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1	accept_memory=  [MM]
2			Format: { eager | lazy }
3			default: lazy
4			By default, unaccepted memory is accepted lazily to
5			avoid prolonged boot times. The lazy option will add
6			some runtime overhead until all memory is eventually
7			accepted. In most cases the overhead is negligible.
8			For some workloads or for debugging purposes
9			accept_memory=eager can be used to accept all memory
10			at once during boot.
11
12	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64,RISCV64,EARLY]
13			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
14			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
15				  copy_dsdt | nospcr }
16			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
17			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64,riscv64]
18			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
19			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
20			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
21				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
22			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
23			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
24			nocmcff -- Disable firmware first mode for corrected
25			errors. This disables parsing the HEST CMC error
26			source to check if firmware has set the FF flag. This
27			may result in duplicate corrected error reports.
28			nospcr -- disable console in ACPI SPCR table as
29				default _serial_ console on ARM64
30			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on", "acpi=force" or
31			"acpi=nospcr" are available
32			For RISCV64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
33			are available
34
35			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
36
37	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI,IOAPIC,EARLY]
38			Format: <int>
39			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
40			1,0: use 1st APIC table
41			default: 0
42
43	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
44			{ vendor | video | native | none }
45			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
46			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
47			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
48			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
49			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
50			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
51
52	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr [ACPI,EARLY]
53			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
54			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
55			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
56			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
57
58	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
59			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
60			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
61			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
62			This option is useful for developers to identify the
63			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
64			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
65
66	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
67	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
68			Format: <int>
69			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
70			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
71			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
72			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
73			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
74			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
75			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
76			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
77			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
78			debug layers and levels.
79
80			Enable processor driver info messages:
81			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
82			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
83			object while interpreting AML:
84			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
85			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
86			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
87
88			Some values produce so much output that the system is
89			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
90			if you need to capture more output.
91
92	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
93			{ strict | lax | no }
94			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
95			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
96			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
97			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
98			can interfere with legacy drivers.
99			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
100			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
101			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
102			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
103			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
104			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
105			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
106			no further checks are performed.
107
108	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI,EARLY]
109			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
110			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
111			size limitation.
112
113	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
114			ACPI will balance active IRQs
115			default in APIC mode
116
117	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
118			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
119			default in PIC mode
120
121	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
122			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
123
124	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
125			use by PCI
126			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
127
128	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
129			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
130			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
131			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
132			the GPE dispatcher.
133			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
134			GPE floodings.
135			Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
136
137	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
138			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
139			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
140			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
141			auto-serialization feature.
142			This feature is enabled by default.
143			This option allows to turn off the feature.
144
145	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
146			   kernels.
147
148	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI,EARLY]
149			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
150			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
151			installed automatically and they will appear under
152			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
153			This option turns off this feature.
154			Note that specifying this option does not affect
155			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
156			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
157
158	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
159			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
160			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
161
162	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC,EARLY]
163			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
164			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
165			second kernel for kdump.
166
167	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
168			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
169
170	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
171			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
172			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
173			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
174			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
175
176	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
177			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
178			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
179			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
180			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
181						  strings
182			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
183						  strings
184			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
185
186			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
187			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
188			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
189			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
190			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
191			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
192			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
193			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
194			care about the state of the feature group strings which
195			should be controlled by the OSPM.
196			Examples:
197			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
198			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
199			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
200
201			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
202			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
203			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
204			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
205			multiple times through kernel command line is also
206			meaningless.
207			Examples:
208			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
209			     FALSE.
210
211			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
212			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
213			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
214			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
215			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
216			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
217			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
218			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
219			is useful when one want to control the state of the
220			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
221			the OSPM features.
222			Examples:
223			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
224			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
225			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
226			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
227			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
228			     equivalent to
229			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
230			     and
231			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
232			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
233
234	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
235			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
236			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
237			and always returns good values.
238
239	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI,EARLY] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
240			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
241
242	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
243			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
244			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
245
246	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
247			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_hwsig,
248				  s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs,
249				  sci_force_enable, nobl }
250			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
251			s3_bios and s3_mode.
252			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
253			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
254			s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware
255			signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully
256			refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with
257			the ACPI specification but not with reality, since
258			Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it
259			on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume
260			and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the
261			s4_hwsig option is enabled.
262			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
263			used (or even warned about) during resume.
264			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
265			control method, with respect to putting devices into
266			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
267			of _PTS is used by default).
268			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
269			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
270			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
271			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
272			but some broken systems don't work without it).
273			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
274			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
275			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
276
277	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI,EARLY]
278			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
279			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
280
281	add_efi_memmap	[EFI,X86,EARLY] Include EFI memory map in
282			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
283
284	agp=		[AGP]
285			{ off | try_unsupported }
286			off: disable AGP support
287			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
288				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
289
290	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
291			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
292
293	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
294			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
295			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
296			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
297
298	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
299			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
300			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
301			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
302			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
303			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
304			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
305
306			32: only for 32-bit processes
307			64: only for 64-bit processes
308			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
309			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
310
311	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
312			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
313			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
314			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
315			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
316			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
317
318	allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64,EARLY]
319			Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
320			PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
321			subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
322			parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
323			EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
324			and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
325
326			See Documentation/arch/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
327			information.
328
329	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
330			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
331			Possible values are:
332			fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
333			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
334				    the system
335			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
336					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
337					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
338					  requirements as needed. This option
339					  does not override iommu=pt
340			force_enable    - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
341				          to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
342				          option with care.
343			pgtbl_v1        - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default).
344			pgtbl_v2        - Use v2 page table for DMA-API.
345			irtcachedis     - Disable Interrupt Remapping Table (IRT) caching.
346			nohugepages     - Limit page-sizes used for v1 page-tables
347				          to 4 KiB.
348			v2_pgsizes_only - Limit page-sizes used for v1 page-tables
349				          to 4KiB/2Mib/1GiB.
350
351
352	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
353			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
354			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
355			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
356			IOMMU initialization.
357
358	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
359			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
360			remapping modes:
361			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
362			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
363			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
364			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
365			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
366
367	amd_pstate=	[X86,EARLY]
368			disable
369			  Do not enable amd_pstate as the default
370			  scaling driver for the supported processors
371			passive
372			  Use amd_pstate with passive mode as a scaling driver.
373			  In this mode autonomous selection is disabled.
374			  Driver requests a desired performance level and platform
375			  tries to match the same performance level if it is
376			  satisfied by guaranteed performance level.
377			active
378			  Use amd_pstate_epp driver instance as the scaling driver,
379			  driver provides a hint to the hardware if software wants
380			  to bias toward performance (0x0) or energy efficiency (0xff)
381			  to the CPPC firmware. then CPPC power algorithm will
382			  calculate the runtime workload and adjust the realtime cores
383			  frequency.
384			guided
385			  Activate guided autonomous mode. Driver requests minimum and
386			  maximum performance level and the platform autonomously
387			  selects a performance level in this range and appropriate
388			  to the current workload.
389
390	amd_prefcore=
391			[X86]
392			disable
393			  Disable amd-pstate preferred core.
394
395	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
396			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
397			Format: <a>,<b>
398			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
399
400	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
401			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
402			connected to one of 16 gameports
403			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
404
405	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
406			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
407			Format: noidle
408			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
409			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
410			APC and your system crashes randomly.
411
412	apic		[APIC,X86-64] Use IO-APIC. Default.
413
414	apic=		[APIC,X86,EARLY] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
415			Change the output verbosity while booting
416			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
417			Change the amount of debugging information output
418			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
419
420	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86,EARLY] External NMI delivery setting
421			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
422			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
423			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
424			      backup of CPU 0
425			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
426			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
427			      shot down by NMI
428
429	apicpmtimer	Do APIC timer calibration using the pmtimer. Implies
430			apicmaintimer. Useful when your PIT timer is totally
431			broken.
432
433	autoconf=	[IPV6]
434			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
435
436	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
437			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
438
439	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
440			Format: { "0" | "1" }
441			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
442			0 -- disable.
443			1 -- enable.
444			Default value is set via kernel config option.
445
446	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
447			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
448
449	arm64.no32bit_el0 [ARM64] Unconditionally disable the execution of
450			32 bit applications.
451
452	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
453			Identification support
454
455	arm64.nogcs	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Guarded Control Stack
456			support
457
458	arm64.nomops	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Copy and Memory
459			Set instructions support
460
461	arm64.nompam	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Partitioning And
462			Monitoring support
463
464	arm64.nomte	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
465			support
466
467	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
468			support
469
470	arm64.nosme	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix
471			Extension support
472
473	arm64.nosve	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector
474			Extension support
475
476	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
477
478	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
479
480	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
481			EzKey and similar keyboards
482
483	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
484
485	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
486			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
487
488	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
489			keyboards
490
491	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
492			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
493
494	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
495			Use software keyboard repeat
496
497	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
498			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
499			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
500			    enabled until the next reboot
501			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
502			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
503			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
504			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
505			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
506			    userspace auditd.
507			Default: unset
508
509	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
510			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
511			Default: 64
512
513	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
514			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
515			Format: { "0" | "1" }
516			0 - Disable the BAU.
517			1 - Enable the BAU.
518			unset - Disable the BAU.
519
520	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
521			Format: <io>,<mode>
522
523	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
524			Format: <io>,<mode>
525			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
526
527	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
528			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
529			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
530			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
531
532	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
533			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
534			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
535			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
536
537	bdev_allow_write_mounted=
538			Format: <bool>
539			Control the ability to open a mounted block device
540			for writing, i.e., allow / disallow writes that bypass
541			the FS. This was implemented as a means to prevent
542			fuzzers from crashing the kernel by overwriting the
543			metadata underneath a mounted FS without its awareness.
544			This also prevents destructive formatting of mounted
545			filesystems by naive storage tooling that don't use
546			O_EXCL. Default is Y and can be changed through the
547			Kconfig option CONFIG_BLK_DEV_WRITE_MOUNTED.
548
549	bert_disable	[ACPI]
550			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
551
552	bgrt_disable	[ACPI,X86,EARLY]
553			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
554
555	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
556			embedded devices based on command line input.
557			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
558
559	boot_delay=	[KNL,EARLY]
560			Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
561			Only works if CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY is enabled,
562			and you may also have to specify "lpj=".  Boot_delay
563			values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are assumed
564			erroneous and ignored.
565			Format: integer
566
567	bootconfig	[KNL,EARLY]
568			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
569			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
570
571			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
572
573	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
574	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
575			kernel args too.
576	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
577	bttv.tuner=
578
579	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
580			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
581			at a time.
582
583	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
584
585	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
586			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
587			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
588			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
589			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
590			This option provides an override for these situations.
591
592	carrier_timeout=
593			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
594			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
595			it waits 120 seconds.
596
597	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
598			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
599			trust validation.
600			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
601
602	cca=		[MIPS,EARLY] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
603			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
604			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
605			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
606			others).
607
608	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
609			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
610
611	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
612			Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
613			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
614			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
615			  a single hierarchy
616			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
617			  subsystem
618			- if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
619			  disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
620			  created
621			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
622			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
623			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
624			Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
625			stall information accounting feature
626
627	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
628			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
629			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
630			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
631			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
632			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
633			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
634			all v1 hierarchies.
635
636	cgroup_v1_proc=	[KNL] Show also missing controllers in /proc/cgroups
637			Format: { "true" | "false" }
638			/proc/cgroups lists only v1 controllers by default.
639			This compatibility option enables listing also v2
640			controllers (whose v1 code is not compiled!), so that
641			semi-legacy software can check this file to decide
642			about usage of v2 (sic) controllers.
643
644	cgroup_favordynmods= [KNL] Enable or Disable favordynmods.
645			Format: { "true" | "false" }
646			Defaults to the value of CONFIG_CGROUP_FAVOR_DYNMODS.
647
648	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
649			Format: <string>
650			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
651			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
652			nobpf -- Disable BPF memory accounting.
653
654	checkreqprot=	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
655			Format: { "0" | "1" }
656			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
657			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
658				any implied execute protection).
659			1 -- check protection requested by application.
660			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
661			Value can be changed at runtime via
662				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
663			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
664
665	cio_ignore=	[S390]
666			See Documentation/arch/s390/common_io.rst for details.
667
668	clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86]
669			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
670			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
671			numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily
672			stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific
673			ones should be.
674			X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line
675			in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above
676			instability issue. However, not all features have names
677			in /proc/cpuinfo.
678			Note that using this option will taint your kernel.
679			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
680			or using the feature without checking anything
681			will still see it. This just prevents it from
682			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
683			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
684			some critical bits.
685
686	clk_ignore_unused
687			[CLK]
688			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
689			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
690			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
691			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
692			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
693			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
694			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
695			platform with proper driver support.  For more
696			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
697
698	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
699			[Deprecated]
700			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
701			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
702			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
703			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
704
705	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
706			Format: <string>
707			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
708			with the name specified.
709			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
710			the platform:
711			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
712			[ACPI] acpi_pm
713			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
714				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
715			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
716				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
717			[MIPS] MIPS
718			[PARISC] cr16
719			[S390] tod
720			[SH] SuperH
721			[SPARC64] tick
722			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
723
724	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
725			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
726			Format: <bool>
727			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
728			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
729			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
730			systems.
731
732	clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
733			Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
734			marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
735			are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
736			A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
737			zero says not to check any.  Values larger than
738			nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
739			The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
740			no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
741
742	clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
743			Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
744			watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
745			Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
746			10 seconds when built into the kernel.
747
748	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
749			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
750			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
751			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
752			placement constraint by the physical address range of
753			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
754			altogether. For more information, see
755			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
756
757	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
758			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
759			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
760			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
761			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
762			specified, the default value is 0.
763			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
764			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
765			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
766			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
767
768	numa_cma=<node>:nn[MG][,<node>:nn[MG]]
769			[KNL,CMA,EARLY]
770			Sets the size of kernel numa memory area for
771			contiguous memory allocations. It will reserve CMA
772			area for the specified node.
773
774			With numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
775			first try to allocate buffer from the numa area
776			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
777			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
778
779	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
780			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
781			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
782			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
783			a hypervisor.
784			Default: yes
785
786	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL,EARLY]
787			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
788			allocations, by default set to 256K.
789
790	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
791			Format:
792			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
793
794	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
795			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
796
797	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
798			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
799			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
800
801	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
802	conmode=
803
804	con3215_drop=	[S390,EARLY] 3215 console drop mode.
805			Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0
806			When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when
807			the console buffer is full. In this case the
808			operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example
809			x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the
810			console output to advance and the kernel to continue.
811			This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270
812			terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal
813			emulator is used, this parameter has no effect.
814
815	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
816
817		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
818
819		ttyS<n>[,options]
820		ttyUSB0[,options]
821			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
822			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
823			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
824			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
825			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
826
827			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
828			information.  See
829			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
830			alternative.
831
832		<DEVNAME>:<n>.<n>[,options]
833			Use the specified serial port on the serial core bus.
834			The addressing uses DEVNAME of the physical serial port
835			device, followed by the serial core controller instance,
836			and the serial port instance. The options are the same
837			as documented for the ttyS addressing above.
838
839			The mapping of the serial ports to the tty instances
840			can be viewed with:
841
842			$ ls -d /sys/bus/serial-base/devices/*:*.*/tty/*
843			/sys/bus/serial-base/devices/00:04:0.0/tty/ttyS0
844
845			In the above example, the console can be addressed with
846			console=00:04:0.0. Note that a console addressed this
847			way will only get added when the related device driver
848			is ready. The use of an earlycon parameter in addition to
849			the console may be desired for console output early on.
850
851		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
852		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
853		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
854		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
855		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
856			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
857			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
858			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
859			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
860			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
861			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
862			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
863			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
864			the h/w is not re-initialized.
865
866		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
867			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
868
869		{ null | "" }
870			Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
871			console messages discarded.
872			This must be the only console= parameter used on the
873			kernel command line.
874
875		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
876		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
877			console=brl,ttyS0
878		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
879
880	console_msg_format=
881			[KNL] Change console messages format
882		default
883			By default we print messages on consoles in
884			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
885			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
886			`printk_time' param).
887		syslog
888			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
889			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
890			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
891			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
892			from /proc/kmsg.
893
894	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
895			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
896			Defaults to 0.
897
898	coredump_filter=
899			[KNL] Change the default value for
900			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
901			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
902
903	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
904			[ARM,ARM64]
905			Format: <bool>
906			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
907			0: default value, disable debugging
908			1: enable debugging at boot time
909
910	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
911			Format:
912			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
913
914	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
915			disable the cpuidle sub-system
916
917	cpuidle.governor=
918			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
919
920	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
921			disable the cpufreq sub-system
922
923	cpufreq.default_governor=
924			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
925			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
926			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
927
928	cpu_init_udelay=N
929			[X86,EARLY] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
930			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
931			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
932			Default: 10000
933
934	cpuhp.parallel=
935			[SMP] Enable/disable parallel bringup of secondary CPUs
936			Format: <bool>
937			Default is enabled if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PARALLEL=y. Otherwise
938			the parameter has no effect.
939
940	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
941			Only jump to kdump kernel after running the panic
942			notifiers and dumping kmsg. This option increases
943			the risks of a kdump failure, since some panic
944			notifiers can make the crashed kernel more unstable.
945			In configurations where kdump may not be reliable,
946			running the panic notifiers could allow collecting
947			more data on dmesg, like stack traces from other CPUS
948			or extra data dumped by panic_print. Note that some
949			configurations enable this option unconditionally,
950			like Hyper-V, PowerPC (fadump) and AMD SEV-SNP.
951
952	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
953			[KNL,EARLY] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
954			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
955			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
956			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
957			is selected automatically.
958			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] Select a region
959			under 4G first, and fall back to reserve region above
960			4G when '@offset' hasn't been specified.
961			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
962
963	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
964			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
965			in the running system. The syntax of range is
966			start-[end] where start and end are both
967			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
968			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
969
970	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
971			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range could be
972			above 4G.
973			Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top,
974			so could be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram
975			installed. Otherwise memory region will be allocated
976			below 4G, if available.
977			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
978	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
979			[KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV, LoongArch] range under 4G.
980			When crashkernel=X,high is passed, kernel could allocate
981			physical memory region above 4G, that cause second kernel
982			crash on system that require some amount of low memory,
983			e.g. swiotlb requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also
984			enough extra low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers
985			for 32-bit devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
986			default	size of memory below 4G automatically. The default
987			size is	platform dependent.
988			  --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
989			  --> arm64: 128MiB
990			  --> riscv: 128MiB
991			  --> loongarch: 128MiB
992			This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
993			for second kernel instead.
994			0: to disable low allocation.
995			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
996			or memory reserved is below 4G.
997	crashkernel=size[KMG],cma
998			[KNL, X86] Reserve additional crash kernel memory from
999			CMA. This reservation is usable by the first system's
1000			userspace memory and kernel movable allocations (memory
1001			balloon, zswap). Pages allocated from this memory range
1002			will not be included in the vmcore so this should not
1003			be used if dumping of userspace memory is intended and
1004			it has to be expected that some movable kernel pages
1005			may be missing from the dump.
1006
1007			A standard crashkernel reservation, as described above,
1008			is still needed to hold the crash kernel and initrd.
1009
1010			This option increases the risk of a kdump failure: DMA
1011			transfers configured by the first kernel may end up
1012			corrupting the second kernel's memory.
1013
1014			This reservation method is intended for systems that
1015			can't afford to sacrifice enough memory for standard
1016			crashkernel reservation and where less reliable and
1017			possibly incomplete kdump is preferable to no kdump at
1018			all.
1019
1020	cryptomgr.notests
1021			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
1022
1023	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
1024			Format: <dma>
1025
1026	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
1027			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
1028
1029	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable or disable debug add-ons of cross-CPU
1030			function call handling. When switched on,
1031			additional debug data is printed to the console
1032			in case a hanging CPU is detected, and that
1033			CPU is pinged again in order to try to resolve
1034			the hang situation.  The default value of this
1035			option depends on the CSD_LOCK_WAIT_DEBUG_DEFAULT
1036			Kconfig option.
1037
1038	dasd=		[HW,NET]
1039			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
1040
1041	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
1042			(one device per port)
1043			Format: <port#>,<type>
1044			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1045
1046	debug		[KNL,EARLY] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
1047
1048	debug_boot_weak_hash
1049			[KNL,EARLY] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
1050			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
1051			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
1052			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
1053			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
1054			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
1055
1056	debug_locks_verbose=
1057			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
1058			Format: <int>
1059			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
1060			self-tests.
1061			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
1062			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
1063			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
1064			useful to lockdep developers.
1065
1066	debug_objects	[KNL,EARLY] Enable object debugging
1067
1068	debug_guardpage_minorder=
1069			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
1070			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
1071			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
1072			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
1073			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
1074			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
1075			possible value is MAX_PAGE_ORDER/2.  Setting this
1076			parameter to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most
1077			random memory corruption problems caused by bugs in
1078			kernel or driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads
1079			from) a random memory location. Note that there exists
1080			a class of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy
1081			H/W or F/W or by drivers badly programming DMA
1082			(basically when memory is written at bus level and the
1083			CPU MMU is bypassed) which are not detectable by
1084			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not
1085			help tracking down these problems.
1086
1087	debug_pagealloc=
1088			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
1089			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
1090			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
1091			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
1092			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
1093			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
1094			on: enable the feature
1095
1096	debugfs=    	[KNL,EARLY] This parameter enables what is exposed to
1097			userspace and debugfs internal clients.
1098			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
1099			on: 	All functions are enabled.
1100			no-mount:
1101				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
1102			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
1103				its content. There is nothing to mount.
1104			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
1105			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
1106				or directories within debugfs.
1107				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
1108				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
1109			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
1110
1111	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
1112
1113	default_hugepagesz=
1114			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
1115			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
1116			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
1117			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
1118			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
1119			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
1120			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
1121			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1122			Format: size[KMG]
1123
1124	deferred_probe_timeout=
1125			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
1126			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
1127			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
1128			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
1129			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
1130			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
1131			successful driver registration. This option will also
1132			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
1133			retrying.
1134
1135	delayacct	[KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
1136
1137	dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi=
1138			[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1139			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1140			hardware.
1141
1142	dell_smm_hwmon.force=
1143			[HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does
1144			not match list of supported models and enable otherwise
1145			blacklisted features.
1146
1147	dell_smm_hwmon.power_status=
1148			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1149			(disabled by default).
1150
1151	dell_smm_hwmon.restricted=
1152			[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1153			capability is set.
1154
1155	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult=
1156			[HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with.
1157
1158	dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max=
1159			[HW] Maximum configurable fan speed.
1160
1161	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
1162			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
1163			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
1164			          level 1 and decompression (default)
1165			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
1166			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
1167			          only (compression on level 1)
1168			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
1169			          only (decompression)
1170			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
1171			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
1172
1173	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
1174			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
1175
1176	disable_1tb_segments [PPC,EARLY]
1177			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
1178			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
1179			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
1180			miss to occur.
1181
1182	disable=	[IPV6]
1183			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1184
1185	disable_radix	[PPC,EARLY]
1186			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
1187
1188	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
1189			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
1190			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
1191
1192	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES,EARLY]
1193			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1194			to workaround buggy firmware.
1195
1196	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
1197			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1198
1199	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
1200			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1201			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1202			entry later. This parameter disables that.
1203
1204	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only,EARLY]
1205			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1206			memory out of your available memory pool based on
1207			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
1208			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1209
1210	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86,EARLY]
1211			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1212			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1213
1214	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1215
1216	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1217			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1218
1219	dma_debug_entries=<number>
1220			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1221			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1222			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1223			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1224			architectural default is too low.
1225
1226	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1227			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1228			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1229			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1230			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1231			driver later using sysfs.
1232
1233	reg_file_data_sampling=
1234			[X86] Controls mitigation for Register File Data
1235			Sampling (RFDS) vulnerability. RFDS is a CPU
1236			vulnerability which may allow userspace to infer
1237			kernel data values previously stored in floating point
1238			registers, vector registers, or integer registers.
1239			RFDS only affects Intel Atom processors.
1240
1241			on:	Turns ON the mitigation.
1242			off:	Turns OFF the mitigation.
1243
1244			This parameter overrides the compile time default set
1245			by CONFIG_MITIGATION_RFDS. Mitigation cannot be
1246			disabled when other VERW based mitigations (like MDS)
1247			are enabled. In order to disable RFDS mitigation all
1248			VERW based mitigations need to be disabled.
1249
1250			For details see:
1251			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst
1252
1253	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1254			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
1255			matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
1256			rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
1257			match the *.
1258			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1259
1260	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1261			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1262			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1263			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1264			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1265			An EDID data set will only be used for a particular
1266			connector, if its name and a colon are prepended to
1267			the EDID name. Each connector may use a unique EDID
1268			data set by separating the files with a comma. An EDID
1269			data set with no connector name will be used for
1270			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1271
1272	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1273
1274	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC,EARLY]
1275			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1276			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1277			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1278			exists).
1279			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1280			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1281			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1282
1283	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1284			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1285			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1286			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1287
1288	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1289	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1290			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1291			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1292			for details.
1293
1294	early_ioremap_debug [KNL,EARLY]
1295			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1296			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1297			which are not unmapped.
1298
1299	earlycon=	[KNL,EARLY] Output early console device and options.
1300
1301			When used with no options, the early console is
1302			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1303			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1304			the platform.
1305
1306		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1307			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1308			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1309			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1310			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1311			configured.
1312
1313		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1314		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1315		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1316		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options[,uartclk]]
1317		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1318			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1319			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1320			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1321			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1322			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1323			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1324			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1325			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized. 'uartclk' is
1326			the uart clock frequency; if unspecified, it is set
1327			to 'BASE_BAUD' * 16.
1328
1329		pl011,<addr>
1330		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1331			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1332			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1333			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1334			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1335			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1336			the device registers.
1337
1338		liteuart,<addr>
1339			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1340			specified address. The serial port must already be
1341			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1342
1343		meson,<addr>
1344			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1345			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1346			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1347			supported.
1348
1349		msm_serial,<addr>
1350			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1351			port at the specified address. The serial port
1352			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1353			yet supported.
1354
1355		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1356			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1357			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1358			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1359			yet supported.
1360
1361		owl,<addr>
1362			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1363			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1364			specified address. The serial port must already be
1365			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1366
1367		rda,<addr>
1368			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1369			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1370			specified address. The serial port must already be
1371			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1372
1373		sbi
1374			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1375			console.
1376
1377		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1378
1379		s3c2410,<addr>
1380		s3c2412,<addr>
1381		s3c2440,<addr>
1382		s3c6400,<addr>
1383		s5pv210,<addr>
1384		exynos4210,<addr>
1385			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1386			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1387			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1388			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1389			Options are not yet supported.
1390
1391		lantiq,<addr>
1392			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1393			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1394			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1395			yet supported.
1396
1397		lpuart,<addr>
1398		lpuart32,<addr>
1399			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1400			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1401			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1402			port must already be setup and configured.
1403
1404		ec_imx21,<addr>
1405		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1406			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1407			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1408			must already be setup and configured.
1409
1410		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1411			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1412			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1413			address. The serial port must already be setup
1414			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1415
1416		qcom_geni,<addr>
1417			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1418			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1419			specified address. The serial port must already be
1420			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1421
1422		efifb,[options]
1423			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1424			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1425			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1426			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1427			mapped with the correct attributes.
1428
1429		linflex,<addr>
1430			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1431			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1432			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1433			already be setup and configured.
1434
1435	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390,UM,EARLY]
1436			earlyprintk=vga
1437			earlyprintk=sclp
1438			earlyprintk=xen
1439			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1440			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1441			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1442			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1443			earlyprintk=mmio32,membase[,{nocfg|baudrate}]
1444			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,{nocfg|baudrate}]
1445			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1446			earlyprintk=bios
1447
1448			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1449			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1450			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1451
1452			Use "nocfg" to skip UART configuration, assume
1453			BIOS/firmware has configured UART correctly.
1454
1455			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1456			takes over.
1457
1458			Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can
1459			be used at a time.
1460
1461			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1462			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1463			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1464			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1465				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1466			You can find the port for a given device in
1467			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1468				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1469
1470			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1471			very good.
1472
1473			The VGA output is eventually overwritten by
1474			the real console.
1475
1476			The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1477
1478			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1479
1480			The bios output can only be used on SuperH.
1481
1482			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1483			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1484			UART class.
1485
1486	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1487			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1488			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1489			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1490			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1491			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1492			default: on.
1493
1494	edd=		[EDD]
1495			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1496
1497	efi=		[EFI,EARLY]
1498			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1499				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1500				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1501			debug: enable misc debug output.
1502			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1503			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1504			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1505			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1506			firmware implementations.
1507			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1508			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1509			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1510			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1511			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1512			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1513			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1514			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1515			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1516			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1517
1518	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI,X86,EARLY]
1519			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1520			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1521			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1522			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1523
1524	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1525			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1526			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1527			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1528			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1529
1530
1531	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1532			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1533
1534	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB,EARLY] Allow early kernel console debugging
1535			Format: ekgdboc=kbd
1536
1537			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1538			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1539
1540			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1541			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1542			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1543			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1544
1545	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1546			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1547			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1548
1549	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [PPC,SH,X86,S390,EARLY]
1550			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1551			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1552			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1553			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1554
1555	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86,EARLY]
1556			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1557			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1558			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1559
1560	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1561			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1562			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1563			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1564			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1565
1566	enforcing=	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1567			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1568			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1569			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1570			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1571			Default value is 0.
1572			Value can be changed at runtime via
1573			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1574
1575	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1576			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1577			support.
1578
1579	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1580			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1581			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1582
1583	evm=		[EVM]
1584			Format: { "fix" }
1585			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1586			current integrity status.
1587
1588	early_page_ext [KNL,EARLY] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier
1589			stages so cover more early boot allocations.
1590			Please note that as side effect some optimizations
1591			might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized
1592			memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process
1593			might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of
1594			memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y.
1595
1596	failslab=
1597	fail_usercopy=
1598	fail_page_alloc=
1599	fail_skb_realloc=
1600	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1601			General fault injection mechanism.
1602			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1603			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1604
1605	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1606			Format: { initns | none }
1607			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1608			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1609
1610	floppy=		[HW]
1611			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1612
1613	forcepae	[X86-32]
1614			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1615			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1616			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1617			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1618			and may cause unknown problems.
1619
1620	fred=		[X86-64]
1621			Enable/disable Flexible Return and Event Delivery.
1622			Format: { on | off }
1623			on: enable FRED when it's present.
1624			off: disable FRED, the default setting.
1625
1626	ftrace=[tracer]
1627			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1628			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1629			boot debugging.
1630
1631	ftrace_boot_snapshot
1632			[FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the
1633			ftrace ring buffer that can be read at:
1634			/sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot.
1635			This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel
1636			boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space
1637			start up functionality.
1638
1639			Optionally, the snapshot can also be defined for a tracing
1640			instance that was created by the trace_instance= command
1641			line parameter.
1642
1643			trace_instance=foo,sched_switch ftrace_boot_snapshot=foo
1644
1645			The above will cause the "foo" tracing instance to trigger
1646			a snapshot at the end of boot up.
1647
1648	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=2(orig_cpu) | =<instance>][,<instance> |
1649			  ,<instance>=2(orig_cpu)]
1650			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1651			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump global
1652			buffers of all CPUs, if you pass 2 or orig_cpu, it
1653			will dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered
1654			the oops, or the specific instance will be dumped if
1655			its name is passed. Multiple instance dump is also
1656			supported, and instances are separated by commas. Each
1657			instance supports only dump on CPU that triggered the
1658			oops by passing 2 or orig_cpu to it.
1659
1660			ftrace_dump_on_oops=foo=orig_cpu
1661
1662			The above will dump only the buffer of "foo" instance
1663			on CPU that triggered the oops.
1664
1665			ftrace_dump_on_oops,foo,bar=orig_cpu
1666
1667			The above will dump global buffer on all CPUs, the
1668			buffer of "foo" instance on all CPUs and the buffer
1669			of "bar" instance on CPU that triggered the oops.
1670
1671	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1672			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1673			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1674			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1675			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1676			tracing directory.
1677
1678	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1679			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1680			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1681			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1682			tracing directory.
1683
1684	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1685			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1686			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1687			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1688			that can be changed at run time by the
1689			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1690
1691	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1692			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1693			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1694			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1695			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1696
1697	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1698			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1699			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1700			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1701			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1702
1703	fw_devlink=	[KNL,EARLY] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1704			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1705			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1706			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1707			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1708			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1709			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1710			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1711			suppliers).
1712			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1713			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1714			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1715				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1716				up (sync_state() calls).
1717			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1718				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1719			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1720
1721	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1722			[KNL,EARLY] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1723			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1724			Format: <bool>
1725
1726	fw_devlink.sync_state =
1727			[KNL,EARLY] When all devices that could probe have finished
1728			probing, this parameter controls what to do with
1729			devices that haven't yet received their sync_state()
1730			calls.
1731			Format: { strict | timeout }
1732			strict -- Default. Continue waiting on consumers to
1733				probe successfully.
1734			timeout -- Give up waiting on consumers and call
1735				sync_state() on any devices that haven't yet
1736				received their sync_state() calls after
1737				deferred_probe_timeout has expired or by
1738				late_initcall() if !CONFIG_MODULES.
1739
1740	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1741			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1742			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1743			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1744			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1745
1746	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1747
1748	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64,EARLY] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1749			Format: off | on
1750			default: on
1751
1752	gather_data_sampling=
1753			[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control the Gather Data Sampling (GDS)
1754			mitigation.
1755
1756			Gather Data Sampling is a hardware vulnerability which
1757			allows unprivileged speculative access to data which was
1758			previously stored in vector registers.
1759
1760			This issue is mitigated by default in updated microcode.
1761			The mitigation may have a performance impact but can be
1762			disabled. On systems without the microcode mitigation
1763			disabling AVX serves as a mitigation.
1764
1765			force:	Disable AVX to mitigate systems without
1766				microcode mitigation. No effect if the microcode
1767				mitigation is present. Known to cause crashes in
1768				userspace with buggy AVX enumeration.
1769
1770			off:	Disable GDS mitigation.
1771
1772	gbpages		[X86] Use GB pages for kernel direct mappings.
1773
1774	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1775			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1776			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1777			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1778			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1779
1780	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1781			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1782			android emulator
1783
1784	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1785			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1786			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1787	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1788			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1789
1790	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1791			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1792			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1793			GPT to be used instead.
1794
1795	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1796			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1797			Format: 0 | 1
1798			Default: 0
1799	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1800			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1801			Format: 0 | 1
1802			Default: 0
1803	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1804			Format: 0 | 1
1805			Default: 0
1806	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1807			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1808			Default: 1024
1809	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1810			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1811			Default: 1024
1812
1813	hardened_usercopy=
1814			[KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
1815			hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
1816			usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
1817			from reading or writing beyond known memory
1818			allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
1819			against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
1820			copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
1821			The default is determined by
1822			CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY_DEFAULT_ON.
1823		on	Perform hardened usercopy checks.
1824		off	Disable hardened usercopy checks.
1825
1826	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1827			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1828			backtraces on all cpus.
1829			Format: 0 | 1
1830
1831	hash_pointers=
1832			[KNL,EARLY]
1833			By default, when pointers are printed to the console
1834			or buffers via the %p format string, that pointer is
1835			"hashed", i.e. obscured by hashing the pointer value.
1836			This is a security feature that hides actual kernel
1837			addresses from unprivileged users, but it also makes
1838			debugging the kernel more difficult since unequal
1839			pointers can no longer be compared. The choices are:
1840			Format: { auto | always | never }
1841			Default: auto
1842
1843			auto   - Hash pointers unless slab_debug is enabled.
1844			always - Always hash pointers (even if slab_debug is
1845				 enabled).
1846			never  - Never hash pointers. This option should only
1847				 be specified when debugging the kernel. Do
1848				 not use on production kernels. The boot
1849				 param "no_hash_pointers" is an alias for
1850				 this mode.
1851
1852	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1853			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1854			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1855			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1856
1857	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1858			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1859
1860	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1861			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1862			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1863			logic will be disabled.
1864
1865	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
1866		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
1867				present during boot.
1868		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
1869		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
1870		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
1871				(that will set all pages holding image data
1872				during restoration read-only).
1873
1874	hibernate.compressor= 	[HIBERNATION] Compression algorithm to be
1875				used with hibernation.
1876				Format: { lzo | lz4 }
1877				Default: lzo
1878
1879				lzo: Select LZO compression algorithm to
1880				compress/decompress hibernation image.
1881
1882				lz4: Select LZ4 compression algorithm to
1883				compress/decompress hibernation image.
1884
1885	hibernate.pm_test_delay=
1886			[HIBERNATION]
1887			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a hibernation test
1888			mode before resuming the system (see
1889			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
1890			is set. Default value is 5.
1891
1892	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1893			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1894			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1895			size on bigger boxes.
1896
1897	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1898			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1899			Default: "on"
1900
1901	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1902
1903	hostname=	[KNL,EARLY] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename).
1904			Format: <string>
1905			This allows setting the system's hostname during early
1906			startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname.
1907			Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it
1908			possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before
1909			any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility
1910			that a process may call gethostname before the hostname
1911			has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling
1912			process getting an incorrect result. The string must
1913			not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually
1914			64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise.
1915
1916	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1917			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1918				verbose }
1919			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1920			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1921				VIA, nVidia)
1922			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1923
1924	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1925			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1926
1927	hugepages=	[HW,EARLY] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1928			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1929			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1930			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1931			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1932			the default huge page size. If using node format, the
1933			number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified.
1934			See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1935			Format: <integer> or (node format)
1936				<node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>]
1937
1938	hugepagesz=
1939			[HW,EARLY] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is
1940			used in conjunction with hugepages (above) to
1941			allocate huge pages of a specific size at boot. The
1942			pair hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once
1943			for each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes
1944			are architecture dependent. See also
1945			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1946			Format: size[KMG]
1947
1948	hugepage_alloc_threads=
1949			[HW] The number of threads that should be used to
1950			allocate hugepages during boot. This option can be
1951			used to improve system bootup time when allocating
1952			a large amount of huge pages.
1953			The default value is 25% of the available hardware threads.
1954
1955			Note that this parameter only applies to non-gigantic huge pages.
1956
1957	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA,EARLY] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1958			of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size
1959			of a CMA area per node can be specified.
1960			Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format)
1961				<node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]]
1962
1963			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1964			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1965			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1966
1967	hugetlb_cma_only=
1968			[HW,CMA,EARLY] When allocating new HugeTLB pages, only
1969			try to allocate from the CMA areas.
1970
1971			This option does nothing if hugetlb_cma= is not also
1972			specified.
1973
1974	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1975			[KNL] Requires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
1976			enabled.
1977			Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled.
1978			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1979			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1980			Format: { on | off (default) }
1981
1982			on: enable HVO
1983			off: disable HVO
1984
1985			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1986			the default is on.
1987
1988			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
1989			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
1990			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
1991			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
1992			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
1993
1994	hung_task_panic=
1995			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1996			Format: 0 | 1
1997
1998			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1999			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
2000			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
2001			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
2002			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
2003
2004	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
2005				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
2006	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
2007				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
2008				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
2009
2010	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V,EARLY]
2011			Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
2012			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest
2013			on lock contention.
2014
2015	hw_protection=	[HW]
2016			Format: reboot | shutdown
2017
2018			Hardware protection action taken on critical events like
2019			overtemperature or imminent voltage loss.
2020
2021	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
2022				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
2023				registered from board initialization code.
2024				Format:
2025				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
2026
2027	i2c_touchscreen_props= [HW,ACPI,X86]
2028			Set device-properties for ACPI-enumerated I2C-attached
2029			touchscreen, to e.g. fix coordinates of upside-down
2030			mounted touchscreens. If you need this option please
2031			submit a drivers/platform/x86/touchscreen_dmi.c patch
2032			adding a DMI quirk for this.
2033
2034			Format:
2035			<ACPI_HW_ID>:<prop_name>=<val>[:prop_name=val][:...]
2036			Where <val> is one of:
2037			Omit "=<val>" entirely	Set a boolean device-property
2038			Unsigned number		Set a u32 device-property
2039			Anything else		Set a string device-property
2040
2041			Examples (split over multiple lines):
2042			i2c_touchscreen_props=GDIX1001:touchscreen-inverted-x:
2043			touchscreen-inverted-y
2044
2045			i2c_touchscreen_props=MSSL1680:touchscreen-size-x=1920:
2046			touchscreen-size-y=1080:touchscreen-inverted-y:
2047			firmware-name=gsl1680-vendor-model.fw:silead,home-button
2048
2049	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
2050	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
2051			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
2052			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
2053			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
2054	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
2055	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
2056			     keyboard and cannot control its state
2057			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
2058	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
2059	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
2060	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
2061			     for the AUX port
2062	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
2063			     controller
2064	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
2065			     controllers
2066	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
2067	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
2068			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
2069			     transitions, or never reset
2070			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
2071			1, Y, y: always reset controller
2072			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
2073			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
2074			architectures force reset to be always executed
2075	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
2076	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
2077	i8042.probe_defer
2078			[HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
2079
2080	i810=		[HW,DRM]
2081
2082	i915.invert_brightness=
2083			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
2084			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
2085			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
2086			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
2087			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
2088			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
2089			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
2090			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
2091			value switches the backlight off.
2092			-1 -- never invert brightness
2093			 0 -- machine default
2094			 1 -- force brightness inversion
2095
2096	ia32_emulation=	[X86-64]
2097			Format: <bool>
2098			When true, allows loading 32-bit programs and executing 32-bit
2099			syscalls, essentially overriding IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED at
2100			boot time. When false, unconditionally disables IA32 emulation.
2101
2102	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
2103			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
2104
2105
2106	idle=		[X86,EARLY]
2107			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
2108
2109			idle=poll:  Don't do power saving in the idle loop
2110			using HLT, but poll for rescheduling event. This will
2111			make the CPUs eat a lot more power, but may be useful
2112			to get slightly better performance in multiprocessor
2113			benchmarks. It also makes some profiling using
2114			performance counters more accurate.  Please note that
2115			on systems with MONITOR/MWAIT support (like Intel
2116			EM64T CPUs) this option has no performance advantage
2117			over the normal idle loop.  It may also interact badly
2118			with hyperthreading.
2119
2120			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
2121			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
2122
2123			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
2124
2125	idxd.sva=	[HW]
2126			Format: <bool>
2127			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
2128			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
2129			true (1).
2130
2131	idxd.tc_override= [HW]
2132			Format: <bool>
2133			Allow override of default traffic class configuration
2134			for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
2135
2136	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
2137			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed | emulated }
2138			Default: strict
2139
2140			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
2141			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
2142			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
2143			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
2144			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
2145			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
2146			encoding mode.
2147
2148			Available settings are as follows:
2149			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
2150				supported by the FPU
2151			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
2152				by the FPU
2153			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
2154				by the FPU
2155			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
2156				supported by the FPU
2157			emulated accept any binaries but enable FPU emulator
2158				if binary mode is unsupported by the FPU.
2159
2160			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
2161			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
2162			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
2163			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
2164			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
2165			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
2166			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
2167			MIPS64 CPUs.
2168
2169			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
2170			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
2171			except where unsupported by hardware.
2172
2173	ignore_loglevel	[KNL,EARLY]
2174			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
2175			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
2176			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
2177			could change it dynamically, usually by
2178			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
2179
2180	ignore_rlimit_data
2181			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
2182			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
2183			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
2184
2185	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
2186			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
2187
2188	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
2189			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
2190			default: "enforce"
2191
2192	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2193			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
2194			owned by uid=0.
2195
2196	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
2197			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
2198			measurements, instead of host native format.
2199
2200	ima_hash=	[IMA]
2201			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
2202				   | sha512 | ... }
2203			default: "sha1"
2204
2205			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
2206			in crypto/hash_info.h.
2207
2208	ima_policy=	[IMA]
2209			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
2210			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
2211				 fail_securely | critical_data"
2212
2213			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
2214			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
2215			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
2216			uid=0.
2217
2218			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
2219			all files owned by root.
2220
2221			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
2222			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
2223			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
2224
2225			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
2226			verification failure also on privileged mounted
2227			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
2228			flag.
2229
2230			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
2231			critical data.
2232
2233	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
2234			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
2235			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
2236			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
2237			opened for read by uid=0.
2238
2239	ima_template=	[IMA]
2240			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
2241			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" |
2242				   "ima-sigv2" }
2243			Default: "ima-ng"
2244
2245	ima_template_fmt=
2246			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
2247			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
2248
2249	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
2250			Format: <min_file_size>
2251			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
2252			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
2253
2254			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
2255			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2256			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
2257
2258	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
2259			Format: <bufsize>
2260			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
2261
2262			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
2263			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
2264			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
2265
2266	ima=		[IMA] Enable or disable IMA
2267			Format: { "off" | "on" }
2268			Default: "on"
2269			Note that disabling IMA is limited to kdump kernel.
2270
2271	indirect_target_selection= [X86,Intel] Mitigation control for Indirect
2272			Target Selection(ITS) bug in Intel CPUs. Updated
2273			microcode is also required for a fix in IBPB.
2274
2275			on:     Enable mitigation (default).
2276			off:    Disable mitigation.
2277			force:	Force the ITS bug and deploy default
2278				mitigation.
2279			vmexit: Only deploy mitigation if CPU is affected by
2280				guest/host isolation part of ITS.
2281			stuff:	Deploy RSB-fill mitigation when retpoline is
2282				also deployed. Otherwise, deploy the default
2283				mitigation.
2284
2285			For details see:
2286			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/indirect-target-selection.rst
2287
2288	init=		[KNL]
2289			Format: <full_path>
2290			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
2291			process.
2292
2293	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
2294			for working out where the kernel is dying during
2295			startup.
2296
2297	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
2298			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
2299			modules and initcalls.
2300
2301	initramfs_async= [KNL]
2302			Format: <bool>
2303			Default: 1
2304			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
2305			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
2306			with devices being probed and
2307			initialized. This should normally just work,
2308			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
2309			historical behaviour of the initramfs
2310			unpacking being completed before device_ and
2311			late_ initcalls.
2312
2313	initrd=		[BOOT,EARLY] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
2314
2315	initrdmem=	[KNL,EARLY] Specify a physical address and size from which to
2316			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
2317			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
2318			setting.
2319			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
2320			Default is 0, 0
2321
2322	init_on_alloc=	[MM,EARLY] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
2323			zeroes.
2324			Format: 0 | 1
2325			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
2326
2327	init_on_free=	[MM,EARLY] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
2328			Format: 0 | 1
2329			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
2330
2331	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
2332			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
2333			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
2334			override in debugfs after boot.
2335
2336	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
2337			Format: <irq>
2338
2339	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
2340
2341	integrity_audit=[IMA]
2342			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2343			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
2344			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
2345
2346	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
2347		on
2348			Enable intel iommu driver.
2349		off
2350			Disable intel iommu driver.
2351		igfx_off [Default Off]
2352			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
2353			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
2354			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
2355			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
2356			DMA.
2357		strict [Default Off]
2358			Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
2359		sp_off [Default Off]
2360			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
2361			has the capability. With this option, super page will
2362			not be supported.
2363		sm_on
2364			Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
2365			advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
2366			translation.
2367		sm_off
2368			Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
2369		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
2370			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
2371			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
2372			could harm performance of some high-throughput
2373			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
2374			mapping is enabled.
2375			Note that using this option lowers the security
2376			provided by tboot because it makes the system
2377			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
2378
2379	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
2380			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
2381			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
2382
2383	intel_pstate=	[X86,EARLY]
2384			disable
2385			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
2386			  scaling driver for the supported processors
2387                        active
2388                          Use intel_pstate driver to bypass the scaling
2389                          governors layer of cpufreq and provides it own
2390                          algorithms for p-state selection. There are two
2391                          P-state selection algorithms provided by
2392                          intel_pstate in the active mode: powersave and
2393                          performance.  The way they both operate depends
2394                          on whether or not the hardware managed P-states
2395                          (HWP) feature has been enabled in the processor
2396                          and possibly on the processor model.
2397			passive
2398			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2399			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2400			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
2401			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2402			  feature.
2403			force
2404			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2405			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2406			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2407			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2408			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2409			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2410			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2411			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2412			no_hwp
2413			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2414			  if available.
2415			hwp_only
2416			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2417			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2418			support_acpi_ppc
2419			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2420			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2421			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2422			  then this feature is turned on by default.
2423			per_cpu_perf_limits
2424			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2425			  cpufreq sysfs interface
2426			no_cas
2427			  Do not enable capacity-aware scheduling (CAS) on
2428			  hybrid systems
2429
2430	intremap=	[X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY]
2431			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2432			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
2433			nosid	disable Source ID checking
2434			no_x2apic_optout
2435				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2436			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
2437			posted_msi
2438				enable MSIs delivered as posted interrupts
2439
2440	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2441		strict	regions from userspace.
2442		relaxed
2443
2444	iommu=		[X86,EARLY]
2445
2446		off
2447			Don't initialize and use any kind of IOMMU.
2448
2449		force
2450			Force the use of the hardware IOMMU even when
2451			it is not actually needed (e.g. because < 3 GB
2452			memory).
2453
2454		noforce
2455			Don't force hardware IOMMU usage when it is not
2456			needed. (default).
2457
2458		biomerge
2459		panic
2460		nopanic
2461		merge
2462		nomerge
2463
2464		soft
2465			Use software bounce buffering (SWIOTLB) (default for
2466			Intel machines). This can be used to prevent the usage
2467			of an available hardware IOMMU.
2468
2469			[X86]
2470		pt
2471			[X86]
2472		nopt
2473			[PPC/POWERNV]
2474		nobypass
2475			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2476
2477		[X86]
2478		AMD Gart HW IOMMU-specific options:
2479
2480		<size>
2481			Set the size of the remapping area in bytes.
2482
2483		allowed
2484			Overwrite iommu off workarounds for specific chipsets
2485
2486		fullflush
2487			Flush IOMMU on each allocation (default).
2488
2489		nofullflush
2490			Don't use IOMMU fullflush.
2491
2492		memaper[=<order>]
2493			Allocate an own aperture over RAM with size
2494			32MB<<order.  (default: order=1, i.e. 64MB)
2495
2496		merge
2497			Do scatter-gather (SG) merging. Implies "force"
2498			(experimental).
2499
2500		nomerge
2501			Don't do scatter-gather (SG) merging.
2502
2503		noaperture
2504			Ask the IOMMU not to touch the aperture for AGP.
2505
2506		noagp
2507			Don't initialize the AGP driver and use full aperture.
2508
2509		panic
2510			Always panic when IOMMU overflows.
2511
2512	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64,X86,EARLY] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2513			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2514			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2515			  falling back to the full range if needed.
2516			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2517			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2518			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
2519
2520	iommu.strict=	[ARM64,X86,S390,EARLY] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2521			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2522			0 - Lazy mode.
2523			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2524			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2525			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2526			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2527			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2528			1 - Strict mode.
2529			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2530			  synchronously.
2531			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2532			Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2533			legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2534
2535	iommu.passthrough=
2536			[ARM64,X86,EARLY] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2537			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2538			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2539			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2540			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2541
2542	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2543			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2544			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2545
2546	io_delay=	[X86,EARLY] I/O delay method
2547		0x80
2548			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2549		0xed
2550			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2551		udelay
2552			Simple two microseconds delay
2553		none
2554			No delay
2555
2556	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2557			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2558
2559	ipcmni_extend	[KNL,EARLY] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2560			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2561
2562	ipe.enforce=	[IPE]
2563			Format: <bool>
2564			Determine whether IPE starts in permissive (0) or
2565			enforce (1) mode. The default is enforce.
2566
2567	ipe.success_audit=
2568			[IPE]
2569			Format: <bool>
2570			Start IPE with success auditing enabled, emitting
2571			an audit event when a binary is allowed. The default
2572			is 0.
2573
2574	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2575			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2576
2577	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2578			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
2579			Format: <bool>
2580			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2581			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2582			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2583
2584	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2585			[ARM,ARM64,EARLY]
2586			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2587			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2588			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2589			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2590			LPIs.
2591
2592	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64,EARLY]
2593			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2594			requires the kernel to be built with
2595			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2596
2597	irqchip.riscv_imsic_noipi
2598			[RISC-V,EARLY]
2599			Force the kernel to not use IMSIC software injected MSIs
2600			as IPIs. Intended for system where IMSIC is trap-n-emulated,
2601			and thus want to reduce MMIO traps when triggering IPIs
2602			to multiple harts.
2603
2604	irqfixup	[HW]
2605			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2606			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2607			firmware running.
2608
2609	irqhandler.duration_warn_us= [KNL]
2610			Warn if an IRQ handler exceeds the specified duration
2611			threshold in microseconds. Useful for identifying
2612			long-running IRQs in the system.
2613
2614	irqpoll		[HW]
2615			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2616			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2617			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2618			firmware running.
2619
2620	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2621			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2622
2623	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2624			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2625			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2626
2627			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2628			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2629
2630			nohz
2631			  Disable the tick when a single task runs as well as
2632			  disabling other kernel noises like having RCU callbacks
2633			  offloaded. This is equivalent to the nohz_full parameter.
2634
2635			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2636			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2637			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2638			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2639			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2640
2641			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2642			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2643			  be configured manually after bootup.
2644
2645			domain
2646			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2647			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2648			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2649			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2650			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2651			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2652			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2653			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2654
2655			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2656			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2657			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2658			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2659
2660			managed_irq
2661
2662			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2663			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2664			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2665			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2666			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2667
2668			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2669			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2670			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2671			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2672			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2673			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2674			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2675
2676			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2677			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2678			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2679			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2680			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2681			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2682			  queues.
2683
2684			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2685
2686	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2687
2688	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2689			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2690			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2691			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2692
2693			For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2694			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2695			write the parameter as:
2696				ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0
2697
2698			Deprecated formats:
2699			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0
2700			  write the parameter as:
2701				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2702			* To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2703			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2704				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2705
2706	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2707			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2708			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2709			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2710
2711			For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to
2712			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0,
2713			write the parameter as:
2714				ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0
2715
2716			Deprecated formats:
2717			* To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0
2718			  write the parameter as:
2719				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2720			* To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2721			  PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2722				ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0
2723
2724	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2725			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2726			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table.
2727			By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted.
2728
2729			For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2730			PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5,
2731			write the parameter as:
2732				ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5
2733
2734			Deprecated formats:
2735			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0,
2736			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2737				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2738			* To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and
2739			  PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as:
2740				ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2741
2742	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2743			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2744
2745	kasan_multi_shot
2746			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2747			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2748			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2749			invalid access.
2750
2751	keep_bootcon	[KNL,EARLY]
2752			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
2753			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
2754			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
2755			the real console.
2756
2757	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM] See retain_initrd.
2758
2759	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,PPC,EARLY]
2760			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2761			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2762			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2763			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2764			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2765			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2766			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2767			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2768			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2769
2770			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2771			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2772			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2773			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2774			zone if it does not.
2775
2776			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2777			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2778			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2779			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2780			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2781			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2782			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2783
2784	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW,EARLY] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2785			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2786			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2787			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2788			optional and is the number seconds in between
2789			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2790			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2791			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2792			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2793			the kernel debugger.
2794
2795	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2796			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2797			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2798			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2799			 keyboard only format: kbd
2800			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2801			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2802			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2803			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2804
2805	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW,EARLY]
2806			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2807			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2808			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2809			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2810			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2811			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2812
2813			The name of the early console should be specified
2814			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2815			the early console might be different than the tty
2816			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2817			blank and the first boot console that implements
2818			read() will be picked.
2819
2820	kgdbwait	[KGDB,EARLY] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2821			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2822
2823	kho=		[KEXEC,EARLY]
2824			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" | "y" | "n" }
2825			Enables or disables Kexec HandOver.
2826			"0" | "off" | "n" - kexec handover is disabled
2827			"1" | "on" | "y" - kexec handover is enabled
2828
2829	kho_scratch=	[KEXEC,EARLY]
2830			Format: ll[KMG],mm[KMG],nn[KMG] | nn%
2831			Defines the size of the KHO scratch region. The KHO
2832			scratch regions are physically contiguous memory
2833			ranges that can only be used for non-kernel
2834			allocations. That way, even when memory is heavily
2835			fragmented with handed over memory, the kexeced
2836			kernel will always have enough contiguous ranges to
2837			bootstrap itself.
2838
2839			It is possible to specify the exact amount of
2840			memory in the form of "ll[KMG],mm[KMG],nn[KMG]"
2841			where the first parameter defines the size of a low
2842			memory scratch area, the second parameter defines
2843			the size of a global scratch area and the third
2844			parameter defines the size of additional per-node
2845			scratch areas.  The form "nn%" defines scale factor
2846			(in percents) of memory that was used during boot.
2847
2848	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2849			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2850			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2851
2852	kmemleak=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2853			Valid arguments: on, off
2854			Default: on
2855			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2856			the default is off.
2857
2858	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2859			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2860			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2861			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2862			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2863			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2864			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2865
2866			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2867
2868			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2869			Boot Parameter" section.
2870
2871	kpti=		[ARM64,EARLY] Control page table isolation of
2872			user and kernel address spaces.
2873			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2874			0: force disabled
2875			1: force enabled
2876
2877	kunit.enable=	[KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires
2878			CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The
2879			default value can be overridden via
2880			KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED.
2881			Default is 1 (enabled)
2882
2883	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2884			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2885
2886	kvm.eager_page_split=
2887			[KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to
2888			proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging.
2889			Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU
2890			execution by eliminating the write-protection faults
2891			and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be
2892			required to split huge pages lazily.
2893
2894			VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write
2895			only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from
2896			disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to
2897			still be used for reads.
2898
2899			The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether
2900			KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If
2901			disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly
2902			split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If
2903			enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during
2904			the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being
2905			cleared.
2906
2907			Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y.
2908
2909			Default is Y (on).
2910
2911	kvm.enable_virt_at_load=[KVM,ARM64,LOONGARCH,MIPS,RISCV,X86]
2912			If enabled, KVM will enable virtualization in hardware
2913			when KVM is loaded, and disable virtualization when KVM
2914			is unloaded (if KVM is built as a module).
2915
2916			If disabled, KVM will dynamically enable and disable
2917			virtualization on-demand when creating and destroying
2918			VMs, i.e. on the 0=>1 and 1=>0 transitions of the
2919			number of VMs.
2920
2921			Enabling virtualization at module load avoids potential
2922			latency for creation of the 0=>1 VM, as KVM serializes
2923			virtualization enabling across all online CPUs.  The
2924			"cost" of enabling virtualization when KVM is loaded,
2925			is that doing so may interfere with using out-of-tree
2926			hypervisors that want to "own" virtualization hardware.
2927
2928	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2929				   Default is false (don't support).
2930
2931	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2932			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2933			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2934			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2935			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2936			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2937				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2938
2939			Default is 'auto'.
2940
2941			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2942			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2943
2944	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2945			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2946			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2947			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2948			period (see below).  The default is 60.
2949
2950	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms=
2951			[KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages
2952			back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will
2953			zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs.
2954			If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based
2955			on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average.
2956
2957	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Control nested virtualization feature in
2958			KVM/SVM. Default is 1 (enabled).
2959
2960	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Control KVM's use of Nested Page Tables,
2961			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables. Default is 1
2962			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
2963			for NPT.
2964
2965	kvm-arm.mode=
2966			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of
2967			operation.
2968
2969			none: Forcefully disable KVM.
2970
2971			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2972			      protected guests.
2973
2974			protected: Mode with support for guests whose state is
2975				   kept private from the host, using VHE or
2976				   nVHE depending on HW support.
2977
2978			nested: VHE-based mode with support for nested
2979				virtualization. Requires at least ARMv8.4
2980				hardware (with FEAT_NV2).
2981
2982			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting
2983			mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation
2984			for the host. To force nVHE on VHE hardware, add
2985			"arm64_sw.hvhe=0 id_aa64mmfr1.vh=0" to the
2986			command-line.
2987			"nested" is experimental and should be used with
2988			extreme caution.
2989
2990	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2991			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2992			system registers
2993
2994	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2995			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2996			system registers
2997
2998	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2999			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
3000			system registers
3001
3002	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
3003			[KVM,ARM,EARLY] Allow use of GICv4 for direct
3004			injection of LPIs.
3005
3006	kvm-arm.wfe_trap_policy=
3007			[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFE instruction trap for
3008			KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
3009			CPU architecture.
3010
3011			trap: set WFE instruction trap
3012
3013			notrap: clear WFE instruction trap
3014
3015	kvm-arm.wfi_trap_policy=
3016			[KVM,ARM] Control when to set WFI instruction trap for
3017			KVM VMs. Traps are allowed but not guaranteed by the
3018			CPU architecture.
3019
3020			trap: set WFI instruction trap
3021
3022			notrap: clear WFI instruction trap
3023
3024	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC,EARLY]
3025			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
3026			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
3027			allocation.
3028			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
3029			Format: <integer>
3030			Default: 5
3031
3032	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Extended Page Tables,
3033			a.k.a. Two-Dimensional Page Tables.  Default is 1
3034			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
3035			for EPT.
3036
3037	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
3038			[KVM,Intel] Control whether to emulate invalid guest
3039			state. Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1,
3040			as guest state is never invalid for unrestricted
3041			guests. This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2),
3042			as KVM never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
3043			Default is 1 (enabled).
3044
3045	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
3046			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of FlexPriority feature
3047			(TPR shadow). Default is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if
3048			hardware lacks support for it.
3049
3050	kvm-intel.nested=
3051			[KVM,Intel] Control nested virtualization feature in
3052			KVM/VMX. Default is 1 (enabled).
3053
3054	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
3055			[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of unrestricted guest
3056			feature (virtualized real and unpaged mode). Default
3057			is 1 (enabled). Disable by KVM if EPT is disabled or
3058			hardware lacks support for it.
3059
3060	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
3061			CVE-2018-3620.
3062
3063			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
3064
3065			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
3066			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
3067				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
3068			never:	Disables the mitigation
3069
3070			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
3071
3072	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Control KVM's use of Virtual Processor
3073			Identification feature (tagged TLBs). Default is 1
3074			(enabled). Disable by KVM if hardware lacks support
3075			for it.
3076
3077	l1d_flush=	[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
3078			Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
3079
3080			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
3081			internal buffers which can forward information to a
3082			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
3083
3084			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
3085			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
3086			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
3087			not have direct access.
3088
3089			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3090			options are:
3091
3092			on         - enable the interface for the mitigation
3093
3094	l1tf=           [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
3095			      affected CPUs
3096
3097			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
3098			enabled and cannot be disabled.
3099
3100			full
3101				Provides all available mitigations for the
3102				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
3103				enables all mitigations in the
3104				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
3105
3106				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
3107				sysfs interface is still possible after
3108				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
3109				when the first VM is started in a
3110				potentially insecure configuration,
3111				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
3112
3113			full,force
3114				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
3115				flush runtime control. Implies the
3116				'nosmt=force' command line option.
3117				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
3118
3119			flush
3120				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
3121				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
3122				L1D flush.
3123
3124				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
3125				sysfs interface is still possible after
3126				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
3127				when the first VM is started in a
3128				potentially insecure configuration,
3129				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
3130
3131			flush,nosmt
3132
3133				Disables SMT and enables the default
3134				hypervisor mitigation.
3135
3136				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
3137				sysfs interface is still possible after
3138				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
3139				when the first VM is started in a
3140				potentially insecure configuration,
3141				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
3142
3143			flush,nowarn
3144				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
3145				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
3146				insecure configuration.
3147
3148			off
3149				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
3150				emit any warnings.
3151				It also drops the swap size and available
3152				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
3153				bare metal.
3154
3155			Default is 'flush'.
3156
3157			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
3158
3159	l2cr=		[PPC]
3160
3161	l3cr=		[PPC]
3162
3163	lapic		[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
3164			disabled it.
3165
3166	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
3167			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
3168			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
3169			Format: notscdeadline
3170
3171	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC,EARLY] trust the local apic timer
3172			in C2 power state.
3173
3174	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
3175			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
3176			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
3177			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
3178			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
3179			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
3180			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
3181
3182	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
3183			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
3184			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
3185
3186	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
3187			when set.
3188			Format: <int>
3189
3190	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is a comma-
3191			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE].
3192			PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link
3193			or device.  Basically, it matches the ATA ID string
3194			printed on console by libata.  If the whole ID part is
3195			omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used.  If
3196			ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies
3197			to all ports, links and devices.
3198
3199			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
3200			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
3201			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
3202			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
3203			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
3204			host link and device attached to it.
3205
3206			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
3207			as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed.
3208			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
3209			The following configurations can be forced.
3210
3211			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
3212			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
3213
3214			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
3215
3216			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
3217			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
3218			  allowed.
3219
3220			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both
3221			  resets.
3222
3223			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug
3224			  link recovery.
3225
3226			* [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay
3227			  before debouncing a link PHY and device presence
3228			  detection.
3229
3230			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
3231
3232			* [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM.
3233
3234			* [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset.
3235
3236			* [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM.
3237
3238			* trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data.
3239
3240			* max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit.
3241
3242			* [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers.
3243
3244			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support.
3245
3246			* atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for
3247			  commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes.
3248
3249			* [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the
3250			  READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs.
3251
3252			* [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the
3253			  identify device data log.
3254
3255			* [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general
3256			  purpose log directory.
3257
3258			* max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors.
3259
3260			* max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to
3261			  1024 sectors.
3262
3263			* max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to
3264			  65535 sectors.
3265
3266			* external: Mark port as external (hotplug-capable).
3267
3268			* [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management.
3269
3270			* [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting
3271			  should be skipped.
3272
3273			* [no]fua: Disable or enable FUA (Force Unit Access)
3274			  support for devices supporting this feature.
3275
3276			* dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data.
3277
3278			* disable: Disable this device.
3279
3280			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
3281			the same attribute, the last one is used.
3282
3283	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
3284
3285	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
3286			Format: <integer>
3287
3288	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
3289			Format: <integer>
3290
3291	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
3292			Format: <integer>
3293
3294	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
3295			Format: <integer>
3296
3297	lockdown=	[SECURITY,EARLY]
3298			{ integrity | confidentiality }
3299			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
3300			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
3301			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
3302			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
3303			to extract confidential information from the kernel
3304			are also disabled.
3305
3306	locktorture.acq_writer_lim= [KNL]
3307			Set the time limit in jiffies for a lock
3308			acquisition.  Acquisitions exceeding this limit
3309			will result in a splat once they do complete.
3310
3311	locktorture.bind_readers= [KNL]
3312			Specify the list of CPUs to which the readers are
3313			to be bound.
3314
3315	locktorture.bind_writers= [KNL]
3316			Specify the list of CPUs to which the writers are
3317			to be bound.
3318
3319	locktorture.call_rcu_chains= [KNL]
3320			Specify the number of self-propagating call_rcu()
3321			chains to set up.  These are used to ensure that
3322			there is a high probability of an RCU grace period
3323			in progress at any given time.	Defaults to 0,
3324			which disables these call_rcu() chains.
3325
3326	locktorture.long_hold= [KNL]
3327			Specify the duration in milliseconds for the
3328			occasional long-duration lock hold time.  Defaults
3329			to 100 milliseconds.  Select 0 to disable.
3330
3331	locktorture.nested_locks= [KNL]
3332			Specify the maximum lock nesting depth that
3333			locktorture is to exercise, up to a limit of 8
3334			(MAX_NESTED_LOCKS).  Specify zero to disable.
3335			Note that this parameter is ineffective on types
3336			of locks that do not support nested acquisition.
3337
3338	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
3339			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
3340			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
3341			number of online CPUs.
3342
3343	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
3344			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
3345
3346	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3347			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3348
3349	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3350			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
3351			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3352
3353	locktorture.rt_boost= [KNL]
3354			Do periodic testing of real-time lock priority
3355			boosting.  Select 0 to disable, 1 to boost
3356			only rt_mutex, and 2 to boost unconditionally.
3357			Defaults to 2, which might seem to be an
3358			odd choice, but which should be harmless for
3359			non-real-time spinlocks, due to their disabling
3360			of preemption.	Note that non-realtime mutexes
3361			disable boosting.
3362
3363	locktorture.rt_boost_factor= [KNL]
3364			Number that determines how often and for how
3365			long priority boosting is exercised.  This is
3366			scaled down by the number of writers, so that the
3367			number of boosts per unit time remains roughly
3368			constant as the number of writers increases.
3369			On the other hand, the duration of each boost
3370			increases with the number of writers.
3371
3372	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3373			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
3374			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
3375			mode during the locktorture test.
3376
3377	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3378			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3379			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3380
3381	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3382			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3383
3384	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
3385			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
3386			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
3387			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
3388			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
3389			transition abruptly to and from idle.
3390
3391	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3392			Specify the locking implementation to test.
3393
3394	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
3395			Enable additional printk() statements.
3396
3397	locktorture.writer_fifo= [KNL]
3398			Run the write-side locktorture kthreads at
3399			sched_set_fifo() real-time priority.
3400
3401	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
3402			Format: <irq>
3403
3404	loglevel=	[KNL,EARLY]
3405			All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
3406			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
3407			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
3408			loglevels are defined as follows:
3409
3410			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
3411			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
3412			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
3413			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
3414			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
3415			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
3416			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
3417			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
3418
3419	log_buf_len=n[KMG] [KNL,EARLY]
3420			Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.
3421			n must be a power of two and greater than the
3422			minimal size. The minimal size is defined by
3423			LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There
3424			is also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config
3425			parameter that allows to increase the default size
3426			depending on the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig
3427			for more details.
3428
3429	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
3430			This may be used to provide more screen space for
3431			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
3432			kernel boot problems.
3433
3434	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
3435	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
3436	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
3437	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
3438				specified in addition to the ports) causes
3439				attached printers to be reset. Using
3440				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
3441				to associate lp devices with, starting with
3442				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
3443				that lp device, or a parport name such as
3444				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
3445				port specification list means that device IDs
3446				from each port should be examined, to see if
3447				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
3448				so, the driver will manage that printer.
3449				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
3450
3451	lpj=n		[KNL]
3452			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
3453			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
3454			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
3455			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
3456			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
3457			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
3458			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
3459			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
3460			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
3461			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
3462			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
3463			hardware.
3464
3465	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
3466
3467	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
3468			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
3469			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
3470
3471	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
3472			different yeeloong laptops.
3473			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
3474
3475	maxcpus=	[SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
3476			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
3477			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
3478			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
3479			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
3480			only takes effect during system bootup.
3481			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
3482			which also disables the IO APIC.
3483
3484	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
3485	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
3486			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
3487			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
3488			devices can be requested on-demand with the
3489			/dev/loop-control interface.
3490
3491	mce=		[X86-{32,64}]
3492
3493			Please see Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/machinecheck.rst for sysfs runtime tunables.
3494
3495		off
3496			disable machine check
3497
3498		no_cmci
3499			disable CMCI(Corrected Machine Check Interrupt) that
3500			Intel processor supports.  Usually this disablement is
3501			not recommended, but it might be handy if your
3502			hardware is misbehaving.
3503
3504			Note that you'll get more problems without CMCI than
3505			with due to the shared banks, i.e. you might get
3506			duplicated error logs.
3507
3508		dont_log_ce
3509			don't make logs for corrected errors.  All events
3510			reported as corrected are silently cleared by OS. This
3511			option will be useful if you have no interest in any
3512			of corrected errors.
3513
3514		ignore_ce
3515			disable features for corrected errors, e.g.
3516			polling timer and CMCI.  All events reported as
3517			corrected are not cleared by OS and remained in its
3518			error banks.
3519
3520			Usually this disablement is not recommended, however
3521			if there is an agent checking/clearing corrected
3522			errors (e.g. BIOS or hardware monitoring
3523			applications), conflicting with OS's error handling,
3524			and you cannot deactivate the agent, then this option
3525			will be a help.
3526
3527		no_lmce
3528			do not opt-in to Local MCE delivery. Use legacy method
3529			to broadcast MCEs.
3530
3531		bootlog
3532			enable logging of machine checks left over from
3533			booting. Disabled by default on AMD Fam10h and older
3534			because some BIOS leave bogus ones.
3535
3536			If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to
3537			enable though to make sure you log even machine check
3538			events that result in a reboot. On Intel systems it is
3539			enabled by default.
3540
3541		nobootlog
3542			disable boot machine check logging.
3543
3544		monarchtimeout (number)
3545			sets the time in us to wait for other CPUs on machine
3546			checks. 0 to disable.
3547
3548		bios_cmci_threshold
3549			don't overwrite the bios-set CMCI threshold. This boot
3550			option prevents Linux from overwriting the CMCI
3551			threshold set by the bios.  Without this option, Linux
3552			always sets the CMCI threshold to 1. Enabling this may
3553			make memory predictive failure analysis less effective
3554			if the bios sets thresholds for memory errors since we
3555			will not see details for all errors.
3556
3557		recovery
3558			force-enable recoverable machine check code paths
3559
3560			Everything else is in sysfs now.
3561
3562
3563	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
3564			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3565
3566	mdacon=		[MDA]
3567			Format: <first>,<last>
3568			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
3569
3570	mds=		[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
3571			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
3572			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
3573
3574			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
3575			internal buffers which can forward information to a
3576			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
3577
3578			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
3579			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
3580			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
3581			not have direct access.
3582
3583			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
3584			options are:
3585
3586			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3587			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
3588				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
3589			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
3590
3591			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
3592			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
3593			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
3594			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
3595			too.
3596
3597			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3598			mds=full.
3599
3600			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
3601
3602	mem=nn[KMG]	[HEXAGON,EARLY] Set the memory size.
3603			Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0.
3604
3605	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Force usage of a specific amount
3606			of memory Amount of memory to be used in cases
3607			as follows:
3608
3609			1 for test;
3610			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
3611			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
3612			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
3613			4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel.
3614
3615			[ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory,
3616			high memory is not affected.
3617
3618			[ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear
3619			mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected.
3620
3621			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
3622			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
3623			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
3624			belonging to unused RAM.
3625
3626			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
3627			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
3628			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
3629
3630	mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3631			[ARM,MIPS,EARLY] - override the memory layout
3632			reported by firmware.
3633			Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at
3634			ss[KMG].
3635			Multiple different regions can be specified with
3636			multiple mem= parameters on the command line.
3637
3638	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
3639			memory.
3640
3641	memblock=debug	[KNL,EARLY] Enable memblock debug messages.
3642
3643	memchunk=nn[KMG]
3644			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
3645			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
3646
3647	memhp_default_state=online/offline/online_kernel/online_movable
3648			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
3649			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
3650			set according to the
3651			CONFIG_MHP_DEFAULT_ONLINE_TYPE kernel config
3652			options.
3653			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
3654
3655	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86,EARLY] Enable setting of an exact
3656			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
3657			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
3658			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
3659			option description.
3660
3661	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
3662			[KNL, X86,MIPS,XTENSA,EARLY] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
3663			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
3664			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
3665			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
3666			Multiple different regions can be specified,
3667			comma delimited.
3668			Example:
3669				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
3670
3671	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
3672			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
3673			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
3674
3675	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
3676			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Mark specific memory as reserved.
3677			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
3678			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
3679			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
3680			         or
3681			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
3682			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
3683			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
3684			will be eaten.
3685
3686	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG,EARLY]
3687			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
3688			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
3689			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
3690			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
3691
3692	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
3693			[KNL,ACPI,EARLY] Convert memory within the specified region
3694			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
3695			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
3696			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
3697			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
3698			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
3699			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
3700
3701	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86,EARLY]
3702			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
3703			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
3704			Setting this option will scan the memory
3705			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
3706			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
3707			from using the memory being corrupted.
3708			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
3709			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
3710			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
3711			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
3712
3713	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86,EARLY]
3714			By default it checks for corruption in the low
3715			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
3716			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
3717			corruption in more or less memory.
3718
3719	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86,EARLY]
3720			By default it checks for corruption every 60
3721			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
3722			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
3723
3724	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
3725			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
3726			Format: {on | off (default)}
3727			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
3728			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
3729			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
3730			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
3731			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
3732			lot of memory without requiring additional
3733			memory to do so.
3734			This feature is disabled by default because it
3735			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
3736			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
3737			memory blocks).
3738			The state of the flag can be read in
3739			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
3740			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
3741			the feature is not effective.
3742
3743	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV,EARLY] Enable memtest
3744			Format: <integer>
3745			default : 0 <disable>
3746			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
3747			performed. Each pass selects another test
3748			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
3749			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
3750			memory contents and reserves bad memory
3751			regions that are detected.
3752
3753	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
3754			Valid arguments: on, off
3755			Default: off
3756			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
3757			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
3758
3759			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
3760			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
3761
3762	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
3763			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
3764			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
3765			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
3766			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
3767
3768	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
3769			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
3770			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
3771			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
3772
3773	mga=		[HW,DRM]
3774
3775	microcode=      [X86] Control the behavior of the microcode loader.
3776	                Available options, comma separated:
3777
3778			base_rev=X - with <X> with format: <u32>
3779			Set the base microcode revision of each thread when in
3780			debug mode.
3781
3782			dis_ucode_ldr: disable the microcode loader
3783
3784			force_minrev:
3785			Enable or disable the microcode minimal revision
3786			enforcement for the runtime microcode loader.
3787
3788	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
3789			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
3790			Default: "0tb"
3791			MINI2440 configuration specification:
3792			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
3793			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
3794			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
3795			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
3796			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
3797			unconfigured.
3798			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
3799			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
3800			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
3801			VGA shield.
3802			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
3803			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
3804			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
3805			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
3806			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3807			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3808
3809	mitigations=
3810			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64,EARLY] Control optional mitigations for
3811			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
3812			arch-independent options, each of which is an
3813			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3814
3815			Note, "mitigations" is supported if and only if the
3816			kernel was built with CPU_MITIGATIONS=y.
3817
3818			off
3819				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
3820				improves system performance, but it may also
3821				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3822				Equivalent to: if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
3823					       gather_data_sampling=off [X86]
3824					       indirect_target_selection=off [X86]
3825					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3826					       l1tf=off [X86]
3827					       mds=off [X86]
3828					       mmio_stale_data=off [X86]
3829					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
3830					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3831					       nobp=0 [S390]
3832					       nopti [X86,PPC]
3833					       nospectre_bhb [ARM64]
3834					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3835					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3836					       reg_file_data_sampling=off [X86]
3837					       retbleed=off [X86]
3838					       spec_rstack_overflow=off [X86]
3839					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3840					       spectre_bhi=off [X86]
3841					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3842					       srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
3843					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3844					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3845					       vmscape=off [X86]
3846
3847				Exceptions:
3848					       This does not have any effect on
3849					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3850					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3851
3852			auto (default)
3853				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3854				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
3855				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3856				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3857				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3858				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3859
3860			auto,nosmt
3861				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3862				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
3863				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3864				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3865					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3866					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3867					       mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86]
3868					       retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86]
3869
3870			[X86] After one of the above options, additionally
3871			supports attack-vector based controls as documented in
3872			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/attack_vector_controls.rst
3873
3874	mminit_loglevel=
3875			[KNL,EARLY] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3876			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3877			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3878			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3879			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3880			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3881
3882	mmio_stale_data=
3883			[X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the Processor
3884			MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities.
3885
3886			Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of
3887			vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO
3888			operation. Exposed data could originate or end in
3889			the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA.
3890			Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation
3891			is to clear the affected CPU buffers.
3892
3893			This parameter controls the mitigation. The
3894			options are:
3895
3896			full       - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
3897
3898			full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on
3899				     vulnerable CPUs.
3900
3901			off        - Unconditionally disable mitigation
3902
3903			On MDS or TAA affected machines,
3904			mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active
3905			MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are
3906			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to
3907			disable this mitigation, you need to specify
3908			mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too.
3909
3910			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3911			mmio_stale_data=full.
3912
3913			For details see:
3914			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst
3915
3916	<module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL]
3917			If no <bool> value is specified or if the value
3918			specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous
3919			probe on this module.  Otherwise, enable/disable
3920			asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the
3921			<bool> value. See also: module.async_probe
3922
3923	module.async_probe=<bool>
3924			[KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing
3925			by default. To enable/disable async probing for a
3926			specific module, use the module specific control that
3927			is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both
3928			module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are
3929			specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for
3930			the specific module.
3931
3932	module.enable_dups_trace
3933			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS is set,
3934			this means that duplicate request_module() calls will
3935			trigger a WARN_ON() instead of a pr_warn(). Note that
3936			if MODULE_DEBUG_AUTOLOAD_DUPS_TRACE is set, WARN_ON()s
3937			will always be issued and this option does nothing.
3938	module.sig_enforce
3939			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3940			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3941			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3942			is always true, so this option does nothing.
3943
3944	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3945			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
3946
3947	mousedev.tap_time=
3948			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3949			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3950			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3951			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3952			Format: <msecs>
3953	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3954			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3955	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3956			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3957
3958	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,PPC,EARLY]
3959			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3960			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3961			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3962			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3963			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3964			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
3965			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3966			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3967			is not too small.
3968
3969	movable_node	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3970			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3971			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3972			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3973			allocations. Use with caution!
3974
3975	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
3976			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3977
3978	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3979			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3980
3981	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3982			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3983
3984	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3985			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3986			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3987
3988	mtrr=debug	[X86,EARLY]
3989			Enable printing debug information related to MTRR
3990			registers at boot time.
3991
3992	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
3993			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3994			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3995
3996	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG,X86,EARLY]
3997			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3998			Default is 1.
3999			Large value could prevent small alignment from
4000			using up MTRRs.
4001
4002	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86,EARLY]
4003			Format: <integer>
4004			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
4005			Default : 1
4006			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
4007			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
4008
4009	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
4010			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
4011			at a time.
4012
4013	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
4014
4015	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
4016			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
4017			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
4018			something different and driver-specific.
4019			This usage is only documented in each driver source
4020			file if at all.
4021
4022	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
4023			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
4024			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
4025			waits 4 seconds.
4026
4027	nf_conntrack.acct=
4028			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
4029			0 to disable accounting
4030			1 to enable accounting
4031			Default value is 0.
4032
4033	nfs.cache_getent=
4034			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
4035			to update the NFS client cache entries.
4036
4037	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
4038			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
4039			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
4040
4041	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
4042			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
4043			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
4044			requests.
4045
4046	nfs.callback_tcpport=
4047			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
4048			channel should listen.
4049
4050	nfs.delay_retrans=
4051			[NFS] specifies the number of times the NFSv4 client
4052			retries the request before returning an EAGAIN error,
4053			after a reply of NFS4ERR_DELAY from the server.
4054			Only applies if the softerr mount option is enabled,
4055			and the specified value is >= 0.
4056
4057	nfs.enable_ino64=
4058			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
4059			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
4060			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
4061			of returning the full 64-bit number.
4062			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
4063
4064	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
4065			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
4066			entries.
4067
4068	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
4069			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
4070			slots the client will assign to the callback
4071			channel. This determines the maximum number of
4072			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
4073			a particular server.
4074
4075	nfs.max_session_slots=
4076			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
4077			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
4078			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
4079			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
4080			Note that there is little point in setting this
4081			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
4082
4083	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
4084			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
4085			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
4086			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
4087			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
4088			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
4089			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
4090			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
4091			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
4092			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
4093			back to using the idmapper.
4094			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
4095
4096	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
4097			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
4098			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
4099			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
4100			UUID that is generated at system install time.
4101
4102	nfs.recover_lost_locks=
4103			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
4104			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
4105			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
4106			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
4107			after the locks are lost.
4108			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
4109			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
4110			parameter to '1'.
4111			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
4112			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
4113
4114	nfs.send_implementation_id=
4115			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
4116			information in exchange_id requests.
4117			If zero, no implementation identification information
4118			will be sent.
4119			The default is to send the implementation identification
4120			information.
4121
4122	nfs4.layoutstats_timer=
4123			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
4124			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
4125
4126			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
4127			whatever value is the default set by the layout
4128			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
4129			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
4130
4131	nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable=
4132			[NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support
4133			server-to-server copies for which this server is
4134			the destination of the copy.
4135
4136	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
4137			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
4138			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
4139			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
4140			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
4141			migration from NFSv2/v3.
4142
4143	nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout=
4144			[NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a
4145			server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts
4146			the source server.  It caches the mount in case
4147			it will be needed again, and discards it if not
4148			used for the number of milliseconds specified by
4149			this parameter.
4150
4151	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
4152			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
4153
4154	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
4155			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
4156
4157	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
4158			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
4159
4160	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
4161			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
4162			NMI stack-backtrace request.
4163
4164	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
4165			when a NMI is triggered.
4166			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
4167
4168	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
4169			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][rNNN,][num]
4170			Valid num: 0 or 1
4171			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
4172			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
4173			rNNN - configure the watchdog with raw perf event 0xNNN
4174
4175			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
4176			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
4177			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
4178			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
4179			please see 'nowatchdog'.
4180			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
4181			need the box quickly up again.
4182
4183			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
4184			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
4185
4186	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
4187			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
4188			is present.
4189
4190	no4lvl		[RISCV,EARLY] Disable 4-level and 5-level paging modes.
4191			Forces kernel to use 3-level paging instead.
4192
4193	no5lvl		[X86-64,RISCV,EARLY] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
4194			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
4195
4196	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
4197
4198	noapic		[SMP,APIC,EARLY] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
4199			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
4200
4201	noapictimer	[APIC,X86] Don't set up the APIC timer
4202
4203	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
4204
4205	nocache		[ARM,EARLY]
4206
4207	no_console_suspend
4208			[HW] Never suspend the console
4209			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
4210			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
4211			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
4212			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
4213			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
4214			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
4215			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
4216			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
4217			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
4218			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
4219			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
4220			turn on/off it dynamically.
4221
4222	no_debug_objects
4223			[KNL,EARLY] Disable object debugging
4224
4225	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
4226
4227	noefi		[EFI,EARLY] Disable EFI runtime services support.
4228
4229	no_entry_flush  [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
4230
4231	noexec32	[X86-64]
4232			This affects only 32-bit executables.
4233			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
4234				read doesn't imply executable mappings
4235			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
4236				read implies executable mappings
4237
4238	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
4239			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
4240			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
4241
4242	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
4243
4244	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
4245
4246	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
4247			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
4248			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
4249
4250	nogbpages	[X86] Do not use GB pages for kernel direct mappings.
4251
4252	no_hash_pointers
4253			[KNL,EARLY]
4254			Alias for "hash_pointers=never".
4255
4256	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
4257
4258	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,PPC,RISCV,SH] Forces the kernel to
4259			busy wait in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
4260			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
4261			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
4262			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
4263			correctly or when doing power measurements to evaluate
4264			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
4265			useful when using JTAG debugger.
4266
4267	nohpet		[X86] Don't use the HPET timer.
4268
4269	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
4270
4271	nohugevmalloc	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64,EARLY] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
4272
4273	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
4274			Valid arguments: on, off
4275			Default: on
4276
4277	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
4278			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
4279			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
4280			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
4281			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
4282			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
4283			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
4284			just as if they had also been called out in the
4285			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
4286
4287			Note that this argument takes precedence over
4288			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
4289
4290	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
4291			initial RAM disk.
4292
4293	nointremap	[X86-64,Intel-IOMMU,EARLY] Do not enable interrupt
4294			remapping.
4295			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
4296
4297	noinvpcid	[X86,EARLY] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
4298
4299	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
4300
4301	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
4302			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
4303
4304	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
4305
4306	nokaslr		[KNL,EARLY]
4307			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
4308			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
4309			Layout Randomization).
4310
4311	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
4312			fault handling.
4313
4314	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
4315
4316	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
4317
4318	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC,EARLY] Do not use the local APIC timer.
4319
4320	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
4321
4322	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
4323			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
4324
4325	nomodeset	Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware
4326			sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory
4327			for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will
4328			not load if they could possibly displace the pre-
4329			initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will
4330			be available for use. The respective drivers will not
4331			perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering.
4332
4333			Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging.
4334
4335	nomodule	Disable module load
4336
4337	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
4338			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
4339			irq.
4340
4341	nopat		[X86,EARLY] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
4342			pagetables) support.
4343
4344	nopcid		[X86-64,EARLY] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
4345
4346	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
4347			in some Intel CPUs.
4348
4349	nopti		[X86-64,EARLY]
4350			Equivalent to pti=off
4351
4352	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE,EARLY]
4353			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
4354			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
4355			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
4356
4357	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM,EARLY]
4358			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
4359			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
4360			contention.
4361
4362	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
4363			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
4364
4365	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
4366			with UP alternatives
4367
4368	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
4369			space.
4370
4371	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
4372			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
4373			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
4374
4375	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX,EARLY] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
4376
4377	nosmap		[PPC,EARLY]
4378			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
4379			even if it is supported by processor.
4380
4381	nosmep		[PPC64s,EARLY]
4382			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
4383			even if it is supported by processor.
4384
4385	nosmp		[SMP,EARLY] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
4386			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
4387
4388	nosmt		[KNL,MIPS,PPC,EARLY] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
4389			Equivalent to smt=1.
4390
4391			[KNL,X86,PPC,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
4392			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
4393				     via the sysfs control file.
4394
4395	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
4396
4397	nospec_store_bypass_disable
4398			[HW,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative
4399			Store Bypass vulnerability
4400
4401	nospectre_bhb	[ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch
4402			history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks
4403			with this option.
4404
4405	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC,EARLY] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
4406			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
4407			possible in the system.
4408
4409	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_E500,ARM64,EARLY] Disable all mitigations
4410			for the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch
4411			prediction) vulnerability. System may allow data
4412			leaks with this option.
4413
4414	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES,RISCV,LOONGARCH,EARLY]
4415			Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting. steal time
4416			is computed, but won't influence scheduler behaviour
4417
4418	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
4419
4420	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for broken
4421			timer IRQ sources, i.e., the IO-APIC timer. This can
4422			work around problems with incorrect timer
4423			initialization on some boards.
4424
4425	no_uaccess_flush
4426	                [PPC,EARLY] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
4427
4428	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
4429			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
4430			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
4431			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
4432			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
4433			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
4434			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
4435			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
4436			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
4437			is set.
4438
4439	no-vmw-sched-clock
4440			[X86,PV_OPS,EARLY] Disable paravirtualized VMware
4441			scheduler clock and use the default one.
4442
4443	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
4444			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
4445
4446	nowb		[ARM,EARLY]
4447
4448	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
4449
4450			NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the
4451			LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the
4452			IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR.
4453
4454	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
4455			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
4456			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
4457
4458	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
4459			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
4460			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
4461			performance of saving the states is degraded because
4462			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
4463			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
4464
4465	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
4466			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
4467			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
4468			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
4469			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
4470			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
4471			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
4472
4473	nr_cpus=	[SMP,EARLY] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
4474			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
4475			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
4476			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
4477			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
4478			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
4479			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
4480			hot plugging.
4481
4482	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
4483
4484	numa=off 	[KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86, EARLY]
4485			Disable NUMA, Only set up a single NUMA node
4486			spanning all memory.
4487
4488	numa=fake=<size>[MG]
4489			[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
4490			If given as a memory unit, fills all system RAM with
4491			nodes of size interleaved over physical nodes.
4492
4493	numa=fake=<N>
4494			[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
4495			If given as an integer, fills all system RAM with N
4496			fake nodes interleaved over physical nodes.
4497
4498	numa=fake=<N>U
4499			[KNL, ARM64, RISCV, X86, EARLY]
4500			If given as an integer followed by 'U', it will
4501			divide each physical node into N emulated nodes.
4502
4503	numa=noacpi	[X86] Don't parse the SRAT table for NUMA setup
4504
4505	numa=nohmat	[X86] Don't parse the HMAT table for NUMA setup, or
4506			soft-reserved memory partitioning.
4507
4508	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
4509			NUMA balancing.
4510			Allowed values are enable and disable
4511
4512	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
4513			'node', 'default' can be specified
4514			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
4515			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
4516
4517	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW,EARLY] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
4518			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
4519			info.
4520
4521	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
4522			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
4523			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
4524			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
4525			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
4526			interrupts *may* be lost!
4527
4528	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
4529			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
4530			For example, to override I2C bus2:
4531			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
4532
4533	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
4534
4535			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
4536
4537			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
4538				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
4539			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
4540				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
4541				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
4542
4543	oops=panic	[KNL,EARLY]
4544			Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
4545			process, but there is a small probability of
4546			deadlocking the machine.
4547			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
4548			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
4549
4550	page_alloc.shuffle=
4551			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
4552			should randomize its free lists. This parameter can be
4553			used to enable/disable page randomization. The state of
4554			the flag can be read from sysfs at:
4555			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
4556			This parameter is only available if CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y.
4557
4558	page_owner=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
4559			Storage of the information about who allocated
4560			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
4561			we can turn it on.
4562			on: enable the feature
4563
4564	page_poison=	[KNL,EARLY] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
4565			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
4566			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
4567			off: turn off poisoning (default)
4568			on: turn on poisoning
4569
4570	page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
4571			[KNL] Minimal page reporting order
4572			Format: <integer>
4573			Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
4574			reporting is disabled when it exceeds MAX_PAGE_ORDER.
4575
4576	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
4577			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
4578			timeout = 0: wait forever
4579			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
4580			Format: <timeout>
4581
4582	panic_on_taint=	[KNL,EARLY]
4583			Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
4584			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
4585			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
4586			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
4587			called with any of the flags in this set.
4588			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
4589			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
4590			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
4591			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
4592			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
4593			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
4594			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
4595
4596	panic_on_warn=1	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
4597			on a WARN().
4598
4599	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
4600			User can chose combination of the following bits:
4601			bit 0: print all tasks info
4602			bit 1: print system memory info
4603			bit 2: print timer info
4604			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
4605			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
4606			bit 5: replay all kernel messages on consoles at the end of panic
4607			bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
4608			bit 7: print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
4609			*Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines,
4610			so there are risks of losing older messages in the log.
4611			Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a
4612			bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this.
4613
4614	panic_sys_info= A comma separated list of extra information to be dumped
4615                        on panic.
4616                        Format: val[,val...]
4617                        Where @val can be any of the following:
4618
4619                        tasks:          print all tasks info
4620                        mem:            print system memory info
4621			timers:         print timers info
4622                        locks:          print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
4623                        ftrace:         print ftrace buffer
4624                        all_bt:         print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch)
4625                        blocked_tasks:  print only tasks in uninterruptible (blocked) state
4626
4627                        This is a human readable alternative to the 'panic_print' option.
4628
4629	panic_console_replay
4630			When panic happens, replay all kernel messages on
4631			consoles at the end of panic.
4632
4633	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
4634			connected to, default is 0.
4635			Format: <parport#>
4636	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
4637			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
4638			Format: <mode>
4639
4640	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
4641			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
4642			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
4643			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
4644			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
4645			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
4646			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
4647			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
4648			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
4649			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
4650			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
4651			are specified on the command line, starting
4652			with parport0.
4653
4654	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
4655			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
4656			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
4657			computer where firmware has no options for setting
4658			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
4659			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
4660			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
4661
4662	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4663			Format: <int>
4664			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
4665			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
4666			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
4667
4668	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
4669			Format: <int>
4670			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
4671			changes.  Disabled by default.
4672
4673	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4674			Format: <int>
4675			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
4676			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4677			Disabled by default.
4678
4679	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
4680			Format: <int>
4681			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
4682			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
4683			Disabled by default.
4684
4685	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4686			Format: <int>
4687			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
4688			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
4689			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
4690			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
4691			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
4692			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
4693			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
4694			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
4695			all channels.
4696
4697	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
4698			Format: <int>
4699			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
4700			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4701			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4702
4703	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
4704			Format: <int>
4705			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
4706			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
4707			respectively.  Disabled by default.
4708
4709	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4710			Format: <int>
4711			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
4712			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
4713			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
4714			All modes allowed by default.
4715
4716	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
4717			Format: <int>
4718			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
4719			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
4720
4721	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4722			Format: <int>
4723			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
4724			platform configuration and the use of other driver
4725			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
4726			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
4727			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
4728			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
4729			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
4730			By default all supported ports are probed.
4731
4732	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
4733			Format: <int>
4734			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
4735			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
4736
4737	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
4738			Format: <int>
4739			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
4740			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
4741			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
4742			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
4743			0 otherwise.
4744
4745	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
4746			Format: <int>
4747			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
4748			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
4749			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
4750			allowed by default.
4751
4752	pause_on_oops=<int>
4753			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
4754			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
4755			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
4756
4757	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
4758
4759	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI,EARLY] various PCI subsystem options.
4760
4761				Some options herein operate on a specific device
4762				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
4763				specified in one of the following formats:
4764
4765				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
4766				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
4767
4768				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
4769				bus/device/function address which may change
4770				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
4771				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
4772				by other kernel parameters. If the
4773				domain is left unspecified, it is
4774				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
4775				to a device through multiple device/function
4776				addresses can be specified after the base
4777				address (this is more robust against
4778				renumbering issues).  The second format
4779				selects devices using IDs from the
4780				configuration space which may match multiple
4781				devices in the system.
4782
4783		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
4784				changes anything
4785		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
4786		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
4787				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
4788				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
4789		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
4790				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
4791				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
4792				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
4793		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4794				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
4795				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
4796		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
4797				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
4798				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
4799				bus number. The config space is then accessed
4800				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
4801				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
4802				on the configuration access mechanisms.
4803		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
4804				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4805				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
4806		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
4807				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
4808		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
4809				Configuration
4810		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
4811				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
4812				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
4813		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
4814				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
4815				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
4816		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
4817				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
4818				should never be necessary.
4819		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
4820				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
4821				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
4822				when the system masks IRQs.
4823		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
4824				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
4825				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
4826				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
4827		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
4828				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
4829				on several machines and they hang the machine
4830				when used, but on other computers it's the only
4831				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
4832				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
4833				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
4834				motherboard.
4835		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
4836				Use with caution as certain devices share
4837				address decoders between ROMs and other
4838				resources.
4839		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
4840				expansion ROMs that do not already have
4841				BIOS assigned address ranges.
4842		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
4843				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
4844		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
4845				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
4846				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
4847				this way.
4848		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
4849				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
4850				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
4851				F0000h-100000h range.
4852		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
4853				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
4854				secondary buses and you want to tell it
4855				explicitly which ones they are.
4856		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
4857				numbers ourselves, overriding
4858				whatever the firmware may have done.
4859		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
4860				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
4861				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
4862				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
4863				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
4864				IRQ routing is enabled.
4865		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
4866				or for PCI scanning.
4867		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
4868				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
4869				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
4870				please report a bug.
4871		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
4872				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
4873		use_e820	[X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of
4874				PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround
4875				for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods.
4876				If you need to use this, please report a bug to
4877				<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4878		no_e820		[X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host
4879				bridge windows. This is the default on modern
4880				hardware. If you need to use this, please report
4881				a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>.
4882		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
4883				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
4884				so this option is a temporary workaround
4885				for broken drivers that don't call it.
4886		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
4887				handle more pci cards
4888		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
4889				This might help on some broken boards which
4890				machine check when some devices' config space
4891				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
4892				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
4893		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4894				This sorting is done to get a device
4895				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
4896		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
4897		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
4898				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
4899		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
4900				supported by all devices below the root complex.
4901		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
4902				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
4903				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
4904				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
4905				or bus can support) for best performance.
4906		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
4907				every device is guaranteed to support. This
4908				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
4909				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
4910				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
4911				that hot-added devices will work.
4912		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4913				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
4914				The default value is 256 bytes.
4915		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4916				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4917				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4918		resource_alignment=
4919				Format:
4920				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4921				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4922				aligned memory resources. How to
4923				specify the device is described above.
4924				If <order of align> is not specified,
4925				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4926				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4927				windows need to be expanded.
4928				To specify the alignment for several
4929				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4930				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4931				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4932				for 4096-byte alignment.
4933		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4934				end-to-end CRC checking). Only effective if
4935				OS has native AER control (either granted by
4936				ACPI _OSC or forced via "pcie_ports=native")
4937				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4938				the default.
4939				off: Turn ECRC off
4940				on: Turn ECRC on.
4941		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4942				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4943				Default size is 256 bytes.
4944		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4945				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4946				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4947		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4948				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4949				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4950		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
4951				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4952				MMIO_PREF window.
4953				Default size is 2 megabytes.
4954		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4955				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4956				Default is 1.
4957		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4958				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4959				accommodate resources required by all child
4960				devices.
4961				off: Turn realloc off
4962				on: Turn realloc on
4963		realloc		same as realloc=on
4964		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
4965		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4966				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4967		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
4968				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4969				port.
4970		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4971				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4972				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4973				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4974				conflict with unreported devices), so this
4975				taints the kernel.
4976		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4977				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4978				specified above) separated by semicolons.
4979				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4980				redirect capabilities forced off which will
4981				allow P2P traffic between devices through
4982				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4983				this removes isolation between devices and
4984				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4985		config_acs=
4986				Format:
4987				<ACS flags>@<pci_dev>[; ...]
4988				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4989				specified above) optionally prepended with flags
4990				and separated by semicolons. The respective
4991				capabilities will be enabled, disabled or
4992				unchanged based on what is specified in
4993				flags.
4994
4995				ACS Flags is defined as follows:
4996				  bit-0 : ACS Source Validation
4997				  bit-1 : ACS Translation Blocking
4998				  bit-2 : ACS P2P Request Redirect
4999				  bit-3 : ACS P2P Completion Redirect
5000				  bit-4 : ACS Upstream Forwarding
5001				  bit-5 : ACS P2P Egress Control
5002				  bit-6 : ACS Direct Translated P2P
5003				Each bit can be marked as:
5004				  '0' – force disabled
5005				  '1' – force enabled
5006				  'x' – unchanged
5007				For example,
5008				  pci=config_acs=10x@pci:0:0
5009				would configure all devices that support
5010				ACS to enable P2P Request Redirect, disable
5011				Translation Blocking, and leave Source
5012				Validation unchanged from whatever power-up
5013				or firmware set it to.
5014
5015				Note: this may remove isolation between devices
5016				and may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
5017		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
5018		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
5019		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
5020				one PCI domain per PCI function
5021		notph		[PCIE] If the PCIE_TPH kernel config parameter
5022				is enabled, this kernel boot option can be used
5023				to disable PCIe TLP Processing Hints support
5024				system-wide.
5025
5026	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or ignore PCIe Active State Power
5027			Management.
5028		off	Don't touch ASPM configuration at all.  Leave any
5029			configuration done by firmware unchanged.
5030		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
5031			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
5032
5033	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
5034		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
5035			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
5036			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
5037			also tries to use these services.
5038		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
5039				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
5040		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
5041			hotplug).
5042
5043	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
5044		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
5045		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
5046
5047	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
5048		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
5049			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
5050
5051	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
5052
5053	pd_ignore_unused
5054			[PM]
5055			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
5056			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
5057			for debug and development, but should not be
5058			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
5059
5060	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
5061			boot time.
5062			Format: { 0 | 1 }
5063			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
5064
5065	percpu_alloc=	[MM,EARLY]
5066			Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
5067			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
5068			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
5069			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
5070			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
5071			and performance comparison.
5072
5073	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
5074			See Documentation/arch/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
5075
5076	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
5077			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
5078			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
5079
5080	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
5081			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
5082			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
5083
5084	pmu_override=	[PPC] Override the PMU.
5085			This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no
5086			longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the
5087			PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is
5088			cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to
5089			that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1
5090			remains 0.
5091
5092	pm_async=	[PM]
5093			Format: off
5094			This parameter sets the initial value of the
5095			/sys/power/pm_async sysfs knob at boot time.
5096			If set to "off", disables asynchronous suspend and
5097			resume of devices during system-wide power transitions.
5098			This can be useful on platforms where device
5099			dependencies are not well-defined, or for debugging
5100			power management issues. Asynchronous operations are
5101			enabled by default.
5102
5103
5104	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
5105			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
5106
5107	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
5108			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
5109			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
5110			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
5111			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
5112			possible settings and some assignment information.
5113
5114	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
5115			{ off }
5116
5117	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
5118			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
5119
5120	pnp_reserve_irq=
5121			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
5122
5123	pnp_reserve_dma=
5124			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
5125
5126	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
5127			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
5128
5129	pnp_reserve_mem=
5130			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
5131			autoconfiguration.
5132			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
5133
5134	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
5135			Default is 21.
5136			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
5137			may be specified.
5138			Format: <port>,<port>....
5139
5140	possible_cpus=  [SMP,S390,X86]
5141			Format: <unsigned int>
5142			Set the number of possible CPUs, overriding the
5143			regular discovery mechanisms (such as ACPI/FW, etc).
5144
5145	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
5146			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
5147			platform machine description specific power_save
5148			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
5149			execution priority.
5150
5151	ppc_strict_facility_enable
5152			[PPC,ENABLE] This option catches any kernel floating point,
5153			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
5154			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
5155			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
5156
5157	ppc_tm=		[PPC,EARLY]
5158			Format: {"off"}
5159			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
5160
5161	preempt=	[KNL]
5162			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
5163			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
5164			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
5165			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
5166			       can be preempted anytime.  Tasks will also yield
5167			       contended spinlocks (if the critical section isn't
5168			       explicitly preempt disabled beyond the lock itself).
5169			lazy - Scheduler controlled. Similar to full but instead
5170			       of preempting the task immediately, the task gets
5171			       one HZ tick time to yield itself before the
5172			       preemption will be forced. One preemption is when the
5173			       task returns to user space.
5174
5175	print-fatal-signals=
5176			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
5177
5178			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
5179			related application anomalies: too many signals,
5180			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
5181			coredump - etc.
5182
5183			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
5184			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
5185
5186			default: off.
5187
5188	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
5189			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
5190			panics
5191			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
5192			default: disabled
5193
5194	printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
5195			Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
5196			or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
5197			With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
5198			serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
5199			in order to provide more debug information.
5200			Format: <bool>
5201			default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
5202
5203	printk.debug_non_panic_cpus=
5204			Allows storing messages from non-panic CPUs into
5205			the printk log buffer during panic(). They are
5206			flushed to consoles by the panic-CPU on
5207			a best-effort basis.
5208			Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
5209			Default: disabled
5210
5211	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
5212			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
5213			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
5214			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
5215			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
5216			Default: ratelimit
5217
5218	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
5219			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
5220
5221	proc_mem.force_override= [KNL]
5222			Format: {always | ptrace | never}
5223			Traditionally /proc/pid/mem allows memory permissions to be
5224			overridden without restrictions. This option may be set to
5225			restrict that. Can be one of:
5226			- 'always': traditional behavior always allows mem overrides.
5227			- 'ptrace': only allow mem overrides for active ptracers.
5228			- 'never':  never allow mem overrides.
5229			If not specified, default is the CONFIG_PROC_MEM_* choice.
5230
5231	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
5232			Limit processor to maximum C-state
5233			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
5234
5235	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
5236			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
5237			instead using the legacy FADT method
5238
5239	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
5240			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
5241			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule" or "kvm"
5242				[defaults to kernel profiling]
5243			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
5244			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
5245			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
5246				statistical time based profiling.
5247
5248	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
5249
5250	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
5251			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
5252			that). If enabled, the default kernel base address
5253			might be overridden even when Kernel Address Space
5254			Layout Randomization is disabled.
5255			Format: <bool>
5256
5257	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
5258			tracking.
5259			Format: <bool>
5260
5261	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
5262			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
5263	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
5264			per second.
5265	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
5266			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
5267			(0 = never).
5268	psmouse.resolution=
5269			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
5270	psmouse.smartscroll=
5271			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
5272			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
5273
5274	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
5275
5276	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
5277			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
5278			removes hardening, but improves performance of
5279			system calls and interrupts.
5280
5281			on   - unconditionally enable
5282			off  - unconditionally disable
5283			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5284			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
5285
5286			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
5287
5288	pty.legacy_count=
5289			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
5290			default number.
5291
5292	quiet		[KNL,EARLY] Disable most log messages
5293
5294	r128=		[HW,DRM]
5295
5296	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
5297			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
5298			invalidate.
5299
5300	raid=		[HW,RAID]
5301			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
5302
5303	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
5304			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
5305
5306	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
5307
5308	random.trust_cpu=off
5309			[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's
5310			random number generator (if available) to
5311			initialize the kernel's RNG.
5312
5313	random.trust_bootloader=off
5314			[KNL,EARLY] Disable trusting the use of the a seed
5315			passed by the bootloader (if available) to
5316			initialize the kernel's RNG.
5317
5318	randomize_kstack_offset=
5319			[KNL,EARLY] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
5320			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
5321			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
5322			that depend on stack address determinism or
5323			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
5324			available on architectures that have defined
5325			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
5326			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
5327			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
5328
5329	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
5330
5331		cec_disable	[X86]
5332				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
5333				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
5334
5335	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
5336			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
5337			as described above.
5338
5339			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
5340			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
5341			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
5342			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
5343			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
5344			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
5345			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
5346			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
5347			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
5348			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
5349			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
5350			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
5351
5352			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
5353			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
5354
5355			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
5356			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
5357			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
5358			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
5359
5360			Note that this argument takes precedence over
5361			the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option.
5362
5363	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
5364			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
5365			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
5366			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
5367			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
5368			This improves the real-time response for the
5369			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
5370			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
5371			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
5372			periodically wake up to do the polling.
5373
5374	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
5375			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
5376			process in one batch.
5377
5378	rcutree.csd_lock_suppress_rcu_stall=	[KNL]
5379			Do only a one-line RCU CPU stall warning when
5380			there is an ongoing too-long CSD-lock wait.
5381
5382	rcutree.do_rcu_barrier=	[KNL]
5383			Request a call to rcu_barrier().  This is
5384			throttled so that userspace tests can safely
5385			hammer on the sysfs variable if they so choose.
5386			If triggered before the RCU grace-period machinery
5387			is fully active, this will error out with EAGAIN.
5388
5389	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
5390			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
5391			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
5392			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
5393
5394	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
5395			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
5396			RCU grace-period cleanup.
5397
5398	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
5399			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
5400			RCU grace-period initialization.
5401
5402	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
5403			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
5404			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
5405			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
5406			the rcu_node combining tree.
5407
5408	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
5409			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
5410			first attempt to force quiescent states.
5411			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
5412			and maximum value is HZ.
5413
5414	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
5415			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
5416			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
5417			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
5418
5419	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
5420			Set required age in jiffies for a
5421			given grace period before RCU starts
5422			soliciting quiescent-state help from
5423			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
5424			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
5425			a value based on the most recent settings
5426			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
5427			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
5428			This calculated value may be viewed in
5429			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
5430			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
5431			overwritten.
5432
5433	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
5434			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
5435			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
5436			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
5437			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
5438			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
5439			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
5440			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
5441			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
5442			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
5443			When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the
5444			priority of NOCB callback kthreads.
5445
5446	rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL]
5447			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs,
5448			RCU reduces the lock contention that would
5449			otherwise be caused by callback floods through
5450			use of the ->nocb_bypass list.	However, in the
5451			common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to
5452			the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra
5453			overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock.
5454			But if there are too many callbacks queued during
5455			a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into
5456			the ->nocb_bypass queue.  The definition of "too
5457			many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter.
5458
5459	rcutree.nohz_full_patience_delay= [KNL]
5460			On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs, avoid
5461			disturbing RCU unless the grace period has
5462			reached the specified age in milliseconds.
5463			Defaults to zero.  Large values will be capped
5464			at five seconds.  All values will be rounded down
5465			to the nearest value representable by jiffies.
5466
5467	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
5468			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
5469			batch limiting is disabled.
5470
5471	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
5472			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
5473			batch limiting is re-enabled.
5474
5475	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
5476			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
5477			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
5478			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
5479			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
5480			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
5481			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
5482			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
5483
5484	rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
5485			Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
5486			in response to low-memory conditions.  The range
5487			of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
5488
5489	rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL]
5490			Set the shift-right count to use to compute
5491			the callback-invocation batch limit bl from
5492			the number of callbacks queued on this CPU.
5493			The result will be bounded below by the value of
5494			the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter.  Every bl
5495			callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in
5496			order to allow the CPU to do other work.
5497
5498			Please note that this callback-invocation batch
5499			limit applies only to non-offloaded callback
5500			invocation.  Offloaded callbacks are instead
5501			invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which
5502			scheduler will preempt as it does any other task.
5503
5504	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
5505			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
5506			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
5507			possibly be useful for architectures having high
5508			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
5509
5510	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
5511			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
5512			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
5513			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
5514			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
5515			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
5516			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
5517
5518	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
5519			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
5520			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
5521			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
5522			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
5523			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
5524			condition.
5525
5526	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
5527			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
5528			each group, which defaults to the square root
5529			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
5530			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
5531			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
5532			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
5533
5534	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
5535			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
5536			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
5537			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
5538			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
5539			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
5540
5541	rcutree.rcu_resched_ns= [KNL]
5542			Limit the time spend invoking a batch of RCU
5543			callbacks to the specified number of nanoseconds.
5544			By default, this limit is checked only once
5545			every 32 callbacks in order to limit the pain
5546			inflicted by local_clock() overhead.
5547
5548	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
5549			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
5550			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
5551			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
5552			Larger delays increase the probability of
5553			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
5554			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
5555			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
5556
5557	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
5558			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
5559			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
5560			why a new grace period has not yet started.
5561
5562	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
5563			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
5564			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
5565			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
5566			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
5567
5568			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
5569			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
5570			to zero.
5571
5572	rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy= [KNL]
5573			To save power, batch RCU callbacks and flush after
5574			delay, memory pressure or callback list growing too
5575			big.
5576
5577	rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp= [KNL]
5578			Reduces a latency of synchronize_rcu() call. This approach
5579			maintains its own track of synchronize_rcu() callers, so it
5580			does not interact with regular callbacks because it does not
5581			use a call_rcu[_hurry]() path. Please note, this is for a
5582			normal grace period.
5583
5584			How to enable it:
5585
5586			echo 1 > /sys/module/rcutree/parameters/rcu_normal_wake_from_gp
5587			or pass a boot parameter "rcutree.rcu_normal_wake_from_gp=1"
5588
5589			Default is 1 if num_possible_cpus() <= 16 and it is not explicitly
5590			disabled by the boot parameter passing 0.
5591
5592	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
5593			Measure performance of asynchronous
5594			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
5595
5596	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
5597			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
5598			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
5599			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
5600			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
5601			previously posted callbacks to drain.
5602
5603	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
5604			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
5605			grace-period primitives.
5606
5607	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
5608			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
5609			this parameter is to delay the start of the
5610			test until boot completes in order to avoid
5611			interference.
5612
5613	rcuscale.kfree_by_call_rcu= [KNL]
5614			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, test
5615			call_rcu() instead of kfree_rcu().
5616
5617	rcuscale.kfree_mult= [KNL]
5618			Instead of allocating an object of size kfree_obj,
5619			allocate one of kfree_mult * sizeof(kfree_obj).
5620			Defaults to 1.
5621
5622	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
5623			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
5624
5625	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
5626			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5627			If this parameter has the same value as
5628			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
5629			and double-argument variants are tested.
5630
5631	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
5632			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
5633			If this parameter has the same value as
5634			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
5635			and double-argument variants are tested.
5636
5637	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
5638			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
5639
5640	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
5641			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
5642
5643	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
5644			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
5645			of allocations and frees.
5646
5647	rcuscale.minruntime= [KNL]
5648			Set the minimum test run time in seconds.  This
5649			does not affect the data-collection interval,
5650			but instead allows better measurement of things
5651			like CPU consumption.
5652
5653	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
5654			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5655			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5656			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
5657			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5658			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5659			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
5660			a single reader.
5661
5662	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
5663			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
5664			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
5665			N, where N is the number of CPUs
5666
5667	rcuscale.scale_type= [KNL]
5668			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5669
5670	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
5671			Shut the system down after performance tests
5672			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
5673			testing.
5674
5675	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
5676			Enable additional printk() statements.
5677
5678	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
5679			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
5680			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
5681			no holdoff.
5682
5683	rcuscale.writer_holdoff_jiffies= [KNL]
5684			Additional write-side holdoff between grace
5685			periods, but in jiffies.  The default of zero
5686			says no holdoff.
5687
5688	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
5689			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
5690			in microseconds.
5691
5692	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
5693			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
5694			in microseconds.
5695
5696	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
5697			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
5698			in seconds.
5699
5700	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
5701			Specifies the number of kthreads to be used
5702			for  RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
5703			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
5704			Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or
5705			greater than the number of CPUs cause the number
5706			of CPUs to be used.
5707
5708	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
5709			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
5710			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
5711
5712	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
5713			Number of seconds to wait between successive
5714			forward-progress tests.
5715
5716	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
5717			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
5718			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
5719			testing.
5720
5721	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
5722			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5723			normal-grace-period primitives, if available.
5724
5725	rcutorture.gp_cond_exp= [KNL]
5726			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5727			expedited-grace-period primitives, if available.
5728
5729	rcutorture.gp_cond_full= [KNL]
5730			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5731			normal-grace-period primitives that also take
5732			concurrent expedited grace periods into account,
5733			if available.
5734
5735	rcutorture.gp_cond_exp_full= [KNL]
5736			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
5737			expedited-grace-period primitives that also take
5738			concurrent normal grace periods into account,
5739			if available.
5740
5741	rcutorture.gp_cond_wi= [KNL]
5742			Nominal wait interval for normal conditional
5743			grace periods (specified by rcutorture's
5744			gp_cond and gp_cond_full module parameters),
5745			in microseconds.  The actual wait interval will
5746			be randomly selected to nanosecond granularity up
5747			to this wait interval.	Defaults to 16 jiffies,
5748			for example, 16,000 microseconds on a system
5749			with HZ=1000.
5750
5751	rcutorture.gp_cond_wi_exp= [KNL]
5752			Nominal wait interval for expedited conditional
5753			grace periods (specified by rcutorture's
5754			gp_cond_exp and gp_cond_exp_full module
5755			parameters), in microseconds.  The actual wait
5756			interval will be randomly selected to nanosecond
5757			granularity up to this wait interval.  Defaults to
5758			128 microseconds.
5759
5760	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
5761			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
5762
5763	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
5764			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
5765			update-side primitives, if available.
5766
5767	rcutorture.gp_poll= [KNL]
5768			Use polled update-side normal-grace-period
5769			primitives, if available.
5770
5771	rcutorture.gp_poll_exp= [KNL]
5772			Use polled update-side expedited-grace-period
5773			primitives, if available.
5774
5775	rcutorture.gp_poll_full= [KNL]
5776			Use polled update-side normal-grace-period
5777			primitives that also take concurrent expedited
5778			grace periods into account, if available.
5779
5780	rcutorture.gp_poll_exp_full= [KNL]
5781			Use polled update-side expedited-grace-period
5782			primitives that also take concurrent normal
5783			grace periods into account, if available.
5784
5785	rcutorture.gp_poll_wi= [KNL]
5786			Nominal wait interval for normal conditional
5787			grace periods (specified by rcutorture's
5788			gp_poll and gp_poll_full module parameters),
5789			in microseconds.  The actual wait interval will
5790			be randomly selected to nanosecond granularity up
5791			to this wait interval.	Defaults to 16 jiffies,
5792			for example, 16,000 microseconds on a system
5793			with HZ=1000.
5794
5795	rcutorture.gp_poll_wi_exp= [KNL]
5796			Nominal wait interval for expedited conditional
5797			grace periods (specified by rcutorture's
5798			gp_poll_exp and gp_poll_exp_full module
5799			parameters), in microseconds.  The actual wait
5800			interval will be randomly selected to nanosecond
5801			granularity up to this wait interval.  Defaults to
5802			128 microseconds.
5803
5804	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
5805			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
5806			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
5807			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
5808			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
5809			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
5810			they are all non-zero.
5811
5812	rcutorture.gpwrap_lag= [KNL]
5813			Enable grace-period wrap lag testing. Setting
5814			to false prevents the gpwrap lag test from
5815			running. Default is true.
5816
5817	rcutorture.gpwrap_lag_gps= [KNL]
5818			Set the value for grace-period wrap lag during
5819			active lag testing periods. This controls how many
5820			grace periods differences we tolerate between
5821			rdp and rnp's gp_seq before setting overflow flag.
5822			The default is always set to 8.
5823
5824	rcutorture.gpwrap_lag_cycle_mins= [KNL]
5825			Set the total cycle duration for gpwrap lag
5826			testing in minutes. This is the total time for
5827			one complete cycle of active and inactive
5828			testing periods. Default is 30 minutes.
5829
5830	rcutorture.gpwrap_lag_active_mins= [KNL]
5831			Set the duration for which gpwrap lag is active
5832			within each cycle, in minutes. During this time,
5833			the grace-period wrap lag will be set to the
5834			value specified by gpwrap_lag_gps. Default is
5835			5 minutes.
5836
5837	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
5838			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
5839			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
5840			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
5841
5842	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
5843			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
5844			This can of course result in splats, and is
5845			intended to test the ability of things like
5846			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
5847			such leaks.
5848
5849	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
5850			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
5851
5852	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
5853			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
5854			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
5855			test, hence the "fake".
5856
5857	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
5858			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
5859			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
5860
5861	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
5862			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
5863			callback-offload toggling attempts.
5864
5865	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
5866			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
5867			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
5868			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
5869			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
5870			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
5871
5872	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
5873			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
5874
5875	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5876			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
5877
5878	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5879			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
5880			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
5881
5882	rcutorture.preempt_duration= [KNL]
5883			Set duration (in milliseconds) of preemptions
5884			by a high-priority FIFO real-time task.  Set to
5885			zero (the default) to disable.	The CPUs to
5886			preempt are selected randomly from the set that
5887			are online at a given point in time.  Races with
5888			CPUs going offline are ignored, with that attempt
5889			at preemption skipped.
5890
5891	rcutorture.preempt_interval= [KNL]
5892			Set interval (in milliseconds, defaulting to one
5893			second) between preemptions by a high-priority
5894			FIFO real-time task.  This delay is mediated
5895			by an hrtimer and is further fuzzed to avoid
5896			inadvertent synchronizations.
5897
5898	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
5899			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
5900			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
5901			is spawned.
5902
5903	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
5904			The delay, in seconds, between successive
5905			read-then-exit testing episodes.
5906
5907	rcutorture.reader_flavor= [KNL]
5908			A bit mask indicating which readers to use.
5909			If there is more than one bit set, the readers
5910			are entered from low-order bit up, and are
5911			exited in the opposite order.  For SRCU, the
5912			0x1 bit is normal readers, 0x2 NMI-safe readers,
5913			and 0x4 light-weight readers.
5914
5915	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
5916			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
5917			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
5918			during the rcutorture test.
5919
5920	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5921			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
5922			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
5923
5924	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
5925			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
5926			warnings, zero to disable.
5927
5928	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
5929			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
5930			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition to
5931			any other stall-related activity.  Note that
5932			in kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n and
5933			CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y, this parameter will
5934			cause the CPU to pass through a quiescent state.
5935			Given CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, this will suppress
5936			RCU CPU stall warnings, but will instead result
5937			in scheduling-while-atomic splats.
5938
5939			Use of this module parameter results in splats.
5940
5941
5942	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
5943			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
5944
5945	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
5946			Disable interrupts while stalling if set, but only
5947			on the first stall in the set.
5948
5949	rcutorture.stall_cpu_repeat= [KNL]
5950			Number of times to repeat the stall sequence,
5951			so that rcutorture.stall_cpu_repeat=3 will result
5952			in four stall sequences.
5953
5954	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
5955			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
5956			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
5957			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
5958			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
5959			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
5960
5961	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5962			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
5963
5964	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
5965			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
5966			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
5967			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
5968			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
5969
5970	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
5971			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
5972			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
5973			under test support RCU priority boosting.
5974
5975	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
5976			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
5977
5978	rcutorture.test_boost_holdoff= [KNL]
5979			Holdoff time (s) from start of test to the start
5980			of RCU priority-boost testing.	Defaults to zero,
5981			that is, no holdoff.
5982
5983	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
5984			Interval (s) between each boost test.
5985
5986	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
5987			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
5988			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
5989
5990	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
5991			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
5992
5993	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
5994			Enable additional printk() statements.
5995
5996	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
5997			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
5998			stall warning.
5999
6000	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers= [KNL]
6001			Provide RCU CPU stall notifiers, but see the
6002			warnings in the RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER Kconfig
6003			option's help text.  TL;DR:  You almost certainly
6004			do not want rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers.
6005
6006	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
6007			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
6008
6009	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
6010			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
6011			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
6012			during early boot, that is, during the time
6013			before the init task is spawned.
6014
6015	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
6016			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
6017			The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed
6018			value is 300 seconds.
6019
6020	rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
6021			Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning
6022			messages.  The value is in milliseconds
6023			and the maximum allowed value is 21000
6024			milliseconds. Please note that this value is
6025			adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution.
6026			Setting this to zero causes the value from
6027			rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after
6028			conversion from seconds to milliseconds).
6029
6030	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_cputime= [KNL]
6031			Provide statistics on the cputime and count of
6032			interrupts and tasks during the sampling period. For
6033			multiple continuous RCU stalls, all sampling periods
6034			begin at half of the first RCU stall timeout.
6035
6036	rcupdate.rcu_exp_stall_task_details= [KNL]
6037			Print stack dumps of any tasks blocking the
6038			current expedited RCU grace period during an
6039			expedited RCU CPU stall warning.
6040
6041	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
6042			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
6043			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
6044			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
6045			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
6046			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
6047			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
6048
6049	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
6050			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
6051			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
6052			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
6053			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
6054			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
6055			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
6056			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
6057			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
6058
6059	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
6060			Once boot has completed (that is, after
6061			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
6062			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
6063			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
6064
6065			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
6066			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
6067			it to the value one, that is, converting any
6068			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
6069			period to instead use normal non-expedited
6070			grace-period processing.
6071
6072	rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL]
6073			Set the maximum number of callbacks present
6074			at the beginning of a grace period that allows
6075			the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using
6076			a single callback queue.  This switching only
6077			occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is
6078			set to the default value of -1.
6079
6080	rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL]
6081			Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time
6082			lock-contention events per jiffy required to
6083			cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU
6084			callback queuing.  This switching only occurs
6085			when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to
6086			the default value of -1.
6087
6088	rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL]
6089			Set the number of callback queues to use for the
6090			RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors.  The default
6091			of -1 allows this to be automatically (and
6092			dynamically) adjusted.	This parameter is intended
6093			for use in testing.
6094
6095	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
6096			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
6097			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
6098			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
6099			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
6100			but lengthens grace periods.
6101
6102	rcupdate.rcu_task_lazy_lim= [KNL]
6103			Number of callbacks on a given CPU that will
6104			cancel laziness on that CPU.  Use -1 to disable
6105			cancellation of laziness, but be advised that
6106			doing so increases the danger of OOM due to
6107			callback flooding.
6108
6109	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL]
6110			Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
6111			informational messages, which give some indication
6112			of the problem for those not patient enough to
6113			wait for ten minutes.  Informational messages are
6114			only printed prior to the stall-warning message
6115			for a given grace period. Disable with a value
6116			less than or equal to zero.  Defaults to ten
6117			seconds.  A change in value does not take effect
6118			until the beginning of the next grace period.
6119
6120	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL]
6121			Multiplier for time interval between successive
6122			RCU task stall informational messages for a given
6123			RCU tasks grace period.  This value is clamped
6124			to one through ten, inclusive.	It defaults to
6125			the value three, so that the first informational
6126			message is printed 10 seconds into the grace
6127			period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at
6128			160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600
6129			seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds.
6130
6131	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
6132			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall
6133			warning messages.  Disable with a value less
6134			than or equal to zero.	Defaults to ten minutes.
6135			A change in value does not take effect until
6136			the beginning of the next grace period.
6137
6138	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_lazy_ms= [KNL]
6139			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks asynchronous
6140			callback batching for call_rcu_tasks().
6141			A negative value will take the default.  A value
6142			of zero will disable batching.	Batching is
6143			always disabled for synchronize_rcu_tasks().
6144
6145	rcupdate.rcu_tasks_trace_lazy_ms= [KNL]
6146			Set timeout in milliseconds RCU Tasks
6147			Trace asynchronous callback batching for
6148			call_rcu_tasks_trace().  A negative value
6149			will take the default.	A value of zero will
6150			disable batching.  Batching is always disabled
6151			for synchronize_rcu_tasks_trace().
6152
6153	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
6154			Run the RCU early boot self tests
6155
6156	rdinit=		[KNL]
6157			Format: <full_path>
6158			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
6159			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
6160
6161	rdrand=		[X86,EARLY]
6162			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
6163				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
6164				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
6165				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
6166				path).
6167
6168	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
6169			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
6170			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
6171			mba, smba, bmec, abmc.
6172			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
6173				rdt=cmt,!mba
6174
6175	reboot=		[KNL]
6176			Format (x86 or x86_64):
6177				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
6178				[[,]s[mp]#### \
6179				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
6180				[[,]f[orce]
6181			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
6182					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
6183					reboot only),
6184			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
6185			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
6186			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
6187					to be used for rebooting.
6188
6189		acpi
6190			Use the ACPI RESET_REG in the FADT. If ACPI is not
6191			configured or the ACPI reset does not work, the reboot
6192			path attempts the reset using the keyboard controller.
6193
6194		bios
6195			Use the CPU reboot vector for warm reset
6196
6197		cold
6198			Set the cold reboot flag
6199
6200		default
6201			There are some built-in platform specific "quirks"
6202			- you may see: "reboot: <name> series board detected.
6203			Selecting <type> for reboots." In the case where you
6204			think the quirk is in error (e.g. you have newer BIOS,
6205			or newer board) using this option will ignore the
6206			built-in quirk table, and use the generic default
6207			reboot actions.
6208
6209		efi
6210			Use efi reset_system runtime service. If EFI is not
6211			configured or the EFI reset does not work, the reboot
6212			path attempts the reset using the keyboard controller.
6213
6214		force
6215			Don't stop other CPUs on reboot. This can make reboot
6216			more reliable in some cases.
6217
6218		kbd
6219			Use the keyboard controller. cold reset (default)
6220
6221		pci
6222			Use a write to the PCI config space register 0xcf9 to
6223			trigger reboot.
6224
6225		triple
6226			Force a triple fault (init)
6227
6228		warm
6229			Don't set the cold reboot flag
6230
6231			Using warm reset will be much faster especially on big
6232			memory systems because the BIOS will not go through
6233			the memory check.  Disadvantage is that not all
6234			hardware will be completely reinitialized on reboot so
6235			there may be boot problems on some systems.
6236
6237
6238	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
6239			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
6240			this parameter is to delay the start of the
6241			test until boot completes in order to avoid
6242			interference.
6243
6244	refscale.lookup_instances= [KNL]
6245			Number of data elements to use for the forms of
6246			SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU testing.  A negative number
6247			is negated and multiplied by nr_cpu_ids, while
6248			zero specifies nr_cpu_ids.
6249
6250	refscale.loops= [KNL]
6251			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
6252			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
6253			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
6254			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
6255			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
6256			x86 laptops.
6257
6258	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
6259			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
6260			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
6261			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
6262
6263	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
6264			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
6265			the console log.
6266
6267	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
6268			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
6269			measured in microseconds.
6270
6271	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
6272			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
6273
6274	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
6275			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
6276			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
6277			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
6278			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
6279
6280	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
6281			Enable additional printk() statements.
6282
6283	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
6284			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
6285			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
6286			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
6287			specified.
6288
6289	regulator_ignore_unused
6290			[REGULATOR]
6291			Prevents regulator framework from disabling regulators
6292			that are unused, due no driver claiming them. This may
6293			be useful for debug and development, but should not be
6294			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
6295
6296	relax_domain_level=
6297			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
6298			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
6299
6300	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
6301			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
6302			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
6303			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
6304			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
6305
6306	reserve_mem=	[RAM]
6307			Format: nn[KMG]:<align>:<label>
6308			Reserve physical memory and label it with a name that
6309			other subsystems can use to access it. This is typically
6310			used for systems that do not wipe the RAM, and this command
6311			line will try to reserve the same physical memory on
6312			soft reboots. Note, it is not guaranteed to be the same
6313			location. For example, if anything about the system changes
6314			or if booting a different kernel. It can also fail if KASLR
6315			places the kernel at the location of where the RAM reservation
6316			was from a previous boot, the new reservation will be at a
6317			different location.
6318			Any subsystem using this feature must add a way to verify
6319			that the contents of the physical memory is from a previous
6320			boot, as there may be cases where the memory will not be
6321			located at the same location.
6322
6323			The format is size:align:label for example, to request
6324			12 megabytes of 4096 alignment for ramoops:
6325
6326			reserve_mem=12M:4096:oops ramoops.mem_name=oops
6327
6328	reservetop=	[X86-32,EARLY]
6329			Format: nn[KMG]
6330			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
6331			address space.
6332
6333	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
6334			during initialization.
6335
6336	resume=		[SWSUSP]
6337			Specify the partition device for software suspend
6338			Format:
6339			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
6340
6341	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
6342			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
6343			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
6344			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
6345			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
6346
6347	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
6348			read the resume files
6349
6350	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
6351			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
6352			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
6353
6354	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction. After boot, it will
6355			be accessible via /sys/firmware/initrd.
6356
6357	retbleed=	[X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary
6358			Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions)
6359			vulnerability.
6360
6361			AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop
6362			sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other
6363			sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro-
6364			cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors
6365			that don't.
6366
6367			off          - no mitigation
6368			auto         - automatically select a migitation
6369			auto,nosmt   - automatically select a mitigation,
6370				       disabling SMT if necessary for
6371				       the full mitigation (only on Zen1
6372				       and older without STIBP).
6373			ibpb         - On AMD, mitigate short speculation
6374				       windows on basic block boundaries too.
6375				       Safe, highest perf impact. It also
6376				       enables STIBP if present. Not suitable
6377				       on Intel.
6378			ibpb,nosmt   - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT
6379				       when STIBP is not available. This is
6380				       the alternative for systems which do not
6381				       have STIBP.
6382			unret        - Force enable untrained return thunks,
6383				       only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based
6384				       systems.
6385			unret,nosmt  - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP
6386				       is not available. This is the alternative for
6387				       systems which do not have STIBP.
6388
6389			Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run
6390			time according to the CPU.
6391
6392			Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto.
6393
6394	rfkill.default_state=
6395		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
6396			etc. communication is blocked by default.
6397		1	Unblocked.
6398
6399	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
6400		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
6401		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
6402			blocked and the previous configuration.
6403		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
6404			blocked and everything unblocked.
6405
6406	ring3mwait=disable
6407			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
6408			CPUs.
6409
6410	riscv_isa_fallback [RISCV,EARLY]
6411			When CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK is not enabled, permit
6412			falling back to detecting extension support by parsing
6413			"riscv,isa" property on devicetree systems when the
6414			replacement properties are not found. See the Kconfig
6415			entry for RISCV_ISA_FALLBACK.
6416
6417	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
6418
6419	rodata=		[KNL,EARLY]
6420		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
6421		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
6422		noalias	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only but retain
6423			writable aliases in the direct map for regions outside
6424			of the kernel image. [arm64]
6425
6426	rockchip.usb_uart
6427			[EARLY]
6428			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
6429			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
6430			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
6431			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
6432
6433	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
6434			Usually this is a block device specifier of some kind,
6435			see the early_lookup_bdev comment in
6436			block/early-lookup.c for details.
6437			Alternatively this can be "ram" for the legacy initial
6438			ramdisk, "nfs" and "cifs" for root on a network file
6439			system, or "mtd" and "ubi" for mounting from raw flash.
6440
6441	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
6442			mount the root filesystem
6443
6444	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
6445
6446	initramfs_options= [KNL]
6447                        Specify mount options for for the initramfs mount.
6448
6449	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
6450
6451	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
6452			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
6453			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
6454
6455	rootwait=	[KNL] Maximum time (in seconds) to wait for root device
6456			to show up before attempting to mount the root
6457			filesystem.
6458
6459	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
6460			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
6461			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
6462			managed by CMA.
6463
6464	rt_group_sched=	[KNL] Enable or disable SCHED_RR/FIFO group scheduling
6465			when CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED=y. Defaults to
6466			!CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED_DEFAULT_DISABLED.
6467			Format: <bool>
6468
6469	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
6470
6471	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
6472
6473	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
6474			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
6475		strict
6476			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result
6477			in an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before
6478			reuse, which is faster. Deprecated, equivalent to
6479			iommu.strict=1.
6480
6481	s390_iommu_aperture=	[KNL,S390]
6482			Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space
6483			accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal
6484			factor of the size of main memory.
6485			The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use
6486			as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed,
6487			if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory
6488			once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice
6489			and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no
6490			restrictions other than those given by hardware at the
6491			cost of significant additional memory use for tables.
6492
6493	sa1100ir	[NET]
6494			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
6495
6496	sched_proxy_exec= [KNL]
6497			Enables or disables "proxy execution" style
6498			solution to mutex-based priority inversion.
6499			Format: <bool>
6500
6501	sched_verbose	[KNL,EARLY] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
6502
6503	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
6504			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
6505			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
6506			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
6507
6508	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
6509			[Deprecated]
6510			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
6511			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
6512			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
6513			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
6514			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
6515			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
6516			value.
6517			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
6518			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
6519				1			64 ms
6520				2			128 ms
6521			and so on.
6522			Format: integer between 0 and 10
6523			Default is 0.
6524
6525	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
6526			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
6527			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
6528			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
6529			tests.
6530
6531	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
6532			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
6533			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
6534			default) disables this feature.  Please note
6535			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
6536			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
6537			softlockup complaints, and so on.
6538
6539	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
6540			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
6541			smp_call_function() family of functions.
6542			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
6543			equal to the number of CPUs.
6544
6545	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
6546			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
6547			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
6548
6549	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
6550			Number seconds to wait between successive
6551			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
6552			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
6553
6554	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
6555			The number of seconds following the start of the
6556			test after which to shut down the system.  The
6557			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
6558			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
6559
6560	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
6561			The number of seconds between outputting the
6562			current test statistics to the console.  A value
6563			of zero disables statistics output.
6564
6565	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
6566			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
6567			to the set of CPUs under test.
6568
6569	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
6570			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
6571			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
6572			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
6573			functions.
6574
6575	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
6576			Enable additional printk() statements.
6577
6578	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
6579			The probability weighting to use for the
6580			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
6581			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
6582			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
6583			if at least one weight has some other value, a
6584			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
6585
6586	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
6587			The probability weighting to use for the
6588			smp_call_function_single() function with a
6589			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
6590
6591	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
6592			The probability weighting to use for the
6593			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
6594			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
6595			Note well that setting a high probability for
6596			this weighting can place serious IPI load
6597			on the system.
6598
6599	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
6600			The probability weighting to use for the
6601			smp_call_function_many() function with a
6602			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
6603			and weight_many.
6604
6605	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
6606			The probability weighting to use for the
6607			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
6608			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
6609			weight_many.
6610
6611	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
6612			The probability weighting to use for the
6613			smp_call_function_all() function with a
6614			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
6615			and weight_many.
6616
6617	sdw_mclk_divider=[SDW]
6618			Specify the MCLK divider for Intel SoundWire buses in
6619			case the BIOS does not provide the clock rate properly.
6620
6621	skew_tick=	[KNL,EARLY] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
6622			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
6623			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
6624			Format: { "0" | "1" }
6625			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
6626			1 -- enable.
6627			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
6628			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
6629
6630	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
6631			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
6632			"lsm=" parameter.
6633
6634	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
6635			Format: { "0" | "1" }
6636			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
6637			0 -- disable.
6638			1 -- enable.
6639			Default value is 1.
6640
6641	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
6642
6643	sev=option[,option...] [X86-64]
6644
6645		debug
6646			Enable debug messages.
6647
6648		nosnp
6649			Do not enable SEV-SNP (applies to host/hypervisor
6650			only). Setting 'nosnp' avoids the RMP check overhead
6651			in memory accesses when users do not want to run
6652			SEV-SNP guests.
6653
6654	shapers=	[NET]
6655			Maximal number of shapers.
6656
6657	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
6658			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
6659			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
6660			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
6661			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
6662			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
6663			apic=verbose is specified.
6664			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
6665
6666	slab_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM]
6667			Enabling slab_debug allows one to determine the
6668			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
6669			slab_debug can create guard zones around objects and
6670			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
6671			last alloc / free. For more information see
6672			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst.
6673			(slub_debug legacy name also accepted for now)
6674
6675			Using this option implies the "no_hash_pointers"
6676			option which can be undone by adding the
6677			"hash_pointers=always" option.
6678
6679	slab_max_order= [MM]
6680			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
6681			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
6682			fragmentation. For more information see
6683			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst.
6684			(slub_max_order legacy name also accepted for now)
6685
6686	slab_merge	[MM]
6687			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
6688			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
6689			(slub_merge legacy name also accepted for now)
6690
6691	slab_min_objects=	[MM]
6692			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
6693			increase the slab order up to slab_max_order to
6694			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
6695			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
6696			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
6697			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
6698			For more information see
6699			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst.
6700			(slub_min_objects legacy name also accepted for now)
6701
6702	slab_min_order=	[MM]
6703			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
6704			lower or equal to slab_max_order. For more information see
6705			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst.
6706			(slub_min_order legacy name also accepted for now)
6707
6708	slab_nomerge	[MM]
6709			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
6710			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
6711			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
6712			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
6713			layout control by attackers can usually be
6714			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
6715			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
6716			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
6717			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
6718			own.
6719			For more information see
6720			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst.
6721			(slub_nomerge legacy name also accepted for now)
6722
6723	slab_strict_numa	[MM]
6724			Support memory policies on a per object level
6725			in the slab allocator. The default is for memory
6726			policies to be applied at the folio level when
6727			a new folio is needed or a partial folio is
6728			retrieved from the lists. Increases overhead
6729			in the slab fastpaths but gains more accurate
6730			NUMA kernel object placement which helps with slow
6731			interconnects in NUMA systems.
6732
6733	slram=		[HW,MTD]
6734
6735	smart2=		[HW]
6736			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
6737
6738	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
6739			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
6740			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
6741			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
6742			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
6743			disabling interrupts for extended periods
6744			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
6745			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
6746			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
6747			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
6748
6749	smp.panic_on_ipistall= [KNL]
6750			If a csd_lock_timeout extends for more than
6751			the specified number of milliseconds, panic the
6752			system.  By default, let CSD-lock acquisition
6753			take as long as they take.  Specifying 300,000
6754			for this value provides a 5-minute timeout.
6755
6756	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
6757	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
6758	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
6759	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
6760	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
6761	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
6762	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
6763				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
6764				1: Fast pin select (default)
6765				2: ATC IRMode
6766
6767	smt=		[KNL,MIPS,S390,EARLY] Set the maximum number of threads
6768			(logical CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems
6769			capable of symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will
6770			be capped to the actual hardware limit.
6771			Format: <integer>
6772			Default: -1 (no limit)
6773
6774	softlockup_panic=
6775			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
6776			Format: 0 | 1
6777
6778			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
6779			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
6780			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
6781			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
6782			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
6783
6784	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
6785			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
6786			backtraces on all cpus.
6787			Format: 0 | 1
6788
6789	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
6790			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
6791
6792	spectre_bhi=	[X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection
6793			(BHI) vulnerability.  This setting affects the
6794			deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB
6795			clearing sequence.
6796
6797			on     - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation as
6798				 needed.  This protects the kernel from
6799				 both syscalls and VMs.
6800			vmexit - On systems which don't have the HW mitigation
6801				 available, enable the SW mitigation on vmexit
6802				 ONLY.  On such systems, the host kernel is
6803				 protected from VM-originated BHI attacks, but
6804				 may still be vulnerable to syscall attacks.
6805			off    - Disable the mitigation.
6806
6807	spectre_v2=	[X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6808			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
6809			The default operation protects the kernel from
6810			user space attacks.
6811
6812			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
6813			       spectre_v2_user=on
6814			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
6815			       spectre_v2_user=off
6816			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
6817			       vulnerable
6818
6819			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
6820			mitigation method at run time according to the
6821			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
6822			CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE configuration option,
6823			and the compiler with which the kernel was built.
6824
6825			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
6826			against user space to user space task attacks.
6827			Selecting specific mitigation does not force enable
6828			user mitigations.
6829
6830			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
6831			the user space protections.
6832
6833			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
6834
6835			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
6836			retpoline,generic - Retpolines
6837			retpoline,lfence  - LFENCE; indirect branch
6838			retpoline,amd     - alias for retpoline,lfence
6839			eibrs		  - Enhanced/Auto IBRS
6840			eibrs,retpoline   - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
6841			eibrs,lfence      - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
6842			ibrs		  - use IBRS to protect kernel
6843
6844			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6845			spectre_v2=auto.
6846
6847	spectre_v2_user=
6848			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
6849		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
6850		        user space tasks
6851
6852			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
6853				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
6854
6855			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
6856				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
6857
6858			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
6859				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
6860				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
6861				  is inherited on fork.
6862
6863			prctl,ibpb
6864				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
6865				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6866				  always when switching between different user
6867				  space processes.
6868
6869			seccomp
6870				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
6871				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
6872				  they explicitly opt out.
6873
6874			seccomp,ibpb
6875				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
6876				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
6877				  always when switching between different
6878				  user space processes.
6879
6880			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
6881				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
6882
6883			Default mitigation: "prctl"
6884
6885			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6886			spectre_v2_user=auto.
6887
6888	spec_rstack_overflow=
6889			[X86,EARLY] Control RAS overflow mitigation on AMD Zen CPUs
6890
6891			off		- Disable mitigation
6892			microcode	- Enable microcode mitigation only
6893			safe-ret	- Enable sw-only safe RET mitigation (default)
6894			ibpb		- Enable mitigation by issuing IBPB on
6895					  kernel entry
6896			ibpb-vmexit	- Issue IBPB only on VMEXIT
6897					  (cloud-specific mitigation)
6898
6899	spec_store_bypass_disable=
6900			[HW,EARLY] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
6901			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
6902
6903			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
6904			a common industry wide performance optimization known
6905			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
6906			to the same memory location may not be observed by
6907			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
6908			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
6909			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
6910			end of a particular speculation execution window.
6911
6912			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
6913			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
6914			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
6915			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
6916
6917			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
6918			Bypass optimization is used.
6919
6920			On x86 the options are:
6921
6922			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
6923			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
6924			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
6925				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
6926				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
6927				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
6928				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
6929				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
6930			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
6931				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
6932				  for a process by default. The state of the control
6933				  is inherited on fork.
6934			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
6935				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
6936
6937			Default mitigations:
6938			X86:	"prctl"
6939
6940			On powerpc the options are:
6941
6942			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
6943				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
6944				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
6945				  exit.
6946			off	- No action.
6947
6948			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
6949			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
6950
6951	split_lock_detect=
6952			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
6953
6954			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
6955			instructions that access data across cache line
6956			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
6957			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
6958			bus lock detection.
6959
6960			off	- not enabled
6961
6962			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
6963				  about applications triggering the #AC
6964				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
6965				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
6966				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
6967				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
6968				  enabled in hardware.
6969
6970			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
6971				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
6972				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
6973				  both features are enabled in hardware.
6974
6975			ratelimit:N -
6976				  Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
6977				  per second for bus lock detection.
6978				  0 < N <= 1000.
6979
6980				  N/A for split lock detection.
6981
6982
6983			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
6984			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
6985			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
6986			mode.
6987
6988			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
6989			CPL > 0.
6990
6991	srbds=		[X86,INTEL,EARLY]
6992			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
6993			(SRBDS) mitigation.
6994
6995			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
6996			exploit which can leak bits from the random
6997			number generator.
6998
6999			By default, this issue is mitigated by
7000			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
7001			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
7002			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
7003			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
7004
7005			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
7006			the following option:
7007
7008			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
7009				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
7010
7011	srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL]
7012			Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a
7013			large system, such that srcu_struct structures
7014			should immediately allocate an srcu_node array.
7015			This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128,
7016			but takes effect only when the low-order four
7017			bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3
7018			(decide at boot).
7019
7020	srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL]
7021			Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree
7022			srcu_struct structure will be converted to big
7023			form, that is, with an rcu_node tree:
7024
7025				   0:  Never.
7026				   1:  At init_srcu_struct() time.
7027				   2:  When rcutorture decides to.
7028				   3:  Decide at boot time (default).
7029				0x1X:  Above plus if high contention.
7030
7031			Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based
7032			on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids)
7033			instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
7034
7035	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
7036			Specifies how frequently to check for
7037			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
7038			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
7039			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
7040			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
7041			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
7042			are ignored.
7043
7044	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
7045			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
7046			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
7047			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
7048			grace period will be considered for automatic
7049			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
7050			expediting.
7051
7052	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL]
7053			Specifies the number of no-delay instances
7054			per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period
7055			worker thread will be rescheduled with zero
7056			delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will
7057			be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy.
7058
7059	srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL]
7060			Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of
7061			non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit,
7062			grace period worker thread will be rescheduled
7063			with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each
7064			rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase.
7065
7066	srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL]
7067			Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping
7068			delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers.
7069
7070	srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL]
7071			Specifies the number of update-side contention
7072			events per jiffy will be tolerated before
7073			initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct
7074			structure to big form.	Note that the value of
7075			srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit
7076			set for contention-based conversions to occur.
7077
7078	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW,EARLY]
7079			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
7080
7081			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
7082			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
7083			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
7084			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
7085
7086			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
7087				   for both kernel and userspace
7088			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
7089				   for both kernel and userspace
7090			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
7091				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
7092				   to allow userspace to register its
7093				   interest in being mitigated too.
7094
7095	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
7096			override the default stack gap protection. The value
7097			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
7098			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
7099			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
7100			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
7101
7102	stack_depot_disable= [KNL,EARLY]
7103			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
7104			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
7105			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
7106			to false.
7107
7108	stack_depot_max_pools= [KNL,EARLY]
7109			Specify the maximum number of pools to use for storing
7110			stack traces. Pools are allocated on-demand up to this
7111			limit. Default value is 8191 pools.
7112
7113	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
7114			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
7115
7116	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
7117			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
7118			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
7119			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
7120			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
7121			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
7122			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
7123
7124	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
7125			Format: <num>
7126			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
7127			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
7128			as the initial boot-console.
7129			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
7130
7131	sti_font=	[HW]
7132			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
7133
7134	stifb=		[HW]
7135			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
7136
7137        strict_sas_size=
7138			[X86]
7139			Format: <bool>
7140			Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
7141			against the required signal frame size which
7142			depends on the supported FPU features. This can
7143			be used to filter out binaries which have
7144			not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
7145
7146	stress_hpt	[PPC,EARLY]
7147			Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash
7148			page table to increase the rate of hash page table
7149			faults on kernel addresses.
7150
7151	stress_slb	[PPC,EARLY]
7152			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
7153			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
7154			on kernel addresses.
7155
7156	sunrpc.min_resvport=
7157	sunrpc.max_resvport=
7158			[NFS,SUNRPC]
7159			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
7160			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
7161			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
7162			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
7163			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
7164			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
7165			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
7166			maximum port values.
7167
7168	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
7169			[NFS,SUNRPC]
7170			Limit the number of requests that the server will
7171			process in parallel from a single connection.
7172			The default value is 0 (no limit).
7173
7174	sunrpc.pool_mode=
7175			[NFS]
7176			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
7177			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
7178			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
7179			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
7180			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
7181			NFS server is running.
7182
7183			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
7184				    automatically using heuristics
7185			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
7186			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
7187			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
7188				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
7189
7190	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
7191	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
7192			[NFS,SUNRPC]
7193			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
7194			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
7195			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
7196			improve throughput, but will also increase the
7197			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
7198
7199	suspend.pm_test_delay=
7200			[SUSPEND]
7201			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
7202			mode before resuming the system (see
7203			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
7204			is set. Default value is 5.
7205
7206	svm=		[PPC]
7207			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
7208			This parameter controls use of the Protected
7209			Execution Facility on pSeries.
7210
7211	swiotlb=	[ARM,PPC,MIPS,X86,S390,EARLY]
7212			Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce }
7213			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
7214			<int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb
7215				 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up
7216				 to a power of 2.
7217			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
7218			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
7219			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
7220
7221	switches=	[HW,M68k,EARLY]
7222
7223	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
7224			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
7225			process, as if the value was written to the respective
7226			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
7227			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
7228			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
7229			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
7230			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
7231
7232	sysrq_always_enabled
7233			[KNL]
7234			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
7235			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
7236			Useful for debugging.
7237
7238	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
7239			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
7240			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
7241			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
7242			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
7243			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
7244
7245	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
7246
7247	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND]
7248			Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N]
7249			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
7250			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
7251			as the system sleep state during system startup with
7252			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
7253			The system is woken from this state using a
7254			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
7255
7256	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
7257			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
7258
7259	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
7260			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
7261			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
7262
7263	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
7264			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
7265			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
7266
7267	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
7268			1: disable ACPI thermal control
7269
7270	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
7271			-1: disable all passive trip points
7272			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
7273			value
7274
7275	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
7276			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
7277			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
7278			0: no polling (default)
7279
7280	thp_anon=	[KNL]
7281			Format: <size>[KMG],<size>[KMG]:<state>;<size>[KMG]-<size>[KMG]:<state>
7282			state is one of "always", "madvise", "never" or "inherit".
7283			Control the default behavior of the system with respect
7284			to anonymous transparent hugepages.
7285			Can be used multiple times for multiple anon THP sizes.
7286			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for more
7287			details.
7288
7289	threadirqs	[KNL,EARLY]
7290			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
7291			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
7292
7293	thp_shmem=	[KNL]
7294			Format: <size>[KMG],<size>[KMG]:<policy>;<size>[KMG]-<size>[KMG]:<policy>
7295			Control the default policy of each hugepage size for the
7296			internal shmem mount. <policy> is one of policies available
7297			for the shmem mount ("always", "inherit", "never", "within_size",
7298			and "advise").
7299			It can be used multiple times for multiple shmem THP sizes.
7300			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for more
7301			details.
7302
7303	topology=	[S390,EARLY]
7304			Format: {off | on}
7305			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
7306			topology information if the hardware supports this.
7307			The scheduler will make use of this information and
7308			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
7309			Default is on.
7310
7311	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
7312			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
7313			until after init has spawned.
7314
7315	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
7316			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
7317			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
7318			very costly operation when many torture tests
7319			are running concurrently, especially on systems
7320			with rotating-rust storage.
7321
7322	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
7323			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
7324			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
7325			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
7326
7327	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
7328			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
7329
7330	tpm.disable_pcr_integrity= [HW,TPM]
7331			Do not protect PCR registers from unintended physical
7332			access, or interposers in the bus by the means of
7333			having an integrity protected session wrapped around
7334			TPM2_PCR_Extend command. Consider this in a situation
7335			where TPM is heavily utilized by IMA, thus protection
7336			causing a major performance hit, and the space where
7337			machines are deployed is by other means guarded.
7338
7339	tpm_crb_ffa.busy_timeout_ms= [ARM64,TPM]
7340			Maximum time in milliseconds to retry sending a message
7341			to the TPM service before giving up. This parameter controls
7342			how long the system will continue retrying when the TPM
7343			service is busy.
7344			Format: <unsigned int>
7345			Default: 2000 (2 seconds)
7346
7347	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
7348			Format: integer pcr id
7349			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
7350			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
7351			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
7352			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
7353			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
7354			are saved.
7355
7356	tpm_tis.interrupts= [HW,TPM]
7357			Enable interrupts for the MMIO based physical layer
7358			for the FIFO interface. By default it is set to false
7359			(0). For more information about TPM hardware interfaces
7360			defined by Trusted Computing Group (TCG) see
7361			https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-platform-tpm-profile-ptp-specification/
7362
7363	tp_printk	[FTRACE]
7364			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
7365			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
7366			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
7367			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
7368			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
7369
7370			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
7371			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
7372			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
7373			tp_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
7374
7375			The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
7376			to stop the printing of events to console at
7377			late_initcall_sync.
7378
7379			** CAUTION **
7380
7381			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
7382			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
7383			the system to live lock.
7384
7385	tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE]
7386			When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
7387			on the console. It may be useful to only include the
7388			printing of events during boot up, as user space may
7389			make the system inoperable.
7390
7391			This command line option will stop the printing of events
7392			to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
7393
7394	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
7395			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
7396
7397	trace_clock=	[FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events
7398			at boot up.
7399			local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter
7400				(converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but
7401				depending on the architecture, may not be
7402				in sync between CPUs.
7403			global - Event time stamps are synchronize across
7404				CPUs. May be slower than the local clock,
7405				but better for some race conditions.
7406			counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..)
7407				note, some counts may be skipped due to the
7408				infrastructure grabbing the clock more than
7409				once per event.
7410			uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp.
7411			perf - Use the same clock that perf uses.
7412			mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps.
7413			mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time
7414				stamps.
7415			boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps.
7416			Architectures may add more clocks. See
7417			Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details.
7418
7419	trace_event=[event-list]
7420			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
7421			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
7422			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
7423			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
7424
7425			To enable modules, use :mod: keyword:
7426
7427			trace_event=:mod:<module>
7428
7429			The value before :mod: will only enable specific events
7430			that are part of the module. See the above mentioned
7431			document for more information.
7432
7433	trace_instance=[instance-info]
7434			[FTRACE] Create a ring buffer instance early in boot up.
7435			This will be listed in:
7436
7437				/sys/kernel/tracing/instances
7438
7439			Events can be enabled at the time the instance is created
7440			via:
7441
7442				trace_instance=<name>,<system1>:<event1>,<system2>:<event2>
7443
7444			Note, the "<system*>:" portion is optional if the event is
7445			unique.
7446
7447				trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall
7448
7449			will enable the "sched_switch" event (note, the "sched:" is optional, and
7450			the same thing would happen if it was left off). The irq_handler_entry
7451			event, and all events under the "initcall" system.
7452
7453			Flags can be added to the instance to modify its behavior when it is
7454			created. The flags are separated by '^'.
7455
7456			The available flags are:
7457
7458			    traceoff	- Have the tracing instance tracing disabled after it is created.
7459			    traceprintk	- Have trace_printk() write into this trace instance
7460					  (note, "printk" and "trace_printk" can also be used)
7461
7462				trace_instance=foo^traceoff^traceprintk,sched,irq
7463
7464			The flags must come before the defined events.
7465
7466			If memory has been reserved (see memmap for x86), the instance
7467			can use that memory:
7468
7469				memmap=12M$0x284500000 trace_instance=boot_map@0x284500000:12M
7470
7471			The above will create a "boot_map" instance that uses the physical
7472			memory at 0x284500000 that is 12Megs. The per CPU buffers of that
7473			instance will be split up accordingly.
7474
7475			Alternatively, the memory can be reserved by the reserve_mem option:
7476
7477				reserve_mem=12M:4096:trace trace_instance=boot_map@trace
7478
7479			This will reserve 12 megabytes at boot up with a 4096 byte alignment
7480			and place the ring buffer in this memory. Note that due to KASLR, the
7481			memory may not be the same location each time, which will not preserve
7482			the buffer content.
7483
7484			Also note that the layout of the ring buffer data may change between
7485			kernel versions where the validator will fail and reset the ring buffer
7486			if the layout is not the same as the previous kernel.
7487
7488			If the ring buffer is used for persistent bootups and has events enabled,
7489			it is recommend to disable tracing so that events from a previous boot do not
7490			mix with events of the current boot (unless you are debugging a random crash
7491			at boot up).
7492
7493				reserve_mem=12M:4096:trace trace_instance=boot_map^traceoff^traceprintk@trace,sched,irq
7494
7495			Note, saving the trace buffer across reboots does require that the system
7496			is set up to not wipe memory. For instance, CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION
7497			can force a memory reset on boot which will clear any trace that was stored.
7498			This is just one of many ways that can clear memory. Make sure your system
7499			keeps the content of memory across reboots before relying on this option.
7500
7501			NB: Both the mapped address and size must be page aligned for the architecture.
7502
7503			See also Documentation/trace/debugging.rst
7504
7505
7506	trace_options=[option-list]
7507			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
7508			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
7509			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
7510			to echo the option name into
7511
7512			    /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_options
7513
7514			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
7515			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
7516
7517			      trace_options=stacktrace
7518
7519			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
7520			section.
7521
7522	trace_trigger=[trigger-list]
7523			[FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events.
7524			Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional
7525			filter.
7526
7527			The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..."
7528			Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated.
7529
7530			For example:
7531
7532			  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"
7533
7534			The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch"
7535			event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch"
7536			event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE).
7537
7538			See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst
7539
7540
7541	traceoff_after_boot
7542			[FTRACE] Sometimes tracing is used to debug issues
7543			during the boot process. Since the trace buffer has a
7544			limited amount of storage, it may be prudent to
7545			disable tracing after the boot is finished, otherwise
7546			the critical information may be overwritten.  With this
7547			option, the main tracing buffer will be turned off at
7548			the end of the boot process.
7549
7550	traceoff_on_warning
7551			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
7552			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
7553			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
7554			file located in /sys/kernel/tracing/
7555
7556			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
7557			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
7558			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
7559
7560			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
7561			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
7562
7563	transparent_hugepage=
7564			[KNL]
7565			Format: [always|madvise|never]
7566			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
7567			with respect to transparent hugepages.
7568			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
7569			for more details.
7570
7571	transparent_hugepage_shmem= [KNL]
7572			Format: [always|within_size|advise|never|deny|force]
7573			Can be used to control the hugepage allocation policy for
7574			the internal shmem mount.
7575			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
7576			for more details.
7577
7578	transparent_hugepage_tmpfs= [KNL]
7579			Format: [always|within_size|advise|never]
7580			Can be used to control the default hugepage allocation policy
7581			for the tmpfs mount.
7582			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
7583			for more details.
7584
7585	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
7586			Format: <string>
7587			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
7588			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
7589			sources:
7590			- "tpm"
7591			- "tee"
7592			- "caam"
7593			- "dcp"
7594			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
7595			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
7596			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
7597			successfully during iteration.
7598
7599	trusted.rng=	[KEYS]
7600			Format: <string>
7601			The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys.
7602			Can be one of:
7603			- "kernel"
7604			- the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee"
7605			- "default"
7606			If not specified, "default" is used. In this case,
7607			the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source.
7608
7609	trusted.dcp_use_otp_key
7610			This is intended to be used in combination with
7611			trusted.source=dcp and will select the DCP OTP key
7612			instead of the DCP UNIQUE key blob encryption.
7613
7614	trusted.dcp_skip_zk_test
7615			This is intended to be used in combination with
7616			trusted.source=dcp and will disable the check if the
7617			blob key is all zeros. This is helpful for situations where
7618			having this key zero'ed is acceptable. E.g. in testing
7619			scenarios.
7620
7621	tsa=		[X86] Control mitigation for Transient Scheduler
7622			Attacks on AMD CPUs. Search the following in your
7623			favourite search engine for more details:
7624
7625			"Technical guidance for mitigating transient scheduler
7626			attacks".
7627
7628			off		- disable the mitigation
7629			on		- enable the mitigation (default)
7630			user		- mitigate only user/kernel transitions
7631			vm		- mitigate only guest/host transitions
7632
7633
7634	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
7635			Format: <string>
7636			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
7637			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
7638			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
7639			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
7640			virtualized environment.
7641			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
7642			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
7643			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
7644			can add overhead.
7645			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
7646			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
7647			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
7648			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
7649			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
7650			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
7651			acceptable).
7652			[x86] recalibrate: force recalibration against a HW timer
7653			(HPET or PM timer) on systems whose TSC frequency was
7654			obtained from HW or FW using either an MSR or CPUID(0x15).
7655			Warn if the difference is more than 500 ppm.
7656			[x86] watchdog: Use TSC as the watchdog clocksource with
7657			which to check other HW timers (HPET or PM timer), but
7658			only on systems where TSC has been deemed trustworthy.
7659			This will be suppressed by an earlier tsc=nowatchdog and
7660			can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog.  A console
7661			message will flag any such suppression or overriding.
7662
7663	tsc_early_khz=  [X86,EARLY] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
7664			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
7665			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
7666			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
7667			Format: <unsigned int>
7668
7669	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
7670			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
7671			support TSX control.
7672
7673			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
7674
7675			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
7676				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
7677				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
7678				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
7679				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
7680				with leaving it enabled.
7681
7682			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
7683				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
7684				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
7685				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
7686				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
7687				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
7688				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
7689
7690			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
7691				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
7692
7693			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
7694
7695			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
7696			for more details.
7697
7698	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL,EARLY] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
7699			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
7700
7701			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
7702			certain CPUs that support Transactional
7703			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
7704			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
7705			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
7706			conditions.
7707
7708			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
7709			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
7710			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
7711			access.
7712
7713			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
7714			options are:
7715
7716			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
7717				     if TSX is enabled.
7718
7719			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
7720				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
7721				     is not disabled because CPU is not
7722				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
7723			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
7724
7725			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
7726			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
7727			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
7728			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
7729
7730			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
7731			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
7732			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
7733			required and doesn't provide any additional
7734			mitigation.
7735
7736			For details see:
7737			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
7738
7739	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
7740			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
7741			Format:
7742			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
7743			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
7744
7745	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
7746			happen after console_init() and before a proper
7747			console driver takes over, this boot options might
7748			help "seeing" what's going on.
7749
7750	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
7751			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
7752
7753	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
7754			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
7755			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
7756			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
7757			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
7758			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
7759			reported either.
7760
7761	unaligned_scalar_speed=
7762			[RISCV]
7763			Format: {slow | fast | unsupported}
7764			Allow skipping scalar unaligned access speed tests. This
7765			is useful for testing alternative code paths and to skip
7766			the tests in environments where they run too slowly. All
7767			CPUs must have the same scalar unaligned access speed.
7768
7769	unaligned_vector_speed=
7770			[RISCV]
7771			Format: {slow | fast | unsupported}
7772			Allow skipping vector unaligned access speed tests. This
7773			is useful for testing alternative code paths and to skip
7774			the tests in environments where they run too slowly. All
7775			CPUs must have the same vector unaligned access speed.
7776
7777	unknown_nmi_panic
7778			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
7779
7780	unwind_debug	[X86-64,EARLY]
7781			Enable unwinder debug output.  This can be
7782			useful for debugging certain unwinder error
7783			conditions, including corrupt stacks and
7784			bad/missing unwinder metadata.
7785
7786	usbcore.authorized_default=
7787			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
7788			(default -1 = authorized (same as 1),
7789			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
7790			if device connected to internal port)
7791
7792	usbcore.autosuspend=
7793			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
7794			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
7795			is the time required before an idle device will be
7796			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
7797			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
7798
7799	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
7800			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
7801
7802	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
7803			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
7804			(default = 65536).
7805
7806	usbcore.blinkenlights=
7807			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
7808
7809	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
7810			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
7811			scheme (default 0 = off).
7812
7813	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
7814			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
7815			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
7816
7817	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
7818			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
7819			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
7820
7821	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
7822			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
7823			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
7824			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
7825
7826	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
7827
7828	usbcore.quirks=
7829			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
7830			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
7831			commas. Each entry has the form
7832			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
7833			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
7834			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
7835			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
7836			the following meanings:
7837				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
7838					descriptors must not be fetched using
7839					a 255-byte read);
7840				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
7841					correctly so reset it instead);
7842				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
7843					Set-Interface requests);
7844				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
7845					handle its Configuration or Interface
7846					strings);
7847				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
7848					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
7849				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
7850					more interface descriptions than the
7851					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
7852					talking to these interfaces);
7853				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
7854					during initialization, after we read
7855					the device descriptor);
7856				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
7857					high speed and super speed interrupt
7858					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
7859					require the interval in microframes (1
7860					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
7861					calculated as interval = 2 ^
7862					(bInterval-1).
7863					Devices with this quirk report their
7864					bInterval as the result of this
7865					calculation instead of the exponent
7866					variable used in the calculation);
7867				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
7868					handle device_qualifier descriptor
7869					requests);
7870				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
7871					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
7872					remote wakeup capability);
7873				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
7874					Power Management);
7875				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
7876					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
7877					frames instead of the USB 2.0
7878					calculation);
7879				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
7880					to be disconnected before suspend to
7881					prevent spurious wakeup);
7882				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
7883					pause after every control message);
7884				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
7885					delay after resetting its port);
7886				p = USB_QUIRK_SHORT_SET_ADDRESS_REQ_TIMEOUT
7887					(Reduce timeout of the SET_ADDRESS
7888					request from 5000 ms to 500 ms);
7889			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
7890
7891	usbhid.mousepoll=
7892			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
7893
7894	usbhid.jspoll=
7895			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
7896
7897	usbhid.kbpoll=
7898			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
7899
7900	usb-storage.delay_use=
7901			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
7902			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
7903			Optionally the delay in milliseconds if the value has
7904			suffix with "ms".
7905			Example: delay_use=2567ms
7906
7907	usb-storage.quirks=
7908			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
7909			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
7910			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
7911			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
7912			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
7913			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
7914			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
7915				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
7916					of sense data, not on uas);
7917				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
7918					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
7919				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
7920					device capacity by one sector);
7921				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
7922					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
7923				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
7924					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
7925				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
7926					command, uas only);
7927				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
7928					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
7929				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
7930					reported device capacity by one
7931					sector if the number is odd);
7932				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
7933					device);
7934				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
7935					command, uas only);
7936				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
7937				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
7938					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
7939				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
7940					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
7941					not on uas);
7942				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
7943					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
7944				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
7945					reported by the device, not on uas);
7946				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
7947					by default, not on uas);
7948				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
7949					bogus residue values, not on uas);
7950				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
7951					Logical Unit);
7952				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
7953					commands, uas only);
7954				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
7955				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
7956					medium is write-protected).
7957				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
7958					even if the device claims no cache,
7959					not on uas)
7960			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
7961
7962	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
7963			Format: <int>
7964			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
7965				 1 - undefined instruction events
7966				 2 - system calls
7967				 4 - invalid data aborts
7968				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
7969				16 - SIGBUS faults
7970			Example: user_debug=31
7971
7972	vdso=		[X86,SH,SPARC]
7973			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
7974
7975			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
7976			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
7977
7978	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
7979			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
7980			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
7981
7982			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
7983			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
7984			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
7985
7986			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
7987			alias for vdso32=0.
7988
7989			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
7990			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
7991
7992	video=		[FB,EARLY] Frame buffer configuration
7993			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
7994
7995	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI]
7996			Format: [0|1]
7997			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
7998			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
7999			level and then send out the event to user space through
8000			the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver
8001			will only send out the event without touching backlight
8002			brightness level.
8003			default: 1
8004
8005	virtio_mmio.device=
8006			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
8007
8008				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
8009			where:
8010				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
8011						like K, M and G)
8012				<baseaddr> := physical base address
8013				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
8014						request_irq())
8015				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
8016			example:
8017				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
8018
8019			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
8020
8021	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
8022			See Documentation/arch/x86/boot.rst and
8023			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
8024			Use vga=ask for menu.
8025			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
8026			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
8027
8028	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
8029			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
8030			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
8031			All options are enabled by default, and this
8032			interface is meant to allow for selectively
8033			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
8034			debugging features.
8035
8036			Available options are:
8037			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
8038			  -	Disable all of the above options
8039
8040	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,EARLY] Forces the vmalloc area to have an
8041			exact size of <nn>. This can be used to increase
8042			the minimum size (128MB on x86, arm32 platforms).
8043			It can also be used to decrease the size and leave more room
8044			for directly mapped kernel RAM. Note that this parameter does
8045			not exist on many other platforms (including arm64, alpha,
8046			loongarch, arc, csky, hexagon, microblaze, mips, nios2, openrisc,
8047			parisc, m64k, powerpc, riscv, sh, um, xtensa, s390, sparc).
8048
8049	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390,EARLY]
8050			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
8051			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
8052
8053	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
8054			Format: <command>
8055
8056	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
8057			Format: <command>
8058
8059	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
8060			Format: <command>
8061
8062	vmscape=	[X86] Controls mitigation for VMscape attacks.
8063			VMscape attacks can leak information from a userspace
8064			hypervisor to a guest via speculative side-channels.
8065
8066			off		- disable the mitigation
8067			ibpb		- use Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier
8068					  (IBPB) mitigation (default)
8069			force		- force vulnerability detection even on
8070					  unaffected processors
8071
8072	vsyscall=	[X86-64,EARLY]
8073			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
8074			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
8075			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
8076			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
8077			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
8078			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
8079
8080			emulate     Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
8081			            reasonably safely.  The vsyscall page is
8082				    readable.
8083
8084			xonly       [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
8085			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
8086				    page is not readable.
8087
8088			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
8089			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
8090			            might break your system.
8091
8092	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
8093			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
8094			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
8095
8096	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
8097			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
8098			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
8099			see vga-softcursor.rst. Default: 2 = underline.
8100
8101	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
8102			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
8103			Change the default blue palette of the console.
8104			This is a 16-member array composed of values
8105			ranging from 0-255.
8106
8107	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
8108			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
8109			Change the default green palette of the console.
8110			This is a 16-member array composed of values
8111			ranging from 0-255.
8112
8113	vt.default_red=	[VT]
8114			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
8115			Change the default red palette of the console.
8116			This is a 16-member array composed of values
8117			ranging from 0-255.
8118
8119	vt.default_utf8=
8120			[VT]
8121			Format=<0|1>
8122			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
8123			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
8124			newly opened terminals.
8125
8126	vt.global_cursor_default=
8127			[VT]
8128			Format=<-1|0|1>
8129			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
8130			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
8131			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
8132			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
8133			cursors, 1 will display them.
8134
8135	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
8136			Default: 2 = green.
8137
8138	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
8139			Default: 3 = cyan.
8140
8141	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
8142			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
8143			or other driver-specific files in the
8144			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
8145
8146	watchdog_thresh=
8147			[KNL]
8148			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
8149			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
8150			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
8151			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
8152			seconds.
8153
8154	workqueue.unbound_cpus=
8155			[KNL,SMP] Specify to constrain one or some CPUs
8156			to use in unbound workqueues.
8157			Format: <cpu-list>
8158			By default, all online CPUs are available for
8159			unbound workqueues.
8160
8161	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
8162			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
8163			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
8164			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
8165			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
8166			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
8167			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
8168			corresponding sysfs file.
8169
8170	workqueue.panic_on_stall=<uint>
8171			Panic when workqueue stall is detected by
8172			CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG. It sets the number times of the
8173			stall to trigger panic.
8174
8175			The default is 0, which disables the panic on stall.
8176
8177	workqueue.cpu_intensive_thresh_us=
8178			Per-cpu work items which run for longer than this
8179			threshold are automatically considered CPU intensive
8180			and excluded from concurrency management to prevent
8181			them from noticeably delaying other per-cpu work
8182			items. Default is 10000 (10ms).
8183
8184			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
8185			will report the work functions which violate this
8186			threshold repeatedly. They are likely good
8187			candidates for using WQ_UNBOUND workqueues instead.
8188
8189	workqueue.cpu_intensive_warning_thresh=<uint>
8190			If CONFIG_WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE_REPORT is set, the kernel
8191			will report the work functions which violate the
8192			intensive_threshold_us repeatedly. In order to prevent
8193			spurious warnings, start printing only after a work
8194			function has violated this threshold number of times.
8195
8196			The default is 4 times. 0 disables the warning.
8197
8198	workqueue.power_efficient
8199			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
8200			they show better performance thanks to cache
8201			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
8202			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
8203
8204			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
8205			were observed to contribute significantly to power
8206			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
8207			power usage at the cost of small performance
8208			overhead.
8209
8210			The default value of this parameter is determined by
8211			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
8212
8213        workqueue.default_affinity_scope=
8214			Select the default affinity scope to use for unbound
8215			workqueues. Can be one of "cpu", "smt", "cache",
8216			"numa" and "system". Default is "cache". For more
8217			information, see the Affinity Scopes section in
8218			Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst.
8219
8220			This can be changed after boot by writing to the
8221			matching /sys/module/workqueue/parameters file. All
8222			workqueues with the "default" affinity scope will be
8223			updated accordingly.
8224
8225	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
8226			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
8227			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
8228			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
8229			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
8230			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
8231			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
8232			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
8233			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
8234			impacted.
8235
8236	writecombine=	[LOONGARCH,EARLY] Control the MAT (Memory Access
8237			Type) of ioremap_wc().
8238
8239			on   - Enable writecombine, use WUC for ioremap_wc()
8240			off  - Disable writecombine, use SUC for ioremap_wc()
8241
8242	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC,EARLY] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
8243			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
8244			supporting x2apic.
8245
8246	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
8247			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
8248			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
8249			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
8250			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
8251			domains.
8252
8253	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN,EARLY]
8254			Unplug Xen emulated devices
8255			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
8256			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
8257			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
8258			nics -- unplug network devices
8259			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
8260			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
8261				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
8262				the unplug protocol
8263			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
8264
8265	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
8266			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
8267			panic() code such as dumping handler.
8268
8269	xen_mc_debug	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
8270			Enable multicall debugging when running as a Xen PV guest.
8271			Enabling this feature will reduce performance a little
8272			bit, so it should only be enabled for obtaining extended
8273			debug data in case of multicall errors.
8274
8275	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN,EARLY]
8276			Format: <bool>
8277			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
8278			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
8279			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
8280
8281	xen_nopv	[X86]
8282			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
8283			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
8284			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
8285			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
8286
8287	xen_no_vector_callback
8288			[KNL,X86,XEN,EARLY] Disable the vector callback for Xen
8289			event channel interrupts.
8290
8291	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
8292			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
8293			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
8294			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
8295			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
8296
8297	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN,EARLY]
8298			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
8299			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
8300			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
8301			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
8302			more timer interrupts.
8303
8304	xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
8305			The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
8306			in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
8307			Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
8308			started with less memory configured than allowed at
8309			max. Default is 180.
8310
8311	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
8312			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
8313			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
8314
8315	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
8316			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
8317			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
8318
8319	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
8320			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
8321			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
8322			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
8323			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
8324			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
8325
8326	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
8327			Format:
8328			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
8329
8330	xive=		[PPC]
8331			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
8332			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
8333			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
8334
8335			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
8336				  controller on both pseries and powernv
8337				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
8338
8339	xive.store-eoi=off	[PPC]
8340			By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use
8341			stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode
8342			is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use
8343			loads instead, as on POWER9.
8344
8345	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
8346			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
8347			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
8348			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
8349
8350	xmon		[PPC,EARLY]
8351			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
8352			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
8353			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
8354			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
8355				debugger is called from setup_arch().
8356			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
8357				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
8358				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
8359				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
8360			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
8361				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
8362				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
8363				can be written using xmon commands.
8364			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
8365				memory, and other data can't be written using
8366				xmon commands.
8367			off	xmon is disabled.
8368