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1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			acpi_backlight=vendor
26			acpi_backlight=video
27			If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver
28			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
29			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
30
31	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
32			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
33			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
34			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
35			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
36
37	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
38			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
39			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
40			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
41			This option is useful for developers to identify the
42			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
43			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
44
45	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
46	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
47			Format: <int>
48			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
49			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
50			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
51			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
52			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
53			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
54			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
55			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
56			Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about
57			debug layers and levels.
58
59			Enable processor driver info messages:
60			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
61			Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <int>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
140			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
141			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
142			second kernel for kdump.
143
144	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
145			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
146
147	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
148			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
149			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
150			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
151			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
152
153	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
154			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
155			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
156			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
157			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
158						  strings
159			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
160						  strings
161			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
162
163			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
164			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
165			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
166			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
167			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
168			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
169			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
170			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
171			care about the state of the feature group strings which
172			should be controlled by the OSPM.
173			Examples:
174			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
175			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
176			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
177
178			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
179			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
180			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
181			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
182			multiple times through kernel command line is also
183			meaningless.
184			Examples:
185			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
186			     FALSE.
187
188			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
189			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
190			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
191			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
192			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
193			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
194			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
195			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
196			is useful when one want to control the state of the
197			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
198			the OSPM features.
199			Examples:
200			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
201			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
202			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
203			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
204			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
205			     equivalent to
206			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
207			     and
208			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
209			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
210
211	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
212			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
213			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
214			and always returns good values.
215
216	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
217			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
218
219	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
220			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
221			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
222
223	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
224			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
225				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
226			See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
227			s3_bios and s3_mode.
228			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
229			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
230			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
231			used during resume from hibernation.
232			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
233			control method, with respect to putting devices into
234			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
235			of _PTS is used by default).
236			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
237			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
238			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
239			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
240			but some broken systems don't work without it).
241			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
242			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
243			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
244
245	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
246			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
247			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
248
249	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
250			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
251
252	agp=		[AGP]
253			{ off | try_unsupported }
254			off: disable AGP support
255			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
256				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
257
258	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
259			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
260
261	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
262			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
263			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
264			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
265
266	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
267			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
268			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
269			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
270			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
271			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
272			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
273
274			32: only for 32-bit processes
275			64: only for 64-bit processes
276			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
277			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
278
279	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
280			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
281			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
282			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
283			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
284			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
285
286	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
287			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
288			Possible values are:
289			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
290				    they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
291				    flushed before they will be reused, which
292				    is a lot of faster
293			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
294				    the system
295			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
296					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
297					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
298					  requirements as needed. This option
299					  does not override iommu=pt
300
301	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
302			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
303			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
304			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
305			IOMMU initialization.
306
307	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
308			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
309			remapping modes:
310			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
311			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
312			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
313			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
314			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
315
316	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
317			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
318			Format: <a>,<b>
319			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
320
321	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
322			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
323			connected to one of 16 gameports
324			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
325
326	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
327			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
328			Format: noidle
329			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
330			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
331			APC and your system crashes randomly.
332
333	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
334			Change the output verbosity while booting
335			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
336			Change the amount of debugging information output
337			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
338			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
339			driver name.
340			Format: apic=driver_name
341			Examples: apic=bigsmp
342
343	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
344			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
345			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
346			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
347			      backup of CPU 0
348			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
349			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
350			      shot down by NMI
351
352	autoconf=	[IPV6]
353			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
354
355	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
356			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
357			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
358			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
359			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
360			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
361			apic=verbose is specified.
362			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
363
364	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
365			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
366
367	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
368			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
369
370	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
371
372	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
373
374	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
375			EzKey and similar keyboards
376
377	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
378
379	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
380			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
381
382	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
383			keyboards
384
385	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
386			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
387
388	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
389			Use software keyboard repeat
390
391	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
392			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
393			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
394			    enabled until the next reboot
395			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
396			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
397			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
398			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
399			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
400			    userspace auditd.
401			Default: unset
402
403	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
404			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
405			Default: 64
406
407	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
408			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
409			Format: { "0" | "1" }
410			0 - Disable the BAU.
411			1 - Enable the BAU.
412			unset - Disable the BAU.
413
414	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
415			Format: <io>,<mode>
416
417	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
418			Format: <io>,<mode>
419			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
420
421	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
422			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
423			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
424			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
425
426	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
427			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
428			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
429			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
430
431	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
432			embedded devices based on command line input.
433			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
434
435	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
436			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
437			no delay (0).
438			Format: integer
439
440	bootmem_debug	[KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages.
441
442	bert_disable	[ACPI]
443			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
444
445	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
446	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
447			kernel args too.
448	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/bttv.rst
449	bttv.tuner=
450
451	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
452			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
453			at a time.
454
455	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
456
457	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
458			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
459			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
460			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
461			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
462			This option provides an override for these situations.
463
464	carrier_timeout=
465			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
466			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
467			it waits 120 seconds.
468
469	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
470			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
471			trust validation.
472			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
473
474	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
475			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
476			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
477			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
478			others).
479
480	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
481			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
482
483	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller
484			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
485			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
486			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
487			  a single hierarchy
488			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
489			  subsystem
490			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
491			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
492			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
493
494	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
495			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
496			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
497			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
498			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
499			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
500			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
501			all v1 hierarchies.
502
503	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
504			Format: <string>
505			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
506			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
507
508	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
509			Format: { "0" | "1" }
510			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
511			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
512				any implied execute protection).
513			1 -- check protection requested by application.
514			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
515			Value can be changed at runtime via
516				/selinux/checkreqprot.
517
518	cio_ignore=	[S390]
519			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
520	clk_ignore_unused
521			[CLK]
522			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
523			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
524			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
525			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
526			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
527			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
528			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
529			platform with proper driver support.  For more
530			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
531
532	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
533			[Deprecated]
534			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
535			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
536			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
537			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
538
539	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
540			Format: <string>
541			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
542			with the name specified.
543			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
544			the platform:
545			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
546			[ACPI] acpi_pm
547			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
548				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
549			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
550				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
551			[MIPS] MIPS
552			[PARISC] cr16
553			[S390] tod
554			[SH] SuperH
555			[SPARC64] tick
556			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
557
558	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
559			[ARM,ARM64]
560			Format: <bool>
561			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
562			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
563			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
564			systems.
565
566	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
567			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
568			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
569			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
570			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
571			ones should be.
572			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
573			or using the feature without checking anything
574			will still see it. This just prevents it from
575			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
576			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
577			some critical bits.
578
579	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
580			[ARM,X86,KNL]
581			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
582			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
583			placement constraint by the physical address range of
584			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
585			altogether. For more information, see
586			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
587
588	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
589			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
590			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
591			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
592			a hypervisor.
593			Default: yes
594
595	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
596			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
597			allocations, by default set to 256K.
598
599	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
600			Format:
601			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
602
603	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
604			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
605
606	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
607			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
608			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
609
610	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
611	conmode=
612
613	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
614
615		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
616
617		ttyS<n>[,options]
618		ttyUSB0[,options]
619			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
620			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
621			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
622			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
623			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
624
625			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
626			information.  See
627			Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
628			alternative.
629
630		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
631		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
632		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
633		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
634		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
635			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
636			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
637			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
638			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
639			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
640			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
641			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
642			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
643			the h/w is not re-initialized.
644
645		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
646			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
647
648		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
649		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
650			console=brl,ttyS0
651		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
652
653	console_msg_format=
654			[KNL] Change console messages format
655		default
656			By default we print messages on consoles in
657			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
658			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
659			`printk_time' param).
660		syslog
661			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
662			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
663			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
664			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
665			from /proc/kmsg.
666
667	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
668			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
669			Defaults to 0.
670
671	coredump_filter=
672			[KNL] Change the default value for
673			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
674			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
675
676	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
677			[ARM,ARM64]
678			Format: <bool>
679			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
680			0: default value, disable debugging
681			1: enable debugging at boot time
682
683	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
684			disable the cpuidle sub-system
685
686	cpuidle.governor=
687			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
688
689	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
690			disable the cpufreq sub-system
691
692	cpu_init_udelay=N
693			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
694			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
695			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
696			Default: 10000
697
698	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
699			Format:
700			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
701
702	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
703			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
704			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
705			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
706			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
707			is selected automatically. Check
708			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
709
710	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
711			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
712			in the running system. The syntax of range is
713			start-[end] where start and end are both
714			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
715			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example.
716
717	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
718			[KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
719			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
720			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
721			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
722			available.
723			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
724	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
725			[KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
726			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
727			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
728			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
729			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
730			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
731			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
732			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
733			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
734			for second kernel instead.
735			0: to disable low allocation.
736			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
737			or memory reserved is below 4G.
738
739	cryptomgr.notests
740			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
741
742	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
743			Format: <dma>
744
745	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
746			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
747
748	dasd=		[HW,NET]
749			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
750
751	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
752			(one device per port)
753			Format: <port#>,<type>
754			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
755
756	ddebug_query=	[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
757			time. See
758			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
759			details.  Deprecated, see dyndbg.
760
761	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
762
763	debug_boot_weak_hash
764			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
765			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
766			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
767			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
768			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
769			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
770
771	debug_locks_verbose=
772			[KNL] verbose self-tests
773			Format=<0|1>
774			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
775			self-tests.
776			We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
777			1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
778			only useful to kernel developers.
779
780	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
781
782	no_debug_objects
783			[KNL] Disable object debugging
784
785	debug_guardpage_minorder=
786			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
787			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
788			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
789			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
790			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
791			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
792			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
793			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
794			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
795			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
796			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
797			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
798			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
799			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
800			bypassed) which are not detectable by
801			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
802			tracking down these problems.
803
804	debug_pagealloc=
805			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
806			parameter enables the feature at boot time. In
807			default, it is disabled. We can avoid allocating huge
808			chunk of memory for debug pagealloc if we don't enable
809			it at boot time and the system will work mostly same
810			with the kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
811			on: enable the feature
812
813	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
814
815	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
816			Format: <area>[,<node>]
817			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
818
819	default_hugepagesz=
820			[same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
821			HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
822			the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
823			default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
824			Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
825			if not specified.
826
827	deferred_probe_timeout=
828			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
829			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
830			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
831			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout of 0
832			will timeout at the end of initcalls. This option will also
833			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
834			retrying.
835
836	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
837			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
838
839	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
840			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
841			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
842			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
843			miss to occur.
844
845	disable=	[IPV6]
846			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
847
848	hardened_usercopy=
849                        [KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
850                        hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
851                        usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
852                        from reading or writing beyond known memory
853                        allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
854                        against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
855                        copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
856                on      Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
857                off     Disable hardened usercopy checks.
858
859	disable_radix	[PPC]
860			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
861
862	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
863			Format: <int>
864			The number of initial APIC ID for the
865			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
866			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
867			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
868			causing system reset or hang due to sending
869			INIT from AP to BSP.
870
871	perf_v4_pmi=	[X86,INTEL]
872			Format: <bool>
873			Disable Intel PMU counter freezing feature.
874			The feature only exists starting from
875			Arch Perfmon v4 (Skylake and newer).
876
877	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
878			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
879			to workaround buggy firmware.
880
881	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
882			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
883
884	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
885			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
886			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
887			entry later. This parameter disables that.
888
889	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
890			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
891			memory out of your available memory pool based on
892			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
893			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
894
895	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
896			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
897			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
898
899	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
900
901	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
902			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
903
904	dma_debug_entries=<number>
905			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
906			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
907			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
908			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
909			architectural default is too low.
910
911	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
912			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
913			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
914			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
915			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
916			driver later using sysfs.
917
918	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
919			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
920			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
921			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
922			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
923			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
924			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
925			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
926			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
927			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
928			available in Documentation/EDID/HOWTO.txt. An EDID
929			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
930			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
931			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
932			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
933			data set with no connector name will be used for
934			any connectors not explicitly specified.
935
936	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
937
938	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
939			Format: {"off" | "known"}
940			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
941			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
942			exists).
943			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
944			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
945			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
946
947	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
948			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
949			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
950			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
951
952	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
953	module.dyndbg[="val"]
954			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
955			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
956			for details.
957
958	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
959			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
960			information about the feature.
961
962	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
963			in some Intel CPUs.
964
965	module.async_probe [KNL]
966			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
967
968	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
969			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
970			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
971			which are not unmapped.
972
973	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
974
975			[ARM64] The early console is determined by the
976			stdout-path property in device tree's chosen node,
977			or determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
978
979			[X86] When used with no options the early console is
980			determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
981
982		cdns,<addr>[,options]
983			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
984			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
985			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
986			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
987			configured.
988
989		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
990		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
991		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
992		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
993		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
994			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
995			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
996			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
997			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
998			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
999			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1000			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1001			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1002
1003		pl011,<addr>
1004		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1005			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1006			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1007			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1008			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1009			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1010			the device registers.
1011
1012		meson,<addr>
1013			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1014			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1015			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1016			supported.
1017
1018		msm_serial,<addr>
1019			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1020			port at the specified address. The serial port
1021			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1022			yet supported.
1023
1024		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1025			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1026			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1027			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1028			yet supported.
1029
1030		owl,<addr>
1031			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1032			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1033			specified address. The serial port must already be
1034			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1035
1036		rda,<addr>
1037			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1038			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1039			specified address. The serial port must already be
1040			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1041
1042		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1043
1044		s3c2410,<addr>
1045		s3c2412,<addr>
1046		s3c2440,<addr>
1047		s3c6400,<addr>
1048		s5pv210,<addr>
1049		exynos4210,<addr>
1050			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1051			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1052			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1053			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1054			Options are not yet supported.
1055
1056		lantiq,<addr>
1057			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1058			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1059			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1060			yet supported.
1061
1062		lpuart,<addr>
1063		lpuart32,<addr>
1064			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1065			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1066			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1067			port must already be setup and configured.
1068
1069		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1070			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1071			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1072			address. The serial port must already be setup
1073			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1074
1075		qcom_geni,<addr>
1076			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1077			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1078			specified address. The serial port must already be
1079			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1080
1081	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1082			earlyprintk=vga
1083			earlyprintk=efi
1084			earlyprintk=sclp
1085			earlyprintk=xen
1086			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1087			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1088			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1089			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1090			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1091			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1092
1093			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1094			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1095			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1096
1097			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1098			takes over.
1099
1100			Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1101			be used at a time.
1102
1103			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1104			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1105			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1106			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1107				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1108			You can find the port for a given device in
1109			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1110				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1111
1112			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1113			very good.
1114
1115			The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1116			the real console.
1117
1118			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1119
1120			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1121
1122			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1123			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1124			UART class.
1125
1126	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1127			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1128			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1129			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1130			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1131			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1132			default: on.
1133
1134	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1135			ekgdboc=kbd
1136
1137			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1138			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1139
1140	edd=		[EDD]
1141			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1142
1143	efi=		[EFI]
1144			Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
1145			old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
1146			runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
1147			default.
1148			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1149			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1150			firmware implementations.
1151			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1152			debug: enable misc debug output
1153
1154	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1155			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1156			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1157			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1158			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1159
1160	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1161			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1162			updating original EFI memory map.
1163			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1164			from ss to ss+nn.
1165			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1166			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1167			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1168			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1169
1170			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1171			related feature. For example, you can do debugging of
1172			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1173			doesn't support it.
1174
1175	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1176			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1177			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1178			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1179			Documentation/acpi/ssdt-overlays.txt for details.
1180
1181
1182	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1183			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1184
1185	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1186			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1187			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1188
1189	elevator=	[IOSCHED]
1190			Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
1191			See Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt and
1192			Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
1193
1194	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1195			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1196			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1197			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1198			See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
1199
1200	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1201			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1202			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1203			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1204
1205	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1206			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1207			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1208			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1209			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1210
1211	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1212			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1213			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1214			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1215			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1216			Default value is 0.
1217			Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
1218
1219	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1220			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1221			support.
1222
1223	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1224			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1225			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1226
1227	evm=		[EVM]
1228			Format: { "fix" }
1229			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1230			current integrity status.
1231
1232	failslab=
1233	fail_page_alloc=
1234	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1235			General fault injection mechanism.
1236			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1237			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1238
1239	floppy=		[HW]
1240			See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt.
1241
1242	force_pal_cache_flush
1243			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1244			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1245			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1246			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1247
1248	forcepae	[X86-32]
1249			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1250			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1251			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1252			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1253			and may cause unknown problems.
1254
1255	ftrace=[tracer]
1256			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1257			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1258			boot debugging.
1259
1260	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1261			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1262			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1263			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1264			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1265			oops.
1266
1267	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1268			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1269			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
1270			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1271			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1272			tracing directory.
1273
1274	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1275			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1276			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1277			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1278			tracing directory.
1279
1280	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1281			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1282			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1283			function-list is a comma separated list of functions
1284			that can be changed at run time by the
1285			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1286
1287	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1288			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1289			function-list.  This list is a comma separated list of
1290			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1291			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1292
1293	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1294			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1295			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1296			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1297			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1298
1299	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1300			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1301			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1302			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1303			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1304
1305	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1306
1307	gart_fix_e820=	[X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1308			Format: off | on
1309			default: on
1310
1311	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1312			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1313			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1314			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1315			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1316
1317	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1318			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1319			android emulator
1320
1321	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1322			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1323			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1324			GPT to be used instead.
1325
1326	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1327			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1328			Format: 0 | 1
1329			Default: 0
1330	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1331			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1332			Format: 0 | 1
1333			Default: 0
1334	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1335			Format: 0 | 1
1336			Default: 0
1337	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1338			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1339			Default: 1024
1340	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1341			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1342			Default: 1024
1343
1344	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1345			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1346			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1347
1348	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1349			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1350			backtraces on all cpus.
1351			Format: <integer>
1352
1353	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1354			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1355			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1356			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1357
1358	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1359
1360	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1361			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1362
1363	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1364			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1365			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1366			logic will be disabled.
1367
1368	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1369			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1370			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1371			size on bigger boxes.
1372
1373	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1374			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1375			Default: "on"
1376
1377	hisax=		[HW,ISDN]
1378			See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
1379
1380	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1381
1382	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1383			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1384				verbose }
1385			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1386			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1387				VIA, nVidia)
1388			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1389
1390	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1391			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1392
1393	hugepages=	[HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1394	hugepagesz=	[HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
1395			On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
1396			multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve
1397			huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on
1398			x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
1399			(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).
1400
1401	hung_task_panic=
1402			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1403			Format: <integer>
1404
1405			A nonzero value instructs the kernel to panic when a
1406			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1407			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1408			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1409			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1410
1411	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1412				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1413	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1414				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1415				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1416
1417	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1418				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1419				      guest on lock contention.
1420
1421	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1422			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1423			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1424			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1425			the real console.
1426
1427	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1428				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1429				registered from board initialization code.
1430				Format:
1431				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1432
1433	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1434	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1435			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1436			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1437			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1438	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1439	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1440			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1441			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1442	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1443	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1444	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1445			     for the AUX port
1446	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1447			     controller
1448	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1449			     controllers
1450	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1451	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1452			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1453			     transitions, or never reset
1454			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1455			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1456			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1457			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1458			architectures force reset to be always executed
1459	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1460	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1461
1462	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1463
1464	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1465			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1466			hardware.
1467	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1468			does not match list of supported models.
1469	i8k.power_status
1470			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1471			(disabled by default)
1472	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1473			capability is set.
1474
1475	i915.invert_brightness=
1476			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1477			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1478			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1479			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1480			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1481			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1482			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1483			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1484			value switches the backlight off.
1485			-1 -- never invert brightness
1486			 0 -- machine default
1487			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1488
1489	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1490			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1491
1492	ide-core.nodma=	[HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1493			Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1494			.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1495			.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1496			See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
1497
1498	ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1499			Format: <int>
1500			Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports.  Depending on
1501			platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1502			setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  The
1503			default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1504			On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1505			PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1506			are then probed.  On systems without PCI the value
1507			of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1508			was 0x3.
1509
1510	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1511			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1512
1513	idle=		[X86]
1514			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1515			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1516			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1517			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1518			Not recommended.
1519			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1520			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1521			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1522
1523	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1524			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1525			Default: strict
1526
1527			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1528			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1529			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1530			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1531			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1532			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1533			encoding mode.
1534
1535			Available settings are as follows:
1536			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1537				supported by the FPU
1538			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1539				by the FPU
1540			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1541				by the FPU
1542			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1543				supported by the FPU
1544
1545			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1546			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1547			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1548			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1549			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1550			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1551			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1552			MIPS64 CPUs.
1553
1554			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1555			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1556			except where unsupported by hardware.
1557
1558	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1559			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1560			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1561			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1562			could change it dynamically, usually by
1563			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1564
1565	ignore_rlimit_data
1566			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1567			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1568			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1569
1570	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1571			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1572
1573	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1574			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1575			default: "enforce"
1576
1577	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA]
1578			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1579			owned by uid=0.
1580
1581	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1582			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1583			measurements, instead of host native format.
1584
1585	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1586			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1587				   | sha512 | ... }
1588			default: "sha1"
1589
1590			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1591			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1592
1593	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1594			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1595			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1596				 fail_securely"
1597
1598			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1599			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1600			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1601			uid=0.
1602
1603			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1604			all files owned by root. (This is the equivalent
1605			of ima_appraise_tcb.)
1606
1607			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1608			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1609			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1610
1611			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1612			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1613			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1614			flag.
1615
1616	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1617			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1618			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1619			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1620			opened for read by uid=0.
1621
1622	ima_template=	[IMA]
1623			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1624			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1625			Default: "ima-ng"
1626
1627	ima_template_fmt=
1628			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1629			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1630
1631	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1632			Format: <min_file_size>
1633			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1634			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1635
1636			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1637			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1638			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1639
1640	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1641			Format: <bufsize>
1642			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1643
1644			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1645			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1646			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1647
1648	init=		[KNL]
1649			Format: <full_path>
1650			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1651			process.
1652
1653	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1654			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1655			startup.
1656
1657	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1658			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1659			modules and initcalls.
1660
1661	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1662
1663	init_pkru=	[x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1664			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
1665			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
1666			override in debugfs after boot.
1667
1668	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1669			Format: <irq>
1670
1671	int_pln_enable	[x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1672
1673	integrity_audit=[IMA]
1674			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1675			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1676			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1677
1678	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1679		on
1680			Enable intel iommu driver.
1681		off
1682			Disable intel iommu driver.
1683		igfx_off [Default Off]
1684			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1685			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1686			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1687			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1688			DMA.
1689		forcedac [x86_64]
1690			With this option iommu will not optimize to look
1691			for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
1692			address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
1693			than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1694			for translation below 32-bit and if not available
1695			then look in the higher range.
1696		strict [Default Off]
1697			With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1698			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1699			to batching them for performance.
1700		sp_off [Default Off]
1701			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1702			has the capability. With this option, super page will
1703			not be supported.
1704		sm_on [Default Off]
1705			By default, scalable mode will be disabled even if the
1706			hardware advertises that it has support for the scalable
1707			mode translation. With this option set, scalable mode
1708			will be used on hardware which claims to support it.
1709		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1710			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1711			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1712			could harm performance of some high-throughput
1713			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1714			mapping is enabled.
1715			Note that using this option lowers the security
1716			provided by tboot because it makes the system
1717			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1718
1719	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1720			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1721			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
1722
1723	intel_pstate=	[X86]
1724			disable
1725			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1726			  scaling driver for the supported processors
1727			passive
1728			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1729			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1730			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
1731			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1732			  feature.
1733			force
1734			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1735			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1736			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1737			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1738			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1739			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1740			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1741			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1742			no_hwp
1743			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1744			  if available.
1745			hwp_only
1746			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1747			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1748			support_acpi_ppc
1749			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1750			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1751			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1752			  then this feature is turned on by default.
1753			per_cpu_perf_limits
1754			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1755			  cpufreq sysfs interface
1756
1757	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1758			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1759			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
1760			nosid	disable Source ID checking
1761			no_x2apic_optout
1762				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1763			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
1764
1765	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1766		strict	regions from userspace.
1767		relaxed
1768
1769	iommu=		[x86]
1770		off
1771		force
1772		noforce
1773		biomerge
1774		panic
1775		nopanic
1776		merge
1777		nomerge
1778		soft
1779		pt		[x86]
1780		nopt		[x86]
1781		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
1782			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1783
1784	iommu.strict=	[ARM64] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
1785			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1786			0 - Lazy mode.
1787			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
1788			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
1789			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
1790			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
1791			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
1792			1 - Strict mode (default).
1793			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
1794			  synchronously.
1795
1796	iommu.passthrough=
1797			[ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
1798			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1799			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1800			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
1801			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
1802
1803	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
1804			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1805			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1806
1807	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
1808		0x80
1809			Standard port 0x80 based delay
1810		0xed
1811			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
1812		udelay
1813			Simple two microseconds delay
1814		none
1815			No delay
1816
1817	ip=		[IP_PNP]
1818			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
1819
1820	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
1821			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
1822
1823	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
1824			[ARM, ARM64]
1825			Format: <bool>
1826			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
1827			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
1828			exposed by the device tree is too small.
1829
1830	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
1831			[ARM, ARM64]
1832			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
1833			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
1834			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
1835			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
1836			LPIs.
1837
1838	irqfixup	[HW]
1839			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1840			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1841			firmware running.
1842
1843	irqpoll		[HW]
1844			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1845			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
1846			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1847			firmware running.
1848
1849	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
1850			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
1851
1852	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
1853			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
1854			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
1855
1856			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
1857			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
1858
1859			nohz
1860			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
1861
1862			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
1863			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
1864			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
1865			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
1866			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
1867
1868			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
1869			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
1870			  be configured manually after bootup.
1871
1872			domain
1873			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1874			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
1875			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
1876			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
1877			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
1878			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
1879			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
1880			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
1881
1882			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
1883			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1884			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1885			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1886
1887			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
1888
1889
1890
1891	iucv=		[HW,NET]
1892
1893	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86_64]
1894			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1895			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1896			example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
1897			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1898				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
1899
1900	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86_64]
1901			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1902			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1903			example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
1904			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1905				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
1906
1907	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86_64]
1908			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
1909			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1910			example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
1911			PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
1912				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
1913
1914	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
1915			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
1916
1917	nokaslr		[KNL]
1918			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
1919			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
1920			Layout Randomization).
1921
1922	kasan_multi_shot
1923			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
1924			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
1925			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
1926			invalid access.
1927
1928	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
1929
1930	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
1931			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
1932			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
1933			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
1934			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
1935			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
1936			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
1937			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
1938			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
1939			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
1940
1941			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
1942			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
1943			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
1944			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1945			zone if it does not.
1946
1947			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
1948			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
1949			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
1950			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
1951			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
1952			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
1953			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
1954
1955	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
1956			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
1957			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
1958			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
1959			optional and is the number seconds in between
1960			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
1961			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
1962			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
1963			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
1964			the kernel debugger.
1965
1966	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
1967			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
1968			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
1969			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
1970			 keyboard only format: kbd
1971			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
1972			Optional Kernel mode setting:
1973			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
1974			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
1975
1976	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
1977			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
1978
1979	kmac=		[MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
1980			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
1981			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
1982
1983	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
1984			Valid arguments: on, off
1985			Default: on
1986			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
1987			the default is off.
1988
1989	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
1990			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
1991
1992	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
1993				   Default is false (don't support).
1994
1995	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
1996			KVM MMU at runtime.
1997			Default is 0 (off)
1998
1999	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2000			Default is 1 (enabled)
2001
2002	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2003			for all guests.
2004			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2005
2006	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2007			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2008			system registers
2009
2010	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2011			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2012			system registers
2013
2014	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2015			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2016			system registers
2017
2018	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2019			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2020			LPIs.
2021
2022	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2023			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2024			Default is 1 (enabled)
2025
2026	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2027			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
2028			Default is 0 (disabled)
2029
2030	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2031			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2032			Default is 1 (enabled)
2033
2034	kvm-intel.nested=
2035			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2036			Default is 0 (disabled)
2037
2038	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2039			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2040			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2041			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2042
2043	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2044			CVE-2018-3620.
2045
2046			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2047
2048			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2049			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2050				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2051			never:	Disables the mitigation
2052
2053			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2054
2055	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2056			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2057			Default is 1 (enabled)
2058
2059	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2060			      affected CPUs
2061
2062			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2063			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2064
2065			full
2066				Provides all available mitigations for the
2067				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2068				enables all mitigations in the
2069				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2070
2071				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2072				sysfs interface is still possible after
2073				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2074				when the first VM is started in a
2075				potentially insecure configuration,
2076				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2077
2078			full,force
2079				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2080				flush runtime control. Implies the
2081				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2082				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2083
2084			flush
2085				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2086				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2087				L1D flush.
2088
2089				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2090				sysfs interface is still possible after
2091				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2092				when the first VM is started in a
2093				potentially insecure configuration,
2094				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2095
2096			flush,nosmt
2097
2098				Disables SMT and enables the default
2099				hypervisor mitigation.
2100
2101				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2102				sysfs interface is still possible after
2103				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2104				when the first VM is started in a
2105				potentially insecure configuration,
2106				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2107
2108			flush,nowarn
2109				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2110				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2111				insecure configuration.
2112
2113			off
2114				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2115				emit any warnings.
2116				It also drops the swap size and available
2117				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2118				bare metal.
2119
2120			Default is 'flush'.
2121
2122			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/l1tf.rst
2123
2124	l2cr=		[PPC]
2125
2126	l3cr=		[PPC]
2127
2128	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2129			disabled it.
2130
2131	lapic=		[x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
2132			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2133			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2134
2135	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2136			in C2 power state.
2137
2138	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2139			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2140			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2141			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2142			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2143			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2144			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2145
2146	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2147			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2148			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2149
2150	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2151			when set.
2152			Format: <int>
2153
2154	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma
2155			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
2156			PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
2157			matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
2158			the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
2159			the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
2160			values are used.  If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
2161			configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
2162
2163			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2164			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2165			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2166			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2167			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2168			host link and device attached to it.
2169
2170			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2171			as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
2172			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2173			The following configurations can be forced.
2174
2175			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2176			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2177
2178			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2179
2180			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2181			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2182			  allowed.
2183
2184			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2185
2186			* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
2187
2188			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
2189			  and both resets.
2190
2191			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
2192			  hot-unplug link recovery
2193
2194			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
2195
2196			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
2197
2198			* disable: Disable this device.
2199
2200			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2201			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2202
2203	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2204
2205	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
2206			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
2207
2208	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2209			Format: <integer>
2210
2211	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2212			Format: <integer>
2213
2214	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2215			Format: <integer>
2216
2217	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2218			Format: <integer>
2219
2220	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2221			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2222			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2223			number of online CPUs.
2224
2225	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2226			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2227
2228	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2229			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2230
2231	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2232			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2233			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2234
2235	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2236			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2237			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2238			mode during the locktorture test.
2239
2240	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2241			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2242			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2243
2244	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2245			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2246
2247	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2248			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2249			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2250			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2251			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2252			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2253
2254	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2255			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2256
2257	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2258			Enable additional printk() statements.
2259
2260	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2261			Format: <irq>
2262
2263	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2264			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2265			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2266			loglevels are defined as follows:
2267
2268			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2269			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2270			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2271			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2272			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2273			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2274			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2275			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2276
2277	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2278			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2279			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2280			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2281			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2282			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2283			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2284
2285	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2286			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2287			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2288			kernel boot problems.
2289
2290	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2291	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2292	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2293	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2294				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2295				attached printers to be reset. Using
2296				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2297				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2298				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2299				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2300				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2301				port specification list means that device IDs
2302				from each port should be examined, to see if
2303				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2304				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2305				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2306
2307	lpj=n		[KNL]
2308			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2309			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2310			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2311			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2312			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2313			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2314			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2315			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2316			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2317			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2318			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2319			hardware.
2320
2321	ltpc=		[NET]
2322			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2323
2324	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2325
2326	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2327			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2328			Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
2329
2330	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
2331			 yeeloong laptop.
2332			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2333
2334	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2335			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2336
2337	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2338			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2339			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2340			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2341			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2342			only takes effect during system bootup.
2343			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2344			which also disables the IO APIC.
2345
2346	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2347	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2348			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2349			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2350			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2351			/dev/loop-control interface.
2352
2353	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2354
2355	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
2356
2357	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2358			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2359
2360	mdacon=		[MDA]
2361			Format: <first>,<last>
2362			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2363
2364	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2365			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
2366			to see the whole system memory or for test.
2367			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2368			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2369			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2370			belonging to unused RAM.
2371
2372	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2373			memory.
2374
2375	memchunk=nn[KMG]
2376			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2377			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2378
2379	memhp_default_state=online/offline
2380			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2381			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2382			set according to the
2383			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2384			option.
2385			See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt.
2386
2387	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2388			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2389			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2390			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2391			option description.
2392
2393	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2394			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2395			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2396			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2397			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2398			Multiple different regions can be specified,
2399			comma delimited.
2400			Example:
2401				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2402
2403	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2404			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2405			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2406
2407	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2408			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2409			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2410			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2411			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
2412			         or
2413			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2414			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2415			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2416			will be eaten.
2417
2418	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2419			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2420			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2421			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2422			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2423
2424	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
2425			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
2426			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
2427			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
2428			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
2429			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
2430			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
2431			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
2432
2433	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2434			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2435			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2436			Setting this option will scan the memory
2437			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
2438			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2439			from using the memory being corrupted.
2440			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2441			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2442			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2443			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2444
2445	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2446			By default it checks for corruption in the low
2447			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2448			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
2449			corruption in more or less memory.
2450
2451	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2452			By default it checks for corruption every 60
2453			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
2454			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
2455
2456	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,PPC] Enable memtest
2457			Format: <integer>
2458			default : 0 <disable>
2459			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2460			performed. Each pass selects another test
2461			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2462			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2463			memory contents and reserves bad memory
2464			regions that are detected.
2465
2466	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2467			Valid arguments: on, off
2468			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2469			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2470			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2471			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
2472			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
2473
2474			Refer to Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.txt
2475			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2476
2477	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2478			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
2479			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2480			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2481			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2482
2483	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2484			See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/meye.rst.
2485
2486	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2487			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2488			platforms.
2489
2490	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2491			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2492			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2493			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2494
2495	mga=		[HW,DRM]
2496
2497	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2498			physical address is ignored.
2499
2500	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
2501			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2502			Default: "0tb"
2503			MINI2440 configuration specification:
2504			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2505			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2506			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2507			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2508			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2509			unconfigured.
2510			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2511			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2512			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2513			VGA shield.
2514			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2515			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2516			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2517			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2518			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2519			http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2520
2521	mminit_loglevel=
2522			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2523			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2524			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2525			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2526			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2527			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2528
2529	module.sig_enforce
2530			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2531			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2532			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2533			is always true, so this option does nothing.
2534
2535	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2536			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
2537
2538	mousedev.tap_time=
2539			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2540			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2541			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2542			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2543			Format: <msecs>
2544	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2545			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2546	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2547			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2548
2549	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2550			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
2551			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
2552			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
2553			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
2554			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
2555			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
2556			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
2557			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2558			is not too small.
2559
2560	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2561			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2562			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2563			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2564			allocations. Use with caution!
2565
2566	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
2567			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2568
2569	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
2570			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
2571
2572	mtdparts=	[MTD]
2573			See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
2574
2575	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
2576			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
2577			at a time.
2578
2579	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
2580
2581			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
2582
2583			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
2584				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
2585			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
2586				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
2587				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
2588
2589	mtdset=		[ARM]
2590			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
2591
2592			See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
2593
2594	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
2595			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
2596			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
2597
2598	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2599			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
2600			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
2601
2602	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2603			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
2604			Default is 1.
2605			Large value could prevent small alignment from
2606			using up MTRRs.
2607
2608	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
2609			Format: <integer>
2610			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
2611			Default : 1
2612			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
2613			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
2614
2615	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
2616
2617	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
2618			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
2619			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
2620			something different and driver-specific.
2621			This usage is only documented in each driver source
2622			file if at all.
2623
2624	nf_conntrack.acct=
2625			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
2626			0 to disable accounting
2627			1 to enable accounting
2628			Default value is 0.
2629
2630	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
2631			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2632
2633	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
2634			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2635
2636	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
2637			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2638
2639	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
2640			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
2641			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
2642			requests.
2643
2644	nfs.callback_tcpport=
2645			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
2646			channel should listen.
2647
2648	nfs.cache_getent=
2649			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
2650			to update the NFS client cache entries.
2651
2652	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
2653			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
2654			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
2655
2656	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
2657			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
2658			entries.
2659
2660	nfs.enable_ino64=
2661			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
2662			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
2663			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
2664			of returning the full 64-bit number.
2665			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
2666
2667	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
2668			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
2669			slots the client will assign to the callback
2670			channel. This determines the maximum number of
2671			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
2672			a particular server.
2673
2674	nfs.max_session_slots=
2675			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
2676			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
2677			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
2678			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
2679			Note that there is little point in setting this
2680			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
2681
2682	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2683			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
2684			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
2685			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
2686			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
2687			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
2688			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
2689			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
2690			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
2691			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
2692			back to using the idmapper.
2693			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
2694	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
2695			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
2696			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
2697			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
2698			UUID that is generated at system install time.
2699
2700	nfs.send_implementation_id =
2701			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
2702			information in exchange_id requests.
2703			If zero, no implementation identification information
2704			will be sent.
2705			The default is to send the implementation identification
2706			information.
2707
2708	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
2709			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
2710			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
2711			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
2712			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
2713			after the locks are lost.
2714			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
2715			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
2716			parameter to '1'.
2717			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
2718			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
2719
2720	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
2721			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
2722			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
2723
2724			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
2725			whatever value is the default set by the layout
2726			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
2727			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
2728
2729	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2730			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
2731			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
2732			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
2733			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
2734			migration from NFSv2/v3.
2735
2736	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
2737			when a NMI is triggered.
2738			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
2739
2740	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
2741			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
2742			Valid num: 0 or 1
2743			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
2744			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
2745			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
2746			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
2747			default). To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
2748			please see 'nowatchdog'.
2749			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
2750			need the box quickly up again.
2751
2752			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
2753			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
2754
2755	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
2756			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
2757			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
2758			waits 4 seconds.
2759
2760	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
2761			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
2762			is present.
2763
2764	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
2765			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
2766
2767	no_console_suspend
2768			[HW] Never suspend the console
2769			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
2770			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
2771			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
2772			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
2773			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
2774			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
2775			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
2776			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
2777			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
2778			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
2779			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
2780			turn on/off it dynamically.
2781
2782	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
2783			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
2784			but will impact performance.
2785
2786	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
2787
2788	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
2789			(CPU alternatives feature).
2790
2791	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
2792			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
2793
2794	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
2795
2796	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
2797			on "Classic" PPC cores.
2798
2799	nocache		[ARM]
2800
2801	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
2802
2803	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
2804
2805	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
2806
2807	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
2808
2809	noexec		[IA-64]
2810
2811	noexec		[X86]
2812			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
2813			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2814			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
2815
2816	nosmap		[X86]
2817			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
2818			even if it is supported by processor.
2819
2820	nosmep		[X86]
2821			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
2822			even if it is supported by processor.
2823
2824	noexec32	[X86-64]
2825			This affects only 32-bit executables.
2826			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2827				read doesn't imply executable mappings
2828			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
2829				read implies executable mappings
2830
2831	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
2832
2833	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
2834			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
2835			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
2836
2837	nohugeiomap	[KNL,x86] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
2838
2839	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2840			Equivalent to smt=1.
2841
2842			[KNL,x86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2843			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
2844				     via the sysfs control file.
2845
2846	nospectre_v1	[PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1 (bounds
2847			check bypass). With this option data leaks are possible
2848			in the system.
2849
2850	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E] Disable all mitigations for the Spectre variant 2
2851			(indirect branch prediction) vulnerability. System may
2852			allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent
2853			to spectre_v2=off.
2854
2855	nospec_store_bypass_disable
2856			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
2857
2858	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
2859			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
2860			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
2861
2862	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
2863			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
2864			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
2865			performance of saving the states is degraded because
2866			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
2867			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
2868
2869	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
2870			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
2871			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
2872			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
2873			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
2874			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
2875			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
2876
2877	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
2878			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
2879			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
2880
2881	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
2882			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
2883			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
2884
2885	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
2886			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
2887			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
2888			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
2889			in certain environments such as networked servers or
2890			real-time systems.
2891
2892	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
2893
2894	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
2895			Valid arguments: on, off
2896			Default: on
2897
2898	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
2899			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2900			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
2901			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
2902			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
2903			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
2904			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
2905			just as if they had also been called out in the
2906			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
2907
2908	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
2909
2910	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
2911			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
2912
2913	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
2914			broken timer IRQ sources.
2915
2916	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
2917
2918	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
2919			initial RAM disk.
2920
2921	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
2922			remapping.
2923			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
2924
2925	nointroute	[IA-64]
2926
2927	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
2928
2929	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
2930
2931	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
2932
2933	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
2934			fault handling.
2935
2936	no-vmw-sched-clock
2937			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
2938			clock and use the default one.
2939
2940	no-steal-acc	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
2941			steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
2942			behaviour
2943
2944	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
2945
2946	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
2947
2948	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
2949			lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
2950
2951	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
2952
2953	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
2954
2955	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
2956			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
2957
2958	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
2959			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
2960			irq.
2961
2962	nomodule	Disable module load
2963
2964	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
2965			pagetables) support.
2966
2967	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
2968
2969	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
2970			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
2971
2972	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
2973			with UP alternatives
2974
2975	nordrand	[X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
2976			RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
2977			by the processor.  RDRAND and RDSEED are still
2978			available to user space applications.
2979
2980	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
2981			space.
2982
2983	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
2984			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
2985			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
2986
2987	nosbagart	[IA-64]
2988
2989	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
2990
2991	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
2992			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
2993
2994	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
2995
2996	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
2997
2998	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
2999			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3000
3001	nowb		[ARM]
3002
3003	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3004
3005	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
3006			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
3007			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
3008			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
3009			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
3010			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
3011			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
3012			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
3013			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
3014			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
3015			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
3016			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
3017			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
3018
3019	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3020			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3021			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3022			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3023			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3024			parameter's value.
3025			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3026			Default: 255
3027
3028	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3029			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3030			SAL PALO.
3031
3032	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3033			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3034			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3035			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3036			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3037			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3038			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3039			hot plugging.
3040
3041	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3042
3043	numa_balancing=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
3044			Allowed values are enable and disable
3045
3046	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3047			'node', 'default' can be specified
3048			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3049			See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
3050
3051	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3052			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
3053			info.
3054
3055	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3056			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3057			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3058			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3059			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3060			interrupts *may* be lost!
3061
3062	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3063			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3064			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3065			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3066
3067	oprofile.timer=	[HW]
3068			Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
3069
3070	oprofile.cpu_type=	Force an oprofile cpu type
3071			This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
3072			userland or if you want common events.
3073			Format: { arch_perfmon }
3074			arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
3075				perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
3076				CPU specific event set.
3077			timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
3078				timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
3079				for generic hr timer mode)
3080
3081	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3082			process, but there is a small probability of
3083			deadlocking the machine.
3084			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3085			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3086
3087	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3088			Storage of the information about who allocated
3089			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3090			we can turn it on.
3091			on: enable the feature
3092
3093	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3094			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3095			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3096			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3097			on: turn on poisoning
3098
3099	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3100			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3101			timeout = 0: wait forever
3102			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3103			Format: <timeout>
3104
3105	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3106			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3107			bit 0: print all tasks info
3108			bit 1: print system memory info
3109			bit 2: print timer info
3110			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3111			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3112
3113	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3114			on a WARN().
3115
3116	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
3117			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
3118			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
3119			succeeds in any situation.
3120			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
3121			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
3122			kernel more unstable.
3123
3124	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3125			connected to, default is 0.
3126			Format: <parport#>
3127	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3128			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3129			Format: <mode>
3130
3131	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3132			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3133			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3134			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3135			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3136			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3137			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3138			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3139			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3140			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3141			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3142			are specified on the command line, starting
3143			with parport0.
3144
3145	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
3146			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3147			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3148			computer where firmware has no options for setting
3149			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3150			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3151			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3152
3153	pause_on_oops=
3154			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
3155			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
3156			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
3157
3158	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
3159
3160	pcd.		[PARIDE]
3161			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
3162			See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3163
3164	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
3165
3166				Some options herein operate on a specific device
3167				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
3168				specified in one of the following formats:
3169
3170				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
3171				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
3172
3173				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
3174				bus/device/function address which may change
3175				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
3176				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
3177				by other kernel parameters. If the
3178				domain is left unspecified, it is
3179				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
3180				to a device through multiple device/function
3181				addresses can be specified after the base
3182				address (this is more robust against
3183				renumbering issues).  The second format
3184				selects devices using IDs from the
3185				configuration space which may match multiple
3186				devices in the system.
3187
3188		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
3189				changes anything
3190		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
3191		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
3192				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
3193				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
3194		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
3195				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
3196				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
3197				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
3198		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3199				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
3200				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
3201		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3202				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
3203				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
3204				bus number. The config space is then accessed
3205				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
3206				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
3207				on the configuration access mechanisms.
3208		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
3209				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3210				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
3211		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
3212				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
3213		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
3214				Configuration
3215		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
3216				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
3217				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
3218		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
3219				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3220				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
3221		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
3222				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
3223				should never be necessary.
3224		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
3225				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
3226				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
3227				when the system masks IRQs.
3228		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
3229				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
3230				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
3231				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
3232		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
3233				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
3234				on several machines and they hang the machine
3235				when used, but on other computers it's the only
3236				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
3237				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
3238				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
3239				motherboard.
3240		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
3241				Use with caution as certain devices share
3242				address decoders between ROMs and other
3243				resources.
3244		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
3245				expansion ROMs that do not already have
3246				BIOS assigned address ranges.
3247		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
3248				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
3249		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
3250				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
3251				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
3252				this way.
3253		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
3254				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
3255				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
3256				F0000h-100000h range.
3257		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3258				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3259				secondary buses and you want to tell it
3260				explicitly which ones they are.
3261		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3262				numbers ourselves, overriding
3263				whatever the firmware may have done.
3264		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3265				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3266				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3267				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3268				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3269				IRQ routing is enabled.
3270		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3271				or for PCI scanning.
3272		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3273				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3274				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
3275				please report a bug.
3276		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3277				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3278		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3279				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3280				so this option is a temporary workaround
3281				for broken drivers that don't call it.
3282		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3283				handle more pci cards
3284		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3285				This might help on some broken boards which
3286				machine check when some devices' config space
3287				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3288				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3289		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3290				This sorting is done to get a device
3291				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3292		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3293		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3294				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3295		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3296				supported by all devices below the root complex.
3297		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3298				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3299				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3300				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3301				or bus can support) for best performance.
3302		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3303				every device is guaranteed to support. This
3304				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3305				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3306				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
3307				that hot-added devices will work.
3308		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3309				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3310				The default value is 256 bytes.
3311		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3312				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3313				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3314		resource_alignment=
3315				Format:
3316				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
3317				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3318				aligned memory resources. How to
3319				specify the device is described above.
3320				If <order of align> is not specified,
3321				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3322				PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
3323				windows need to be expanded.
3324				To specify the alignment for several
3325				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3326				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3327				specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3328		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3329				end-to-end CRC checking).
3330				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3331				the default.
3332				off: Turn ECRC off
3333				on: Turn ECRC on.
3334		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3335				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3336				Default size is 256 bytes.
3337		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3338				reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window.
3339				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3340		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3341				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3342				Default is 1.
3343		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3344				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3345				accommodate resources required by all child
3346				devices.
3347				off: Turn realloc off
3348				on: Turn realloc on
3349		realloc		same as realloc=on
3350		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
3351		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
3352				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
3353		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
3354				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3355				port.
3356		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
3357				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
3358				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
3359				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
3360				conflict with unreported devices), so this
3361				taints the kernel.
3362		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
3363				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
3364				specified above) separated by semicolons.
3365				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
3366				redirect capabilities forced off which will
3367				allow P2P traffic between devices through
3368				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
3369				this removes isolation between devices and
3370				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
3371
3372	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3373			Management.
3374		off	Disable ASPM.
3375		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3376			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3377
3378	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
3379		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
3380			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
3381			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
3382			also tries to use these services.
3383		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
3384			hotplug).
3385
3386	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3387		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3388		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3389
3390	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3391		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3392			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3393
3394	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3395
3396	pd_ignore_unused
3397			[PM]
3398			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3399			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3400			for debug and development, but should not be
3401			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3402
3403	pd.		[PARIDE]
3404			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3405
3406	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
3407			boot time.
3408			Format: { 0 | 1 }
3409			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
3410
3411	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
3412			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
3413			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
3414			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
3415			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
3416			and performance comparison.
3417
3418	pf.		[PARIDE]
3419			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3420
3421	pg.		[PARIDE]
3422			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3423
3424	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
3425			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
3426
3427	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
3428			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
3429			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
3430
3431	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
3432			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
3433			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
3434
3435	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
3436			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
3437			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
3438			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
3439			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
3440			possible settings and some assignment information.
3441
3442	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
3443			{ off }
3444
3445	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
3446			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
3447
3448	pnp_reserve_irq=
3449			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
3450
3451	pnp_reserve_dma=
3452			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
3453
3454	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
3455			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
3456
3457	pnp_reserve_mem=
3458			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
3459			autoconfiguration.
3460			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
3461
3462	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
3463			Default is 21.
3464			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
3465			may be specified.
3466			Format: <port>,<port>....
3467
3468	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
3469			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
3470			platform machine description specific power_save
3471			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
3472			execution priority.
3473
3474	ppc_strict_facility_enable
3475			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
3476			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
3477			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
3478			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
3479
3480	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
3481			Format: {"off"}
3482			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
3483
3484	print-fatal-signals=
3485			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
3486
3487			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
3488			related application anomalies: too many signals,
3489			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
3490			coredump - etc.
3491
3492			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
3493			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
3494
3495			default: off.
3496
3497	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
3498			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
3499			panics
3500			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3501			default: disabled
3502
3503	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
3504			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
3505			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
3506			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
3507			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
3508			Default: ratelimit
3509
3510	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
3511			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3512
3513	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
3514			Limit processor to maximum C-state
3515			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
3516
3517	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
3518			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
3519			instead using the legacy FADT method
3520
3521	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
3522			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
3523			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
3524				[defaults to kernel profiling]
3525			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
3526			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
3527				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
3528			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
3529			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
3530				statistical time based profiling.
3531
3532	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
3533			before loading.
3534			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3535
3536	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
3537			tracking.
3538			Format: <bool>
3539
3540	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
3541			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
3542	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
3543			per second.
3544	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
3545			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
3546			(0 = never).
3547	psmouse.resolution=
3548			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
3549	psmouse.smartscroll=
3550			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
3551			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
3552
3553	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
3554
3555	pt.		[PARIDE]
3556			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3557
3558	pti=		[X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
3559			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
3560			removes hardening, but improves performance of
3561			system calls and interrupts.
3562
3563			on   - unconditionally enable
3564			off  - unconditionally disable
3565			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
3566			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
3567
3568			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
3569
3570	nopti		[X86_64]
3571			Equivalent to pti=off
3572
3573	pty.legacy_count=
3574			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
3575			default number.
3576
3577	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
3578
3579	r128=		[HW,DRM]
3580
3581	raid=		[HW,RAID]
3582			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3583
3584	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
3585			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3586
3587	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
3588			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
3589			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
3590			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
3591			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
3592
3593	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
3594
3595		cec_disable	[X86]
3596				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
3597				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
3598
3599	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
3600			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3601
3602			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
3603			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
3604			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be
3605			offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that
3606			purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and
3607			"s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number.
3608			This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs,
3609			which can be useful for HPC and real-time
3610			workloads.  It can also improve energy efficiency
3611			for asymmetric multiprocessors.
3612
3613	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
3614			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
3615			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
3616			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
3617			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
3618			This improves the real-time response for the
3619			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
3620			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
3621			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
3622			periodically wake up to do the polling.
3623
3624	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
3625			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
3626			process in one batch.
3627
3628	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
3629			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
3630			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
3631			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
3632
3633	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
3634			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3635			RCU grace-period cleanup.
3636
3637	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
3638			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3639			RCU grace-period initialization.
3640
3641	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
3642			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3643			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
3644			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
3645			the rcu_node combining tree.
3646
3647	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
3648			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
3649			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
3650			possibly be useful for architectures having high
3651			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
3652
3653	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
3654			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
3655			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
3656			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
3657			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
3658			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
3659			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
3660
3661	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
3662			Set required age in jiffies for a
3663			given grace period before RCU starts
3664			soliciting quiescent-state help from
3665			rcu_note_context_switch().  If not specified, the
3666			kernel will calculate a value based on the most
3667			recent settings of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
3668			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
3669			This calculated value may be viewed in
3670			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to
3671			set rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be
3672			cheerfully overwritten.
3673
3674	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
3675			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
3676			first attempt to force quiescent states.
3677			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
3678			and maximum value is HZ.
3679
3680	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
3681			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
3682			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
3683			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
3684
3685	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
3686			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
3687			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
3688			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
3689			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
3690			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
3691			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
3692			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
3693			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
3694			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
3695
3696	rcutree.rcu_nocb_leader_stride= [KNL]
3697			Set the number of NOCB kthread groups, which
3698			defaults to the square root of the number of
3699			CPUs.  Larger numbers reduces the wakeup overhead
3700			on the per-CPU grace-period kthreads, but increases
3701			that same overhead on each group's leader.
3702
3703	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
3704			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
3705			batch limiting is disabled.
3706
3707	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
3708			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
3709			batch limiting is re-enabled.
3710
3711	rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
3712			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3713			RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3714
3715	rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL]
3716			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3717			only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3718			Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
3719			prove do nothing more than free memory.
3720
3721	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
3722			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
3723			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
3724			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
3725			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
3726			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
3727
3728	rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL]
3729			Measure performance of asynchronous
3730			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
3731
3732	rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL]
3733			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
3734			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
3735			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
3736			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
3737			previously posted callbacks to drain.
3738
3739	rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
3740			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
3741			grace-period primitives.
3742
3743	rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL]
3744			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
3745			this parameter is to delay the start of the
3746			test until boot completes in order to avoid
3747			interference.
3748
3749	rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
3750			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3751			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3752			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
3753			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3754			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3755			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
3756			a single reader.
3757
3758	rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL]
3759			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
3760			the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
3761			N, where N is the number of CPUs
3762
3763	rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
3764			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3765
3766	rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL]
3767			Shut the system down after performance tests
3768			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
3769			testing.
3770
3771	rcuperf.verbose= [KNL]
3772			Enable additional printk() statements.
3773
3774	rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
3775			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
3776			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
3777			no holdoff.
3778
3779	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
3780			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
3781			in microseconds.
3782
3783	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
3784			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
3785			in microseconds.
3786
3787	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
3788			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
3789			in seconds.
3790
3791	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
3792			Enable RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
3793			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
3794
3795	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
3796			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
3797			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
3798
3799	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
3800			Number of seconds to wait between successive
3801			forward-progress tests.
3802
3803	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
3804			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
3805			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
3806			testing.
3807
3808	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
3809			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
3810			primitives, if available.
3811
3812	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
3813			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
3814
3815	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
3816			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
3817			update-side primitives, if available.
3818
3819	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
3820			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
3821			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
3822			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
3823			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
3824			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
3825			they are all non-zero.
3826
3827	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
3828			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
3829
3830	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
3831			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
3832			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
3833			test, hence the "fake".
3834
3835	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
3836			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3837			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3838			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
3839			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3840			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3841
3842	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
3843			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
3844
3845	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3846			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3847
3848	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3849			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
3850			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3851
3852	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3853			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
3854			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
3855			during the rcutorture test.
3856
3857	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3858			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3859			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3860
3861	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
3862			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
3863			warnings, zero to disable.
3864
3865	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
3866			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
3867
3868	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
3869			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
3870
3871	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3872			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3873
3874	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
3875			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
3876			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
3877			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
3878			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
3879
3880	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
3881			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
3882			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
3883			under test support RCU priority boosting.
3884
3885	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
3886			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
3887
3888	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
3889			Interval (s) between each boost test.
3890
3891	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
3892			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
3893			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
3894
3895	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3896			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3897
3898	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
3899			Enable additional printk() statements.
3900
3901	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
3902			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3903
3904	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3905			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3906
3907	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
3908			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
3909			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
3910			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
3911			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
3912			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
3913			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3914
3915	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
3916			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
3917			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
3918			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
3919			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
3920			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
3921			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
3922			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
3923			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3924
3925	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
3926			Once boot has completed (that is, after
3927			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
3928			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
3929			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3930
3931	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3932			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
3933			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
3934			to zero.
3935
3936	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
3937			Run the RCU early boot self tests
3938
3939	rdinit=		[KNL]
3940			Format: <full_path>
3941			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
3942			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
3943
3944	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
3945			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
3946			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
3947			mba.
3948			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
3949				rdt=cmt,!mba
3950
3951	reboot=		[KNL]
3952			Format (x86 or x86_64):
3953				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
3954				[[,]s[mp]#### \
3955				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
3956				[[,]f[orce]
3957			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio,
3958			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
3959			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
3960			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
3961					to be used for rebooting.
3962
3963	relax_domain_level=
3964			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
3965			See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt.
3966
3967	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
3968			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
3969			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
3970			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
3971			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
3972
3973	reservetop=	[X86-32]
3974			Format: nn[KMG]
3975			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
3976			address space.
3977
3978	reservelow=	[X86]
3979			Format: nn[K]
3980			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
3981			the bottom of the address space.
3982
3983	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
3984			during initialization.
3985
3986	resume=		[SWSUSP]
3987			Specify the partition device for software suspend
3988			Format:
3989			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
3990
3991	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
3992			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
3993			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
3994			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
3995			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
3996
3997	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
3998			read the resume files
3999
4000	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
4001			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4002			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4003
4004	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
4005		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
4006				present during boot.
4007		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
4008		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
4009		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
4010				(that will set all pages holding image data
4011				during restoration read-only).
4012
4013	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
4014
4015	rfkill.default_state=
4016		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
4017			etc. communication is blocked by default.
4018		1	Unblocked.
4019
4020	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
4021		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
4022		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4023			blocked and the previous configuration.
4024		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4025			blocked and everything unblocked.
4026
4027	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4028			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
4029
4030	ring3mwait=disable
4031			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
4032			CPUs.
4033
4034	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
4035
4036	rodata=		[KNL]
4037		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
4038		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
4039
4040	rockchip.usb_uart
4041			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
4042			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
4043			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
4044			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
4045
4046	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
4047			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
4048
4049	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4050			mount the root filesystem
4051
4052	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
4053
4054	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
4055
4056	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
4057			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4058			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4059
4060	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
4061			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
4062			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
4063			managed by CMA.
4064
4065	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
4066
4067	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
4068
4069	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
4070			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
4071		strict
4072			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
4073			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
4074			which is faster.
4075
4076	sa1100ir	[NET]
4077			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
4078
4079	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
4080
4081	sched_debug	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
4082
4083	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
4084			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
4085			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
4086			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
4087
4088	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
4089			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
4090			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
4091			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4092			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
4093			1 -- enable.
4094			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
4095			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
4096
4097	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
4098			If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
4099			security module asking for security registration will be
4100			loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
4101			as if no module has been chosen.
4102
4103	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
4104			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4105			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
4106			0 -- disable.
4107			1 -- enable.
4108			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4109			If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
4110			later to disable prior to initial policy load.
4111
4112	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
4113			Format: { "0" | "1" }
4114			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
4115			0 -- disable.
4116			1 -- enable.
4117			Default value is set via kernel config option.
4118
4119	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
4120
4121	shapers=	[NET]
4122			Maximal number of shapers.
4123
4124	simeth=		[IA-64]
4125	simscsi=
4126
4127	slram=		[HW,MTD]
4128
4129	slab_nomerge	[MM]
4130			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
4131			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
4132			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
4133			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
4134			layout control by attackers can usually be
4135			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
4136			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
4137			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
4138			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
4139			own.
4140			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4141
4142	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
4143			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4144			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4145			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
4146			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
4147
4148	slub_debug[=options[,slabs]]	[MM, SLUB]
4149			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
4150			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
4151			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
4152			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
4153			last alloc / free. For more information see
4154			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4155
4156	slub_memcg_sysfs=	[MM, SLUB]
4157			Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for
4158			memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
4159			The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.
4160			Enabling this can lead to a very high number of	debug
4161			directories and files being created under
4162			/sys/kernel/slub.
4163
4164	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
4165			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
4166			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
4167			fragmentation. For more information see
4168			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4169
4170	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
4171			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
4172			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
4173			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
4174			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
4175			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
4176			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
4177			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4178
4179	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
4180			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
4181			lower than slub_max_order.
4182			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
4183
4184	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
4185			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
4186			See slab_nomerge for more information.
4187
4188	smart2=		[HW]
4189			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
4190
4191	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
4192	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
4193	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
4194	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
4195	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
4196	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
4197	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
4198				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
4199				1: Fast pin select (default)
4200				2: ATC IRMode
4201
4202	smt		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
4203			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
4204			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
4205			actual hardware limit.
4206			Format: <integer>
4207			Default: -1 (no limit)
4208
4209	softlockup_panic=
4210			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
4211			Format: <integer>
4212
4213			A nonzero value instructs the soft-lockup detector
4214			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. This
4215			is also controlled by CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
4216			which is the respective build-time switch to that
4217			functionality.
4218
4219	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
4220			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
4221			backtraces on all cpus.
4222			Format: <integer>
4223
4224	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
4225			See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt
4226
4227	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
4228			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
4229			The default operation protects the kernel from
4230			user space attacks.
4231
4232			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
4233			       spectre_v2_user=on
4234			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
4235			       spectre_v2_user=off
4236			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4237			       vulnerable
4238
4239			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
4240			mitigation method at run time according to the
4241			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
4242			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
4243			compiler with which the kernel was built.
4244
4245			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
4246			against user space to user space task attacks.
4247
4248			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
4249			the user space protections.
4250
4251			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
4252
4253			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
4254			retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline
4255			retpoline,amd     - AMD-specific minimal thunk
4256
4257			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4258			spectre_v2=auto.
4259
4260	spectre_v2_user=
4261			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
4262		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
4263		        user space tasks
4264
4265			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
4266				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
4267
4268			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
4269				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
4270
4271			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
4272				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
4273				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
4274				  is inherited on fork.
4275
4276			prctl,ibpb
4277				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
4278				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
4279				  always when switching between different user
4280				  space processes.
4281
4282			seccomp
4283				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
4284				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
4285				  they explicitly opt out.
4286
4287			seccomp,ibpb
4288				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
4289				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
4290				  always when switching between different
4291				  user space processes.
4292
4293			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
4294				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
4295
4296			Default mitigation:
4297			If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y then "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4298
4299			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4300			spectre_v2_user=auto.
4301
4302	spec_store_bypass_disable=
4303			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
4304			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
4305
4306			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
4307			a common industry wide performance optimization known
4308			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
4309			to the same memory location may not be observed by
4310			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
4311			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
4312			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
4313			end of a particular speculation execution window.
4314
4315			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
4316			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
4317			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
4318			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
4319
4320			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
4321			Bypass optimization is used.
4322
4323			On x86 the options are:
4324
4325			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
4326			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
4327			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
4328				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
4329				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
4330				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
4331				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
4332				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
4333			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
4334				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
4335				  for a process by default. The state of the control
4336				  is inherited on fork.
4337			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
4338				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
4339
4340			Default mitigations:
4341			X86:	If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4342
4343			On powerpc the options are:
4344
4345			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
4346				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
4347				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
4348				  exit.
4349			off	- No action.
4350
4351			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4352			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
4353
4354	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
4355	spia_fio_base=
4356	spia_pedr=
4357	spia_peddr=
4358
4359	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
4360			Specifies how frequently to check for
4361			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
4362			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
4363			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
4364			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
4365			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
4366			are ignored.
4367
4368	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
4369			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
4370			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
4371			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
4372			grace period will be considered for automatic
4373			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
4374			expediting.
4375
4376	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
4377			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
4378
4379			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
4380			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
4381			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
4382			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
4383
4384			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
4385				   for both kernel and userspace
4386			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
4387				   for both kernel and userspace
4388			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
4389				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
4390				   to allow userspace to register its
4391				   interest in being mitigated too.
4392
4393	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
4394			override the default stack gap protection. The value
4395			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
4396			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
4397			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
4398			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
4399
4400	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
4401			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
4402
4403	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
4404			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
4405			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
4406			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
4407			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
4408			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
4409			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
4410
4411	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
4412			Format: <num>
4413			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
4414			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
4415			as the initial boot-console.
4416			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4417
4418	sti_font=	[HW]
4419			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4420
4421	stifb=		[HW]
4422			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
4423
4424	sunrpc.min_resvport=
4425	sunrpc.max_resvport=
4426			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4427			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
4428			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
4429			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
4430			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
4431			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
4432			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
4433			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
4434			maximum port values.
4435
4436	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
4437			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4438			Limit the number of requests that the server will
4439			process in parallel from a single connection.
4440			The default value is 0 (no limit).
4441
4442	sunrpc.pool_mode=
4443			[NFS]
4444			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
4445			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
4446			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
4447			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
4448			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
4449			NFS server is running.
4450
4451			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
4452				    automatically using heuristics
4453			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
4454			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
4455			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
4456				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
4457
4458	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
4459	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
4460			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4461			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
4462			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
4463			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
4464			improve throughput, but will also increase the
4465			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
4466
4467	suspend.pm_test_delay=
4468			[SUSPEND]
4469			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
4470			mode before resuming the system (see
4471			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
4472			is set. Default value is 5.
4473
4474	swapaccount=[0|1]
4475			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
4476			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
4477			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt)
4478
4479	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
4480			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
4481			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
4482			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
4483			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
4484			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
4485
4486	switches=	[HW,M68k]
4487
4488	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
4489			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
4490			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
4491			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
4492			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
4493			in older udev will not work anymore.
4494			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
4495			the kernel configuration.
4496
4497	sysrq_always_enabled
4498			[KNL]
4499			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
4500			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
4501			Useful for debugging.
4502
4503	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4504			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
4505			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
4506			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
4507			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
4508			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
4509
4510	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
4511
4512	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
4513			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
4514			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
4515			as the system sleep state during system startup with
4516			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
4517			The system is woken from this state using a
4518			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
4519
4520	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4521			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
4522
4523	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
4524			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
4525			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
4526
4527	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
4528			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
4529			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
4530
4531	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
4532			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
4533			critical and hot trip points.
4534
4535	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
4536			1: disable ACPI thermal control
4537
4538	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
4539			-1: disable all passive trip points
4540			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
4541			value
4542
4543	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
4544			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
4545			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
4546			0: no polling (default)
4547
4548	threadirqs	[KNL]
4549			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
4550			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
4551
4552	tmem		[KNL,XEN]
4553			Enable the Transcendent memory driver if built-in.
4554
4555	tmem.cleancache=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4556			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the cleancache
4557			API to send anonymous pages to the hypervisor.
4558
4559	tmem.frontswap=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4560			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the frontswap
4561			API to send swap pages to the hypervisor. If disabled
4562			the selfballooning and selfshrinking are force disabled.
4563
4564	tmem.selfballooning=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4565			Default is on (1). Disable the driving of swap pages
4566			to the hypervisor.
4567
4568	tmem.selfshrinking=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4569			Default is on (1). Partial swapoff that immediately
4570			transfers pages from Xen hypervisor back to the
4571			kernel based on different criteria.
4572
4573	topology=	[S390]
4574			Format: {off | on}
4575			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
4576			topology information if the hardware supports this.
4577			The scheduler will make use of this information and
4578			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
4579			Default is on.
4580
4581	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
4582			Format: {off}
4583			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
4584			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
4585			LPAR.
4586
4587	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
4588
4589	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
4590			Format: integer pcr id
4591			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
4592			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
4593			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
4594			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
4595			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
4596			are saved.
4597
4598	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
4599			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
4600
4601	trace_event=[event-list]
4602			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
4603			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
4604			comma separated list of trace events to enable. See
4605			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
4606
4607	trace_options=[option-list]
4608			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
4609			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
4610			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
4611			to echo the option name into
4612
4613			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
4614
4615			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
4616			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
4617
4618			      trace_options=stacktrace
4619
4620			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
4621			section.
4622
4623	tp_printk[FTRACE]
4624			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
4625			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
4626			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
4627			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
4628			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
4629
4630			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
4631			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
4632			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
4633			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
4634
4635			** CAUTION **
4636
4637			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
4638			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
4639			the system to live lock.
4640
4641	traceoff_on_warning
4642			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
4643			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
4644			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
4645			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
4646
4647			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
4648			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
4649			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
4650
4651			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
4652			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
4653
4654	transparent_hugepage=
4655			[KNL]
4656			Format: [always|madvise|never]
4657			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
4658			with respect to transparent hugepages.
4659			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
4660			for more details.
4661
4662	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
4663			Format: <string>
4664			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
4665			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
4666			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
4667			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
4668			virtualized environment.
4669			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
4670			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
4671			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
4672			can add overhead.
4673			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
4674			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
4675			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
4676
4677	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
4678			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
4679			Format:
4680			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
4681			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
4682
4683	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
4684			happen after console_init() and before a proper
4685			console driver takes over, this boot options might
4686			help "seeing" what's going on.
4687
4688	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4689			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
4690
4691	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
4692			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
4693			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
4694			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
4695			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
4696			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
4697			reported either.
4698
4699	unknown_nmi_panic
4700			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
4701
4702	usbcore.authorized_default=
4703			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
4704			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
4705			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized)
4706
4707	usbcore.autosuspend=
4708			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
4709			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
4710			is the time required before an idle device will be
4711			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
4712			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
4713
4714	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
4715			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
4716
4717	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
4718			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
4719			(default = 65536).
4720
4721	usbcore.blinkenlights=
4722			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
4723
4724	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
4725			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
4726			scheme,  applies only to low and full-speed devices
4727			 (default 0 = off).
4728
4729	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
4730			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
4731			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
4732
4733	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
4734			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
4735			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
4736
4737	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
4738			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
4739			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
4740			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
4741
4742	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
4743
4744	usbcore.quirks=
4745			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
4746			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
4747			commas. Each entry has the form
4748			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
4749			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
4750			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
4751			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
4752			the following meanings:
4753				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
4754					descriptors must not be fetched using
4755					a 255-byte read);
4756				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
4757					correctly so reset it instead);
4758				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
4759					Set-Interface requests);
4760				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
4761					handle its Configuration or Interface
4762					strings);
4763				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
4764					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
4765				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
4766					more interface descriptions than the
4767					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
4768					talking to these interfaces);
4769				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
4770					during initialization, after we read
4771					the device descriptor);
4772				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
4773					high speed and super speed interrupt
4774					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
4775					require the interval in microframes (1
4776					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
4777					calculated as interval = 2 ^
4778					(bInterval-1).
4779					Devices with this quirk report their
4780					bInterval as the result of this
4781					calculation instead of the exponent
4782					variable used in the calculation);
4783				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
4784					handle device_qualifier descriptor
4785					requests);
4786				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
4787					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
4788					remote wakeup capability);
4789				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
4790					Power Management);
4791				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
4792					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
4793					frames instead of the USB 2.0
4794					calculation);
4795				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
4796					to be disconnected before suspend to
4797					prevent spurious wakeup);
4798				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
4799					pause after every control message);
4800				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
4801					delay after resetting its port);
4802			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
4803
4804	usbhid.mousepoll=
4805			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
4806
4807	usbhid.jspoll=
4808			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
4809
4810	usbhid.kbpoll=
4811			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
4812
4813	usb-storage.delay_use=
4814			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
4815			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
4816
4817	usb-storage.quirks=
4818			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
4819			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
4820			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
4821			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
4822			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
4823			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
4824			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
4825				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
4826					of sense data);
4827				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
4828					bytes of sense data);
4829				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
4830					device capacity by one sector);
4831				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
4832					READ_DISC_INFO command);
4833				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
4834					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
4835				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
4836					command, uas only);
4837				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
4838					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
4839				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
4840					reported device capacity by one
4841					sector if the number is odd);
4842				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
4843					device);
4844				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
4845					command, uas only);
4846				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
4847					unlock ejectable media);
4848				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
4849					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
4850				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
4851					initial READ(10) command);
4852				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
4853					reported by the device);
4854				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
4855					by default);
4856				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
4857					bogus residue values);
4858				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
4859					Logical Unit);
4860				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
4861					commands, uas only);
4862				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
4863				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
4864					medium is write-protected).
4865				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
4866					even if the device claims no cache)
4867			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
4868
4869	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
4870			Format: <int>
4871			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
4872				 1 - undefined instruction events
4873				 2 - system calls
4874				 4 - invalid data aborts
4875				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
4876				16 - SIGBUS faults
4877			Example: user_debug=31
4878
4879	userpte=
4880			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
4881
4882				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
4883					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
4884					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
4885
4886	vdso=		[X86,SH]
4887			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
4888
4889			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
4890			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
4891
4892	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
4893			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
4894			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
4895
4896			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
4897			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
4898			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
4899
4900			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
4901			alias for vdso32=0.
4902
4903			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
4904			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
4905
4906	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
4907			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
4908
4909	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
4910			See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
4911
4912	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
4913			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
4914			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
4915			level and then send out the event to user space through
4916			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
4917			will only send out the event without touching backlight
4918			brightness level.
4919			default: 1
4920
4921	virtio_mmio.device=
4922			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
4923
4924				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
4925			where:
4926				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
4927						like K, M and G)
4928				<baseaddr> := physical base address
4929				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
4930						request_irq())
4931				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
4932			example:
4933				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
4934
4935			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
4936
4937	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
4938			See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
4939			Documentation/svga.txt.
4940			Use vga=ask for menu.
4941			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
4942			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
4943
4944	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
4945			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
4946			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
4947			All options are enabled by default, and this
4948			interface is meant to allow for selectively
4949			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
4950			debugging features.
4951
4952			Available options are:
4953			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
4954			  -	Disable all of the above options
4955
4956	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
4957			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
4958			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
4959			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
4960			mapped kernel RAM.
4961
4962	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
4963			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
4964			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
4965
4966	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
4967			Format: <command>
4968
4969	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
4970			Format: <command>
4971
4972	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
4973			Format: <command>
4974
4975	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
4976			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
4977			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
4978			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
4979			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
4980			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
4981			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
4982
4983			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
4984			            emulated reasonably safely.
4985
4986			native      Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
4987			            This is a little bit faster than trapping
4988			            and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
4989			            better than they would in emulation mode.
4990			            It also makes exploits much easier to write.
4991
4992			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
4993			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
4994			            might break your system.
4995
4996	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
4997			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
4998			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
4999
5000	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
5001			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
5002			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
5003			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
5004
5005	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
5006			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
5007			Change the default blue palette of the console.
5008			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5009			ranging from 0-255.
5010
5011	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
5012			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
5013			Change the default green palette of the console.
5014			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5015			ranging from 0-255.
5016
5017	vt.default_red=	[VT]
5018			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
5019			Change the default red palette of the console.
5020			This is a 16-member array composed of values
5021			ranging from 0-255.
5022
5023	vt.default_utf8=
5024			[VT]
5025			Format=<0|1>
5026			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
5027			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
5028			newly opened terminals.
5029
5030	vt.global_cursor_default=
5031			[VT]
5032			Format=<-1|0|1>
5033			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
5034			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
5035			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
5036			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
5037			cursors, 1 will display them.
5038
5039	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
5040			Default: 2 = green.
5041
5042	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
5043			Default: 3 = cyan.
5044
5045	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
5046			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
5047			or other driver-specific files in the
5048			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
5049
5050	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
5051			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
5052			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
5053			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
5054			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
5055			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
5056			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
5057			corresponding sysfs file.
5058
5059	workqueue.disable_numa
5060			By default, all work items queued to unbound
5061			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
5062			issued on, which results in better behavior in
5063			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
5064			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
5065			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
5066			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
5067
5068	workqueue.power_efficient
5069			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
5070			they show better performance thanks to cache
5071			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
5072			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
5073
5074			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
5075			were observed to contribute significantly to power
5076			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
5077			power usage at the cost of small performance
5078			overhead.
5079
5080			The default value of this parameter is determined by
5081			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
5082
5083	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
5084			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
5085			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
5086			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
5087			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
5088			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
5089			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
5090			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
5091			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
5092			impacted.
5093
5094	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
5095			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
5096			supporting x2apic.
5097
5098	x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
5099			Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform.
5100			Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
5101			plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
5102			x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
5103
5104	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
5105			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
5106			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
5107			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
5108			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
5109			domains.
5110
5111	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
5112			Unplug Xen emulated devices
5113			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
5114			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
5115			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
5116			nics -- unplug network devices
5117			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
5118			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
5119				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
5120				the unplug protocol
5121			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
5122
5123	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
5124			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
5125			optimizations.
5126
5127	xen_nopv	[X86]
5128			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
5129			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
5130
5131	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
5132			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
5133			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
5134			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
5135			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
5136
5137	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
5138			Format:
5139			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
5140
5141	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
5142			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
5143			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
5144			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
5145