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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	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
382			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
383			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
384			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
385			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
386			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
387			apic=verbose is specified.
388			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
389
390	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
391			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
392
393	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
394			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
395
396	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
397			Identification support
398
399	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
400			support
401
402	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
403			support
404
405	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
406			Extension support
407
408	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
409			Extension support
410
411	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
412
413	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
414
415	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
416			EzKey and similar keyboards
417
418	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
419
420	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
421			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
422
423	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
424			keyboards
425
426	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
427			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
428
429	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
430			Use software keyboard repeat
431
432	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
433			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
434			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
435			    enabled until the next reboot
436			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
437			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
438			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
439			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
440			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
441			    userspace auditd.
442			Default: unset
443
444	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
445			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
446			Default: 64
447
448	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
449			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
450			Format: { "0" | "1" }
451			0 - Disable the BAU.
452			1 - Enable the BAU.
453			unset - Disable the BAU.
454
455	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
456			Format: <io>,<mode>
457
458	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
459			Format: <io>,<mode>
460			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
461
462	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
463			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
464			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
465			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
466
467	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
468			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
469			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
470			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
471
472	bert_disable	[ACPI]
473			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
474
475	bgrt_disable	[ACPI][X86]
476			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
477
478	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
479			embedded devices based on command line input.
480			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
481
482	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
483			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
484			no delay (0).
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
561	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
562			Format: { "0" | "1" }
563			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
564			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
565				any implied execute protection).
566			1 -- check protection requested by application.
567			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
568			Value can be changed at runtime via
569				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
570			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
571
572	cio_ignore=	[S390]
573			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
574
575	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
576			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
577			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
578			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
579			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
580			ones should be.
581			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
582			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
583			instability issue. However, not all features have names
584			in /proc/cpuinfo.
585			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
586			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
587			or using the feature without checking anything
588			will still see it. This just prevents it from
589			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
590			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
591			some critical bits.
592
593	clk_ignore_unused
594			[CLK]
595			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
596			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
597			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
598			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
599			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
600			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
601			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
602			platform with proper driver support.  For more
603			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
604
605	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
606			[Deprecated]
607			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
608			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
609			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
610			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
611
612	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
613			Format: <string>
614			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
615			with the name specified.
616			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
617			the platform:
618			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
619			[ACPI] acpi_pm
620			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
621				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
622			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
623				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
624			[MIPS] MIPS
625			[PARISC] cr16
626			[S390] tod
627			[SH] SuperH
628			[SPARC64] tick
629			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
630
631	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
632			[ARM,ARM64]
633			Format: <bool>
634			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
635			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
636			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
637			systems.
638
639	clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL]
640			Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to
641			external delays before the clock will be marked
642			unstable.  Defaults to two retries, that is,
643			three attempts to read the clock under test.
644
645	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
646			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
647			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
648			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
649			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
650			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
651			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
652			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
653			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
654
655	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
656			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
657			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
658			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
659			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
660
661	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
662			[KNL,CMA]
663			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
664			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
665			placement constraint by the physical address range of
666			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
667			altogether. For more information, see
668			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
669
670	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
671			[ARM64,KNL,CMA]
672			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
673			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
674			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
675			specificed, the default value is 0.
676			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
677			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
678			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
679			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
680
681	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
682			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
683			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
684			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
685			a hypervisor.
686			Default: yes
687
688	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
689			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
690			allocations, by default set to 256K.
691
692	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
693			Format:
694			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
695
696	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
697			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
698
699	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
700			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
701			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
702
703	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
704	conmode=
705
706	con3215_drop=	[S390] 3215 console drop mode.
707			Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
708			When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
709			the console buffer is full. In this case the
710			operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
711			x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
712			console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
713			This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
714			terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
715			emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
716
717	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
718
719		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
720
721		ttyS<n>[,options]
722		ttyUSB0[,options]
723			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
724			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
725			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
726			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
727			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
728
729			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
730			information.  See
731			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
732			alternative.
733
734		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
735		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
736		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
737		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
738		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
739			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
740			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
741			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
742			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
743			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
744			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
745			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
746			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
747			the h/w is not re-initialized.
748
749		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
750			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
751
752		{ null | "" }
753			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
754			console messages discarded.
755			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
756			kernel command line.
757
758		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
759		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
760			console=brl,ttyS0
761		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
762
763	console_msg_format=
764			[KNL] Change console messages format
765		default
766			By default we print messages on consoles in
767			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
768			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
769			`printk_time' param).
770		syslog
771			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
772			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
773			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
774			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
775			from /proc/kmsg.
776
777	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
778			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
779			Defaults to 0.
780
781	coredump_filter=
782			[KNL] Change the default value for
783			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
784			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
785
786	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
787			[ARM,ARM64]
788			Format: <bool>
789			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
790			0: default value, disable debugging
791			1: enable debugging at boot time
792
793	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
794			Format:
795			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
796
797	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
798			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
799			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
800			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
801			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
802			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
803			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
804			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
805			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
806			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
807			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
808			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
809			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
810
811	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
812			disable the cpuidle sub-system
813
814	cpuidle.governor=
815			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
816
817	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
818			disable the cpufreq sub-system
819
820	cpufreq.default_governor=
821			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
822			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
823			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
824
825	cpu_init_udelay=N
826			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
827			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
828			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
829			Default: 10000
830
831	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
832			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
833			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
834			succeeds in any situation.
835			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
836			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
837			kernel more unstable.
838
839	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
840			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
841			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
842			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
843			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
844			is selected automatically.
845			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] Select a region under 4G first, and
846			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
847			hasn't been specified.
848			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
849
850	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
851			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
852			in the running system. The syntax of range is
853			start-[end] where start and end are both
854			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
855			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
856
857	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
858			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
859			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
860			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
861			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
862			available.
863			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
864	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
865			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
866			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
867			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
868			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
869			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
870			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
871			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
872			default	size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
873			size is	platform dependent.
874			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
875			  --> arm64: 128MiB
876			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
877			for second kernel instead.
878			0: to disable low allocation.
879			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
880			or memory reserved is below 4G.
881
882	cryptomgr.notests
883			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
884
885	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
886			Format: <dma>
887
888	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
889			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
890
891	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call
892			handling. When switched on, additional debug data is
893			printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is
894			detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try
895			to resolve the hang situation.
896			0: disable csdlock debugging (default)
897			1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact)
898			ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact,
899			     but more data)
900
901	dasd=		[HW,NET]
902			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
903
904	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
905			(one device per port)
906			Format: <port#>,<type>
907			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
908
909	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
910
911	debug_boot_weak_hash
912			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
913			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
914			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
915			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
916			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
917			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
918
919	debug_locks_verbose=
920			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
921			Format: <int>
922			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
923			self-tests.
924			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
925			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
926			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
927			useful to lockdep developers.
928
929	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
930
931	no_debug_objects
932			[KNL] Disable object debugging
933
934	debug_guardpage_minorder=
935			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
936			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
937			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
938			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
939			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
940			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
941			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
942			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
943			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
944			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
945			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
946			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
947			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
948			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
949			bypassed) which are not detectable by
950			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
951			tracking down these problems.
952
953	debug_pagealloc=
954			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
955			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
956			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
957			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
958			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
959			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
960			on: enable the feature
961
962	debugfs=    	[KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
963			and debugfs internal clients.
964			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
965			on: 	All functions are enabled.
966			no-mount:
967				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
968			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
969				its content. There is nothing to mount.
970			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
971			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
972				or directories within debugfs.
973				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
974				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
975			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
976
977	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
978
979	default_hugepagesz=
980			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
981			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
982			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
983			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
984			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
985			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
986			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
987			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
988			Format: size[KMG]
989
990	deferred_probe_timeout=
991			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
992			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
993			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
994			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
995			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
996			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
997			successful driver registration. This option will also
998			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
999			retrying.
1000
1001	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
1002
1003	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
1004			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1005			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1006			hardware.
1007
1008	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1009			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1010			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1011			blacklisted features.
1012
1013	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1014			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1015			(disabled by default).
1016
1017	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1018			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1019			capability is set.
1020
1021	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1022			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1023
1024	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1025			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1026
1027	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1028			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1029			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1030			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1031			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1032			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1033			          only (compression on level 1)
1034			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1035			          only (decompression)
1036			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1037			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1038
1039	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1040			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1041
1042	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
1043			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1044			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1045			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1046			miss to occur.
1047
1048	stress_slb	[PPC]
1049			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
1050			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
1051			on kernel addresses.
1052
1053	stress_hpt	[PPC]
1054			Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
1055			page table to increase the rate of hash page table
1056			faults on kernel addresses.
1057
1058	disable=	[IPV6]
1059			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1060
1061	disable_radix	[PPC]
1062			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1063
1064	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
1065			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
1066			invalidate.
1067
1068	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1069			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1070			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1071
1072	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
1073			Format: <int>
1074			The number of initial APIC ID for the
1075			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
1076			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
1077			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
1078			causing system reset or hang due to sending
1079			INIT from AP to BSP.
1080
1081	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
1082			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1083			to workaround buggy firmware.
1084
1085	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1086			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1087
1088	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1089			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1090			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1091			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1092
1093	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
1094			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1095			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1096			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1097			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1098
1099	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1100			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1101			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1102
1103	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1104
1105	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1106			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1107
1108	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1109			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1110			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1111			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1112			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1113			architectural default is too low.
1114
1115	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1116			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1117			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1118			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1119			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1120			driver later using sysfs.
1121
1122	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1123			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1124			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1125			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1126			match the *.
1127			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1128
1129	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1130			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1131			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1132			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1133			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1134			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
1135			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
1136			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
1137			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
1138			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
1139			available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID
1140			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
1141			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
1142			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
1143			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
1144			data set with no connector name will be used for
1145			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1146
1147	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1148
1149	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
1150			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1151			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1152			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1153			exists).
1154			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1155			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1156			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1157
1158	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1159			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1160			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1161			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1162
1163	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1164	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1165			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1166			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1167			for details.
1168
1169	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
1170			in some Intel CPUs.
1171
1172	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
1173			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
1174			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
1175			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
1176			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
1177			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
1178
1179	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
1180			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1181			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1182			which are not unmapped.
1183
1184	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
1185
1186			When used with no options, the early console is
1187			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1188			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1189			the platform.
1190
1191		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1192			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1193			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1194			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1195			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1196			configured.
1197
1198		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
1199		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
1200		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
1201		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
1202		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1203			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1204			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1205			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1206			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1207			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1208			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1209			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1210			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1211
1212		pl011,<addr>
1213		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1214			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1215			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1216			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1217			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1218			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1219			the device registers.
1220
1221		liteuart,<addr>
1222			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1223			specified address. The serial port must already be
1224			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1225
1226		meson,<addr>
1227			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1228			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1229			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1230			supported.
1231
1232		msm_serial,<addr>
1233			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1234			port at the specified address. The serial port
1235			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1236			yet supported.
1237
1238		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1239			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1240			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1241			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1242			yet supported.
1243
1244		owl,<addr>
1245			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1246			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1247			specified address. The serial port must already be
1248			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1249
1250		rda,<addr>
1251			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1252			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1253			specified address. The serial port must already be
1254			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1255
1256		sbi
1257			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1258			console.
1259
1260		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1261
1262		s3c2410,<addr>
1263		s3c2412,<addr>
1264		s3c2440,<addr>
1265		s3c6400,<addr>
1266		s5pv210,<addr>
1267		exynos4210,<addr>
1268			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1269			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1270			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1271			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1272			Options are not yet supported.
1273
1274		lantiq,<addr>
1275			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1276			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1277			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1278			yet supported.
1279
1280		lpuart,<addr>
1281		lpuart32,<addr>
1282			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1283			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1284			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1285			port must already be setup and configured.
1286
1287		ec_imx21,<addr>
1288		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1289			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1290			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1291			must already be setup and configured.
1292
1293		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1294			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1295			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1296			address. The serial port must already be setup
1297			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1298
1299		qcom_geni,<addr>
1300			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1301			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1302			specified address. The serial port must already be
1303			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1304
1305		efifb,[options]
1306			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1307			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1308			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1309			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1310			mapped with the correct attributes.
1311
1312		linflex,<addr>
1313			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1314			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1315			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1316			already be setup and configured.
1317
1318	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1319			earlyprintk=vga
1320			earlyprintk=sclp
1321			earlyprintk=xen
1322			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1323			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1324			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1325			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1326			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1327			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1328
1329			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1330			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1331			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1332
1333			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1334			takes over.
1335
1336			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1337			be used at a time.
1338
1339			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1340			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1341			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1342			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1343				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1344			You can find the port for a given device in
1345			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1346				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1347
1348			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1349			very good.
1350
1351			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1352			the real console.
1353
1354			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1355
1356			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1357
1358			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1359			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1360			UART class.
1361
1362	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1363			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1364			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1365			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1366			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1367			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1368			default: on.
1369
1370	edd=		[EDD]
1371			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1372
1373	efi=		[EFI]
1374			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1375				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1376				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1377			debug: enable misc debug output.
1378			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1379			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1380			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1381			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1382			firmware implementations.
1383			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1384			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1385			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1386			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1387			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1388			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1389			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1390			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1391			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1392			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1393
1394	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1395			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1396			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1397			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1398			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1399
1400	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1401			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1402			updating original EFI memory map.
1403			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1404			from ss to ss+nn.
1405
1406			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1407			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1408			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1409			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1410
1411			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1412			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1413			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1414
1415			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1416			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1417			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1418			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1419			"soft reserved".
1420
1421	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1422			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1423			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1424			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1425			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1426
1427
1428	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1429			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1430
1431	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1432			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1433
1434			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1435			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1436
1437			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1438			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1439			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1440			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1441
1442	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1443			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1444			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1445
1446	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1447			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1448			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1449			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1450			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1451
1452	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1453			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1454			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1455			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1456
1457	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1458			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1459			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1460			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1461			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1462
1463	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1464			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1465			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1466			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1467			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1468			Default value is 0.
1469			Value can be changed at runtime via
1470			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1471
1472	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1473			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1474			support.
1475
1476	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1477			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1478			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1479
1480	evm=		[EVM]
1481			Format: { "fix" }
1482			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1483			current integrity status.
1484
1485	early_page_ext [KNL] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1486			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1487			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1488			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1489			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1490			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1491			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1492
1493	failslab=
1494	fail_usercopy=
1495	fail_page_alloc=
1496	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1497			General fault injection mechanism.
1498			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1499			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1500
1501	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1502			Format: { initns | none }
1503			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1504			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1505
1506	floppy=		[HW]
1507			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1508
1509	force_pal_cache_flush
1510			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1511			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1512			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1513			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1514
1515	forcepae	[X86-32]
1516			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1517			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1518			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1519			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1520			and may cause unknown problems.
1521
1522	ftrace=[tracer]
1523			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1524			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1525			boot debugging.
1526
1527	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1528			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1529			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1530			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1531			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1532			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1533			start up functionality.
1534
1535	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1536			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1537			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1538			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1539			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1540			oops.
1541
1542	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1543			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1544			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1545			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1546			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1547			tracing directory.
1548
1549	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1550			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1551			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1552			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1553			tracing directory.
1554
1555	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1556			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1557			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1558			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1559			that can be changed at run time by the
1560			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1561
1562	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1563			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1564			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1565			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1566			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1567
1568	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1569			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1570			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1571			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1572			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1573
1574	fw_devlink=	[KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1575			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1576			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1577			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1578			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1579			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1580			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1581			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1582			suppliers).
1583			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1584			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1585			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1586				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1587				up (sync_state() calls).
1588			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1589				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1590			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1591
1592	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1593			[KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1594			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1595			Format: <bool>
1596
1597	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1598			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1599			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1600			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1601			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1602
1603	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1604
1605	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1606			Format: off | on
1607			default: on
1608
1609	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1610			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1611			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1612			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1613			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1614
1615	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1616			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1617			android emulator
1618
1619	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1620			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1621			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1622	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1623			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1624
1625	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1626			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1627			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1628			GPT to be used instead.
1629
1630	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1631			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1632			Format: 0 | 1
1633			Default: 0
1634	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1635			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1636			Format: 0 | 1
1637			Default: 0
1638	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1639			Format: 0 | 1
1640			Default: 0
1641	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1642			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1643			Default: 1024
1644	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1645			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1646			Default: 1024
1647
1648	hardened_usercopy=
1649			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1650			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1651			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1652			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1653			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1654			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1655			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1656		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1657		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1658
1659	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1660			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1661			backtraces on all cpus.
1662			Format: 0 | 1
1663
1664	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1665			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1666			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1667			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1668
1669	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1670
1671	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1672			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1673
1674	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1675			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1676			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1677			logic will be disabled.
1678
1679	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1680		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1681				present during boot.
1682		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1683		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1684		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1685				(that will set all pages holding image data
1686				during restoration read-only).
1687
1688	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1689			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1690			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1691			size on bigger boxes.
1692
1693	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1694			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1695			Default: "on"
1696
1697	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1698
1699	hostname=	[KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1700			Format: <string>
1701			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1702			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1703			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1704			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1705			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1706			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1707			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1708			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1709			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1710			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1711
1712	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1713			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1714				verbose }
1715			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1716			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1717				VIA, nVidia)
1718			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1719
1720	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1721			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1722
1723	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1724			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1725			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1726			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1727			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1728			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1729			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1730			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1731			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1732				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1733
1734	hugepagesz=
1735			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1736			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1737			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1738			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1739			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1740			architecture dependent.  See also
1741			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1742			Format: size[KMG]
1743
1744	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1745			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1746			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1747			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1748				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1749
1750			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1751			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1752			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1753
1754	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1755			[KNL] Reguires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1756			enabled.
1757			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1758			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1759			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1760			Format: { on | off (default) }
1761
1762			on: enable HVO
1763			off: disable HVO
1764
1765			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1766			the default is on.
1767
1768			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1769			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1770			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1771			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1772			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1773
1774	hung_task_panic=
1775			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1776			Format: 0 | 1
1777
1778			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1779			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1780			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1781			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1782			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1783
1784	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1785				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1786	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1787				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1788				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1789
1790	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1791				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1792				      guest on lock contention.
1793
1794	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1795			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1796			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1797			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1798			the real console.
1799
1800	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1801				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1802				registered from board initialization code.
1803				Format:
1804				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1805
1806	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1807	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1808			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1809			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1810			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1811	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1812	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1813			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1814			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1815	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1816	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1817	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1818			     for the AUX port
1819	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1820			     controller
1821	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1822			     controllers
1823	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1824	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1825			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1826			     transitions, or never reset
1827			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1828			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1829			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1830			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1831			architectures force reset to be always executed
1832	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1833	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1834	i8042.probe_defer
1835			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1836
1837	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1838
1839	i915.invert_brightness=
1840			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1841			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1842			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1843			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1844			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1845			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1846			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1847			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1848			value switches the backlight off.
1849			-1 -- never invert brightness
1850			 0 -- machine default
1851			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1852
1853	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1854			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1855
1856
1857	idle=		[X86]
1858			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1859			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1860			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1861			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1862			Not recommended.
1863			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1864			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1865			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1866
1867	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1868			Format: <bool>
1869			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1870			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1871			true (1).
1872
1873	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
1874			Format: <bool>
1875			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
1876			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
1877
1878	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1879			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1880			Default: strict
1881
1882			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1883			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1884			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1885			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1886			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1887			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1888			encoding mode.
1889
1890			Available settings are as follows:
1891			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1892				supported by the FPU
1893			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1894				by the FPU
1895			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1896				by the FPU
1897			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1898				supported by the FPU
1899
1900			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1901			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1902			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1903			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1904			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1905			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1906			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1907			MIPS64 CPUs.
1908
1909			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1910			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1911			except where unsupported by hardware.
1912
1913	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1914			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1915			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1916			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1917			could change it dynamically, usually by
1918			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1919
1920	ignore_rlimit_data
1921			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1922			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1923			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1924
1925	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1926			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1927
1928	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1929			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1930			default: "enforce"
1931
1932	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1933			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1934			owned by uid=0.
1935
1936	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1937			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1938			measurements, instead of host native format.
1939
1940	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1941			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1942				   | sha512 | ... }
1943			default: "sha1"
1944
1945			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1946			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1947
1948	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1949			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1950			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1951				 fail_securely | critical_data"
1952
1953			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1954			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1955			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1956			uid=0.
1957
1958			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1959			all files owned by root.
1960
1961			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1962			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1963			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1964
1965			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1966			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1967			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1968			flag.
1969
1970			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
1971			critical data.
1972
1973	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1974			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1975			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1976			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1977			opened for read by uid=0.
1978
1979	ima_template=	[IMA]
1980			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1981			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
1982				   "ima-sigv2" }
1983			Default: "ima-ng"
1984
1985	ima_template_fmt=
1986			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1987			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1988
1989	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1990			Format: <min_file_size>
1991			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1992			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1993
1994			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1995			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1996			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1997
1998	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1999			Format: <bufsize>
2000			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
2001
2002			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
2003			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2004			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
2005
2006	init=		[KNL]
2007			Format: <full_path>
2008			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
2009			process.
2010
2011	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
2012			for working out where the kernel is dying during
2013			startup.
2014
2015	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
2016			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
2017			modules and initcalls.
2018
2019	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2020			Format: <bool>
2021			Default: 1
2022			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2023			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2024			with devices being probed and
2025			initialized. This should normally just work,
2026			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2027			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2028			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2029			late_ initcalls.
2030
2031	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2032
2033	initrdmem=	[KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2034			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2035			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2036			setting.
2037			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2038			Default is 0, 0
2039
2040	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2041			zeroes.
2042			Format: 0 | 1
2043			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2044
2045	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2046			Format: 0 | 1
2047			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2048
2049	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2050			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2051			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2052			override in debugfs after boot.
2053
2054	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2055			Format: <irq>
2056
2057	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2058
2059	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2060			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2061			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2062			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2063
2064	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2065		on
2066			Enable intel iommu driver.
2067		off
2068			Disable intel iommu driver.
2069		igfx_off [Default Off]
2070			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2071			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2072			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2073			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2074			DMA.
2075		strict [Default Off]
2076			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2077		sp_off [Default Off]
2078			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2079			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2080			not be supported.
2081		sm_on
2082			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2083			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2084			translation.
2085		sm_off
2086			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2087		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2088			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2089			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2090			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2091			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2092			mapping is enabled.
2093			Note that using this option lowers the security
2094			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2095			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2096
2097	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2098			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2099			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2100
2101	intel_pstate=	[X86]
2102			disable
2103			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2104			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2105			passive
2106			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2107			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2108			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2109			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2110			  feature.
2111			force
2112			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2113			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2114			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2115			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2116			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2117			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2118			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2119			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2120			no_hwp
2121			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2122			  if available.
2123			hwp_only
2124			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2125			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2126			support_acpi_ppc
2127			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2128			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2129			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2130			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2131			per_cpu_perf_limits
2132			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2133			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2134
2135	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
2136			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2137			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2138			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2139			no_x2apic_optout
2140				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2141			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2142
2143	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2144		strict	regions from userspace.
2145		relaxed
2146
2147	iommu=		[X86]
2148		off
2149		force
2150		noforce
2151		biomerge
2152		panic
2153		nopanic
2154		merge
2155		nomerge
2156		soft
2157		pt		[X86]
2158		nopt		[X86]
2159		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2160			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2161
2162	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2163			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2164			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2165			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2166			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2167			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2168			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2169
2170	iommu.strict=	[ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2171			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2172			0 - Lazy mode.
2173			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2174			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2175			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2176			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2177			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2178			1 - Strict mode.
2179			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2180			  synchronously.
2181			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2182			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2183			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2184
2185	iommu.passthrough=
2186			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2187			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2188			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2189			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2190			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2191
2192	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2193			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2194			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2195
2196	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
2197		0x80
2198			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2199		0xed
2200			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2201		udelay
2202			Simple two microseconds delay
2203		none
2204			No delay
2205
2206	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2207			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2208
2209	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2210			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2211
2212	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2213			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2214
2215	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2216			[ARM, ARM64]
2217			Format: <bool>
2218			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2219			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2220			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2221
2222	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2223			[ARM, ARM64]
2224			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2225			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2226			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2227			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2228			LPIs.
2229
2230	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2231			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2232			requires the kernel to be built with
2233			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2234
2235	irqfixup	[HW]
2236			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2237			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2238			firmware running.
2239
2240	irqpoll		[HW]
2241			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2242			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2243			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2244			firmware running.
2245
2246	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2247			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2248
2249	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2250			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2251			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2252
2253			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2254			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2255
2256			nohz
2257			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2258
2259			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2260			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2261			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2262			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2263			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2264
2265			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2266			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2267			  be configured manually after bootup.
2268
2269			domain
2270			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2271			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2272			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2273			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2274			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2275			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2276			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2277			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2278
2279			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2280			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2281			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2282			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2283
2284			managed_irq
2285
2286			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2287			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2288			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2289			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2290			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2291
2292			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2293			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2294			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2295			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2296			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2297			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2298			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2299
2300			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2301			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2302			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2303			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2304			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2305			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2306			  queues.
2307
2308			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2309
2310	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2311
2312	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2313			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2314			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2315			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2316
2317			For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2318			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2319			write the parameter as:
2320				ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
2321
2322			Deprecated formats:
2323			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2324			  write the parameter as:
2325				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2326			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2327			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2328				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2329
2330	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2331			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2332			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2333			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2334
2335			For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
2336			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2337			write the parameter as:
2338				ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
2339
2340			Deprecated formats:
2341			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2342			  write the parameter as:
2343				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2344			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2345			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2346				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2347
2348	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2349			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2350			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2351			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2352
2353			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2354			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2355			write the parameter as:
2356				ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
2357
2358			Deprecated formats:
2359			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
2360			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2361				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2362			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2363			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2364				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2365
2366	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2367			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2368
2369	nokaslr		[KNL]
2370			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
2371			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
2372			Layout Randomization).
2373
2374	kasan_multi_shot
2375			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2376			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2377			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2378			invalid access.
2379
2380	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
2381
2382	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2383			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2384			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2385			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2386			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2387			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2388			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2389			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2390			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2391			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2392
2393			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2394			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2395			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2396			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2397			zone if it does not.
2398
2399			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2400			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2401			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2402			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2403			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2404			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2405			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2406
2407	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2408			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2409			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2410			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2411			optional and is the number seconds in between
2412			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2413			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2414			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2415			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2416			the kernel debugger.
2417
2418	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2419			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2420			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2421			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2422			 keyboard only format: kbd
2423			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2424			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2425			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2426			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2427
2428	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW]
2429			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2430			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2431			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2432			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2433			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2434			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2435
2436			The name of the early console should be specified
2437			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2438			the early console might be different than the tty
2439			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2440			blank and the first boot console that implements
2441			read() will be picked.
2442
2443	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2444			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2445
2446	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2447			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2448			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2449
2450	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2451			Valid arguments: on, off
2452			Default: on
2453			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2454			the default is off.
2455
2456	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2457			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2458			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2459			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2460			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2461			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2462			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2463
2464			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2465
2466			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2467			Boot Parameter" section.
2468
2469	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2470			and kernel address spaces.
2471			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2472			0: force disabled
2473			1: force enabled
2474
2475	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2476			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2477			default value can be overridden via
2478			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2479			Default is 1 (enabled)
2480
2481	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2482			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2483
2484	kvm.eager_page_split=
2485			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2486			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2487			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2488			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2489			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2490			required to split huge pages lazily.
2491
2492			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2493			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2494			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2495			still be used for reads.
2496
2497			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2498			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2499			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2500			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2501			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2502			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2503			cleared.
2504
2505			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2506
2507			Default is Y (on).
2508
2509	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2510				   Default is false (don't support).
2511
2512	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2513			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2514			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2515			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2516			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2517			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2518				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2519
2520			Default is 'auto'.
2521
2522			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2523			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2524
2525	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2526			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2527			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2528			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2529			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2530
2531	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2532			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2533			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2534			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2535			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2536			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2537
2538	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2539			Default is 1 (enabled)
2540
2541	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2542			for all guests.
2543			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2544
2545	kvm-arm.mode=
2546			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2547
2548			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2549
2550			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2551			      protected guests.
2552
2553			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2554				   state is kept private from the host.
2555
2556			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2557			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2558			for the host.
2559
2560	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2561			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2562			system registers
2563
2564	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2565			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2566			system registers
2567
2568	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2569			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2570			system registers
2571
2572	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2573			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2574			LPIs.
2575
2576	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2577			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2578			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2579			allocation.
2580			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2581			Format: <integer>
2582			Default: 5
2583
2584	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2585			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2586			Default is 1 (enabled)
2587
2588	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2589			[KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state.
2590			Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as
2591			guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests.
2592			This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM
2593			never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2594			Default is 1 (enabled)
2595
2596	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2597			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2598			Default is 1 (enabled)
2599
2600	kvm-intel.nested=
2601			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2602			Default is 0 (disabled)
2603
2604	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2605			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2606			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2607			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2608
2609	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2610			CVE-2018-3620.
2611
2612			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2613
2614			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2615			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2616				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2617			never:	Disables the mitigation
2618
2619			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2620
2621	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2622			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2623			Default is 1 (enabled)
2624
2625	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL]
2626			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2627
2628			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2629			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2630			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2631
2632			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2633			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2634			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2635			not have direct access.
2636
2637			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2638			options are:
2639
2640			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2641
2642	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2643			      affected CPUs
2644
2645			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2646			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2647
2648			full
2649				Provides all available mitigations for the
2650				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2651				enables all mitigations in the
2652				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2653
2654				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2655				sysfs interface is still possible after
2656				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2657				when the first VM is started in a
2658				potentially insecure configuration,
2659				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2660
2661			full,force
2662				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2663				flush runtime control. Implies the
2664				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2665				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2666
2667			flush
2668				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2669				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2670				L1D flush.
2671
2672				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2673				sysfs interface is still possible after
2674				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2675				when the first VM is started in a
2676				potentially insecure configuration,
2677				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2678
2679			flush,nosmt
2680
2681				Disables SMT and enables the default
2682				hypervisor mitigation.
2683
2684				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2685				sysfs interface is still possible after
2686				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2687				when the first VM is started in a
2688				potentially insecure configuration,
2689				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2690
2691			flush,nowarn
2692				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2693				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2694				insecure configuration.
2695
2696			off
2697				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2698				emit any warnings.
2699				It also drops the swap size and available
2700				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2701				bare metal.
2702
2703			Default is 'flush'.
2704
2705			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2706
2707	l2cr=		[PPC]
2708
2709	l3cr=		[PPC]
2710
2711	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2712			disabled it.
2713
2714	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2715			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2716			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2717			Format: notscdeadline
2718
2719	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2720			in C2 power state.
2721
2722	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2723			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2724			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2725			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2726			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2727			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2728			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2729
2730	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2731			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2732			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2733
2734	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2735			when set.
2736			Format: <int>
2737
2738	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2739			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2740			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2741			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2742			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2743			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2744			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2745			to all ports, links and devices.
2746
2747			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2748			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2749			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2750			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2751			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2752			host link and device attached to it.
2753
2754			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2755			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2756			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2757			The following configurations can be forced.
2758
2759			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2760			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2761
2762			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2763
2764			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2765			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2766			  allowed.
2767
2768			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2769			  resets.
2770
2771			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2772			  link recovery.
2773
2774			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2775			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2776			  detection.
2777
2778			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2779
2780			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
2781
2782			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
2783
2784			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
2785
2786			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
2787
2788			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
2789
2790			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
2791
2792			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
2793
2794			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
2795			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
2796
2797			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
2798			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
2799
2800			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
2801			  identify device data log.
2802
2803			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
2804			  purpose log directory.
2805
2806			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
2807
2808			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2809			  1024 sectors.
2810
2811			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2812			  65535 sectors.
2813
2814			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
2815
2816			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
2817			  should be skipped.
2818
2819			* [no]fua: Disable or enable FUA (Force Unit Access)
2820			  support for devices supporting this feature.
2821
2822			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
2823
2824			* disable: Disable this device.
2825
2826			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2827			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2828
2829	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2830
2831	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2832			Format: <integer>
2833
2834	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2835			Format: <integer>
2836
2837	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2838			Format: <integer>
2839
2840	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2841			Format: <integer>
2842
2843	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2844			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2845			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2846			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2847			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2848			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2849			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2850			are also disabled.
2851
2852	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2853			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2854			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2855			number of online CPUs.
2856
2857	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2858			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2859
2860	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2861			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2862
2863	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2864			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2865			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2866
2867	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2868			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2869			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2870			mode during the locktorture test.
2871
2872	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2873			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2874			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2875
2876	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2877			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2878
2879	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2880			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2881			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2882			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2883			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2884			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2885
2886	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2887			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2888
2889	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2890			Enable additional printk() statements.
2891
2892	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2893			Format: <irq>
2894
2895	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2896			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2897			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2898			loglevels are defined as follows:
2899
2900			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2901			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2902			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2903			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2904			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2905			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2906			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2907			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2908
2909	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2910			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2911			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2912			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2913			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2914			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2915			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2916
2917	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2918			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2919			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2920			kernel boot problems.
2921
2922	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2923	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2924	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2925	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2926				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2927				attached printers to be reset. Using
2928				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2929				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2930				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2931				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2932				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2933				port specification list means that device IDs
2934				from each port should be examined, to see if
2935				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2936				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2937				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2938
2939	lpj=n		[KNL]
2940			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2941			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2942			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2943			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2944			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2945			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2946			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2947			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2948			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2949			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2950			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2951			hardware.
2952
2953	ltpc=		[NET]
2954			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2955
2956	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2957
2958	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2959			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2960			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2961
2962	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2963			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2964			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2965
2966	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
2967			different yeeloong laptops.
2968			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2969
2970	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater
2971			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2972
2973	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2974			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2975			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2976			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2977			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2978			only takes effect during system bootup.
2979			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2980			which also disables the IO APIC.
2981
2982	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2983	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2984			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2985			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2986			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2987			/dev/loop-control interface.
2988
2989	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2990
2991	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2992
2993	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2994			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2995
2996	mdacon=		[MDA]
2997			Format: <first>,<last>
2998			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2999
3000	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
3001			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
3002			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
3003
3004			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
3005			internal buffers which can forward information to a
3006			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
3007
3008			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
3009			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
3010			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
3011			not have direct access.
3012
3013			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
3014			options are:
3015
3016			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3017			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
3018				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
3019			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
3020
3021			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
3022			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
3023			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
3024			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3025			too.
3026
3027			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3028			mds=full.
3029
3030			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3031
3032	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON] Set the memory size.
3033			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3034
3035	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
3036			Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
3037
3038			1 for test;
3039			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3040			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3041			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3042			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3043
3044			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3045			high memory is not affected.
3046
3047			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3048			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3049
3050			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3051			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3052			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3053			belonging to unused RAM.
3054
3055			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3056			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3057			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3058
3059	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3060			[ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by
3061			firmware.
3062			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3063			ss[KMG].
3064			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3065			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3066
3067	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3068			memory.
3069
3070	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
3071
3072	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3073			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3074			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3075
3076	memhp_default_state=online/offline
3077			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3078			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3079			set according to the
3080			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3081			option.
3082			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3083
3084	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
3085			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3086			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3087			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3088			option description.
3089
3090	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3091			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3092			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3093			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3094			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3095			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3096			comma delimited.
3097			Example:
3098				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3099
3100	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3101			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3102			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3103
3104	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3105			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3106			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3107			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3108			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3109			         or
3110			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3111			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3112			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3113			will be eaten.
3114
3115	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
3116			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3117			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3118			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3119			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3120
3121	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3122			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
3123			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3124			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3125			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3126			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3127			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3128			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3129
3130	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
3131			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3132			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3133			Setting this option will scan the memory
3134			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3135			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3136			from using the memory being corrupted.
3137			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3138			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3139			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3140			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3141
3142	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
3143			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3144			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3145			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3146			corruption in more or less memory.
3147
3148	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
3149			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3150			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3151			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3152
3153	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3154			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3155			Format: {on | off (default)}
3156			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3157			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3158			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3159			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3160			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3161			lot of memory without requiring additional
3162			memory to do so.
3163			This feature is disabled by default because it
3164			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3165			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3166			memory blocks).
3167			The state of the flag can be read in
3168			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3169			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3170			the feature is not effective.
3171
3172	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
3173			Format: <integer>
3174			default : 0 <disable>
3175			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3176			performed. Each pass selects another test
3177			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3178			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3179			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3180			regions that are detected.
3181
3182	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3183			Valid arguments: on, off
3184			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
3185			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
3186			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
3187			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3188			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3189
3190			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3191			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3192
3193	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3194			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3195			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3196			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3197			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3198
3199	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
3200			See Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst.
3201
3202	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
3203			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
3204			platforms.
3205
3206	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3207			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3208			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3209			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3210
3211	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3212
3213	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this
3214			physical address is ignored.
3215
3216	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3217			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3218			Default: "0tb"
3219			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3220			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3221			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3222			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3223			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3224			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3225			unconfigured.
3226			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3227			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3228			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3229			VGA shield.
3230			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3231			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3232			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3233			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3234			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3235			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3236
3237	mitigations=
3238			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
3239			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3240			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3241			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3242
3243			off
3244				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3245				improves system performance, but it may also
3246				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3247				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
3248					       if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3249					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3250					       nobp=0 [S390]
3251					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3252					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3253					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3254					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3255					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3256					       l1tf=off [X86]
3257					       mds=off [X86]
3258					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3259					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3260					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3261					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3262					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3263					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3264					       retbleed=off [X86]
3265
3266				Exceptions:
3267					       This does not have any effect on
3268					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3269					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3270
3271			auto (default)
3272				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3273				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3274				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3275				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3276				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3277				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3278
3279			auto,nosmt
3280				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3281				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3282				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3283				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3284					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3285					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3286					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3287					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3288
3289	mminit_loglevel=
3290			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3291			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3292			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3293			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3294			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3295			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3296
3297	mmio_stale_data=
3298			[X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor
3299			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3300
3301			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3302			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3303			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3304			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3305			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3306			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3307
3308			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3309			options are:
3310
3311			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3312
3313			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3314				     vulnerable CPUs.
3315
3316			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3317
3318			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3319			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3320			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3321			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3322			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3323			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3324
3325			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3326			mmio_stale_data=full.
3327
3328			For details see:
3329			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3330
3331	module.async_probe=<bool>
3332			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3333			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3334			specific module, use the module specific control that
3335			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3336			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3337			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3338			the specific module.
3339
3340	module.sig_enforce
3341			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3342			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3343			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3344			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3345
3346	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3347			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3348
3349	mousedev.tap_time=
3350			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3351			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3352			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3353			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3354			Format: <msecs>
3355	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3356			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3357	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3358			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3359
3360	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
3361			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3362			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3363			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3364			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3365			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3366			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3367			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3368			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3369			is not too small.
3370
3371	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3372			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3373			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3374			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3375			allocations. Use with caution!
3376
3377	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3378			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3379
3380	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3381			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3382
3383	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3384			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3385
3386	mtdset=		[ARM]
3387			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3388
3389			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3390
3391	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3392			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3393			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3394
3395	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3396			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3397			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3398
3399	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3400			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3401			Default is 1.
3402			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3403			using up MTRRs.
3404
3405	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3406			Format: <integer>
3407			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3408			Default : 1
3409			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3410			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3411
3412	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3413			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3414			at a time.
3415
3416	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3417
3418	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3419			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3420			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3421			something different and driver-specific.
3422			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3423			file if at all.
3424
3425	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3426			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3427			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3428			waits 4 seconds.
3429
3430	nf_conntrack.acct=
3431			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3432			0 to disable accounting
3433			1 to enable accounting
3434			Default value is 0.
3435
3436	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3437			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3438
3439	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3440			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3441
3442	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3443			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3444
3445	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3446			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3447			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3448			requests.
3449
3450	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3451			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3452			channel should listen.
3453
3454	nfs.cache_getent=
3455			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3456			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3457
3458	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3459			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3460			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3461
3462	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3463			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3464			entries.
3465
3466	nfs.enable_ino64=
3467			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3468			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3469			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3470			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3471			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3472
3473	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3474			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3475			slots the client will assign to the callback
3476			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3477			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3478			a particular server.
3479
3480	nfs.max_session_slots=
3481			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3482			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3483			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3484			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3485			Note that there is little point in setting this
3486			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3487
3488	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3489			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3490			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3491			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3492			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3493			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3494			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3495			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3496			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3497			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3498			back to using the idmapper.
3499			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3500	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3501			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3502			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3503			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3504			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3505
3506	nfs.send_implementation_id =
3507			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3508			information in exchange_id requests.
3509			If zero, no implementation identification information
3510			will be sent.
3511			The default is to send the implementation identification
3512			information.
3513
3514	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
3515			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3516			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3517			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3518			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3519			after the locks are lost.
3520			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3521			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3522			parameter to '1'.
3523			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3524			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3525
3526	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
3527			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3528			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3529
3530			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3531			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3532			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3533			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3534
3535	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable =
3536			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3537			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3538			the destination of the copy.
3539
3540	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout =
3541			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3542			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3543			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3544			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3545			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3546			this parameter.
3547
3548	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3549			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3550			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3551			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3552			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3553			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3554
3555
3556	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3557			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3558			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3559
3560	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3561			when a NMI is triggered.
3562			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3563
3564	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3565			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3566			Valid num: 0 or 1
3567			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3568			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3569			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3570			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3571			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3572			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3573			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3574			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3575			need the box quickly up again.
3576
3577			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3578			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3579
3580	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3581			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3582			is present.
3583
3584	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3585			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3586
3587	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3588
3589	no_console_suspend
3590			[HW] Never suspend the console
3591			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3592			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3593			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3594			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3595			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3596			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3597			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3598			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3599			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3600			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3601			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3602			turn on/off it dynamically.
3603
3604	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
3605			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
3606			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
3607			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
3608			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
3609			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
3610			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
3611			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
3612			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
3613			is set.
3614
3615	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3616			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
3617			but will impact performance.
3618
3619	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3620
3621	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3622			(CPU alternatives feature).
3623
3624	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3625			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3626
3627	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3628
3629	nocache		[ARM]
3630
3631	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3632
3633	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
3634
3635	no_entry_flush  [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3636
3637	noexec		[IA-64]
3638
3639	nosmap		[PPC]
3640			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3641			even if it is supported by processor.
3642
3643	nosmep		[PPC64s]
3644			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3645			even if it is supported by processor.
3646
3647	noexec32	[X86-64]
3648			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3649			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3650				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3651			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3652				read implies executable mappings
3653
3654	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3655
3656	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3657			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3658			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3659
3660	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3661
3662	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3663
3664	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3665			Equivalent to smt=1.
3666
3667			[KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3668			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3669				     via the sysfs control file.
3670
3671	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3672			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3673			possible in the system.
3674
3675	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3676			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3677			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3678			option.
3679
3680	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
3681			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
3682			with this option.
3683
3684	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3685			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3686
3687	no_uaccess_flush
3688	                [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
3689
3690	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3691			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3692			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3693
3694	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3695			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3696			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3697			performance of saving the states is degraded because
3698			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3699			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3700
3701	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3702			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3703			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3704			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3705			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3706			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3707			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3708
3709	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait
3710			in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3711			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3712			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3713			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3714			correctly or when doing power measurements to evalute
3715			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3716			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3717
3718	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3719			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3720			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3721
3722	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3723			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3724			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3725			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3726			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3727			real-time systems.
3728
3729	no_hash_pointers
3730			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3731			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3732			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3733			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3734			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3735			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3736			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3737			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3738			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3739			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3740			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3741			kernels.
3742
3743	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3744
3745	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3746			Valid arguments: on, off
3747			Default: on
3748
3749	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3750			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3751			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3752			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3753			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3754			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3755			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3756			just as if they had also been called out in the
3757			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3758
3759			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3760			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3761
3762	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3763
3764	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3765			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3766
3767	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3768			broken timer IRQ sources.
3769
3770	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3771
3772	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3773			initial RAM disk.
3774
3775	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3776			remapping.
3777			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3778
3779	nointroute	[IA-64]
3780
3781	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3782
3783	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3784
3785	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3786
3787	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3788			fault handling.
3789
3790	no-vmw-sched-clock
3791			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3792			clock and use the default one.
3793
3794	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES] Disable paravirtualized
3795			steal time accounting. steal time is computed, but
3796			won't influence scheduler behaviour
3797
3798	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3799
3800	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3801
3802	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3803
3804	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3805
3806	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3807			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3808
3809	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3810			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3811			irq.
3812
3813	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware
3814			sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory
3815			for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will
3816			not load if they could possibly displace the pre-
3817			initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will
3818			be available for use. The respective drivers will not
3819			perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering.
3820
3821			Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging.
3822
3823	nomodule	Disable module load
3824
3825	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3826			pagetables) support.
3827
3828	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3829
3830	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3831			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3832
3833	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3834			with UP alternatives
3835
3836	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3837			space.
3838
3839	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3840			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3841			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3842
3843	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3844
3845	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3846
3847	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3848			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3849
3850	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3851
3852	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3853
3854	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3855			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3856
3857	nowb		[ARM]
3858
3859	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3860
3861			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
3862			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
3863			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
3864
3865	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3866			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3867			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3868			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3869			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3870			parameter's value.
3871			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3872			Default: 255
3873
3874	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3875			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3876			SAL PALO.
3877
3878	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3879			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3880			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3881			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3882			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3883			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3884			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3885			hot plugging.
3886
3887	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3888
3889	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only
3890			set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
3891
3892	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
3893			NUMA balancing.
3894			Allowed values are enable and disable
3895
3896	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3897			'node', 'default' can be specified
3898			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3899			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3900
3901	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3902			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
3903			info.
3904
3905	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3906			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3907			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3908			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3909			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3910			interrupts *may* be lost!
3911
3912	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3913			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3914			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3915			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3916
3917	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
3918
3919			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
3920
3921			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
3922				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
3923			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
3924				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
3925				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
3926
3927	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3928			process, but there is a small probability of
3929			deadlocking the machine.
3930			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3931			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3932
3933	page_alloc.shuffle=
3934			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3935			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3936			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3937			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3938			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3939			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3940			can be read from sysfs at:
3941			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3942
3943	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3944			Storage of the information about who allocated
3945			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3946			we can turn it on.
3947			on: enable the feature
3948
3949	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3950			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3951			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3952			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3953			on: turn on poisoning
3954
3955	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
3956			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
3957			Format: <integer>
3958			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
3959			reporting is disabled when it exceeds (MAX_ORDER-1).
3960
3961	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3962			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3963			timeout = 0: wait forever
3964			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3965			Format: <timeout>
3966
3967	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3968			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3969			bit 0: print all tasks info
3970			bit 1: print system memory info
3971			bit 2: print timer info
3972			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3973			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3974			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3975			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
3976			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
3977			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
3978			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
3979			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
3980
3981	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
3982			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
3983			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
3984			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
3985			called with any of the flags in this set.
3986			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
3987			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
3988			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
3989			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
3990			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
3991			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
3992			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
3993
3994	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3995			on a WARN().
3996
3997	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3998			connected to, default is 0.
3999			Format: <parport#>
4000	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
4001			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
4002			Format: <mode>
4003
4004	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
4005			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
4006			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
4007			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
4008			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
4009			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
4010			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
4011			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
4012			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
4013			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
4014			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
4015			are specified on the command line, starting
4016			with parport0.
4017
4018	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
4019			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
4020			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
4021			computer where firmware has no options for setting
4022			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
4023			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
4024			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
4025
4026	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4027			Format: <int>
4028			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4029			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4030			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4031
4032	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4033			Format: <int>
4034			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4035			changes.  Disabled by default.
4036
4037	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4038			Format: <int>
4039			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4040			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4041			Disabled by default.
4042
4043	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4044			Format: <int>
4045			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4046			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4047			Disabled by default.
4048
4049	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4050			Format: <int>
4051			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4052			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4053			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4054			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4055			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4056			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4057			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4058			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4059			all channels.
4060
4061	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4062			Format: <int>
4063			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4064			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4065			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4066
4067	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4068			Format: <int>
4069			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4070			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4071			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4072
4073	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4074			Format: <int>
4075			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4076			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4077			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4078			All modes allowed by default.
4079
4080	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4081			Format: <int>
4082			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4083			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4084
4085	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4086			Format: <int>
4087			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4088			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4089			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4090			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4091			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4092			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4093			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4094			By default all supported ports are probed.
4095
4096	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4097			Format: <int>
4098			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4099			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4100
4101	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4102			Format: <int>
4103			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4104			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4105			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4106			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4107			0 otherwise.
4108
4109	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4110			Format: <int>
4111			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4112			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4113			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4114			allowed by default.
4115
4116	pause_on_oops=
4117			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4118			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4119			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4120
4121	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4122
4123	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
4124
4125				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4126				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4127				specified in one of the following formats:
4128
4129				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4130				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4131
4132				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4133				bus/device/function address which may change
4134				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4135				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4136				by other kernel parameters. If the
4137				domain is left unspecified, it is
4138				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4139				to a device through multiple device/function
4140				addresses can be specified after the base
4141				address (this is more robust against
4142				renumbering issues).  The second format
4143				selects devices using IDs from the
4144				configuration space which may match multiple
4145				devices in the system.
4146
4147		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4148				changes anything
4149		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4150		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4151				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4152				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4153		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4154				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4155				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4156				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4157		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4158				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4159				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4160		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4161				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4162				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4163				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4164				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4165				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4166				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4167		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4168				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4169				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4170		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4171				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4172		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4173				Configuration
4174		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4175				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4176				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4177		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4178				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4179				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4180		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4181				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4182				should never be necessary.
4183		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4184				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4185				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4186				when the system masks IRQs.
4187		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4188				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4189				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4190				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4191		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4192				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4193				on several machines and they hang the machine
4194				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4195				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4196				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4197				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4198				motherboard.
4199		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4200				Use with caution as certain devices share
4201				address decoders between ROMs and other
4202				resources.
4203		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4204				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4205				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4206		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4207				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4208		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4209				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4210				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4211				this way.
4212		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4213				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4214				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4215				F0000h-100000h range.
4216		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4217				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4218				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4219				explicitly which ones they are.
4220		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4221				numbers ourselves, overriding
4222				whatever the firmware may have done.
4223		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4224				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4225				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4226				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4227				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4228				IRQ routing is enabled.
4229		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4230				or for PCI scanning.
4231		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4232				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4233				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4234				please report a bug.
4235		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4236				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4237		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4238				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4239				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4240				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4241				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4242		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4243				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4244				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4245				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4246		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4247				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4248				so this option is a temporary workaround
4249				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4250		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4251				handle more pci cards
4252		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4253				This might help on some broken boards which
4254				machine check when some devices' config space
4255				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4256				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4257		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4258				This sorting is done to get a device
4259				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4260		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4261		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4262				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4263		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4264				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4265		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4266				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4267				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4268				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4269				or bus can support) for best performance.
4270		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4271				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4272				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4273				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4274				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4275				that hot-added devices will work.
4276		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4277				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4278				The default value is 256 bytes.
4279		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4280				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4281				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4282		resource_alignment=
4283				Format:
4284				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4285				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4286				aligned memory resources. How to
4287				specify the device is described above.
4288				If <order of align> is not specified,
4289				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4290				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4291				windows need to be expanded.
4292				To specify the alignment for several
4293				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4294				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4295				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4296				for 4096-byte alignment.
4297		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4298				end-to-end CRC checking).
4299				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4300				the default.
4301				off: Turn ECRC off
4302				on: Turn ECRC on.
4303		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4304				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4305				Default size is 256 bytes.
4306		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4307				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4308				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4309		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4310				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4311				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4312		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4313				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4314				MMIO_PREF window.
4315				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4316		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4317				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4318				Default is 1.
4319		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4320				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4321				accommodate resources required by all child
4322				devices.
4323				off: Turn realloc off
4324				on: Turn realloc on
4325		realloc		same as realloc=on
4326		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4327		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4328				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4329		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4330				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4331				port.
4332		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4333				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4334				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4335				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4336				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4337				taints the kernel.
4338		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4339				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4340				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4341				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4342				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4343				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4344				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4345				this removes isolation between devices and
4346				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4347		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4348		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4349		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4350				one PCI domain per PCI function
4351
4352	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
4353			Management.
4354		off	Disable ASPM.
4355		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4356			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4357
4358	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4359		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4360			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4361			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4362			also tries to use these services.
4363		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4364				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4365		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4366			hotplug).
4367
4368	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4369		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4370		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4371
4372	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4373		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4374			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4375
4376	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4377
4378	pd_ignore_unused
4379			[PM]
4380			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4381			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4382			for debug and development, but should not be
4383			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4384
4385	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4386			boot time.
4387			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4388			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4389
4390	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4391			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4392			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4393			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4394			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4395			and performance comparison.
4396
4397	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4398			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4399
4400	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4401			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4402			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4403
4404	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4405			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4406			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4407
4408	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4409			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4410			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4411			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4412			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4413			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4414			remains 0.
4415
4416	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4417			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4418
4419	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4420			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4421			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4422			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4423			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4424			possible settings and some assignment information.
4425
4426	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4427			{ off }
4428
4429	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4430			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4431
4432	pnp_reserve_irq=
4433			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4434
4435	pnp_reserve_dma=
4436			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4437
4438	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4439			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4440
4441	pnp_reserve_mem=
4442			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4443			autoconfiguration.
4444			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4445
4446	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4447			Default is 21.
4448			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4449			may be specified.
4450			Format: <port>,<port>....
4451
4452	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4453			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4454			platform machine description specific power_save
4455			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4456			execution priority.
4457
4458	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4459			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4460			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4461			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4462			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4463
4464	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
4465			Format: {"off"}
4466			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4467
4468	preempt=	[KNL]
4469			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4470			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4471			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4472			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4473			       can be preempted anytime.
4474
4475	print-fatal-signals=
4476			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4477
4478			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4479			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4480			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4481			coredump - etc.
4482
4483			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4484			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4485
4486			default: off.
4487
4488	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4489			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4490			panics
4491			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4492			default: disabled
4493
4494	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4495			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4496			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4497			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4498			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4499			in order to provide more debug information.
4500			Format: <bool>
4501			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4502
4503	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4504			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4505			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4506			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4507			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4508			Default: ratelimit
4509
4510	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4511			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4512
4513	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4514			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4515			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4516
4517	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4518			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4519			instead using the legacy FADT method
4520
4521	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4522			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4523			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4524				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4525			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4526			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4527				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4528			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4529			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4530				statistical time based profiling.
4531
4532	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4533
4534	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4535			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4536			that).
4537			Format: <bool>
4538
4539	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4540			tracking.
4541			Format: <bool>
4542
4543	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4544			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4545	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4546			per second.
4547	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4548			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4549			(0 = never).
4550	psmouse.resolution=
4551			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4552	psmouse.smartscroll=
4553			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4554			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4555
4556	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4557
4558	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4559			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4560			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4561			system calls and interrupts.
4562
4563			on   - unconditionally enable
4564			off  - unconditionally disable
4565			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4566			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4567
4568			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4569
4570	nopti		[X86-64]
4571			Equivalent to pti=off
4572
4573	pty.legacy_count=
4574			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4575			default number.
4576
4577	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
4578
4579	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4580
4581	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4582			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4583
4584	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4585			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4586
4587	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4588
4589	random.trust_cpu=off
4590			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
4591			random number generator (if available) to
4592			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4593
4594	random.trust_bootloader=off
4595			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
4596			passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4597			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4598
4599	randomize_kstack_offset=
4600			[KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4601			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4602			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4603			that depend on stack address determinism or
4604			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4605			available on architectures that have defined
4606			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4607			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4608			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4609
4610	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4611
4612		cec_disable	[X86]
4613				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4614				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4615
4616	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4617			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4618			as described above.
4619
4620			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4621			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4622			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4623			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4624			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4625			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4626			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4627			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4628			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4629			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4630			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4631			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4632
4633			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4634			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4635
4636			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4637			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4638			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4639			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4640
4641			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4642			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4643
4644	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4645			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4646			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4647			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4648			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4649			This improves the real-time response for the
4650			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4651			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4652			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4653			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4654
4655	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4656			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4657			process in one batch.
4658
4659	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4660			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4661			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4662			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4663
4664	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4665			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4666			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4667
4668	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4669			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4670			RCU grace-period initialization.
4671
4672	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4673			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4674			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4675			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4676			the rcu_node combining tree.
4677
4678	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
4679			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
4680			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
4681			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
4682			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
4683
4684			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
4685			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
4686			to zero.
4687
4688	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4689			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4690			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
4691			possibly be useful for architectures having high
4692			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4693
4694	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4695			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4696			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
4697			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4698			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4699			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4700			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4701
4702	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4703			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4704			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4705			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4706			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4707			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4708			condition.
4709
4710	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
4711			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
4712			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
4713			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
4714
4715	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4716			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4717			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4718			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4719			and maximum value is HZ.
4720
4721	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4722			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4723			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4724			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4725
4726	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4727			Set required age in jiffies for a
4728			given grace period before RCU starts
4729			soliciting quiescent-state help from
4730			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4731			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4732			a value based on the most recent settings
4733			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4734			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4735			This calculated value may be viewed in
4736			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
4737			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4738			overwritten.
4739
4740	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
4741			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4742			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4743			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4744			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4745			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4746			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4747			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
4748			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4749			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4750			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
4751			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
4752
4753	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
4754			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
4755			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
4756			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
4757			The result will be bounded below by the value of
4758			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
4759			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
4760			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
4761
4762			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
4763			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
4764			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
4765			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
4766			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
4767
4768	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
4769			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
4770			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
4771			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
4772			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
4773			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
4774			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
4775			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
4776			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
4777			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
4778			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
4779			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
4780
4781	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4782			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4783			each group, which defaults to the square root
4784			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
4785			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4786			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4787			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4788
4789	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4790			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4791			batch limiting is disabled.
4792
4793	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4794			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4795			batch limiting is re-enabled.
4796
4797	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4798			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4799			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4800			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4801			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4802			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4803			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4804			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4805
4806	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4807			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4808			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4809			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4810			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4811			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4812
4813	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
4814			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
4815			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
4816			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
4817			Larger delays increase the probability of
4818			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
4819			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
4820			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
4821
4822	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
4823			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
4824			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
4825			why a new grace period has not yet started.
4826
4827	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
4828			Measure performance of asynchronous
4829			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
4830
4831	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
4832			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
4833			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
4834			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
4835			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
4836			previously posted callbacks to drain.
4837
4838	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
4839			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
4840			grace-period primitives.
4841
4842	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4843			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
4844			this parameter is to delay the start of the
4845			test until boot completes in order to avoid
4846			interference.
4847
4848	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
4849			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
4850
4851	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
4852			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4853			If this parameter has the same value as
4854			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
4855			and double-argument variants are tested.
4856
4857	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
4858			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4859			If this parameter has the same value as
4860			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
4861			and double-argument variants are tested.
4862
4863	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
4864			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
4865
4866	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
4867			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
4868
4869	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
4870			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
4871			of allocations and frees.
4872
4873	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4874			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4875			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4876			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
4877			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4878			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4879			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
4880			a single reader.
4881
4882	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
4883			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
4884			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
4885			N, where N is the number of CPUs
4886
4887	rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL]
4888			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4889
4890	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4891			Shut the system down after performance tests
4892			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
4893			testing.
4894
4895	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
4896			Enable additional printk() statements.
4897
4898	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
4899			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
4900			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
4901			no holdoff.
4902
4903	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
4904			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
4905			in microseconds.
4906
4907	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
4908			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
4909			in microseconds.
4910
4911	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
4912			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
4913			in seconds.
4914
4915	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
4916			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
4917			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
4918			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
4919			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
4920			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
4921			of CPUs to be used.
4922
4923	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
4924			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
4925			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
4926
4927	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
4928			Number of seconds to wait between successive
4929			forward-progress tests.
4930
4931	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
4932			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
4933			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
4934			testing.
4935
4936	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
4937			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
4938			primitives, if available.
4939
4940	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
4941			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
4942
4943	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
4944			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
4945			update-side primitives, if available.
4946
4947	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
4948			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
4949			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
4950			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
4951			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
4952			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
4953			they are all non-zero.
4954
4955	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
4956			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
4957			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
4958			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
4959
4960	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
4961			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
4962			This can of course result in splats, and is
4963			intended to test the ability of things like
4964			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
4965			such leaks.
4966
4967	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
4968			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
4969
4970	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
4971			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
4972			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
4973			test, hence the "fake".
4974
4975	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
4976			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
4977			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
4978
4979	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
4980			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
4981			callback-offload toggling attempts.
4982
4983	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
4984			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4985			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4986			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
4987			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4988			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4989
4990	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
4991			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
4992
4993	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4994			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
4995
4996	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4997			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
4998			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
4999
5000	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
5001			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
5002			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
5003			task-exit processing.
5004
5005	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
5006			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
5007			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
5008			is spawned.
5009
5010	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
5011			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5012			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5013
5014	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5015			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5016			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5017			during the rcutorture test.
5018
5019	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5020			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5021			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5022
5023	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5024			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5025			warnings, zero to disable.
5026
5027	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5028			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5029			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition
5030			to any other stall-related activity.
5031
5032	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5033			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5034
5035	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5036			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
5037
5038	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5039			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5040			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5041			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5042			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5043			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5044
5045	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5046			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5047
5048	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5049			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5050			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5051			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5052			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5053
5054	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5055			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5056			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5057			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5058
5059	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5060			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5061
5062	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5063			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5064
5065	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5066			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5067			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5068
5069	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5070			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5071
5072	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5073			Enable additional printk() statements.
5074
5075	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5076			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5077			stall warning.
5078
5079	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5080			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5081
5082	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5083			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5084			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5085			during early boot, that is, during the time
5086			before the init task is spawned.
5087
5088	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5089			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5090			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5091			value is 300 seconds.
5092
5093	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5094			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5095			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5096			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5097			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5098			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5099			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5100			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5101			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5102
5103	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5104			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5105			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5106			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5107			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5108			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5109			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5110
5111	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5112			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5113			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5114			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5115			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5116			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5117			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5118			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5119			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5120
5121	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5122			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5123			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5124			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5125			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5126
5127			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5128			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5129			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5130			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5131			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5132			grace-period processing.
5133
5134	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5135			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5136			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5137			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5138			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5139			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5140			set to the default value of -1.
5141
5142	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5143			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5144			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5145			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5146			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5147			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5148			the default value of -1.
5149
5150	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5151			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5152			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5153			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5154			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5155			for use in testing.
5156
5157	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5158			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5159			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5160			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5161			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5162			but lengthens grace periods.
5163
5164	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5165			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5166			informational messages, which give some indication
5167			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5168			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5169			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5170			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5171			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5172			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5173			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5174
5175	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5176			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5177			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5178			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5179			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5180			the value three, so that the first informational
5181			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5182			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5183			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5184			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5185
5186	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5187			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5188			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5189			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5190			A change in value does not take effect until
5191			the beginning of the next grace period.
5192
5193	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5194			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5195
5196	rdinit=		[KNL]
5197			Format: <full_path>
5198			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5199			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5200
5201	rdrand=		[X86]
5202			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5203				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5204				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5205				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5206				path).
5207
5208	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5209			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5210			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5211			mba.
5212			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5213				rdt=cmt,!mba
5214
5215	reboot=		[KNL]
5216			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5217				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5218				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5219				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5220				[[,]f[orce]
5221			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5222					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5223					reboot only),
5224			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5225			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5226			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5227					to be used for rebooting.
5228
5229	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5230			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5231			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5232			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5233			interference.
5234
5235	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5236			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5237			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5238			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5239			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5240			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5241			x86 laptops.
5242
5243	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5244			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5245			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5246			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5247
5248	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5249			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5250			the console log.
5251
5252	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5253			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5254			measured in microseconds.
5255
5256	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5257			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5258
5259	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5260			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5261			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5262			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5263			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5264
5265	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5266			Enable additional printk() statements.
5267
5268	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5269			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5270			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5271			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5272			specified.
5273
5274	relax_domain_level=
5275			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5276			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5277
5278	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5279			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5280			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5281			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5282			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5283
5284	reservetop=	[X86-32]
5285			Format: nn[KMG]
5286			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5287			address space.
5288
5289	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5290			during initialization.
5291
5292	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5293			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5294			Format:
5295			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5296
5297	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5298			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5299			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5300			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5301			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5302
5303	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5304			read the resume files
5305
5306	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5307			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5308			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5309
5310	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
5311
5312	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5313			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5314			vulnerability.
5315
5316			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5317			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5318			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5319			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5320			that don't.
5321
5322			off          - no mitigation
5323			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5324			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5325				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5326				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5327				       and older without STIBP).
5328			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5329				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5330				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5331				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5332				       on Intel.
5333			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5334				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5335				       the alternative for systems which do not
5336				       have STIBP.
5337			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5338				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5339				       systems.
5340			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5341				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5342				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5343
5344			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5345			time according to the CPU.
5346
5347			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5348
5349	rfkill.default_state=
5350		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5351			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5352		1	Unblocked.
5353
5354	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5355		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5356		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5357			blocked and the previous configuration.
5358		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5359			blocked and everything unblocked.
5360
5361	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5362			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
5363
5364	ring3mwait=disable
5365			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5366			CPUs.
5367
5368	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5369
5370	rodata=		[KNL]
5371		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5372		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5373		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5374		        [arm64]
5375
5376	rockchip.usb_uart
5377			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5378			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5379			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5380			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5381
5382	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5383			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
5384
5385	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5386			mount the root filesystem
5387
5388	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5389
5390	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5391
5392	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5393			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5394			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5395
5396	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5397			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5398			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5399			managed by CMA.
5400
5401	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5402
5403	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5404
5405	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5406			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5407		strict
5408			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
5409			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
5410			which is faster.
5411
5412	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5413			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5414			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5415			factor of the size of main memory.
5416			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5417			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5418			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5419			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5420			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5421			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5422			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5423
5424	sa1100ir	[NET]
5425			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5426
5427	sched_verbose	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5428
5429	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5430			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5431			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5432			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5433
5434	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5435			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5436			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5437			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5438			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5439			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5440			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5441			value.
5442			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5443			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5444				1			64 ms
5445				2			128 ms
5446			and so on.
5447			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5448			Default is 0.
5449
5450	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5451			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5452			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5453			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5454			tests.
5455
5456	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5457			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5458			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5459			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5460			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5461			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5462			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5463
5464	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5465			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5466			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5467			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5468			equal to the number of CPUs.
5469
5470	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5471			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5472			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5473
5474	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5475			Number seconds to wait between successive
5476			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
5477			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5478
5479	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5480			The number of seconds following the start of the
5481			test after which to shut down the system.  The
5482			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5483			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5484
5485	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5486			The number of seconds between outputting the
5487			current test statistics to the console.  A value
5488			of zero disables statistics output.
5489
5490	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5491			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5492			to the set of CPUs under test.
5493
5494	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5495			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5496			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5497			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5498			functions.
5499
5500	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5501			Enable additional printk() statements.
5502
5503	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5504			The probability weighting to use for the
5505			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5506			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
5507			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
5508			if at least one weight has some other value, a
5509			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5510
5511	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
5512			The probability weighting to use for the
5513			smp_call_function_single() function with a
5514			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5515
5516	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
5517			The probability weighting to use for the
5518			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
5519			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5520			Note well that setting a high probability for
5521			this weighting can place serious IPI load
5522			on the system.
5523
5524	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
5525			The probability weighting to use for the
5526			smp_call_function_many() function with a
5527			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5528			and weight_many.
5529
5530	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
5531			The probability weighting to use for the
5532			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
5533			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
5534			weight_many.
5535
5536	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
5537			The probability weighting to use for the
5538			smp_call_function_all() function with a
5539			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5540			and weight_many.
5541
5542	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5543			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5544			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5545			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5546			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5547			1 -- enable.
5548			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5549			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5550
5551	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5552			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5553			"lsm=" parameter.
5554
5555	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5556			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5557			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
5558			0 -- disable.
5559			1 -- enable.
5560			Default value is 1.
5561
5562	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
5563			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5564			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
5565			0 -- disable.
5566			1 -- enable.
5567			Default value is set via kernel config option.
5568
5569	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
5570
5571	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
5572
5573	shapers=	[NET]
5574			Maximal number of shapers.
5575
5576	simeth=		[IA-64]
5577	simscsi=
5578
5579	slram=		[HW,MTD]
5580
5581	slab_merge	[MM]
5582			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5583			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5584
5585	slab_nomerge	[MM]
5586			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5587			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5588			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5589			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5590			layout control by attackers can usually be
5591			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5592			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5593			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5594			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5595			own.
5596			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5597
5598	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
5599			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5600			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5601			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
5602			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5603
5604	slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM, SLUB]
5605			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5606			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5607			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5608			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5609			last alloc / free. For more information see
5610			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5611
5612	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5613			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5614			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5615			fragmentation. For more information see
5616			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5617
5618	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
5619			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5620			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5621			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5622			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5623			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5624			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5625			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5626
5627	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
5628			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5629			lower than slub_max_order.
5630			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5631
5632	slub_merge	[MM, SLUB]
5633			Same with slab_merge.
5634
5635	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
5636			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5637			See slab_nomerge for more information.
5638
5639	smart2=		[HW]
5640			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5641
5642	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
5643			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
5644			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
5645			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
5646			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
5647			disabling interrupts for extended periods
5648			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
5649			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
5650			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
5651			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
5652
5653	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5654	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
5655	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
5656	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
5657	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
5658	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
5659	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5660				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5661				1: Fast pin select (default)
5662				2: ATC IRMode
5663
5664	smt=		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5665			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5666			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5667			actual hardware limit.
5668			Format: <integer>
5669			Default: -1 (no limit)
5670
5671	softlockup_panic=
5672			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5673			Format: 0 | 1
5674
5675			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5676			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5677			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5678			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5679			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
5680
5681	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
5682			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
5683			backtraces on all cpus.
5684			Format: 0 | 1
5685
5686	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
5687			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
5688
5689	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5690			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
5691			The default operation protects the kernel from
5692			user space attacks.
5693
5694			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
5695			       spectre_v2_user=on
5696			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
5697			       spectre_v2_user=off
5698			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5699			       vulnerable
5700
5701			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
5702			mitigation method at run time according to the
5703			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
5704			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
5705			compiler with which the kernel was built.
5706
5707			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
5708			against user space to user space task attacks.
5709
5710			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
5711			the user space protections.
5712
5713			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
5714
5715			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
5716			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
5717			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
5718			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
5719			eibrs		  - enhanced IBRS
5720			eibrs,retpoline   - enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
5721			eibrs,lfence      - enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
5722			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
5723
5724			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5725			spectre_v2=auto.
5726
5727	spectre_v2_user=
5728			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5729		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
5730		        user space tasks
5731
5732			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
5733				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
5734
5735			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
5736				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
5737
5738			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
5739				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
5740				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
5741				  is inherited on fork.
5742
5743			prctl,ibpb
5744				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
5745				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5746				  always when switching between different user
5747				  space processes.
5748
5749			seccomp
5750				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
5751				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
5752				  they explicitly opt out.
5753
5754			seccomp,ibpb
5755				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
5756				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5757				  always when switching between different
5758				  user space processes.
5759
5760			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
5761				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
5762
5763			Default mitigation: "prctl"
5764
5765			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5766			spectre_v2_user=auto.
5767
5768	spec_store_bypass_disable=
5769			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
5770			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
5771
5772			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
5773			a common industry wide performance optimization known
5774			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
5775			to the same memory location may not be observed by
5776			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
5777			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
5778			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
5779			end of a particular speculation execution window.
5780
5781			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5782			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
5783			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
5784			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
5785
5786			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
5787			Bypass optimization is used.
5788
5789			On x86 the options are:
5790
5791			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
5792			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
5793			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
5794				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
5795				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
5796				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
5797				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
5798				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
5799			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
5800				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
5801				  for a process by default. The state of the control
5802				  is inherited on fork.
5803			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
5804				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
5805
5806			Default mitigations:
5807			X86:	"prctl"
5808
5809			On powerpc the options are:
5810
5811			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
5812				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
5813				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
5814				  exit.
5815			off	- No action.
5816
5817			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5818			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
5819
5820	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
5821	spia_fio_base=
5822	spia_pedr=
5823	spia_peddr=
5824
5825	split_lock_detect=
5826			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
5827
5828			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
5829			instructions that access data across cache line
5830			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
5831			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
5832			bus lock detection.
5833
5834			off	- not enabled
5835
5836			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
5837				  about applications triggering the #AC
5838				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
5839				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
5840				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
5841				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
5842				  enabled in hardware.
5843
5844			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
5845				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
5846				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
5847				  both features are enabled in hardware.
5848
5849			ratelimit:N -
5850				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
5851				  per second for bus lock detection.
5852				  0 < N <= 1000.
5853
5854				  N/A for split lock detection.
5855
5856
5857			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
5858			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
5859			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
5860			mode.
5861
5862			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
5863			CPL > 0.
5864
5865	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
5866			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
5867			(SRBDS) mitigation.
5868
5869			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
5870			exploit which can leak bits from the random
5871			number generator.
5872
5873			By default, this issue is mitigated by
5874			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
5875			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
5876			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
5877			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
5878
5879			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
5880			the following option:
5881
5882			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
5883				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
5884
5885	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
5886			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
5887			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
5888			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
5889			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
5890			but takes effect only when the low-order four
5891			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
5892			(decide at boot).
5893
5894	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
5895			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
5896			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
5897			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
5898
5899				   0:  Never.
5900				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
5901				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
5902				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
5903				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
5904
5905			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
5906			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
5907			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
5908
5909	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
5910			Specifies how frequently to check for
5911			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
5912			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
5913			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
5914			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
5915			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
5916			are ignored.
5917
5918	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
5919			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
5920			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
5921			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
5922			grace period will be considered for automatic
5923			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
5924			expediting.
5925
5926	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
5927			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
5928			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
5929			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
5930			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
5931			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
5932
5933	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
5934			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
5935			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
5936			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
5937			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
5938			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
5939
5940	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
5941			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
5942			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
5943
5944	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
5945			Specifies the number of update-side contention
5946			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
5947			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
5948			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
5949			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
5950			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
5951
5952	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
5953			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
5954
5955			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
5956			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
5957			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
5958			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
5959
5960			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
5961				   for both kernel and userspace
5962			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
5963				   for both kernel and userspace
5964			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
5965				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
5966				   to allow userspace to register its
5967				   interest in being mitigated too.
5968
5969	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
5970			override the default stack gap protection. The value
5971			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
5972			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
5973			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
5974			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
5975
5976	stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
5977			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
5978			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
5979			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
5980			to false.
5981
5982	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
5983			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
5984
5985	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
5986			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
5987			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
5988			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
5989			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
5990			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
5991			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
5992
5993	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
5994			Format: <num>
5995			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
5996			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
5997			as the initial boot-console.
5998			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5999
6000	sti_font=	[HW]
6001			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6002
6003	stifb=		[HW]
6004			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
6005
6006        strict_sas_size=
6007			[X86]
6008			Format: <bool>
6009			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
6010			against the required signal frame size which
6011			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
6012			be used to filter out binaries which have
6013			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
6014
6015	sunrpc.min_resvport=
6016	sunrpc.max_resvport=
6017			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6018			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
6019			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
6020			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
6021			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
6022			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
6023			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
6024			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
6025			maximum port values.
6026
6027	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
6028			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6029			Limit the number of requests that the server will
6030			process in parallel from a single connection.
6031			The default value is 0 (no limit).
6032
6033	sunrpc.pool_mode=
6034			[NFS]
6035			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
6036			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
6037			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
6038			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6039			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6040			NFS server is running.
6041
6042			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6043				    automatically using heuristics
6044			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6045			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6046			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6047				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6048
6049	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6050	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6051			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6052			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6053			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6054			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6055			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6056			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6057
6058	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6059			[SUSPEND]
6060			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6061			mode before resuming the system (see
6062			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6063			is set. Default value is 5.
6064
6065	svm=		[PPC]
6066			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6067			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6068			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6069
6070	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
6071			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6072			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6073			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6074				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6075				 to a power of 2.
6076			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6077			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6078			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6079
6080	switches=	[HW,M68k]
6081
6082	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6083			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6084			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6085			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6086			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6087			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6088			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6089			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6090
6091	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
6092			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
6093			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
6094			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
6095			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
6096			in older udev will not work anymore.
6097			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
6098			the kernel configuration.
6099
6100	sysrq_always_enabled
6101			[KNL]
6102			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6103			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6104			Useful for debugging.
6105
6106	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6107			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6108			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6109			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6110			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6111			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6112
6113	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6114
6115	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6116			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6117			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6118			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6119			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6120			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6121			The system is woken from this state using a
6122			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6123
6124	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6125			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6126
6127	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6128			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6129			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6130
6131	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6132			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6133			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6134
6135	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
6136			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
6137			critical and hot trip points.
6138
6139	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6140			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6141
6142	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6143			-1: disable all passive trip points
6144			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6145			value
6146
6147	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6148			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6149			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6150			0: no polling (default)
6151
6152	threadirqs	[KNL]
6153			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6154			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6155
6156	topology=	[S390]
6157			Format: {off | on}
6158			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6159			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6160			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6161			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6162			Default is on.
6163
6164	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
6165			Format: {off}
6166			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
6167			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
6168			LPAR.
6169
6170	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6171			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6172			until after init has spawned.
6173
6174	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6175			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6176			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6177			very costly operation when many torture tests
6178			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6179			with rotating-rust storage.
6180
6181	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6182			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6183			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6184			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6185
6186	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6187			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6188
6189	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
6190
6191	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6192			Format: integer pcr id
6193			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6194			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6195			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6196			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6197			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6198			are saved.
6199
6200	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6201			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6202			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6203			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6204			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6205			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6206
6207			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6208			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6209			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6210			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6211
6212			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6213			to stop the printing of events to console at
6214			late_initcall_sync.
6215
6216			** CAUTION **
6217
6218			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6219			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6220			the system to live lock.
6221
6222	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6223			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6224			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6225			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6226			make the system inoperable.
6227
6228			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6229			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6230
6231	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6232			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6233
6234	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6235			at boot up.
6236			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6237				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6238				depending on the architecture, may not be
6239				in sync between CPUs.
6240			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6241				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6242				but better for some race conditions.
6243			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6244				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6245				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6246				once per event.
6247			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6248			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6249			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6250			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6251				stamps.
6252			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6253			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6254			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6255
6256	trace_event=[event-list]
6257			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6258			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6259			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6260			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6261
6262	trace_options=[option-list]
6263			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6264			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6265			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6266			to echo the option name into
6267
6268			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
6269
6270			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6271			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6272
6273			      trace_options=stacktrace
6274
6275			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6276			section.
6277
6278	trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
6279			[FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events.
6280			Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
6281			filter.
6282
6283			The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..."
6284			Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated.
6285
6286			For example:
6287
6288			  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"
6289
6290			The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch"
6291			event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch"
6292			event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE).
6293
6294			See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst
6295
6296
6297	traceoff_on_warning
6298			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6299			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6300			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6301			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
6302
6303			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6304			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6305			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6306
6307			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6308			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6309
6310	transparent_hugepage=
6311			[KNL]
6312			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6313			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6314			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6315			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6316			for more details.
6317
6318	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6319			Format: <string>
6320			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6321			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6322			sources:
6323			- "tpm"
6324			- "tee"
6325			- "caam"
6326			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6327			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6328			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6329			successfully during iteration.
6330
6331	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6332			Format: <string>
6333			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6334			Can be one of:
6335			- "kernel"
6336			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6337			- "default"
6338			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6339			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6340
6341	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6342			Format: <string>
6343			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6344			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6345			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6346			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6347			virtualized environment.
6348			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6349			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6350			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6351			can add overhead.
6352			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6353			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6354			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6355			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6356			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6357			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6358			acceptable).
6359
6360	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
6361			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
6362			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
6363			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
6364			Format: <unsigned int>
6365
6366	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
6367			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
6368			support TSX control.
6369
6370			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
6371
6372			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
6373				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
6374				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
6375				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
6376				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
6377				with leaving it enabled.
6378
6379			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
6380				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
6381				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
6382				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
6383				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
6384				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
6385				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
6386
6387			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
6388				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
6389
6390			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
6391
6392			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6393			for more details.
6394
6395	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
6396			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
6397
6398			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
6399			certain CPUs that support Transactional
6400			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
6401			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
6402			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
6403			conditions.
6404
6405			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6406			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
6407			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
6408			access.
6409
6410			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
6411			options are:
6412
6413			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
6414				     if TSX is enabled.
6415
6416			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
6417				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
6418				     is not disabled because CPU is not
6419				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
6420			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
6421
6422			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
6423			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
6424			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
6425			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
6426
6427			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6428			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
6429			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
6430			required and doesn't provide any additional
6431			mitigation.
6432
6433			For details see:
6434			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6435
6436	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
6437			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
6438			Format:
6439			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
6440			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
6441
6442	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
6443			happen after console_init() and before a proper
6444			console driver takes over, this boot options might
6445			help "seeing" what's going on.
6446
6447	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6448			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
6449
6450	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
6451			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
6452			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
6453			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
6454			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
6455			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
6456			reported either.
6457
6458	unknown_nmi_panic
6459			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
6460
6461	usbcore.authorized_default=
6462			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
6463			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
6464			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
6465			if device connected to internal port)
6466
6467	usbcore.autosuspend=
6468			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
6469			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
6470			is the time required before an idle device will be
6471			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
6472			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
6473
6474	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
6475			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
6476
6477	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
6478			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
6479			(default = 65536).
6480
6481	usbcore.blinkenlights=
6482			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
6483
6484	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
6485			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
6486			scheme (default 0 = off).
6487
6488	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
6489			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
6490			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
6491
6492	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
6493			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
6494			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
6495
6496	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
6497			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
6498			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
6499			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
6500
6501	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
6502
6503	usbcore.quirks=
6504			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
6505			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
6506			commas. Each entry has the form
6507			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
6508			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
6509			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
6510			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
6511			the following meanings:
6512				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
6513					descriptors must not be fetched using
6514					a 255-byte read);
6515				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
6516					correctly so reset it instead);
6517				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
6518					Set-Interface requests);
6519				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
6520					handle its Configuration or Interface
6521					strings);
6522				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
6523					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
6524				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
6525					more interface descriptions than the
6526					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
6527					talking to these interfaces);
6528				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
6529					during initialization, after we read
6530					the device descriptor);
6531				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
6532					high speed and super speed interrupt
6533					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
6534					require the interval in microframes (1
6535					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
6536					calculated as interval = 2 ^
6537					(bInterval-1).
6538					Devices with this quirk report their
6539					bInterval as the result of this
6540					calculation instead of the exponent
6541					variable used in the calculation);
6542				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
6543					handle device_qualifier descriptor
6544					requests);
6545				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
6546					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
6547					remote wakeup capability);
6548				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
6549					Power Management);
6550				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
6551					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
6552					frames instead of the USB 2.0
6553					calculation);
6554				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
6555					to be disconnected before suspend to
6556					prevent spurious wakeup);
6557				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
6558					pause after every control message);
6559				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
6560					delay after resetting its port);
6561			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
6562
6563	usbhid.mousepoll=
6564			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
6565
6566	usbhid.jspoll=
6567			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
6568
6569	usbhid.kbpoll=
6570			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
6571
6572	usb-storage.delay_use=
6573			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
6574			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
6575
6576	usb-storage.quirks=
6577			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
6578			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
6579			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
6580			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
6581			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
6582			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
6583			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
6584				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
6585					of sense data, not on uas);
6586				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
6587					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
6588				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
6589					device capacity by one sector);
6590				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
6591					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
6592				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
6593					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
6594				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
6595					command, uas only);
6596				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
6597					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
6598				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
6599					reported device capacity by one
6600					sector if the number is odd);
6601				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
6602					device);
6603				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
6604					command, uas only);
6605				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
6606				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
6607					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
6608				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
6609					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
6610					not on uas);
6611				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
6612					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
6613				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
6614					reported by the device, not on uas);
6615				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
6616					by default, not on uas);
6617				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
6618					bogus residue values, not on uas);
6619				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
6620					Logical Unit);
6621				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
6622					commands, uas only);
6623				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
6624				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
6625					medium is write-protected).
6626				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
6627					even if the device claims no cache,
6628					not on uas)
6629			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
6630
6631	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
6632			Format: <int>
6633			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
6634				 1 - undefined instruction events
6635				 2 - system calls
6636				 4 - invalid data aborts
6637				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
6638				16 - SIGBUS faults
6639			Example: user_debug=31
6640
6641	userpte=
6642			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
6643
6644				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
6645					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
6646					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
6647
6648	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
6649			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
6650
6651			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
6652			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
6653
6654	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
6655			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
6656			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
6657
6658			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
6659			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
6660			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
6661
6662			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
6663			alias for vdso32=0.
6664
6665			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
6666			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
6667
6668	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
6669			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
6670
6671	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
6672			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
6673
6674	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
6675			Format: [0|1]
6676			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
6677			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
6678			level and then send out the event to user space through
6679			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
6680			will only send out the event without touching backlight
6681			brightness level.
6682			default: 1
6683
6684	virtio_mmio.device=
6685			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
6686
6687				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
6688			where:
6689				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
6690						like K, M and G)
6691				<baseaddr> := physical base address
6692				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
6693						request_irq())
6694				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
6695			example:
6696				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
6697
6698			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
6699
6700	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
6701			See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
6702			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
6703			Use vga=ask for menu.
6704			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
6705			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
6706
6707	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
6708			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
6709			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
6710			All options are enabled by default, and this
6711			interface is meant to allow for selectively
6712			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
6713			debugging features.
6714
6715			Available options are:
6716			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
6717			  -	Disable all of the above options
6718
6719	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
6720			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
6721			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
6722			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
6723			mapped kernel RAM.
6724
6725	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
6726			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
6727			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
6728
6729	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
6730			Format: <command>
6731
6732	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
6733			Format: <command>
6734
6735	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
6736			Format: <command>
6737
6738	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
6739			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
6740			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
6741			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
6742			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
6743			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
6744			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
6745
6746			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6747			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6748				    page is readable.
6749
6750			xonly       Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6751			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6752				    page is not readable.
6753
6754			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
6755			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
6756			            might break your system.
6757
6758	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
6759			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
6760			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
6761
6762	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
6763			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
6764			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
6765			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
6766
6767	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
6768			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
6769			Change the default blue palette of the console.
6770			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6771			ranging from 0-255.
6772
6773	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
6774			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
6775			Change the default green palette of the console.
6776			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6777			ranging from 0-255.
6778
6779	vt.default_red=	[VT]
6780			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
6781			Change the default red palette of the console.
6782			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6783			ranging from 0-255.
6784
6785	vt.default_utf8=
6786			[VT]
6787			Format=<0|1>
6788			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
6789			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
6790			newly opened terminals.
6791
6792	vt.global_cursor_default=
6793			[VT]
6794			Format=<-1|0|1>
6795			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
6796			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
6797			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
6798			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
6799			cursors, 1 will display them.
6800
6801	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
6802			Default: 2 = green.
6803
6804	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
6805			Default: 3 = cyan.
6806
6807	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
6808			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
6809			or other driver-specific files in the
6810			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
6811
6812	watchdog_thresh=
6813			[KNL]
6814			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
6815			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
6816			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
6817			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
6818			seconds.
6819
6820	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
6821			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
6822			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
6823			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
6824			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
6825			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
6826			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
6827			corresponding sysfs file.
6828
6829	workqueue.disable_numa
6830			By default, all work items queued to unbound
6831			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
6832			issued on, which results in better behavior in
6833			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
6834			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
6835			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
6836			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
6837
6838	workqueue.power_efficient
6839			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
6840			they show better performance thanks to cache
6841			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
6842			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
6843
6844			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
6845			were observed to contribute significantly to power
6846			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
6847			power usage at the cost of small performance
6848			overhead.
6849
6850			The default value of this parameter is determined by
6851			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
6852
6853	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
6854			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
6855			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
6856			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
6857			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
6858			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
6859			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
6860			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
6861			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
6862			impacted.
6863
6864	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
6865			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
6866			supporting x2apic.
6867
6868	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
6869			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
6870			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
6871			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
6872			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
6873			domains.
6874
6875	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
6876			Unplug Xen emulated devices
6877			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
6878			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
6879			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
6880			nics -- unplug network devices
6881			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
6882			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
6883				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
6884				the unplug protocol
6885			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
6886
6887	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
6888			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
6889			panic() code such as dumping handler.
6890
6891	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN]
6892			Format: <bool>
6893			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
6894			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
6895			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
6896
6897	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
6898			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
6899			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
6900			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6901
6902	xen_nopv	[X86]
6903			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
6904			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
6905			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
6906			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6907
6908	xen_no_vector_callback
6909			[KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
6910			event channel interrupts.
6911
6912	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
6913			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
6914			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
6915			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
6916			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
6917
6918	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
6919			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
6920			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
6921			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
6922			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
6923			more timer interrupts.
6924
6925	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
6926			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
6927			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
6928			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
6929			started with less memory configured than allowed at
6930			max. Default is 180.
6931
6932	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
6933			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
6934			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
6935
6936	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
6937			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
6938			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
6939
6940	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
6941			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
6942			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
6943			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
6944			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
6945			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
6946
6947	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
6948			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
6949			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
6950			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
6951
6952	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM]
6953			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
6954			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
6955			contention.
6956
6957	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
6958			Format:
6959			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
6960
6961	xive=		[PPC]
6962			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
6963			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
6964			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
6965
6966			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
6967				  controller on both pseries and powernv
6968				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
6969
6970	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
6971			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
6972			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
6973			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
6974			loads instead, as on POWER9.
6975
6976	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
6977			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
6978			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
6979			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
6980
6981	xmon		[PPC]
6982			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
6983			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
6984			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
6985			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
6986				debugger is called from setup_arch().
6987			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6988				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
6989				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
6990				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
6991			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6992				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
6993				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
6994				can be written using xmon commands.
6995			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
6996				memory, and other data can't be written using
6997				xmon commands.
6998			off	xmon is disabled.
6999
7000	amd_pstate=	[X86]
7001			disable
7002			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
7003			  scaling driver for the supported processors
7004			passive
7005			  Use amd_pstate as a scaling driver, driver requests a
7006			  desired performance on this abstract scale and the power
7007			  management firmware translates the requests into actual
7008			  hardware states (core frequency, data fabric and memory
7009			  clocks etc.)
7010