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1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			{ vendor | video | native | none }
26			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
27			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
28			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
29			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
30			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
31			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
32
33	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
34			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
35			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
36			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
37			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
38
39	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
40			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
41			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
42			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
43			This option is useful for developers to identify the
44			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
45			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
46
47	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
48	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
49			Format: <int>
50			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
51			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
52			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
53			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
54			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
55			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
56			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
57			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
58			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
59			debug layers and levels.
60
61			Enable processor driver info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
140			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
141			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
142
143	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
144			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
145			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
146			second kernel for kdump.
147
148	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
149			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
150
151	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
152			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
153			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
154			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
155			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
156
157	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
158			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
159			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
160			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
161			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
162						  strings
163			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
164						  strings
165			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
166
167			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
168			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
169			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
170			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
171			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
172			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
173			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
174			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
175			care about the state of the feature group strings which
176			should be controlled by the OSPM.
177			Examples:
178			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
179			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
180			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
181
182			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
183			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
184			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
185			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
186			multiple times through kernel command line is also
187			meaningless.
188			Examples:
189			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
190			     FALSE.
191
192			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
193			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
194			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
195			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
196			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
197			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
198			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
199			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
200			is useful when one want to control the state of the
201			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
202			the OSPM features.
203			Examples:
204			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
205			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
206			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
207			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
208			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
209			     equivalent to
210			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
211			     and
212			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
213			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
214
215	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
216			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
217			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
218			and always returns good values.
219
220	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
221			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
222
223	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
224			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
225			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
226
227	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
228			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
229				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
230				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
231			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
232			s3_bios and s3_mode.
233			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
234			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
235			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
236			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
237			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
238			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
239			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
240			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
241			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
242			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
243			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
244			used (or even warned about) during resume.
245			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
246			control method, with respect to putting devices into
247			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
248			of _PTS is used by default).
249			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
250			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
251			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
252			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
253			but some broken systems don't work without it).
254			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
255			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
256			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
257
258	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
259			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
260			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
261
262	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
263			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
264
265	agp=		[AGP]
266			{ off | try_unsupported }
267			off: disable AGP support
268			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
269				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
270
271	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
272			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
273
274	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
275			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
276			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
277			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
278
279	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
280			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
281			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
282			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
283			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
284			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
285			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
286
287			32: only for 32-bit processes
288			64: only for 64-bit processes
289			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
290			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
291
292	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
293			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
294			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
295			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
296			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
297			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
298
299	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64]
300			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
301			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
302			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
303			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
304			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
305			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
306
307			See Documentation/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
308			information.
309
310	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
311			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
312			Possible values are:
313			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
314			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
315				    the system
316			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
317					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
318					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
319					  requirements as needed. This option
320					  does not override iommu=pt
321			force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
322				       to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
323				       option with care.
324
325	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
326			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
327			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
328			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
329			IOMMU initialization.
330
331	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
332			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
333			remapping modes:
334			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
335			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
336			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
337			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
338			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
339
340	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
341			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
342			Format: <a>,<b>
343			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
344
345	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
346			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
347			connected to one of 16 gameports
348			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
349
350	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
351			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
352			Format: noidle
353			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
354			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
355			APC and your system crashes randomly.
356
357	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
358			Change the output verbosity while booting
359			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
360			Change the amount of debugging information output
361			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
362			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
363			driver name.
364			Format: apic=driver_name
365			Examples: apic=bigsmp
366
367	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
368			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
369			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
370			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
371			      backup of CPU 0
372			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
373			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
374			      shot down by NMI
375
376	autoconf=	[IPV6]
377			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
378
379	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
380			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
381			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
382			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
383			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
384			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
385			apic=verbose is specified.
386			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
387
388	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
389			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
390
391	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
392			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
393
394	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
395			Identification support
396
397	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
398			support
399
400	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
401			support
402
403	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
404			Extension support
405
406	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
407			Extension support
408
409	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
410
411	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
412
413	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
414			EzKey and similar keyboards
415
416	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
417
418	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
419			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
420
421	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
422			keyboards
423
424	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
425			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
426
427	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
428			Use software keyboard repeat
429
430	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
431			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
432			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
433			    enabled until the next reboot
434			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
435			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
436			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
437			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
438			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
439			    userspace auditd.
440			Default: unset
441
442	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
443			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
444			Default: 64
445
446	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
447			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
448			Format: { "0" | "1" }
449			0 - Disable the BAU.
450			1 - Enable the BAU.
451			unset - Disable the BAU.
452
453	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
454			Format: <io>,<mode>
455
456	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
457			Format: <io>,<mode>
458			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
459
460	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
461			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
462			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
463			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
464
465	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
466			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
467			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
468			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
469
470	bert_disable	[ACPI]
471			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
472
473	bgrt_disable	[ACPI][X86]
474			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
475
476	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
477			embedded devices based on command line input.
478			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
479
480	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
481			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
482			no delay (0).
483			Format: integer
484
485	bootconfig	[KNL]
486			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
487			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
488
489			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
490
491	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
492	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
493			kernel args too.
494	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
495	bttv.tuner=
496
497	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
498			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
499			at a time.
500
501	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
502
503	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
504			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
505			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
506			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
507			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
508			This option provides an override for these situations.
509
510	carrier_timeout=
511			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
512			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
513			it waits 120 seconds.
514
515	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
516			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
517			trust validation.
518			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
519
520	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
521			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
522			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
523			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
524			others).
525
526	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
527			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
528
529	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
530			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
531			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
532			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
533			  a single hierarchy
534			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
535			  subsystem
536			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
537			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
538			  created
539			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
540			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
541			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
542			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
543			stall information accounting feature
544
545	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
546			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
547			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
548			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
549			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
550			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
551			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
552			all v1 hierarchies.
553
554	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
555			Format: <string>
556			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
557			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
558
559	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
560			Format: { "0" | "1" }
561			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
562			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
563				any implied execute protection).
564			1 -- check protection requested by application.
565			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
566			Value can be changed at runtime via
567				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
568			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
569
570	cio_ignore=	[S390]
571			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
572
573	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
574			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
575			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
576			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
577			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
578			ones should be.
579			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
580			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
581			instability issue. However, not all features have names
582			in /proc/cpuinfo.
583			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
584			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
585			or using the feature without checking anything
586			will still see it. This just prevents it from
587			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
588			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
589			some critical bits.
590
591	clk_ignore_unused
592			[CLK]
593			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
594			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
595			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
596			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
597			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
598			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
599			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
600			platform with proper driver support.  For more
601			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
602
603	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
604			[Deprecated]
605			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
606			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
607			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
608			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
609
610	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
611			Format: <string>
612			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
613			with the name specified.
614			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
615			the platform:
616			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
617			[ACPI] acpi_pm
618			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
619				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
620			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
621				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
622			[MIPS] MIPS
623			[PARISC] cr16
624			[S390] tod
625			[SH] SuperH
626			[SPARC64] tick
627			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
628
629	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
630			[ARM,ARM64]
631			Format: <bool>
632			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
633			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
634			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
635			systems.
636
637	clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL]
638			Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to
639			external delays before the clock will be marked
640			unstable.  Defaults to two retries, that is,
641			three attempts to read the clock under test.
642
643	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
644			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
645			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
646			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
647			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
648			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
649			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
650			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
651			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
652
653	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
654			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
655			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
656			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
657			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
658
659	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
660			[KNL,CMA]
661			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
662			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
663			placement constraint by the physical address range of
664			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
665			altogether. For more information, see
666			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
667
668	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
669			[ARM64,KNL,CMA]
670			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
671			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
672			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
673			specificed, the default value is 0.
674			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
675			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
676			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
677			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
678
679	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
680			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
681			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
682			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
683			a hypervisor.
684			Default: yes
685
686	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
687			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
688			allocations, by default set to 256K.
689
690	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
691			Format:
692			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
693
694	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
695			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
696
697	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
698			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
699			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
700
701	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
702	conmode=
703
704	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
705
706		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
707
708		ttyS<n>[,options]
709		ttyUSB0[,options]
710			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
711			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
712			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
713			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
714			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
715
716			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
717			information.  See
718			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
719			alternative.
720
721		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
722		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
723		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
724		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
725		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
726			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
727			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
728			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
729			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
730			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
731			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
732			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
733			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
734			the h/w is not re-initialized.
735
736		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
737			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
738
739		{ null | "" }
740			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
741			console messages discarded.
742			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
743			kernel command line.
744
745		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
746		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
747			console=brl,ttyS0
748		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
749
750	console_msg_format=
751			[KNL] Change console messages format
752		default
753			By default we print messages on consoles in
754			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
755			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
756			`printk_time' param).
757		syslog
758			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
759			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
760			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
761			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
762			from /proc/kmsg.
763
764	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
765			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
766			Defaults to 0.
767
768	coredump_filter=
769			[KNL] Change the default value for
770			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
771			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
772
773	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
774			[ARM,ARM64]
775			Format: <bool>
776			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
777			0: default value, disable debugging
778			1: enable debugging at boot time
779
780	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
781			Format:
782			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
783
784	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
785			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
786			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
787			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
788			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
789			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
790			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
791			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
792			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
793			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
794			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
795			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
796			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
797
798	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
799			disable the cpuidle sub-system
800
801	cpuidle.governor=
802			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
803
804	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
805			disable the cpufreq sub-system
806
807	cpufreq.default_governor=
808			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
809			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
810			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
811
812	cpu_init_udelay=N
813			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
814			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
815			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
816			Default: 10000
817
818	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
819			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
820			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
821			succeeds in any situation.
822			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
823			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
824			kernel more unstable.
825
826	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
827			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
828			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
829			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
830			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
831			is selected automatically.
832			[KNL, X86-64] Select a region under 4G first, and
833			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
834			hasn't been specified.
835			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
836
837	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
838			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
839			in the running system. The syntax of range is
840			start-[end] where start and end are both
841			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
842			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
843
844	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
845			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
846			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
847			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
848			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
849			available.
850			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
851	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
852			[KNL, X86-64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
853			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
854			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
855			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
856			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
857			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
858			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
859			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
860			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
861			for second kernel instead.
862			0: to disable low allocation.
863			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
864			or memory reserved is below 4G.
865
866			[KNL, ARM64] range in low memory.
867			This one lets the user specify a low range in the
868			DMA zone for the crash dump kernel.
869			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
870			or memory reserved is located in the DMA zones.
871
872	cryptomgr.notests
873			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
874
875	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
876			Format: <dma>
877
878	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
879			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
880
881	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call
882			handling. When switched on, additional debug data is
883			printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is
884			detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try
885			to resolve the hang situation.
886			0: disable csdlock debugging (default)
887			1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact)
888			ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact,
889			     but more data)
890
891	dasd=		[HW,NET]
892			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
893
894	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
895			(one device per port)
896			Format: <port#>,<type>
897			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
898
899	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
900
901	debug_boot_weak_hash
902			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
903			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
904			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
905			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
906			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
907			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
908
909	debug_locks_verbose=
910			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
911			Format: <int>
912			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
913			self-tests.
914			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
915			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
916			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
917			useful to lockdep developers.
918
919	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
920
921	no_debug_objects
922			[KNL] Disable object debugging
923
924	debug_guardpage_minorder=
925			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
926			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
927			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
928			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
929			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
930			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
931			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
932			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
933			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
934			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
935			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
936			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
937			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
938			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
939			bypassed) which are not detectable by
940			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
941			tracking down these problems.
942
943	debug_pagealloc=
944			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
945			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
946			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
947			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
948			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
949			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
950			on: enable the feature
951
952	debugfs=    	[KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
953			and debugfs internal clients.
954			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
955			on: 	All functions are enabled.
956			no-mount:
957				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
958			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
959				its content. There is nothing to mount.
960			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
961			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
962				or directories within debugfs.
963				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
964				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
965			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
966
967	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
968
969	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
970			Format: <area>[,<node>]
971			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.rst.
972
973	default_hugepagesz=
974			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
975			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
976			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
977			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
978			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
979			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
980			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
981			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
982			Format: size[KMG]
983
984	deferred_probe_timeout=
985			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
986			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
987			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
988			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
989			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
990			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
991			successful driver registration. This option will also
992			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
993			retrying.
994
995	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
996
997	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
998			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
999			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1000			hardware.
1001
1002	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1003			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1004			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1005			blacklisted features.
1006
1007	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1008			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1009			(disabled by default).
1010
1011	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1012			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1013			capability is set.
1014
1015	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1016			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1017
1018	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1019			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1020
1021	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1022			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1023			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1024			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1025			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1026			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1027			          only (compression on level 1)
1028			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1029			          only (decompression)
1030			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1031			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1032
1033	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1034			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1035
1036	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
1037			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1038			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1039			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1040			miss to occur.
1041
1042	stress_slb	[PPC]
1043			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
1044			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
1045			on kernel addresses.
1046
1047	disable=	[IPV6]
1048			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1049
1050	disable_radix	[PPC]
1051			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1052
1053	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
1054			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
1055			invalidate.
1056
1057	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1058			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1059			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1060
1061	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
1062			Format: <int>
1063			The number of initial APIC ID for the
1064			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
1065			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
1066			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
1067			causing system reset or hang due to sending
1068			INIT from AP to BSP.
1069
1070	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
1071			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1072			to workaround buggy firmware.
1073
1074	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1075			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1076
1077	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1078			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1079			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1080			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1081
1082	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
1083			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1084			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1085			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1086			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1087
1088	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1089			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1090			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1091
1092	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1093
1094	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1095			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1096
1097	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1098			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1099			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1100			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1101			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1102			architectural default is too low.
1103
1104	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1105			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1106			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1107			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1108			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1109			driver later using sysfs.
1110
1111	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1112			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1113			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1114			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1115			match the *.
1116			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1117
1118	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1119			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1120			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1121			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1122			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1123			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
1124			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
1125			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
1126			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
1127			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
1128			available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID
1129			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
1130			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
1131			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
1132			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
1133			data set with no connector name will be used for
1134			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1135
1136	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1137
1138	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
1139			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1140			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1141			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1142			exists).
1143			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1144			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1145			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1146
1147	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1148			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1149			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1150			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1151
1152	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1153	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1154			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1155			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1156			for details.
1157
1158	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
1159			in some Intel CPUs.
1160
1161	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
1162			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
1163			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
1164			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
1165			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
1166			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
1167
1168	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
1169			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1170			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1171			which are not unmapped.
1172
1173	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
1174
1175			When used with no options, the early console is
1176			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1177			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1178			the platform.
1179
1180		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1181			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1182			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1183			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1184			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1185			configured.
1186
1187		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
1188		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
1189		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
1190		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
1191		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1192			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1193			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1194			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1195			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1196			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1197			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1198			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1199			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1200
1201		pl011,<addr>
1202		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1203			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1204			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1205			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1206			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1207			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1208			the device registers.
1209
1210		liteuart,<addr>
1211			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1212			specified address. The serial port must already be
1213			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1214
1215		meson,<addr>
1216			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1217			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1218			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1219			supported.
1220
1221		msm_serial,<addr>
1222			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1223			port at the specified address. The serial port
1224			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1225			yet supported.
1226
1227		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1228			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1229			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1230			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1231			yet supported.
1232
1233		owl,<addr>
1234			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1235			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1236			specified address. The serial port must already be
1237			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1238
1239		rda,<addr>
1240			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1241			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1242			specified address. The serial port must already be
1243			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1244
1245		sbi
1246			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1247			console.
1248
1249		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1250
1251		s3c2410,<addr>
1252		s3c2412,<addr>
1253		s3c2440,<addr>
1254		s3c6400,<addr>
1255		s5pv210,<addr>
1256		exynos4210,<addr>
1257			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1258			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1259			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1260			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1261			Options are not yet supported.
1262
1263		lantiq,<addr>
1264			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1265			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1266			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1267			yet supported.
1268
1269		lpuart,<addr>
1270		lpuart32,<addr>
1271			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1272			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1273			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1274			port must already be setup and configured.
1275
1276		ec_imx21,<addr>
1277		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1278			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1279			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1280			must already be setup and configured.
1281
1282		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1283			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1284			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1285			address. The serial port must already be setup
1286			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1287
1288		qcom_geni,<addr>
1289			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1290			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1291			specified address. The serial port must already be
1292			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1293
1294		efifb,[options]
1295			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1296			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1297			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1298			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1299			mapped with the correct attributes.
1300
1301		linflex,<addr>
1302			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1303			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1304			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1305			already be setup and configured.
1306
1307	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1308			earlyprintk=vga
1309			earlyprintk=sclp
1310			earlyprintk=xen
1311			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1312			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1313			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1314			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1315			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1316			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1317
1318			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1319			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1320			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1321
1322			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1323			takes over.
1324
1325			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1326			be used at a time.
1327
1328			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1329			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1330			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1331			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1332				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1333			You can find the port for a given device in
1334			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1335				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1336
1337			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1338			very good.
1339
1340			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1341			the real console.
1342
1343			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1344
1345			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1346
1347			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1348			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1349			UART class.
1350
1351	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1352			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1353			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1354			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1355			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1356			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1357			default: on.
1358
1359	edd=		[EDD]
1360			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1361
1362	efi=		[EFI]
1363			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1364				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1365				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1366			debug: enable misc debug output.
1367			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1368			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1369			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1370			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1371			firmware implementations.
1372			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1373			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1374			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1375			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1376			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1377			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1378			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1379			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1380			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1381			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1382
1383	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1384			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1385			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1386			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1387			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1388
1389	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1390			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1391			updating original EFI memory map.
1392			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1393			from ss to ss+nn.
1394
1395			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1396			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1397			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1398			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1399
1400			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1401			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1402			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1403
1404			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1405			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1406			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1407			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1408			"soft reserved".
1409
1410	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1411			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1412			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1413			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1414			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1415
1416
1417	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1418			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1419
1420	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1421			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1422
1423			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1424			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1425
1426			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1427			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1428			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1429			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1430
1431	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1432			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1433			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1434
1435	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1436			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1437			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1438			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1439			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1440
1441	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1442			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1443			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1444			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1445
1446	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1447			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1448			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1449			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1450			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1451
1452	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1453			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1454			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1455			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1456			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1457			Default value is 0.
1458			Value can be changed at runtime via
1459			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1460
1461	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1462			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1463			support.
1464
1465	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1466			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1467			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1468
1469	evm=		[EVM]
1470			Format: { "fix" }
1471			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1472			current integrity status.
1473
1474	failslab=
1475	fail_usercopy=
1476	fail_page_alloc=
1477	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1478			General fault injection mechanism.
1479			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1480			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1481
1482	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1483			Format: { initns | none }
1484			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1485			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1486
1487	floppy=		[HW]
1488			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1489
1490	force_pal_cache_flush
1491			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1492			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1493			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1494			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1495
1496	forcepae	[X86-32]
1497			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1498			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1499			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1500			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1501			and may cause unknown problems.
1502
1503	ftrace=[tracer]
1504			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1505			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1506			boot debugging.
1507
1508	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1509			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1510			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1511			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1512			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1513			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1514			start up functionality.
1515
1516	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1517			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1518			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1519			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1520			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1521			oops.
1522
1523	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1524			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1525			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1526			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1527			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1528			tracing directory.
1529
1530	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1531			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1532			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1533			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1534			tracing directory.
1535
1536	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1537			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1538			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1539			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1540			that can be changed at run time by the
1541			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1542
1543	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1544			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1545			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1546			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1547			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1548
1549	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1550			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1551			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1552			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1553			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1554
1555	fw_devlink=	[KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1556			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1557			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1558			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1559			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1560			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1561			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1562			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1563			suppliers).
1564			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1565			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1566			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1567				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1568				up (sync_state() calls).
1569			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1570				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1571			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1572
1573	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1574			[KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1575			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1576			Format: <bool>
1577
1578	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1579			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1580			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1581			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1582			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1583
1584	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1585
1586	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1587			Format: off | on
1588			default: on
1589
1590	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1591			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1592			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1593			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1594			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1595
1596	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1597			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1598			android emulator
1599
1600	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1601			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1602			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1603	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1604			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1605
1606	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1607			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1608			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1609			GPT to be used instead.
1610
1611	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1612			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1613			Format: 0 | 1
1614			Default: 0
1615	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1616			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1617			Format: 0 | 1
1618			Default: 0
1619	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1620			Format: 0 | 1
1621			Default: 0
1622	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1623			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1624			Default: 1024
1625	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1626			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1627			Default: 1024
1628
1629	hardened_usercopy=
1630			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1631			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1632			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1633			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1634			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1635			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1636			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1637		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
1638		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1639
1640	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1641			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1642			backtraces on all cpus.
1643			Format: 0 | 1
1644
1645	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1646			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1647			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1648			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1649
1650	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1651
1652	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1653			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1654
1655	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1656			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1657			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1658			logic will be disabled.
1659
1660	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1661		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1662				present during boot.
1663		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1664		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1665		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1666				(that will set all pages holding image data
1667				during restoration read-only).
1668
1669	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1670			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1671			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1672			size on bigger boxes.
1673
1674	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1675			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1676			Default: "on"
1677
1678	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1679
1680	hostname=	[KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1681			Format: <string>
1682			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1683			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1684			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1685			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1686			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1687			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1688			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1689			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1690			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1691			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1692
1693	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1694			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1695				verbose }
1696			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1697			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1698				VIA, nVidia)
1699			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1700
1701	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1702			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1703
1704	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1705			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1706			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1707			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1708			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1709			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1710			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1711			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1712			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1713				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1714
1715	hugepagesz=
1716			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1717			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1718			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1719			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1720			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1721			architecture dependent.  See also
1722			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1723			Format: size[KMG]
1724
1725	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1726			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1727			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1728			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1729				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1730
1731			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1732			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1733			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1734
1735	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1736			[KNL] Reguires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1737			enabled.
1738			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1739			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1740			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1741			Format: { on | off (default) }
1742
1743			on: enable HVO
1744			off: disable HVO
1745
1746			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1747			the default is on.
1748
1749			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1750			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1751			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1752			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1753			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1754
1755	hung_task_panic=
1756			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1757			Format: 0 | 1
1758
1759			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1760			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1761			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1762			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1763			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1764
1765	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1766				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1767	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1768				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1769				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1770
1771	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1772				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1773				      guest on lock contention.
1774
1775	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1776			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1777			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1778			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1779			the real console.
1780
1781	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1782				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1783				registered from board initialization code.
1784				Format:
1785				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1786
1787	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1788	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1789			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1790			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1791			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1792	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1793	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1794			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1795			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1796	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1797	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1798	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1799			     for the AUX port
1800	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1801			     controller
1802	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1803			     controllers
1804	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1805	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1806			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1807			     transitions, or never reset
1808			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1809			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1810			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1811			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1812			architectures force reset to be always executed
1813	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1814	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1815	i8042.probe_defer
1816			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1817
1818	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1819
1820	i915.invert_brightness=
1821			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1822			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1823			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1824			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1825			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1826			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1827			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1828			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1829			value switches the backlight off.
1830			-1 -- never invert brightness
1831			 0 -- machine default
1832			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1833
1834	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1835			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1836
1837
1838	idle=		[X86]
1839			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1840			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1841			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1842			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1843			Not recommended.
1844			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1845			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1846			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1847
1848	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1849			Format: <bool>
1850			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1851			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1852			true (1).
1853
1854	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
1855			Format: <bool>
1856			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
1857			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
1858
1859	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1860			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1861			Default: strict
1862
1863			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1864			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1865			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1866			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1867			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1868			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1869			encoding mode.
1870
1871			Available settings are as follows:
1872			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1873				supported by the FPU
1874			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1875				by the FPU
1876			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1877				by the FPU
1878			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1879				supported by the FPU
1880
1881			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1882			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1883			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1884			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1885			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1886			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1887			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1888			MIPS64 CPUs.
1889
1890			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1891			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1892			except where unsupported by hardware.
1893
1894	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1895			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1896			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1897			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1898			could change it dynamically, usually by
1899			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1900
1901	ignore_rlimit_data
1902			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1903			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1904			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1905
1906	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1907			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1908
1909	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1910			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1911			default: "enforce"
1912
1913	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1914			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1915			owned by uid=0.
1916
1917	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1918			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1919			measurements, instead of host native format.
1920
1921	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1922			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1923				   | sha512 | ... }
1924			default: "sha1"
1925
1926			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1927			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1928
1929	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1930			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1931			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1932				 fail_securely | critical_data"
1933
1934			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1935			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1936			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1937			uid=0.
1938
1939			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1940			all files owned by root.
1941
1942			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1943			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1944			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1945
1946			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1947			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1948			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1949			flag.
1950
1951			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
1952			critical data.
1953
1954	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1955			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1956			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1957			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1958			opened for read by uid=0.
1959
1960	ima_template=	[IMA]
1961			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1962			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
1963				   "ima-sigv2" }
1964			Default: "ima-ng"
1965
1966	ima_template_fmt=
1967			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1968			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1969
1970	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1971			Format: <min_file_size>
1972			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1973			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1974
1975			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1976			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1977			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1978
1979	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1980			Format: <bufsize>
1981			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1982
1983			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1984			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1985			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1986
1987	init=		[KNL]
1988			Format: <full_path>
1989			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1990			process.
1991
1992	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1993			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1994			startup.
1995
1996	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1997			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1998			modules and initcalls.
1999
2000	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2001			Format: <bool>
2002			Default: 1
2003			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2004			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2005			with devices being probed and
2006			initialized. This should normally just work,
2007			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2008			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2009			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2010			late_ initcalls.
2011
2012	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2013
2014	initrdmem=	[KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2015			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2016			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2017			setting.
2018			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2019			Default is 0, 0
2020
2021	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2022			zeroes.
2023			Format: 0 | 1
2024			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2025
2026	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2027			Format: 0 | 1
2028			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2029
2030	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2031			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2032			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2033			override in debugfs after boot.
2034
2035	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2036			Format: <irq>
2037
2038	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2039
2040	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2041			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2042			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2043			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2044
2045	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2046		on
2047			Enable intel iommu driver.
2048		off
2049			Disable intel iommu driver.
2050		igfx_off [Default Off]
2051			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2052			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2053			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2054			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2055			DMA.
2056		strict [Default Off]
2057			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2058		sp_off [Default Off]
2059			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2060			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2061			not be supported.
2062		sm_on
2063			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2064			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2065			translation.
2066		sm_off
2067			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2068		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2069			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2070			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2071			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2072			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2073			mapping is enabled.
2074			Note that using this option lowers the security
2075			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2076			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2077
2078	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2079			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2080			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2081
2082	intel_pstate=	[X86]
2083			disable
2084			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2085			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2086			passive
2087			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2088			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2089			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2090			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2091			  feature.
2092			force
2093			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2094			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2095			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2096			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2097			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2098			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2099			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2100			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2101			no_hwp
2102			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2103			  if available.
2104			hwp_only
2105			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2106			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2107			support_acpi_ppc
2108			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2109			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2110			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2111			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2112			per_cpu_perf_limits
2113			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2114			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2115
2116	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
2117			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2118			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2119			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2120			no_x2apic_optout
2121				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2122			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2123
2124	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2125		strict	regions from userspace.
2126		relaxed
2127
2128	iommu=		[X86]
2129		off
2130		force
2131		noforce
2132		biomerge
2133		panic
2134		nopanic
2135		merge
2136		nomerge
2137		soft
2138		pt		[X86]
2139		nopt		[X86]
2140		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
2141			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2142
2143	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2144			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2145			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2146			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2147			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2148			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2149			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2150
2151	iommu.strict=	[ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2152			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2153			0 - Lazy mode.
2154			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2155			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2156			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2157			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2158			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2159			1 - Strict mode.
2160			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2161			  synchronously.
2162			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2163			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2164			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2165
2166	iommu.passthrough=
2167			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2168			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2169			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2170			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2171			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2172
2173	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2174			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2175			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2176
2177	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
2178		0x80
2179			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2180		0xed
2181			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2182		udelay
2183			Simple two microseconds delay
2184		none
2185			No delay
2186
2187	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2188			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2189
2190	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2191			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2192
2193	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2194			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2195
2196	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2197			[ARM, ARM64]
2198			Format: <bool>
2199			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2200			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2201			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2202
2203	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2204			[ARM, ARM64]
2205			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2206			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2207			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2208			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2209			LPIs.
2210
2211	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2212			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2213			requires the kernel to be built with
2214			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2215
2216	irqfixup	[HW]
2217			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2218			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2219			firmware running.
2220
2221	irqpoll		[HW]
2222			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2223			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2224			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2225			firmware running.
2226
2227	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2228			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2229
2230	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2231			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2232			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2233
2234			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2235			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2236
2237			nohz
2238			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2239
2240			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2241			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2242			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2243			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2244			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2245
2246			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2247			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2248			  be configured manually after bootup.
2249
2250			domain
2251			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2252			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2253			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2254			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2255			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2256			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2257			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2258			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2259
2260			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2261			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2262			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2263			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2264
2265			managed_irq
2266
2267			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2268			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2269			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2270			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2271			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2272
2273			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2274			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2275			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2276			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2277			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2278			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2279			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2280
2281			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2282			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2283			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2284			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2285			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2286			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2287			  queues.
2288
2289			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2290
2291	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2292
2293	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2294			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2295			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2296			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2297			For example:
2298			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2299			  write the parameter as:
2300				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2301			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2302			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2303				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2304
2305	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2306			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2307			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2308			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2309			For example:
2310			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2311			  write the parameter as:
2312				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2313			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2314			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2315				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2316
2317	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2318			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2319			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2320
2321			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2322			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2323			write the parameter as:
2324				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2325
2326			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2327			For example, PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
2328				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2329
2330	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2331			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2332
2333	nokaslr		[KNL]
2334			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
2335			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
2336			Layout Randomization).
2337
2338	kasan_multi_shot
2339			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2340			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2341			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2342			invalid access.
2343
2344	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
2345
2346	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2347			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2348			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2349			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2350			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2351			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2352			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2353			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2354			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2355			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2356
2357			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2358			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2359			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2360			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2361			zone if it does not.
2362
2363			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2364			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2365			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2366			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2367			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2368			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2369			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2370
2371	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2372			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2373			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2374			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2375			optional and is the number seconds in between
2376			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2377			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2378			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2379			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2380			the kernel debugger.
2381
2382	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2383			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2384			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2385			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2386			 keyboard only format: kbd
2387			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2388			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2389			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2390			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2391
2392	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW]
2393			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2394			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2395			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2396			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2397			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2398			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2399
2400			The name of the early console should be specified
2401			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2402			the early console might be different than the tty
2403			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2404			blank and the first boot console that implements
2405			read() will be picked.
2406
2407	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2408			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2409
2410	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2411			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2412			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2413
2414	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2415			Valid arguments: on, off
2416			Default: on
2417			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2418			the default is off.
2419
2420	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2421			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2422			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2423			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2424			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2425			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2426			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2427
2428			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2429
2430			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2431			Boot Parameter" section.
2432
2433	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2434			and kernel address spaces.
2435			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2436			0: force disabled
2437			1: force enabled
2438
2439	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2440			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2441			default value can be overridden via
2442			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2443			Default is 1 (enabled)
2444
2445	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2446			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2447
2448	kvm.eager_page_split=
2449			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2450			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2451			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2452			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2453			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2454			required to split huge pages lazily.
2455
2456			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2457			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2458			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2459			still be used for reads.
2460
2461			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2462			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2463			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2464			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2465			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2466			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2467			cleared.
2468
2469			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2470
2471			Default is Y (on).
2472
2473	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2474				   Default is false (don't support).
2475
2476	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2477			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2478			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2479			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2480			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2481			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2482				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2483
2484			Default is 'auto'.
2485
2486			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2487			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2488
2489	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2490			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2491			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2492			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2493			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2494
2495	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2496			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2497			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2498			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2499			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2500			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2501
2502	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2503			Default is 1 (enabled)
2504
2505	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2506			for all guests.
2507			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2508
2509	kvm-arm.mode=
2510			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2511
2512			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2513
2514			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2515			      protected guests.
2516
2517			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2518				   state is kept private from the host.
2519
2520			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2521			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2522			for the host.
2523
2524	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2525			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2526			system registers
2527
2528	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2529			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2530			system registers
2531
2532	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2533			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2534			system registers
2535
2536	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2537			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2538			LPIs.
2539
2540	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2541			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2542			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2543			allocation.
2544			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2545			Format: <integer>
2546			Default: 5
2547
2548	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2549			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2550			Default is 1 (enabled)
2551
2552	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2553			[KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state.
2554			Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as
2555			guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests.
2556			This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM
2557			never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2558			Default is 1 (enabled)
2559
2560	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2561			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2562			Default is 1 (enabled)
2563
2564	kvm-intel.nested=
2565			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2566			Default is 0 (disabled)
2567
2568	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2569			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2570			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2571			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2572
2573	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2574			CVE-2018-3620.
2575
2576			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2577
2578			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2579			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2580				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2581			never:	Disables the mitigation
2582
2583			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2584
2585	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2586			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2587			Default is 1 (enabled)
2588
2589	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL]
2590			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2591
2592			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2593			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2594			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2595
2596			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2597			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2598			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2599			not have direct access.
2600
2601			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2602			options are:
2603
2604			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
2605
2606	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2607			      affected CPUs
2608
2609			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2610			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2611
2612			full
2613				Provides all available mitigations for the
2614				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2615				enables all mitigations in the
2616				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2617
2618				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2619				sysfs interface is still possible after
2620				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2621				when the first VM is started in a
2622				potentially insecure configuration,
2623				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2624
2625			full,force
2626				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2627				flush runtime control. Implies the
2628				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2629				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2630
2631			flush
2632				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2633				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2634				L1D flush.
2635
2636				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2637				sysfs interface is still possible after
2638				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2639				when the first VM is started in a
2640				potentially insecure configuration,
2641				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2642
2643			flush,nosmt
2644
2645				Disables SMT and enables the default
2646				hypervisor mitigation.
2647
2648				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2649				sysfs interface is still possible after
2650				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2651				when the first VM is started in a
2652				potentially insecure configuration,
2653				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2654
2655			flush,nowarn
2656				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2657				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2658				insecure configuration.
2659
2660			off
2661				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2662				emit any warnings.
2663				It also drops the swap size and available
2664				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2665				bare metal.
2666
2667			Default is 'flush'.
2668
2669			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2670
2671	l2cr=		[PPC]
2672
2673	l3cr=		[PPC]
2674
2675	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2676			disabled it.
2677
2678	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2679			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2680			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2681			Format: notscdeadline
2682
2683	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2684			in C2 power state.
2685
2686	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2687			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2688			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2689			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2690			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2691			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2692			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2693
2694	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2695			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2696			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2697
2698	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2699			when set.
2700			Format: <int>
2701
2702	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
2703			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
2704			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
2705			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
2706			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
2707			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
2708			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
2709			to all ports, links and devices.
2710
2711			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2712			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2713			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2714			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2715			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2716			host link and device attached to it.
2717
2718			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2719			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
2720			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2721			The following configurations can be forced.
2722
2723			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2724			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2725
2726			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2727
2728			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2729			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2730			  allowed.
2731
2732			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
2733			  resets.
2734
2735			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
2736			  link recovery.
2737
2738			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
2739			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
2740			  detection.
2741
2742			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2743
2744			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
2745
2746			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
2747
2748			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
2749
2750			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
2751
2752			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
2753
2754			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
2755
2756			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
2757
2758			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
2759			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
2760
2761			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
2762			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
2763
2764			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
2765			  identify device data log.
2766
2767			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
2768			  purpose log directory.
2769
2770			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
2771
2772			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2773			  1024 sectors.
2774
2775			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
2776			  65535 sectors.
2777
2778			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
2779
2780			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
2781			  should be skipped.
2782
2783			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
2784
2785			* disable: Disable this device.
2786
2787			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2788			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2789
2790	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2791
2792	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2793			Format: <integer>
2794
2795	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2796			Format: <integer>
2797
2798	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2799			Format: <integer>
2800
2801	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2802			Format: <integer>
2803
2804	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2805			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2806			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2807			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2808			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2809			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2810			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2811			are also disabled.
2812
2813	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2814			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2815			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2816			number of online CPUs.
2817
2818	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2819			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2820
2821	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2822			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2823
2824	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2825			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2826			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2827
2828	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2829			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2830			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2831			mode during the locktorture test.
2832
2833	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2834			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2835			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2836
2837	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2838			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2839
2840	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2841			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2842			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2843			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2844			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2845			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2846
2847	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2848			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2849
2850	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2851			Enable additional printk() statements.
2852
2853	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2854			Format: <irq>
2855
2856	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2857			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2858			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2859			loglevels are defined as follows:
2860
2861			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2862			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2863			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2864			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2865			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2866			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2867			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2868			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2869
2870	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2871			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2872			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2873			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2874			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2875			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2876			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2877
2878	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2879			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2880			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2881			kernel boot problems.
2882
2883	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2884	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2885	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2886	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2887				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2888				attached printers to be reset. Using
2889				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2890				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2891				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2892				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2893				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2894				port specification list means that device IDs
2895				from each port should be examined, to see if
2896				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2897				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2898				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2899
2900	lpj=n		[KNL]
2901			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2902			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2903			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2904			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2905			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2906			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2907			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2908			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2909			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2910			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2911			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2912			hardware.
2913
2914	ltpc=		[NET]
2915			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2916
2917	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2918
2919	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2920			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2921			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2922
2923	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2924			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2925			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2926
2927	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
2928			different yeeloong laptops.
2929			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2930
2931	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater
2932			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2933
2934	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2935			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2936			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2937			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2938			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2939			only takes effect during system bootup.
2940			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2941			which also disables the IO APIC.
2942
2943	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2944	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2945			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2946			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2947			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2948			/dev/loop-control interface.
2949
2950	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2951
2952	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2953
2954	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2955			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2956
2957	mdacon=		[MDA]
2958			Format: <first>,<last>
2959			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2960
2961	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
2962			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
2963			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
2964
2965			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2966			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2967			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2968
2969			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2970			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2971			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2972			not have direct access.
2973
2974			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
2975			options are:
2976
2977			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
2978			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
2979				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
2980			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
2981
2982			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
2983			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
2984			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
2985			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
2986			too.
2987
2988			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
2989			mds=full.
2990
2991			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
2992
2993	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON] Set the memory size.
2994			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
2995
2996	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2997			Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
2998
2999			1 for test;
3000			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3001			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3002			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3003			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3004
3005			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3006			high memory is not affected.
3007
3008			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3009			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3010
3011			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3012			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3013			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3014			belonging to unused RAM.
3015
3016			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3017			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3018			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3019
3020	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3021			[ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by
3022			firmware.
3023			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3024			ss[KMG].
3025			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3026			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3027
3028	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3029			memory.
3030
3031	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
3032
3033	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3034			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3035			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3036
3037	memhp_default_state=online/offline
3038			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3039			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3040			set according to the
3041			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
3042			option.
3043			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3044
3045	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
3046			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3047			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3048			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3049			option description.
3050
3051	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3052			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3053			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3054			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3055			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3056			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3057			comma delimited.
3058			Example:
3059				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3060
3061	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3062			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3063			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3064
3065	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3066			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3067			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3068			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3069			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3070			         or
3071			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3072			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3073			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3074			will be eaten.
3075
3076	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
3077			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3078			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3079			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3080			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3081
3082	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3083			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
3084			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3085			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3086			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3087			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3088			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3089			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3090
3091	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
3092			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3093			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3094			Setting this option will scan the memory
3095			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3096			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3097			from using the memory being corrupted.
3098			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3099			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3100			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3101			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3102
3103	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
3104			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3105			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3106			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3107			corruption in more or less memory.
3108
3109	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
3110			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3111			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3112			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3113
3114	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3115			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3116			Format: {on | off (default)}
3117			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3118			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3119			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3120			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3121			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3122			lot of memory without requiring additional
3123			memory to do so.
3124			This feature is disabled by default because it
3125			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3126			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3127			memory blocks).
3128			The state of the flag can be read in
3129			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3130			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3131			the feature is not effective.
3132
3133	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
3134			Format: <integer>
3135			default : 0 <disable>
3136			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3137			performed. Each pass selects another test
3138			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3139			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3140			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3141			regions that are detected.
3142
3143	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3144			Valid arguments: on, off
3145			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
3146			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
3147			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
3148			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3149			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3150
3151			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3152			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3153
3154	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3155			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3156			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3157			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3158			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3159
3160	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
3161			See Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst.
3162
3163	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
3164			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
3165			platforms.
3166
3167	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3168			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3169			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3170			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3171
3172	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3173
3174	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this
3175			physical address is ignored.
3176
3177	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3178			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3179			Default: "0tb"
3180			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3181			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3182			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3183			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3184			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3185			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3186			unconfigured.
3187			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3188			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3189			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3190			VGA shield.
3191			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3192			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3193			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3194			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3195			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3196			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3197
3198	mitigations=
3199			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
3200			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3201			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3202			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3203
3204			off
3205				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3206				improves system performance, but it may also
3207				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3208				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
3209					       if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3210					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3211					       nobp=0 [S390]
3212					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3213					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3214					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3215					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3216					       l1tf=off [X86]
3217					       mds=off [X86]
3218					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3219					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3220					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3221					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3222					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3223					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3224					       retbleed=off [X86]
3225
3226				Exceptions:
3227					       This does not have any effect on
3228					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3229					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3230
3231			auto (default)
3232				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3233				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3234				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3235				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3236				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3237				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3238
3239			auto,nosmt
3240				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3241				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3242				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3243				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3244					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3245					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3246					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3247					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3248
3249	mminit_loglevel=
3250			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3251			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3252			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3253			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3254			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3255			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3256
3257	mmio_stale_data=
3258			[X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor
3259			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3260
3261			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3262			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3263			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3264			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3265			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3266			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3267
3268			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3269			options are:
3270
3271			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3272
3273			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3274				     vulnerable CPUs.
3275
3276			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3277
3278			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3279			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3280			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3281			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3282			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3283			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3284
3285			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3286			mmio_stale_data=full.
3287
3288			For details see:
3289			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3290
3291	module.async_probe=<bool>
3292			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3293			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3294			specific module, use the module specific control that
3295			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3296			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3297			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3298			the specific module.
3299
3300	module.sig_enforce
3301			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3302			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3303			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3304			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3305
3306	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3307			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3308
3309	mousedev.tap_time=
3310			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3311			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3312			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3313			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3314			Format: <msecs>
3315	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3316			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3317	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3318			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3319
3320	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
3321			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3322			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3323			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3324			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3325			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3326			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3327			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3328			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3329			is not too small.
3330
3331	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3332			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3333			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3334			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3335			allocations. Use with caution!
3336
3337	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3338			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3339
3340	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3341			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3342
3343	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3344			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3345
3346	mtdset=		[ARM]
3347			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3348
3349			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3350
3351	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3352			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3353			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3354
3355	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3356			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3357			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3358
3359	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3360			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3361			Default is 1.
3362			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3363			using up MTRRs.
3364
3365	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3366			Format: <integer>
3367			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3368			Default : 1
3369			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3370			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3371
3372	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3373			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3374			at a time.
3375
3376	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3377
3378	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3379			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3380			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3381			something different and driver-specific.
3382			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3383			file if at all.
3384
3385	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3386			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3387			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3388			waits 4 seconds.
3389
3390	nf_conntrack.acct=
3391			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3392			0 to disable accounting
3393			1 to enable accounting
3394			Default value is 0.
3395
3396	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3397			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3398
3399	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3400			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3401
3402	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3403			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3404
3405	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3406			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3407			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3408			requests.
3409
3410	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3411			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3412			channel should listen.
3413
3414	nfs.cache_getent=
3415			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3416			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3417
3418	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3419			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3420			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3421
3422	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3423			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3424			entries.
3425
3426	nfs.enable_ino64=
3427			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3428			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3429			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3430			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3431			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3432
3433	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3434			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3435			slots the client will assign to the callback
3436			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3437			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3438			a particular server.
3439
3440	nfs.max_session_slots=
3441			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3442			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3443			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3444			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3445			Note that there is little point in setting this
3446			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3447
3448	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3449			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3450			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3451			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3452			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3453			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3454			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3455			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3456			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3457			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3458			back to using the idmapper.
3459			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3460	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3461			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3462			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3463			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3464			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3465
3466	nfs.send_implementation_id =
3467			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3468			information in exchange_id requests.
3469			If zero, no implementation identification information
3470			will be sent.
3471			The default is to send the implementation identification
3472			information.
3473
3474	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
3475			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3476			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3477			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3478			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3479			after the locks are lost.
3480			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3481			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3482			parameter to '1'.
3483			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3484			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3485
3486	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
3487			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3488			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3489
3490			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3491			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3492			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3493			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3494
3495	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable =
3496			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
3497			server-to-server copies for which this server is
3498			the destination of the copy.
3499
3500	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout =
3501			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
3502			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
3503			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
3504			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
3505			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
3506			this parameter.
3507
3508	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3509			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3510			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3511			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3512			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3513			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3514
3515
3516	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3517			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3518			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3519
3520	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3521			when a NMI is triggered.
3522			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3523
3524	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3525			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3526			Valid num: 0 or 1
3527			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3528			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3529			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3530			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3531			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3532			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3533			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3534			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3535			need the box quickly up again.
3536
3537			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3538			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3539
3540	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3541			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3542			is present.
3543
3544	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3545			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3546
3547	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3548
3549	no_console_suspend
3550			[HW] Never suspend the console
3551			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3552			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3553			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3554			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3555			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3556			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3557			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3558			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3559			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3560			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3561			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3562			turn on/off it dynamically.
3563
3564	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
3565			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
3566			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
3567			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
3568			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
3569			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
3570			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
3571			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
3572			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
3573			is set.
3574
3575	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3576			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
3577			but will impact performance.
3578
3579	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3580
3581	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3582			(CPU alternatives feature).
3583
3584	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3585			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3586
3587	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3588
3589	nocache		[ARM]
3590
3591	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3592
3593	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
3594
3595	no_entry_flush  [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3596
3597	noexec		[IA-64]
3598
3599	nosmap		[PPC]
3600			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3601			even if it is supported by processor.
3602
3603	nosmep		[PPC64s]
3604			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3605			even if it is supported by processor.
3606
3607	noexec32	[X86-64]
3608			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3609			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3610				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3611			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3612				read implies executable mappings
3613
3614	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3615
3616	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3617			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3618			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3619
3620	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3621
3622	nohugevmalloc	[PPC] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3623
3624	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3625			Equivalent to smt=1.
3626
3627			[KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3628			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3629				     via the sysfs control file.
3630
3631	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3632			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3633			possible in the system.
3634
3635	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3636			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3637			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3638			option.
3639
3640	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3641			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3642
3643	no_uaccess_flush
3644	                [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
3645
3646	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3647			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3648			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3649
3650	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3651			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3652			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3653			performance of saving the states is degraded because
3654			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3655			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3656
3657	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3658			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3659			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3660			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3661			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3662			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3663			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3664
3665	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait
3666			in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3667			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3668			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3669			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3670			correctly or when doing power measurements to evalute
3671			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3672			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3673
3674	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3675			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3676			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3677
3678	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3679			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3680			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3681			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3682			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3683			real-time systems.
3684
3685	no_hash_pointers
3686			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3687			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3688			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3689			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3690			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3691			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3692			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3693			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3694			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3695			value printed. This option should only be specified when
3696			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3697			kernels.
3698
3699	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3700
3701	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3702			Valid arguments: on, off
3703			Default: on
3704
3705	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3706			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3707			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3708			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3709			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3710			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3711			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3712			just as if they had also been called out in the
3713			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3714
3715			Note that this argument takes precedence over
3716			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
3717
3718	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3719
3720	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3721			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3722
3723	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3724			broken timer IRQ sources.
3725
3726	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3727
3728	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3729			initial RAM disk.
3730
3731	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3732			remapping.
3733			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3734
3735	nointroute	[IA-64]
3736
3737	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3738
3739	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3740
3741	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3742
3743	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3744			fault handling.
3745
3746	no-vmw-sched-clock
3747			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3748			clock and use the default one.
3749
3750	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64] Disable paravirtualized steal time
3751			accounting. steal time is computed, but won't
3752			influence scheduler behaviour
3753
3754	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3755
3756	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3757
3758	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3759
3760	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3761
3762	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3763			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3764
3765	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3766			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3767			irq.
3768
3769	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. DRM drivers will not perform
3770			display-mode changes or accelerated rendering. Only the
3771			system framebuffer will be available for use if this was
3772			set-up by the firmware or boot loader.
3773
3774			Useful as fallback, or for testing and debugging.
3775
3776	nomodule	Disable module load
3777
3778	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3779			pagetables) support.
3780
3781	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3782
3783	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3784			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3785
3786	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3787			with UP alternatives
3788
3789	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3790			space.
3791
3792	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3793			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3794			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3795
3796	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3797
3798	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3799
3800	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3801			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3802
3803	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3804
3805	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3806
3807	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3808			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3809
3810	nowb		[ARM]
3811
3812	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3813
3814	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3815			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3816			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3817			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3818			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3819			parameter's value.
3820			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3821			Default: 255
3822
3823	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3824			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3825			SAL PALO.
3826
3827	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3828			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3829			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3830			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3831			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3832			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3833			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3834			hot plugging.
3835
3836	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3837
3838	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only
3839			set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
3840
3841	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
3842			NUMA balancing.
3843			Allowed values are enable and disable
3844
3845	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3846			'node', 'default' can be specified
3847			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3848			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3849
3850	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3851			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
3852			info.
3853
3854	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3855			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3856			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3857			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3858			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3859			interrupts *may* be lost!
3860
3861	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3862			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3863			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3864			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3865
3866	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
3867
3868			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
3869
3870			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
3871				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
3872			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
3873				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
3874				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
3875
3876	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3877			process, but there is a small probability of
3878			deadlocking the machine.
3879			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3880			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3881
3882	page_alloc.shuffle=
3883			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3884			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3885			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3886			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3887			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3888			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3889			can be read from sysfs at:
3890			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3891
3892	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3893			Storage of the information about who allocated
3894			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3895			we can turn it on.
3896			on: enable the feature
3897
3898	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3899			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3900			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3901			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3902			on: turn on poisoning
3903
3904	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
3905			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
3906			Format: <integer>
3907			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
3908			reporting is disabled when it exceeds (MAX_ORDER-1).
3909
3910	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3911			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3912			timeout = 0: wait forever
3913			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3914			Format: <timeout>
3915
3916	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3917			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3918			bit 0: print all tasks info
3919			bit 1: print system memory info
3920			bit 2: print timer info
3921			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3922			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3923			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3924			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
3925			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
3926			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
3927			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
3928			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
3929
3930	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
3931			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
3932			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
3933			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
3934			called with any of the flags in this set.
3935			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
3936			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
3937			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
3938			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
3939			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
3940			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
3941			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
3942
3943	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3944			on a WARN().
3945
3946	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3947			connected to, default is 0.
3948			Format: <parport#>
3949	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3950			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3951			Format: <mode>
3952
3953	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3954			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3955			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3956			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3957			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3958			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3959			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3960			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3961			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3962			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3963			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3964			are specified on the command line, starting
3965			with parport0.
3966
3967	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
3968			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3969			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3970			computer where firmware has no options for setting
3971			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3972			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3973			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3974
3975	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
3976			Format: <int>
3977			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
3978			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
3979			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
3980
3981	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
3982			Format: <int>
3983			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
3984			changes.  Disabled by default.
3985
3986	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
3987			Format: <int>
3988			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
3989			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
3990			Disabled by default.
3991
3992	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
3993			Format: <int>
3994			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
3995			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
3996			Disabled by default.
3997
3998	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
3999			Format: <int>
4000			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4001			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4002			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4003			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4004			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4005			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4006			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4007			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4008			all channels.
4009
4010	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4011			Format: <int>
4012			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4013			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4014			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4015
4016	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4017			Format: <int>
4018			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4019			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4020			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4021
4022	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4023			Format: <int>
4024			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4025			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4026			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4027			All modes allowed by default.
4028
4029	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4030			Format: <int>
4031			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4032			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4033
4034	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4035			Format: <int>
4036			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4037			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4038			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4039			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4040			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4041			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4042			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4043			By default all supported ports are probed.
4044
4045	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4046			Format: <int>
4047			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4048			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4049
4050	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4051			Format: <int>
4052			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4053			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4054			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4055			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4056			0 otherwise.
4057
4058	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4059			Format: <int>
4060			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4061			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4062			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4063			allowed by default.
4064
4065	pause_on_oops=
4066			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4067			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4068			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4069
4070	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4071
4072	pcd.		[PARIDE]
4073			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
4074			See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4075
4076	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
4077
4078				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4079				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4080				specified in one of the following formats:
4081
4082				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4083				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4084
4085				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4086				bus/device/function address which may change
4087				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4088				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4089				by other kernel parameters. If the
4090				domain is left unspecified, it is
4091				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4092				to a device through multiple device/function
4093				addresses can be specified after the base
4094				address (this is more robust against
4095				renumbering issues).  The second format
4096				selects devices using IDs from the
4097				configuration space which may match multiple
4098				devices in the system.
4099
4100		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4101				changes anything
4102		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4103		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4104				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4105				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4106		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4107				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4108				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4109				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4110		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4111				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4112				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4113		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4114				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4115				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4116				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4117				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4118				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4119				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4120		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4121				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4122				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4123		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4124				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4125		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4126				Configuration
4127		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4128				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4129				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4130		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4131				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4132				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4133		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4134				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4135				should never be necessary.
4136		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4137				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4138				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4139				when the system masks IRQs.
4140		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4141				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4142				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4143				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4144		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4145				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4146				on several machines and they hang the machine
4147				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4148				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4149				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4150				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4151				motherboard.
4152		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4153				Use with caution as certain devices share
4154				address decoders between ROMs and other
4155				resources.
4156		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4157				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4158				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4159		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4160				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4161		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4162				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4163				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4164				this way.
4165		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4166				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4167				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4168				F0000h-100000h range.
4169		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4170				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4171				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4172				explicitly which ones they are.
4173		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4174				numbers ourselves, overriding
4175				whatever the firmware may have done.
4176		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4177				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4178				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4179				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4180				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4181				IRQ routing is enabled.
4182		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4183				or for PCI scanning.
4184		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4185				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4186				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4187				please report a bug.
4188		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4189				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4190		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4191				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4192				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4193				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4194				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4195		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4196				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4197				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4198				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4199		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4200				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4201				so this option is a temporary workaround
4202				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4203		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4204				handle more pci cards
4205		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4206				This might help on some broken boards which
4207				machine check when some devices' config space
4208				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4209				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4210		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4211				This sorting is done to get a device
4212				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4213		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4214		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4215				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4216		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4217				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4218		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4219				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4220				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4221				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4222				or bus can support) for best performance.
4223		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4224				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4225				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4226				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4227				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4228				that hot-added devices will work.
4229		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4230				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4231				The default value is 256 bytes.
4232		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4233				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4234				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4235		resource_alignment=
4236				Format:
4237				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4238				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4239				aligned memory resources. How to
4240				specify the device is described above.
4241				If <order of align> is not specified,
4242				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4243				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4244				windows need to be expanded.
4245				To specify the alignment for several
4246				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4247				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4248				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4249				for 4096-byte alignment.
4250		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4251				end-to-end CRC checking).
4252				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4253				the default.
4254				off: Turn ECRC off
4255				on: Turn ECRC on.
4256		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4257				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4258				Default size is 256 bytes.
4259		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4260				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4261				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4262		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4263				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4264				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4265		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4266				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4267				MMIO_PREF window.
4268				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4269		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4270				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4271				Default is 1.
4272		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4273				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4274				accommodate resources required by all child
4275				devices.
4276				off: Turn realloc off
4277				on: Turn realloc on
4278		realloc		same as realloc=on
4279		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4280		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4281				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4282		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4283				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4284				port.
4285		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4286				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4287				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4288				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4289				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4290				taints the kernel.
4291		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4292				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4293				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4294				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4295				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4296				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4297				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4298				this removes isolation between devices and
4299				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4300		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4301		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4302		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4303				one PCI domain per PCI function
4304
4305	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
4306			Management.
4307		off	Disable ASPM.
4308		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4309			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4310
4311	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4312		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4313			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4314			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
4315			also tries to use these services.
4316		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
4317				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4318		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4319			hotplug).
4320
4321	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4322		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4323		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4324
4325	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4326		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4327			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4328
4329	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4330
4331	pd_ignore_unused
4332			[PM]
4333			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4334			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4335			for debug and development, but should not be
4336			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4337
4338	pd.		[PARIDE]
4339			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4340
4341	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4342			boot time.
4343			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4344			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4345
4346	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4347			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4348			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4349			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4350			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4351			and performance comparison.
4352
4353	pf.		[PARIDE]
4354			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4355
4356	pg.		[PARIDE]
4357			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4358
4359	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4360			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4361
4362	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4363			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4364			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4365
4366	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4367			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4368			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4369
4370	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
4371			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
4372			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
4373			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
4374			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
4375			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
4376			remains 0.
4377
4378	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4379			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4380
4381	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4382			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4383			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4384			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4385			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4386			possible settings and some assignment information.
4387
4388	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4389			{ off }
4390
4391	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4392			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4393
4394	pnp_reserve_irq=
4395			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4396
4397	pnp_reserve_dma=
4398			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4399
4400	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4401			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4402
4403	pnp_reserve_mem=
4404			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4405			autoconfiguration.
4406			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4407
4408	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4409			Default is 21.
4410			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4411			may be specified.
4412			Format: <port>,<port>....
4413
4414	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4415			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4416			platform machine description specific power_save
4417			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4418			execution priority.
4419
4420	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4421			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4422			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4423			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4424			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4425
4426	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
4427			Format: {"off"}
4428			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4429
4430	preempt=	[KNL]
4431			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4432			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4433			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4434			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4435			       can be preempted anytime.
4436
4437	print-fatal-signals=
4438			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4439
4440			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4441			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4442			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4443			coredump - etc.
4444
4445			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4446			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4447
4448			default: off.
4449
4450	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4451			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4452			panics
4453			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4454			default: disabled
4455
4456	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4457			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4458			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4459			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4460			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4461			in order to provide more debug information.
4462			Format: <bool>
4463			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4464
4465	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4466			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4467			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4468			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4469			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4470			Default: ratelimit
4471
4472	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4473			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4474
4475	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4476			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4477			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4478
4479	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4480			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4481			instead using the legacy FADT method
4482
4483	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4484			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4485			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4486				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4487			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4488			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4489				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4490			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4491			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4492				statistical time based profiling.
4493
4494	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4495
4496	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4497			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4498			that).
4499			Format: <bool>
4500
4501	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4502			tracking.
4503			Format: <bool>
4504
4505	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4506			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4507	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4508			per second.
4509	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4510			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4511			(0 = never).
4512	psmouse.resolution=
4513			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4514	psmouse.smartscroll=
4515			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4516			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4517
4518	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4519
4520	pt.		[PARIDE]
4521			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4522
4523	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4524			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4525			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4526			system calls and interrupts.
4527
4528			on   - unconditionally enable
4529			off  - unconditionally disable
4530			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4531			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4532
4533			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4534
4535	nopti		[X86-64]
4536			Equivalent to pti=off
4537
4538	pty.legacy_count=
4539			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4540			default number.
4541
4542	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
4543
4544	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4545
4546	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4547			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4548
4549	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4550			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4551
4552	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4553
4554	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
4555			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
4556			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
4557			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
4558			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
4559
4560	random.trust_bootloader={on,off}
4561			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of a
4562			seed passed by the bootloader (if available) to
4563			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
4564			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER.
4565
4566	randomize_kstack_offset=
4567			[KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4568			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4569			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4570			that depend on stack address determinism or
4571			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4572			available on architectures that have defined
4573			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4574			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4575			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4576
4577	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4578
4579		cec_disable	[X86]
4580				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4581				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4582
4583	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
4584			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
4585			as described above.
4586
4587			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
4588			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
4589			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
4590			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
4591			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
4592			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
4593			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
4594			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
4595			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
4596			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
4597			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
4598			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4599
4600			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
4601			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
4602
4603			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
4604			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
4605			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
4606			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
4607
4608			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4609			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4610
4611	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4612			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4613			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4614			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4615			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4616			This improves the real-time response for the
4617			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4618			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4619			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4620			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4621
4622	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4623			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4624			process in one batch.
4625
4626	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4627			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4628			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4629			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4630
4631	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4632			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4633			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4634
4635	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4636			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4637			RCU grace-period initialization.
4638
4639	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4640			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4641			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4642			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4643			the rcu_node combining tree.
4644
4645	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
4646			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
4647			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
4648			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
4649			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
4650
4651			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
4652			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
4653			to zero.
4654
4655	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4656			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4657			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
4658			possibly be useful for architectures having high
4659			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4660
4661	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4662			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4663			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
4664			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4665			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4666			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4667			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4668
4669	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4670			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4671			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4672			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4673			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4674			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4675			condition.
4676
4677	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
4678			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
4679			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
4680			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
4681
4682	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4683			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4684			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4685			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4686			and maximum value is HZ.
4687
4688	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4689			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4690			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4691			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4692
4693	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4694			Set required age in jiffies for a
4695			given grace period before RCU starts
4696			soliciting quiescent-state help from
4697			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4698			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4699			a value based on the most recent settings
4700			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4701			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4702			This calculated value may be viewed in
4703			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
4704			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4705			overwritten.
4706
4707	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
4708			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4709			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4710			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4711			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4712			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4713			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4714			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
4715			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4716			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4717			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
4718			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
4719
4720	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
4721			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
4722			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
4723			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
4724			The result will be bounded below by the value of
4725			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
4726			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
4727			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
4728
4729			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
4730			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
4731			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
4732			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
4733			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
4734
4735	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
4736			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
4737			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
4738			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
4739			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
4740			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
4741			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
4742			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
4743			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
4744			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
4745			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
4746			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
4747
4748	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4749			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4750			each group, which defaults to the square root
4751			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
4752			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4753			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4754			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4755
4756	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4757			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4758			batch limiting is disabled.
4759
4760	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4761			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4762			batch limiting is re-enabled.
4763
4764	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4765			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4766			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4767			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4768			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4769			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4770			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4771			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4772
4773	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4774			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4775			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4776			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4777			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4778			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4779
4780	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
4781			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
4782			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
4783			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
4784			Larger delays increase the probability of
4785			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
4786			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
4787			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
4788
4789	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
4790			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
4791			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
4792			why a new grace period has not yet started.
4793
4794	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
4795			Measure performance of asynchronous
4796			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
4797
4798	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
4799			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
4800			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
4801			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
4802			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
4803			previously posted callbacks to drain.
4804
4805	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
4806			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
4807			grace-period primitives.
4808
4809	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4810			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
4811			this parameter is to delay the start of the
4812			test until boot completes in order to avoid
4813			interference.
4814
4815	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
4816			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
4817
4818	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
4819			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4820			If this parameter has the same value as
4821			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
4822			and double-argument variants are tested.
4823
4824	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
4825			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4826			If this parameter has the same value as
4827			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
4828			and double-argument variants are tested.
4829
4830	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
4831			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
4832
4833	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
4834			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
4835
4836	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
4837			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
4838			of allocations and frees.
4839
4840	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4841			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4842			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4843			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
4844			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4845			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4846			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
4847			a single reader.
4848
4849	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
4850			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
4851			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
4852			N, where N is the number of CPUs
4853
4854	rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL]
4855			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4856
4857	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4858			Shut the system down after performance tests
4859			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
4860			testing.
4861
4862	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
4863			Enable additional printk() statements.
4864
4865	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
4866			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
4867			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
4868			no holdoff.
4869
4870	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
4871			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
4872			in microseconds.
4873
4874	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
4875			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
4876			in microseconds.
4877
4878	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
4879			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
4880			in seconds.
4881
4882	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
4883			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
4884			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
4885			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
4886			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
4887			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
4888			of CPUs to be used.
4889
4890	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
4891			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
4892			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
4893
4894	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
4895			Number of seconds to wait between successive
4896			forward-progress tests.
4897
4898	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
4899			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
4900			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
4901			testing.
4902
4903	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
4904			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
4905			primitives, if available.
4906
4907	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
4908			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
4909
4910	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
4911			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
4912			update-side primitives, if available.
4913
4914	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
4915			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
4916			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
4917			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
4918			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
4919			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
4920			they are all non-zero.
4921
4922	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
4923			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
4924			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
4925			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
4926
4927	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
4928			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
4929			This can of course result in splats, and is
4930			intended to test the ability of things like
4931			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
4932			such leaks.
4933
4934	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
4935			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
4936
4937	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
4938			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
4939			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
4940			test, hence the "fake".
4941
4942	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
4943			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
4944			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
4945
4946	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
4947			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
4948			callback-offload toggling attempts.
4949
4950	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
4951			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4952			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4953			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
4954			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4955			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4956
4957	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
4958			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
4959
4960	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4961			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
4962
4963	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4964			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
4965			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
4966
4967	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
4968			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
4969			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
4970			task-exit processing.
4971
4972	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
4973			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
4974			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
4975			is spawned.
4976
4977	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
4978			The delay, in seconds, between successive
4979			read-then-exit testing episodes.
4980
4981	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
4982			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
4983			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
4984			during the rcutorture test.
4985
4986	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
4987			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
4988			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
4989
4990	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
4991			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
4992			warnings, zero to disable.
4993
4994	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
4995			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
4996			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition
4997			to any other stall-related activity.
4998
4999	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5000			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5001
5002	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5003			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
5004
5005	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5006			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5007			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5008			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5009			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5010			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5011
5012	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5013			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5014
5015	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5016			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5017			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5018			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5019			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5020
5021	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5022			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5023			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5024			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5025
5026	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5027			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5028
5029	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5030			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5031
5032	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5033			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5034			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5035
5036	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5037			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5038
5039	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5040			Enable additional printk() statements.
5041
5042	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5043			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5044			stall warning.
5045
5046	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
5047			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5048
5049	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
5050			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
5051			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
5052			during early boot, that is, during the time
5053			before the init task is spawned.
5054
5055	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5056			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
5057			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
5058			value is 300 seconds.
5059
5060	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5061			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
5062			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
5063			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
5064			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
5065			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
5066			Setting this to zero causes the value from
5067			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
5068			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
5069
5070	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
5071			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
5072			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
5073			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
5074			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
5075			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
5076			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5077
5078	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
5079			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
5080			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
5081			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
5082			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
5083			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
5084			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
5085			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
5086			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5087
5088	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
5089			Once boot has completed (that is, after
5090			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
5091			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
5092			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
5093
5094			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
5095			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
5096			it to the value one, that is, converting any
5097			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
5098			period to instead use normal non-expedited
5099			grace-period processing.
5100
5101	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
5102			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
5103			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
5104			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
5105			a single callback queue.  This switching only
5106			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
5107			set to the default value of -1.
5108
5109	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
5110			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
5111			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
5112			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
5113			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
5114			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
5115			the default value of -1.
5116
5117	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
5118			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
5119			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
5120			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
5121			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
5122			for use in testing.
5123
5124	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
5125			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
5126			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
5127			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
5128			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
5129			but lengthens grace periods.
5130
5131	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
5132			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5133			informational messages, which give some indication
5134			of the problem for those not patient enough to
5135			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
5136			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
5137			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
5138			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
5139			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
5140			until the beginning of the next grace period.
5141
5142	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
5143			Multiplier for time interval between successive
5144			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
5145			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
5146			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
5147			the value three, so that the first informational
5148			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
5149			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
5150			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
5151			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
5152
5153	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
5154			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
5155			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
5156			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
5157			A change in value does not take effect until
5158			the beginning of the next grace period.
5159
5160	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
5161			Run the RCU early boot self tests
5162
5163	rdinit=		[KNL]
5164			Format: <full_path>
5165			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
5166			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
5167
5168	rdrand=		[X86]
5169			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
5170				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
5171				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
5172				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
5173				path).
5174
5175	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
5176			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
5177			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
5178			mba.
5179			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
5180				rdt=cmt,!mba
5181
5182	reboot=		[KNL]
5183			Format (x86 or x86_64):
5184				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
5185				[[,]s[mp]#### \
5186				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
5187				[[,]f[orce]
5188			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
5189					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
5190					reboot only),
5191			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
5192			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
5193			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
5194					to be used for rebooting.
5195
5196	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5197			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5198			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5199			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5200			interference.
5201
5202	refscale.loops= [KNL]
5203			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
5204			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
5205			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
5206			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
5207			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
5208			x86 laptops.
5209
5210	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5211			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
5212			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
5213			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
5214
5215	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
5216			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
5217			the console log.
5218
5219	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
5220			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
5221			measured in microseconds.
5222
5223	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5224			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
5225
5226	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5227			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
5228			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
5229			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
5230			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
5231
5232	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
5233			Enable additional printk() statements.
5234
5235	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
5236			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
5237			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
5238			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
5239			specified.
5240
5241	relax_domain_level=
5242			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
5243			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
5244
5245	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
5246			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
5247			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
5248			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
5249			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
5250
5251	reservetop=	[X86-32]
5252			Format: nn[KMG]
5253			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
5254			address space.
5255
5256	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
5257			during initialization.
5258
5259	resume=		[SWSUSP]
5260			Specify the partition device for software suspend
5261			Format:
5262			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
5263
5264	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
5265			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
5266			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
5267			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
5268			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
5269
5270	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5271			read the resume files
5272
5273	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
5274			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5275			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5276
5277	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
5278
5279	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
5280			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
5281			vulnerability.
5282
5283			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
5284			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
5285			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
5286			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
5287			that don't.
5288
5289			off          - no mitigation
5290			auto         - automatically select a migitation
5291			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
5292				       disabling SMT if necessary for
5293				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
5294				       and older without STIBP).
5295			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
5296				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
5297				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
5298				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
5299				       on Intel.
5300			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
5301				       when STIBP is not available. This is
5302				       the alternative for systems which do not
5303				       have STIBP.
5304			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
5305				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
5306				       systems.
5307			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
5308				       is not available. This is the alternative for
5309				       systems which do not have STIBP.
5310
5311			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
5312			time according to the CPU.
5313
5314			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
5315
5316	rfkill.default_state=
5317		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
5318			etc. communication is blocked by default.
5319		1	Unblocked.
5320
5321	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
5322		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
5323		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5324			blocked and the previous configuration.
5325		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
5326			blocked and everything unblocked.
5327
5328	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5329			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
5330
5331	ring3mwait=disable
5332			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
5333			CPUs.
5334
5335	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
5336
5337	rodata=		[KNL]
5338		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
5339		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
5340		full	Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only
5341		        [arm64]
5342
5343	rockchip.usb_uart
5344			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
5345			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
5346			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
5347			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
5348
5349	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
5350			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
5351
5352	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
5353			mount the root filesystem
5354
5355	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
5356
5357	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
5358
5359	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
5360			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
5361			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
5362
5363	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
5364			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
5365			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
5366			managed by CMA.
5367
5368	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
5369
5370	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
5371
5372	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
5373			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
5374		strict
5375			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
5376			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
5377			which is faster.
5378
5379	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
5380			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
5381			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
5382			factor of the size of main memory.
5383			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
5384			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
5385			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
5386			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
5387			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
5388			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
5389			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
5390
5391	sa1100ir	[NET]
5392			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5393
5394	sched_verbose	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5395
5396	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5397			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5398			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5399			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5400
5401	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5402			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5403			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5404			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5405			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5406			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5407			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5408			value.
5409			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5410			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
5411				1			64 ms
5412				2			128 ms
5413			and so on.
5414			Format: integer between 0 and 10
5415			Default is 0.
5416
5417	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5418			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5419			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5420			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5421			tests.
5422
5423	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5424			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5425			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
5426			default) disables this feature.  Please note
5427			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5428			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5429			softlockup complaints, and so on.
5430
5431	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5432			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5433			smp_call_function() family of functions.
5434			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5435			equal to the number of CPUs.
5436
5437	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5438			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5439			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5440
5441	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5442			Number seconds to wait between successive
5443			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
5444			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5445
5446	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5447			The number of seconds following the start of the
5448			test after which to shut down the system.  The
5449			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5450			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5451
5452	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5453			The number of seconds between outputting the
5454			current test statistics to the console.  A value
5455			of zero disables statistics output.
5456
5457	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5458			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5459			to the set of CPUs under test.
5460
5461	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5462			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5463			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5464			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5465			functions.
5466
5467	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5468			Enable additional printk() statements.
5469
5470	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5471			The probability weighting to use for the
5472			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5473			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
5474			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
5475			if at least one weight has some other value, a
5476			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5477
5478	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
5479			The probability weighting to use for the
5480			smp_call_function_single() function with a
5481			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5482
5483	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
5484			The probability weighting to use for the
5485			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
5486			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
5487			Note well that setting a high probability for
5488			this weighting can place serious IPI load
5489			on the system.
5490
5491	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
5492			The probability weighting to use for the
5493			smp_call_function_many() function with a
5494			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5495			and weight_many.
5496
5497	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
5498			The probability weighting to use for the
5499			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
5500			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
5501			weight_many.
5502
5503	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
5504			The probability weighting to use for the
5505			smp_call_function_all() function with a
5506			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
5507			and weight_many.
5508
5509	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5510			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5511			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5512			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5513			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5514			1 -- enable.
5515			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5516			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5517
5518	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5519			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5520			"lsm=" parameter.
5521
5522	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5523			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5524			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
5525			0 -- disable.
5526			1 -- enable.
5527			Default value is 1.
5528
5529	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
5530			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5531			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
5532			0 -- disable.
5533			1 -- enable.
5534			Default value is set via kernel config option.
5535
5536	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
5537
5538	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
5539
5540	shapers=	[NET]
5541			Maximal number of shapers.
5542
5543	simeth=		[IA-64]
5544	simscsi=
5545
5546	slram=		[HW,MTD]
5547
5548	slab_merge	[MM]
5549			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5550			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5551
5552	slab_nomerge	[MM]
5553			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5554			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5555			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5556			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5557			layout control by attackers can usually be
5558			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5559			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5560			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5561			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5562			own.
5563			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5564
5565	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
5566			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5567			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5568			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
5569			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5570
5571	slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM, SLUB]
5572			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5573			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5574			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5575			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5576			last alloc / free. For more information see
5577			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5578
5579	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5580			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5581			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5582			fragmentation. For more information see
5583			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5584
5585	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
5586			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5587			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5588			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5589			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5590			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5591			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5592			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5593
5594	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
5595			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5596			lower than slub_max_order.
5597			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
5598
5599	slub_merge	[MM, SLUB]
5600			Same with slab_merge.
5601
5602	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
5603			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5604			See slab_nomerge for more information.
5605
5606	smart2=		[HW]
5607			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5608
5609	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
5610			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
5611			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
5612			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
5613			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
5614			disabling interrupts for extended periods
5615			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
5616			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
5617			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
5618			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
5619
5620	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5621	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
5622	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
5623	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
5624	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
5625	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
5626	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5627				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5628				1: Fast pin select (default)
5629				2: ATC IRMode
5630
5631	smt=		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5632			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5633			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5634			actual hardware limit.
5635			Format: <integer>
5636			Default: -1 (no limit)
5637
5638	softlockup_panic=
5639			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5640			Format: 0 | 1
5641
5642			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5643			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5644			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5645			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5646			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
5647
5648	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
5649			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
5650			backtraces on all cpus.
5651			Format: 0 | 1
5652
5653	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
5654			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
5655
5656	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5657			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
5658			The default operation protects the kernel from
5659			user space attacks.
5660
5661			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
5662			       spectre_v2_user=on
5663			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
5664			       spectre_v2_user=off
5665			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5666			       vulnerable
5667
5668			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
5669			mitigation method at run time according to the
5670			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
5671			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
5672			compiler with which the kernel was built.
5673
5674			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
5675			against user space to user space task attacks.
5676
5677			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
5678			the user space protections.
5679
5680			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
5681
5682			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
5683			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
5684			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
5685			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
5686			eibrs		  - enhanced IBRS
5687			eibrs,retpoline   - enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
5688			eibrs,lfence      - enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
5689			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
5690
5691			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5692			spectre_v2=auto.
5693
5694	spectre_v2_user=
5695			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5696		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
5697		        user space tasks
5698
5699			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
5700				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
5701
5702			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
5703				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
5704
5705			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
5706				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
5707				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
5708				  is inherited on fork.
5709
5710			prctl,ibpb
5711				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
5712				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5713				  always when switching between different user
5714				  space processes.
5715
5716			seccomp
5717				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
5718				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
5719				  they explicitly opt out.
5720
5721			seccomp,ibpb
5722				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
5723				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5724				  always when switching between different
5725				  user space processes.
5726
5727			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
5728				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
5729
5730			Default mitigation: "prctl"
5731
5732			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5733			spectre_v2_user=auto.
5734
5735	spec_store_bypass_disable=
5736			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
5737			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
5738
5739			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
5740			a common industry wide performance optimization known
5741			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
5742			to the same memory location may not be observed by
5743			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
5744			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
5745			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
5746			end of a particular speculation execution window.
5747
5748			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5749			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
5750			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
5751			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
5752
5753			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
5754			Bypass optimization is used.
5755
5756			On x86 the options are:
5757
5758			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
5759			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
5760			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
5761				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
5762				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
5763				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
5764				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
5765				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
5766			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
5767				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
5768				  for a process by default. The state of the control
5769				  is inherited on fork.
5770			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
5771				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
5772
5773			Default mitigations:
5774			X86:	"prctl"
5775
5776			On powerpc the options are:
5777
5778			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
5779				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
5780				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
5781				  exit.
5782			off	- No action.
5783
5784			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5785			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
5786
5787	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
5788	spia_fio_base=
5789	spia_pedr=
5790	spia_peddr=
5791
5792	split_lock_detect=
5793			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
5794
5795			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
5796			instructions that access data across cache line
5797			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
5798			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
5799			bus lock detection.
5800
5801			off	- not enabled
5802
5803			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
5804				  about applications triggering the #AC
5805				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
5806				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
5807				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
5808				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
5809				  enabled in hardware.
5810
5811			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
5812				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
5813				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
5814				  both features are enabled in hardware.
5815
5816			ratelimit:N -
5817				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
5818				  per second for bus lock detection.
5819				  0 < N <= 1000.
5820
5821				  N/A for split lock detection.
5822
5823
5824			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
5825			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
5826			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
5827			mode.
5828
5829			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
5830			CPL > 0.
5831
5832	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
5833			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
5834			(SRBDS) mitigation.
5835
5836			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
5837			exploit which can leak bits from the random
5838			number generator.
5839
5840			By default, this issue is mitigated by
5841			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
5842			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
5843			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
5844			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
5845
5846			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
5847			the following option:
5848
5849			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
5850				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
5851
5852	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
5853			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
5854			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
5855			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
5856			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
5857			but takes effect only when the low-order four
5858			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
5859			(decide at boot).
5860
5861	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
5862			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
5863			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
5864			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
5865
5866				   0:  Never.
5867				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
5868				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
5869				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
5870				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
5871
5872			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
5873			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
5874			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
5875
5876	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
5877			Specifies how frequently to check for
5878			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
5879			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
5880			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
5881			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
5882			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
5883			are ignored.
5884
5885	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
5886			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
5887			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
5888			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
5889			grace period will be considered for automatic
5890			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
5891			expediting.
5892
5893	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
5894			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
5895			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
5896			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
5897			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
5898			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
5899
5900	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
5901			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
5902			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
5903			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
5904			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
5905			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
5906
5907	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
5908			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
5909			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
5910
5911	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
5912			Specifies the number of update-side contention
5913			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
5914			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
5915			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
5916			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
5917			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
5918
5919	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
5920			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
5921
5922			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
5923			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
5924			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
5925			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
5926
5927			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
5928				   for both kernel and userspace
5929			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
5930				   for both kernel and userspace
5931			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
5932				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
5933				   to allow userspace to register its
5934				   interest in being mitigated too.
5935
5936	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
5937			override the default stack gap protection. The value
5938			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
5939			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
5940			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
5941			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
5942
5943	stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
5944			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
5945			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
5946			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
5947			to false.
5948
5949	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
5950			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
5951
5952	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
5953			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
5954			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
5955			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
5956			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
5957			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
5958			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
5959
5960	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
5961			Format: <num>
5962			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
5963			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
5964			as the initial boot-console.
5965			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5966
5967	sti_font=	[HW]
5968			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5969
5970	stifb=		[HW]
5971			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
5972
5973        strict_sas_size=
5974			[X86]
5975			Format: <bool>
5976			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
5977			against the required signal frame size which
5978			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
5979			be used to filter out binaries which have
5980			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
5981
5982	sunrpc.min_resvport=
5983	sunrpc.max_resvport=
5984			[NFS,SUNRPC]
5985			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
5986			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
5987			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
5988			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
5989			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
5990			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
5991			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
5992			maximum port values.
5993
5994	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
5995			[NFS,SUNRPC]
5996			Limit the number of requests that the server will
5997			process in parallel from a single connection.
5998			The default value is 0 (no limit).
5999
6000	sunrpc.pool_mode=
6001			[NFS]
6002			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
6003			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
6004			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
6005			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
6006			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
6007			NFS server is running.
6008
6009			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
6010				    automatically using heuristics
6011			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
6012			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
6013			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
6014				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
6015
6016	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
6017	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
6018			[NFS,SUNRPC]
6019			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
6020			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
6021			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
6022			improve throughput, but will also increase the
6023			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
6024
6025	suspend.pm_test_delay=
6026			[SUSPEND]
6027			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
6028			mode before resuming the system (see
6029			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
6030			is set. Default value is 5.
6031
6032	svm=		[PPC]
6033			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
6034			This parameter controls use of the Protected
6035			Execution Facility on pSeries.
6036
6037	swapaccount=	[KNL]
6038			Format: [0|1]
6039			Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
6040			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
6041			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst)
6042
6043	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
6044			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
6045			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
6046			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
6047				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
6048				 to a power of 2.
6049			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
6050			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
6051			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
6052
6053	switches=	[HW,M68k]
6054
6055	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
6056			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
6057			process, as if the value was written to the respective
6058			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
6059			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
6060			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
6061			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
6062			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
6063
6064	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
6065			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
6066			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
6067			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
6068			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
6069			in older udev will not work anymore.
6070			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
6071			the kernel configuration.
6072
6073	sysrq_always_enabled
6074			[KNL]
6075			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
6076			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
6077			Useful for debugging.
6078
6079	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
6080			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
6081			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
6082			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
6083			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
6084			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
6085
6086	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
6087
6088	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
6089			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
6090			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
6091			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
6092			as the system sleep state during system startup with
6093			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
6094			The system is woken from this state using a
6095			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
6096
6097	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6098			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
6099
6100	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
6101			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
6102			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
6103
6104	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
6105			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
6106			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
6107
6108	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
6109			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
6110			critical and hot trip points.
6111
6112	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
6113			1: disable ACPI thermal control
6114
6115	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
6116			-1: disable all passive trip points
6117			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
6118			value
6119
6120	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
6121			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
6122			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
6123			0: no polling (default)
6124
6125	threadirqs	[KNL]
6126			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
6127			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
6128
6129	topology=	[S390]
6130			Format: {off | on}
6131			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
6132			topology information if the hardware supports this.
6133			The scheduler will make use of this information and
6134			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
6135			Default is on.
6136
6137	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
6138			Format: {off}
6139			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
6140			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
6141			LPAR.
6142
6143	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
6144			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
6145			until after init has spawned.
6146
6147	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
6148			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
6149			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
6150			very costly operation when many torture tests
6151			are running concurrently, especially on systems
6152			with rotating-rust storage.
6153
6154	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
6155			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
6156			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
6157			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
6158
6159	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
6160			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
6161
6162	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
6163
6164	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
6165			Format: integer pcr id
6166			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
6167			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
6168			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
6169			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
6170			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
6171			are saved.
6172
6173	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
6174			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
6175			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
6176			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
6177			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
6178			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
6179
6180			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
6181			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
6182			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
6183			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
6184
6185			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
6186			to stop the printing of events to console at
6187			late_initcall_sync.
6188
6189			** CAUTION **
6190
6191			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
6192			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
6193			the system to live lock.
6194
6195	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
6196			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
6197			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
6198			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
6199			make the system inoperable.
6200
6201			This command line option will stop the printing of events
6202			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
6203
6204	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
6205			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
6206
6207	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
6208			at boot up.
6209			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
6210				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
6211				depending on the architecture, may not be
6212				in sync between CPUs.
6213			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
6214				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
6215				but better for some race conditions.
6216			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
6217				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
6218				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
6219				once per event.
6220			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
6221			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
6222			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6223			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
6224				stamps.
6225			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
6226			Architectures may add more clocks. See
6227			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
6228
6229	trace_event=[event-list]
6230			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
6231			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
6232			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
6233			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
6234
6235	trace_options=[option-list]
6236			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
6237			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
6238			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
6239			to echo the option name into
6240
6241			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
6242
6243			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
6244			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
6245
6246			      trace_options=stacktrace
6247
6248			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
6249			section.
6250
6251	traceoff_on_warning
6252			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
6253			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
6254			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
6255			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
6256
6257			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
6258			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
6259			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
6260
6261			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
6262			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
6263
6264	transparent_hugepage=
6265			[KNL]
6266			Format: [always|madvise|never]
6267			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
6268			with respect to transparent hugepages.
6269			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
6270			for more details.
6271
6272	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
6273			Format: <string>
6274			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
6275			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
6276			sources:
6277			- "tpm"
6278			- "tee"
6279			- "caam"
6280			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
6281			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
6282			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
6283			successfully during iteration.
6284
6285	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
6286			Format: <string>
6287			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
6288			Can be one of:
6289			- "kernel"
6290			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
6291			- "default"
6292			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
6293			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
6294
6295	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
6296			Format: <string>
6297			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
6298			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
6299			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
6300			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
6301			virtualized environment.
6302			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
6303			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
6304			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
6305			can add overhead.
6306			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
6307			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
6308			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
6309			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
6310			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
6311			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
6312			acceptable).
6313
6314	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
6315			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
6316			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
6317			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
6318			Format: <unsigned int>
6319
6320	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
6321			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
6322			support TSX control.
6323
6324			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
6325
6326			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
6327				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
6328				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
6329				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
6330				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
6331				with leaving it enabled.
6332
6333			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
6334				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
6335				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
6336				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
6337				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
6338				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
6339				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
6340
6341			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
6342				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
6343
6344			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
6345
6346			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6347			for more details.
6348
6349	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
6350			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
6351
6352			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
6353			certain CPUs that support Transactional
6354			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
6355			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
6356			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
6357			conditions.
6358
6359			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6360			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
6361			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
6362			access.
6363
6364			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
6365			options are:
6366
6367			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
6368				     if TSX is enabled.
6369
6370			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
6371				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
6372				     is not disabled because CPU is not
6373				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
6374			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
6375
6376			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
6377			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
6378			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
6379			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
6380
6381			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6382			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
6383			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
6384			required and doesn't provide any additional
6385			mitigation.
6386
6387			For details see:
6388			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
6389
6390	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
6391			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
6392			Format:
6393			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
6394			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
6395
6396	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
6397			happen after console_init() and before a proper
6398			console driver takes over, this boot options might
6399			help "seeing" what's going on.
6400
6401	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
6402			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
6403
6404	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
6405			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
6406			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
6407			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
6408			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
6409			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
6410			reported either.
6411
6412	unknown_nmi_panic
6413			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
6414
6415	usbcore.authorized_default=
6416			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
6417			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
6418			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
6419			if device connected to internal port)
6420
6421	usbcore.autosuspend=
6422			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
6423			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
6424			is the time required before an idle device will be
6425			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
6426			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
6427
6428	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
6429			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
6430
6431	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
6432			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
6433			(default = 65536).
6434
6435	usbcore.blinkenlights=
6436			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
6437
6438	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
6439			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
6440			scheme (default 0 = off).
6441
6442	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
6443			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
6444			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
6445
6446	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
6447			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
6448			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
6449
6450	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
6451			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
6452			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
6453			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
6454
6455	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
6456
6457	usbcore.quirks=
6458			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
6459			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
6460			commas. Each entry has the form
6461			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
6462			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
6463			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
6464			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
6465			the following meanings:
6466				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
6467					descriptors must not be fetched using
6468					a 255-byte read);
6469				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
6470					correctly so reset it instead);
6471				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
6472					Set-Interface requests);
6473				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
6474					handle its Configuration or Interface
6475					strings);
6476				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
6477					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
6478				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
6479					more interface descriptions than the
6480					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
6481					talking to these interfaces);
6482				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
6483					during initialization, after we read
6484					the device descriptor);
6485				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
6486					high speed and super speed interrupt
6487					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
6488					require the interval in microframes (1
6489					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
6490					calculated as interval = 2 ^
6491					(bInterval-1).
6492					Devices with this quirk report their
6493					bInterval as the result of this
6494					calculation instead of the exponent
6495					variable used in the calculation);
6496				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
6497					handle device_qualifier descriptor
6498					requests);
6499				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
6500					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
6501					remote wakeup capability);
6502				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
6503					Power Management);
6504				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
6505					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
6506					frames instead of the USB 2.0
6507					calculation);
6508				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
6509					to be disconnected before suspend to
6510					prevent spurious wakeup);
6511				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
6512					pause after every control message);
6513				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
6514					delay after resetting its port);
6515			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
6516
6517	usbhid.mousepoll=
6518			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
6519
6520	usbhid.jspoll=
6521			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
6522
6523	usbhid.kbpoll=
6524			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
6525
6526	usb-storage.delay_use=
6527			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
6528			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
6529
6530	usb-storage.quirks=
6531			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
6532			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
6533			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
6534			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
6535			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
6536			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
6537			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
6538				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
6539					of sense data, not on uas);
6540				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
6541					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
6542				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
6543					device capacity by one sector);
6544				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
6545					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
6546				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
6547					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
6548				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
6549					command, uas only);
6550				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
6551					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
6552				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
6553					reported device capacity by one
6554					sector if the number is odd);
6555				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
6556					device);
6557				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
6558					command, uas only);
6559				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
6560				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
6561					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
6562				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
6563					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
6564					not on uas);
6565				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
6566					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
6567				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
6568					reported by the device, not on uas);
6569				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
6570					by default, not on uas);
6571				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
6572					bogus residue values, not on uas);
6573				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
6574					Logical Unit);
6575				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
6576					commands, uas only);
6577				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
6578				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
6579					medium is write-protected).
6580				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
6581					even if the device claims no cache,
6582					not on uas)
6583			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
6584
6585	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
6586			Format: <int>
6587			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
6588				 1 - undefined instruction events
6589				 2 - system calls
6590				 4 - invalid data aborts
6591				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
6592				16 - SIGBUS faults
6593			Example: user_debug=31
6594
6595	userpte=
6596			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
6597
6598				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
6599					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
6600					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
6601
6602	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
6603			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
6604
6605			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
6606			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
6607
6608	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
6609			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
6610			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
6611
6612			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
6613			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
6614			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
6615
6616			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
6617			alias for vdso32=0.
6618
6619			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
6620			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
6621
6622	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
6623			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
6624
6625	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
6626			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
6627
6628	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
6629			Format: [0|1]
6630			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
6631			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
6632			level and then send out the event to user space through
6633			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
6634			will only send out the event without touching backlight
6635			brightness level.
6636			default: 1
6637
6638	virtio_mmio.device=
6639			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
6640
6641				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
6642			where:
6643				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
6644						like K, M and G)
6645				<baseaddr> := physical base address
6646				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
6647						request_irq())
6648				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
6649			example:
6650				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
6651
6652			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
6653
6654	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
6655			See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
6656			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
6657			Use vga=ask for menu.
6658			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
6659			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
6660
6661	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
6662			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
6663			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
6664			All options are enabled by default, and this
6665			interface is meant to allow for selectively
6666			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
6667			debugging features.
6668
6669			Available options are:
6670			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
6671			  -	Disable all of the above options
6672
6673	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
6674			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
6675			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
6676			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
6677			mapped kernel RAM.
6678
6679	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
6680			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
6681			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
6682
6683	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
6684			Format: <command>
6685
6686	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
6687			Format: <command>
6688
6689	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
6690			Format: <command>
6691
6692	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
6693			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
6694			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
6695			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
6696			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
6697			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
6698			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
6699
6700			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6701			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6702				    page is readable.
6703
6704			xonly       Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6705			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6706				    page is not readable.
6707
6708			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
6709			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
6710			            might break your system.
6711
6712	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
6713			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
6714			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
6715
6716	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
6717			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
6718			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
6719			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
6720
6721	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
6722			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
6723			Change the default blue palette of the console.
6724			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6725			ranging from 0-255.
6726
6727	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
6728			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
6729			Change the default green palette of the console.
6730			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6731			ranging from 0-255.
6732
6733	vt.default_red=	[VT]
6734			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
6735			Change the default red palette of the console.
6736			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6737			ranging from 0-255.
6738
6739	vt.default_utf8=
6740			[VT]
6741			Format=<0|1>
6742			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
6743			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
6744			newly opened terminals.
6745
6746	vt.global_cursor_default=
6747			[VT]
6748			Format=<-1|0|1>
6749			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
6750			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
6751			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
6752			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
6753			cursors, 1 will display them.
6754
6755	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
6756			Default: 2 = green.
6757
6758	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
6759			Default: 3 = cyan.
6760
6761	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
6762			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
6763			or other driver-specific files in the
6764			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
6765
6766	watchdog_thresh=
6767			[KNL]
6768			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
6769			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
6770			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
6771			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
6772			seconds.
6773
6774	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
6775			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
6776			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
6777			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
6778			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
6779			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
6780			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
6781			corresponding sysfs file.
6782
6783	workqueue.disable_numa
6784			By default, all work items queued to unbound
6785			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
6786			issued on, which results in better behavior in
6787			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
6788			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
6789			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
6790			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
6791
6792	workqueue.power_efficient
6793			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
6794			they show better performance thanks to cache
6795			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
6796			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
6797
6798			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
6799			were observed to contribute significantly to power
6800			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
6801			power usage at the cost of small performance
6802			overhead.
6803
6804			The default value of this parameter is determined by
6805			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
6806
6807	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
6808			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
6809			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
6810			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
6811			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
6812			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
6813			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
6814			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
6815			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
6816			impacted.
6817
6818	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
6819			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
6820			supporting x2apic.
6821
6822	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
6823			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
6824			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
6825			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
6826			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
6827			domains.
6828
6829	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
6830			Unplug Xen emulated devices
6831			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
6832			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
6833			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
6834			nics -- unplug network devices
6835			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
6836			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
6837				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
6838				the unplug protocol
6839			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
6840
6841	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
6842			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
6843			panic() code such as dumping handler.
6844
6845	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
6846			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
6847			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
6848			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6849
6850	xen_nopv	[X86]
6851			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
6852			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
6853			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
6854			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6855
6856	xen_no_vector_callback
6857			[KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
6858			event channel interrupts.
6859
6860	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
6861			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
6862			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
6863			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
6864			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
6865
6866	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
6867			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
6868			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
6869			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
6870			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
6871			more timer interrupts.
6872
6873	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
6874			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
6875			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
6876			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
6877			started with less memory configured than allowed at
6878			max. Default is 180.
6879
6880	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
6881			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
6882			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
6883
6884	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
6885			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
6886			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
6887
6888	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
6889			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
6890			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
6891			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
6892			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
6893			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
6894
6895	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
6896			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
6897			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
6898			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
6899
6900	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM]
6901			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
6902			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
6903			contention.
6904
6905	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
6906			Format:
6907			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
6908
6909	xive=		[PPC]
6910			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
6911			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
6912			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
6913
6914			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
6915				  controller on both pseries and powernv
6916				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
6917
6918	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
6919			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
6920			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
6921			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
6922			loads instead, as on POWER9.
6923
6924	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
6925			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
6926			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
6927			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
6928
6929	xmon		[PPC]
6930			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
6931			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
6932			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
6933			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
6934				debugger is called from setup_arch().
6935			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6936				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
6937				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
6938				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
6939			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6940				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
6941				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
6942				can be written using xmon commands.
6943			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
6944				memory, and other data can't be written using
6945				xmon commands.
6946			off	xmon is disabled.
6947