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