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