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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>
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_nohwsig,
229				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
230			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
231			s3_bios and s3_mode.
232			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
233			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
234			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
235			used during resume from hibernation.
236			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
237			control method, with respect to putting devices into
238			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
239			of _PTS is used by default).
240			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
241			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
242			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
243			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
244			but some broken systems don't work without it).
245			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
246			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
247			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
248
249	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
250			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
251			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
252
253	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
254			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
255
256	agp=		[AGP]
257			{ off | try_unsupported }
258			off: disable AGP support
259			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
260				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
261
262	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
263			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
264
265	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
266			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
267			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
268			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
269
270	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
271			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
272			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
273			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
274			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
275			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
276			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
277
278			32: only for 32-bit processes
279			64: only for 64-bit processes
280			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
281			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
282
283	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
284			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
285			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
286			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
287			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
288			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
289
290	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
291			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
292			Possible values are:
293			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
294				    they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
295				    flushed before they will be reused, which
296				    is a lot of faster
297			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
298				    the system
299			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
300					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
301					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
302					  requirements as needed. This option
303					  does not override iommu=pt
304
305	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
306			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
307			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
308			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
309			IOMMU initialization.
310
311	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
312			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
313			remapping modes:
314			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
315			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
316			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
317			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
318			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
319
320	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
321			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
322			Format: <a>,<b>
323			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
324
325	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
326			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
327			connected to one of 16 gameports
328			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
329
330	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
331			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
332			Format: noidle
333			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
334			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
335			APC and your system crashes randomly.
336
337	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
338			Change the output verbosity while booting
339			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
340			Change the amount of debugging information output
341			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
342			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
343			driver name.
344			Format: apic=driver_name
345			Examples: apic=bigsmp
346
347	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
348			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
349			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
350			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
351			      backup of CPU 0
352			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
353			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
354			      shot down by NMI
355
356	autoconf=	[IPV6]
357			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
358
359	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
360			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
361			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
362			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
363			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
364			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
365			apic=verbose is specified.
366			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
367
368	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
369			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
370
371	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
372			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
373
374	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
375			Identification support
376
377	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
378			support
379
380	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
381
382	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
383
384	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
385			EzKey and similar keyboards
386
387	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
388
389	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
390			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
391
392	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
393			keyboards
394
395	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
396			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
397
398	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
399			Use software keyboard repeat
400
401	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
402			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
403			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
404			    enabled until the next reboot
405			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
406			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
407			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
408			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
409			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
410			    userspace auditd.
411			Default: unset
412
413	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
414			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
415			Default: 64
416
417	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
418			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
419			Format: { "0" | "1" }
420			0 - Disable the BAU.
421			1 - Enable the BAU.
422			unset - Disable the BAU.
423
424	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
425			Format: <io>,<mode>
426
427	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
428			Format: <io>,<mode>
429			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
430
431	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
432			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
433			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
434			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
435
436	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
437			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
438			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
439			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
440
441	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
442			embedded devices based on command line input.
443			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
444
445	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
446			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
447			no delay (0).
448			Format: integer
449
450	bootconfig	[KNL]
451			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
452			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
453
454			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
455
456	bert_disable	[ACPI]
457			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
458
459	bgrt_disable	[ACPI][X86]
460			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
461
462	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
463	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
464			kernel args too.
465	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
466	bttv.tuner=
467
468	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
469			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
470			at a time.
471
472	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
473
474	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
475			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
476			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
477			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
478			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
479			This option provides an override for these situations.
480
481	carrier_timeout=
482			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
483			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
484			it waits 120 seconds.
485
486	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
487			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
488			trust validation.
489			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
490
491	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
492			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
493			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
494			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
495			others).
496
497	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
498			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
499
500	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller
501			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
502			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
503			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
504			  a single hierarchy
505			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
506			  subsystem
507			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
508			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
509			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
510
511	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
512			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
513			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
514			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
515			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
516			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
517			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
518			all v1 hierarchies.
519
520	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
521			Format: <string>
522			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
523			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
524
525	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
526			Format: { "0" | "1" }
527			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
528			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
529				any implied execute protection).
530			1 -- check protection requested by application.
531			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
532			Value can be changed at runtime via
533				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
534			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
535
536	cio_ignore=	[S390]
537			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
538	clk_ignore_unused
539			[CLK]
540			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
541			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
542			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
543			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
544			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
545			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
546			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
547			platform with proper driver support.  For more
548			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
549
550	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
551			[Deprecated]
552			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
553			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
554			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
555			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
556
557	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
558			Format: <string>
559			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
560			with the name specified.
561			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
562			the platform:
563			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
564			[ACPI] acpi_pm
565			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
566				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
567			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
568				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
569			[MIPS] MIPS
570			[PARISC] cr16
571			[S390] tod
572			[SH] SuperH
573			[SPARC64] tick
574			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
575
576	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
577			[ARM,ARM64]
578			Format: <bool>
579			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
580			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
581			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
582			systems.
583
584	clearcpuid=BITNUM[,BITNUM...] [X86]
585			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
586			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
587			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
588			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
589			ones should be.
590			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
591			or using the feature without checking anything
592			will still see it. This just prevents it from
593			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
594			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
595			some critical bits.
596
597	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
598			[KNL,CMA]
599			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
600			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
601			placement constraint by the physical address range of
602			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
603			altogether. For more information, see
604			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
605
606	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
607			[ARM64,KNL,CMA]
608			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
609			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
610			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
611			specificed, the default value is 0.
612			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
613			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
614			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
615			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
616
617	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
618			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
619			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
620			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
621			a hypervisor.
622			Default: yes
623
624	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
625			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
626			allocations, by default set to 256K.
627
628	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
629			Format:
630			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
631
632	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
633			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
634
635	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
636			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
637			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
638
639	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
640	conmode=
641
642	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
643
644		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
645
646		ttyS<n>[,options]
647		ttyUSB0[,options]
648			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
649			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
650			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
651			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
652			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
653
654			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
655			information.  See
656			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
657			alternative.
658
659		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
660		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
661		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
662		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
663		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
664			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
665			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
666			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
667			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
668			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
669			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
670			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
671			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
672			the h/w is not re-initialized.
673
674		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
675			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
676
677		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
678		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
679			console=brl,ttyS0
680		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
681
682	console_msg_format=
683			[KNL] Change console messages format
684		default
685			By default we print messages on consoles in
686			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
687			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
688			`printk_time' param).
689		syslog
690			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
691			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
692			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
693			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
694			from /proc/kmsg.
695
696	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
697			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
698			Defaults to 0.
699
700	coredump_filter=
701			[KNL] Change the default value for
702			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
703			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
704
705	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
706			[ARM,ARM64]
707			Format: <bool>
708			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
709			0: default value, disable debugging
710			1: enable debugging at boot time
711
712	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
713			disable the cpuidle sub-system
714
715	cpuidle.governor=
716			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
717
718	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
719			disable the cpufreq sub-system
720
721	cpufreq.default_governor=
722			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
723			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
724			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
725
726	cpu_init_udelay=N
727			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
728			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
729			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
730			Default: 10000
731
732	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
733			Format:
734			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
735
736	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
737			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
738			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
739			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
740			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
741			is selected automatically.
742			[KNL, X86-64] Select a region under 4G first, and
743			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
744			hasn't been specified.
745			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
746
747	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
748			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
749			in the running system. The syntax of range is
750			start-[end] where start and end are both
751			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
752			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
753
754	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
755			[KNL, X86-64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
756			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
757			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
758			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
759			available.
760			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
761	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
762			[KNL, X86-64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
763			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
764			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
765			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
766			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
767			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
768			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
769			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
770			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
771			for second kernel instead.
772			0: to disable low allocation.
773			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
774			or memory reserved is below 4G.
775
776	cryptomgr.notests
777			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
778
779	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
780			Format: <dma>
781
782	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
783			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
784
785	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call
786			handling. When switched on, additional debug data is
787			printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is
788			detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try
789			to resolve the hang situation.
790			0: disable csdlock debugging (default)
791			1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact)
792			ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact,
793			     but more data)
794
795	dasd=		[HW,NET]
796			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
797
798	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
799			(one device per port)
800			Format: <port#>,<type>
801			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
802
803	ddebug_query=	[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
804			time. See
805			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
806			details.  Deprecated, see dyndbg.
807
808	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
809
810	debug_boot_weak_hash
811			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
812			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
813			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
814			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
815			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
816			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
817
818	debug_locks_verbose=
819			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
820			Format: <int>
821			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
822			self-tests.
823			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
824			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
825			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
826			useful to lockdep developers.
827
828	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
829
830	no_debug_objects
831			[KNL] Disable object debugging
832
833	debug_guardpage_minorder=
834			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
835			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
836			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
837			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
838			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
839			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
840			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
841			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
842			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
843			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
844			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
845			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
846			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
847			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
848			bypassed) which are not detectable by
849			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
850			tracking down these problems.
851
852	debug_pagealloc=
853			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
854			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
855			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
856			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
857			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
858			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
859			on: enable the feature
860
861	debugfs=    	[KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
862			and debugfs internal clients.
863			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
864			on: 	All functions are enabled.
865			no-mount:
866				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
867			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
868				its content. There is nothing to mount.
869			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
870			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
871				or directories within debugfs.
872				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
873				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
874			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
875
876	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
877
878	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
879			Format: <area>[,<node>]
880			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.rst.
881
882	default_hugepagesz=
883			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
884			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
885			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
886			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
887			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
888			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
889			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
890			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
891			Format: size[KMG]
892
893	deferred_probe_timeout=
894			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
895			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
896			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
897			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout of 0
898			will timeout at the end of initcalls. This option will also
899			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
900			retrying.
901
902	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
903			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
904			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
905			          level 1 and decompression (default)
906			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
907			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
908			          only (compression on level 1)
909			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
910			          only (decompression)
911			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
912			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
913
914	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
915			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
916
917	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
918			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
919			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
920			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
921			miss to occur.
922
923	stress_slb	[PPC]
924			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
925			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
926			on kernel addresses.
927
928	disable=	[IPV6]
929			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
930
931	hardened_usercopy=
932                        [KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
933                        hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
934                        usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
935                        from reading or writing beyond known memory
936                        allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
937                        against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
938                        copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
939                on      Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
940                off     Disable hardened usercopy checks.
941
942	disable_radix	[PPC]
943			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
944
945	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
946			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
947			invalidate.
948
949	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
950			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
951			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
952
953	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
954			Format: <int>
955			The number of initial APIC ID for the
956			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
957			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
958			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
959			causing system reset or hang due to sending
960			INIT from AP to BSP.
961
962	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
963			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
964			to workaround buggy firmware.
965
966	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
967			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
968
969	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
970			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
971			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
972			entry later. This parameter disables that.
973
974	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
975			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
976			memory out of your available memory pool based on
977			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
978			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
979
980	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
981			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
982			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
983
984	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
985
986	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
987			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
988
989	dma_debug_entries=<number>
990			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
991			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
992			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
993			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
994			architectural default is too low.
995
996	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
997			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
998			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
999			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1000			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1001			driver later using sysfs.
1002
1003	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1004			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously.
1005			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1006
1007	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1008			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1009			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1010			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1011			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1012			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
1013			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
1014			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
1015			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
1016			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
1017			available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID
1018			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
1019			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
1020			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
1021			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
1022			data set with no connector name will be used for
1023			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1024
1025	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1026
1027	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
1028			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1029			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1030			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1031			exists).
1032			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1033			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1034			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1035
1036	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1037			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1038			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1039			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1040
1041	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1042	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1043			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1044			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1045			for details.
1046
1047	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
1048			in some Intel CPUs.
1049
1050	<module>.async_probe [KNL]
1051			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
1052
1053	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
1054			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1055			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1056			which are not unmapped.
1057
1058	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
1059
1060			When used with no options, the early console is
1061			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1062			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1063			the platform.
1064
1065		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1066			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1067			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1068			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1069			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1070			configured.
1071
1072		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
1073		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
1074		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
1075		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
1076		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1077			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1078			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1079			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1080			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1081			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1082			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1083			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1084			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1085
1086		pl011,<addr>
1087		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1088			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1089			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1090			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1091			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1092			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1093			the device registers.
1094
1095		meson,<addr>
1096			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1097			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1098			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1099			supported.
1100
1101		msm_serial,<addr>
1102			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1103			port at the specified address. The serial port
1104			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1105			yet supported.
1106
1107		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1108			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1109			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1110			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1111			yet supported.
1112
1113		owl,<addr>
1114			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1115			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1116			specified address. The serial port must already be
1117			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1118
1119		rda,<addr>
1120			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1121			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1122			specified address. The serial port must already be
1123			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1124
1125		sbi
1126			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1127			console.
1128
1129		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1130
1131		s3c2410,<addr>
1132		s3c2412,<addr>
1133		s3c2440,<addr>
1134		s3c6400,<addr>
1135		s5pv210,<addr>
1136		exynos4210,<addr>
1137			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1138			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1139			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1140			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1141			Options are not yet supported.
1142
1143		lantiq,<addr>
1144			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1145			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1146			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1147			yet supported.
1148
1149		lpuart,<addr>
1150		lpuart32,<addr>
1151			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1152			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1153			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1154			port must already be setup and configured.
1155
1156		ec_imx21,<addr>
1157		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1158			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1159			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1160			must already be setup and configured.
1161
1162		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1163			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1164			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1165			address. The serial port must already be setup
1166			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1167
1168		qcom_geni,<addr>
1169			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1170			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1171			specified address. The serial port must already be
1172			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1173
1174		efifb,[options]
1175			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1176			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1177			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1178			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1179			mapped with the correct attributes.
1180
1181		linflex,<addr>
1182			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1183			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1184			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1185			already be setup and configured.
1186
1187	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1188			earlyprintk=vga
1189			earlyprintk=sclp
1190			earlyprintk=xen
1191			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1192			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1193			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1194			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1195			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1196			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1197
1198			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1199			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1200			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1201
1202			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1203			takes over.
1204
1205			Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1206			be used at a time.
1207
1208			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1209			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1210			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1211			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1212				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1213			You can find the port for a given device in
1214			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1215				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1216
1217			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1218			very good.
1219
1220			The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1221			the real console.
1222
1223			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1224
1225			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1226
1227			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1228			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1229			UART class.
1230
1231	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1232			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1233			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1234			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1235			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1236			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1237			default: on.
1238
1239	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1240			ekgdboc=kbd
1241
1242			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1243			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1244
1245			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1246			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1247			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1248			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1249
1250	edd=		[EDD]
1251			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1252
1253	efi=		[EFI]
1254			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1255				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1256				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1257			debug: enable misc debug output.
1258			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1259			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1260			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1261			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1262			firmware implementations.
1263			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1264			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1265			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1266			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1267			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1268			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1269			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1270			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1271			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1272			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1273
1274	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1275			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1276			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1277			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1278			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1279
1280	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1281			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1282			updating original EFI memory map.
1283			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1284			from ss to ss+nn.
1285
1286			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1287			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1288			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1289			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1290
1291			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1292			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1293			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1294
1295			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1296			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1297			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1298			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1299			"soft reserved".
1300
1301	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1302			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1303			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1304			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1305			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1306
1307
1308	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1309			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1310
1311	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1312			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1313			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1314
1315	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1316			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1317			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1318			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1319			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1320
1321	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1322			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1323			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1324			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1325
1326	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1327			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1328			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1329			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1330			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1331
1332	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1333			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1334			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1335			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1336			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1337			Default value is 0.
1338			Value can be changed at runtime via
1339			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1340
1341	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1342			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1343			support.
1344
1345	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1346			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1347			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1348
1349	evm=		[EVM]
1350			Format: { "fix" }
1351			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1352			current integrity status.
1353
1354	failslab=
1355	fail_usercopy=
1356	fail_page_alloc=
1357	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1358			General fault injection mechanism.
1359			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1360			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1361
1362	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1363			Format: { initns | none }
1364			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1365			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1366
1367	floppy=		[HW]
1368			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1369
1370	force_pal_cache_flush
1371			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1372			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1373			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1374			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1375
1376	forcepae	[X86-32]
1377			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1378			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1379			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1380			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1381			and may cause unknown problems.
1382
1383	ftrace=[tracer]
1384			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1385			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1386			boot debugging.
1387
1388	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1389			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1390			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1391			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1392			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1393			oops.
1394
1395	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1396			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1397			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1398			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1399			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1400			tracing directory.
1401
1402	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1403			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1404			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1405			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1406			tracing directory.
1407
1408	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1409			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1410			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1411			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1412			that can be changed at run time by the
1413			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1414
1415	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1416			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1417			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1418			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1419			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1420
1421	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1422			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1423			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1424			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1425			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1426
1427	fw_devlink=	[KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1428			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1429			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1430			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1431			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1432			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1433			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1434			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1435			suppliers).
1436			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1437			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1438			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1439				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1440				up (sync_state() calls).
1441			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1442				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1443			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1444
1445	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1446			[KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1447			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1448			Format: <bool>
1449
1450	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1451			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1452			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1453			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1454			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1455
1456	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1457
1458	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1459			Format: off | on
1460			default: on
1461
1462	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1463			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1464			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1465			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1466			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1467
1468	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1469			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1470			android emulator
1471
1472	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1473			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1474			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1475			GPT to be used instead.
1476
1477	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1478			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1479			Format: 0 | 1
1480			Default: 0
1481	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1482			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1483			Format: 0 | 1
1484			Default: 0
1485	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1486			Format: 0 | 1
1487			Default: 0
1488	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1489			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1490			Default: 1024
1491	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1492			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1493			Default: 1024
1494
1495	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1496			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1497			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1498
1499	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1500			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1501			backtraces on all cpus.
1502			Format: 0 | 1
1503
1504	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1505			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1506			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1507			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1508
1509	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1510
1511	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1512			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1513
1514	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1515			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1516			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1517			logic will be disabled.
1518
1519	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1520			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1521			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1522			size on bigger boxes.
1523
1524	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1525			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1526			Default: "on"
1527
1528	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1529
1530	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1531			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1532				verbose }
1533			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1534			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1535				VIA, nVidia)
1536			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1537
1538	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1539			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1540
1541	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1542			of gigantic hugepages.
1543			Format: nn[KMGTPE]
1544
1545			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1546			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1547			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1548
1549	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1550			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1551			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1552			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1553			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1554			the default huge page size.  See also
1555			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1556			Format: <integer>
1557
1558	hugepagesz=
1559			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1560			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1561			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1562			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1563			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1564			architecture dependent.  See also
1565			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1566			Format: size[KMG]
1567
1568	hung_task_panic=
1569			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1570			Format: 0 | 1
1571
1572			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1573			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1574			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1575			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1576			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1577
1578	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1579				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1580	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1581				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1582				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1583
1584	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1585				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1586				      guest on lock contention.
1587
1588	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1589			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1590			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1591			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1592			the real console.
1593
1594	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1595				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1596				registered from board initialization code.
1597				Format:
1598				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1599
1600	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1601	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1602			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1603			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1604			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1605	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1606	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1607			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1608			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1609	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1610	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1611	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1612			     for the AUX port
1613	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1614			     controller
1615	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1616			     controllers
1617	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1618	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1619			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1620			     transitions, or never reset
1621			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1622			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1623			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1624			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1625			architectures force reset to be always executed
1626	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1627	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1628
1629	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1630
1631	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1632			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1633			hardware.
1634	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1635			does not match list of supported models.
1636	i8k.power_status
1637			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1638			(disabled by default)
1639	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1640			capability is set.
1641
1642	i915.invert_brightness=
1643			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1644			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1645			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1646			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1647			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1648			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1649			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1650			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1651			value switches the backlight off.
1652			-1 -- never invert brightness
1653			 0 -- machine default
1654			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1655
1656	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1657			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1658
1659	ide-core.nodma=	[HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1660			Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1661			.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1662			.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1663			See Documentation/ide/ide.rst.
1664
1665	ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1666			Format: <int>
1667			Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports.  Depending on
1668			platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1669			setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  The
1670			default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1671			On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1672			PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1673			are then probed.  On systems without PCI the value
1674			of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1675			was 0x3.
1676
1677	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1678			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1679
1680	idle=		[X86]
1681			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1682			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1683			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1684			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1685			Not recommended.
1686			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1687			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1688			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1689
1690	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1691			Format: <bool>
1692			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1693			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1694			true (1).
1695
1696	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1697			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1698			Default: strict
1699
1700			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1701			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1702			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1703			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1704			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1705			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1706			encoding mode.
1707
1708			Available settings are as follows:
1709			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1710				supported by the FPU
1711			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1712				by the FPU
1713			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1714				by the FPU
1715			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1716				supported by the FPU
1717
1718			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1719			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1720			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1721			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1722			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1723			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1724			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1725			MIPS64 CPUs.
1726
1727			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1728			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1729			except where unsupported by hardware.
1730
1731	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1732			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1733			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1734			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1735			could change it dynamically, usually by
1736			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1737
1738	ignore_rlimit_data
1739			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1740			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1741			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1742
1743	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1744			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1745
1746	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1747			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1748			default: "enforce"
1749
1750	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1751			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1752			owned by uid=0.
1753
1754	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1755			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1756			measurements, instead of host native format.
1757
1758	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1759			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1760				   | sha512 | ... }
1761			default: "sha1"
1762
1763			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1764			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1765
1766	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1767			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1768			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1769				 fail_securely | critical_data"
1770
1771			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1772			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1773			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1774			uid=0.
1775
1776			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1777			all files owned by root.
1778
1779			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1780			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1781			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1782
1783			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1784			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1785			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1786			flag.
1787
1788			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
1789			critical data.
1790
1791	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1792			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1793			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1794			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1795			opened for read by uid=0.
1796
1797	ima_template=	[IMA]
1798			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1799			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1800			Default: "ima-ng"
1801
1802	ima_template_fmt=
1803			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1804			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1805
1806	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1807			Format: <min_file_size>
1808			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1809			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1810
1811			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1812			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1813			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1814
1815	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1816			Format: <bufsize>
1817			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1818
1819			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1820			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1821			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1822
1823	init=		[KNL]
1824			Format: <full_path>
1825			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1826			process.
1827
1828	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1829			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1830			startup.
1831
1832	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1833			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1834			modules and initcalls.
1835
1836	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1837
1838	initrdmem=	[KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
1839			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
1840			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
1841			setting.
1842			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
1843			Default is 0, 0
1844
1845	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
1846			zeroes.
1847			Format: 0 | 1
1848			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
1849
1850	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
1851			Format: 0 | 1
1852			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
1853
1854	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1855			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
1856			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
1857			override in debugfs after boot.
1858
1859	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1860			Format: <irq>
1861
1862	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1863
1864	integrity_audit=[IMA]
1865			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1866			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1867			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1868
1869	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1870		on
1871			Enable intel iommu driver.
1872		off
1873			Disable intel iommu driver.
1874		igfx_off [Default Off]
1875			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1876			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1877			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1878			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1879			DMA.
1880		forcedac [X86-64]
1881			With this option iommu will not optimize to look
1882			for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
1883			address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
1884			than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1885			for translation below 32-bit and if not available
1886			then look in the higher range.
1887		strict [Default Off]
1888			With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1889			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1890			to batching them for performance.
1891		sp_off [Default Off]
1892			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1893			has the capability. With this option, super page will
1894			not be supported.
1895		sm_on [Default Off]
1896			By default, scalable mode will be disabled even if the
1897			hardware advertises that it has support for the scalable
1898			mode translation. With this option set, scalable mode
1899			will be used on hardware which claims to support it.
1900		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1901			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1902			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1903			could harm performance of some high-throughput
1904			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1905			mapping is enabled.
1906			Note that using this option lowers the security
1907			provided by tboot because it makes the system
1908			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1909
1910	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1911			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1912			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
1913
1914	intel_pstate=	[X86]
1915			disable
1916			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1917			  scaling driver for the supported processors
1918			passive
1919			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1920			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1921			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
1922			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1923			  feature.
1924			force
1925			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1926			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1927			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1928			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1929			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1930			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1931			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1932			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1933			no_hwp
1934			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1935			  if available.
1936			hwp_only
1937			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1938			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1939			support_acpi_ppc
1940			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1941			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1942			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1943			  then this feature is turned on by default.
1944			per_cpu_perf_limits
1945			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1946			  cpufreq sysfs interface
1947
1948	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1949			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1950			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
1951			nosid	disable Source ID checking
1952			no_x2apic_optout
1953				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1954			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
1955
1956	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1957		strict	regions from userspace.
1958		relaxed
1959
1960	iommu=		[X86]
1961		off
1962		force
1963		noforce
1964		biomerge
1965		panic
1966		nopanic
1967		merge
1968		nomerge
1969		soft
1970		pt		[X86]
1971		nopt		[X86]
1972		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
1973			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1974
1975	iommu.strict=	[ARM64] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
1976			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1977			0 - Lazy mode.
1978			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
1979			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
1980			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
1981			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
1982			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
1983			1 - Strict mode (default).
1984			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
1985			  synchronously.
1986
1987	iommu.passthrough=
1988			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
1989			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1990			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1991			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
1992			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
1993
1994	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
1995			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1996			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1997
1998	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
1999		0x80
2000			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2001		0xed
2002			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2003		udelay
2004			Simple two microseconds delay
2005		none
2006			No delay
2007
2008	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2009			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2010
2011	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2012			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2013
2014	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2015			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2016
2017	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2018			[ARM, ARM64]
2019			Format: <bool>
2020			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2021			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2022			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2023
2024	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2025			[ARM, ARM64]
2026			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2027			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2028			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2029			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2030			LPIs.
2031
2032	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2033			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2034			requires the kernel to be built with
2035			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2036
2037	irqfixup	[HW]
2038			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2039			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2040			firmware running.
2041
2042	irqpoll		[HW]
2043			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2044			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2045			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2046			firmware running.
2047
2048	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2049			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2050
2051	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2052			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2053			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2054
2055			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2056			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2057
2058			nohz
2059			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2060
2061			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2062			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2063			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2064			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2065			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2066
2067			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2068			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2069			  be configured manually after bootup.
2070
2071			domain
2072			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2073			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2074			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2075			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2076			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2077			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2078			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2079			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2080
2081			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2082			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2083			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2084			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2085
2086			managed_irq
2087
2088			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2089			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2090			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2091			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2092			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2093
2094			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2095			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2096			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2097			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2098			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2099			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2100			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2101
2102			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2103			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2104			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2105			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2106			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2107			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2108			  queues.
2109
2110			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2111
2112	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2113
2114	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2115			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2116			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
2117			example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2118			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2119				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2120
2121	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2122			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2123			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
2124			example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
2125			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2126				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2127
2128	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2129			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2130			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
2131			example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2132			PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
2133				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2134
2135	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2136			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2137
2138	nokaslr		[KNL]
2139			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
2140			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
2141			Layout Randomization).
2142
2143	kasan_multi_shot
2144			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2145			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2146			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2147			invalid access.
2148
2149	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
2150
2151	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2152			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2153			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2154			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2155			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2156			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2157			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2158			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2159			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2160			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2161
2162			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2163			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2164			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2165			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2166			zone if it does not.
2167
2168			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2169			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2170			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2171			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2172			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2173			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2174			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2175
2176	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2177			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2178			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2179			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2180			optional and is the number seconds in between
2181			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2182			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2183			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2184			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2185			the kernel debugger.
2186
2187	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2188			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2189			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2190			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2191			 keyboard only format: kbd
2192			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2193			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2194			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2195			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2196
2197	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW]
2198			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2199			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2200			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2201			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2202			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2203			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2204
2205			The name of the early console should be specified
2206			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2207			the early console might be different than the tty
2208			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2209			blank and the first boot console that implements
2210			read() will be picked.
2211
2212	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2213			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2214
2215	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2216			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2217			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2218
2219	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2220			Valid arguments: on, off
2221			Default: on
2222			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2223			the default is off.
2224
2225	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2226			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2227			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2228			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2229			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2230			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2231			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2232
2233			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2234
2235			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2236			Boot Parameter" section.
2237
2238	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2239			and kernel address spaces.
2240			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2241			0: force disabled
2242			1: force enabled
2243
2244	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2245			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2246
2247	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2248				   Default is false (don't support).
2249
2250	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
2251			KVM MMU at runtime.
2252			Default is 0 (off)
2253
2254	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2255			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2256			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2257			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2258			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2259			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2260				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2261
2262			Default is 'auto'.
2263
2264			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2265			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2266
2267	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2268			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2269			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2270			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2271			minute.  The default is 60.
2272
2273	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2274			Default is 1 (enabled)
2275
2276	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2277			for all guests.
2278			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2279
2280	kvm-arm.mode=
2281			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2282
2283			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2284			      protected guests.
2285
2286			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2287				   state is kept private from the host.
2288				   Not valid if the kernel is running in EL2.
2289
2290			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support.
2291
2292	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2293			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2294			system registers
2295
2296	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2297			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2298			system registers
2299
2300	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2301			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2302			system registers
2303
2304	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2305			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2306			LPIs.
2307
2308	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2309			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2310			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2311			allocation.
2312			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2313			Format: <integer>
2314			Default: 5
2315
2316	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2317			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2318			Default is 1 (enabled)
2319
2320	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2321			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
2322			Default is 0 (disabled)
2323
2324	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2325			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2326			Default is 1 (enabled)
2327
2328	kvm-intel.nested=
2329			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2330			Default is 0 (disabled)
2331
2332	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2333			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2334			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2335			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2336
2337	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2338			CVE-2018-3620.
2339
2340			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2341
2342			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2343			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2344				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2345			never:	Disables the mitigation
2346
2347			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2348
2349	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2350			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2351			Default is 1 (enabled)
2352
2353	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2354			      affected CPUs
2355
2356			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2357			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2358
2359			full
2360				Provides all available mitigations for the
2361				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2362				enables all mitigations in the
2363				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2364
2365				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2366				sysfs interface is still possible after
2367				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2368				when the first VM is started in a
2369				potentially insecure configuration,
2370				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2371
2372			full,force
2373				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2374				flush runtime control. Implies the
2375				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2376				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2377
2378			flush
2379				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2380				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2381				L1D flush.
2382
2383				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2384				sysfs interface is still possible after
2385				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2386				when the first VM is started in a
2387				potentially insecure configuration,
2388				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2389
2390			flush,nosmt
2391
2392				Disables SMT and enables the default
2393				hypervisor mitigation.
2394
2395				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2396				sysfs interface is still possible after
2397				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2398				when the first VM is started in a
2399				potentially insecure configuration,
2400				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2401
2402			flush,nowarn
2403				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2404				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2405				insecure configuration.
2406
2407			off
2408				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2409				emit any warnings.
2410				It also drops the swap size and available
2411				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2412				bare metal.
2413
2414			Default is 'flush'.
2415
2416			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2417
2418	l2cr=		[PPC]
2419
2420	l3cr=		[PPC]
2421
2422	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2423			disabled it.
2424
2425	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2426			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2427			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2428			Format: notscdeadline
2429
2430	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2431			in C2 power state.
2432
2433	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2434			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2435			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2436			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2437			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2438			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2439			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2440
2441	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2442			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2443			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2444
2445	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2446			when set.
2447			Format: <int>
2448
2449	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma-
2450			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
2451			PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
2452			matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
2453			the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
2454			the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
2455			values are used.  If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
2456			configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
2457
2458			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2459			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2460			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2461			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2462			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2463			host link and device attached to it.
2464
2465			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2466			as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
2467			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2468			The following configurations can be forced.
2469
2470			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2471			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2472
2473			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2474
2475			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2476			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2477			  allowed.
2478
2479			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2480
2481			* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
2482
2483			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
2484			  and both resets.
2485
2486			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
2487			  hot-unplug link recovery
2488
2489			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
2490
2491			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
2492
2493			* disable: Disable this device.
2494
2495			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2496			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2497
2498	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2499
2500	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2501
2502	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2503			Format: <integer>
2504
2505	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2506			Format: <integer>
2507
2508	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2509			Format: <integer>
2510
2511	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2512			Format: <integer>
2513
2514	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2515			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2516			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2517			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2518			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2519			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2520			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2521			are also disabled.
2522
2523	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2524			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2525			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2526			number of online CPUs.
2527
2528	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2529			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2530
2531	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2532			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2533
2534	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2535			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2536			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2537
2538	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2539			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2540			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2541			mode during the locktorture test.
2542
2543	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2544			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2545			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2546
2547	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2548			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2549
2550	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2551			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2552			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2553			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2554			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2555			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2556
2557	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2558			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2559
2560	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2561			Enable additional printk() statements.
2562
2563	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2564			Format: <irq>
2565
2566	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2567			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2568			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2569			loglevels are defined as follows:
2570
2571			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2572			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2573			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2574			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2575			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2576			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2577			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2578			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2579
2580	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2581			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2582			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2583			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2584			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2585			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2586			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2587
2588	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2589			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2590			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2591			kernel boot problems.
2592
2593	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2594	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2595	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2596	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2597				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2598				attached printers to be reset. Using
2599				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2600				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2601				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2602				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2603				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2604				port specification list means that device IDs
2605				from each port should be examined, to see if
2606				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2607				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2608				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2609
2610	lpj=n		[KNL]
2611			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2612			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2613			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2614			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2615			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2616			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2617			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2618			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2619			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2620			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2621			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2622			hardware.
2623
2624	ltpc=		[NET]
2625			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2626
2627	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2628
2629	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2630			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2631			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2632
2633	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2634			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2635			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2636
2637	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
2638			different yeeloong laptops.
2639			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2640
2641	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2642			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2643
2644	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2645			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2646			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2647			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2648			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2649			only takes effect during system bootup.
2650			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2651			which also disables the IO APIC.
2652
2653	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2654	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2655			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2656			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2657			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2658			/dev/loop-control interface.
2659
2660	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2661
2662	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2663
2664	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2665			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2666
2667	mdacon=		[MDA]
2668			Format: <first>,<last>
2669			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2670
2671	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
2672			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
2673			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
2674
2675			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2676			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2677			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2678
2679			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2680			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2681			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2682			not have direct access.
2683
2684			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
2685			options are:
2686
2687			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
2688			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
2689				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
2690			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
2691
2692			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
2693			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
2694			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
2695			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
2696			too.
2697
2698			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
2699			mds=full.
2700
2701			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
2702
2703	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2704			Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
2705
2706			1 for test;
2707			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
2708			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
2709			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
2710
2711			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2712			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2713			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2714			belonging to unused RAM.
2715
2716			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
2717			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
2718			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
2719
2720	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2721			memory.
2722
2723	memchunk=nn[KMG]
2724			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2725			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2726
2727	memhp_default_state=online/offline
2728			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2729			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2730			set according to the
2731			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2732			option.
2733			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
2734
2735	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2736			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2737			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2738			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2739			option description.
2740
2741	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2742			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2743			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2744			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2745			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2746			Multiple different regions can be specified,
2747			comma delimited.
2748			Example:
2749				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2750
2751	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2752			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2753			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2754
2755	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2756			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2757			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2758			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2759			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
2760			         or
2761			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2762			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2763			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2764			will be eaten.
2765
2766	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2767			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2768			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2769			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2770			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2771
2772	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
2773			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
2774			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
2775			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
2776			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
2777			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
2778			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
2779			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
2780
2781	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2782			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2783			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2784			Setting this option will scan the memory
2785			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
2786			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2787			from using the memory being corrupted.
2788			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2789			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2790			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2791			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2792
2793	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2794			By default it checks for corruption in the low
2795			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2796			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
2797			corruption in more or less memory.
2798
2799	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2800			By default it checks for corruption every 60
2801			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
2802			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
2803
2804	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,PPC] Enable memtest
2805			Format: <integer>
2806			default : 0 <disable>
2807			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2808			performed. Each pass selects another test
2809			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2810			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2811			memory contents and reserves bad memory
2812			regions that are detected.
2813
2814	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2815			Valid arguments: on, off
2816			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2817			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2818			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2819			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
2820			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
2821
2822			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst
2823			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2824
2825	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2826			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
2827			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2828			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2829			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2830
2831	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2832			See Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst.
2833
2834	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2835			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2836			platforms.
2837
2838	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2839			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2840			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2841			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2842
2843	mga=		[HW,DRM]
2844
2845	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2846			physical address is ignored.
2847
2848	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
2849			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2850			Default: "0tb"
2851			MINI2440 configuration specification:
2852			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2853			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2854			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2855			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2856			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2857			unconfigured.
2858			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2859			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2860			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2861			VGA shield.
2862			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2863			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2864			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2865			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2866			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2867			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2868
2869	mitigations=
2870			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
2871			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
2872			arch-independent options, each of which is an
2873			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
2874
2875			off
2876				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
2877				improves system performance, but it may also
2878				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
2879				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
2880					       kpti=0 [ARM64]
2881					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
2882					       nobp=0 [S390]
2883					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
2884					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
2885					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
2886					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
2887					       l1tf=off [X86]
2888					       mds=off [X86]
2889					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
2890					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
2891					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
2892					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
2893
2894				Exceptions:
2895					       This does not have any effect on
2896					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
2897					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
2898
2899			auto (default)
2900				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
2901				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
2902				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
2903				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
2904				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
2905				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
2906
2907			auto,nosmt
2908				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
2909				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
2910				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
2911				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
2912					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
2913					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
2914
2915	mminit_loglevel=
2916			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2917			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2918			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2919			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2920			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2921			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2922
2923	module.sig_enforce
2924			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2925			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2926			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2927			is always true, so this option does nothing.
2928
2929	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2930			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
2931
2932	mousedev.tap_time=
2933			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2934			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2935			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2936			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2937			Format: <msecs>
2938	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2939			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2940	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2941			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2942
2943	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2944			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
2945			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
2946			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
2947			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
2948			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
2949			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
2950			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
2951			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2952			is not too small.
2953
2954	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2955			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2956			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2957			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2958			allocations. Use with caution!
2959
2960	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
2961			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2962
2963	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
2964			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
2965
2966	mtdparts=	[MTD]
2967			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
2968
2969	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
2970			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
2971			at a time.
2972
2973	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
2974
2975			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
2976
2977			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
2978				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
2979			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
2980				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
2981				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
2982
2983	mtdset=		[ARM]
2984			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
2985
2986			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
2987
2988	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
2989			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
2990			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
2991
2992	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2993			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
2994			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
2995
2996	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2997			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
2998			Default is 1.
2999			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3000			using up MTRRs.
3001
3002	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3003			Format: <integer>
3004			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3005			Default : 1
3006			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3007			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3008
3009	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3010
3011	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3012			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3013			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3014			something different and driver-specific.
3015			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3016			file if at all.
3017
3018	nf_conntrack.acct=
3019			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3020			0 to disable accounting
3021			1 to enable accounting
3022			Default value is 0.
3023
3024	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3025			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3026
3027	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3028			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3029
3030	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3031			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3032
3033	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3034			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3035			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3036			requests.
3037
3038	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3039			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3040			channel should listen.
3041
3042	nfs.cache_getent=
3043			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3044			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3045
3046	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3047			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3048			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3049
3050	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3051			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3052			entries.
3053
3054	nfs.enable_ino64=
3055			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3056			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3057			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3058			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3059			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3060
3061	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3062			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3063			slots the client will assign to the callback
3064			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3065			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3066			a particular server.
3067
3068	nfs.max_session_slots=
3069			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3070			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3071			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3072			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3073			Note that there is little point in setting this
3074			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3075
3076	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3077			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3078			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3079			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3080			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3081			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3082			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3083			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3084			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3085			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3086			back to using the idmapper.
3087			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3088	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3089			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3090			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3091			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3092			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3093
3094	nfs.send_implementation_id =
3095			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3096			information in exchange_id requests.
3097			If zero, no implementation identification information
3098			will be sent.
3099			The default is to send the implementation identification
3100			information.
3101
3102	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
3103			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3104			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3105			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3106			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3107			after the locks are lost.
3108			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3109			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3110			parameter to '1'.
3111			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3112			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3113
3114	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
3115			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3116			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3117
3118			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3119			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3120			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3121			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3122
3123	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3124			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3125			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3126			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3127			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3128			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3129
3130	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3131			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3132			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3133
3134	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3135			when a NMI is triggered.
3136			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3137
3138	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3139			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3140			Valid num: 0 or 1
3141			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3142			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3143			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3144			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3145			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3146			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3147			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3148			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3149			need the box quickly up again.
3150
3151			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3152			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3153
3154	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3155			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3156			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3157			waits 4 seconds.
3158
3159	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3160			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3161			is present.
3162
3163	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3164			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3165
3166	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3167
3168	no_console_suspend
3169			[HW] Never suspend the console
3170			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3171			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3172			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3173			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3174			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3175			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3176			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3177			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3178			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3179			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3180			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3181			turn on/off it dynamically.
3182
3183	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
3184			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
3185			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
3186			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
3187			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
3188			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
3189			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
3190			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
3191			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
3192			is set.
3193
3194	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3195			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
3196			but will impact performance.
3197
3198	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3199
3200	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3201			(CPU alternatives feature).
3202
3203	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3204			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3205
3206	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3207
3208	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
3209			on "Classic" PPC cores.
3210
3211	nocache		[ARM]
3212
3213	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
3214
3215	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
3216
3217	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3218
3219	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
3220
3221	no_entry_flush  [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3222
3223	noexec		[IA-64]
3224
3225	noexec		[X86]
3226			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
3227			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3228			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
3229
3230	nosmap		[X86,PPC]
3231			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3232			even if it is supported by processor.
3233
3234	nosmep		[X86,PPC]
3235			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3236			even if it is supported by processor.
3237
3238	noexec32	[X86-64]
3239			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3240			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3241				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3242			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3243				read implies executable mappings
3244
3245	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3246
3247	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3248			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3249			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3250
3251	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3252
3253	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3254			Equivalent to smt=1.
3255
3256			[KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3257			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3258				     via the sysfs control file.
3259
3260	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3261			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3262			possible in the system.
3263
3264	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3265			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3266			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3267			option.
3268
3269	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3270			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3271
3272	no_uaccess_flush
3273	                [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
3274
3275	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3276			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3277			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3278
3279	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3280			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3281			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3282			performance of saving the states is degraded because
3283			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3284			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3285
3286	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3287			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3288			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3289			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3290			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3291			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3292			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3293
3294	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait
3295			in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3296			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3297			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3298			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3299			correctly or when doing power measurements to evalute
3300			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3301			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3302
3303	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3304			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3305			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3306
3307	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3308			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3309			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3310			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3311			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3312			real-time systems.
3313
3314	no_hash_pointers
3315			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3316			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3317			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3318			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3319			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3320			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3321			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3322			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3323			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3324			value printed.  Pointers printed via %pK may still be
3325			hashed.  This option should only be specified when
3326			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3327			kernels.
3328
3329	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3330
3331	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3332			Valid arguments: on, off
3333			Default: on
3334
3335	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3336			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3337			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3338			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3339			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3340			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3341			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3342			just as if they had also been called out in the
3343			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3344
3345	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3346
3347	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3348			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3349
3350	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3351			broken timer IRQ sources.
3352
3353	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3354
3355	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3356			initial RAM disk.
3357
3358	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3359			remapping.
3360			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3361
3362	nointroute	[IA-64]
3363
3364	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3365
3366	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3367
3368	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3369
3370	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3371			fault handling.
3372
3373	no-vmw-sched-clock
3374			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3375			clock and use the default one.
3376
3377	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64] Disable paravirtualized steal time
3378			accounting. steal time is computed, but won't
3379			influence scheduler behaviour
3380
3381	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3382
3383	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3384
3385	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
3386			lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
3387
3388	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3389
3390	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3391
3392	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3393			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3394
3395	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3396			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3397			irq.
3398
3399	nomodule	Disable module load
3400
3401	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3402			pagetables) support.
3403
3404	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3405
3406	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3407			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3408
3409	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3410			with UP alternatives
3411
3412	nordrand	[X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
3413			RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
3414			by the processor.  RDRAND and RDSEED are still
3415			available to user space applications.
3416
3417	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3418			space.
3419
3420	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3421			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3422			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3423
3424	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3425
3426	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
3427
3428	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3429
3430	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3431			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3432
3433	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3434
3435	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3436
3437	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3438			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3439
3440	nowb		[ARM]
3441
3442	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3443
3444	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
3445			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
3446			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
3447			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
3448			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
3449			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
3450			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
3451			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
3452			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
3453			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
3454			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
3455			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
3456			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
3457
3458	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3459			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3460			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3461			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3462			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3463			parameter's value.
3464			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3465			Default: 255
3466
3467	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3468			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3469			SAL PALO.
3470
3471	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3472			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3473			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3474			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3475			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3476			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3477			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3478			hot plugging.
3479
3480	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3481
3482	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
3483			NUMA balancing.
3484			Allowed values are enable and disable
3485
3486	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3487			'node', 'default' can be specified
3488			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3489			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3490
3491	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3492			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
3493			info.
3494
3495	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3496			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3497			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3498			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3499			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3500			interrupts *may* be lost!
3501
3502	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3503			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3504			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3505			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3506
3507	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3508			process, but there is a small probability of
3509			deadlocking the machine.
3510			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3511			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3512
3513	page_alloc.shuffle=
3514			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3515			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3516			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3517			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3518			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3519			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3520			can be read from sysfs at:
3521			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3522
3523	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3524			Storage of the information about who allocated
3525			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3526			we can turn it on.
3527			on: enable the feature
3528
3529	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3530			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3531			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3532			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3533			on: turn on poisoning
3534
3535	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3536			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3537			timeout = 0: wait forever
3538			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3539			Format: <timeout>
3540
3541	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3542			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3543			bit 0: print all tasks info
3544			bit 1: print system memory info
3545			bit 2: print timer info
3546			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3547			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3548			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3549
3550	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
3551			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
3552			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
3553			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
3554			called with any of the flags in this set.
3555			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
3556			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
3557			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
3558			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
3559			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
3560			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
3561			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
3562
3563	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3564			on a WARN().
3565
3566	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
3567			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
3568			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
3569			succeeds in any situation.
3570			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
3571			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
3572			kernel more unstable.
3573
3574	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3575			connected to, default is 0.
3576			Format: <parport#>
3577	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3578			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3579			Format: <mode>
3580
3581	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3582			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3583			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3584			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3585			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3586			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3587			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3588			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3589			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3590			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3591			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3592			are specified on the command line, starting
3593			with parport0.
3594
3595	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
3596			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3597			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3598			computer where firmware has no options for setting
3599			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3600			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3601			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3602
3603	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
3604			Format: <int>
3605			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
3606			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
3607			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
3608
3609	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
3610			Format: <int>
3611			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
3612			changes.  Disabled by default.
3613
3614	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
3615			Format: <int>
3616			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
3617			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
3618			Disabled by default.
3619
3620	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
3621			Format: <int>
3622			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
3623			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
3624			Disabled by default.
3625
3626	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
3627			Format: <int>
3628			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
3629			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
3630			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
3631			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
3632			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
3633			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
3634			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
3635			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
3636			all channels.
3637
3638	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
3639			Format: <int>
3640			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
3641			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
3642			respectively.  Disabled by default.
3643
3644	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
3645			Format: <int>
3646			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
3647			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
3648			respectively.  Disabled by default.
3649
3650	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
3651			Format: <int>
3652			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
3653			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
3654			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
3655			All modes allowed by default.
3656
3657	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
3658			Format: <int>
3659			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
3660			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
3661
3662	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
3663			Format: <int>
3664			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
3665			platform configuration and the use of other driver
3666			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
3667			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
3668			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
3669			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
3670			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
3671			By default all supported ports are probed.
3672
3673	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
3674			Format: <int>
3675			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
3676			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
3677
3678	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
3679			Format: <int>
3680			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
3681			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
3682			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
3683			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
3684			0 otherwise.
3685
3686	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
3687			Format: <int>
3688			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
3689			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
3690			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
3691			allowed by default.
3692
3693	pause_on_oops=
3694			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
3695			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
3696			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
3697
3698	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
3699
3700	pcd.		[PARIDE]
3701			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
3702			See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3703
3704	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
3705
3706				Some options herein operate on a specific device
3707				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
3708				specified in one of the following formats:
3709
3710				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
3711				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
3712
3713				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
3714				bus/device/function address which may change
3715				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
3716				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
3717				by other kernel parameters. If the
3718				domain is left unspecified, it is
3719				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
3720				to a device through multiple device/function
3721				addresses can be specified after the base
3722				address (this is more robust against
3723				renumbering issues).  The second format
3724				selects devices using IDs from the
3725				configuration space which may match multiple
3726				devices in the system.
3727
3728		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
3729				changes anything
3730		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
3731		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
3732				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
3733				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
3734		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
3735				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
3736				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
3737				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
3738		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3739				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
3740				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
3741		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3742				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
3743				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
3744				bus number. The config space is then accessed
3745				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
3746				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
3747				on the configuration access mechanisms.
3748		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
3749				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3750				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
3751		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
3752				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
3753		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
3754				Configuration
3755		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
3756				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
3757				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
3758		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
3759				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3760				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
3761		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
3762				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
3763				should never be necessary.
3764		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
3765				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
3766				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
3767				when the system masks IRQs.
3768		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
3769				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
3770				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
3771				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
3772		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
3773				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
3774				on several machines and they hang the machine
3775				when used, but on other computers it's the only
3776				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
3777				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
3778				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
3779				motherboard.
3780		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
3781				Use with caution as certain devices share
3782				address decoders between ROMs and other
3783				resources.
3784		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
3785				expansion ROMs that do not already have
3786				BIOS assigned address ranges.
3787		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
3788				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
3789		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
3790				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
3791				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
3792				this way.
3793		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
3794				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
3795				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
3796				F0000h-100000h range.
3797		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3798				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3799				secondary buses and you want to tell it
3800				explicitly which ones they are.
3801		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3802				numbers ourselves, overriding
3803				whatever the firmware may have done.
3804		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3805				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3806				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3807				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3808				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3809				IRQ routing is enabled.
3810		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3811				or for PCI scanning.
3812		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3813				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3814				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
3815				please report a bug.
3816		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3817				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3818		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3819				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3820				so this option is a temporary workaround
3821				for broken drivers that don't call it.
3822		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3823				handle more pci cards
3824		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3825				This might help on some broken boards which
3826				machine check when some devices' config space
3827				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3828				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3829		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3830				This sorting is done to get a device
3831				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3832		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3833		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3834				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3835		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3836				supported by all devices below the root complex.
3837		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3838				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3839				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3840				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3841				or bus can support) for best performance.
3842		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3843				every device is guaranteed to support. This
3844				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3845				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3846				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
3847				that hot-added devices will work.
3848		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3849				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3850				The default value is 256 bytes.
3851		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3852				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3853				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3854		resource_alignment=
3855				Format:
3856				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
3857				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3858				aligned memory resources. How to
3859				specify the device is described above.
3860				If <order of align> is not specified,
3861				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3862				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
3863				windows need to be expanded.
3864				To specify the alignment for several
3865				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3866				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3867				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3868				for 4096-byte alignment.
3869		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3870				end-to-end CRC checking).
3871				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3872				the default.
3873				off: Turn ECRC off
3874				on: Turn ECRC on.
3875		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3876				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3877				Default size is 256 bytes.
3878		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3879				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
3880				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3881		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3882				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
3883				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3884		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3885				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
3886				MMIO_PREF window.
3887				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3888		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3889				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3890				Default is 1.
3891		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3892				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3893				accommodate resources required by all child
3894				devices.
3895				off: Turn realloc off
3896				on: Turn realloc on
3897		realloc		same as realloc=on
3898		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
3899		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
3900				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
3901		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
3902				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3903				port.
3904		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
3905				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
3906				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
3907				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
3908				conflict with unreported devices), so this
3909				taints the kernel.
3910		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
3911				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
3912				specified above) separated by semicolons.
3913				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
3914				redirect capabilities forced off which will
3915				allow P2P traffic between devices through
3916				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
3917				this removes isolation between devices and
3918				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
3919		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
3920		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
3921		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
3922				one PCI domain per PCI function
3923
3924	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3925			Management.
3926		off	Disable ASPM.
3927		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3928			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3929
3930	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
3931		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
3932			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
3933			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
3934			also tries to use these services.
3935		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
3936				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
3937		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
3938			hotplug).
3939
3940	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3941		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3942		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3943
3944	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3945		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3946			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3947
3948	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3949
3950	pd_ignore_unused
3951			[PM]
3952			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3953			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3954			for debug and development, but should not be
3955			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3956
3957	pd.		[PARIDE]
3958			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3959
3960	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
3961			boot time.
3962			Format: { 0 | 1 }
3963			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
3964
3965	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
3966			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
3967			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
3968			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
3969			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
3970			and performance comparison.
3971
3972	pf.		[PARIDE]
3973			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3974
3975	pg.		[PARIDE]
3976			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3977
3978	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
3979			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
3980
3981	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
3982			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
3983			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
3984
3985	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
3986			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
3987			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
3988
3989	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
3990			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
3991
3992	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
3993			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
3994			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
3995			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
3996			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
3997			possible settings and some assignment information.
3998
3999	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4000			{ off }
4001
4002	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4003			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4004
4005	pnp_reserve_irq=
4006			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4007
4008	pnp_reserve_dma=
4009			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4010
4011	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4012			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4013
4014	pnp_reserve_mem=
4015			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4016			autoconfiguration.
4017			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4018
4019	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4020			Default is 21.
4021			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4022			may be specified.
4023			Format: <port>,<port>....
4024
4025	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4026			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4027			platform machine description specific power_save
4028			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4029			execution priority.
4030
4031	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4032			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4033			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4034			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4035			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4036
4037	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
4038			Format: {"off"}
4039			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4040
4041	preempt=	[KNL]
4042			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4043			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4044			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4045			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4046			       can be preempted anytime.
4047
4048	print-fatal-signals=
4049			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4050
4051			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4052			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4053			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4054			coredump - etc.
4055
4056			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4057			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4058
4059			default: off.
4060
4061	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4062			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4063			panics
4064			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4065			default: disabled
4066
4067	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4068			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4069			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4070			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4071			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4072			Default: ratelimit
4073
4074	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4075			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4076
4077	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4078			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4079			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4080
4081	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4082			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4083			instead using the legacy FADT method
4084
4085	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4086			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4087			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4088				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4089			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4090			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4091				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4092			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4093			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4094				statistical time based profiling.
4095
4096	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4097
4098	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4099			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4100			that).
4101			Format: <bool>
4102
4103	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4104			tracking.
4105			Format: <bool>
4106
4107	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4108			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4109	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4110			per second.
4111	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4112			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4113			(0 = never).
4114	psmouse.resolution=
4115			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4116	psmouse.smartscroll=
4117			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4118			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4119
4120	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4121
4122	pt.		[PARIDE]
4123			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4124
4125	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4126			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4127			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4128			system calls and interrupts.
4129
4130			on   - unconditionally enable
4131			off  - unconditionally disable
4132			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4133			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4134
4135			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4136
4137	nopti		[X86-64]
4138			Equivalent to pti=off
4139
4140	pty.legacy_count=
4141			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4142			default number.
4143
4144	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
4145
4146	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4147
4148	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4149			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4150
4151	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4152			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4153
4154	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4155
4156	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
4157			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
4158			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
4159			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
4160			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
4161
4162	randomize_kstack_offset=
4163			[KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4164			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4165			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4166			that depend on stack address determinism or
4167			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4168			available on architectures that have defined
4169			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4170			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4171			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4172
4173	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4174
4175		cec_disable	[X86]
4176				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4177				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4178
4179	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
4180			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
4181
4182			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
4183			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
4184			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be
4185			offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that
4186			purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and
4187			"s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number.
4188			This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs,
4189			which can be useful for HPC and real-time
4190			workloads.  It can also improve energy efficiency
4191			for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4192
4193	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4194			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4195			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4196			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4197			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4198			This improves the real-time response for the
4199			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4200			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4201			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4202			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4203
4204	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4205			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4206			process in one batch.
4207
4208	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4209			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4210			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4211			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4212
4213	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4214			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4215			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4216
4217	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4218			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4219			RCU grace-period initialization.
4220
4221	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4222			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4223			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4224			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4225			the rcu_node combining tree.
4226
4227	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
4228			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
4229			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
4230			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
4231			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
4232
4233			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
4234			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
4235			to zero.
4236
4237	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4238			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4239			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
4240			possibly be useful for architectures having high
4241			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4242
4243	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4244			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4245			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
4246			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4247			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4248			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4249			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4250
4251	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4252			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4253			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4254			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4255			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4256			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4257			condition.
4258
4259	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4260			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4261			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4262			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4263			and maximum value is HZ.
4264
4265	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4266			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4267			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4268			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4269
4270	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4271			Set required age in jiffies for a
4272			given grace period before RCU starts
4273			soliciting quiescent-state help from
4274			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4275			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4276			a value based on the most recent settings
4277			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4278			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4279			This calculated value may be viewed in
4280			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
4281			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4282			overwritten.
4283
4284	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
4285			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4286			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4287			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4288			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4289			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4290			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4291			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
4292			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4293			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4294
4295	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4296			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4297			each group, which defaults to the square root
4298			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
4299			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4300			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4301			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4302
4303	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4304			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4305			batch limiting is disabled.
4306
4307	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4308			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4309			batch limiting is re-enabled.
4310
4311	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4312			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4313			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4314			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4315			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4316			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4317			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4318			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4319
4320	rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
4321			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
4322			RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
4323
4324	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4325			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4326			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4327			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4328			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4329			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4330
4331	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
4332			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
4333			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
4334			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
4335			Larger delays increase the probability of
4336			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
4337			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
4338			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
4339
4340	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
4341			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
4342			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
4343			why a new grace period has not yet started.
4344
4345	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
4346			Measure performance of asynchronous
4347			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
4348
4349	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
4350			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
4351			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
4352			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
4353			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
4354			previously posted callbacks to drain.
4355
4356	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
4357			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
4358			grace-period primitives.
4359
4360	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4361			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
4362			this parameter is to delay the start of the
4363			test until boot completes in order to avoid
4364			interference.
4365
4366	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
4367			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
4368
4369	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
4370			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4371			If this parameter has the same value as
4372			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
4373			and double-argument variants are tested.
4374
4375	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
4376			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4377			If this parameter has the same value as
4378			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
4379			and double-argument variants are tested.
4380
4381	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
4382			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
4383
4384	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
4385			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
4386
4387	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
4388			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
4389			of allocations and frees.
4390
4391	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4392			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4393			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4394			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
4395			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4396			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4397			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
4398			a single reader.
4399
4400	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
4401			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
4402			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
4403			N, where N is the number of CPUs
4404
4405	rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL]
4406			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4407
4408	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4409			Shut the system down after performance tests
4410			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
4411			testing.
4412
4413	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
4414			Enable additional printk() statements.
4415
4416	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
4417			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
4418			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
4419			no holdoff.
4420
4421	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
4422			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
4423			in microseconds.
4424
4425	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
4426			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
4427			in microseconds.
4428
4429	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
4430			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
4431			in seconds.
4432
4433	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
4434			Enable RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
4435			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
4436
4437	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
4438			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
4439			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
4440
4441	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
4442			Number of seconds to wait between successive
4443			forward-progress tests.
4444
4445	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
4446			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
4447			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
4448			testing.
4449
4450	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
4451			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
4452			primitives, if available.
4453
4454	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
4455			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
4456
4457	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
4458			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
4459			update-side primitives, if available.
4460
4461	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
4462			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
4463			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
4464			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
4465			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
4466			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
4467			they are all non-zero.
4468
4469	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
4470			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
4471			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
4472			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
4473
4474	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
4475			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
4476			This can of course result in splats, and is
4477			intended to test the ability of things like
4478			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
4479			such leaks.
4480
4481	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
4482			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
4483
4484	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
4485			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
4486			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
4487			test, hence the "fake".
4488
4489	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
4490			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
4491			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
4492
4493	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
4494			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
4495			callback-offload toggling attempts.
4496
4497	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
4498			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4499			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4500			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
4501			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4502			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4503
4504	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
4505			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
4506
4507	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4508			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
4509
4510	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4511			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
4512			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
4513
4514	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
4515			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
4516			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
4517			task-exit processing.
4518
4519	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
4520			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
4521			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
4522			is spawned.
4523
4524	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
4525			The delay, in seconds, between successive
4526			read-then-exit testing episodes.
4527
4528	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
4529			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
4530			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
4531			during the rcutorture test.
4532
4533	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
4534			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
4535			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
4536
4537	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
4538			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
4539			warnings, zero to disable.
4540
4541	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
4542			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
4543			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition
4544			to any other stall-related activity.
4545
4546	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
4547			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
4548
4549	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
4550			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
4551
4552	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
4553			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
4554			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
4555			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
4556			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
4557			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
4558
4559	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
4560			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
4561
4562	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
4563			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
4564			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
4565			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
4566			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
4567
4568	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
4569			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
4570			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
4571			under test support RCU priority boosting.
4572
4573	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
4574			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
4575
4576	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
4577			Interval (s) between each boost test.
4578
4579	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
4580			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
4581			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
4582
4583	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
4584			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4585
4586	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
4587			Enable additional printk() statements.
4588
4589	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
4590			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
4591			stall warning.
4592
4593	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
4594			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4595
4596	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
4597			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
4598			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
4599			during early boot, that is, during the time
4600			before the init task is spawned.
4601
4602	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4603			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4604
4605	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
4606			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
4607			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
4608			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
4609			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
4610			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
4611			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4612
4613	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
4614			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
4615			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
4616			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
4617			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
4618			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
4619			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
4620			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
4621			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4622
4623	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
4624			Once boot has completed (that is, after
4625			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
4626			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
4627			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4628
4629			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
4630			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
4631			it to the value one, that is, converting any
4632			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
4633			period to instead use normal non-expedited
4634			grace-period processing.
4635
4636	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
4637			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
4638			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
4639			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
4640			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
4641			but lengthens grace periods.
4642
4643	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4644			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
4645			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
4646			to zero.
4647
4648	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
4649			Run the RCU early boot self tests
4650
4651	rdinit=		[KNL]
4652			Format: <full_path>
4653			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
4654			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
4655
4656	rdrand=		[X86]
4657			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
4658				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
4659				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
4660				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
4661				path).
4662
4663	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
4664			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
4665			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
4666			mba.
4667			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
4668				rdt=cmt,!mba
4669
4670	reboot=		[KNL]
4671			Format (x86 or x86_64):
4672				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
4673				[[,]s[mp]#### \
4674				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
4675				[[,]f[orce]
4676			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
4677					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
4678					reboot only),
4679			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
4680			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
4681			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
4682					to be used for rebooting.
4683
4684	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4685			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
4686			this parameter is to delay the start of the
4687			test until boot completes in order to avoid
4688			interference.
4689
4690	refscale.loops= [KNL]
4691			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
4692			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
4693			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
4694			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
4695			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
4696			x86 laptops.
4697
4698	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4699			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
4700			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
4701			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
4702
4703	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
4704			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
4705			the console log.
4706
4707	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
4708			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
4709			measured in microseconds.
4710
4711	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
4712			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
4713
4714	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4715			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
4716			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
4717			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
4718			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
4719
4720	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
4721			Enable additional printk() statements.
4722
4723	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
4724			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
4725			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
4726			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
4727			specified.
4728
4729	relax_domain_level=
4730			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
4731			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
4732
4733	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
4734			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
4735			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
4736			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
4737			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
4738
4739	reservetop=	[X86-32]
4740			Format: nn[KMG]
4741			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
4742			address space.
4743
4744	reservelow=	[X86]
4745			Format: nn[K]
4746			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
4747			the bottom of the address space.
4748
4749	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
4750			during initialization.
4751
4752	resume=		[SWSUSP]
4753			Specify the partition device for software suspend
4754			Format:
4755			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
4756
4757	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
4758			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
4759			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
4760			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
4761			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
4762
4763	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4764			read the resume files
4765
4766	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
4767			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4768			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4769
4770	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
4771		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
4772				present during boot.
4773		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
4774		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
4775		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
4776				(that will set all pages holding image data
4777				during restoration read-only).
4778
4779	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
4780
4781	rfkill.default_state=
4782		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
4783			etc. communication is blocked by default.
4784		1	Unblocked.
4785
4786	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
4787		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
4788		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4789			blocked and the previous configuration.
4790		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4791			blocked and everything unblocked.
4792
4793	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4794			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
4795
4796	ring3mwait=disable
4797			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
4798			CPUs.
4799
4800	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
4801
4802	rodata=		[KNL]
4803		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
4804		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
4805
4806	rockchip.usb_uart
4807			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
4808			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
4809			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
4810			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
4811
4812	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
4813			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
4814
4815	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4816			mount the root filesystem
4817
4818	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
4819
4820	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
4821
4822	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
4823			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4824			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4825
4826	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
4827			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
4828			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
4829			managed by CMA.
4830
4831	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
4832
4833	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
4834
4835	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
4836			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
4837		strict
4838			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
4839			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
4840			which is faster.
4841
4842	sa1100ir	[NET]
4843			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
4844
4845	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
4846
4847	sched_verbose	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
4848
4849	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
4850			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
4851			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
4852			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
4853
4854	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
4855			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
4856			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
4857			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
4858			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
4859			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
4860			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
4861			value.
4862			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
4863			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
4864				1			64 ms
4865				2			128 ms
4866			and so on.
4867			Format: integer between 0 and 10
4868			Default is 0.
4869
4870	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
4871			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
4872			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
4873			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
4874			tests.
4875
4876	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
4877			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
4878			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
4879			default) disables this feature.  Please note
4880			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
4881			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
4882			softlockup complaints, and so on.
4883
4884	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
4885			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
4886			smp_call_function() family of functions.
4887			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
4888			equal to the number of CPUs.
4889
4890	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4891			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
4892			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
4893
4894	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4895			Number seconds to wait between successive
4896			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
4897			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
4898
4899	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
4900			The number of seconds following the start of the
4901			test after which to shut down the system.  The
4902			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
4903			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
4904
4905	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
4906			The number of seconds between outputting the
4907			current test statistics to the console.  A value
4908			of zero disables statistics output.
4909
4910	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
4911			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
4912			to the set of CPUs under test.
4913
4914	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
4915			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
4916			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
4917			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
4918			functions.
4919
4920	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
4921			Enable additional printk() statements.
4922
4923	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
4924			The probability weighting to use for the
4925			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
4926			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
4927			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
4928			if at least one weight has some other value, a
4929			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
4930
4931	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
4932			The probability weighting to use for the
4933			smp_call_function_single() function with a
4934			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
4935
4936	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
4937			The probability weighting to use for the
4938			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
4939			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
4940			Note well that setting a high probability for
4941			this weighting can place serious IPI load
4942			on the system.
4943
4944	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
4945			The probability weighting to use for the
4946			smp_call_function_many() function with a
4947			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
4948			and weight_many.
4949
4950	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
4951			The probability weighting to use for the
4952			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
4953			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
4954			weight_many.
4955
4956	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
4957			The probability weighting to use for the
4958			smp_call_function_all() function with a
4959			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
4960			and weight_many.
4961
4962	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
4963			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
4964			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
4965			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4966			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
4967			1 -- enable.
4968			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
4969			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
4970
4971	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
4972			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
4973			"lsm=" parameter.
4974
4975	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
4976			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4977			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
4978			0 -- disable.
4979			1 -- enable.
4980			Default value is 1.
4981
4982	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
4983			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4984			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
4985			0 -- disable.
4986			1 -- enable.
4987			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4988
4989	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
4990
4991	shapers=	[NET]
4992			Maximal number of shapers.
4993
4994	simeth=		[IA-64]
4995	simscsi=
4996
4997	slram=		[HW,MTD]
4998
4999	slab_merge	[MM]
5000			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5001			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5002
5003	slab_nomerge	[MM]
5004			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5005			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5006			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5007			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5008			layout control by attackers can usually be
5009			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5010			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5011			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5012			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5013			own.
5014			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5015
5016	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
5017			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5018			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5019			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
5020			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5021
5022	slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM, SLUB]
5023			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5024			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5025			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5026			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5027			last alloc / free. For more information see
5028			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5029
5030	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5031			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5032			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5033			fragmentation. For more information see
5034			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5035
5036	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
5037			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5038			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5039			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5040			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5041			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5042			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5043			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5044
5045	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
5046			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5047			lower than slub_max_order.
5048			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5049
5050	slub_merge	[MM, SLUB]
5051			Same with slab_merge.
5052
5053	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
5054			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5055			See slab_nomerge for more information.
5056
5057	smart2=		[HW]
5058			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5059
5060	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5061	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
5062	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
5063	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
5064	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
5065	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
5066	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5067				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5068				1: Fast pin select (default)
5069				2: ATC IRMode
5070
5071	smt		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5072			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5073			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5074			actual hardware limit.
5075			Format: <integer>
5076			Default: -1 (no limit)
5077
5078	softlockup_panic=
5079			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5080			Format: 0 | 1
5081
5082			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5083			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5084			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5085			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5086			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
5087
5088	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
5089			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
5090			backtraces on all cpus.
5091			Format: 0 | 1
5092
5093	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
5094			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
5095
5096	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5097			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
5098			The default operation protects the kernel from
5099			user space attacks.
5100
5101			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
5102			       spectre_v2_user=on
5103			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
5104			       spectre_v2_user=off
5105			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5106			       vulnerable
5107
5108			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
5109			mitigation method at run time according to the
5110			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
5111			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
5112			compiler with which the kernel was built.
5113
5114			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
5115			against user space to user space task attacks.
5116
5117			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
5118			the user space protections.
5119
5120			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
5121
5122			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
5123			retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline
5124			retpoline,amd     - AMD-specific minimal thunk
5125
5126			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5127			spectre_v2=auto.
5128
5129	spectre_v2_user=
5130			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5131		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
5132		        user space tasks
5133
5134			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
5135				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
5136
5137			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
5138				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
5139
5140			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
5141				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
5142				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
5143				  is inherited on fork.
5144
5145			prctl,ibpb
5146				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
5147				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5148				  always when switching between different user
5149				  space processes.
5150
5151			seccomp
5152				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
5153				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
5154				  they explicitly opt out.
5155
5156			seccomp,ibpb
5157				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
5158				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5159				  always when switching between different
5160				  user space processes.
5161
5162			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
5163				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
5164
5165			Default mitigation:
5166			If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y then "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
5167
5168			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5169			spectre_v2_user=auto.
5170
5171	spec_store_bypass_disable=
5172			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
5173			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
5174
5175			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
5176			a common industry wide performance optimization known
5177			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
5178			to the same memory location may not be observed by
5179			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
5180			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
5181			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
5182			end of a particular speculation execution window.
5183
5184			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5185			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
5186			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
5187			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
5188
5189			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
5190			Bypass optimization is used.
5191
5192			On x86 the options are:
5193
5194			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
5195			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
5196			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
5197				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
5198				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
5199				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
5200				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
5201				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
5202			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
5203				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
5204				  for a process by default. The state of the control
5205				  is inherited on fork.
5206			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
5207				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
5208
5209			Default mitigations:
5210			X86:	If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
5211
5212			On powerpc the options are:
5213
5214			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
5215				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
5216				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
5217				  exit.
5218			off	- No action.
5219
5220			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5221			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
5222
5223	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
5224	spia_fio_base=
5225	spia_pedr=
5226	spia_peddr=
5227
5228	split_lock_detect=
5229			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
5230
5231			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
5232			instructions that access data across cache line
5233			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
5234			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
5235			bus lock detection.
5236
5237			off	- not enabled
5238
5239			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
5240				  about applications triggering the #AC
5241				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
5242				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
5243				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
5244				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
5245				  enabled in hardware.
5246
5247			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
5248				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
5249				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
5250				  both features are enabled in hardware.
5251
5252			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
5253			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
5254			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
5255			mode.
5256
5257			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
5258			CPL > 0.
5259
5260	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
5261			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
5262			(SRBDS) mitigation.
5263
5264			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
5265			exploit which can leak bits from the random
5266			number generator.
5267
5268			By default, this issue is mitigated by
5269			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
5270			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
5271			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
5272			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
5273
5274			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
5275			the following option:
5276
5277			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
5278				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
5279
5280	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
5281			Specifies how frequently to check for
5282			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
5283			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
5284			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
5285			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
5286			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
5287			are ignored.
5288
5289	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
5290			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
5291			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
5292			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
5293			grace period will be considered for automatic
5294			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
5295			expediting.
5296
5297	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
5298			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
5299
5300			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
5301			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
5302			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
5303			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
5304
5305			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
5306				   for both kernel and userspace
5307			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
5308				   for both kernel and userspace
5309			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
5310				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
5311				   to allow userspace to register its
5312				   interest in being mitigated too.
5313
5314	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
5315			override the default stack gap protection. The value
5316			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
5317			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
5318			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
5319			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
5320
5321	stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
5322			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
5323			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
5324			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
5325			to false.
5326
5327	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
5328			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
5329
5330	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
5331			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
5332			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
5333			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
5334			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
5335			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
5336			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
5337
5338	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
5339			Format: <num>
5340			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
5341			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
5342			as the initial boot-console.
5343			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5344
5345	sti_font=	[HW]
5346			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5347
5348	stifb=		[HW]
5349			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
5350
5351	sunrpc.min_resvport=
5352	sunrpc.max_resvport=
5353			[NFS,SUNRPC]
5354			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
5355			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
5356			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
5357			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
5358			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
5359			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
5360			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
5361			maximum port values.
5362
5363	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
5364			[NFS,SUNRPC]
5365			Limit the number of requests that the server will
5366			process in parallel from a single connection.
5367			The default value is 0 (no limit).
5368
5369	sunrpc.pool_mode=
5370			[NFS]
5371			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
5372			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
5373			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
5374			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
5375			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
5376			NFS server is running.
5377
5378			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
5379				    automatically using heuristics
5380			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
5381			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
5382			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
5383				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
5384
5385	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
5386	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
5387			[NFS,SUNRPC]
5388			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
5389			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
5390			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
5391			improve throughput, but will also increase the
5392			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
5393
5394	suspend.pm_test_delay=
5395			[SUSPEND]
5396			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
5397			mode before resuming the system (see
5398			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
5399			is set. Default value is 5.
5400
5401	svm=		[PPC]
5402			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
5403			This parameter controls use of the Protected
5404			Execution Facility on pSeries.
5405
5406	swapaccount=[0|1]
5407			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
5408			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
5409			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst)
5410
5411	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
5412			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
5413			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
5414			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
5415			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
5416			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
5417
5418	switches=	[HW,M68k]
5419
5420	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
5421			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
5422			process, as if the value was written to the respective
5423			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
5424			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
5425			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
5426			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
5427			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
5428
5429	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
5430			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
5431			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
5432			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
5433			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
5434			in older udev will not work anymore.
5435			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
5436			the kernel configuration.
5437
5438	sysrq_always_enabled
5439			[KNL]
5440			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
5441			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
5442			Useful for debugging.
5443
5444	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
5445			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
5446			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
5447			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
5448			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
5449			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
5450
5451	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
5452
5453	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
5454			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
5455			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
5456			as the system sleep state during system startup with
5457			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
5458			The system is woken from this state using a
5459			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
5460
5461	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5462			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
5463
5464	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
5465			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
5466			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
5467
5468	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
5469			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
5470			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
5471
5472	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
5473			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
5474			critical and hot trip points.
5475
5476	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
5477			1: disable ACPI thermal control
5478
5479	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
5480			-1: disable all passive trip points
5481			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
5482			value
5483
5484	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
5485			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
5486			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
5487			0: no polling (default)
5488
5489	threadirqs	[KNL]
5490			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
5491			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
5492
5493	topology=	[S390]
5494			Format: {off | on}
5495			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
5496			topology information if the hardware supports this.
5497			The scheduler will make use of this information and
5498			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
5499			Default is on.
5500
5501	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
5502			Format: {off}
5503			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
5504			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
5505			LPAR.
5506
5507	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
5508			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
5509			until after init has spawned.
5510
5511	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
5512			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
5513			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
5514			very costly operation when many torture tests
5515			are running concurrently, especially on systems
5516			with rotating-rust storage.
5517
5518	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
5519			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
5520			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
5521			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
5522
5523	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
5524			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
5525
5526	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
5527
5528	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
5529			Format: integer pcr id
5530			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
5531			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
5532			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
5533			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
5534			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
5535			are saved.
5536
5537	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
5538			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
5539
5540	trace_event=[event-list]
5541			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
5542			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
5543			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
5544			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
5545
5546	trace_options=[option-list]
5547			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
5548			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
5549			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
5550			to echo the option name into
5551
5552			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
5553
5554			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
5555			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
5556
5557			      trace_options=stacktrace
5558
5559			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
5560			section.
5561
5562	tp_printk[FTRACE]
5563			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
5564			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
5565			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
5566			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
5567			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
5568
5569			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
5570			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
5571			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
5572			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
5573
5574			** CAUTION **
5575
5576			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
5577			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
5578			the system to live lock.
5579
5580	traceoff_on_warning
5581			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
5582			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
5583			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
5584			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
5585
5586			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
5587			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
5588			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
5589
5590			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
5591			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
5592
5593	transparent_hugepage=
5594			[KNL]
5595			Format: [always|madvise|never]
5596			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
5597			with respect to transparent hugepages.
5598			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
5599			for more details.
5600
5601	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
5602			Format: <string>
5603			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
5604			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
5605			sources:
5606			- "tpm"
5607			- "tee"
5608			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
5609			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
5610			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
5611			successfully during iteration.
5612
5613	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
5614			Format: <string>
5615			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
5616			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
5617			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
5618			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
5619			virtualized environment.
5620			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
5621			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
5622			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
5623			can add overhead.
5624			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
5625			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
5626			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
5627			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
5628			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
5629			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
5630			acceptable).
5631
5632	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
5633			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
5634			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
5635			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
5636			Format: <unsigned int>
5637
5638	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
5639			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
5640			support TSX control.
5641
5642			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
5643
5644			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
5645				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
5646				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
5647				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
5648				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
5649				with leaving it enabled.
5650
5651			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
5652				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
5653				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
5654				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
5655				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
5656				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
5657				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
5658
5659			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
5660				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
5661
5662			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
5663
5664			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
5665			for more details.
5666
5667	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
5668			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
5669
5670			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
5671			certain CPUs that support Transactional
5672			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
5673			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
5674			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
5675			conditions.
5676
5677			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5678			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
5679			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
5680			access.
5681
5682			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
5683			options are:
5684
5685			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
5686				     if TSX is enabled.
5687
5688			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
5689				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
5690				     is not disabled because CPU is not
5691				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
5692			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
5693
5694			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
5695			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
5696			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
5697			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
5698
5699			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5700			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
5701			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
5702			required and doesn't provide any additional
5703			mitigation.
5704
5705			For details see:
5706			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
5707
5708	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
5709			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
5710			Format:
5711			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
5712			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
5713
5714	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
5715			happen after console_init() and before a proper
5716			console driver takes over, this boot options might
5717			help "seeing" what's going on.
5718
5719	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5720			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
5721
5722	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
5723			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
5724			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
5725			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
5726			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
5727			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
5728			reported either.
5729
5730	unknown_nmi_panic
5731			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
5732
5733	usbcore.authorized_default=
5734			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
5735			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
5736			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
5737			if device connected to internal port)
5738
5739	usbcore.autosuspend=
5740			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
5741			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
5742			is the time required before an idle device will be
5743			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
5744			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
5745
5746	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
5747			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
5748
5749	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
5750			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
5751			(default = 65536).
5752
5753	usbcore.blinkenlights=
5754			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
5755
5756	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
5757			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
5758			scheme (default 0 = off).
5759
5760	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
5761			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
5762			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
5763
5764	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
5765			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
5766			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
5767
5768	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
5769			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
5770			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
5771			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
5772
5773	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
5774
5775	usbcore.quirks=
5776			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
5777			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
5778			commas. Each entry has the form
5779			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
5780			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
5781			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
5782			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
5783			the following meanings:
5784				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
5785					descriptors must not be fetched using
5786					a 255-byte read);
5787				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
5788					correctly so reset it instead);
5789				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
5790					Set-Interface requests);
5791				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
5792					handle its Configuration or Interface
5793					strings);
5794				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
5795					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
5796				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
5797					more interface descriptions than the
5798					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
5799					talking to these interfaces);
5800				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
5801					during initialization, after we read
5802					the device descriptor);
5803				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
5804					high speed and super speed interrupt
5805					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
5806					require the interval in microframes (1
5807					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
5808					calculated as interval = 2 ^
5809					(bInterval-1).
5810					Devices with this quirk report their
5811					bInterval as the result of this
5812					calculation instead of the exponent
5813					variable used in the calculation);
5814				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
5815					handle device_qualifier descriptor
5816					requests);
5817				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
5818					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
5819					remote wakeup capability);
5820				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
5821					Power Management);
5822				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
5823					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
5824					frames instead of the USB 2.0
5825					calculation);
5826				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
5827					to be disconnected before suspend to
5828					prevent spurious wakeup);
5829				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
5830					pause after every control message);
5831				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
5832					delay after resetting its port);
5833			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
5834
5835	usbhid.mousepoll=
5836			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
5837
5838	usbhid.jspoll=
5839			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
5840
5841	usbhid.kbpoll=
5842			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
5843
5844	usb-storage.delay_use=
5845			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
5846			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
5847
5848	usb-storage.quirks=
5849			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
5850			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
5851			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
5852			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
5853			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
5854			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
5855			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
5856				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
5857					of sense data, not on uas);
5858				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
5859					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
5860				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
5861					device capacity by one sector);
5862				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
5863					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
5864				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
5865					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
5866				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
5867					command, uas only);
5868				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
5869					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
5870				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
5871					reported device capacity by one
5872					sector if the number is odd);
5873				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
5874					device);
5875				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
5876					command, uas only);
5877				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
5878				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
5879					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
5880				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
5881					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
5882					not on uas);
5883				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
5884					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
5885				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
5886					reported by the device, not on uas);
5887				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
5888					by default, not on uas);
5889				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
5890					bogus residue values, not on uas);
5891				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
5892					Logical Unit);
5893				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
5894					commands, uas only);
5895				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
5896				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
5897					medium is write-protected).
5898				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
5899					even if the device claims no cache,
5900					not on uas)
5901			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
5902
5903	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
5904			Format: <int>
5905			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
5906				 1 - undefined instruction events
5907				 2 - system calls
5908				 4 - invalid data aborts
5909				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
5910				16 - SIGBUS faults
5911			Example: user_debug=31
5912
5913	userpte=
5914			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
5915
5916				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
5917					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
5918					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
5919
5920	vdso=		[X86,SH]
5921			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
5922
5923			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
5924			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
5925
5926	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
5927			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
5928			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
5929
5930			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
5931			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
5932			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
5933
5934			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
5935			alias for vdso32=0.
5936
5937			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
5938			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
5939
5940	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
5941			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
5942
5943	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
5944			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
5945
5946	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
5947			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
5948			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
5949			level and then send out the event to user space through
5950			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
5951			will only send out the event without touching backlight
5952			brightness level.
5953			default: 1
5954
5955	virtio_mmio.device=
5956			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
5957
5958				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
5959			where:
5960				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
5961						like K, M and G)
5962				<baseaddr> := physical base address
5963				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
5964						request_irq())
5965				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
5966			example:
5967				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
5968
5969			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
5970
5971	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
5972			See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
5973			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
5974			Use vga=ask for menu.
5975			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
5976			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
5977
5978	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
5979			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
5980			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
5981			All options are enabled by default, and this
5982			interface is meant to allow for selectively
5983			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
5984			debugging features.
5985
5986			Available options are:
5987			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
5988			  -	Disable all of the above options
5989
5990	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
5991			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
5992			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
5993			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
5994			mapped kernel RAM.
5995
5996	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
5997			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
5998			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
5999
6000	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
6001			Format: <command>
6002
6003	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
6004			Format: <command>
6005
6006	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
6007			Format: <command>
6008
6009	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
6010			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
6011			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
6012			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
6013			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
6014			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
6015			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
6016
6017			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6018			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6019				    page is readable.
6020
6021			xonly       Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6022			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6023				    page is not readable.
6024
6025			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
6026			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
6027			            might break your system.
6028
6029	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
6030			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
6031			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
6032
6033	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
6034			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
6035			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
6036			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
6037
6038	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
6039			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
6040			Change the default blue palette of the console.
6041			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6042			ranging from 0-255.
6043
6044	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
6045			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
6046			Change the default green palette of the console.
6047			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6048			ranging from 0-255.
6049
6050	vt.default_red=	[VT]
6051			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
6052			Change the default red palette of the console.
6053			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6054			ranging from 0-255.
6055
6056	vt.default_utf8=
6057			[VT]
6058			Format=<0|1>
6059			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
6060			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
6061			newly opened terminals.
6062
6063	vt.global_cursor_default=
6064			[VT]
6065			Format=<-1|0|1>
6066			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
6067			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
6068			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
6069			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
6070			cursors, 1 will display them.
6071
6072	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
6073			Default: 2 = green.
6074
6075	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
6076			Default: 3 = cyan.
6077
6078	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
6079			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
6080			or other driver-specific files in the
6081			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
6082
6083	watchdog_thresh=
6084			[KNL]
6085			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
6086			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
6087			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
6088			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
6089			seconds.
6090
6091	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
6092			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
6093			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
6094			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
6095			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
6096			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
6097			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
6098			corresponding sysfs file.
6099
6100	workqueue.disable_numa
6101			By default, all work items queued to unbound
6102			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
6103			issued on, which results in better behavior in
6104			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
6105			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
6106			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
6107			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
6108
6109	workqueue.power_efficient
6110			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
6111			they show better performance thanks to cache
6112			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
6113			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
6114
6115			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
6116			were observed to contribute significantly to power
6117			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
6118			power usage at the cost of small performance
6119			overhead.
6120
6121			The default value of this parameter is determined by
6122			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
6123
6124	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
6125			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
6126			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
6127			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
6128			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
6129			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
6130			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
6131			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
6132			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
6133			impacted.
6134
6135	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
6136			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
6137			supporting x2apic.
6138
6139	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
6140			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
6141			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
6142			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
6143			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
6144			domains.
6145
6146	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
6147			Unplug Xen emulated devices
6148			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
6149			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
6150			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
6151			nics -- unplug network devices
6152			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
6153			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
6154				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
6155				the unplug protocol
6156			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
6157
6158	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
6159			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
6160			panic() code such as dumping handler.
6161
6162	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
6163			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
6164			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
6165			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6166
6167	xen_nopv	[X86]
6168			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
6169			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
6170			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
6171			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6172
6173	xen_no_vector_callback
6174			[KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
6175			event channel interrupts.
6176
6177	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
6178			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
6179			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
6180			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
6181			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
6182
6183	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
6184			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
6185			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
6186			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
6187			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
6188			more timer interrupts.
6189
6190	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
6191			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
6192			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
6193
6194	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
6195			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
6196			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
6197
6198	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
6199			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
6200			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
6201			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
6202			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
6203			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
6204
6205	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
6206			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
6207			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
6208			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
6209
6210	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM]
6211			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
6212			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
6213			contention.
6214
6215	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
6216			Format:
6217			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
6218
6219	xive=		[PPC]
6220			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
6221			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
6222			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
6223
6224			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
6225				  controller on both pseries and powernv
6226				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
6227
6228	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
6229			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
6230			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
6231			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
6232
6233	xmon		[PPC]
6234			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
6235			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
6236			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
6237			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
6238				debugger is called from setup_arch().
6239			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6240				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
6241				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
6242				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
6243			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6244				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
6245				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
6246				can be written using xmon commands.
6247			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
6248				memory, and other data can't be written using
6249				xmon commands.
6250			off	xmon is disabled.
6251