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1	acpi=		[HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2			Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3			Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4				  copy_dsdt }
5			force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6			on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7			off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8			noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9			strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10				strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11			rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12			copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13			For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14			are available
15
16			See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
17
18	acpi_apic_instance=	[ACPI, IOAPIC]
19			Format: <int>
20			2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21			1,0: use 1st APIC table
22			default: 0
23
24	acpi_backlight=	[HW,ACPI]
25			{ vendor | video | native | none }
26			If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
27			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
28			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
29			If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
30			If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
31			If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
32
33	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
34			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
35			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
36			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
37			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
38
39	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
40			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
41			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
42			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
43			This option is useful for developers to identify the
44			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
45			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
46
47	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
48	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
49			Format: <int>
50			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
51			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
52			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
53			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
54			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
55			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
56			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
57			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
58			Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
59			debug layers and levels.
60
61			Enable processor driver info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
63			Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64			object while interpreting AML:
65			    acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66			Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67			    acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69			Some values produce so much output that the system is
70			unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71			if you need to capture more output.
72
73	acpi_enforce_resources=	[ACPI]
74			{ strict | lax | no }
75			Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76			and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77			only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78			used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79			can interfere with legacy drivers.
80			strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81			is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82			resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83			lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84			legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85			will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86			no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87			no further checks are performed.
88
89	acpi_force_table_verification	[HW,ACPI]
90			Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91			By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92			size limitation.
93
94	acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95			ACPI will balance active IRQs
96			default in APIC mode
97
98	acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99			ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100			default in PIC mode
101
102	acpi_irq_isa=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105	acpi_irq_pci=	[HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106			use by PCI
107			Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109	acpi_mask_gpe=	[HW,ACPI]
110			Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111			by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112			GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113			the GPE dispatcher.
114			This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115			GPE floodings.
116			Format: <byte>
117
118	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
119			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122			auto-serialization feature.
123			This feature is enabled by default.
124			This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
127			   kernels.
128
129	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
130			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132			installed automatically and they will appear under
133			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134			This option turns off this feature.
135			Note that specifying this option does not affect
136			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139	acpi_no_watchdog	[HW,ACPI,WDT]
140			Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
141			a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
142
143	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
144			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
145			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
146			second kernel for kdump.
147
148	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
149			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
150
151	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
152			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
153			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
154			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
155			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
156
157	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
158			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
159			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
160			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
161			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
162						  strings
163			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
164						  strings
165			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
166
167			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
168			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
169			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
170			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
171			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
172			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
173			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
174			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
175			care about the state of the feature group strings which
176			should be controlled by the OSPM.
177			Examples:
178			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
179			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
180			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
181
182			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
183			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
184			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
185			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
186			multiple times through kernel command line is also
187			meaningless.
188			Examples:
189			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
190			     FALSE.
191
192			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
193			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
194			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
195			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
196			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
197			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
198			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
199			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
200			is useful when one want to control the state of the
201			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
202			the OSPM features.
203			Examples:
204			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
205			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
206			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
207			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
208			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
209			     equivalent to
210			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
211			     and
212			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
213			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
214
215	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
216			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
217			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
218			and always returns good values.
219
220	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
221			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
222
223	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
224			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
225			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
226
227	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
228			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
229				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
230			See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
231			s3_bios and s3_mode.
232			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
233			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
234			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
235			used during resume from hibernation.
236			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
237			control method, with respect to putting devices into
238			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
239			of _PTS is used by default).
240			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
241			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
242			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
243			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
244			but some broken systems don't work without it).
245			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
246			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
247			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
248
249	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
250			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
251			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
252
253	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
254			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
255
256	agp=		[AGP]
257			{ off | try_unsupported }
258			off: disable AGP support
259			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
260				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
261
262	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
263			See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
264
265	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
266			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
267			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
268			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
269
270	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
271			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
272			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
273			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
274			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
275			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
276			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
277
278			32: only for 32-bit processes
279			64: only for 64-bit processes
280			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
281			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
282
283	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
284			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
285			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
286			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
287			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
288			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
289
290	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
291			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
292			Possible values are:
293			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
294				    they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
295				    flushed before they will be reused, which
296				    is a lot of faster
297			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
298				    the system
299			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
300					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
301					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
302					  requirements as needed. This option
303					  does not override iommu=pt
304
305	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
306			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
307			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
308			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
309			IOMMU initialization.
310
311	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
312			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
313			remapping modes:
314			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
315			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
316			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
317			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
318			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
319
320	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
321			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
322			Format: <a>,<b>
323			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
324
325	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
326			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
327			connected to one of 16 gameports
328			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
329
330	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
331			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
332			Format: noidle
333			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
334			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
335			APC and your system crashes randomly.
336
337	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
338			Change the output verbosity while booting
339			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
340			Change the amount of debugging information output
341			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
342			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
343			driver name.
344			Format: apic=driver_name
345			Examples: apic=bigsmp
346
347	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
348			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
349			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
350			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
351			      backup of CPU 0
352			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
353			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
354			      shot down by NMI
355
356	autoconf=	[IPV6]
357			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
358
359	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
360			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
361			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
362			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
363			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
364			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
365			apic=verbose is specified.
366			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
367
368	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
369			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
370
371	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
372			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
373
374	arm64.nobti	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
375			Identification support
376
377	arm64.nopauth	[ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
378			support
379
380	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
381
382	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
383
384	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
385			EzKey and similar keyboards
386
387	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
388
389	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
390			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
391
392	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
393			keyboards
394
395	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
396			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
397
398	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
399			Use software keyboard repeat
400
401	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
402			Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
403			0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
404			    enabled until the next reboot
405			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
406			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
407			1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
408			    enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
409			    messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
410			    userspace auditd.
411			Default: unset
412
413	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
414			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
415			Default: 64
416
417	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
418			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
419			Format: { "0" | "1" }
420			0 - Disable the BAU.
421			1 - Enable the BAU.
422			unset - Disable the BAU.
423
424	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
425			Format: <io>,<mode>
426
427	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
428			Format: <io>,<mode>
429			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
430
431	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
432			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
433			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
434			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
435
436	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
437			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
438			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
439			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
440
441	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
442			embedded devices based on command line input.
443			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
444
445	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
446			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
447			no delay (0).
448			Format: integer
449
450	bootconfig	[KNL]
451			Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
452			and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
453
454			See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
455
456	bert_disable	[ACPI]
457			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
458
459	bgrt_disable	[ACPI][X86]
460			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
461
462	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
463	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
464			kernel args too.
465	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
466	bttv.tuner=
467
468	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
469			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
470			at a time.
471
472	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
473
474	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
475			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
476			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
477			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
478			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
479			This option provides an override for these situations.
480
481	carrier_timeout=
482			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
483			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
484			it waits 120 seconds.
485
486	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
487			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
488			trust validation.
489			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
490
491	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
492			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
493			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
494			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
495			others).
496
497	ccw_timeout_log	[S390]
498			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
499
500	cgroup_disable=	[KNL] Disable a particular controller
501			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
502			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
503			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
504			  a single hierarchy
505			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
506			  subsystem
507			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
508			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
509			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
510
511	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
512			Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
513			          [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
514			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
515			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
516			"all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
517			named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
518			all v1 hierarchies.
519
520	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
521			Format: <string>
522			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
523			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
524
525	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
526			Format: { "0" | "1" }
527			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
528			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
529				any implied execute protection).
530			1 -- check protection requested by application.
531			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
532			Value can be changed at runtime via
533				/sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
534			Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
535
536	cio_ignore=	[S390]
537			See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
538	clk_ignore_unused
539			[CLK]
540			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
541			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
542			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
543			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
544			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
545			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
546			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
547			platform with proper driver support.  For more
548			information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
549
550	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
551			[Deprecated]
552			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
553			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
554			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
555			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
556
557	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
558			Format: <string>
559			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
560			with the name specified.
561			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
562			the platform:
563			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
564			[ACPI] acpi_pm
565			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
566				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
567			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
568				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
569			[MIPS] MIPS
570			[PARISC] cr16
571			[S390] tod
572			[SH] SuperH
573			[SPARC64] tick
574			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
575
576	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
577			[ARM,ARM64]
578			Format: <bool>
579			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
580			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
581			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
582			systems.
583
584	clearcpuid=BITNUM[,BITNUM...] [X86]
585			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
586			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
587			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
588			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
589			ones should be.
590			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
591			or using the feature without checking anything
592			will still see it. This just prevents it from
593			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
594			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
595			some critical bits.
596
597	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
598			[KNL,CMA]
599			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
600			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
601			placement constraint by the physical address range of
602			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
603			altogether. For more information, see
604			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
605
606	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
607			[ARM64,KNL,CMA]
608			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
609			contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
610			per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
611			specificed, the default value is 0.
612			With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
613			first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
614			which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
615			they will fallback to the global default memory area.
616
617	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
618			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
619			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
620			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
621			a hypervisor.
622			Default: yes
623
624	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
625			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
626			allocations, by default set to 256K.
627
628	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
629			Format:
630			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
631
632	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
633			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
634
635	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
636			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
637			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
638
639	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
640	conmode=
641
642	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
643
644		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
645
646		ttyS<n>[,options]
647		ttyUSB0[,options]
648			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
649			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
650			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
651			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
652			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
653
654			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
655			information.  See
656			Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
657			alternative.
658
659		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
660		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
661		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
662		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
663		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
664			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
665			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
666			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
667			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
668			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
669			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
670			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
671			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
672			the h/w is not re-initialized.
673
674		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
675			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
676
677		If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
678		device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
679			console=brl,ttyS0
680		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
681
682	console_msg_format=
683			[KNL] Change console messages format
684		default
685			By default we print messages on consoles in
686			"[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
687			printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
688			`printk_time' param).
689		syslog
690			Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
691			IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
692			prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
693			syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
694			from /proc/kmsg.
695
696	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
697			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
698			Defaults to 0.
699
700	coredump_filter=
701			[KNL] Change the default value for
702			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
703			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
704
705	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
706			[ARM,ARM64]
707			Format: <bool>
708			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
709			0: default value, disable debugging
710			1: enable debugging at boot time
711
712	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
713			disable the cpuidle sub-system
714
715	cpuidle.governor=
716			[CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
717
718	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
719			disable the cpufreq sub-system
720
721	cpufreq.default_governor=
722			[CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
723			policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
724			kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
725
726	cpu_init_udelay=N
727			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
728			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
729			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
730			Default: 10000
731
732	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
733			Format:
734			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
735
736	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
737			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
738			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
739			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
740			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
741			is selected automatically.
742			[KNL, X86-64] Select a region under 4G first, and
743			fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
744			hasn't been specified.
745			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
746
747	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
748			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
749			in the running system. The syntax of range is
750			start-[end] where start and end are both
751			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
752			Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
753
754	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
755			[KNL, X86-64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
756			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
757			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
758			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
759			available.
760			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
761	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
762			[KNL, X86-64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
763			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
764			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
765			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
766			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
767			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
768			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
769			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
770			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
771			for second kernel instead.
772			0: to disable low allocation.
773			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
774			or memory reserved is below 4G.
775
776	cryptomgr.notests
777			[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
778
779	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
780			Format: <dma>
781
782	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
783			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
784
785	csdlock_debug=	[KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call
786			handling. When switched on, additional debug data is
787			printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is
788			detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try
789			to resolve the hang situation.
790			0: disable csdlock debugging (default)
791			1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact)
792			ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact,
793			     but more data)
794
795	dasd=		[HW,NET]
796			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
797
798	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
799			(one device per port)
800			Format: <port#>,<type>
801			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
802
803	ddebug_query=	[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
804			time. See
805			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
806			details.  Deprecated, see dyndbg.
807
808	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
809
810	debug_boot_weak_hash
811			[KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
812			boot sequence.  If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
813			of siphash to hash pointers.  Use this option if you are
814			seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
815			value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
816			insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
817
818	debug_locks_verbose=
819			[KNL] verbose locking self-tests
820			Format: <int>
821			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
822			self-tests.
823			Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
824			(no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
825			will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
826			useful to lockdep developers.
827
828	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
829
830	no_debug_objects
831			[KNL] Disable object debugging
832
833	debug_guardpage_minorder=
834			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
835			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
836			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
837			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
838			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
839			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
840			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
841			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
842			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
843			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
844			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
845			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
846			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
847			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
848			bypassed) which are not detectable by
849			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
850			tracking down these problems.
851
852	debug_pagealloc=
853			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
854			enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
855			disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
856			kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
857			Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
858			useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
859			on: enable the feature
860
861	debugfs=    	[KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
862			and debugfs internal clients.
863			Format: { on, no-mount, off }
864			on: 	All functions are enabled.
865			no-mount:
866				Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
867			        access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
868				its content. There is nothing to mount.
869			off: 	Filesystem is not registered and clients
870			        get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
871				or directories within debugfs.
872				This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
873				debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
874			Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
875
876	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
877
878	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
879			Format: <area>[,<node>]
880			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.rst.
881
882	default_hugepagesz=
883			[HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
884			the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
885			APIs.  In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
886			used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
887			filesystems.  If not specified, defaults to the
888			architecture's default huge page size.  Huge page
889			sizes are architecture dependent.  See also
890			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
891			Format: size[KMG]
892
893	deferred_probe_timeout=
894			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
895			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
896			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
897			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout of 0
898			will timeout at the end of initcalls. This option will also
899			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
900			retrying.
901
902	dfltcc=		[HW,S390]
903			Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
904			on:       s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
905			          level 1 and decompression (default)
906			off:      No s390 zlib hardware support
907			def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
908			          only (compression on level 1)
909			inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
910			          only (decompression)
911			always:   Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
912			          level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
913
914	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
915			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
916
917	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
918			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
919			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
920			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
921			miss to occur.
922
923	stress_slb	[PPC]
924			Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
925			them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
926			on kernel addresses.
927
928	disable=	[IPV6]
929			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
930
931	hardened_usercopy=
932                        [KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
933                        hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
934                        usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
935                        from reading or writing beyond known memory
936                        allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
937                        against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
938                        copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
939                on      Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
940                off     Disable hardened usercopy checks.
941
942	disable_radix	[PPC]
943			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
944
945	radix_hcall_invalidate=on  [PPC/PSERIES]
946			Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
947			invalidate.
948
949	disable_tlbie	[PPC]
950			Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
951			with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
952
953	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
954			Format: <int>
955			The number of initial APIC ID for the
956			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
957			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
958			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
959			causing system reset or hang due to sending
960			INIT from AP to BSP.
961
962	disable_ddw	[PPC/PSERIES]
963			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
964			to workaround buggy firmware.
965
966	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
967			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
968
969	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
970			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
971			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
972			entry later. This parameter disables that.
973
974	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
975			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
976			memory out of your available memory pool based on
977			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
978			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
979
980	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
981			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
982			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
983
984	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
985
986	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
987			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
988
989	dma_debug_entries=<number>
990			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
991			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
992			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
993			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
994			architectural default is too low.
995
996	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
997			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
998			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
999			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1000			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1001			driver later using sysfs.
1002
1003	driver_async_probe=  [KNL]
1004			List of driver names to be probed asynchronously.
1005			Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1006
1007	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1008			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1009			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1010			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1011			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1012			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
1013			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
1014			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
1015			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
1016			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
1017			available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID
1018			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
1019			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
1020			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
1021			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
1022			data set with no connector name will be used for
1023			any connectors not explicitly specified.
1024
1025	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
1026
1027	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
1028			Format: {"off" | "known"}
1029			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1030			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1031			exists).
1032			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1033			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1034			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1035
1036	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
1037			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1038			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
1039			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1040
1041	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1042	<module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1043			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
1044			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1045			for details.
1046
1047	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
1048			in some Intel CPUs.
1049
1050	<module>.async_probe [KNL]
1051			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
1052
1053	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
1054			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1055			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1056			which are not unmapped.
1057
1058	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
1059
1060			When used with no options, the early console is
1061			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1062			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1063			the platform.
1064
1065		cdns,<addr>[,options]
1066			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1067			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1068			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1069			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1070			configured.
1071
1072		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
1073		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
1074		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
1075		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
1076		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1077			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1078			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1079			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1080			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1081			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1082			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1083			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1084			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1085
1086		pl011,<addr>
1087		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1088			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1089			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1090			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1091			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1092			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1093			the device registers.
1094
1095		liteuart,<addr>
1096			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1097			specified address. The serial port must already be
1098			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1099
1100		meson,<addr>
1101			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1102			port at the specified address. The serial port must
1103			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1104			supported.
1105
1106		msm_serial,<addr>
1107			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1108			port at the specified address. The serial port
1109			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1110			yet supported.
1111
1112		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1113			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1114			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1115			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1116			yet supported.
1117
1118		owl,<addr>
1119			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1120			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1121			specified address. The serial port must already be
1122			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1123
1124		rda,<addr>
1125			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1126			of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1127			specified address. The serial port must already be
1128			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1129
1130		sbi
1131			Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1132			console.
1133
1134		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1135
1136		s3c2410,<addr>
1137		s3c2412,<addr>
1138		s3c2440,<addr>
1139		s3c6400,<addr>
1140		s5pv210,<addr>
1141		exynos4210,<addr>
1142			Use early console provided by serial driver available
1143			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1144			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1145			serial port must already be setup and configured.
1146			Options are not yet supported.
1147
1148		lantiq,<addr>
1149			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1150			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1151			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1152			yet supported.
1153
1154		lpuart,<addr>
1155		lpuart32,<addr>
1156			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1157			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1158			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1159			port must already be setup and configured.
1160
1161		ec_imx21,<addr>
1162		ec_imx6q,<addr>
1163			Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1164			Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1165			must already be setup and configured.
1166
1167		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1168			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1169			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1170			address. The serial port must already be setup
1171			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1172
1173		qcom_geni,<addr>
1174			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1175			Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1176			specified address. The serial port must already be
1177			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1178
1179		efifb,[options]
1180			Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1181			memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1182			coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1183			the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1184			mapped with the correct attributes.
1185
1186		linflex,<addr>
1187			Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1188			serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1189			address must be provided, and the serial port must
1190			already be setup and configured.
1191
1192	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1193			earlyprintk=vga
1194			earlyprintk=sclp
1195			earlyprintk=xen
1196			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1197			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1198			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1199			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1200			earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1201			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1202
1203			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1204			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1205			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1206
1207			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1208			takes over.
1209
1210			Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1211			be used at a time.
1212
1213			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1214			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1215			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1216			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1217				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1218			You can find the port for a given device in
1219			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1220				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1221
1222			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1223			very good.
1224
1225			The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1226			the real console.
1227
1228			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1229
1230			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1231
1232			The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1233			PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1234			UART class.
1235
1236	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1237			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1238			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1239			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1240			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1241			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1242			default: on.
1243
1244	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1245			ekgdboc=kbd
1246
1247			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1248			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1249
1250			This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1251			but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1252			very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1253			via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1254
1255	edd=		[EDD]
1256			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1257
1258	efi=		[EFI]
1259			Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1260				  "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1261				  "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1262			debug: enable misc debug output.
1263			disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1264			PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1265			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1266			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1267			firmware implementations.
1268			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1269			nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1270			attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1271			memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1272			claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1273			reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1274			(i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1275			novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1276			no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1277			on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1278
1279	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1280			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1281			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1282			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1283			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1284
1285	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1286			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1287			updating original EFI memory map.
1288			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1289			from ss to ss+nn.
1290
1291			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1292			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1293			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1294			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1295
1296			If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1297			EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1298			range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1299
1300			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1301			related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1302			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1303			doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1304			"soft reserved".
1305
1306	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1307			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1308			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1309			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1310			Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1311
1312
1313	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1314			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1315
1316	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1317			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1318			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1319
1320	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1321			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1322			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1323			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1324			See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1325
1326	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1327			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1328			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1329			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1330
1331	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1332			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1333			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1334			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1335			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1336
1337	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1338			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1339			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1340			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1341			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1342			Default value is 0.
1343			Value can be changed at runtime via
1344			/sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1345
1346	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1347			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1348			support.
1349
1350	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1351			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1352			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1353
1354	evm=		[EVM]
1355			Format: { "fix" }
1356			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1357			current integrity status.
1358
1359	failslab=
1360	fail_usercopy=
1361	fail_page_alloc=
1362	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1363			General fault injection mechanism.
1364			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1365			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1366
1367	fb_tunnels=	[NET]
1368			Format: { initns | none }
1369			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1370			fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1371
1372	floppy=		[HW]
1373			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1374
1375	force_pal_cache_flush
1376			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1377			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1378			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1379			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1380
1381	forcepae	[X86-32]
1382			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1383			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1384			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1385			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1386			and may cause unknown problems.
1387
1388	ftrace=[tracer]
1389			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1390			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1391			boot debugging.
1392
1393	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1394			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1395			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1396			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1397			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1398			oops.
1399
1400	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1401			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1402			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1403			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1404			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1405			tracing directory.
1406
1407	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1408			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1409			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1410			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1411			tracing directory.
1412
1413	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1414			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1415			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1416			function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1417			that can be changed at run time by the
1418			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1419
1420	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1421			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1422			function-list.  This list is a comma-separated list of
1423			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1424			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1425
1426	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1427			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1428			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1429			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1430			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1431
1432	fw_devlink=	[KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1433			devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1434			consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1435			especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1436			it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1437			(suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1438			clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1439			suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1440			suppliers).
1441			Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1442			off --	Don't create device links from firmware info.
1443			permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1444				but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1445				up (sync_state() calls).
1446			on -- 	Create device links from firmware info and use it
1447				to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1448			rpm --	Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1449
1450	fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1451			[KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1452			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1453			Format: <bool>
1454
1455	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1456			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1457			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1458			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1459			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1460
1461	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1462
1463	gart_fix_e820=	[X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1464			Format: off | on
1465			default: on
1466
1467	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1468			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1469			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1470			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1471			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1472
1473	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1474			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1475			android emulator
1476
1477	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1478			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1479			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1480	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1481			[HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1482
1483	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1484			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1485			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1486			GPT to be used instead.
1487
1488	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1489			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1490			Format: 0 | 1
1491			Default: 0
1492	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1493			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1494			Format: 0 | 1
1495			Default: 0
1496	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1497			Format: 0 | 1
1498			Default: 0
1499	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1500			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1501			Default: 1024
1502	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1503			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1504			Default: 1024
1505
1506	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1507			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1508			backtraces on all cpus.
1509			Format: 0 | 1
1510
1511	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1512			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1513			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1514			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1515
1516	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1517
1518	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1519			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1520
1521	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1522			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1523			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1524			logic will be disabled.
1525
1526	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1527			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1528			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1529			size on bigger boxes.
1530
1531	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1532			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1533			Default: "on"
1534
1535	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1536
1537	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1538			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1539				verbose }
1540			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1541			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1542				VIA, nVidia)
1543			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1544
1545	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1546			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1547
1548	hugetlb_cma=	[HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1549			of gigantic hugepages.
1550			Format: nn[KMGTPE]
1551
1552			Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1553			hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1554			boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1555
1556	hugepages=	[HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1557			If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1558			the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1559			If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1560			line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1561			the default huge page size.  See also
1562			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1563			Format: <integer>
1564
1565	hugepagesz=
1566			[HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages.  This is used in
1567			conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1568			pages of a specific size at boot.  The pair
1569			hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1570			each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1571			architecture dependent.  See also
1572			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1573			Format: size[KMG]
1574
1575	hung_task_panic=
1576			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1577			Format: 0 | 1
1578
1579			A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1580			hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1581			by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1582			option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1583			be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1584
1585	hvc_iucv=	[S390]	Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1586				terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1587	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390]	Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1588				If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1589				from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1590
1591	hv_nopvspin	[X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1592				      which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1593				      guest on lock contention.
1594
1595	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1596			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1597			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1598			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1599			the real console.
1600
1601	i2c_bus=	[HW]	Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1602				or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1603				registered from board initialization code.
1604				Format:
1605				<bus_id>,<clkrate>
1606
1607	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1608	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1609			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1610			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1611			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1612	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1613	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1614			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1615			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1616	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1617	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1618	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1619			     for the AUX port
1620	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1621			     controller
1622	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1623			     controllers
1624	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1625	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1626			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1627			     transitions, or never reset
1628			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1629			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1630			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1631			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1632			architectures force reset to be always executed
1633	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1634	i8042.kbdreset	[HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1635
1636	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1637
1638	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1639			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1640			hardware.
1641	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1642			does not match list of supported models.
1643	i8k.power_status
1644			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1645			(disabled by default)
1646	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1647			capability is set.
1648
1649	i915.invert_brightness=
1650			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1651			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1652			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1653			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1654			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1655			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1656			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1657			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1658			value switches the backlight off.
1659			-1 -- never invert brightness
1660			 0 -- machine default
1661			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1662
1663	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1664			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1665
1666	ide-core.nodma=	[HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1667			Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1668			.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1669			.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1670			See Documentation/ide/ide.rst.
1671
1672	ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1673			Format: <int>
1674			Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports.  Depending on
1675			platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1676			setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  The
1677			default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1678			On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1679			PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1680			are then probed.  On systems without PCI the value
1681			of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1682			was 0x3.
1683
1684	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1685			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1686
1687	idle=		[X86]
1688			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1689			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1690			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1691			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1692			Not recommended.
1693			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1694			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1695			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1696
1697	idxd.sva=	[HW]
1698			Format: <bool>
1699			Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1700			support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1701			true (1).
1702
1703	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1704			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1705			Default: strict
1706
1707			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1708			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1709			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1710			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1711			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1712			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1713			encoding mode.
1714
1715			Available settings are as follows:
1716			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1717				supported by the FPU
1718			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1719				by the FPU
1720			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1721				by the FPU
1722			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1723				supported by the FPU
1724
1725			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1726			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1727			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1728			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1729			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1730			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1731			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1732			MIPS64 CPUs.
1733
1734			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1735			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1736			except where unsupported by hardware.
1737
1738	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1739			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1740			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1741			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1742			could change it dynamically, usually by
1743			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1744
1745	ignore_rlimit_data
1746			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1747			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1748			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1749
1750	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1751			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1752
1753	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1754			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1755			default: "enforce"
1756
1757	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1758			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1759			owned by uid=0.
1760
1761	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1762			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1763			measurements, instead of host native format.
1764
1765	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1766			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1767				   | sha512 | ... }
1768			default: "sha1"
1769
1770			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1771			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1772
1773	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1774			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1775			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1776				 fail_securely | critical_data"
1777
1778			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1779			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1780			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1781			uid=0.
1782
1783			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1784			all files owned by root.
1785
1786			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1787			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1788			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1789
1790			The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1791			verification failure also on privileged mounted
1792			filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1793			flag.
1794
1795			The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
1796			critical data.
1797
1798	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1799			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1800			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1801			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1802			opened for read by uid=0.
1803
1804	ima_template=	[IMA]
1805			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1806			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1807			Default: "ima-ng"
1808
1809	ima_template_fmt=
1810			[IMA] Define a custom template format.
1811			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1812
1813	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1814			Format: <min_file_size>
1815			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1816			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1817
1818			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1819			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1820			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1821
1822	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1823			Format: <bufsize>
1824			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1825
1826			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1827			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1828			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1829
1830	init=		[KNL]
1831			Format: <full_path>
1832			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1833			process.
1834
1835	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1836			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1837			startup.
1838
1839	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1840			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1841			modules and initcalls.
1842
1843	initramfs_async= [KNL]
1844			Format: <bool>
1845			Default: 1
1846			This parameter controls whether the initramfs
1847			image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
1848			with devices being probed and
1849			initialized. This should normally just work,
1850			but as a debugging aid, one can get the
1851			historical behaviour of the initramfs
1852			unpacking being completed before device_ and
1853			late_ initcalls.
1854
1855	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1856
1857	initrdmem=	[KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
1858			load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
1859			specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
1860			setting.
1861			Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
1862			Default is 0, 0
1863
1864	init_on_alloc=	[MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
1865			zeroes.
1866			Format: 0 | 1
1867			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
1868
1869	init_on_free=	[MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
1870			Format: 0 | 1
1871			Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
1872
1873	init_pkru=	[X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1874			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
1875			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
1876			override in debugfs after boot.
1877
1878	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1879			Format: <irq>
1880
1881	int_pln_enable	[X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1882
1883	integrity_audit=[IMA]
1884			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1885			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1886			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1887
1888	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1889		on
1890			Enable intel iommu driver.
1891		off
1892			Disable intel iommu driver.
1893		igfx_off [Default Off]
1894			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1895			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1896			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1897			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1898			DMA.
1899		strict [Default Off]
1900			With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1901			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1902			to batching them for performance.
1903		sp_off [Default Off]
1904			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1905			has the capability. With this option, super page will
1906			not be supported.
1907		sm_on [Default Off]
1908			By default, scalable mode will be disabled even if the
1909			hardware advertises that it has support for the scalable
1910			mode translation. With this option set, scalable mode
1911			will be used on hardware which claims to support it.
1912		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1913			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1914			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1915			could harm performance of some high-throughput
1916			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1917			mapping is enabled.
1918			Note that using this option lowers the security
1919			provided by tboot because it makes the system
1920			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1921
1922	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1923			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1924			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
1925
1926	intel_pstate=	[X86]
1927			disable
1928			  Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1929			  scaling driver for the supported processors
1930			passive
1931			  Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1932			  to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1933			  enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
1934			  used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1935			  feature.
1936			force
1937			  Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1938			  in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1939			  instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1940			  as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1941			  P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1942			  should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1943			  processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1944			  or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1945			no_hwp
1946			  Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1947			  if available.
1948			hwp_only
1949			  Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1950			  hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1951			support_acpi_ppc
1952			  Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1953			  Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1954			  profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1955			  then this feature is turned on by default.
1956			per_cpu_perf_limits
1957			  Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1958			  cpufreq sysfs interface
1959
1960	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1961			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1962			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
1963			nosid	disable Source ID checking
1964			no_x2apic_optout
1965				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1966			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
1967
1968	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1969		strict	regions from userspace.
1970		relaxed
1971
1972	iommu=		[X86]
1973		off
1974		force
1975		noforce
1976		biomerge
1977		panic
1978		nopanic
1979		merge
1980		nomerge
1981		soft
1982		pt		[X86]
1983		nopt		[X86]
1984		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
1985			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1986
1987	iommu.forcedac=	[ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
1988			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1989			0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
1990			  falling back to the full range if needed.
1991			1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
1992			  forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
1993			  greater than 32-bit addressing.
1994
1995	iommu.strict=	[ARM64] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
1996			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1997			0 - Lazy mode.
1998			  Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
1999			  invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2000			  throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2001			  Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2002			  the relevant IOMMU driver.
2003			1 - Strict mode (default).
2004			  DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2005			  synchronously.
2006
2007	iommu.passthrough=
2008			[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2009			Format: { "0" | "1" }
2010			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2011			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2012			unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2013
2014	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2015			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2016			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2017
2018	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
2019		0x80
2020			Standard port 0x80 based delay
2021		0xed
2022			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2023		udelay
2024			Simple two microseconds delay
2025		none
2026			No delay
2027
2028	ip=		[IP_PNP]
2029			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2030
2031	ipcmni_extend	[KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2032			IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2033
2034	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2035			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2036
2037	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2038			[ARM, ARM64]
2039			Format: <bool>
2040			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2041			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2042			exposed by the device tree is too small.
2043
2044	irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2045			[ARM, ARM64]
2046			Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2047			LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2048			that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2049			to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2050			LPIs.
2051
2052	irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2053			Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2054			requires the kernel to be built with
2055			CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2056
2057	irqfixup	[HW]
2058			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2059			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2060			firmware running.
2061
2062	irqpoll		[HW]
2063			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2064			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2065			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2066			firmware running.
2067
2068	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
2069			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2070
2071	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2072			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2073			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2074
2075			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2076			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2077
2078			nohz
2079			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2080
2081			  A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2082			  need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2083			  workqueue's affinity configured via the
2084			  /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2085			  by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2086
2087			  NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2088			  so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2089			  be configured manually after bootup.
2090
2091			domain
2092			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2093			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2094			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2095			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2096			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2097			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2098			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2099			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2100
2101			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2102			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2103			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2104			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2105
2106			managed_irq
2107
2108			  Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2109			  which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2110			  CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2111			  handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2112			  the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2113
2114			  This isolation is best effort and only effective
2115			  if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2116			  device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2117			  CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2118			  interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2119			  so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2120			  cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2121
2122			  If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2123			  CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2124			  interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2125			  only delivered when tasks running on those
2126			  isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2127			  housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2128			  queues.
2129
2130			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2131
2132	iucv=		[HW,NET]
2133
2134	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86-64]
2135			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2136			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
2137			example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2138			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2139				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2140
2141	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86-64]
2142			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2143			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
2144			example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
2145			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2146				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2147
2148	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86-64]
2149			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2150			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
2151			example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2152			PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
2153				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2154
2155	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2156			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2157
2158	nokaslr		[KNL]
2159			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
2160			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
2161			Layout Randomization).
2162
2163	kasan_multi_shot
2164			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2165			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2166			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2167			invalid access.
2168
2169	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
2170
2171	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2172			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2173			This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2174			the kernel for non-movable allocations.  The requested
2175			amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2176			system as ZONE_NORMAL.  The remaining memory is used for
2177			movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE.  In the
2178			event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2179			ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2180			other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2181
2182			ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2183			may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2184			subsystem.  Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2185			still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2186			zone if it does not.
2187
2188			It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2189			the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2190			memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror".  If "mirror"
2191			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2192			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2193			for Movable pages.  "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2194			are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2195
2196	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2197			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2198			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2199			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
2200			optional and is the number seconds in between
2201			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2202			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2203			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
2204			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2205			the kernel debugger.
2206
2207	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2208			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2209			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2210			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2211			 keyboard only format: kbd
2212			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2213			Optional Kernel mode setting:
2214			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2215			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2216
2217	kgdboc_earlycon=	[KGDB,HW]
2218			If the boot console provides the ability to read
2219			characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2220			this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2221			until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2222			be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2223			specifies the normal console to transition to.
2224
2225			The name of the early console should be specified
2226			as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2227			the early console might be different than the tty
2228			name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2229			blank and the first boot console that implements
2230			read() will be picked.
2231
2232	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2233			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2234
2235	kmac=		[MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2236			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2237			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2238
2239	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2240			Valid arguments: on, off
2241			Default: on
2242			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2243			the default is off.
2244
2245	kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2246			[FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2247			The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2248			definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2249			interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2250			For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2251			arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2252
2253			      kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2254
2255			See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2256			Boot Parameter" section.
2257
2258	kpti=		[ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2259			and kernel address spaces.
2260			Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2261			0: force disabled
2262			1: force enabled
2263
2264	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2265			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2266
2267	kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2268				   Default is false (don't support).
2269
2270	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
2271			KVM MMU at runtime.
2272			Default is 0 (off)
2273
2274	kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2275			[KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2276			X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2277			force	: Always deploy workaround.
2278			off	: Never deploy workaround.
2279			auto    : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2280				  X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2281
2282			Default is 'auto'.
2283
2284			If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2285			guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2286
2287	kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2288			[KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2289			back to huge pages.  0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2290			the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2291			minute.  The default is 60.
2292
2293	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2294			Default is 1 (enabled)
2295
2296	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2297			for all guests.
2298			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2299
2300	kvm-arm.mode=
2301			[KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2302
2303			nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2304			      protected guests.
2305
2306			protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2307				   state is kept private from the host.
2308				   Not valid if the kernel is running in EL2.
2309
2310			Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support.
2311
2312	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2313			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2314			system registers
2315
2316	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2317			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2318			system registers
2319
2320	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2321			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2322			system registers
2323
2324	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2325			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2326			LPIs.
2327
2328	kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2329			Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2330			contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2331			allocation.
2332			By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2333			Format: <integer>
2334			Default: 5
2335
2336	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2337			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2338			Default is 1 (enabled)
2339
2340	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2341			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
2342			Default is 0 (disabled)
2343
2344	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2345			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2346			Default is 1 (enabled)
2347
2348	kvm-intel.nested=
2349			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2350			Default is 0 (disabled)
2351
2352	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2353			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2354			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2355			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2356
2357	kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2358			CVE-2018-3620.
2359
2360			Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2361
2362			always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2363			cond:	Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2364				VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2365			never:	Disables the mitigation
2366
2367			Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2368
2369	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2370			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2371			Default is 1 (enabled)
2372
2373	l1tf=           [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2374			      affected CPUs
2375
2376			The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2377			enabled and cannot be disabled.
2378
2379			full
2380				Provides all available mitigations for the
2381				L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2382				enables all mitigations in the
2383				hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2384
2385				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2386				sysfs interface is still possible after
2387				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2388				when the first VM is started in a
2389				potentially insecure configuration,
2390				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2391
2392			full,force
2393				Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2394				flush runtime control. Implies the
2395				'nosmt=force' command line option.
2396				(i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2397
2398			flush
2399				Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2400				hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2401				L1D flush.
2402
2403				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2404				sysfs interface is still possible after
2405				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2406				when the first VM is started in a
2407				potentially insecure configuration,
2408				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2409
2410			flush,nosmt
2411
2412				Disables SMT and enables the default
2413				hypervisor mitigation.
2414
2415				SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2416				sysfs interface is still possible after
2417				boot.  Hypervisors will issue a warning
2418				when the first VM is started in a
2419				potentially insecure configuration,
2420				i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2421
2422			flush,nowarn
2423				Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2424				warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2425				insecure configuration.
2426
2427			off
2428				Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2429				emit any warnings.
2430				It also drops the swap size and available
2431				RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2432				bare metal.
2433
2434			Default is 'flush'.
2435
2436			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2437
2438	l2cr=		[PPC]
2439
2440	l3cr=		[PPC]
2441
2442	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2443			disabled it.
2444
2445	lapic=		[X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2446			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2447			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2448			Format: notscdeadline
2449
2450	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2451			in C2 power state.
2452
2453	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
2454			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2455			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2456			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2457			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
2458			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2459			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2460
2461	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2462			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
2463			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
2464
2465	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2466			when set.
2467			Format: <int>
2468
2469	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma-
2470			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
2471			PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
2472			matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
2473			the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
2474			the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
2475			values are used.  If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
2476			configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
2477
2478			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2479			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
2480			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2481			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
2482			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2483			host link and device attached to it.
2484
2485			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
2486			as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
2487			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2488			The following configurations can be forced.
2489
2490			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2491			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2492
2493			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2494
2495			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2496			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2497			  allowed.
2498
2499			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2500
2501			* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
2502
2503			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
2504			  and both resets.
2505
2506			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
2507			  hot-unplug link recovery
2508
2509			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
2510
2511			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
2512
2513			* disable: Disable this device.
2514
2515			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2516			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2517
2518	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2519
2520	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
2521
2522	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2523			Format: <integer>
2524
2525	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2526			Format: <integer>
2527
2528	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2529			Format: <integer>
2530
2531	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2532			Format: <integer>
2533
2534	lockdown=	[SECURITY]
2535			{ integrity | confidentiality }
2536			Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2537			integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2538			modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2539			confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2540			to extract confidential information from the kernel
2541			are also disabled.
2542
2543	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2544			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2545			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2546			number of online CPUs.
2547
2548	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2549			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2550
2551	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2552			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2553
2554	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2555			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2556			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2557
2558	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2559			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2560			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2561			mode during the locktorture test.
2562
2563	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2564			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2565			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2566
2567	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2568			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2569
2570	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2571			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2572			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2573			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2574			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2575			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2576
2577	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2578			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2579
2580	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2581			Enable additional printk() statements.
2582
2583	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2584			Format: <irq>
2585
2586	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2587			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2588			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2589			loglevels are defined as follows:
2590
2591			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2592			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2593			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2594			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2595			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2596			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2597			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2598			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2599
2600	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2601			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2602			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2603			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2604			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2605			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2606			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2607
2608	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2609			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2610			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2611			kernel boot problems.
2612
2613	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2614	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2615	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2616	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2617				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2618				attached printers to be reset. Using
2619				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2620				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2621				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2622				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2623				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2624				port specification list means that device IDs
2625				from each port should be examined, to see if
2626				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2627				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2628				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2629
2630	lpj=n		[KNL]
2631			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2632			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2633			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2634			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2635			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2636			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2637			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2638			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2639			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2640			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2641			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2642			hardware.
2643
2644	ltpc=		[NET]
2645			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2646
2647	lsm.debug	[SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2648
2649	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2650			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2651			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2652
2653	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2654			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2655			Example: machvec=hpzx1
2656
2657	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
2658			different yeeloong laptops.
2659			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2660
2661	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2662			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2663
2664	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2665			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2666			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2667			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2668			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2669			only takes effect during system bootup.
2670			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2671			which also disables the IO APIC.
2672
2673	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2674	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2675			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2676			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2677			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2678			/dev/loop-control interface.
2679
2680	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2681
2682	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2683
2684	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2685			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2686
2687	mdacon=		[MDA]
2688			Format: <first>,<last>
2689			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2690
2691	mds=		[X86,INTEL]
2692			Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
2693			Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
2694
2695			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2696			internal buffers which can forward information to a
2697			disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2698
2699			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2700			forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2701			attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2702			not have direct access.
2703
2704			This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
2705			options are:
2706
2707			full       - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
2708			full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
2709				     SMT on vulnerable CPUs
2710			off        - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
2711
2712			On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
2713			an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
2714			mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
2715			this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
2716			too.
2717
2718			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
2719			mds=full.
2720
2721			For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
2722
2723	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2724			Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
2725
2726			1 for test;
2727			2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
2728			3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
2729			 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
2730
2731			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2732			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2733			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2734			belonging to unused RAM.
2735
2736			Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
2737			in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
2738			if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
2739
2740	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2741			memory.
2742
2743	memchunk=nn[KMG]
2744			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2745			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2746
2747	memhp_default_state=online/offline
2748			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2749			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2750			set according to the
2751			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2752			option.
2753			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
2754
2755	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2756			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2757			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2758			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2759			option description.
2760
2761	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2762			[KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2763			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2764			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2765			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2766			Multiple different regions can be specified,
2767			comma delimited.
2768			Example:
2769				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2770
2771	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2772			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2773			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2774
2775	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2776			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2777			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2778			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2779			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
2780			         or
2781			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2782			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2783			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2784			will be eaten.
2785
2786	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2787			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2788			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2789			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2790			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2791
2792	memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
2793			[KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
2794			from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
2795			out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
2796			even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
2797			out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
2798			specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
2799			3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
2800
2801	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2802			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2803			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2804			Setting this option will scan the memory
2805			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
2806			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2807			from using the memory being corrupted.
2808			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2809			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2810			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2811			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2812
2813	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2814			By default it checks for corruption in the low
2815			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2816			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
2817			corruption in more or less memory.
2818
2819	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2820			By default it checks for corruption every 60
2821			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
2822			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
2823
2824	memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
2825			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
2826			Format: {on | off (default)}
2827			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
2828			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages)
2829			from the hotadded memory which will allow to
2830			hotadd a lot of memory without requiring
2831			additional memory to do so.
2832			This feature is disabled by default because it
2833			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
2834			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
2835			memory blocks).
2836			The state of the flag can be read in
2837			/sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
2838			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
2839			the feature is not effective.
2840
2841	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
2842			Format: <integer>
2843			default : 0 <disable>
2844			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2845			performed. Each pass selects another test
2846			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2847			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2848			memory contents and reserves bad memory
2849			regions that are detected.
2850
2851	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2852			Valid arguments: on, off
2853			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2854			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2855			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2856			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
2857			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
2858
2859			Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst
2860			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2861
2862	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2863			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
2864			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2865			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2866			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2867
2868	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2869			See Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst.
2870
2871	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2872			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2873			platforms.
2874
2875	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2876			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2877			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2878			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2879
2880	mga=		[HW,DRM]
2881
2882	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2883			physical address is ignored.
2884
2885	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
2886			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2887			Default: "0tb"
2888			MINI2440 configuration specification:
2889			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2890			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2891			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2892			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2893			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2894			unconfigured.
2895			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2896			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2897			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2898			VGA shield.
2899			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2900			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2901			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2902			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2903			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2904			https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2905
2906	mitigations=
2907			[X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
2908			CPU vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
2909			arch-independent options, each of which is an
2910			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
2911
2912			off
2913				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
2914				improves system performance, but it may also
2915				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
2916				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
2917					       kpti=0 [ARM64]
2918					       nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
2919					       nobp=0 [S390]
2920					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
2921					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
2922					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
2923					       ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
2924					       l1tf=off [X86]
2925					       mds=off [X86]
2926					       tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
2927					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
2928					       no_entry_flush [PPC]
2929					       no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
2930
2931				Exceptions:
2932					       This does not have any effect on
2933					       kvm.nx_huge_pages when
2934					       kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
2935
2936			auto (default)
2937				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
2938				enabled, even if it's vulnerable.  This is for
2939				users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
2940				getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
2941				have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
2942				Equivalent to: (default behavior)
2943
2944			auto,nosmt
2945				Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
2946				if needed.  This is for users who always want to
2947				be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
2948				Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
2949					       mds=full,nosmt [X86]
2950					       tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
2951
2952	mminit_loglevel=
2953			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2954			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2955			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2956			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2957			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2958			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2959
2960	module.sig_enforce
2961			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2962			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2963			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2964			is always true, so this option does nothing.
2965
2966	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2967			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
2968
2969	mousedev.tap_time=
2970			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2971			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2972			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2973			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2974			Format: <msecs>
2975	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2976			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2977	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2978			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2979
2980	movablecore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2981			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
2982			This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
2983			specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
2984			allocations.  If both kernelcore and movablecore is
2985			specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
2986			specified value but may be more.  If movablecore on its
2987			own is specified, the administrator must be careful
2988			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2989			is not too small.
2990
2991	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2992			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2993			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2994			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2995			allocations. Use with caution!
2996
2997	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
2998			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2999
3000	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
3001			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3002
3003	mtdparts=	[MTD]
3004			See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3005
3006	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3007			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3008			at a time.
3009
3010	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
3011
3012			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
3013
3014			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
3015				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
3016			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
3017				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
3018				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
3019
3020	mtdset=		[ARM]
3021			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3022
3023			See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3024
3025	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3026			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3027			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3028
3029	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3030			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3031			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3032
3033	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3034			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3035			Default is 1.
3036			Large value could prevent small alignment from
3037			using up MTRRs.
3038
3039	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3040			Format: <integer>
3041			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3042			Default : 1
3043			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3044			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3045
3046	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3047
3048	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
3049			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3050			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3051			something different and driver-specific.
3052			This usage is only documented in each driver source
3053			file if at all.
3054
3055	nf_conntrack.acct=
3056			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3057			0 to disable accounting
3058			1 to enable accounting
3059			Default value is 0.
3060
3061	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
3062			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3063
3064	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3065			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3066
3067	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3068			See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3069
3070	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3071			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3072			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3073			requests.
3074
3075	nfs.callback_tcpport=
3076			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3077			channel should listen.
3078
3079	nfs.cache_getent=
3080			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3081			to update the NFS client cache entries.
3082
3083	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3084			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3085			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3086
3087	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3088			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3089			entries.
3090
3091	nfs.enable_ino64=
3092			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3093			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3094			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3095			of returning the full 64-bit number.
3096			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3097
3098	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3099			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3100			slots the client will assign to the callback
3101			channel. This determines the maximum number of
3102			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3103			a particular server.
3104
3105	nfs.max_session_slots=
3106			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3107			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3108			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3109			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3110			Note that there is little point in setting this
3111			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3112
3113	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3114			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3115			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3116			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3117			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3118			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3119			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3120			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3121			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3122			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3123			back to using the idmapper.
3124			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3125	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3126			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3127			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3128			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
3129			UUID that is generated at system install time.
3130
3131	nfs.send_implementation_id =
3132			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3133			information in exchange_id requests.
3134			If zero, no implementation identification information
3135			will be sent.
3136			The default is to send the implementation identification
3137			information.
3138
3139	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
3140			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3141			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3142			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3143			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3144			after the locks are lost.
3145			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3146			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3147			parameter to '1'.
3148			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3149			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3150
3151	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
3152			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3153			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3154
3155			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3156			whatever value is the default set by the layout
3157			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3158			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3159
3160	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3161			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3162			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3163			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3164			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
3165			migration from NFSv2/v3.
3166
3167	nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3168			Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3169			NMI stack-backtrace request.
3170
3171	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3172			when a NMI is triggered.
3173			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3174
3175	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3176			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3177			Valid num: 0 or 1
3178			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3179			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3180			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3181			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3182			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3183			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3184			please see 'nowatchdog'.
3185			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3186			need the box quickly up again.
3187
3188			These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3189			the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3190
3191	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3192			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3193			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3194			waits 4 seconds.
3195
3196	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3197			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3198			is present.
3199
3200	no5lvl		[X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3201			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3202
3203	nofsgsbase	[X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3204
3205	no_console_suspend
3206			[HW] Never suspend the console
3207			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3208			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
3209			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3210			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3211			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
3212			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3213			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3214			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3215			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3216			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3217			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3218			turn on/off it dynamically.
3219
3220	novmcoredd	[KNL,KDUMP]
3221			Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
3222			append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
3223			specified debug info.  Drivers can append the data
3224			without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
3225			so this may cause significant memory stress.  Disabling
3226			device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
3227			data will be no longer available.  This parameter
3228			is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
3229			is set.
3230
3231	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3232			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
3233			but will impact performance.
3234
3235	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
3236
3237	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3238			(CPU alternatives feature).
3239
3240	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3241			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3242
3243	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3244
3245	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
3246			on "Classic" PPC cores.
3247
3248	nocache		[ARM]
3249
3250	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
3251
3252	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
3253
3254	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3255
3256	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
3257
3258	no_entry_flush  [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3259
3260	noexec		[IA-64]
3261
3262	noexec		[X86]
3263			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
3264			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3265			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
3266
3267	nosmap		[X86,PPC]
3268			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3269			even if it is supported by processor.
3270
3271	nosmep		[X86,PPC]
3272			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3273			even if it is supported by processor.
3274
3275	noexec32	[X86-64]
3276			This affects only 32-bit executables.
3277			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3278				read doesn't imply executable mappings
3279			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3280				read implies executable mappings
3281
3282	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3283
3284	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3285			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3286			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3287
3288	nohugeiomap	[KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3289
3290	nohugevmalloc	[PPC] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3291
3292	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3293			Equivalent to smt=1.
3294
3295			[KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3296			nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3297				     via the sysfs control file.
3298
3299	nospectre_v1	[X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3300			(bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3301			possible in the system.
3302
3303	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3304			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3305			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3306			option.
3307
3308	nospec_store_bypass_disable
3309			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3310
3311	no_uaccess_flush
3312	                [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
3313
3314	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3315			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3316			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3317
3318	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3319			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3320			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3321			performance of saving the states is degraded because
3322			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3323			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3324
3325	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3326			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3327			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3328			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3329			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3330			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3331			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3332
3333	nohlt		[ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait
3334			in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3335			implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3336			to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3337			sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3338			correctly or when doing power measurements to evalute
3339			the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3340			useful when using JTAG debugger.
3341
3342	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
3343			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3344			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3345
3346	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3347			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3348			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3349			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3350			in certain environments such as networked servers or
3351			real-time systems.
3352
3353	no_hash_pointers
3354			Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3355			unhashed.  By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3356			format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3357			by hashing the pointer value.  This is a security feature
3358			that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3359			users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3360			difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3361			compared.  However, if this command-line option is
3362			specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3363			value printed.  Pointers printed via %pK may still be
3364			hashed.  This option should only be specified when
3365			debugging the kernel.  Please do not use on production
3366			kernels.
3367
3368	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3369
3370	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3371			Valid arguments: on, off
3372			Default: on
3373
3374	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3375			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3376			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3377			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3378			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3379			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
3380			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3381			just as if they had also been called out in the
3382			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3383
3384	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3385
3386	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3387			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3388
3389	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3390			broken timer IRQ sources.
3391
3392	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3393
3394	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3395			initial RAM disk.
3396
3397	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3398			remapping.
3399			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3400
3401	nointroute	[IA-64]
3402
3403	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3404
3405	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3406
3407	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3408
3409	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3410			fault handling.
3411
3412	no-vmw-sched-clock
3413			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3414			clock and use the default one.
3415
3416	no-steal-acc	[X86,PV_OPS,ARM64] Disable paravirtualized steal time
3417			accounting. steal time is computed, but won't
3418			influence scheduler behaviour
3419
3420	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3421
3422	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3423
3424	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
3425			lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
3426
3427	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3428
3429	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3430
3431	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3432			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3433
3434	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3435			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3436			irq.
3437
3438	nomodule	Disable module load
3439
3440	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3441			pagetables) support.
3442
3443	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3444
3445	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
3446			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3447
3448	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3449			with UP alternatives
3450
3451	nordrand	[X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
3452			RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
3453			by the processor.  RDRAND and RDSEED are still
3454			available to user space applications.
3455
3456	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3457			space.
3458
3459	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
3460			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3461			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3462
3463	nosbagart	[IA-64]
3464
3465	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
3466
3467	nosgx		[X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3468
3469	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3470			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3471
3472	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3473
3474	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3475
3476	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3477			soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3478
3479	nowb		[ARM]
3480
3481	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3482
3483	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
3484			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
3485			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
3486			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
3487			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
3488			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
3489			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
3490			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
3491			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
3492			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
3493			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
3494			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
3495			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
3496
3497	nps_mtm_hs_ctr=	[KNL,ARC]
3498			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3499			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3500			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3501			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3502			parameter's value.
3503			Format: integer between 1 and 255
3504			Default: 255
3505
3506	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3507			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3508			SAL PALO.
3509
3510	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
3511			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3512			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3513			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3514			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3515			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3516			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3517			hot plugging.
3518
3519	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3520
3521	numa_balancing=	[KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
3522			NUMA balancing.
3523			Allowed values are enable and disable
3524
3525	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3526			'node', 'default' can be specified
3527			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3528			See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3529
3530	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3531			See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
3532			info.
3533
3534	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3535			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3536			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3537			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
3538			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3539			interrupts *may* be lost!
3540
3541	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3542			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3543			For example, to override I2C bus2:
3544			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3545
3546	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3547			process, but there is a small probability of
3548			deadlocking the machine.
3549			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3550			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3551
3552	page_alloc.shuffle=
3553			[KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3554			should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3555			be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3556			running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3557			cache, and this parameter can be used to
3558			override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3559			can be read from sysfs at:
3560			/sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3561
3562	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3563			Storage of the information about who allocated
3564			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3565			we can turn it on.
3566			on: enable the feature
3567
3568	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3569			poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3570			CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3571			off: turn off poisoning (default)
3572			on: turn on poisoning
3573
3574	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3575			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3576			timeout = 0: wait forever
3577			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3578			Format: <timeout>
3579
3580	panic_print=	Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3581			User can chose combination of the following bits:
3582			bit 0: print all tasks info
3583			bit 1: print system memory info
3584			bit 2: print timer info
3585			bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3586			bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3587			bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3588
3589	panic_on_taint=	Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
3590			Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
3591			Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
3592			that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
3593			called with any of the flags in this set.
3594			The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
3595			prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
3596			/proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
3597			bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
3598			See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
3599			extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
3600			to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
3601
3602	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
3603			on a WARN().
3604
3605	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
3606			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
3607			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
3608			succeeds in any situation.
3609			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
3610			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
3611			kernel more unstable.
3612
3613	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3614			connected to, default is 0.
3615			Format: <parport#>
3616	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3617			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3618			Format: <mode>
3619
3620	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3621			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3622			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3623			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3624			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3625			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3626			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3627			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3628			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3629			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3630			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3631			are specified on the command line, starting
3632			with parport0.
3633
3634	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
3635			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3636			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3637			computer where firmware has no options for setting
3638			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3639			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3640			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3641
3642	pata_legacy.all=	[HW,LIBATA]
3643			Format: <int>
3644			Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
3645			port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
3646			has been found at either range.  Disabled by default.
3647
3648	pata_legacy.autospeed=	[HW,LIBATA]
3649			Format: <int>
3650			Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
3651			changes.  Disabled by default.
3652
3653	pata_legacy.ht6560a=	[HW,LIBATA]
3654			Format: <int>
3655			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
3656			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
3657			Disabled by default.
3658
3659	pata_legacy.ht6560b=	[HW,LIBATA]
3660			Format: <int>
3661			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
3662			the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
3663			Disabled by default.
3664
3665	pata_legacy.iordy_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
3666			Format: <int>
3667			IORDY enable mask.  Set individual bits to allow IORDY
3668			for the respective channel.  Bit 0 is for the first
3669			legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
3670			the second channel, and so on.  The sequence will often
3671			correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
3672			legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
3673			bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
3674			with the sequence.  By default IORDY is allowed across
3675			all channels.
3676
3677	pata_legacy.opti82c46x=	[HW,LIBATA]
3678			Format: <int>
3679			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
3680			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
3681			respectively.  Disabled by default.
3682
3683	pata_legacy.opti82c611a=	[HW,LIBATA]
3684			Format: <int>
3685			Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
3686			channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
3687			respectively.  Disabled by default.
3688
3689	pata_legacy.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
3690			Format: <int>
3691			PIO mode mask for autospeed devices.  Set individual
3692			bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
3693			Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
3694			All modes allowed by default.
3695
3696	pata_legacy.probe_all=	[HW,LIBATA]
3697			Format: <int>
3698			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
3699			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
3700
3701	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
3702			Format: <int>
3703			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
3704			platform configuration and the use of other driver
3705			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
3706			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
3707			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
3708			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
3709			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
3710			By default all supported ports are probed.
3711
3712	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
3713			Format: <int>
3714			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
3715			set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
3716
3717	pata_legacy.winbond=	[HW,LIBATA]
3718			Format: <int>
3719			Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers.  Use
3720			the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
3721			value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
3722			By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
3723			0 otherwise.
3724
3725	pata_platform.pio_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
3726			Format: <int>
3727			Supported PIO mode mask.  Set individual bits to allow
3728			the use of the respective PIO modes.  Bit 0 is for
3729			mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.  Mode 0 only
3730			allowed by default.
3731
3732	pause_on_oops=
3733			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
3734			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
3735			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
3736
3737	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
3738
3739	pcd.		[PARIDE]
3740			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
3741			See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3742
3743	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
3744
3745				Some options herein operate on a specific device
3746				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
3747				specified in one of the following formats:
3748
3749				[<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
3750				pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
3751
3752				Note: the first format specifies a PCI
3753				bus/device/function address which may change
3754				if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
3755				firmware changes, or due to changes caused
3756				by other kernel parameters. If the
3757				domain is left unspecified, it is
3758				taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
3759				to a device through multiple device/function
3760				addresses can be specified after the base
3761				address (this is more robust against
3762				renumbering issues).  The second format
3763				selects devices using IDs from the
3764				configuration space which may match multiple
3765				devices in the system.
3766
3767		earlydump	dump PCI config space before the kernel
3768				changes anything
3769		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
3770		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
3771				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
3772				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
3773		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
3774				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
3775				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
3776				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
3777		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3778				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
3779				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
3780		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3781				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
3782				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
3783				bus number. The config space is then accessed
3784				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
3785				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
3786				on the configuration access mechanisms.
3787		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
3788				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3789				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
3790		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
3791				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
3792		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
3793				Configuration
3794		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
3795				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
3796				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
3797		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
3798				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3799				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
3800		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
3801				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
3802				should never be necessary.
3803		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
3804				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
3805				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
3806				when the system masks IRQs.
3807		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
3808				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
3809				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
3810				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
3811		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
3812				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
3813				on several machines and they hang the machine
3814				when used, but on other computers it's the only
3815				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
3816				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
3817				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
3818				motherboard.
3819		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
3820				Use with caution as certain devices share
3821				address decoders between ROMs and other
3822				resources.
3823		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
3824				expansion ROMs that do not already have
3825				BIOS assigned address ranges.
3826		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
3827				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
3828		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
3829				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
3830				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
3831				this way.
3832		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
3833				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
3834				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
3835				F0000h-100000h range.
3836		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3837				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3838				secondary buses and you want to tell it
3839				explicitly which ones they are.
3840		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3841				numbers ourselves, overriding
3842				whatever the firmware may have done.
3843		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3844				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3845				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3846				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3847				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3848				IRQ routing is enabled.
3849		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3850				or for PCI scanning.
3851		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3852				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3853				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
3854				please report a bug.
3855		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3856				If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3857		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3858				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3859				so this option is a temporary workaround
3860				for broken drivers that don't call it.
3861		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3862				handle more pci cards
3863		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3864				This might help on some broken boards which
3865				machine check when some devices' config space
3866				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3867				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3868		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3869				This sorting is done to get a device
3870				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3871		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3872		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3873				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3874		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3875				supported by all devices below the root complex.
3876		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3877				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3878				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3879				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3880				or bus can support) for best performance.
3881		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3882				every device is guaranteed to support. This
3883				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3884				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3885				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
3886				that hot-added devices will work.
3887		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3888				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3889				The default value is 256 bytes.
3890		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3891				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3892				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3893		resource_alignment=
3894				Format:
3895				[<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
3896				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3897				aligned memory resources. How to
3898				specify the device is described above.
3899				If <order of align> is not specified,
3900				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3901				A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
3902				windows need to be expanded.
3903				To specify the alignment for several
3904				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3905				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3906				specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3907				for 4096-byte alignment.
3908		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3909				end-to-end CRC checking).
3910				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3911				the default.
3912				off: Turn ECRC off
3913				on: Turn ECRC on.
3914		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3915				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3916				Default size is 256 bytes.
3917		hpmmiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3918				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
3919				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3920		hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3921				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
3922				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3923		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3924				reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
3925				MMIO_PREF window.
3926				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3927		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3928				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3929				Default is 1.
3930		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3931				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3932				accommodate resources required by all child
3933				devices.
3934				off: Turn realloc off
3935				on: Turn realloc on
3936		realloc		same as realloc=on
3937		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
3938		noats		[PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
3939				do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
3940		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
3941				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3942				port.
3943		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
3944				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
3945				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
3946				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
3947				conflict with unreported devices), so this
3948				taints the kernel.
3949		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
3950				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
3951				specified above) separated by semicolons.
3952				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
3953				redirect capabilities forced off which will
3954				allow P2P traffic between devices through
3955				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
3956				this removes isolation between devices and
3957				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
3958		force_floating	[S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
3959		nomio		[S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
3960		norid		[S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
3961				one PCI domain per PCI function
3962
3963	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3964			Management.
3965		off	Disable ASPM.
3966		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3967			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3968
3969	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
3970		native	Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
3971			even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
3972			use them.  This may cause conflicts if the platform
3973			also tries to use these services.
3974		dpc-native	Use native PCIe service for DPC only.  May
3975				cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
3976		compat	Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
3977			hotplug).
3978
3979	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3980		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3981		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3982
3983	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3984		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3985			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3986
3987	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3988
3989	pd_ignore_unused
3990			[PM]
3991			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3992			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3993			for debug and development, but should not be
3994			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3995
3996	pd.		[PARIDE]
3997			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3998
3999	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4000			boot time.
4001			Format: { 0 | 1 }
4002			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4003
4004	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4005			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4006			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
4007			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4008			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
4009			and performance comparison.
4010
4011	pf.		[PARIDE]
4012			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4013
4014	pg.		[PARIDE]
4015			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4016
4017	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4018			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4019
4020	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4021			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4022			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4023
4024	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4025			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4026			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4027
4028	pm_debug_messages	[SUSPEND,KNL]
4029			Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4030
4031	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
4032			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4033			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
4034			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
4035			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4036			possible settings and some assignment information.
4037
4038	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
4039			{ off }
4040
4041	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
4042			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4043
4044	pnp_reserve_irq=
4045			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4046
4047	pnp_reserve_dma=
4048			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4049
4050	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4051			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4052
4053	pnp_reserve_mem=
4054			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4055			autoconfiguration.
4056			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4057
4058	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4059			Default is 21.
4060			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4061			may be specified.
4062			Format: <port>,<port>....
4063
4064	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4065			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4066			platform machine description specific power_save
4067			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4068			execution priority.
4069
4070	ppc_strict_facility_enable
4071			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4072			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4073			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4074			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4075
4076	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
4077			Format: {"off"}
4078			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4079
4080	preempt=	[KNL]
4081			Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4082			none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4083			voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4084			full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4085			       can be preempted anytime.
4086
4087	print-fatal-signals=
4088			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4089
4090			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4091			related application anomalies: too many signals,
4092			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4093			coredump - etc.
4094
4095			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4096			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4097
4098			default: off.
4099
4100	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4101			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4102			panics
4103			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4104			default: disabled
4105
4106	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4107			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4108			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4109			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4110			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4111			Default: ratelimit
4112
4113	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4114			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4115
4116	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
4117			Limit processor to maximum C-state
4118			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4119
4120	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
4121			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4122			instead using the legacy FADT method
4123
4124	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4125			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4126			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4127				[defaults to kernel profiling]
4128			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4129			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4130				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4131			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4132			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4133				statistical time based profiling.
4134
4135	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] [Deprecated]
4136
4137	prot_virt=	[S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4138			isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4139			that).
4140			Format: <bool>
4141
4142	psi=		[KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4143			tracking.
4144			Format: <bool>
4145
4146	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4147			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4148	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4149			per second.
4150	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
4151			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4152			(0 = never).
4153	psmouse.resolution=
4154			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4155	psmouse.smartscroll=
4156			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4157			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4158
4159	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4160
4161	pt.		[PARIDE]
4162			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4163
4164	pti=		[X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4165			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
4166			removes hardening, but improves performance of
4167			system calls and interrupts.
4168
4169			on   - unconditionally enable
4170			off  - unconditionally disable
4171			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4172			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4173
4174			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4175
4176	nopti		[X86-64]
4177			Equivalent to pti=off
4178
4179	pty.legacy_count=
4180			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4181			default number.
4182
4183	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
4184
4185	r128=		[HW,DRM]
4186
4187	raid=		[HW,RAID]
4188			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4189
4190	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4191			See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4192
4193	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
4194
4195	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
4196			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
4197			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
4198			fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
4199			by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
4200
4201	randomize_kstack_offset=
4202			[KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4203			randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4204			entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4205			that depend on stack address determinism or
4206			cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4207			available on architectures that have defined
4208			CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4209			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4210			Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4211
4212	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
4213
4214		cec_disable	[X86]
4215				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4216				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4217
4218	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
4219			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
4220
4221			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
4222			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
4223			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be
4224			offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that
4225			purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and
4226			"s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number.
4227			This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs,
4228			which can be useful for HPC and real-time
4229			workloads.  It can also improve energy efficiency
4230			for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4231
4232	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
4233			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4234			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4235			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4236			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4237			This improves the real-time response for the
4238			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4239			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4240			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4241			periodically wake up to do the polling.
4242
4243	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
4244			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4245			process in one batch.
4246
4247	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
4248			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4249			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
4250			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4251
4252	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
4253			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4254			RCU grace-period cleanup.
4255
4256	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
4257			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4258			RCU grace-period initialization.
4259
4260	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
4261			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4262			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4263			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4264			the rcu_node combining tree.
4265
4266	rcutree.use_softirq=	[KNL]
4267			If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
4268			per-CPU rcuc kthreads.  Defaults to a non-zero
4269			value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
4270			Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
4271
4272			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
4273			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
4274			to zero.
4275
4276	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4277			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4278			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
4279			possibly be useful for architectures having high
4280			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4281
4282	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4283			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4284			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
4285			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4286			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4287			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4288			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4289
4290	rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4291			Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4292			maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4293			to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4294			pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4295			whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4296			condition.
4297
4298	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4299			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4300			first attempt to force quiescent states.
4301			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4302			and maximum value is HZ.
4303
4304	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4305			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4306			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
4307			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4308
4309	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4310			Set required age in jiffies for a
4311			given grace period before RCU starts
4312			soliciting quiescent-state help from
4313			rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4314			If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4315			a value based on the most recent settings
4316			of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4317			and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4318			This calculated value may be viewed in
4319			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs.  Any attempt to set
4320			rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4321			overwritten.
4322
4323	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
4324			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4325			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4326			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4327			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4328			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4329			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4330			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
4331			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4332			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4333
4334	rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4335			Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4336			each group, which defaults to the square root
4337			of the number of CPUs.	Larger numbers reduce
4338			the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4339			kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4340			each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4341
4342	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4343			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4344			batch limiting is disabled.
4345
4346	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4347			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4348			batch limiting is re-enabled.
4349
4350	rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4351			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4352			RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4353			enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4354			help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4355			Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4356			on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4357			disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4358
4359	rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
4360			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
4361			RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
4362
4363	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4364			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4365			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4366			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4367			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4368			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4369
4370	rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
4371			In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
4372			this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
4373			in microseconds.  This defaults to zero.
4374			Larger delays increase the probability of
4375			catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
4376			of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
4377			rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
4378
4379	rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
4380			Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
4381			rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
4382			why a new grace period has not yet started.
4383
4384	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
4385			Measure performance of asynchronous
4386			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
4387
4388	rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
4389			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
4390			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
4391			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
4392			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
4393			previously posted callbacks to drain.
4394
4395	rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
4396			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
4397			grace-period primitives.
4398
4399	rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4400			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
4401			this parameter is to delay the start of the
4402			test until boot completes in order to avoid
4403			interference.
4404
4405	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
4406			Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
4407
4408	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
4409			Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4410			If this parameter has the same value as
4411			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
4412			and double-argument variants are tested.
4413
4414	rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
4415			Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4416			If this parameter has the same value as
4417			rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
4418			and double-argument variants are tested.
4419
4420	rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
4421			The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
4422
4423	rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
4424			Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
4425
4426	rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
4427			Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
4428			of allocations and frees.
4429
4430	rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4431			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4432			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4433			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
4434			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4435			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4436			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
4437			a single reader.
4438
4439	rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
4440			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
4441			the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
4442			N, where N is the number of CPUs
4443
4444	rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL]
4445			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4446
4447	rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4448			Shut the system down after performance tests
4449			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
4450			testing.
4451
4452	rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
4453			Enable additional printk() statements.
4454
4455	rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
4456			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
4457			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
4458			no holdoff.
4459
4460	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
4461			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
4462			in microseconds.
4463
4464	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
4465			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
4466			in microseconds.
4467
4468	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
4469			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
4470			in seconds.
4471
4472	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
4473			Enable RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
4474			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
4475
4476	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
4477			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
4478			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
4479
4480	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
4481			Number of seconds to wait between successive
4482			forward-progress tests.
4483
4484	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
4485			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
4486			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
4487			testing.
4488
4489	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
4490			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
4491			primitives, if available.
4492
4493	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
4494			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
4495
4496	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
4497			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
4498			update-side primitives, if available.
4499
4500	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
4501			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
4502			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
4503			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
4504			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
4505			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
4506			they are all non-zero.
4507
4508	rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
4509			Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
4510			accurately, from a timer handler.  Not all RCU
4511			flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
4512
4513	rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
4514			Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
4515			This can of course result in splats, and is
4516			intended to test the ability of things like
4517			CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
4518			such leaks.
4519
4520	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
4521			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
4522
4523	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
4524			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
4525			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
4526			test, hence the "fake".
4527
4528	rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
4529			Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
4530			Zero (the default) disables toggling.
4531
4532	rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
4533			Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
4534			callback-offload toggling attempts.
4535
4536	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
4537			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
4538			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
4539			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
4540			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
4541			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4542
4543	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
4544			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
4545
4546	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4547			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
4548
4549	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4550			Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
4551			or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
4552
4553	rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
4554			Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
4555			to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
4556			task-exit processing.
4557
4558	rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
4559			The number of times in a given read-then-exit
4560			episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
4561			is spawned.
4562
4563	rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
4564			The delay, in seconds, between successive
4565			read-then-exit testing episodes.
4566
4567	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
4568			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
4569			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
4570			during the rcutorture test.
4571
4572	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
4573			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
4574			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
4575
4576	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
4577			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
4578			warnings, zero to disable.
4579
4580	rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
4581			Sleep while stalling if set.  This will result
4582			in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition
4583			to any other stall-related activity.
4584
4585	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
4586			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
4587
4588	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
4589			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
4590
4591	rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
4592			Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
4593			grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
4594			warnings, zero to disable.  If both stall_cpu
4595			and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
4596			kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
4597
4598	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
4599			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
4600
4601	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
4602			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
4603			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
4604			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
4605			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
4606
4607	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
4608			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
4609			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
4610			under test support RCU priority boosting.
4611
4612	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
4613			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
4614
4615	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
4616			Interval (s) between each boost test.
4617
4618	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
4619			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
4620			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
4621
4622	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
4623			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4624
4625	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
4626			Enable additional printk() statements.
4627
4628	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
4629			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
4630			stall warning.
4631
4632	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
4633			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4634
4635	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
4636			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
4637			rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
4638			during early boot, that is, during the time
4639			before the init task is spawned.
4640
4641	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4642			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4643
4644	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
4645			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
4646			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
4647			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
4648			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
4649			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
4650			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4651
4652	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
4653			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
4654			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
4655			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
4656			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
4657			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
4658			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
4659			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
4660			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4661
4662	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
4663			Once boot has completed (that is, after
4664			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
4665			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
4666			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4667
4668			But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
4669			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
4670			it to the value one, that is, converting any
4671			post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
4672			period to instead use normal non-expedited
4673			grace-period processing.
4674
4675	rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
4676			Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
4677			avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
4678			of a given grace period.  Setting a large
4679			number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
4680			but lengthens grace periods.
4681
4682	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4683			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
4684			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
4685			to zero.
4686
4687	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
4688			Run the RCU early boot self tests
4689
4690	rdinit=		[KNL]
4691			Format: <full_path>
4692			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
4693			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
4694
4695	rdrand=		[X86]
4696			force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
4697				advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
4698				certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
4699				support, specifically around the suspend/resume
4700				path).
4701
4702	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
4703			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
4704			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
4705			mba.
4706			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
4707				rdt=cmt,!mba
4708
4709	reboot=		[KNL]
4710			Format (x86 or x86_64):
4711				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
4712				[[,]s[mp]#### \
4713				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
4714				[[,]f[orce]
4715			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
4716					(prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
4717					reboot only),
4718			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
4719			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
4720			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
4721					to be used for rebooting.
4722
4723	refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4724			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
4725			this parameter is to delay the start of the
4726			test until boot completes in order to avoid
4727			interference.
4728
4729	refscale.loops= [KNL]
4730			Set the number of loops over the synchronization
4731			primitive under test.  Increasing this number
4732			reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
4733			but the default has already reduced the per-pass
4734			noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
4735			x86 laptops.
4736
4737	refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4738			Set number of readers.  The default value of -1
4739			selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
4740			of CPUs.  A value of zero is an interesting choice.
4741
4742	refscale.nruns= [KNL]
4743			Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
4744			the console log.
4745
4746	refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
4747			Set the read-side critical-section duration,
4748			measured in microseconds.
4749
4750	refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
4751			Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
4752
4753	refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4754			Shut down the system at the end of the performance
4755			test.  This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
4756			refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
4757			it running) when refscale is built as a module.
4758
4759	refscale.verbose= [KNL]
4760			Enable additional printk() statements.
4761
4762	refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
4763			Batch the additional printk() statements.  If zero
4764			(the default) or negative, print everything.  Otherwise,
4765			print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
4766			specified.
4767
4768	relax_domain_level=
4769			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
4770			See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
4771
4772	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
4773			Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
4774			Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
4775			them.  If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
4776			is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
4777
4778	reservetop=	[X86-32]
4779			Format: nn[KMG]
4780			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
4781			address space.
4782
4783	reservelow=	[X86]
4784			Format: nn[K]
4785			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
4786			the bottom of the address space.
4787
4788	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
4789			during initialization.
4790
4791	resume=		[SWSUSP]
4792			Specify the partition device for software suspend
4793			Format:
4794			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
4795
4796	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
4797			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
4798			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
4799			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
4800			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
4801
4802	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4803			read the resume files
4804
4805	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
4806			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4807			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4808
4809	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
4810		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
4811				present during boot.
4812		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
4813		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
4814		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
4815				(that will set all pages holding image data
4816				during restoration read-only).
4817
4818	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
4819
4820	rfkill.default_state=
4821		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
4822			etc. communication is blocked by default.
4823		1	Unblocked.
4824
4825	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
4826		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
4827		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4828			blocked and the previous configuration.
4829		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4830			blocked and everything unblocked.
4831
4832	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4833			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
4834
4835	ring3mwait=disable
4836			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
4837			CPUs.
4838
4839	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
4840
4841	rodata=		[KNL]
4842		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
4843		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
4844
4845	rockchip.usb_uart
4846			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
4847			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
4848			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
4849			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
4850
4851	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
4852			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
4853
4854	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4855			mount the root filesystem
4856
4857	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
4858
4859	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
4860
4861	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
4862			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4863			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4864
4865	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
4866			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
4867			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
4868			managed by CMA.
4869
4870	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
4871
4872	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
4873
4874	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
4875			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
4876		strict
4877			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
4878			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
4879			which is faster.
4880
4881	sa1100ir	[NET]
4882			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
4883
4884	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
4885
4886	sched_verbose	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
4887
4888	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
4889			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
4890			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
4891			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
4892
4893	sched_thermal_decay_shift=
4894			[KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
4895			pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
4896			default decay period of other scheduler pelt
4897			signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
4898			sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
4899			period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
4900			value.
4901			i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
4902			sched_thermal_decay_shift   thermal pressure decay pr
4903				1			64 ms
4904				2			128 ms
4905			and so on.
4906			Format: integer between 0 and 10
4907			Default is 0.
4908
4909	scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
4910			Number of seconds to hold off before starting
4911			test.  Defaults to zero for module insertion and
4912			to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
4913			tests.
4914
4915	scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
4916			Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
4917			up to the chosen limit in seconds.  Zero (the
4918			default) disables this feature.  Please note
4919			that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
4920			seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
4921			softlockup complaints, and so on.
4922
4923	scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
4924			Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
4925			smp_call_function() family of functions.
4926			The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
4927			equal to the number of CPUs.
4928
4929	scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4930			Number seconds to wait after the start of the
4931			test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
4932
4933	scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4934			Number seconds to wait between successive
4935			CPU-hotplug operations.  Specifying zero (which
4936			is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
4937
4938	scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
4939			The number of seconds following the start of the
4940			test after which to shut down the system.  The
4941			default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
4942			Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
4943
4944	scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
4945			The number of seconds between outputting the
4946			current test statistics to the console.  A value
4947			of zero disables statistics output.
4948
4949	scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
4950			The number of jiffies to wait between each change
4951			to the set of CPUs under test.
4952
4953	scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
4954			Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
4955			preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
4956			while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
4957			functions.
4958
4959	scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
4960			Enable additional printk() statements.
4961
4962	scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
4963			The probability weighting to use for the
4964			smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
4965			"wait" parameter.  A value of -1 selects the
4966			default if all other weights are -1.  However,
4967			if at least one weight has some other value, a
4968			value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
4969
4970	scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
4971			The probability weighting to use for the
4972			smp_call_function_single() function with a
4973			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
4974
4975	scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
4976			The probability weighting to use for the
4977			smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
4978			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single.
4979			Note well that setting a high probability for
4980			this weighting can place serious IPI load
4981			on the system.
4982
4983	scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
4984			The probability weighting to use for the
4985			smp_call_function_many() function with a
4986			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
4987			and weight_many.
4988
4989	scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
4990			The probability weighting to use for the
4991			smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
4992			"wait" parameter.  See weight_single and
4993			weight_many.
4994
4995	scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
4996			The probability weighting to use for the
4997			smp_call_function_all() function with a
4998			non-zero "wait" parameter.  See weight_single
4999			and weight_many.
5000
5001	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5002			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5003			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5004			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5005			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5006			1 -- enable.
5007			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5008			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5009
5010	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5011			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5012			"lsm=" parameter.
5013
5014	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5015			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5016			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
5017			0 -- disable.
5018			1 -- enable.
5019			Default value is 1.
5020
5021	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
5022			Format: { "0" | "1" }
5023			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
5024			0 -- disable.
5025			1 -- enable.
5026			Default value is set via kernel config option.
5027
5028	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
5029
5030	shapers=	[NET]
5031			Maximal number of shapers.
5032
5033	simeth=		[IA-64]
5034	simscsi=
5035
5036	slram=		[HW,MTD]
5037
5038	slab_merge	[MM]
5039			Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5040			kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5041
5042	slab_nomerge	[MM]
5043			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5044			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5045			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5046			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5047			layout control by attackers can usually be
5048			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5049			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5050			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5051			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5052			own.
5053			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5054
5055	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
5056			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5057			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5058			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
5059			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5060
5061	slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...]	[MM, SLUB]
5062			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5063			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5064			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5065			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5066			last alloc / free. For more information see
5067			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5068
5069	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5070			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5071			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5072			fragmentation. For more information see
5073			Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5074
5075	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
5076			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5077			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5078			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5079			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5080			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5081			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5082			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5083
5084	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
5085			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5086			lower than slub_max_order.
5087			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5088
5089	slub_merge	[MM, SLUB]
5090			Same with slab_merge.
5091
5092	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
5093			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5094			See slab_nomerge for more information.
5095
5096	smart2=		[HW]
5097			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5098
5099	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5100	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
5101	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
5102	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
5103	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
5104	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
5105	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5106				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5107				1: Fast pin select (default)
5108				2: ATC IRMode
5109
5110	smt		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5111			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5112			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5113			actual hardware limit.
5114			Format: <integer>
5115			Default: -1 (no limit)
5116
5117	softlockup_panic=
5118			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5119			Format: 0 | 1
5120
5121			A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5122			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5123			also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5124			and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5125			respective build-time switch to that functionality.
5126
5127	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
5128			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
5129			backtraces on all cpus.
5130			Format: 0 | 1
5131
5132	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
5133			See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
5134
5135	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5136			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
5137			The default operation protects the kernel from
5138			user space attacks.
5139
5140			on   - unconditionally enable, implies
5141			       spectre_v2_user=on
5142			off  - unconditionally disable, implies
5143			       spectre_v2_user=off
5144			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5145			       vulnerable
5146
5147			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
5148			mitigation method at run time according to the
5149			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
5150			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
5151			compiler with which the kernel was built.
5152
5153			Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
5154			against user space to user space task attacks.
5155
5156			Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
5157			the user space protections.
5158
5159			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
5160
5161			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
5162			retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline
5163			retpoline,amd     - AMD-specific minimal thunk
5164
5165			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5166			spectre_v2=auto.
5167
5168	spectre_v2_user=
5169			[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5170		        (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
5171		        user space tasks
5172
5173			on	- Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
5174				  enforced by spectre_v2=on
5175
5176			off     - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
5177				  enforced by spectre_v2=off
5178
5179			prctl   - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
5180				  but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
5181				  per thread.  The mitigation control state
5182				  is inherited on fork.
5183
5184			prctl,ibpb
5185				- Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
5186				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5187				  always when switching between different user
5188				  space processes.
5189
5190			seccomp
5191				- Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
5192				  threads will enable the mitigation unless
5193				  they explicitly opt out.
5194
5195			seccomp,ibpb
5196				- Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
5197				  controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5198				  always when switching between different
5199				  user space processes.
5200
5201			auto    - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
5202				  the available CPU features and vulnerability.
5203
5204			Default mitigation:
5205			If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y then "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
5206
5207			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5208			spectre_v2_user=auto.
5209
5210	spec_store_bypass_disable=
5211			[HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
5212			(Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
5213
5214			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
5215			a common industry wide performance optimization known
5216			as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
5217			to the same memory location may not be observed by
5218			later loads during speculative execution. The idea
5219			is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
5220			be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
5221			end of a particular speculation execution window.
5222
5223			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5224			store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
5225			example to read memory to which the attacker does not
5226			directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
5227
5228			This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
5229			Bypass optimization is used.
5230
5231			On x86 the options are:
5232
5233			on      - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
5234			off     - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
5235			auto    - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
5236				  implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
5237				  picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
5238				  CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
5239				  CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
5240				  architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
5241			prctl   - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
5242				  via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
5243				  for a process by default. The state of the control
5244				  is inherited on fork.
5245			seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
5246				  will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
5247
5248			Default mitigations:
5249			X86:	If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
5250
5251			On powerpc the options are:
5252
5253			on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
5254				  barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
5255				  perform a software flush on kernel entry and
5256				  exit.
5257			off	- No action.
5258
5259			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5260			spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
5261
5262	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
5263	spia_fio_base=
5264	spia_pedr=
5265	spia_peddr=
5266
5267	split_lock_detect=
5268			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
5269
5270			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
5271			instructions that access data across cache line
5272			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
5273			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
5274			bus lock detection.
5275
5276			off	- not enabled
5277
5278			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
5279				  about applications triggering the #AC
5280				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
5281				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
5282				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
5283				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
5284				  enabled in hardware.
5285
5286			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
5287				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
5288				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
5289				  both features are enabled in hardware.
5290
5291			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
5292			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
5293			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
5294			mode.
5295
5296			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
5297			CPL > 0.
5298
5299	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
5300			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
5301			(SRBDS) mitigation.
5302
5303			Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
5304			exploit which can leak bits from the random
5305			number generator.
5306
5307			By default, this issue is mitigated by
5308			microcode.  However, the microcode fix can cause
5309			the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
5310			much slower.  Among other effects, this will
5311			result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
5312
5313			The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
5314			the following option:
5315
5316			off:    Disable mitigation and remove
5317				performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
5318
5319	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
5320			Specifies how frequently to check for
5321			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
5322			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
5323			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
5324			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
5325			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
5326			are ignored.
5327
5328	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
5329			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
5330			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
5331			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
5332			grace period will be considered for automatic
5333			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
5334			expediting.
5335
5336	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
5337			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
5338
5339			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
5340			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
5341			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
5342			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
5343
5344			force-on:  Unconditionally enable mitigation for
5345				   for both kernel and userspace
5346			force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
5347				   for both kernel and userspace
5348			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
5349				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
5350				   to allow userspace to register its
5351				   interest in being mitigated too.
5352
5353	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
5354			override the default stack gap protection. The value
5355			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
5356			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
5357			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
5358			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
5359
5360	stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
5361			Setting this to true through kernel command line will
5362			disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
5363			consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
5364			to false.
5365
5366	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
5367			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
5368
5369	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
5370			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
5371			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
5372			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
5373			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
5374			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
5375			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
5376
5377	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
5378			Format: <num>
5379			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
5380			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
5381			as the initial boot-console.
5382			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5383
5384	sti_font=	[HW]
5385			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5386
5387	stifb=		[HW]
5388			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
5389
5390	sunrpc.min_resvport=
5391	sunrpc.max_resvport=
5392			[NFS,SUNRPC]
5393			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
5394			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
5395			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
5396			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
5397			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
5398			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
5399			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
5400			maximum port values.
5401
5402	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
5403			[NFS,SUNRPC]
5404			Limit the number of requests that the server will
5405			process in parallel from a single connection.
5406			The default value is 0 (no limit).
5407
5408	sunrpc.pool_mode=
5409			[NFS]
5410			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
5411			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
5412			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
5413			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
5414			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
5415			NFS server is running.
5416
5417			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
5418				    automatically using heuristics
5419			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
5420			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
5421			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
5422				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
5423
5424	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
5425	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
5426			[NFS,SUNRPC]
5427			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
5428			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
5429			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
5430			improve throughput, but will also increase the
5431			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
5432
5433	suspend.pm_test_delay=
5434			[SUSPEND]
5435			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
5436			mode before resuming the system (see
5437			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
5438			is set. Default value is 5.
5439
5440	svm=		[PPC]
5441			Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
5442			This parameter controls use of the Protected
5443			Execution Facility on pSeries.
5444
5445	swapaccount=[0|1]
5446			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
5447			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
5448			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst)
5449
5450	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
5451			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
5452			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
5453			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
5454			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
5455			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
5456
5457	switches=	[HW,M68k]
5458
5459	sysctl.*=	[KNL]
5460			Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
5461			process, as if the value was written to the respective
5462			/proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
5463			separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
5464			are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
5465			later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
5466			Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
5467
5468	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
5469			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
5470			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
5471			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
5472			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
5473			in older udev will not work anymore.
5474			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
5475			the kernel configuration.
5476
5477	sysrq_always_enabled
5478			[KNL]
5479			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
5480			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
5481			Useful for debugging.
5482
5483	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
5484			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
5485			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
5486			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
5487			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
5488			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
5489
5490	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
5491
5492	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
5493			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
5494			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
5495			as the system sleep state during system startup with
5496			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
5497			The system is woken from this state using a
5498			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
5499
5500	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5501			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
5502
5503	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
5504			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
5505			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
5506
5507	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
5508			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
5509			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
5510
5511	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
5512			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
5513			critical and hot trip points.
5514
5515	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
5516			1: disable ACPI thermal control
5517
5518	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
5519			-1: disable all passive trip points
5520			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
5521			value
5522
5523	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
5524			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
5525			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
5526			0: no polling (default)
5527
5528	threadirqs	[KNL]
5529			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
5530			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
5531
5532	topology=	[S390]
5533			Format: {off | on}
5534			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
5535			topology information if the hardware supports this.
5536			The scheduler will make use of this information and
5537			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
5538			Default is on.
5539
5540	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
5541			Format: {off}
5542			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
5543			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
5544			LPAR.
5545
5546	torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
5547			Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
5548			until after init has spawned.
5549
5550	torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
5551			Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
5552			even if there were no errors.  This can be a
5553			very costly operation when many torture tests
5554			are running concurrently, especially on systems
5555			with rotating-rust storage.
5556
5557	torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
5558			Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
5559			emitted between each sleep.  The default of zero
5560			disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
5561
5562	torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
5563			Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
5564
5565	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
5566
5567	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
5568			Format: integer pcr id
5569			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
5570			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
5571			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
5572			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
5573			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
5574			are saved.
5575
5576	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
5577			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
5578
5579	trace_event=[event-list]
5580			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
5581			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
5582			comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
5583			also Documentation/trace/events.rst
5584
5585	trace_options=[option-list]
5586			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
5587			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
5588			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
5589			to echo the option name into
5590
5591			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
5592
5593			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
5594			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
5595
5596			      trace_options=stacktrace
5597
5598			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
5599			section.
5600
5601	tp_printk[FTRACE]
5602			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
5603			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
5604			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
5605			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
5606			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
5607
5608			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
5609			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
5610			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
5611			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
5612
5613			** CAUTION **
5614
5615			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
5616			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
5617			the system to live lock.
5618
5619	traceoff_on_warning
5620			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
5621			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
5622			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
5623			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
5624
5625			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
5626			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
5627			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
5628
5629			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
5630			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
5631
5632	transparent_hugepage=
5633			[KNL]
5634			Format: [always|madvise|never]
5635			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
5636			with respect to transparent hugepages.
5637			See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
5638			for more details.
5639
5640	trusted.source=	[KEYS]
5641			Format: <string>
5642			This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
5643			for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
5644			sources:
5645			- "tpm"
5646			- "tee"
5647			If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
5648			the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
5649			first trust source as a backend which is initialized
5650			successfully during iteration.
5651
5652	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
5653			Format: <string>
5654			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
5655			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
5656			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
5657			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
5658			virtualized environment.
5659			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
5660			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
5661			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
5662			can add overhead.
5663			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
5664			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
5665			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
5666			[x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
5667			in situations with strict latency requirements (where
5668			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
5669			acceptable).
5670
5671	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
5672			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
5673			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
5674			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
5675			Format: <unsigned int>
5676
5677	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
5678			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
5679			support TSX control.
5680
5681			This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
5682
5683			on	- Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
5684				mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
5685				TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
5686				several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
5687				so there may be unknown	security risks associated
5688				with leaving it enabled.
5689
5690			off	- Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
5691				option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
5692				not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
5693				MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
5694				the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
5695				update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
5696				deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
5697
5698			auto	- Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
5699				  otherwise enable TSX on the system.
5700
5701			Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
5702
5703			See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
5704			for more details.
5705
5706	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
5707			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
5708
5709			Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
5710			certain CPUs that support Transactional
5711			Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
5712			exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
5713			information to a disclosure gadget under certain
5714			conditions.
5715
5716			In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5717			data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
5718			access data to which the attacker does not have direct
5719			access.
5720
5721			This parameter controls the TAA mitigation.  The
5722			options are:
5723
5724			full       - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
5725				     if TSX is enabled.
5726
5727			full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
5728				     vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
5729				     is not disabled because CPU is not
5730				     vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
5731			off        - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
5732
5733			On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
5734			prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
5735			are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
5736			this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
5737
5738			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5739			tsx_async_abort=full.  On CPUs which are MDS affected
5740			and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
5741			required and doesn't provide any additional
5742			mitigation.
5743
5744			For details see:
5745			Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
5746
5747	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
5748			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
5749			Format:
5750			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
5751			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
5752
5753	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
5754			happen after console_init() and before a proper
5755			console driver takes over, this boot options might
5756			help "seeing" what's going on.
5757
5758	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
5759			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
5760
5761	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
5762			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
5763			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
5764			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
5765			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
5766			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
5767			reported either.
5768
5769	unknown_nmi_panic
5770			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
5771
5772	usbcore.authorized_default=
5773			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
5774			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
5775			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
5776			if device connected to internal port)
5777
5778	usbcore.autosuspend=
5779			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
5780			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
5781			is the time required before an idle device will be
5782			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
5783			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
5784
5785	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
5786			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
5787
5788	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
5789			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
5790			(default = 65536).
5791
5792	usbcore.blinkenlights=
5793			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
5794
5795	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
5796			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
5797			scheme (default 0 = off).
5798
5799	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
5800			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
5801			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
5802
5803	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
5804			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
5805			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
5806
5807	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
5808			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
5809			USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
5810			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
5811
5812	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
5813
5814	usbcore.quirks=
5815			[USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
5816			usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
5817			commas. Each entry has the form
5818			VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
5819			numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
5820			will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
5821			clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
5822			the following meanings:
5823				a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
5824					descriptors must not be fetched using
5825					a 255-byte read);
5826				b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
5827					correctly so reset it instead);
5828				c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
5829					Set-Interface requests);
5830				d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
5831					handle its Configuration or Interface
5832					strings);
5833				e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
5834					(e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
5835				f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
5836					more interface descriptions than the
5837					bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
5838					talking to these interfaces);
5839				g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
5840					during initialization, after we read
5841					the device descriptor);
5842				h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
5843					high speed and super speed interrupt
5844					endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
5845					require the interval in microframes (1
5846					microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
5847					calculated as interval = 2 ^
5848					(bInterval-1).
5849					Devices with this quirk report their
5850					bInterval as the result of this
5851					calculation instead of the exponent
5852					variable used in the calculation);
5853				i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
5854					handle device_qualifier descriptor
5855					requests);
5856				j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
5857					generates spurious wakeup, ignore
5858					remote wakeup capability);
5859				k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
5860					Power Management);
5861				l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
5862					(Device reports its bInterval as linear
5863					frames instead of the USB 2.0
5864					calculation);
5865				m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
5866					to be disconnected before suspend to
5867					prevent spurious wakeup);
5868				n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
5869					pause after every control message);
5870				o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
5871					delay after resetting its port);
5872			Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
5873
5874	usbhid.mousepoll=
5875			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
5876
5877	usbhid.jspoll=
5878			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
5879
5880	usbhid.kbpoll=
5881			[USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
5882
5883	usb-storage.delay_use=
5884			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
5885			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
5886
5887	usb-storage.quirks=
5888			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
5889			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
5890			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
5891			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
5892			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
5893			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
5894			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
5895				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
5896					of sense data, not on uas);
5897				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
5898					bytes of sense data, not on uas);
5899				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
5900					device capacity by one sector);
5901				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
5902					READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
5903				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
5904					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
5905				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
5906					command, uas only);
5907				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
5908					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
5909				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
5910					reported device capacity by one
5911					sector if the number is odd);
5912				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
5913					device);
5914				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
5915					command, uas only);
5916				k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
5917				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
5918					unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
5919				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
5920					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
5921					not on uas);
5922				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
5923					initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
5924				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
5925					reported by the device, not on uas);
5926				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
5927					by default, not on uas);
5928				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
5929					bogus residue values, not on uas);
5930				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
5931					Logical Unit);
5932				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
5933					commands, uas only);
5934				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
5935				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
5936					medium is write-protected).
5937				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
5938					even if the device claims no cache,
5939					not on uas)
5940			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
5941
5942	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
5943			Format: <int>
5944			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
5945				 1 - undefined instruction events
5946				 2 - system calls
5947				 4 - invalid data aborts
5948				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
5949				16 - SIGBUS faults
5950			Example: user_debug=31
5951
5952	userpte=
5953			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
5954
5955				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
5956					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
5957					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
5958
5959	vdso=		[X86,SH]
5960			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
5961
5962			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
5963			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
5964
5965	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
5966			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
5967			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
5968
5969			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
5970			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
5971			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
5972
5973			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
5974			alias for vdso32=0.
5975
5976			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
5977			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
5978
5979	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
5980			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
5981
5982	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
5983			See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
5984
5985	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
5986			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
5987			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
5988			level and then send out the event to user space through
5989			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
5990			will only send out the event without touching backlight
5991			brightness level.
5992			default: 1
5993
5994	virtio_mmio.device=
5995			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
5996
5997				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
5998			where:
5999				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
6000						like K, M and G)
6001				<baseaddr> := physical base address
6002				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
6003						request_irq())
6004				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
6005			example:
6006				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
6007
6008			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
6009
6010	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
6011			See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
6012			Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
6013			Use vga=ask for menu.
6014			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
6015			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
6016
6017	vm_debug[=options]	[KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
6018			May slow down system boot speed, especially when
6019			enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
6020			All options are enabled by default, and this
6021			interface is meant to allow for selectively
6022			enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
6023			debugging features.
6024
6025			Available options are:
6026			  P	Enable page structure init time poisoning
6027			  -	Disable all of the above options
6028
6029	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
6030			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
6031			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
6032			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
6033			mapped kernel RAM.
6034
6035	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
6036			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
6037			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
6038
6039	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
6040			Format: <command>
6041
6042	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
6043			Format: <command>
6044
6045	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
6046			Format: <command>
6047
6048	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
6049			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
6050			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
6051			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
6052			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
6053			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
6054			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
6055
6056			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6057			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6058				    page is readable.
6059
6060			xonly       Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6061			            emulated reasonably safely.  The vsyscall
6062				    page is not readable.
6063
6064			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
6065			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
6066			            might break your system.
6067
6068	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
6069			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
6070			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
6071
6072	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
6073			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
6074			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
6075			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
6076
6077	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
6078			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
6079			Change the default blue palette of the console.
6080			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6081			ranging from 0-255.
6082
6083	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
6084			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
6085			Change the default green palette of the console.
6086			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6087			ranging from 0-255.
6088
6089	vt.default_red=	[VT]
6090			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
6091			Change the default red palette of the console.
6092			This is a 16-member array composed of values
6093			ranging from 0-255.
6094
6095	vt.default_utf8=
6096			[VT]
6097			Format=<0|1>
6098			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
6099			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
6100			newly opened terminals.
6101
6102	vt.global_cursor_default=
6103			[VT]
6104			Format=<-1|0|1>
6105			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
6106			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
6107			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
6108			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
6109			cursors, 1 will display them.
6110
6111	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
6112			Default: 2 = green.
6113
6114	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
6115			Default: 3 = cyan.
6116
6117	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
6118			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
6119			or other driver-specific files in the
6120			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
6121
6122	watchdog_thresh=
6123			[KNL]
6124			Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
6125			threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
6126			threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
6127			disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
6128			seconds.
6129
6130	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
6131			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
6132			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
6133			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
6134			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
6135			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
6136			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
6137			corresponding sysfs file.
6138
6139	workqueue.disable_numa
6140			By default, all work items queued to unbound
6141			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
6142			issued on, which results in better behavior in
6143			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
6144			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
6145			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
6146			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
6147
6148	workqueue.power_efficient
6149			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
6150			they show better performance thanks to cache
6151			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
6152			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
6153
6154			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
6155			were observed to contribute significantly to power
6156			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
6157			power usage at the cost of small performance
6158			overhead.
6159
6160			The default value of this parameter is determined by
6161			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
6162
6163	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
6164			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
6165			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
6166			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
6167			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
6168			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
6169			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
6170			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
6171			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
6172			impacted.
6173
6174	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
6175			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
6176			supporting x2apic.
6177
6178	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
6179			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
6180			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
6181			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
6182			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
6183			domains.
6184
6185	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
6186			Unplug Xen emulated devices
6187			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
6188			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
6189			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
6190			nics -- unplug network devices
6191			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
6192			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
6193				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
6194				the unplug protocol
6195			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
6196
6197	xen_legacy_crash	[X86,XEN]
6198			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
6199			panic() code such as dumping handler.
6200
6201	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
6202			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
6203			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
6204			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6205
6206	xen_nopv	[X86]
6207			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
6208			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
6209			This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
6210			has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6211
6212	xen_no_vector_callback
6213			[KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
6214			event channel interrupts.
6215
6216	xen_scrub_pages=	[XEN]
6217			Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
6218			to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
6219			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
6220			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
6221
6222	xen_timer_slop=	[X86-64,XEN]
6223			Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
6224			timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
6225			delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
6226			improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
6227			more timer interrupts.
6228
6229	xen.event_eoi_delay=	[XEN]
6230			How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
6231			storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
6232
6233	xen.event_loop_timeout=	[XEN]
6234			After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
6235			should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
6236
6237	xen.fifo_events=	[XEN]
6238			Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
6239			even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
6240			preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
6241			fairer and the number of possible event channels is
6242			much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
6243
6244	nopv=		[X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
6245			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
6246			as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
6247			XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
6248
6249	nopvspin	[X86,XEN,KVM]
6250			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
6251			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
6252			contention.
6253
6254	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
6255			Format:
6256			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
6257
6258	xive=		[PPC]
6259			By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
6260			natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
6261			allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
6262
6263			off       Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
6264				  controller on both pseries and powernv
6265				  platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
6266
6267	xhci-hcd.quirks		[USB,KNL]
6268			A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
6269			host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
6270			consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
6271
6272	xmon		[PPC]
6273			Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
6274			Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
6275			Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
6276			early	Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
6277				debugger is called from setup_arch().
6278			on	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6279				is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
6280				i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
6281				with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
6282			rw	xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6283				is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
6284				meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
6285				can be written using xmon commands.
6286			ro 	same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
6287				memory, and other data can't be written using
6288				xmon commands.
6289			off	xmon is disabled.
6290