4972
4973	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
4974			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
4975
4976	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
4977			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
4978			update-side primitives, if available.
4979
4980	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
4981			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
4982			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
4983			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
4984			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
4985			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
4986			they are all non-zero.
4987
4988	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
4989			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
4990			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
4991			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
4992
4993	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
4994			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
4995			This can of course result in splats, and is
4996			intended to test the ability of things like
4997			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
4998			such leaks.
4999
5000	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
5001			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
5002
5003	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
5004			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
5005			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
5006			test, hence the "fake".
5007
5008	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
5009			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
5010			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
5011
5012	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
5013			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
5014			callback-offload toggling attempts.
5015
5016	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
5017			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5018			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5019			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
5020			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5021			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5022
5023	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
5024			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
5025
5026	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5027			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
5028
5029	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5030			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
5031			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
5032
5033	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
5034			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
5035			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
5036			task-exit processing.
5037
5038	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
5039			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
5040			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
5041			is spawned.
5042
5043	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
5044			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5045			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5046
5047	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5048			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5049			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5050			during the rcutorture test.
5051
5052	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5053			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5054			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5055
5056	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5057			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5058			warnings, zero to disable.
5059
5060	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5061			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5062			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition
5063			to any other stall-related activity.
5064
5065	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5066			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5067
5068	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5069			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
5070
5071	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5072			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5073			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5074			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5075			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5076			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5077
5078	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5079			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5080
5081	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5082			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5083			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5084			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5085			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5086
5087	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5088			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5089			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5090			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5091
5092	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5093			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5094
5095	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5096			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5097
5098	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5099			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5100			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5101
5102	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5103			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5104
5105	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5106			Enable additional printk() statements.
5107
5108	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5109			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5110			stall warning.
5111
5112	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5113			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5114
5115	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5116			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5117			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5118			during early boot, that is, during the time
5119			before the init task is spawned.
5120
5121	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5122			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5123			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5124			value is 300 seconds.
5125
5126	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5127			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5128			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5129			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5130			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5131			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5132			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5133			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5134			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5135
5136	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_cputime= [KNL]
5137			Provide statistics on the cputime and count of
5138			interrupts and tasks during the sampling period. For
5139			multiple continuous RCU stalls, all sampling periods
5140			begin at half of the first RCU stall timeout.
5141
5142	rcupdate.rcu_exp_stall_task_details= [KNL]
5143			Print stack dumps of any tasks blocking the
5144			current expedited RCU grace period during an
5145			expedited RCU CPU stall warning.
5146
5147	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5148			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5149			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5150			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5151			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5152			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5153			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5154
5155	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5156			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5157			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5158			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5159			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5160			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5161			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5162			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5163			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5164
5165	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5166			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5167			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5168			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5169			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5170
5171			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5172			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5173			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5174			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5175			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5176			grace-period processing.
5177
5178	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5179			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5180			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5181			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5182			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5183			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5184			set to the default value of -1.
5185
5186	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5187			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5188			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5189			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5190			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5191			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5192			the default value of -1.
5193
5194	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5195			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5196			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5197			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5198			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5199			for use in testing.
5200
5201	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5202			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5203			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5204			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5205			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5206			but lengthens grace periods.
5207
5208	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5209			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5210			informational messages, which give some indication
5211			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5212			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5213			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5214			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5215			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5216			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5217			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5218
5219	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5220			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5221			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5222			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5223			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5224			the value three, so that the first informational
5225			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5226			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5227			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5228			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5229
5230	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5231			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5232			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5233			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5234			A change in value does not take effect until
5235			the beginning of the next grace period.
5236
5237	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5238			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5239
5240	rdinit=		[KNL]
5241			Format: <full_path>
5242			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5243			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5244
5245	rdrand=		[X86]
5246			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5247				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5248				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5249				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5250				path).
5251
5252	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5253			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5254			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5255			mba, smba, bmec.
5256			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5257				rdt=cmt,!mba
5258
5259	reboot=		[KNL]
5260			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5261				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5262				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5263				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5264				[[,]f[orce]
5265			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5266					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5267					reboot only),
5268			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5269			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5270			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5271					to be used for rebooting.
5272
5273	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5274			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5275			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5276			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5277			interference.
5278
5279	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5280			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5281			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5282			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5283			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5284			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5285			x86 laptops.
5286
5287	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5288			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5289			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5290			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5291
5292	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5293			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5294			the console log.
5295
5296	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5297			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5298			measured in microseconds.
5299
5300	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5301			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5302
5303	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5304			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5305			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5306			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5307			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5308
5309	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5310			Enable additional printk() statements.
5311
5312	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5313			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5314			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5315			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5316			specified.
5317
5318	relax_domain_level=
5319			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5320			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5321
5322	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5323			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5324			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5325			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5326			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5327
5328	reservetop=	[X86-32]
5329			Format: nn[KMG]
5330			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5331			address space.
5332
5333	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5334			during initialization.
5335
5336	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5337			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5338			Format:
5339			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5340
5341	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5342			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5343			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5344			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5345			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5346
5347	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5348			read the resume files
5349
5350	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5351			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5352			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5353
5354	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
5355
5356	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5357			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5358			vulnerability.
5359
5360			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5361			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5362			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5363			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5364			that don't.
5365
5366			off          - no mitigation
5367			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5368			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5369				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5370				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5371				       and older without STIBP).
5372			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5373				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5374				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5375				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5376				       on Intel.
5377			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5378				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5379				       the alternative for systems which do not
5380				       have STIBP.
5381			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5382				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5383				       systems.
5384			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5385				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5386				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5387
5388			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5389			time according to the CPU.
5390
5391			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5392
5393	rfkill.default_state=
5394		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5395			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5396		1	Unblocked.
5397
5398	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5399		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5400		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5401			blocked and the previous configuration.
5402		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5403			blocked and everything unblocked.
5404
5405	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5406			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
5407
5408	ring3mwait=disable
5409			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5410			CPUs.
5411
5412	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5413
5414	rodata=		[KNL]
5415		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5416		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5417		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5418		        [arm64]
5419
5420	rockchip.usb_uart
5421			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5422			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5423			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5424			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5425
5426	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5427			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
5428
5429	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5430			mount the root filesystem
5431
5432	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5433
5434	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5435
5436	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5437			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5438			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5439
5440	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5441			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5442			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5443			managed by CMA.
5444
5445	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5446
5447	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5448
5449	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5450			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5451		strict
5452			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
5453			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
5454			which is faster.
5455
5456	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5457			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5458			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5459			factor of the size of main memory.
5460			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5461			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5462			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5463			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5464			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5465			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5466			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5467
5468	sa1100ir	[NET]
5469			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5470
5471	sched_verbose	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5472
5473	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5474			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5475			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5476			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5477
5478	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5479			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5480			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5481			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5482			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5483			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5484			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5485			value.
5486			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5487			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5488				1			64 ms
5489				2			128 ms
5490			and so on.
5491			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5492			Default is 0.
5493
5494	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5495			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5496			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5497			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5498			tests.
5499
5500	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5501			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5502			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5503			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5504			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5505			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5506			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5507
5508	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5509			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5510			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5511			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5512			equal to the number of CPUs.
5513
5514	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5515			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5516			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5517
5518	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5519			Number seconds to wait between successive
5520			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
5521			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5522
5523	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5524			The number of seconds following the start of the
5525			test after which to shut down the system.  The
5526			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5527			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5528
5529	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5530			The number of seconds between outputting the
5531			current test statistics to the console.  A value
5532			of zero disables statistics output.
5533
5534	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5535			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5536			to the set of CPUs under test.
5537
5538	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5539			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5540			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5541			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5542			functions.
5543
5544	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5545			Enable additional printk() statements.
5546
5547	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5548			The probability weighting to use for the
5549			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5550			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
5551			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
5552			if at least one weight has some other value, a
5553			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5554
5555	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
5556			The probability weighting to use for the
5557			smp_call_function_single() function with a
5558			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5559
5560	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
5561			The probability weighting to use for the
5562			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
5563			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5564			Note well that setting a high probability for
5565			this weighting can place serious IPI load
5566			on the system.
5567
5568	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
5569			The probability weighting to use for the
5570			smp_call_function_many() function with a
5571			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5572			and weight_many.
5573
5574	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
5575			The probability weighting to use for the
5576			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
5577			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
5578			weight_many.
5579
5580	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
5581			The probability weighting to use for the
5582			smp_call_function_all() function with a
5583			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5584			and weight_many.
5585
5586	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5587			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5588			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5589			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5590			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5591			1 -- enable.
5592			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5593			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5594
5595	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5596			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5597			"lsm=" parameter.
5598
5599	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5600			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5601			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
5602			0 -- disable.
5603			1 -- enable.
5604			Default value is 1.
5605
5606	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
5607
5608	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
5609
5610	shapers=	[NET]
5611			Maximal number of shapers.
5612
5613	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
5614			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
5615			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
5616			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
5617			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
5618			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
5619			apic=verbose is specified.
5620			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
5621
5622	simeth=		[IA-64]
5623	simscsi=
5624
5625	slram=		[HW,MTD]
5626
5627	slab_merge	[MM]
5628			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5629			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5630
5631	slab_nomerge	[MM]
5632			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5633			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5634			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5635			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5636			layout control by attackers can usually be
5637			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5638			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5639			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5640			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5641			own.
5642			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5643
5644	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
5645			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5646			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5647			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
5648			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5649
5650	slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM, SLUB]
5651			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5652			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5653			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5654			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5655			last alloc / free. For more information see
5656			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5657
5658	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5659			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5660			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5661			fragmentation. For more information see
5662			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5663
5664	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
5665			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5666			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5667			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5668			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5669			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5670			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5671			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5672
5673	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
5674			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5675			lower than slub_max_order.
5676			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5677
5678	slub_merge	[MM, SLUB]
5679			Same with slab_merge.
5680
5681	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
5682			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5683			See slab_nomerge for more information.
5684
5685	smart2=		[HW]
5686			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5687
5688	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
5689			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
5690			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
5691			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
5692			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
5693			disabling interrupts for extended periods
5694			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
5695			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
5696			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
5697			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
5698
5699	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5700	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
5701	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
5702	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
5703	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
5704	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
5705	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5706				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5707				1: Fast pin select (default)
5708				2: ATC IRMode
5709
5710	smt=		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5711			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5712			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5713			actual hardware limit.
5714			Format: <integer>
5715			Default: -1 (no limit)
5716
5717	softlockup_panic=
5718			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5719			Format: 0 | 1
5720
5721			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5722			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5723			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5724			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5725			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
5726
5727	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
5728			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
5729			backtraces on all cpus.
5730			Format: 0 | 1
5731
5732	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
5733			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
5734
5735	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5736			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
5737			The default operation protects the kernel from
5738			user space attacks.
5739
5740			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
5741			       spectre_v2_user=on
5742			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
5743			       spectre_v2_user=off
5744			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5745			       vulnerable
5746
5747			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
5748			mitigation method at run time according to the
5749			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
5750			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
5751			compiler with which the kernel was built.
5752
5753			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
5754			against user space to user space task attacks.
5755
5756			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
5757			the user space protections.
5758
5759			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
5760
5761			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
5762			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
5763			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
5764			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
5765			eibrs		  - Enhanced/Auto IBRS
5766			eibrs,retpoline   - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
5767			eibrs,lfence      - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
5768			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
5769
5770			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5771			spectre_v2=auto.
5772
5773	spectre_v2_user=
5774			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5775		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
5776		        user space tasks
5777
5778			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
5779				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
5780
5781			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
5782				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
5783
5784			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
5785				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
5786				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
5787				  is inherited on fork.
5788
5789			prctl,ibpb
5790				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
5791				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5792				  always when switching between different user
5793				  space processes.
5794
5795			seccomp
5796				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
5797				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
5798				  they explicitly opt out.
5799
5800			seccomp,ibpb
5801				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
5802				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5803				  always when switching between different
5804				  user space processes.
5805
5806			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
5807				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
5808
5809			Default mitigation: "prctl"
5810
5811			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5812			spectre_v2_user=auto.
5813
5814	spec_store_bypass_disable=
5815			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
5816			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
5817
5818			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
5819			a common industry wide performance optimization known
5820			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
5821			to the same memory location may not be observed by
5822			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
5823			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
5824			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
5825			end of a particular speculation execution window.
5826
5827			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5828			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
5829			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
5830			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
5831
5832			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
5833			Bypass optimization is used.
5834
5835			On x86 the options are:
5836
5837			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
5838			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
5839			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
5840				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
5841				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
5842				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
5843				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
5844				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
5845			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
5846				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
5847				  for a process by default. The state of the control
5848				  is inherited on fork.
5849			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
5850				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
5851
5852			Default mitigations:
5853			X86:	"prctl"
5854
5855			On powerpc the options are:
5856
5857			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
5858				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
5859				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
5860				  exit.
5861			off	- No action.
5862
5863			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5864			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
5865
5866	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
5867	spia_fio_base=
5868	spia_pedr=
5869	spia_peddr=
5870
5871	split_lock_detect=
5872			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
5873
5874			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
5875			instructions that access data across cache line
5876			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
5877			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
5878			bus lock detection.
5879
5880			off	- not enabled
5881
5882			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
5883				  about applications triggering the #AC
5884				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
5885				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
5886				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
5887				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
5888				  enabled in hardware.
5889
5890			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
5891				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
5892				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
5893				  both features are enabled in hardware.
5894
5895			ratelimit:N -
5896				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
5897				  per second for bus lock detection.
5898				  0 < N <= 1000.
5899
5900				  N/A for split lock detection.
5901
5902
5903			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
5904			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
5905			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
5906			mode.
5907
5908			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
5909			CPL > 0.
5910
5911	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
5912			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
5913			(SRBDS) mitigation.
5914
5915			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
5916			exploit which can leak bits from the random
5917			number generator.
5918
5919			By default, this issue is mitigated by
5920			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
5921			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
5922			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
5923			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
5924
5925			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
5926			the following option:
5927
5928			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
5929				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
5930
5931	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
5932			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
5933			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
5934			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
5935			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
5936			but takes effect only when the low-order four
5937			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
5938			(decide at boot).
5939
5940	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
5941			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
5942			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
5943			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
5944
5945				   0:  Never.
5946				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
5947				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
5948				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
5949				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
5950
5951			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
5952			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
5953			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
5954
5955	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
5956			Specifies how frequently to check for
5957			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
5958			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
5959			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
5960			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
5961			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
5962			are ignored.
5963
5964	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
5965			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
5966			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
5967			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
5968			grace period will be considered for automatic
5969			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
5970			expediting.
5971
5972	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
5973			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
5974			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
5975			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
5976			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
5977			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
5978
5979	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
5980			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
5981			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
5982			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
5983			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
5984			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
5985
5986	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
5987			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
5988			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
5989
5990	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
5991			Specifies the number of update-side contention
5992			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
5993			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
5994			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
5995			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
5996			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
5997
5998	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
5999			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
6000
6001			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
6002			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
6003			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
6004			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
6005
6006			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
6007				   for both kernel and userspace
6008			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
6009				   for both kernel and userspace
6010			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
6011				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
6012				   to allow userspace to register its
6013				   interest in being mitigated too.
6014
6015	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
6016			override the default stack gap protection. The value
6017			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
6018			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
6019			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
6020			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
6021
6022	stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
6023			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
6024			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
6025			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
6026			to false.
6027
6028	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
6029			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
6030
6031	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
6032			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
6033			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
6034			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
6035			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
6036			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
6037			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
6038
6039	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
6040			Format: <num>
6041			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
6042			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
6043			as the initial boot-console.
6044			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6045
6046	sti_font=	[HW]
6047			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6048
6049	stifb=		[HW]
6050			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
6051
6052        strict_sas_size=
6053			[X86]
6054			Format: <bool>
6055			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
6056			against the required signal frame size which
6057			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
6058			be used to filter out binaries which have
6059			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
6060
6061	stress_hpt	[PPC]
6062			Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
6063			page table to increase the rate of hash page table
6064			faults on kernel addresses.
6065
6066	stress_slb	[PPC]
6067			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
6068			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
6069			on kernel addresses.
6070
6071	sunrpc.min_resvport=
6072	sunrpc.max_resvport=
6073			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6074			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
6075			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
6076			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
6077			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
6078			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
6079			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
6080			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
6081			maximum port values.
6082
6083	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
6084			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6085			Limit the number of requests that the server will
6086			process in parallel from a single connection.
6087			The default value is 0 (no limit).
6088
6089	sunrpc.pool_mode=
6090			[NFS]
6091			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
6092			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
6093			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
6094			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6095			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6096			NFS server is running.
6097
6098			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6099				    automatically using heuristics
6100			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6101			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6102			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6103				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6104
6105	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6106	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6107			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6108			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6109			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6110			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6111			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6112			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6113
6114	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6115			[SUSPEND]
6116			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6117			mode before resuming the system (see
6118			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6119			is set. Default value is 5.
6120
6121	svm=		[PPC]
6122			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6123			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6124			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6125
6126	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
6127			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6128			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6129			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6130				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6131				 to a power of 2.
6132			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6133			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6134			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6135
6136	switches=	[HW,M68k]
6137
6138	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6139			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6140			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6141			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6142			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6143			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6144			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6145			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6146
6147	sysrq_always_enabled
6148			[KNL]
6149			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6150			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6151			Useful for debugging.
6152
6153	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6154			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6155			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6156			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6157			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6158			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6159
6160	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6161
6162	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6163			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6164			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6165			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6166			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6167			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6168			The system is woken from this state using a
6169			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6170
6171	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6172			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6173
6174	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6175			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6176			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6177
6178	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6179			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6180			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6181
6182	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
6183			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
6184			critical and hot trip points.
6185
6186	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6187			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6188
6189	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6190			-1: disable all passive trip points
6191			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6192			value
6193
6194	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6195			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6196			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6197			0: no polling (default)
6198
6199	threadirqs	[KNL]
6200			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6201			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6202
6203	topology=	[S390]
6204			Format: {off | on}
6205			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6206			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6207			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6208			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6209			Default is on.
6210
6211	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
6212			Format: {off}
6213			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
6214			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
6215			LPAR.
6216
6217	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6218			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6219			until after init has spawned.
6220
6221	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6222			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6223			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6224			very costly operation when many torture tests
6225			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6226			with rotating-rust storage.
6227
6228	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6229			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6230			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6231			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6232
6233	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6234			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6235
6236	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
6237
6238	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6239			Format: integer pcr id
6240			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6241			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6242			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6243			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6244			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6245			are saved.
6246
6247	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6248			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6249			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6250			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6251			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6252			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6253
6254			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6255			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6256			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6257			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6258
6259			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6260			to stop the printing of events to console at
6261			late_initcall_sync.
6262
6263			** CAUTION **
6264
6265			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6266			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6267			the system to live lock.
6268
6269	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6270			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6271			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6272			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6273			make the system inoperable.
6274
6275			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6276			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6277
6278	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6279			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6280
6281	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6282			at boot up.
6283			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6284				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6285				depending on the architecture, may not be
6286				in sync between CPUs.
6287			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6288				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6289				but better for some race conditions.
6290			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6291				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6292				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6293				once per event.
6294			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6295			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6296			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6297			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6298				stamps.
6299			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6300			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6301			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6302
6303	trace_event=[event-list]
6304			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6305			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6306			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6307			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6308
6309	trace_instance=[instance-info]
6310			[FTRACE] Create a ring buffer instance early in boot up.
6311			This will be listed in:
6312
6313				/sys/kernel/tracing/instances
6314
6315			Events can be enabled at the time the instance is created
6316			via:
6317
6318				trace_instance=<name>,<system1>:<event1>,<system2>:<event2>
6319
6320			Note, the "<system*>:" portion is optional if the event is
6321			unique.
6322
6323				trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall
6324
6325			will enable the "sched_switch" event (note, the "sched:" is optional, and
6326			the same thing would happen if it was left off). The irq_handler_entry
6327			event, and all events under the "initcall" system.
6328
6329	trace_options=[option-list]
6330			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6331			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6332			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6333			to echo the option name into
6334
6335			    /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_options
6336
6337			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6338			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6339
6340			      trace_options=stacktrace
6341
6342			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6343			section.
6344
6345	trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
6346			[FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events.
6347			Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
6348			filter.
6349
6350			The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..."
6351			Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated.
6352
6353			For example:
6354
6355			  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"
6356
6357			The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch"
6358			event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch"
6359			event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE).
6360
6361			See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst
6362
6363
6364	traceoff_on_warning
6365			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6366			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6367			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6368			file located in /sys/kernel/tracing/
6369
6370			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6371			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6372			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6373
6374			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6375			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6376
6377	transparent_hugepage=
6378			[KNL]
6379			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6380			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6381			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6382			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6383			for more details.
6384
6385	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6386			Format: <string>
6387			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6388			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6389			sources:
6390			- "tpm"
6391			- "tee"
6392			- "caam"
6393			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6394			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6395			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6396			successfully during iteration.
6397
6398	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6399			Format: <string>
6400			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6401			Can be one of:
6402			- "kernel"
6403			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6404			- "default"
6405			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6406			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6407
6408	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6409			Format: <string>
6410			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6411			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6412			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6413			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6414			virtualized environment.
6415			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6416			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6417			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6418			can add overhead.
6419			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6420			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6421			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6422			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6423			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6424			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6425			acceptable).
6426			[x86] recalibrate: force recalibration against a HW timer
6427			(HPET or PM timer) on systems whose TSC frequency was
6428			obtained from HW or FW using either an MSR or CPUID(0x15).
6429			Warn if the difference is more than 500 ppm.
6430			[x86] watchdog: Use TSC as the watchdog clocksource with
6431			which to check other HW timers (HPET or PM timer), but
6432			only on systems where TSC has been deemed trustworthy.
6433			This will be suppressed by an earlier tsc=nowatchdog and
6434			can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog.  A console
6435			message will flag any such suppression or overriding.
6436
6437	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
6438			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
6439			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
6440			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
6441			Format: <unsigned int>
6442
6443	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
6444			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
6445			support TSX control.
6446
6447			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
6448
6449			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
6450				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
6451				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
6452				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
6453				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
6454				with leaving it enabled.
6455
6456			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
6457				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
6458				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
6459				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
6460				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
6461				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
6462				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
6463
6464			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
6465				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
6466
6467			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
6468
6469			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6470			for more details.
6471
6472	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
6473			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
6474
6475			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
6476			certain CPUs that support Transactional
6477			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
6478			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
6479			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
6480			conditions.
6481
6482			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6483			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
6484			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
6485			access.
6486
6487			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
6488			options are:
6489
6490			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
6491				     if TSX is enabled.
6492
6493			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
6494				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
6495				     is not disabled because CPU is not
6496				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
6497			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
6498
6499			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
6500			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
6501			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
6502			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
6503
6504			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6505			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
6506			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
6507			required and doesn't provide any additional
6508			mitigation.
6509
6510			For details see:
6511			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6512
6513	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
6514			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
6515			Format:
6516			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
6517			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
6518
6519	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
6520			happen after console_init() and before a proper
6521			console driver takes over, this boot options might
6522			help "seeing" what's going on.
6523
6524	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6525			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
6526
6527	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
6528			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
6529			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
6530			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
6531			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
6532			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
6533			reported either.
6534
6535	unknown_nmi_panic
6536			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
6537
6538	usbcore.authorized_default=
6539			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
6540			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
6541			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
6542			if device connected to internal port)
6543
6544	usbcore.autosuspend=
6545			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
6546			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
6547			is the time required before an idle device will be
6548			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
6549			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
6550
6551	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
6552			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
6553
6554	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
6555			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
6556			(default = 65536).
6557
6558	usbcore.blinkenlights=
6559			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
6560
6561	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
6562			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
6563			scheme (default 0 = off).
6564
6565	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
6566			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
6567			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
6568
6569	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
6570			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
6571			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
6572
6573	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
6574			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
6575			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
6576			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
6577
6578	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
6579
6580	usbcore.quirks=
6581			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
6582			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
6583			commas. Each entry has the form
6584			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
6585			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
6586			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
6587			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
6588			the following meanings:
6589				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
6590					descriptors must not be fetched using
6591					a 255-byte read);
6592				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
6593					correctly so reset it instead);
6594				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
6595					Set-Interface requests);
6596				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
6597					handle its Configuration or Interface
6598					strings);
6599				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
6600					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
6601				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
6602					more interface descriptions than the
6603					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
6604					talking to these interfaces);
6605				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
6606					during initialization, after we read
6607					the device descriptor);
6608				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
6609					high speed and super speed interrupt
6610					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
6611					require the interval in microframes (1
6612					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
6613					calculated as interval = 2 ^
6614					(bInterval-1).
6615					Devices with this quirk report their
6616					bInterval as the result of this
6617					calculation instead of the exponent
6618					variable used in the calculation);
6619				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
6620					handle device_qualifier descriptor
6621					requests);
6622				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
6623					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
6624					remote wakeup capability);
6625				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
6626					Power Management);
6627				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
6628					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
6629					frames instead of the USB 2.0
6630					calculation);
6631				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
6632					to be disconnected before suspend to
6633					prevent spurious wakeup);
6634				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
6635					pause after every control message);
6636				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
6637					delay after resetting its port);
6638			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
6639
6640	usbhid.mousepoll=
6641			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
6642
6643	usbhid.jspoll=
6644			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
6645
6646	usbhid.kbpoll=
6647			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
6648
6649	usb-storage.delay_use=
6650			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
6651			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
6652
6653	usb-storage.quirks=
6654			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
6655			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
6656			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
6657			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
6658			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
6659			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
6660			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
6661				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
6662					of sense data, not on uas);
6663				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
6664					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
6665				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
6666					device capacity by one sector);
6667				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
6668					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
6669				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
6670					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
6671				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
6672					command, uas only);
6673				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
6674					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
6675				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
6676					reported device capacity by one
6677					sector if the number is odd);
6678				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
6679					device);
6680				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
6681					command, uas only);
6682				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
6683				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
6684					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
6685				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
6686					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
6687					not on uas);
6688				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
6689					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
6690				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
6691					reported by the device, not on uas);
6692				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
6693					by default, not on uas);
6694				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
6695					bogus residue values, not on uas);
6696				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
6697					Logical Unit);
6698				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
6699					commands, uas only);
6700				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
6701				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
6702					medium is write-protected).
6703				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
6704					even if the device claims no cache,
6705					not on uas)
6706			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
6707
6708	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
6709			Format: <int>
6710			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
6711				 1 - undefined instruction events
6712				 2 - system calls
6713				 4 - invalid data aborts
6714				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
6715				16 - SIGBUS faults
6716			Example: user_debug=31
6717
6718	userpte=
6719			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
6720
6721				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
6722					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
6723					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
6724
6725	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
6726			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
6727
6728			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
6729			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
6730
6731	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
6732			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
6733			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
6734
6735			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
6736			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
6737			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
6738
6739			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
6740			alias for vdso32=0.
6741
6742			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
6743			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
6744
6745	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
6746			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
6747
6748	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
6749			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
6750
6751	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
6752			Format: [0|1]
6753			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
6754			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
6755			level and then send out the event to user space through
6756			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
6757			will only send out the event without touching backlight
6758			brightness level.
6759			default: 1
6760
6761	virtio_mmio.device=
6762			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
6763
6764				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
6765			where:
6766				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
6767						like K, M and G)
6768				<baseaddr> := physical base address
6769				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
6770						request_irq())
6771				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
6772			example:
6773				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
6774
6775			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
6776
6777	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
6778			See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
6779			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
6780			Use vga=ask for menu.
6781			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
6782			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
6783
6784	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
6785			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
6786			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
6787			All options are enabled by default, and this
6788			interface is meant to allow for selectively
6789			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
6790			debugging features.
6791
6792			Available options are:
6793			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
6794			  -	Disable all of the above options
6795
6796	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
6797			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
6798			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
6799			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
6800			mapped kernel RAM.
6801
6802	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
6803			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
6804			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
6805
6806	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
6807			Format: <command>
6808
6809	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
6810			Format: <command>
6811
6812	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
6813			Format: <command>
6814
6815	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
6816			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
6817			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
6818			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
6819			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
6820			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
6821			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
6822
6823			emulate     Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
6824			            reasonably safely.  The vsyscall page is
6825				    readable.
6826
6827			xonly       [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6828			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6829				    page is not readable.
6830
6831			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
6832			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
6833			            might break your system.
6834
6835	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
6836			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
6837			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
6838
6839	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
6840			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
6841			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
6842			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
6843
6844	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
6845			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
6846			Change the default blue palette of the console.
6847			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6848			ranging from 0-255.
6849
6850	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
6851			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
6852			Change the default green palette of the console.
6853			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6854			ranging from 0-255.
6855
6856	vt.default_red=	[VT]
6857			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
6858			Change the default red palette of the console.
6859			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6860			ranging from 0-255.
6861
6862	vt.default_utf8=
6863			[VT]
6864			Format=<0|1>
6865			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
6866			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
6867			newly opened terminals.
6868
6869	vt.global_cursor_default=
6870			[VT]
6871			Format=<-1|0|1>
6872			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
6873			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
6874			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
6875			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
6876			cursors, 1 will display them.
6877
6878	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
6879			Default: 2 = green.
6880
6881	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
6882			Default: 3 = cyan.
6883
6884	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
6885			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
6886			or other driver-specific files in the
6887			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
6888
6889	watchdog_thresh=
6890			[KNL]
6891			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
6892			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
6893			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
6894			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
6895			seconds.
6896
6897	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
6898			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
6899			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
6900			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
6901			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
6902			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
6903			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
6904			corresponding sysfs file.
6905
6906	workqueue.disable_numa
6907			By default, all work items queued to unbound
6908			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
6909			issued on, which results in better behavior in
6910			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
6911			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
6912			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
6913			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
6914
6915	workqueue.power_efficient
6916			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
6917			they show better performance thanks to cache
6918			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
6919			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
6920
6921			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
6922			were observed to contribute significantly to power
6923			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
6924			power usage at the cost of small performance
6925			overhead.
6926
6927			The default value of this parameter is determined by
6928			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
6929
6930	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
6931			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
6932			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
6933			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
6934			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
6935			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
6936			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
6937			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
6938			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
6939			impacted.
6940
6941	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
6942			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
6943			supporting x2apic.
6944
6945	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
6946			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
6947			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
6948			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
6949			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
6950			domains.
6951
6952	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
6953			Unplug Xen emulated devices
6954			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
6955			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
6956			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
6957			nics -- unplug network devices
6958			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
6959			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
6960				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
6961				the unplug protocol
6962			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
6963
6964	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
6965			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
6966			panic() code such as dumping handler.
6967
6968	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN]
6969			Format: <bool>
6970			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
6971			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
6972			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
6973
6974	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
6975			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
6976			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
6977			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6978
6979	xen_nopv	[X86]
6980			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
6981			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
6982			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
6983			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6984
6985	xen_no_vector_callback
6986			[KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
6987			event channel interrupts.
6988
6989	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
6990			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
6991			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
6992			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
6993			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
6994
6995	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
6996			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
6997			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
6998			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
6999			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
7000			more timer interrupts.
7001
7002	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
7003			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
7004			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
7005			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
7006			started with less memory configured than allowed at
7007			max. Default is 180.
7008
7009	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
7010			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
7011			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
7012
7013	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
7014			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
7015			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
7016
7017	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
7018			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
7019			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
7020			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
7021			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
7022			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
7023
7024	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
7025			Format:
7026			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
7027
7028	xive=		[PPC]
7029			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
7030			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
7031			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
7032
7033			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
7034				  controller on both pseries and powernv
7035				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
7036
7037	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
7038			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
7039			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
7040			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
7041			loads instead, as on POWER9.
7042
7043	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
7044			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
7045			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
7046			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
7047
7048	xmon		[PPC]
7049			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
7050			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
7051			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
7052			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
7053				debugger is called from setup_arch().
7054			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7055				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
7056				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
7057				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
7058			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7059				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
7060				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
7061				can be written using xmon commands.
7062			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
7063				memory, and other data can't be written using
7064				xmon commands.
7065			off	xmon is disabled.
7066
7067	amd_pstate=	[X86]
7068			disable
7069			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
7070			  scaling driver for the supported processors
7071			passive
7072			  Use amd_pstate as a scaling driver, driver requests a
7073			  desired performance on this abstract scale and the power
7074			  management firmware translates the requests into actual
7075			  hardware states (core frequency, data fabric and memory
7076			  clocks etc.)
7077			active
7078			  Use amd_pstate_epp driver instance as the scaling driver,
7079			  driver provides a hint to the hardware if software wants
7080			  to bias toward performance (0x0) or energy efficiency (0xff)
7081			  to the CPPC firmware. then CPPC power algorithm will
7082			  calculate the runtime workload and adjust the realtime cores
7083			  frequency.
7084