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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]
13			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
14			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
15				  copy_dsdt }
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			For ARM64 and RISCV64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or
25			"acpi=force" are available
26
27			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
28
29	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
30			Format: <int>
31			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
32			1,0: use 1st APIC table
33			default: 0
34
35	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
36			{ vendor | video | native | none }
37			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
38			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
39			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
40			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
41			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
42			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
43
44	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
45			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
46			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
47			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
48			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
49
50	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
51			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
52			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
53			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
54			This option is useful for developers to identify the
55			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
56			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
57
58	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
59	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
60			Format: <int>
61			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
62			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
63			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
64			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
65			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
66			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
67			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
68			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
69			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
70			debug layers and levels.
71
72			Enable processor driver info messages:
73			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
74			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
75			object while interpreting AML:
76			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
77			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
78			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
79
80			Some values produce so much output that the system is
81			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
82			if you need to capture more output.
83
84	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
85			{ strict | lax | no }
86			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
87			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
88			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
89			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
90			can interfere with legacy drivers.
91			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
92			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
93			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
94			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
95			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
96			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
97			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
98			no further checks are performed.
99
100	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
101			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
102			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
103			size limitation.
104
105	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
106			ACPI will balance active IRQs
107			default in APIC mode
108
109	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
110			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
111			default in PIC mode
112
113	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
114			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
115
116	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
117			use by PCI
118			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
119
120	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
121			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
122			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
123			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
124			the GPE dispatcher.
125			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
126			GPE floodings.
127			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
128
129	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
131			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
132			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
133			auto-serialization feature.
134			This feature is enabled by default.
135			This option allows to turn off the feature.
136
137	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
138			   kernels.
139
140	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
141			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
142			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
143			installed automatically and they will appear under
144			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
145			This option turns off this feature.
146			Note that specifying this option does not affect
147			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
148			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
149
150	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
151			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
152			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
153
154	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
155			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
156			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
157			second kernel for kdump.
158
159	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
160			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
161
162	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
163			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
164			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
165			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
166			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
167
168	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
169			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
170			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
171			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
172			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
173						  strings
174			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
175						  strings
176			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
177
178			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
179			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
180			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
181			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
182			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
183			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
184			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
185			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
186			care about the state of the feature group strings which
187			should be controlled by the OSPM.
188			Examples:
189			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
190			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
191			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
192
193			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
194			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
195			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
196			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
197			multiple times through kernel command line is also
198			meaningless.
199			Examples:
200			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
201			     FALSE.
202
203			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
204			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
205			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
206			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
207			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
208			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
209			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
210			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
211			is useful when one want to control the state of the
212			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
213			the OSPM features.
214			Examples:
215			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
216			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
217			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
218			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
219			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
220			     equivalent to
221			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
222			     and
223			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
224			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
225
226	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
227			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
228			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
229			and always returns good values.
230
231	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
232			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
233
234	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
235			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
236			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
237
238	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
239			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
240				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
241				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
242			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
243			s3_bios and s3_mode.
244			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
245			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
246			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
247			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
248			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
249			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
250			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
251			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
252			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
253			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
254			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
255			used (or even warned about) during resume.
256			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
257			control method, with respect to putting devices into
258			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
259			of _PTS is used by default).
260			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
261			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
262			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
263			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
264			but some broken systems don't work without it).
265			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
266			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
267			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
268
269	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
270			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
271			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
272
273	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
274			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
275
276	agp=		[AGP]
277			{ off | try_unsupported }
278			off: disable AGP support
279			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
280				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
281
282	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
283			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
284
285	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
286			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
287			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
288			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
289
290	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
291			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
292			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
293			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
294			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
295			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
296			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
297
298			32: only for 32-bit processes
299			64: only for 64-bit processes
300			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
301			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
302
303	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
304			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
305			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
306			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
307			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
308			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
309
310	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64]
311			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
312			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
313			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
314			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
315			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
316			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
317
318			See Documentation/arch/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
319			information.
320
321	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
322			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
323			Possible values are:
324			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
325			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
326				    the system
327			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
328					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
329					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
330					  requirements as needed. This option
331					  does not override iommu=pt
332			force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
333				       to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
334				       option with care.
335			pgtbl_v1     - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default).
336			pgtbl_v2     - Use v2 page table for DMA-API.
337			irtcachedis  - Disable Interrupt Remapping Table (IRT) caching.
338
339	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
340			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
341			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
342			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
343			IOMMU initialization.
344
345	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
346			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
347			remapping modes:
348			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
349			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
350			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
351			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
352			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
353
354	amd_pstate=	[X86]
355			disable
356			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
357			  scaling driver for the supported processors
358			passive
359			  Use amd_pstate with passive mode as a scaling driver.
360			  In this mode autonomous selection is disabled.
361			  Driver requests a desired performance level and platform
362			  tries to match the same performance level if it is
363			  satisfied by guaranteed performance level.
364			active
365			  Use amd_pstate_epp driver instance as the scaling driver,
366			  driver provides a hint to the hardware if software wants
367			  to bias toward performance (0x0) or energy efficiency (0xff)
368			  to the CPPC firmware. then CPPC power algorithm will
369			  calculate the runtime workload and adjust the realtime cores
370			  frequency.
371			guided
372			  Activate guided autonomous mode. Driver requests minimum and
373			  maximum performance level and the platform autonomously
374			  selects a performance level in this range and appropriate
375			  to the current workload.
376
377	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
378			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
379			Format: <a>,<b>
380			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
381
382	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
383			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
384			connected to one of 16 gameports
385			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
386
387	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
388			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
389			Format: noidle
390			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
391			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
392			APC and your system crashes randomly.
393
394	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
395			Change the output verbosity while booting
396			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
397			Change the amount of debugging information output
398			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
399			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
400			driver name.
401			Format: apic=driver_name
402			Examples: apic=bigsmp
403
404	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
405			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
406			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
407			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
408			      backup of CPU 0
409			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
410			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
411			      shot down by NMI
412
413	autoconf=	[IPV6]
414			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
415
416	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
417			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
418
419	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
420			Format: { "0" | "1" }
421			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
422			0 -- disable.
423			1 -- enable.
424			Default value is set via kernel config option.
425
426	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
427			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
428
429	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
430			Identification support
431
432	arm64.nomops	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory
433			Set instructions support
434
435	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
436			support
437
438	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
439			support
440
441	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
442			Extension support
443
444	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
445			Extension support
446
447	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
448
449	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
450
451	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
452			EzKey and similar keyboards
453
454	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
455
456	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
457			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
458
459	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
460			keyboards
461
462	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
463			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
464
465	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
466			Use software keyboard repeat
467
468	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
469			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
470			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
471			    enabled until the next reboot
472			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
473			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
474			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
475			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
476			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
477			    userspace auditd.
478			Default: unset
479
480	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
481			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
482			Default: 64
483
484	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
485			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
486			Format: { "0" | "1" }
487			0 - Disable the BAU.
488			1 - Enable the BAU.
489			unset - Disable the BAU.
490
491	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
492			Format: <io>,<mode>
493
494	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
495			Format: <io>,<mode>
496			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
497
498	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
499			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
500			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
501			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
502
503	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
504			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
505			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
506			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
507
508	bert_disable	[ACPI]
509			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
510
511	bgrt_disable	[ACPI][X86]
512			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
513
514	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
515			embedded devices based on command line input.
516			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
517
518	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
519			Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled,
520			and you may also have to specify "lpj=".  Boot_delay
521			values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed
522			erroneous and ignored.
523			Format: integer
524
525	bootconfig	[KNL]
526			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
527			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
528
529			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
530
531	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
532	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
533			kernel args too.
534	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
535	bttv.tuner=
536
537	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
538			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
539			at a time.
540
541	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
542
543	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
544			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
545			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
546			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
547			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
548			This option provides an override for these situations.
549
550	carrier_timeout=
551			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
552			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
553			it waits 120 seconds.
554
555	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
556			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
557			trust validation.
558			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
559
560	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
561			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
562			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
563			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
564			others).
565
566	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
567			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
568
569	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
570			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
571			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
572			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
573			  a single hierarchy
574			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
575			  subsystem
576			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
577			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
578			  created
579			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
580			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
581			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
582			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
583			stall information accounting feature
584
585	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
586			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
587			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
588			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
589			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
590			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
591			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
592			all v1 hierarchies.
593
594	cgroup_favordynmods= [KNL] Enable or Disable favordynmods.
595			Format: { "true" | "false" }
596			Defaults to the value of CONFIG_CGROUP_FAVOR_DYNMODS.
597
598	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
599			Format: <string>
600			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
601			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
602			nobpf -- Disable BPF memory accounting.
603
604	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
605			Format: { "0" | "1" }
606			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
607			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
608				any implied execute protection).
609			1 -- check protection requested by application.
610			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
611			Value can be changed at runtime via
612				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
613			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
614
615	cio_ignore=	[S390]
616			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
617
618	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
619			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
620			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
621			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
622			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
623			ones should be.
624			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
625			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
626			instability issue. However, not all features have names
627			in /proc/cpuinfo.
628			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
629			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
630			or using the feature without checking anything
631			will still see it. This just prevents it from
632			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
633			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
634			some critical bits.
635
636	clk_ignore_unused
637			[CLK]
638			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
639			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
640			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
641			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
642			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
643			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
644			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
645			platform with proper driver support.  For more
646			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
647
648	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
649			[Deprecated]
650			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
651			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
652			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
653			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
654
655	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
656			Format: <string>
657			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
658			with the name specified.
659			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
660			the platform:
661			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
662			[ACPI] acpi_pm
663			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
664				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
665			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
666				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
667			[MIPS] MIPS
668			[PARISC] cr16
669			[S390] tod
670			[SH] SuperH
671			[SPARC64] tick
672			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
673
674	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
675			[ARM,ARM64]
676			Format: <bool>
677			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
678			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
679			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
680			systems.
681
682	clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL]
683			Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to
684			external delays before the clock will be marked
685			unstable.  Defaults to two retries, that is,
686			three attempts to read the clock under test.
687
688	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
689			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
690			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
691			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
692			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
693			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
694			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
695			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
696			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
697
698	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
699			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
700			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
701			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
702			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
703
704	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
705			[KNL,CMA]
706			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
707			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
708			placement constraint by the physical address range of
709			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
710			altogether. For more information, see
711			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
712
713	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
714			[KNL,CMA]
715			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
716			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
717			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
718			specified, the default value is 0.
719			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
720			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
721			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
722			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
723
724	numa_cma=<node>:nn[MG][,<node>:nn[MG]]
725			[KNL,CMA]
726			Sets the size of kernel numa memory area for
727			contiguous memory allocations. It will reserve CMA
728			area for the specified node.
729
730			With numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
731			first try to allocate buffer from the numa area
732			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
733			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
734
735	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
736			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
737			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
738			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
739			a hypervisor.
740			Default: yes
741
742	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
743			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
744			allocations, by default set to 256K.
745
746	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
747			Format:
748			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
749
750	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
751			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
752
753	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
754			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
755			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
756
757	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
758	conmode=
759
760	con3215_drop=	[S390] 3215 console drop mode.
761			Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
762			When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
763			the console buffer is full. In this case the
764			operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
765			x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
766			console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
767			This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
768			terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
769			emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
770
771	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
772
773		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
774
775		ttyS<n>[,options]
776		ttyUSB0[,options]
777			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
778			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
779			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
780			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
781			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
782
783			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
784			information.  See
785			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
786			alternative.
787
788		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
789		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
790		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
791		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
792		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
793			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
794			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
795			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
796			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
797			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
798			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
799			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
800			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
801			the h/w is not re-initialized.
802
803		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
804			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
805
806		{ null | "" }
807			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
808			console messages discarded.
809			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
810			kernel command line.
811
812		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
813		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
814			console=brl,ttyS0
815		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
816
817	console_msg_format=
818			[KNL] Change console messages format
819		default
820			By default we print messages on consoles in
821			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
822			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
823			`printk_time' param).
824		syslog
825			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
826			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
827			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
828			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
829			from /proc/kmsg.
830
831	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
832			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
833			Defaults to 0.
834
835	coredump_filter=
836			[KNL] Change the default value for
837			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
838			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
839
840	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
841			[ARM,ARM64]
842			Format: <bool>
843			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
844			0: default value, disable debugging
845			1: enable debugging at boot time
846
847	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
848			Format:
849			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
850
851	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
852			disable the cpuidle sub-system
853
854	cpuidle.governor=
855			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
856
857	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
858			disable the cpufreq sub-system
859
860	cpufreq.default_governor=
861			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
862			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
863			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
864
865	cpu_init_udelay=N
866			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
867			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
868			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
869			Default: 10000
870
871	cpuhp.parallel=
872			[SMP] Enable/disable parallel bringup of secondary CPUs
873			Format: <bool>
874			Default is enabled if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PARALLEL=y. Otherwise
875			the parameter has no effect.
876
877	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
878			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
879			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
880			succeeds in any situation.
881			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
882			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
883			kernel more unstable.
884
885	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
886			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
887			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
888			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
889			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
890			is selected automatically.
891			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] Select a region
892			under 4G first, and fall back to reserve region above
893			4G when '@offset' hasn't been specified.
894			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
895
896	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
897			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
898			in the running system. The syntax of range is
899			start-[end] where start and end are both
900			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
901			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
902
903	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
904			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range could be
905			above 4G.
906			Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top,
907			so could be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram
908			installed. Otherwise memory region will be allocated
909			below 4G, if available.
910			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
911	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
912			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range under 4G.
913			When crashkernel=X,high is passed, kernel could allocate
914			physical memory region above 4G, that cause second kernel
915			crash on system that require some amount of low memory,
916			e.g. swiotlb requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also
917			enough extra low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers
918			for 32-bit devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
919			default	size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
920			size is	platform dependent.
921			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
922			  --> arm64: 128MiB
923			  --> riscv: 128MiB
924			  --> loongarch: 128MiB
925			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
926			for second kernel instead.
927			0: to disable low allocation.
928			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
929			or memory reserved is below 4G.
930
931	cryptomgr.notests
932			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
933
934	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
935			Format: <dma>
936
937	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
938			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
939
940	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable or disable debug add-ons of cross-CPU
941			function call handling. When switched on,
942			additional debug data is printed to the console
943			in case a hanging CPU is detected, and that
944			CPU is pinged again in order to try to resolve
945			the hang situation.  The default value of this
946			option depends on the CSD_LOCK_WAIT_DEBUG_DEFAULT
947			Kconfig option.
948
949	dasd=		[HW,NET]
950			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
951
952	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
953			(one device per port)
954			Format: <port#>,<type>
955			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
956
957	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
958
959	debug_boot_weak_hash
960			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
961			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
962			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
963			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
964			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
965			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
966
967	debug_locks_verbose=
968			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
969			Format: <int>
970			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
971			self-tests.
972			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
973			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
974			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
975			useful to lockdep developers.
976
977	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
978
979	debug_guardpage_minorder=
980			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
981			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
982			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
983			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
984			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
985			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
986			possible value is MAX_PAGE_ORDER/2.  Setting this
987			parameter to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most
988			random memory corruption problems caused by bugs in
989			kernel or driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads
990			from) a random memory location. Note that there exists
991			a class of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy
992			H/W or F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA
993			(basically when memory is written at bus level and the
994			CPU MMU is bypassed) which are not detectable by
995			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not
996			help tracking down these problems.
997
998	debug_pagealloc=
999			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
1000			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
1001			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
1002			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
1003			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
1004			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
1005			on: enable the feature
1006
1007	debugfs=    	[KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
1008			and debugfs internal clients.
1009			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
1010			on: 	All functions are enabled.
1011			no-mount:
1012				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
1013			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
1014				its content. There is nothing to mount.
1015			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
1016			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
1017				or directories within debugfs.
1018				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
1019				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
1020			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
1021
1022	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
1023
1024	default_hugepagesz=
1025			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
1026			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
1027			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
1028			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
1029			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
1030			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
1031			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
1032			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1033			Format: size[KMG]
1034
1035	deferred_probe_timeout=
1036			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
1037			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
1038			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
1039			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
1040			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
1041			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
1042			successful driver registration. This option will also
1043			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
1044			retrying.
1045
1046	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
1047
1048	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
1049			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1050			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1051			hardware.
1052
1053	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1054			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1055			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1056			blacklisted features.
1057
1058	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1059			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1060			(disabled by default).
1061
1062	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1063			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1064			capability is set.
1065
1066	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1067			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1068
1069	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1070			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1071
1072	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1073			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1074			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1075			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1076			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1077			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1078			          only (compression on level 1)
1079			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1080			          only (decompression)
1081			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1082			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1083
1084	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1085			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1086
1087	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
1088			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1089			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1090			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1091			miss to occur.
1092
1093	disable=	[IPV6]
1094			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1095
1096	disable_radix	[PPC]
1097			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1098
1099	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1100			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1101			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1102
1103	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
1104			Format: <int>
1105			The number of initial APIC ID for the
1106			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
1107			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
1108			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
1109			causing system reset or hang due to sending
1110			INIT from AP to BSP.
1111
1112	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
1113			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1114			to workaround buggy firmware.
1115
1116	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1117			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1118
1119	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1120			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1121			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1122			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1123
1124	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
1125			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1126			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1127			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1128			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1129
1130	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1131			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1132			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1133
1134	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1135
1136	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1137			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1138
1139	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1140			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1141			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1142			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1143			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1144			architectural default is too low.
1145
1146	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1147			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1148			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1149			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1150			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1151			driver later using sysfs.
1152
1153	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1154			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1155			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1156			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1157			match the *.
1158			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1159
1160	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1161			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1162			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1163			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1164			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1165			An EDID data set will only be used for a particular
1166			connector, if its name and a colon are prepended to
1167			the EDID name. Each connector may use a unique EDID
1168			data set by separating the files with a comma. An EDID
1169			data set with no connector name will be used for
1170			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1171
1172	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1173
1174	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
1175			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1176			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1177			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1178			exists).
1179			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1180			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1181			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1182
1183	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1184			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1185			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1186			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1187
1188	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1189	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1190			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1191			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1192			for details.
1193
1194	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
1195			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1196			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1197			which are not unmapped.
1198
1199	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
1200
1201			When used with no options, the early console is
1202			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1203			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1204			the platform.
1205
1206		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1207			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1208			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1209			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1210			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1211			configured.
1212
1213		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1214		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1215		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1216		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1217		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1218			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1219			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1220			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1221			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1222			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1223			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1224			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1225			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized. 'uartclk' is
1226			the uart clock frequency; if unspecified, it is set
1227			to 'BASE_BAUD' * 16.
1228
1229		pl011,<addr>
1230		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1231			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1232			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1233			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1234			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1235			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1236			the device registers.
1237
1238		liteuart,<addr>
1239			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1240			specified address. The serial port must already be
1241			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1242
1243		meson,<addr>
1244			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1245			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1246			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1247			supported.
1248
1249		msm_serial,<addr>
1250			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1251			port at the specified address. The serial port
1252			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1253			yet supported.
1254
1255		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1256			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1257			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1258			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1259			yet supported.
1260
1261		owl,<addr>
1262			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1263			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1264			specified address. The serial port must already be
1265			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1266
1267		rda,<addr>
1268			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1269			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1270			specified address. The serial port must already be
1271			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1272
1273		sbi
1274			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1275			console.
1276
1277		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1278
1279		s3c2410,<addr>
1280		s3c2412,<addr>
1281		s3c2440,<addr>
1282		s3c6400,<addr>
1283		s5pv210,<addr>
1284		exynos4210,<addr>
1285			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1286			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1287			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1288			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1289			Options are not yet supported.
1290
1291		lantiq,<addr>
1292			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1293			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1294			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1295			yet supported.
1296
1297		lpuart,<addr>
1298		lpuart32,<addr>
1299			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1300			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1301			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1302			port must already be setup and configured.
1303
1304		ec_imx21,<addr>
1305		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1306			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1307			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1308			must already be setup and configured.
1309
1310		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1311			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1312			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1313			address. The serial port must already be setup
1314			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1315
1316		qcom_geni,<addr>
1317			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1318			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1319			specified address. The serial port must already be
1320			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1321
1322		efifb,[options]
1323			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1324			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1325			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1326			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1327			mapped with the correct attributes.
1328
1329		linflex,<addr>
1330			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1331			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1332			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1333			already be setup and configured.
1334
1335	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1336			earlyprintk=vga
1337			earlyprintk=sclp
1338			earlyprintk=xen
1339			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1340			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1341			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1342			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1343			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1344			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1345			earlyprintk=bios
1346
1347			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1348			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1349			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1350
1351			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1352			takes over.
1353
1354			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1355			be used at a time.
1356
1357			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1358			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1359			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1360			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1361				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1362			You can find the port for a given device in
1363			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1364				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1365
1366			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1367			very good.
1368
1369			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1370			the real console.
1371
1372			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1373
1374			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1375
1376			The bios output can only be used on SuperH.
1377
1378			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1379			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1380			UART class.
1381
1382	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1383			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1384			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1385			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1386			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1387			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1388			default: on.
1389
1390	edd=		[EDD]
1391			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1392
1393	efi=		[EFI]
1394			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1395				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1396				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1397			debug: enable misc debug output.
1398			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1399			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1400			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1401			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1402			firmware implementations.
1403			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1404			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1405			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1406			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1407			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1408			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1409			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1410			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1411			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1412			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1413
1414	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1415			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1416			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1417			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1418			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1419
1420	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1421			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1422			updating original EFI memory map.
1423			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1424			from ss to ss+nn.
1425
1426			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1427			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1428			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1429			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1430
1431			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1432			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1433			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1434
1435			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1436			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1437			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1438			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1439			"soft reserved".
1440
1441	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1442			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1443			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1444			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1445			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1446
1447
1448	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1449			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1450
1451	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1452			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1453
1454			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1455			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1456
1457			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1458			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1459			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1460			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1461
1462	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1463			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1464			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1465
1466	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1467			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1468			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1469			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1470			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1471
1472	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1473			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1474			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1475			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1476
1477	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1478			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1479			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1480			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1481			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1482
1483	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1484			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1485			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1486			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1487			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1488			Default value is 0.
1489			Value can be changed at runtime via
1490			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1491
1492	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1493			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1494			support.
1495
1496	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1497			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1498			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1499
1500	evm=		[EVM]
1501			Format: { "fix" }
1502			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1503			current integrity status.
1504
1505	early_page_ext [KNL] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1506			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1507			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1508			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1509			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1510			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1511			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1512
1513	failslab=
1514	fail_usercopy=
1515	fail_page_alloc=
1516	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1517			General fault injection mechanism.
1518			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1519			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1520
1521	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1522			Format: { initns | none }
1523			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1524			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1525
1526	floppy=		[HW]
1527			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1528
1529	forcepae	[X86-32]
1530			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1531			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1532			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1533			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1534			and may cause unknown problems.
1535
1536	ftrace=[tracer]
1537			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1538			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1539			boot debugging.
1540
1541	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1542			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1543			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1544			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1545			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1546			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1547			start up functionality.
1548
1549			Optionally, the snapshot can also be defined for a tracing
1550			instance that was created by the trace_instance= command
1551			line parameter.
1552
1553			trace_instance=foo,sched_switch ftrace_boot_snapshot=foo
1554
1555			The above will cause the "foo" tracing instance to trigger
1556			a snapshot at the end of boot up.
1557
1558	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1559			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1560			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1561			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1562			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1563			oops.
1564
1565	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1566			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1567			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1568			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1569			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1570			tracing directory.
1571
1572	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1573			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1574			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1575			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1576			tracing directory.
1577
1578	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1579			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1580			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1581			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1582			that can be changed at run time by the
1583			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1584
1585	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1586			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1587			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1588			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1589			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1590
1591	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1592			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1593			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1594			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1595			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1596
1597	fw_devlink=	[KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1598			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1599			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1600			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1601			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1602			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1603			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1604			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1605			suppliers).
1606			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1607			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1608			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1609				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1610				up (sync_state() calls).
1611			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1612				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1613			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1614
1615	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1616			[KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1617			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1618			Format: <bool>
1619
1620	fw_devlink.sync_state =
1621			[KNL] When all devices that could probe have finished
1622			probing, this parameter controls what to do with
1623			devices that haven't yet received their sync_state()
1624			calls.
1625			Format: { strict | timeout }
1626			strict -- Default. Continue waiting on consumers to
1627				probe successfully.
1628			timeout -- Give up waiting on consumers and call
1629				sync_state() on any devices that haven't yet
1630				received their sync_state() calls after
1631				deferred_probe_timeout has expired or by
1632				late_initcall() if !CONFIG_MODULES.
1633
1634	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1635			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1636			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1637			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1638			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1639
1640	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1641
1642	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1643			Format: off | on
1644			default: on
1645
1646	gather_data_sampling=
1647			[X86,INTEL] Control the Gather Data Sampling (GDS)
1648			mitigation.
1649
1650			Gather Data Sampling is a hardware vulnerability which
1651			allows unprivileged speculative access to data which was
1652			previously stored in vector registers.
1653
1654			This issue is mitigated by default in updated microcode.
1655			The mitigation may have a performance impact but can be
1656			disabled. On systems without the microcode mitigation
1657			disabling AVX serves as a mitigation.
1658
1659			force:	Disable AVX to mitigate systems without
1660				microcode mitigation. No effect if the microcode
1661				mitigation is present. Known to cause crashes in
1662				userspace with buggy AVX enumeration.
1663
1664			off:	Disable GDS mitigation.
1665
1666	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1667			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1668			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1669			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1670			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1671
1672	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1673			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1674			android emulator
1675
1676	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1677			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1678			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1679	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1680			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1681
1682	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1683			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1684			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1685			GPT to be used instead.
1686
1687	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1688			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1689			Format: 0 | 1
1690			Default: 0
1691	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1692			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1693			Format: 0 | 1
1694			Default: 0
1695	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1696			Format: 0 | 1
1697			Default: 0
1698	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1699			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1700			Default: 1024
1701	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1702			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1703			Default: 1024
1704
1705	hardened_usercopy=
1706			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1707			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1708			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1709			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1710			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1711			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1712			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1713		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1714		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1715
1716	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1717			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1718			backtraces on all cpus.
1719			Format: 0 | 1
1720
1721	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1722			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1723			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1724			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1725
1726	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1727
1728	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1729			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1730
1731	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1732			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1733			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1734			logic will be disabled.
1735
1736	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1737		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1738				present during boot.
1739		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1740		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1741		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1742				(that will set all pages holding image data
1743				during restoration read-only).
1744
1745	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1746			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1747			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1748			size on bigger boxes.
1749
1750	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1751			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1752			Default: "on"
1753
1754	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1755
1756	hostname=	[KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1757			Format: <string>
1758			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1759			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1760			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1761			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1762			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1763			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1764			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1765			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1766			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1767			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1768
1769	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1770			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1771				verbose }
1772			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1773			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1774				VIA, nVidia)
1775			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1776
1777	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1778			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1779
1780	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1781			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1782			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1783			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1784			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1785			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1786			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1787			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1788			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1789				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1790
1791	hugepagesz=
1792			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1793			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1794			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1795			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1796			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1797			architecture dependent.  See also
1798			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1799			Format: size[KMG]
1800
1801	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1802			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1803			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1804			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1805				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1806
1807			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1808			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1809			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1810
1811	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1812			[KNL] Requires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1813			enabled.
1814			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1815			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1816			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1817			Format: { on | off (default) }
1818
1819			on: enable HVO
1820			off: disable HVO
1821
1822			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1823			the default is on.
1824
1825			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1826			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1827			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1828			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1829			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1830
1831	hung_task_panic=
1832			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1833			Format: 0 | 1
1834
1835			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1836			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1837			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1838			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1839			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1840
1841	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1842				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1843	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1844				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1845				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1846
1847	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1848				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1849				      guest on lock contention.
1850
1851	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1852				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1853				registered from board initialization code.
1854				Format:
1855				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1856
1857	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1858	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1859			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1860			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1861			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1862	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1863	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1864			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1865			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1866	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1867	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1868	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1869			     for the AUX port
1870	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1871			     controller
1872	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1873			     controllers
1874	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1875	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1876			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1877			     transitions, or never reset
1878			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1879			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1880			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1881			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1882			architectures force reset to be always executed
1883	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1884	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1885	i8042.probe_defer
1886			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1887
1888	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1889
1890	i915.invert_brightness=
1891			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1892			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1893			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1894			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1895			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1896			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1897			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1898			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1899			value switches the backlight off.
1900			-1 -- never invert brightness
1901			 0 -- machine default
1902			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1903
1904	ia32_emulation=	[X86-64]
1905			Format: <bool>
1906			When true, allows loading 32-bit programs and executing 32-bit
1907			syscalls, essentially overriding IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED at
1908			boot time. When false, unconditionally disables IA32 emulation.
1909
1910	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1911			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1912
1913
1914	idle=		[X86]
1915			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1916			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1917			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1918			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1919			Not recommended.
1920			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1921			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1922			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1923
1924	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1925			Format: <bool>
1926			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1927			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1928			true (1).
1929
1930	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
1931			Format: <bool>
1932			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
1933			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
1934
1935	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1936			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1937			Default: strict
1938
1939			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1940			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1941			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1942			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1943			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1944			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1945			encoding mode.
1946
1947			Available settings are as follows:
1948			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1949				supported by the FPU
1950			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1951				by the FPU
1952			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1953				by the FPU
1954			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1955				supported by the FPU
1956
1957			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1958			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1959			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1960			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1961			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1962			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1963			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1964			MIPS64 CPUs.
1965
1966			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1967			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1968			except where unsupported by hardware.
1969
1970	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1971			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1972			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1973			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1974			could change it dynamically, usually by
1975			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1976
1977	ignore_rlimit_data
1978			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1979			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1980			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1981
1982	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1983			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1984
1985	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1986			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1987			default: "enforce"
1988
1989	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1990			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1991			owned by uid=0.
1992
1993	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1994			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1995			measurements, instead of host native format.
1996
1997	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1998			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1999				   | sha512 | ... }
2000			default: "sha1"
2001
2002			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
2003			in crypto/hash_info.h.
2004
2005	ima_policy=	[IMA]
2006			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
2007			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
2008				 fail_securely | critical_data"
2009
2010			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
2011			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
2012			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
2013			uid=0.
2014
2015			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
2016			all files owned by root.
2017
2018			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
2019			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
2020			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
2021
2022			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
2023			verification failure also on privileged mounted
2024			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
2025			flag.
2026
2027			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
2028			critical data.
2029
2030	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2031			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
2032			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
2033			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
2034			opened for read by uid=0.
2035
2036	ima_template=	[IMA]
2037			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
2038			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
2039				   "ima-sigv2" }
2040			Default: "ima-ng"
2041
2042	ima_template_fmt=
2043			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
2044			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
2045
2046	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
2047			Format: <min_file_size>
2048			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
2049			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
2050
2051			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
2052			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2053			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
2054
2055	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
2056			Format: <bufsize>
2057			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
2058
2059			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
2060			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2061			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
2062
2063	init=		[KNL]
2064			Format: <full_path>
2065			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
2066			process.
2067
2068	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
2069			for working out where the kernel is dying during
2070			startup.
2071
2072	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
2073			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
2074			modules and initcalls.
2075
2076	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2077			Format: <bool>
2078			Default: 1
2079			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2080			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2081			with devices being probed and
2082			initialized. This should normally just work,
2083			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2084			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2085			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2086			late_ initcalls.
2087
2088	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2089
2090	initrdmem=	[KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2091			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2092			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2093			setting.
2094			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2095			Default is 0, 0
2096
2097	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2098			zeroes.
2099			Format: 0 | 1
2100			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2101
2102	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2103			Format: 0 | 1
2104			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2105
2106	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2107			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2108			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2109			override in debugfs after boot.
2110
2111	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2112			Format: <irq>
2113
2114	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2115
2116	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2117			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2118			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2119			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2120
2121	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2122		on
2123			Enable intel iommu driver.
2124		off
2125			Disable intel iommu driver.
2126		igfx_off [Default Off]
2127			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2128			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2129			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2130			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2131			DMA.
2132		strict [Default Off]
2133			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2134		sp_off [Default Off]
2135			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2136			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2137			not be supported.
2138		sm_on
2139			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2140			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2141			translation.
2142		sm_off
2143			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2144		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2145			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2146			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2147			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2148			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2149			mapping is enabled.
2150			Note that using this option lowers the security
2151			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2152			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2153
2154	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2155			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2156			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2157
2158	intel_pstate=	[X86]
2159			disable
2160			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2161			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2162                        active
2163                          Use intel_pstate driver to bypass the scaling
2164                          governors layer of cpufreq and provides it own
2165                          algorithms for p-state selection. There are two
2166                          P-state selection algorithms provided by
2167                          intel_pstate in the active mode: powersave and
2168                          performance.  The way they both operate depends
2169                          on whether or not the hardware managed P-states
2170                          (HWP) feature has been enabled in the processor
2171                          and possibly on the processor model.
2172			passive
2173			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2174			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2175			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2176			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2177			  feature.
2178			force
2179			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2180			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2181			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2182			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2183			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2184			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2185			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2186			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2187			no_hwp
2188			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2189			  if available.
2190			hwp_only
2191			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2192			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2193			support_acpi_ppc
2194			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2195			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2196			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2197			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2198			per_cpu_perf_limits
2199			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2200			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2201
2202	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
2203			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2204			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2205			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2206			no_x2apic_optout
2207				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2208			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2209
2210	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2211		strict	regions from userspace.
2212		relaxed
2213
2214	iommu=		[X86]
2215		off
2216		force
2217		noforce
2218		biomerge
2219		panic
2220		nopanic
2221		merge
2222		nomerge
2223		soft
2224		pt		[X86]
2225		nopt		[X86]
2226		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2227			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2228
2229	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2230			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2231			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2232			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2233			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2234			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2235			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2236
2237	iommu.strict=	[ARM64, X86, S390] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2238			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2239			0 - Lazy mode.
2240			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2241			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2242			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2243			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2244			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2245			1 - Strict mode.
2246			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2247			  synchronously.
2248			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2249			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2250			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2251
2252	iommu.passthrough=
2253			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2254			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2255			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2256			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2257			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2258
2259	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2260			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2261			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2262
2263	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
2264		0x80
2265			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2266		0xed
2267			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2268		udelay
2269			Simple two microseconds delay
2270		none
2271			No delay
2272
2273	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2274			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2275
2276	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2277			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2278
2279	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2280			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2281
2282	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2283			[ARM, ARM64]
2284			Format: <bool>
2285			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2286			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2287			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2288
2289	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2290			[ARM, ARM64]
2291			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2292			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2293			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2294			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2295			LPIs.
2296
2297	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2298			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2299			requires the kernel to be built with
2300			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2301
2302	irqfixup	[HW]
2303			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2304			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2305			firmware running.
2306
2307	irqpoll		[HW]
2308			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2309			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2310			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2311			firmware running.
2312
2313	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2314			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2315
2316	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2317			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2318			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2319
2320			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2321			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2322
2323			nohz
2324			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2325
2326			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2327			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2328			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2329			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2330			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2331
2332			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2333			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2334			  be configured manually after bootup.
2335
2336			domain
2337			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2338			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2339			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2340			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2341			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2342			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2343			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2344			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2345
2346			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2347			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2348			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2349			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2350
2351			managed_irq
2352
2353			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2354			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2355			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2356			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2357			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2358
2359			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2360			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2361			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2362			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2363			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2364			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2365			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2366
2367			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2368			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2369			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2370			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2371			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2372			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2373			  queues.
2374
2375			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2376
2377	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2378
2379	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2380			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2381			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2382			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2383
2384			For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2385			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2386			write the parameter as:
2387				ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
2388
2389			Deprecated formats:
2390			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2391			  write the parameter as:
2392				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2393			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2394			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2395				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2396
2397	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2398			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2399			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2400			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2401
2402			For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
2403			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2404			write the parameter as:
2405				ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
2406
2407			Deprecated formats:
2408			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2409			  write the parameter as:
2410				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2411			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2412			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2413				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2414
2415	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2416			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2417			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2418			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2419
2420			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2421			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2422			write the parameter as:
2423				ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
2424
2425			Deprecated formats:
2426			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
2427			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2428				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2429			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2430			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2431				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2432
2433	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2434			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2435
2436	kasan_multi_shot
2437			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2438			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2439			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2440			invalid access.
2441
2442	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
2443			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
2444			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
2445			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
2446			the real console.
2447
2448	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM] See retain_initrd.
2449
2450	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2451			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2452			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2453			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2454			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2455			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2456			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2457			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2458			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2459			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2460
2461			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2462			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2463			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2464			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2465			zone if it does not.
2466
2467			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2468			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2469			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2470			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2471			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2472			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2473			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2474
2475	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2476			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2477			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2478			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2479			optional and is the number seconds in between
2480			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2481			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2482			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2483			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2484			the kernel debugger.
2485
2486	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2487			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2488			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2489			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2490			 keyboard only format: kbd
2491			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2492			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2493			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2494			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2495
2496	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW]
2497			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2498			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2499			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2500			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2501			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2502			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2503
2504			The name of the early console should be specified
2505			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2506			the early console might be different than the tty
2507			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2508			blank and the first boot console that implements
2509			read() will be picked.
2510
2511	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2512			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2513
2514	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2515			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2516			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2517
2518	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2519			Valid arguments: on, off
2520			Default: on
2521			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2522			the default is off.
2523
2524	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2525			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2526			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2527			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2528			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2529			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2530			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2531
2532			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2533
2534			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2535			Boot Parameter" section.
2536
2537	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2538			and kernel address spaces.
2539			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2540			0: force disabled
2541			1: force enabled
2542
2543	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2544			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2545			default value can be overridden via
2546			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2547			Default is 1 (enabled)
2548
2549	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2550			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2551
2552	kvm.eager_page_split=
2553			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2554			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2555			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2556			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2557			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2558			required to split huge pages lazily.
2559
2560			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2561			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2562			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2563			still be used for reads.
2564
2565			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2566			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2567			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2568			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2569			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2570			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2571			cleared.
2572
2573			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2574
2575			Default is Y (on).
2576
2577	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2578				   Default is false (don't support).
2579
2580	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2581			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2582			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2583			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2584			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2585			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2586				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2587
2588			Default is 'auto'.
2589
2590			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2591			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2592
2593	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2594			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2595			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2596			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2597			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2598
2599	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2600			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2601			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2602			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2603			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2604			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2605
2606	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Control nested virtualization feature in
2607			KVM/SVM. Default is 1 (enabled).
2608
2609	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Control KVM's use of Nested Page Tables,
2610			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables. Default is 1
2611			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2612			for NPT.
2613
2614	kvm-arm.mode=
2615			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2616
2617			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2618
2619			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2620			      protected guests.
2621
2622			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2623				   state is kept private from the host.
2624
2625			nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
2626				virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.3
2627				hardware.
2628
2629			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2630			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2631			for the host. "nested" is experimental and should be
2632			used with extreme caution.
2633
2634	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2635			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2636			system registers
2637
2638	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2639			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2640			system registers
2641
2642	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2643			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2644			system registers
2645
2646	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2647			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2648			LPIs.
2649
2650	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2651			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2652			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2653			allocation.
2654			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2655			Format: <integer>
2656			Default: 5
2657
2658	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Extended Page Tables,
2659			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables.  Default is 1
2660			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2661			for EPT.
2662
2663	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2664			[KVM,Intel] Control whether to emulate invalid guest
2665			state. Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1,
2666			as guest state is never invalid for unrestricted
2667			guests. This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2),
2668			as KVM never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2669			Default is 1 (enabled).
2670
2671	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2672			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of FlexPriority feature
2673			(TPR shadow). Default is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if
2674			hardware lacks support for it.
2675
2676	kvm-intel.nested=
2677			[KVM,Intel] Control nested virtualization feature in
2678			KVM/VMX. Default is 1 (enabled).
2679
2680	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2681			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of unrestricted guest
2682			feature (virtualized real and unpaged mode). Default
2683			is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if EPT is disabled or
2684			hardware lacks support for it.
2685
2686	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2687			CVE-2018-3620.
2688
2689			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2690
2691			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2692			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2693				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2694			never:	Disables the mitigation
2695
2696			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2697
2698	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Virtual Processor
2699			Identification feature (tagged TLBs). Default is 1
2700			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2701			for it.
2702
2703	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL]
2704			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2705
2706			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2707			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2708			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2709
2710			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2711			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2712			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2713			not have direct access.
2714
2715			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2716			options are:
2717
2718			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2719
2720	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2721			      affected CPUs
2722
2723			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2724			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2725
2726			full
2727				Provides all available mitigations for the
2728				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2729				enables all mitigations in the
2730				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2731
2732				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2733				sysfs interface is still possible after
2734				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2735				when the first VM is started in a
2736				potentially insecure configuration,
2737				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2738
2739			full,force
2740				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2741				flush runtime control. Implies the
2742				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2743				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2744
2745			flush
2746				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2747				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2748				L1D flush.
2749
2750				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2751				sysfs interface is still possible after
2752				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2753				when the first VM is started in a
2754				potentially insecure configuration,
2755				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2756
2757			flush,nosmt
2758
2759				Disables SMT and enables the default
2760				hypervisor mitigation.
2761
2762				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2763				sysfs interface is still possible after
2764				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2765				when the first VM is started in a
2766				potentially insecure configuration,
2767				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2768
2769			flush,nowarn
2770				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2771				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2772				insecure configuration.
2773
2774			off
2775				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2776				emit any warnings.
2777				It also drops the swap size and available
2778				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2779				bare metal.
2780
2781			Default is 'flush'.
2782
2783			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2784
2785	l2cr=		[PPC]
2786
2787	l3cr=		[PPC]
2788
2789	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2790			disabled it.
2791
2792	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2793			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2794			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2795			Format: notscdeadline
2796
2797	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2798			in C2 power state.
2799
2800	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2801			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2802			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2803			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2804			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2805			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2806			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2807
2808	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2809			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2810			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2811
2812	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2813			when set.
2814			Format: <int>
2815
2816	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2817			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2818			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2819			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2820			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2821			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2822			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2823			to all ports, links and devices.
2824
2825			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2826			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2827			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2828			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2829			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2830			host link and device attached to it.
2831
2832			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2833			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2834			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2835			The following configurations can be forced.
2836
2837			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2838			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2839
2840			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2841
2842			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2843			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2844			  allowed.
2845
2846			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2847			  resets.
2848
2849			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2850			  link recovery.
2851
2852			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2853			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2854			  detection.
2855
2856			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2857
2858			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
2859
2860			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
2861
2862			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
2863
2864			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
2865
2866			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
2867
2868			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
2869
2870			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
2871
2872			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
2873			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
2874
2875			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
2876			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
2877
2878			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
2879			  identify device data log.
2880
2881			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
2882			  purpose log directory.
2883
2884			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
2885
2886			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2887			  1024 sectors.
2888
2889			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2890			  65535 sectors.
2891
2892			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
2893
2894			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
2895			  should be skipped.
2896
2897			* [no]fua: Disable or enable FUA (Force Unit Access)
2898			  support for devices supporting this feature.
2899
2900			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
2901
2902			* disable: Disable this device.
2903
2904			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2905			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2906
2907	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2908
2909	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2910			Format: <integer>
2911
2912	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2913			Format: <integer>
2914
2915	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2916			Format: <integer>
2917
2918	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2919			Format: <integer>
2920
2921	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2922			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2923			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2924			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2925			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2926			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2927			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2928			are also disabled.
2929
2930	locktorture.acq_writer_lim= [KNL]
2931			Set the time limit in jiffies for a lock
2932			acquisition.  Acquisitions exceeding this limit
2933			will result in a splat once they do complete.
2934
2935	locktorture.bind_readers= [KNL]
2936			Specify the list of CPUs to which the readers are
2937			to be bound.
2938
2939	locktorture.bind_writers= [KNL]
2940			Specify the list of CPUs to which the writers are
2941			to be bound.
2942
2943	locktorture.call_rcu_chains= [KNL]
2944			Specify the number of self-propagating call_rcu()
2945			chains to set up.  These are used to ensure that
2946			there is a high probability of an RCU grace period
2947			in progress at any given time.	Defaults to 0,
2948			which disables these call_rcu() chains.
2949
2950	locktorture.long_hold= [KNL]
2951			Specify the duration in milliseconds for the
2952			occasional long-duration lock hold time.  Defaults
2953			to 100 milliseconds.  Select 0 to disable.
2954
2955	locktorture.nested_locks= [KNL]
2956			Specify the maximum lock nesting depth that
2957			locktorture is to exercise, up to a limit of 8
2958			(MAX_NESTED_LOCKS).  Specify zero to disable.
2959			Note that this parameter is ineffective on types
2960			of locks that do not support nested acquisition.
2961
2962	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2963			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2964			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2965			number of online CPUs.
2966
2967	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2968			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2969
2970	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2971			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2972
2973	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2974			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2975			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2976
2977	locktorture.rt_boost= [KNL]
2978			Do periodic testing of real-time lock priority
2979			boosting.  Select 0 to disable, 1 to boost
2980			only rt_mutex, and 2 to boost unconditionally.
2981			Defaults to 2, which might seem to be an
2982			odd choice, but which should be harmless for
2983			non-real-time spinlocks, due to their disabling
2984			of preemption.	Note that non-realtime mutexes
2985			disable boosting.
2986
2987	locktorture.rt_boost_factor= [KNL]
2988			Number that determines how often and for how
2989			long priority boosting is exercised.  This is
2990			scaled down by the number of writers, so that the
2991			number of boosts per unit time remains roughly
2992			constant as the number of writers increases.
2993			On the other hand, the duration of each boost
2994			increases with the number of writers.
2995
2996	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2997			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2998			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2999			mode during the locktorture test.
3000
3001	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3002			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3003			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3004
3005	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3006			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3007
3008	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
3009			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
3010			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
3011			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
3012			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
3013			transition abruptly to and from idle.
3014
3015	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3016			Specify the locking implementation to test.
3017
3018	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
3019			Enable additional printk() statements.
3020
3021	locktorture.writer_fifo= [KNL]
3022			Run the write-side locktorture kthreads at
3023			sched_set_fifo() real-time priority.
3024
3025	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
3026			Format: <irq>
3027
3028	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
3029			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
3030			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
3031			loglevels are defined as follows:
3032
3033			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
3034			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
3035			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
3036			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
3037			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
3038			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
3039			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
3040			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
3041
3042	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
3043			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
3044			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
3045			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
3046			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
3047			that allows to increase the default size depending on
3048			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
3049
3050	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
3051			This may be used to provide more screen space for
3052			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
3053			kernel boot problems.
3054
3055	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
3056	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
3057	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
3058	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
3059				specified in addition to the ports) causes
3060				attached printers to be reset. Using
3061				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
3062				to associate lp devices with, starting with
3063				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
3064				that lp device, or a parport name such as
3065				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
3066				port specification list means that device IDs
3067				from each port should be examined, to see if
3068				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
3069				so, the driver will manage that printer.
3070				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
3071
3072	lpj=n		[KNL]
3073			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
3074			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
3075			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
3076			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
3077			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
3078			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
3079			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
3080			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
3081			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
3082			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
3083			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
3084			hardware.
3085
3086	ltpc=		[NET]
3087			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
3088
3089	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
3090
3091	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
3092			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
3093			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
3094
3095	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
3096			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
3097			Example: machvec=hpzx1
3098
3099	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
3100			different yeeloong laptops.
3101			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
3102
3103	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater
3104			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
3105
3106	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3107			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
3108			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
3109			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
3110			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
3111			only takes effect during system bootup.
3112			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
3113			which also disables the IO APIC.
3114
3115	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
3116	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
3117			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
3118			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
3119			devices can be requested on-demand with the
3120			/dev/loop-control interface.
3121
3122	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
3123
3124	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
3125
3126	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
3127			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3128
3129	mdacon=		[MDA]
3130			Format: <first>,<last>
3131			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
3132
3133	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
3134			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
3135			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
3136
3137			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
3138			internal buffers which can forward information to a
3139			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
3140
3141			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
3142			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
3143			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
3144			not have direct access.
3145
3146			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
3147			options are:
3148
3149			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3150			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
3151				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
3152			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
3153
3154			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
3155			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
3156			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
3157			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3158			too.
3159
3160			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3161			mds=full.
3162
3163			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3164
3165	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON] Set the memory size.
3166			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3167
3168	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
3169			Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
3170
3171			1 for test;
3172			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3173			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3174			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3175			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3176
3177			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3178			high memory is not affected.
3179
3180			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3181			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3182
3183			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3184			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3185			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3186			belonging to unused RAM.
3187
3188			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3189			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3190			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3191
3192	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3193			[ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by
3194			firmware.
3195			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3196			ss[KMG].
3197			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3198			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3199
3200	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3201			memory.
3202
3203	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
3204
3205	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3206			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3207			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3208
3209	memhp_default_state=online/offline/online_kernel/online_movable
3210			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3211			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3212			set according to the
3213			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3214			option.
3215			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3216
3217	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
3218			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3219			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3220			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3221			option description.
3222
3223	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3224			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3225			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3226			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3227			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3228			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3229			comma delimited.
3230			Example:
3231				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3232
3233	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3234			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3235			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3236
3237	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3238			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3239			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3240			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3241			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3242			         or
3243			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3244			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3245			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3246			will be eaten.
3247
3248	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
3249			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3250			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3251			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3252			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3253
3254	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3255			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
3256			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3257			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3258			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3259			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3260			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3261			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3262
3263	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
3264			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3265			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3266			Setting this option will scan the memory
3267			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3268			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3269			from using the memory being corrupted.
3270			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3271			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3272			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3273			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3274
3275	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
3276			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3277			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3278			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3279			corruption in more or less memory.
3280
3281	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
3282			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3283			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3284			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3285
3286	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3287			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3288			Format: {on | off (default)}
3289			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3290			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3291			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3292			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3293			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3294			lot of memory without requiring additional
3295			memory to do so.
3296			This feature is disabled by default because it
3297			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3298			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3299			memory blocks).
3300			The state of the flag can be read in
3301			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3302			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3303			the feature is not effective.
3304
3305	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
3306			Format: <integer>
3307			default : 0 <disable>
3308			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3309			performed. Each pass selects another test
3310			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3311			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3312			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3313			regions that are detected.
3314
3315	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3316			Valid arguments: on, off
3317			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
3318			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
3319			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
3320			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3321			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3322
3323			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3324			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3325
3326	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3327			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3328			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3329			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3330			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3331
3332	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
3333			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
3334			platforms.
3335
3336	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3337			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3338			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3339			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3340
3341	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3342
3343	microcode.force_minrev=	[X86]
3344			Format: <bool>
3345			Enable or disable the microcode minimal revision
3346			enforcement for the runtime microcode loader.
3347
3348	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this
3349			physical address is ignored.
3350
3351	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3352			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3353			Default: "0tb"
3354			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3355			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3356			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3357			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3358			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3359			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3360			unconfigured.
3361			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3362			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3363			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3364			VGA shield.
3365			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3366			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3367			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3368			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3369			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3370			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3371
3372	mitigations=
3373			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
3374			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3375			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3376			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3377
3378			off
3379				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3380				improves system performance, but it may also
3381				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3382				Equivalent to: if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3383					       gather_data_sampling=off [X86]
3384					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3385					       l1tf=off [X86]
3386					       mds=off [X86]
3387					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3388					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3389					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3390					       nobp=0 [S390]
3391					       nopti [X86,PPC]
3392					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3393					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3394					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3395					       retbleed=off [X86]
3396					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3397					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3398					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3399					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3400					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3401
3402				Exceptions:
3403					       This does not have any effect on
3404					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3405					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3406
3407			auto (default)
3408				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3409				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3410				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3411				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3412				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3413				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3414
3415			auto,nosmt
3416				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3417				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3418				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3419				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3420					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3421					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3422					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3423					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3424
3425	mminit_loglevel=
3426			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3427			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3428			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3429			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3430			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3431			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3432
3433	mmio_stale_data=
3434			[X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor
3435			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3436
3437			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3438			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3439			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3440			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3441			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3442			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3443
3444			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3445			options are:
3446
3447			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3448
3449			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3450				     vulnerable CPUs.
3451
3452			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3453
3454			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3455			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3456			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3457			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3458			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3459			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3460
3461			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3462			mmio_stale_data=full.
3463
3464			For details see:
3465			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3466
3467	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
3468			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
3469			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
3470			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
3471			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
3472			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
3473
3474	module.async_probe=<bool>
3475			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3476			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3477			specific module, use the module specific control that
3478			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3479			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3480			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3481			the specific module.
3482
3483	module.enable_dups_trace
3484			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS is set,
3485			this means that duplicate request_module() calls will
3486			trigger a WARN_ON() instead of a pr_warn(). Note that
3487			if MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS_TRACE is set, WARN_ON()s
3488			will always be issued and this option does nothing.
3489	module.sig_enforce
3490			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3491			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3492			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3493			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3494
3495	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3496			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3497
3498	mousedev.tap_time=
3499			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3500			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3501			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3502			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3503			Format: <msecs>
3504	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3505			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3506	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3507			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3508
3509	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
3510			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3511			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3512			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3513			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3514			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3515			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3516			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3517			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3518			is not too small.
3519
3520	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3521			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3522			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3523			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3524			allocations. Use with caution!
3525
3526	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3527			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3528
3529	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3530			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3531
3532	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3533			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3534
3535	mtdset=		[ARM]
3536			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3537
3538			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3539
3540	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3541			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3542			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3543
3544	mtrr=debug	[X86]
3545			Enable printing debug information related to MTRR
3546			registers at boot time.
3547
3548	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3549			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3550			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3551
3552	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3553			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3554			Default is 1.
3555			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3556			using up MTRRs.
3557
3558	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3559			Format: <integer>
3560			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3561			Default : 1
3562			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3563			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3564
3565	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3566			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3567			at a time.
3568
3569	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3570
3571	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3572			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3573			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3574			something different and driver-specific.
3575			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3576			file if at all.
3577
3578	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3579			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3580			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3581			waits 4 seconds.
3582
3583	nf_conntrack.acct=
3584			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3585			0 to disable accounting
3586			1 to enable accounting
3587			Default value is 0.
3588
3589	nfs.cache_getent=
3590			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3591			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3592
3593	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3594			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3595			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3596
3597	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3598			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3599			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3600			requests.
3601
3602	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3603			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3604			channel should listen.
3605
3606	nfs.delay_retrans=
3607			[NFS] specifies the number of times the NFSv4 client
3608			retries the request before returning an EAGAIN error,
3609			after a reply of NFS4ERR_DELAY from the server.
3610			Only applies if the softerr mount option is enabled,
3611			and the specified value is >= 0.
3612
3613	nfs.enable_ino64=
3614			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3615			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3616			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3617			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3618			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3619
3620	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3621			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3622			entries.
3623
3624	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3625			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3626			slots the client will assign to the callback
3627			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3628			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3629			a particular server.
3630
3631	nfs.max_session_slots=
3632			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3633			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3634			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3635			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3636			Note that there is little point in setting this
3637			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3638
3639	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3640			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3641			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3642			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3643			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3644			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3645			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3646			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3647			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3648			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3649			back to using the idmapper.
3650			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3651
3652	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3653			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3654			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3655			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3656			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3657
3658	nfs.recover_lost_locks=
3659			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3660			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3661			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3662			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3663			after the locks are lost.
3664			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3665			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3666			parameter to '1'.
3667			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3668			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3669
3670	nfs.send_implementation_id=
3671			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3672			information in exchange_id requests.
3673			If zero, no implementation identification information
3674			will be sent.
3675			The default is to send the implementation identification
3676			information.
3677
3678	nfs4.layoutstats_timer=
3679			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3680			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3681
3682			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3683			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3684			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3685			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3686
3687	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable=
3688			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3689			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3690			the destination of the copy.
3691
3692	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3693			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3694			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3695			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3696			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3697			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3698
3699	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout=
3700			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3701			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3702			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3703			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3704			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3705			this parameter.
3706
3707	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3708			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3709
3710	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3711			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3712
3713	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3714			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3715
3716	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3717			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3718			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3719
3720	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3721			when a NMI is triggered.
3722			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3723
3724	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3725			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3726			Valid num: 0 or 1
3727			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3728			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3729			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3730			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3731			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3732			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3733			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3734			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3735			need the box quickly up again.
3736
3737			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3738			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3739
3740	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3741			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3742			is present.
3743
3744	no4lvl		[RISCV] Disable 4-level and 5-level paging modes. Forces
3745			kernel to use 3-level paging instead.
3746
3747	no5lvl		[X86-64,RISCV] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3748			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3749
3750	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3751			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
3752			but will impact performance.
3753
3754	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3755
3756	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3757			(CPU alternatives feature).
3758
3759	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3760			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3761
3762	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3763
3764	nocache		[ARM]
3765
3766	no_console_suspend
3767			[HW] Never suspend the console
3768			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3769			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3770			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3771			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3772			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3773			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3774			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3775			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3776			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3777			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3778			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3779			turn on/off it dynamically.
3780
3781	no_debug_objects
3782			[KNL] Disable object debugging
3783
3784	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3785
3786	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
3787
3788	no_entry_flush  [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3789
3790	noexec		[IA-64]
3791
3792	noexec32	[X86-64]
3793			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3794			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3795				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3796			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3797				read implies executable mappings
3798
3799	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3800			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3801			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3802
3803	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3804
3805	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3806
3807	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3808			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3809			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3810
3811	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3812			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3813			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3814			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3815			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3816			real-time systems.
3817
3818	no_hash_pointers
3819			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3820			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3821			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3822			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3823			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3824			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3825			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3826			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3827			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3828			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3829			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3830			kernels.
3831
3832	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3833
3834	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,PPC,SH] Forces the kernel to
3835			busy wait in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3836			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3837			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3838			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3839			correctly or when doing power measurements to evaluate
3840			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3841			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3842
3843	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3844
3845	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3846
3847	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3848			Valid arguments: on, off
3849			Default: on
3850
3851	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3852			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3853			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3854			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3855			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3856			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3857			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3858			just as if they had also been called out in the
3859			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3860
3861			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3862			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3863
3864	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3865			initial RAM disk.
3866
3867	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3868			remapping.
3869			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3870
3871	nointroute	[IA-64]
3872
3873	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3874
3875	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3876
3877	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3878			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3879
3880	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3881
3882	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3883
3884	nokaslr		[KNL]
3885			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
3886			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
3887			Layout Randomization).
3888
3889	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3890			fault handling.
3891
3892	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3893
3894	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3895
3896	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3897
3898	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3899
3900	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3901
3902	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3903			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3904
3905	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware
3906			sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory
3907			for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will
3908			not load if they could possibly displace the pre-
3909			initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will
3910			be available for use. The respective drivers will not
3911			perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering.
3912
3913			Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging.
3914
3915	nomodule	Disable module load
3916
3917	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3918			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3919			irq.
3920
3921	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3922			pagetables) support.
3923
3924	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3925
3926	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
3927			in some Intel CPUs.
3928
3929	nopti		[X86-64]
3930			Equivalent to pti=off
3931
3932	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
3933			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
3934			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
3935			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
3936
3937	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM]
3938			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
3939			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
3940			contention.
3941
3942	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3943			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3944
3945	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3946			with UP alternatives
3947
3948	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3949			space.
3950
3951	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3952
3953	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3954			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3955			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3956
3957	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3958
3959	nosmap		[PPC]
3960			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3961			even if it is supported by processor.
3962
3963	nosmep		[PPC64s]
3964			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3965			even if it is supported by processor.
3966
3967	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3968			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3969
3970	nosmt		[KNL,MIPS,PPC,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3971			Equivalent to smt=1.
3972
3973			[KNL,X86,PPC] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3974			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3975				     via the sysfs control file.
3976
3977	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3978
3979	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3980			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3981
3982	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
3983			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
3984			with this option.
3985
3986	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3987			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3988			possible in the system.
3989
3990	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3991			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3992			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3993			option.
3994
3995	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES,RISCV] Disable
3996			paravirtualized steal time accounting. steal time is
3997			computed, but won't influence scheduler behaviour
3998
3999	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
4000
4001	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
4002			broken timer IRQ sources.
4003
4004	no_uaccess_flush
4005	                [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
4006
4007	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
4008			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
4009			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
4010			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
4011			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
4012			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
4013			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
4014			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
4015			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
4016			is set.
4017
4018	no-vmw-sched-clock
4019			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
4020			clock and use the default one.
4021
4022	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
4023			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
4024
4025	nowb		[ARM]
4026
4027	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
4028
4029			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
4030			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
4031			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
4032
4033	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
4034			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
4035			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
4036
4037	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
4038			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
4039			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
4040			performance of saving the states is degraded because
4041			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
4042			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
4043
4044	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
4045			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
4046			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
4047			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
4048			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
4049			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
4050			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
4051
4052	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
4053			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
4054			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
4055			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
4056			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
4057			parameter's value.
4058			Format: integer between 1 and 255
4059			Default: 255
4060
4061	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
4062			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
4063			SAL PALO.
4064
4065	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
4066			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
4067			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
4068			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
4069			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
4070			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
4071			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
4072			hot plugging.
4073
4074	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
4075
4076	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only
4077			set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
4078
4079	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
4080			NUMA balancing.
4081			Allowed values are enable and disable
4082
4083	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
4084			'node', 'default' can be specified
4085			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
4086			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
4087
4088	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
4089			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
4090			info.
4091
4092	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
4093			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
4094			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
4095			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
4096			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
4097			interrupts *may* be lost!
4098
4099	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
4100			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
4101			For example, to override I2C bus2:
4102			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
4103
4104	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
4105
4106			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
4107
4108			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
4109				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
4110			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
4111				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
4112				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
4113
4114	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
4115			process, but there is a small probability of
4116			deadlocking the machine.
4117			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
4118			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
4119
4120	page_alloc.shuffle=
4121			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
4122			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
4123			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
4124			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
4125			cache, and this parameter can be used to
4126			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
4127			can be read from sysfs at:
4128			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
4129
4130	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
4131			Storage of the information about who allocated
4132			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
4133			we can turn it on.
4134			on: enable the feature
4135
4136	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
4137			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
4138			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
4139			off: turn off poisoning (default)
4140			on: turn on poisoning
4141
4142	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
4143			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
4144			Format: <integer>
4145			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
4146			reporting is disabled when it exceeds MAX_PAGE_ORDER.
4147
4148	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
4149			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
4150			timeout = 0: wait forever
4151			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
4152			Format: <timeout>
4153
4154	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
4155			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
4156			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
4157			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
4158			called with any of the flags in this set.
4159			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
4160			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
4161			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
4162			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
4163			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
4164			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
4165			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
4166
4167	panic_on_warn=1	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
4168			on a WARN().
4169
4170	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
4171			User can chose combination of the following bits:
4172			bit 0: print all tasks info
4173			bit 1: print system memory info
4174			bit 2: print timer info
4175			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
4176			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
4177			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
4178			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
4179			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
4180			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
4181			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
4182			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
4183
4184	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
4185			connected to, default is 0.
4186			Format: <parport#>
4187	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
4188			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
4189			Format: <mode>
4190
4191	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
4192			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
4193			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
4194			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
4195			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
4196			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
4197			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
4198			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
4199			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
4200			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
4201			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
4202			are specified on the command line, starting
4203			with parport0.
4204
4205	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
4206			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
4207			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
4208			computer where firmware has no options for setting
4209			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
4210			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
4211			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
4212
4213	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4214			Format: <int>
4215			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4216			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4217			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4218
4219	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4220			Format: <int>
4221			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4222			changes.  Disabled by default.
4223
4224	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4225			Format: <int>
4226			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4227			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4228			Disabled by default.
4229
4230	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4231			Format: <int>
4232			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4233			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4234			Disabled by default.
4235
4236	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4237			Format: <int>
4238			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4239			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4240			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4241			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4242			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4243			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4244			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4245			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4246			all channels.
4247
4248	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4249			Format: <int>
4250			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4251			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4252			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4253
4254	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4255			Format: <int>
4256			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4257			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4258			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4259
4260	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4261			Format: <int>
4262			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4263			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4264			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4265			All modes allowed by default.
4266
4267	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4268			Format: <int>
4269			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4270			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4271
4272	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4273			Format: <int>
4274			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4275			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4276			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4277			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4278			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4279			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4280			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4281			By default all supported ports are probed.
4282
4283	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4284			Format: <int>
4285			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4286			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4287
4288	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4289			Format: <int>
4290			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4291			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4292			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4293			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4294			0 otherwise.
4295
4296	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4297			Format: <int>
4298			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4299			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4300			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4301			allowed by default.
4302
4303	pause_on_oops=<int>
4304			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4305			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4306			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4307
4308	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4309
4310	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
4311
4312				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4313				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4314				specified in one of the following formats:
4315
4316				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4317				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4318
4319				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4320				bus/device/function address which may change
4321				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4322				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4323				by other kernel parameters. If the
4324				domain is left unspecified, it is
4325				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4326				to a device through multiple device/function
4327				addresses can be specified after the base
4328				address (this is more robust against
4329				renumbering issues).  The second format
4330				selects devices using IDs from the
4331				configuration space which may match multiple
4332				devices in the system.
4333
4334		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4335				changes anything
4336		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4337		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4338				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4339				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4340		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4341				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4342				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4343				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4344		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4345				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4346				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4347		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4348				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4349				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4350				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4351				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4352				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4353				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4354		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4355				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4356				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4357		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4358				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4359		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4360				Configuration
4361		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4362				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4363				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4364		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4365				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4366				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4367		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4368				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4369				should never be necessary.
4370		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4371				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4372				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4373				when the system masks IRQs.
4374		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4375				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4376				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4377				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4378		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4379				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4380				on several machines and they hang the machine
4381				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4382				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4383				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4384				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4385				motherboard.
4386		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4387				Use with caution as certain devices share
4388				address decoders between ROMs and other
4389				resources.
4390		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4391				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4392				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4393		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4394				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4395		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4396				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4397				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4398				this way.
4399		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4400				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4401				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4402				F0000h-100000h range.
4403		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4404				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4405				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4406				explicitly which ones they are.
4407		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4408				numbers ourselves, overriding
4409				whatever the firmware may have done.
4410		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4411				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4412				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4413				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4414				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4415				IRQ routing is enabled.
4416		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4417				or for PCI scanning.
4418		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4419				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4420				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4421				please report a bug.
4422		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4423				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4424		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4425				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4426				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4427				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4428				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4429		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4430				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4431				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4432				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4433		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4434				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4435				so this option is a temporary workaround
4436				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4437		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4438				handle more pci cards
4439		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4440				This might help on some broken boards which
4441				machine check when some devices' config space
4442				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4443				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4444		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4445				This sorting is done to get a device
4446				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4447		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4448		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4449				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4450		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4451				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4452		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4453				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4454				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4455				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4456				or bus can support) for best performance.
4457		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4458				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4459				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4460				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4461				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4462				that hot-added devices will work.
4463		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4464				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4465				The default value is 256 bytes.
4466		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4467				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4468				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4469		resource_alignment=
4470				Format:
4471				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4472				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4473				aligned memory resources. How to
4474				specify the device is described above.
4475				If <order of align> is not specified,
4476				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4477				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4478				windows need to be expanded.
4479				To specify the alignment for several
4480				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4481				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4482				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4483				for 4096-byte alignment.
4484		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4485				end-to-end CRC checking). Only effective if
4486				OS has native AER control (either granted by
4487				ACPI _OSC or forced via "pcie_ports=native")
4488				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4489				the default.
4490				off: Turn ECRC off
4491				on: Turn ECRC on.
4492		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4493				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4494				Default size is 256 bytes.
4495		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4496				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4497				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4498		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4499				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4500				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4501		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4502				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4503				MMIO_PREF window.
4504				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4505		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4506				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4507				Default is 1.
4508		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4509				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4510				accommodate resources required by all child
4511				devices.
4512				off: Turn realloc off
4513				on: Turn realloc on
4514		realloc		same as realloc=on
4515		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4516		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4517				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4518		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4519				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4520				port.
4521		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4522				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4523				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4524				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4525				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4526				taints the kernel.
4527		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4528				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4529				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4530				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4531				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4532				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4533				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4534				this removes isolation between devices and
4535				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4536		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4537		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4538		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4539				one PCI domain per PCI function
4540
4541	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
4542			Management.
4543		off	Disable ASPM.
4544		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4545			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4546
4547	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4548		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4549			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4550			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4551			also tries to use these services.
4552		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4553				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4554		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4555			hotplug).
4556
4557	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4558		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4559		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4560
4561	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4562		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4563			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4564
4565	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4566
4567	pd_ignore_unused
4568			[PM]
4569			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4570			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4571			for debug and development, but should not be
4572			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4573
4574	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4575			boot time.
4576			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4577			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4578
4579	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4580			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4581			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4582			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4583			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4584			and performance comparison.
4585
4586	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4587			See Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4588
4589	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4590			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4591			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4592
4593	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4594			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4595			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4596
4597	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4598			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4599			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4600			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4601			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4602			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4603			remains 0.
4604
4605	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4606			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4607
4608	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4609			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4610			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4611			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4612			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4613			possible settings and some assignment information.
4614
4615	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4616			{ off }
4617
4618	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4619			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4620
4621	pnp_reserve_irq=
4622			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4623
4624	pnp_reserve_dma=
4625			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4626
4627	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4628			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4629
4630	pnp_reserve_mem=
4631			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4632			autoconfiguration.
4633			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4634
4635	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4636			Default is 21.
4637			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4638			may be specified.
4639			Format: <port>,<port>....
4640
4641	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4642			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4643			platform machine description specific power_save
4644			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4645			execution priority.
4646
4647	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4648			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4649			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4650			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4651			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4652
4653	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
4654			Format: {"off"}
4655			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4656
4657	preempt=	[KNL]
4658			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4659			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4660			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4661			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4662			       can be preempted anytime.
4663
4664	print-fatal-signals=
4665			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4666
4667			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4668			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4669			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4670			coredump - etc.
4671
4672			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4673			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4674
4675			default: off.
4676
4677	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4678			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4679			panics
4680			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4681			default: disabled
4682
4683	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4684			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4685			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4686			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4687			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4688			in order to provide more debug information.
4689			Format: <bool>
4690			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4691
4692	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4693			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4694			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4695			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4696			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4697			Default: ratelimit
4698
4699	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4700			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4701
4702	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4703			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4704			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4705
4706	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4707			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4708			instead using the legacy FADT method
4709
4710	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4711			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4712			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4713				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4714			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4715			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4716				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4717			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4718			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4719				statistical time based profiling.
4720
4721	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4722
4723	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4724			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4725			that).
4726			Format: <bool>
4727
4728	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4729			tracking.
4730			Format: <bool>
4731
4732	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4733			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4734	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4735			per second.
4736	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4737			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4738			(0 = never).
4739	psmouse.resolution=
4740			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4741	psmouse.smartscroll=
4742			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4743			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4744
4745	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4746
4747	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4748			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4749			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4750			system calls and interrupts.
4751
4752			on   - unconditionally enable
4753			off  - unconditionally disable
4754			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4755			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4756
4757			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4758
4759	pty.legacy_count=
4760			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4761			default number.
4762
4763	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
4764
4765	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4766
4767	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
4768			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
4769			invalidate.
4770
4771	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4772			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4773
4774	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4775			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4776
4777	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4778
4779	random.trust_cpu=off
4780			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
4781			random number generator (if available) to
4782			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4783
4784	random.trust_bootloader=off
4785			[KNL] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
4786			passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4787			initialize the kernel's RNG.
4788
4789	randomize_kstack_offset=
4790			[KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4791			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4792			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4793			that depend on stack address determinism or
4794			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4795			available on architectures that have defined
4796			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4797			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4798			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4799
4800	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4801
4802		cec_disable	[X86]
4803				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4804				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4805
4806	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4807			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4808			as described above.
4809
4810			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4811			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4812			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4813			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4814			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4815			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4816			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4817			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4818			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4819			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4820			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4821			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4822
4823			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4824			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4825
4826			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4827			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4828			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4829			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4830
4831			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4832			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4833
4834	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4835			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4836			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4837			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4838			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4839			This improves the real-time response for the
4840			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4841			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4842			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4843			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4844
4845	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4846			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4847			process in one batch.
4848
4849	rcutree.do_rcu_barrier=	[KNL]
4850			Request a call to rcu_barrier().  This is
4851			throttled so that userspace tests can safely
4852			hammer on the sysfs variable if they so choose.
4853			If triggered before the RCU grace-period machinery
4854			is fully active, this will error out with EAGAIN.
4855
4856	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4857			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4858			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4859			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4860
4861	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4862			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4863			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4864
4865	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4866			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4867			RCU grace-period initialization.
4868
4869	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4870			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4871			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4872			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4873			the rcu_node combining tree.
4874
4875	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4876			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4877			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4878			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4879			and maximum value is HZ.
4880
4881	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4882			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4883			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4884			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4885
4886	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4887			Set required age in jiffies for a
4888			given grace period before RCU starts
4889			soliciting quiescent-state help from
4890			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4891			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4892			a value based on the most recent settings
4893			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4894			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4895			This calculated value may be viewed in
4896			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
4897			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4898			overwritten.
4899
4900	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
4901			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4902			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4903			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4904			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4905			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4906			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4907			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
4908			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4909			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4910			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
4911			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
4912
4913	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
4914			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
4915			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
4916			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
4917			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
4918			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
4919			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
4920			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
4921			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
4922			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
4923			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
4924			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
4925
4926	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4927			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4928			batch limiting is disabled.
4929
4930	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4931			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4932			batch limiting is re-enabled.
4933
4934	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4935			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4936			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4937			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4938			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4939			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4940			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4941			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4942
4943	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
4944			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
4945			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
4946			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
4947
4948	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
4949			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
4950			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
4951			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
4952			The result will be bounded below by the value of
4953			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
4954			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
4955			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
4956
4957			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
4958			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
4959			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
4960			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
4961			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
4962
4963	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4964			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4965			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
4966			possibly be useful for architectures having high
4967			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4968
4969	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4970			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4971			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
4972			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4973			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4974			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4975			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4976
4977	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4978			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4979			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4980			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4981			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4982			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4983			condition.
4984
4985	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4986			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4987			each group, which defaults to the square root
4988			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
4989			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4990			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4991			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4992
4993	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4994			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4995			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4996			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4997			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4998			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4999
5000	rcutree.rcu_resched_ns= [KNL]
5001			Limit the time spend invoking a batch of RCU
5002			callbacks to the specified number of nanoseconds.
5003			By default, this limit is checked only once
5004			every 32 callbacks in order to limit the pain
5005			inflicted by local_clock() overhead.
5006
5007	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
5008			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
5009			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
5010			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
5011			Larger delays increase the probability of
5012			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
5013			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
5014			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
5015
5016	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
5017			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
5018			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
5019			why a new grace period has not yet started.
5020
5021	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
5022			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
5023			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
5024			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
5025			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
5026
5027			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
5028			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
5029			to zero.
5030
5031	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
5032			Measure performance of asynchronous
5033			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
5034
5035	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
5036			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
5037			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
5038			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
5039			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
5040			previously posted callbacks to drain.
5041
5042	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
5043			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
5044			grace-period primitives.
5045
5046	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5047			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5048			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5049			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5050			interference.
5051
5052	rcuscale.kfree_by_call_rcu= [KNL]
5053			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, test
5054			call_rcu() instead of kfree_rcu().
5055
5056	rcuscale.kfree_mult= [KNL]
5057			Instead of allocating an object of size kfree_obj,
5058			allocate one of kfree_mult * sizeof(kfree_obj).
5059			Defaults to 1.
5060
5061	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
5062			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
5063
5064	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
5065			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5066			If this parameter has the same value as
5067			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
5068			and double-argument variants are tested.
5069
5070	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
5071			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5072			If this parameter has the same value as
5073			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
5074			and double-argument variants are tested.
5075
5076	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
5077			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
5078
5079	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
5080			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
5081
5082	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
5083			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
5084			of allocations and frees.
5085
5086	rcuscale.minruntime= [KNL]
5087			Set the minimum test run time in seconds.  This
5088			does not affect the data-collection interval,
5089			but instead allows better measurement of things
5090			like CPU consumption.
5091
5092	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5093			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5094			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5095			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
5096			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5097			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5098			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
5099			a single reader.
5100
5101	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
5102			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
5103			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
5104			N, where N is the number of CPUs
5105
5106	rcuscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5107			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5108
5109	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5110			Shut the system down after performance tests
5111			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
5112			testing.
5113
5114	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
5115			Enable additional printk() statements.
5116
5117	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
5118			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
5119			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
5120			no holdoff.
5121
5122	rcuscale.writer_holdoff_jiffies= [KNL]
5123			Additional write-side holdoff between grace
5124			periods, but in jiffies.  The default of zero
5125			says no holdoff.
5126
5127	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
5128			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
5129			in microseconds.
5130
5131	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
5132			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
5133			in microseconds.
5134
5135	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
5136			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
5137			in seconds.
5138
5139	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
5140			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
5141			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
5142			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
5143			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
5144			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
5145			of CPUs to be used.
5146
5147	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
5148			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
5149			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
5150
5151	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
5152			Number of seconds to wait between successive
5153			forward-progress tests.
5154
5155	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
5156			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
5157			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
5158			testing.
5159
5160	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
5161			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5162			primitives, if available.
5163
5164	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
5165			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
5166
5167	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
5168			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
5169			update-side primitives, if available.
5170
5171	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
5172			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
5173			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
5174			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
5175			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
5176			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
5177			they are all non-zero.
5178
5179	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
5180			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
5181			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
5182			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
5183
5184	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
5185			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
5186			This can of course result in splats, and is
5187			intended to test the ability of things like
5188			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
5189			such leaks.
5190
5191	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
5192			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
5193
5194	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
5195			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
5196			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
5197			test, hence the "fake".
5198
5199	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
5200			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
5201			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
5202
5203	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
5204			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
5205			callback-offload toggling attempts.
5206
5207	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
5208			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5209			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5210			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
5211			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5212			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5213
5214	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
5215			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
5216
5217	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5218			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
5219
5220	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5221			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
5222			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
5223
5224	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
5225			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
5226			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
5227			task-exit processing.
5228
5229	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
5230			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
5231			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
5232			is spawned.
5233
5234	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
5235			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5236			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5237
5238	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5239			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5240			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5241			during the rcutorture test.
5242
5243	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5244			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5245			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5246
5247	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5248			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5249			warnings, zero to disable.
5250
5251	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5252			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5253			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition to
5254			any other stall-related activity.  Note that
5255			in kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n and
5256			CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y, this parameter will
5257			cause the CPU to pass through a quiescent state.
5258			Given CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, this will suppress
5259			RCU CPU stall warnings, but will instead result
5260			in scheduling-while-atomic splats.
5261
5262			Use of this module parameter results in splats.
5263
5264
5265	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5266			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5267
5268	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5269			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
5270
5271	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5272			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5273			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5274			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5275			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5276			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5277
5278	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5279			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5280
5281	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5282			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5283			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5284			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5285			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5286
5287	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5288			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5289			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5290			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5291
5292	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5293			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5294
5295	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5296			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5297
5298	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5299			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5300			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5301
5302	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5303			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5304
5305	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5306			Enable additional printk() statements.
5307
5308	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5309			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5310			stall warning.
5311
5312	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers= [KNL]
5313			Provide RCU CPU stall notifiers, but see the
5314			warnings in the RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER Kconfig
5315			option's help text.  TL;DR:  You almost certainly
5316			do not want rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers.
5317
5318	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5319			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5320
5321	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5322			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5323			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5324			during early boot, that is, during the time
5325			before the init task is spawned.
5326
5327	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5328			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5329			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5330			value is 300 seconds.
5331
5332	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5333			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5334			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5335			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5336			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5337			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5338			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5339			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5340			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5341
5342	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_cputime= [KNL]
5343			Provide statistics on the cputime and count of
5344			interrupts and tasks during the sampling period. For
5345			multiple continuous RCU stalls, all sampling periods
5346			begin at half of the first RCU stall timeout.
5347
5348	rcupdate.rcu_exp_stall_task_details= [KNL]
5349			Print stack dumps of any tasks blocking the
5350			current expedited RCU grace period during an
5351			expedited RCU CPU stall warning.
5352
5353	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5354			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5355			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5356			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5357			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5358			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5359			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5360
5361	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5362			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5363			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5364			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5365			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5366			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5367			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5368			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5369			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5370
5371	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5372			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5373			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5374			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5375			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5376
5377			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5378			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5379			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5380			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5381			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5382			grace-period processing.
5383
5384	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5385			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5386			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5387			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5388			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5389			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5390			set to the default value of -1.
5391
5392	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5393			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5394			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5395			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5396			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5397			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5398			the default value of -1.
5399
5400	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5401			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5402			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5403			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5404			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5405			for use in testing.
5406
5407	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5408			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5409			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5410			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5411			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5412			but lengthens grace periods.
5413
5414	rcupdate.rcu_task_lazy_lim= [KNL]
5415			Number of callbacks on a given CPU that will
5416			cancel laziness on that CPU.  Use -1 to disable
5417			cancellation of laziness, but be advised that
5418			doing so increases the danger of OOM due to
5419			callback flooding.
5420
5421	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5422			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5423			informational messages, which give some indication
5424			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5425			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5426			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5427			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5428			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5429			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5430			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5431
5432	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5433			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5434			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5435			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5436			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5437			the value three, so that the first informational
5438			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5439			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5440			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5441			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5442
5443	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5444			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5445			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5446			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5447			A change in value does not take effect until
5448			the beginning of the next grace period.
5449
5450	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5451			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks asynchronous
5452			callback batching for call_rcu_tasks().
5453			A negative value will take the default.  A value
5454			of zero will disable batching.	Batching is
5455			always disabled for synchronize_rcu_tasks().
5456
5457	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_rude_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5458			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks
5459			Rude asynchronous callback batching for
5460			call_rcu_tasks_rude().	A negative value
5461			will take the default.	A value of zero will
5462			disable batching.  Batching is always disabled
5463			for synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude().
5464
5465	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_trace_lazy_ms= [KNL]
5466			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks
5467			Trace asynchronous callback batching for
5468			call_rcu_tasks_trace().  A negative value
5469			will take the default.	A value of zero will
5470			disable batching.  Batching is always disabled
5471			for synchronize_rcu_tasks_trace().
5472
5473	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5474			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5475
5476	rdinit=		[KNL]
5477			Format: <full_path>
5478			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5479			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5480
5481	rdrand=		[X86]
5482			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5483				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5484				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5485				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5486				path).
5487
5488	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5489			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5490			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5491			mba, smba, bmec.
5492			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5493				rdt=cmt,!mba
5494
5495	reboot=		[KNL]
5496			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5497				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5498				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5499				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5500				[[,]f[orce]
5501			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5502					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5503					reboot only),
5504			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5505			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5506			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5507					to be used for rebooting.
5508
5509	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5510			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5511			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5512			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5513			interference.
5514
5515	refscale.lookup_instances= [KNL]
5516			Number of data elements to use for the forms of
5517			SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU testing.  A negative number
5518			is negated and multiplied by nr_cpu_ids, while
5519			zero specifies nr_cpu_ids.
5520
5521	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5522			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5523			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5524			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5525			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5526			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5527			x86 laptops.
5528
5529	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5530			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5531			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5532			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5533
5534	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5535			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5536			the console log.
5537
5538	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5539			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5540			measured in microseconds.
5541
5542	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5543			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5544
5545	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5546			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5547			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5548			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5549			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5550
5551	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5552			Enable additional printk() statements.
5553
5554	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5555			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5556			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5557			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5558			specified.
5559
5560	regulator_ignore_unused
5561			[REGULATOR]
5562			Prevents regulator framework from disabling regulators
5563			that are unused, due no driver claiming them. This may
5564			be useful for debug and development, but should not be
5565			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
5566
5567	relax_domain_level=
5568			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5569			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5570
5571	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5572			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5573			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5574			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5575			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5576
5577	reservetop=	[X86-32]
5578			Format: nn[KMG]
5579			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5580			address space.
5581
5582	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5583			during initialization.
5584
5585	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5586			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5587			Format:
5588			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5589
5590	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5591			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5592			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5593			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5594			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5595
5596	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5597			read the resume files
5598
5599	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5600			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5601			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5602
5603	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction. After boot, it will
5604			be accessible via /sys/firmware/initrd.
5605
5606	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5607			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5608			vulnerability.
5609
5610			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5611			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5612			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5613			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5614			that don't.
5615
5616			off          - no mitigation
5617			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5618			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5619				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5620				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5621				       and older without STIBP).
5622			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5623				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5624				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5625				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5626				       on Intel.
5627			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5628				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5629				       the alternative for systems which do not
5630				       have STIBP.
5631			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5632				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5633				       systems.
5634			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5635				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5636				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5637
5638			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5639			time according to the CPU.
5640
5641			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5642
5643	rfkill.default_state=
5644		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5645			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5646		1	Unblocked.
5647
5648	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5649		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5650		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5651			blocked and the previous configuration.
5652		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5653			blocked and everything unblocked.
5654
5655	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5656			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
5657
5658	ring3mwait=disable
5659			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5660			CPUs.
5661
5662	riscv_isa_fallback [RISCV]
5663			When CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK is not enabled, permit
5664			falling back to detecting extension support by parsing
5665			"riscv,isa" property on devicetree systems when the
5666			replacement properties are not found. See the Kconfig
5667			entry for RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK.
5668
5669	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5670
5671	rodata=		[KNL]
5672		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5673		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5674		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5675		        [arm64]
5676
5677	rockchip.usb_uart
5678			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5679			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5680			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5681			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5682
5683	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5684			Usually this a a block device specifier of some kind,
5685			see the early_lookup_bdev comment in
5686			block/early-lookup.c for details.
5687			Alternatively this can be "ram" for the legacy initial
5688			ramdisk, "nfs" and "cifs" for root on a network file
5689			system, or "mtd" and "ubi" for mounting from raw flash.
5690
5691	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5692			mount the root filesystem
5693
5694	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5695
5696	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5697
5698	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5699			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5700			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5701
5702	rootwait=	[KNL] Maximum time (in seconds) to wait for root device
5703			to show up before attempting to mount the root
5704			filesystem.
5705
5706	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5707			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5708			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5709			managed by CMA.
5710
5711	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5712
5713	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5714
5715	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5716			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5717		strict
5718			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result
5719			in an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before
5720			reuse, which is faster. Deprecated, equivalent to
5721			iommu.strict=1.
5722
5723	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5724			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5725			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5726			factor of the size of main memory.
5727			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5728			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5729			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5730			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5731			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5732			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5733			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5734
5735	sa1100ir	[NET]
5736			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5737
5738	sched_verbose	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5739
5740	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5741			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5742			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5743			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5744
5745	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5746			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5747			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5748			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5749			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5750			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5751			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5752			value.
5753			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5754			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5755				1			64 ms
5756				2			128 ms
5757			and so on.
5758			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5759			Default is 0.
5760
5761	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5762			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5763			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5764			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5765			tests.
5766
5767	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5768			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5769			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5770			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5771			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5772			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5773			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5774
5775	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5776			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5777			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5778			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5779			equal to the number of CPUs.
5780
5781	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5782			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5783			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5784
5785	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5786			Number seconds to wait between successive
5787			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
5788			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5789
5790	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5791			The number of seconds following the start of the
5792			test after which to shut down the system.  The
5793			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5794			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5795
5796	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5797			The number of seconds between outputting the
5798			current test statistics to the console.  A value
5799			of zero disables statistics output.
5800
5801	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5802			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5803			to the set of CPUs under test.
5804
5805	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5806			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5807			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5808			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5809			functions.
5810
5811	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5812			Enable additional printk() statements.
5813
5814	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5815			The probability weighting to use for the
5816			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5817			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
5818			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
5819			if at least one weight has some other value, a
5820			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5821
5822	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
5823			The probability weighting to use for the
5824			smp_call_function_single() function with a
5825			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5826
5827	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
5828			The probability weighting to use for the
5829			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
5830			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5831			Note well that setting a high probability for
5832			this weighting can place serious IPI load
5833			on the system.
5834
5835	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
5836			The probability weighting to use for the
5837			smp_call_function_many() function with a
5838			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5839			and weight_many.
5840
5841	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
5842			The probability weighting to use for the
5843			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
5844			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
5845			weight_many.
5846
5847	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
5848			The probability weighting to use for the
5849			smp_call_function_all() function with a
5850			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5851			and weight_many.
5852
5853	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5854			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5855			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5856			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5857			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5858			1 -- enable.
5859			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5860			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5861
5862	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5863			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5864			"lsm=" parameter.
5865
5866	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5867			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5868			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
5869			0 -- disable.
5870			1 -- enable.
5871			Default value is 1.
5872
5873	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
5874
5875	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
5876
5877	shapers=	[NET]
5878			Maximal number of shapers.
5879
5880	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
5881			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
5882			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
5883			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
5884			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
5885			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
5886			apic=verbose is specified.
5887			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
5888
5889	simeth=		[IA-64]
5890	simscsi=
5891
5892	slram=		[HW,MTD]
5893
5894	slab_merge	[MM]
5895			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5896			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5897
5898	slab_nomerge	[MM]
5899			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5900			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5901			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5902			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5903			layout control by attackers can usually be
5904			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5905			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5906			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5907			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5908			own.
5909			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5910
5911	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
5912			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5913			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5914			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
5915			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5916
5917	slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM, SLUB]
5918			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5919			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5920			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5921			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5922			last alloc / free. For more information see
5923			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5924
5925	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5926			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5927			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5928			fragmentation. For more information see
5929			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5930
5931	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
5932			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5933			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5934			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5935			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5936			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5937			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5938			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5939
5940	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
5941			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5942			lower than slub_max_order.
5943			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5944
5945	slub_merge	[MM, SLUB]
5946			Same with slab_merge.
5947
5948	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
5949			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5950			See slab_nomerge for more information.
5951
5952	smart2=		[HW]
5953			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5954
5955	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
5956			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
5957			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
5958			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
5959			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
5960			disabling interrupts for extended periods
5961			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
5962			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
5963			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
5964			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
5965
5966	smp.panic_on_ipistall= [KNL]
5967			If a csd_lock_timeout extends for more than
5968			the specified number of milliseconds, panic the
5969			system.  By default, let CSD-lock acquisition
5970			take as long as they take.  Specifying 300,000
5971			for this value provides a 5-minute timeout.
5972
5973	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5974	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
5975	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
5976	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
5977	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
5978	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
5979	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5980				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5981				1: Fast pin select (default)
5982				2: ATC IRMode
5983
5984	smt=		[KNL,MIPS,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5985			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5986			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5987			actual hardware limit.
5988			Format: <integer>
5989			Default: -1 (no limit)
5990
5991	softlockup_panic=
5992			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5993			Format: 0 | 1
5994
5995			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5996			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5997			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5998			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5999			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
6000
6001	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
6002			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
6003			backtraces on all cpus.
6004			Format: 0 | 1
6005
6006	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
6007			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
6008
6009	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6010			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
6011			The default operation protects the kernel from
6012			user space attacks.
6013
6014			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
6015			       spectre_v2_user=on
6016			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
6017			       spectre_v2_user=off
6018			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
6019			       vulnerable
6020
6021			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
6022			mitigation method at run time according to the
6023			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
6024			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
6025			compiler with which the kernel was built.
6026
6027			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
6028			against user space to user space task attacks.
6029
6030			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
6031			the user space protections.
6032
6033			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
6034
6035			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
6036			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
6037			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
6038			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
6039			eibrs		  - Enhanced/Auto IBRS
6040			eibrs,retpoline   - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
6041			eibrs,lfence      - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
6042			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
6043
6044			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6045			spectre_v2=auto.
6046
6047	spectre_v2_user=
6048			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6049		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
6050		        user space tasks
6051
6052			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
6053				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
6054
6055			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
6056				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
6057
6058			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
6059				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
6060				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
6061				  is inherited on fork.
6062
6063			prctl,ibpb
6064				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
6065				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6066				  always when switching between different user
6067				  space processes.
6068
6069			seccomp
6070				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
6071				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
6072				  they explicitly opt out.
6073
6074			seccomp,ibpb
6075				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
6076				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6077				  always when switching between different
6078				  user space processes.
6079
6080			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
6081				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
6082
6083			Default mitigation: "prctl"
6084
6085			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6086			spectre_v2_user=auto.
6087
6088	spec_rstack_overflow=
6089			[X86] Control RAS overflow mitigation on AMD Zen CPUs
6090
6091			off		- Disable mitigation
6092			microcode	- Enable microcode mitigation only
6093			safe-ret	- Enable sw-only safe RET mitigation (default)
6094			ibpb		- Enable mitigation by issuing IBPB on
6095					  kernel entry
6096			ibpb-vmexit	- Issue IBPB only on VMEXIT
6097					  (cloud-specific mitigation)
6098
6099	spec_store_bypass_disable=
6100			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
6101			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
6102
6103			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
6104			a common industry wide performance optimization known
6105			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
6106			to the same memory location may not be observed by
6107			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
6108			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
6109			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
6110			end of a particular speculation execution window.
6111
6112			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6113			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
6114			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
6115			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
6116
6117			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
6118			Bypass optimization is used.
6119
6120			On x86 the options are:
6121
6122			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
6123			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
6124			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
6125				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
6126				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
6127				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
6128				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
6129				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
6130			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
6131				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
6132				  for a process by default. The state of the control
6133				  is inherited on fork.
6134			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
6135				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
6136
6137			Default mitigations:
6138			X86:	"prctl"
6139
6140			On powerpc the options are:
6141
6142			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
6143				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
6144				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
6145				  exit.
6146			off	- No action.
6147
6148			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6149			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
6150
6151	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
6152	spia_fio_base=
6153	spia_pedr=
6154	spia_peddr=
6155
6156	split_lock_detect=
6157			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
6158
6159			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
6160			instructions that access data across cache line
6161			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
6162			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
6163			bus lock detection.
6164
6165			off	- not enabled
6166
6167			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
6168				  about applications triggering the #AC
6169				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
6170				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
6171				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
6172				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
6173				  enabled in hardware.
6174
6175			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
6176				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
6177				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
6178				  both features are enabled in hardware.
6179
6180			ratelimit:N -
6181				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
6182				  per second for bus lock detection.
6183				  0 < N <= 1000.
6184
6185				  N/A for split lock detection.
6186
6187
6188			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
6189			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
6190			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
6191			mode.
6192
6193			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
6194			CPL > 0.
6195
6196	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
6197			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
6198			(SRBDS) mitigation.
6199
6200			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
6201			exploit which can leak bits from the random
6202			number generator.
6203
6204			By default, this issue is mitigated by
6205			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
6206			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
6207			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
6208			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
6209
6210			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
6211			the following option:
6212
6213			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
6214				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
6215
6216	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
6217			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
6218			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
6219			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
6220			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
6221			but takes effect only when the low-order four
6222			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
6223			(decide at boot).
6224
6225	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
6226			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
6227			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
6228			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
6229
6230				   0:  Never.
6231				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
6232				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
6233				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
6234				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
6235
6236			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
6237			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
6238			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
6239
6240	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
6241			Specifies how frequently to check for
6242			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
6243			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
6244			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
6245			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
6246			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
6247			are ignored.
6248
6249	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
6250			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
6251			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
6252			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
6253			grace period will be considered for automatic
6254			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
6255			expediting.
6256
6257	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
6258			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
6259			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
6260			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
6261			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
6262			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
6263
6264	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
6265			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
6266			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
6267			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
6268			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
6269			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
6270
6271	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
6272			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
6273			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
6274
6275	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
6276			Specifies the number of update-side contention
6277			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
6278			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
6279			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
6280			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
6281			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
6282
6283	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
6284			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
6285
6286			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
6287			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
6288			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
6289			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
6290
6291			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
6292				   for both kernel and userspace
6293			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
6294				   for both kernel and userspace
6295			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
6296				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
6297				   to allow userspace to register its
6298				   interest in being mitigated too.
6299
6300	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
6301			override the default stack gap protection. The value
6302			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
6303			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
6304			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
6305			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
6306
6307	stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
6308			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
6309			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
6310			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
6311			to false.
6312
6313	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
6314			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
6315
6316	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
6317			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
6318			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
6319			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
6320			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
6321			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
6322			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
6323
6324	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
6325			Format: <num>
6326			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
6327			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
6328			as the initial boot-console.
6329			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6330
6331	sti_font=	[HW]
6332			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
6333
6334	stifb=		[HW]
6335			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
6336
6337        strict_sas_size=
6338			[X86]
6339			Format: <bool>
6340			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
6341			against the required signal frame size which
6342			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
6343			be used to filter out binaries which have
6344			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
6345
6346	stress_hpt	[PPC]
6347			Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
6348			page table to increase the rate of hash page table
6349			faults on kernel addresses.
6350
6351	stress_slb	[PPC]
6352			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
6353			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
6354			on kernel addresses.
6355
6356	sunrpc.min_resvport=
6357	sunrpc.max_resvport=
6358			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6359			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
6360			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
6361			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
6362			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
6363			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
6364			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
6365			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
6366			maximum port values.
6367
6368	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
6369			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6370			Limit the number of requests that the server will
6371			process in parallel from a single connection.
6372			The default value is 0 (no limit).
6373
6374	sunrpc.pool_mode=
6375			[NFS]
6376			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
6377			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
6378			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
6379			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6380			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6381			NFS server is running.
6382
6383			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6384				    automatically using heuristics
6385			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6386			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6387			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6388				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6389
6390	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6391	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6392			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6393			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6394			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6395			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6396			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6397			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6398
6399	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6400			[SUSPEND]
6401			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6402			mode before resuming the system (see
6403			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6404			is set. Default value is 5.
6405
6406	svm=		[PPC]
6407			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6408			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6409			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6410
6411	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
6412			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6413			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6414			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6415				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6416				 to a power of 2.
6417			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6418			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6419			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6420
6421	switches=	[HW,M68k]
6422
6423	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6424			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6425			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6426			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6427			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6428			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6429			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6430			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6431
6432	sysrq_always_enabled
6433			[KNL]
6434			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6435			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6436			Useful for debugging.
6437
6438	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6439			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6440			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6441			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6442			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6443			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6444
6445	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6446
6447	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6448			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6449			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6450			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6451			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6452			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6453			The system is woken from this state using a
6454			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6455
6456	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6457			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6458
6459	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6460			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6461			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6462
6463	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6464			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6465			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6466
6467	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6468			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6469
6470	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6471			-1: disable all passive trip points
6472			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6473			value
6474
6475	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6476			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6477			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6478			0: no polling (default)
6479
6480	threadirqs	[KNL]
6481			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6482			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6483
6484	topology=	[S390]
6485			Format: {off | on}
6486			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6487			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6488			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6489			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6490			Default is on.
6491
6492	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
6493			Format: {off}
6494			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
6495			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
6496			LPAR.
6497
6498	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6499			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6500			until after init has spawned.
6501
6502	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6503			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6504			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6505			very costly operation when many torture tests
6506			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6507			with rotating-rust storage.
6508
6509	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6510			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6511			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6512			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6513
6514	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6515			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6516
6517	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
6518
6519	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6520			Format: integer pcr id
6521			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6522			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6523			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6524			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6525			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6526			are saved.
6527
6528	tpm_tis.interrupts= [HW,TPM]
6529			Enable interrupts for the MMIO based physical layer
6530			for the FIFO interface. By default it is set to false
6531			(0). For more information about TPM hardware interfaces
6532			defined by Trusted Computing Group (TCG) see
6533			https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-platform-tpm-profile-ptp-specification/
6534
6535	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6536			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6537			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6538			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6539			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6540			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6541
6542			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6543			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6544			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6545			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6546
6547			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6548			to stop the printing of events to console at
6549			late_initcall_sync.
6550
6551			** CAUTION **
6552
6553			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6554			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6555			the system to live lock.
6556
6557	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6558			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6559			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6560			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6561			make the system inoperable.
6562
6563			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6564			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6565
6566	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6567			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6568
6569	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6570			at boot up.
6571			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6572				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6573				depending on the architecture, may not be
6574				in sync between CPUs.
6575			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6576				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6577				but better for some race conditions.
6578			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6579				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6580				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6581				once per event.
6582			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6583			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6584			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6585			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6586				stamps.
6587			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6588			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6589			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6590
6591	trace_event=[event-list]
6592			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6593			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6594			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6595			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6596
6597	trace_instance=[instance-info]
6598			[FTRACE] Create a ring buffer instance early in boot up.
6599			This will be listed in:
6600
6601				/sys/kernel/tracing/instances
6602
6603			Events can be enabled at the time the instance is created
6604			via:
6605
6606				trace_instance=<name>,<system1>:<event1>,<system2>:<event2>
6607
6608			Note, the "<system*>:" portion is optional if the event is
6609			unique.
6610
6611				trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall
6612
6613			will enable the "sched_switch" event (note, the "sched:" is optional, and
6614			the same thing would happen if it was left off). The irq_handler_entry
6615			event, and all events under the "initcall" system.
6616
6617	trace_options=[option-list]
6618			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6619			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6620			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6621			to echo the option name into
6622
6623			    /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_options
6624
6625			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6626			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6627
6628			      trace_options=stacktrace
6629
6630			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6631			section.
6632
6633	trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
6634			[FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events.
6635			Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
6636			filter.
6637
6638			The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..."
6639			Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated.
6640
6641			For example:
6642
6643			  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"
6644
6645			The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch"
6646			event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch"
6647			event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE).
6648
6649			See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst
6650
6651
6652	traceoff_on_warning
6653			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6654			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6655			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6656			file located in /sys/kernel/tracing/
6657
6658			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6659			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6660			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6661
6662			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6663			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6664
6665	transparent_hugepage=
6666			[KNL]
6667			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6668			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6669			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6670			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6671			for more details.
6672
6673	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6674			Format: <string>
6675			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6676			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6677			sources:
6678			- "tpm"
6679			- "tee"
6680			- "caam"
6681			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6682			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6683			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6684			successfully during iteration.
6685
6686	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6687			Format: <string>
6688			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6689			Can be one of:
6690			- "kernel"
6691			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6692			- "default"
6693			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6694			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6695
6696	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6697			Format: <string>
6698			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6699			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6700			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6701			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6702			virtualized environment.
6703			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6704			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6705			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6706			can add overhead.
6707			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6708			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6709			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6710			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6711			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6712			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6713			acceptable).
6714			[x86] recalibrate: force recalibration against a HW timer
6715			(HPET or PM timer) on systems whose TSC frequency was
6716			obtained from HW or FW using either an MSR or CPUID(0x15).
6717			Warn if the difference is more than 500 ppm.
6718			[x86] watchdog: Use TSC as the watchdog clocksource with
6719			which to check other HW timers (HPET or PM timer), but
6720			only on systems where TSC has been deemed trustworthy.
6721			This will be suppressed by an earlier tsc=nowatchdog and
6722			can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog.  A console
6723			message will flag any such suppression or overriding.
6724
6725	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
6726			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
6727			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
6728			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
6729			Format: <unsigned int>
6730
6731	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
6732			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
6733			support TSX control.
6734
6735			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
6736
6737			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
6738				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
6739				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
6740				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
6741				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
6742				with leaving it enabled.
6743
6744			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
6745				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
6746				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
6747				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
6748				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
6749				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
6750				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
6751
6752			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
6753				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
6754
6755			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
6756
6757			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6758			for more details.
6759
6760	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
6761			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
6762
6763			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
6764			certain CPUs that support Transactional
6765			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
6766			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
6767			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
6768			conditions.
6769
6770			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6771			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
6772			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
6773			access.
6774
6775			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
6776			options are:
6777
6778			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
6779				     if TSX is enabled.
6780
6781			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
6782				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
6783				     is not disabled because CPU is not
6784				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
6785			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
6786
6787			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
6788			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
6789			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
6790			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
6791
6792			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6793			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
6794			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
6795			required and doesn't provide any additional
6796			mitigation.
6797
6798			For details see:
6799			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6800
6801	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
6802			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
6803			Format:
6804			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
6805			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
6806
6807	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
6808			happen after console_init() and before a proper
6809			console driver takes over, this boot options might
6810			help "seeing" what's going on.
6811
6812	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6813			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
6814
6815	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
6816			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
6817			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
6818			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
6819			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
6820			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
6821			reported either.
6822
6823	unknown_nmi_panic
6824			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
6825
6826	unwind_debug	[X86-64]
6827			Enable unwinder debug output.  This can be
6828			useful for debugging certain unwinder error
6829			conditions, including corrupt stacks and
6830			bad/missing unwinder metadata.
6831
6832	usbcore.authorized_default=
6833			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
6834			(default -1 = authorized (same as 1),
6835			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
6836			if device connected to internal port)
6837
6838	usbcore.autosuspend=
6839			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
6840			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
6841			is the time required before an idle device will be
6842			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
6843			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
6844
6845	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
6846			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
6847
6848	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
6849			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
6850			(default = 65536).
6851
6852	usbcore.blinkenlights=
6853			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
6854
6855	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
6856			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
6857			scheme (default 0 = off).
6858
6859	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
6860			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
6861			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
6862
6863	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
6864			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
6865			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
6866
6867	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
6868			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
6869			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
6870			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
6871
6872	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
6873
6874	usbcore.quirks=
6875			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
6876			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
6877			commas. Each entry has the form
6878			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
6879			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
6880			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
6881			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
6882			the following meanings:
6883				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
6884					descriptors must not be fetched using
6885					a 255-byte read);
6886				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
6887					correctly so reset it instead);
6888				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
6889					Set-Interface requests);
6890				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
6891					handle its Configuration or Interface
6892					strings);
6893				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
6894					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
6895				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
6896					more interface descriptions than the
6897					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
6898					talking to these interfaces);
6899				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
6900					during initialization, after we read
6901					the device descriptor);
6902				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
6903					high speed and super speed interrupt
6904					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
6905					require the interval in microframes (1
6906					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
6907					calculated as interval = 2 ^
6908					(bInterval-1).
6909					Devices with this quirk report their
6910					bInterval as the result of this
6911					calculation instead of the exponent
6912					variable used in the calculation);
6913				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
6914					handle device_qualifier descriptor
6915					requests);
6916				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
6917					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
6918					remote wakeup capability);
6919				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
6920					Power Management);
6921				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
6922					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
6923					frames instead of the USB 2.0
6924					calculation);
6925				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
6926					to be disconnected before suspend to
6927					prevent spurious wakeup);
6928				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
6929					pause after every control message);
6930				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
6931					delay after resetting its port);
6932				p = USB_QUIRK_SHORT_SET_ADDRESS_REQ_TIMEOUT
6933					(Reduce timeout of the SET_ADDRESS
6934					request from 5000 ms to 500 ms);
6935			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
6936
6937	usbhid.mousepoll=
6938			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
6939
6940	usbhid.jspoll=
6941			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
6942
6943	usbhid.kbpoll=
6944			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
6945
6946	usb-storage.delay_use=
6947			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
6948			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
6949
6950	usb-storage.quirks=
6951			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
6952			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
6953			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
6954			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
6955			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
6956			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
6957			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
6958				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
6959					of sense data, not on uas);
6960				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
6961					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
6962				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
6963					device capacity by one sector);
6964				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
6965					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
6966				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
6967					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
6968				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
6969					command, uas only);
6970				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
6971					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
6972				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
6973					reported device capacity by one
6974					sector if the number is odd);
6975				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
6976					device);
6977				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
6978					command, uas only);
6979				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
6980				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
6981					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
6982				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
6983					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
6984					not on uas);
6985				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
6986					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
6987				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
6988					reported by the device, not on uas);
6989				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
6990					by default, not on uas);
6991				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
6992					bogus residue values, not on uas);
6993				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
6994					Logical Unit);
6995				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
6996					commands, uas only);
6997				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
6998				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
6999					medium is write-protected).
7000				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
7001					even if the device claims no cache,
7002					not on uas)
7003			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
7004
7005	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
7006			Format: <int>
7007			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
7008				 1 - undefined instruction events
7009				 2 - system calls
7010				 4 - invalid data aborts
7011				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
7012				16 - SIGBUS faults
7013			Example: user_debug=31
7014
7015	userpte=
7016			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
7017
7018				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
7019					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
7020					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
7021
7022	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
7023			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
7024
7025			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
7026			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
7027
7028	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
7029			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
7030			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
7031
7032			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
7033			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
7034			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
7035
7036			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
7037			alias for vdso32=0.
7038
7039			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
7040			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
7041
7042	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
7043			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
7044
7045	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
7046			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
7047
7048	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
7049			Format: [0|1]
7050			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
7051			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
7052			level and then send out the event to user space through
7053			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
7054			will only send out the event without touching backlight
7055			brightness level.
7056			default: 1
7057
7058	virtio_mmio.device=
7059			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
7060
7061				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
7062			where:
7063				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
7064						like K, M and G)
7065				<baseaddr> := physical base address
7066				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
7067						request_irq())
7068				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
7069			example:
7070				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
7071
7072			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
7073
7074	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
7075			See Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst and
7076			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
7077			Use vga=ask for menu.
7078			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
7079			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
7080
7081	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
7082			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
7083			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
7084			All options are enabled by default, and this
7085			interface is meant to allow for selectively
7086			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
7087			debugging features.
7088
7089			Available options are:
7090			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
7091			  -	Disable all of the above options
7092
7093	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
7094			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
7095			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
7096			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
7097			mapped kernel RAM.
7098
7099	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
7100			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
7101			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
7102
7103	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
7104			Format: <command>
7105
7106	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
7107			Format: <command>
7108
7109	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
7110			Format: <command>
7111
7112	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
7113			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
7114			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
7115			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
7116			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
7117			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
7118			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
7119
7120			emulate     Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
7121			            reasonably safely.  The vsyscall page is
7122				    readable.
7123
7124			xonly       [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
7125			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
7126				    page is not readable.
7127
7128			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
7129			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
7130			            might break your system.
7131
7132	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
7133			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
7134			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
7135
7136	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
7137			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
7138			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
7139			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
7140
7141	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
7142			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
7143			Change the default blue palette of the console.
7144			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7145			ranging from 0-255.
7146
7147	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
7148			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
7149			Change the default green palette of the console.
7150			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7151			ranging from 0-255.
7152
7153	vt.default_red=	[VT]
7154			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
7155			Change the default red palette of the console.
7156			This is a 16-member array composed of values
7157			ranging from 0-255.
7158
7159	vt.default_utf8=
7160			[VT]
7161			Format=<0|1>
7162			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
7163			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
7164			newly opened terminals.
7165
7166	vt.global_cursor_default=
7167			[VT]
7168			Format=<-1|0|1>
7169			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
7170			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
7171			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
7172			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
7173			cursors, 1 will display them.
7174
7175	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
7176			Default: 2 = green.
7177
7178	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
7179			Default: 3 = cyan.
7180
7181	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
7182			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
7183			or other driver-specific files in the
7184			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
7185
7186	watchdog_thresh=
7187			[KNL]
7188			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
7189			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
7190			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
7191			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
7192			seconds.
7193
7194	workqueue.unbound_cpus=
7195			[KNL,SMP] Specify to constrain one or some CPUs
7196			to use in unbound workqueues.
7197			Format: <cpu-list>
7198			By default, all online CPUs are available for
7199			unbound workqueues.
7200
7201	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
7202			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
7203			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
7204			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
7205			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
7206			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
7207			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
7208			corresponding sysfs file.
7209
7210	workqueue.cpu_intensive_thresh_us=
7211			Per-cpu work items which run for longer than this
7212			threshold are automatically considered CPU intensive
7213			and excluded from concurrency management to prevent
7214			them from noticeably delaying other per-cpu work
7215			items. Default is 10000 (10ms).
7216
7217			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
7218			will report the work functions which violate this
7219			threshold repeatedly. They are likely good
7220			candidates for using WQ_UNBOUND workqueues instead.
7221
7222	workqueue.power_efficient
7223			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
7224			they show better performance thanks to cache
7225			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
7226			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
7227
7228			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
7229			were observed to contribute significantly to power
7230			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
7231			power usage at the cost of small performance
7232			overhead.
7233
7234			The default value of this parameter is determined by
7235			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
7236
7237        workqueue.default_affinity_scope=
7238			Select the default affinity scope to use for unbound
7239			workqueues. Can be one of "cpu", "smt", "cache",
7240			"numa" and "system". Default is "cache". For more
7241			information, see the Affinity Scopes section in
7242			Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst.
7243
7244			This can be changed after boot by writing to the
7245			matching /sys/module/workqueue/parameters file. All
7246			workqueues with the "default" affinity scope will be
7247			updated accordignly.
7248
7249	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
7250			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
7251			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
7252			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
7253			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
7254			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
7255			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
7256			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
7257			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
7258			impacted.
7259
7260	writecombine=	[LOONGARCH] Control the MAT (Memory Access Type) of
7261			ioremap_wc().
7262
7263			on   - Enable writecombine, use WUC for ioremap_wc()
7264			off  - Disable writecombine, use SUC for ioremap_wc()
7265
7266	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
7267			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
7268			supporting x2apic.
7269
7270	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
7271			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
7272			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
7273			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
7274			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
7275			domains.
7276
7277	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
7278			Unplug Xen emulated devices
7279			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
7280			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
7281			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
7282			nics -- unplug network devices
7283			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
7284			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
7285				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
7286				the unplug protocol
7287			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
7288
7289	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
7290			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
7291			panic() code such as dumping handler.
7292
7293	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN]
7294			Format: <bool>
7295			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
7296			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
7297			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
7298
7299	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
7300			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
7301			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
7302			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
7303
7304	xen_nopv	[X86]
7305			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
7306			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
7307			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
7308			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
7309
7310	xen_no_vector_callback
7311			[KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
7312			event channel interrupts.
7313
7314	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
7315			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
7316			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
7317			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
7318			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
7319
7320	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
7321			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
7322			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
7323			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
7324			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
7325			more timer interrupts.
7326
7327	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
7328			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
7329			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
7330			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
7331			started with less memory configured than allowed at
7332			max. Default is 180.
7333
7334	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
7335			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
7336			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
7337
7338	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
7339			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
7340			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
7341
7342	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
7343			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
7344			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
7345			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
7346			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
7347			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
7348
7349	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
7350			Format:
7351			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
7352
7353	xive=		[PPC]
7354			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
7355			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
7356			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
7357
7358			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
7359				  controller on both pseries and powernv
7360				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
7361
7362	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
7363			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
7364			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
7365			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
7366			loads instead, as on POWER9.
7367
7368	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
7369			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
7370			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
7371			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
7372
7373	xmon		[PPC]
7374			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
7375			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
7376			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
7377			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
7378				debugger is called from setup_arch().
7379			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7380				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
7381				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
7382				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
7383			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
7384				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
7385				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
7386				can be written using xmon commands.
7387			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
7388				memory, and other data can't be written using
7389				xmon commands.
7390			off	xmon is disabled.
7391
7392