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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.txt, 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			acpi_backlight=vendor
26			acpi_backlight=video
27			If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver
28			(e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
29			of the ACPI video.ko driver.
30
31	acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
32			force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
33			64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
34			bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
35			the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
36
37	acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
38			Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
39			This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
40			the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
41			This option is useful for developers to identify the
42			root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
43			has something to do with the repair mechanism.
44
45	acpi.debug_layer=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
46	acpi.debug_level=	[HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
47			Format: <int>
48			CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
49			debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
50			_COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
51			    #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
52			Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
53			ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
54			    ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
55			The debug_level mask defaults to "info".  See
56			Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about
57			debug layers and levels.
58
59			Enable processor driver info messages:
60			    acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
61			Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
62			    acpi.debug_layer=0x400000
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: <int>
117			Support masking of GPEs numbered from 0x00 to 0x7f.
118
119	acpi_no_auto_serialize	[HW,ACPI]
120			Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
121			AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
122			named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
123			auto-serialization feature.
124			This feature is enabled by default.
125			This option allows to turn off the feature.
126
127	acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug.  Useful for kdump
128			   kernels.
129
130	acpi_no_static_ssdt	[HW,ACPI]
131			Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
132			By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
133			installed automatically and they will appear under
134			/sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
135			This option turns off this feature.
136			Note that specifying this option does not affect
137			dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
138			tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
139
140	acpi_rsdp=	[ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
141			Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
142			on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
143			second kernel for kdump.
144
145	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
146			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
147
148	acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
149			of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
150			specification revision (when using this switch, it may
151			be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
152			row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
153
154	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
155			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1
156			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove string2
157			acpi_osi=!*		# remove all strings
158			acpi_osi=!		# disable all built-in OS vendor
159						  strings
160			acpi_osi=!!		# enable all built-in OS vendor
161						  strings
162			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
163
164			'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
165			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
166			vendor string(s).  Note that such command can only
167			affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
168			it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
169			strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
170			specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
171			is meaningless.  This command is useful when one do not
172			care about the state of the feature group strings which
173			should be controlled by the OSPM.
174			Examples:
175			  1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
176			     to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
177			     can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
178
179			'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
180			'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
181			exist in the ACPI namespace.  NOTE that such command can
182			only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
183			multiple times through kernel command line is also
184			meaningless.
185			Examples:
186			  1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
187			     FALSE.
188
189			'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
190			multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
191			string(s).  Note that such command can affect the
192			current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
193			feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
194			through kernel command line is meaningful.  But it may
195			still not able to affect the final state of a string if
196			there are quirks related to this string.  This command
197			is useful when one want to control the state of the
198			feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
199			the OSPM features.
200			Examples:
201			  1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
202			     '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
203			  2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
204			     '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
205			  3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
206			     equivalent to
207			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
208			     and
209			     'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
210			     they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
211
212	acpi_pm_good	[X86]
213			Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
214			to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
215			and always returns good values.
216
217	acpi_sci=	[HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
218			Format: { level | edge | high | low }
219
220	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
221			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
222			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
223
224	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
225			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
226				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
227			See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
228			s3_bios and s3_mode.
229			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
230			as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
231			s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
232			used during resume from hibernation.
233			old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
234			control method, with respect to putting devices into
235			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
236			of _PTS is used by default).
237			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
238			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
239			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
240			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
241			but some broken systems don't work without it).
242			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
243			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
244			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
245
246	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
247			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
248			that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
249
250	add_efi_memmap	[EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
251			kernel's map of available physical RAM.
252
253	agp=		[AGP]
254			{ off | try_unsupported }
255			off: disable AGP support
256			try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
257				(may crash computer or cause data corruption)
258
259	ALSA		[HW,ALSA]
260			See Documentation/sound/alsa/alsa-parameters.txt
261
262	alignment=	[KNL,ARM]
263			Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
264			behaviour to be specified.  Bit 0 enables warnings,
265			bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
266
267	align_va_addr=	[X86-64]
268			Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
269			allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
270			gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
271			machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
272			CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
273			a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
274
275			32: only for 32-bit processes
276			64: only for 64-bit processes
277			on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
278			off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
279
280	alloc_snapshot	[FTRACE]
281			Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
282			main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
283			and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
284			do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
285			to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
286
287	amd_iommu=	[HW,X86-64]
288			Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
289			Possible values are:
290			fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
291				    they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
292				    flushed before they will be reused, which
293				    is a lot of faster
294			off	  - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
295				    the system
296			force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
297					  devices. The IOMMU driver is not
298					  allowed anymore to lift isolation
299					  requirements as needed. This option
300					  does not override iommu=pt
301
302	amd_iommu_dump=	[HW,X86-64]
303			Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
304			for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
305			driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
306			IOMMU initialization.
307
308	amd_iommu_intr=	[HW,X86-64]
309			Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
310			remapping modes:
311			legacy     - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
312			vapic      - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
313			             to inject interrupts directly into guest.
314			             This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
315			             (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
316
317	amijoy.map=	[HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
318			Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
319			Format: <a>,<b>
320			See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
321
322	analog.map=	[HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
323			Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
324			connected to one of 16 gameports
325			Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
326
327	apc=		[HW,SPARC]
328			Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
329			Format: noidle
330			Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
331			not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
332			APC and your system crashes randomly.
333
334	apic=		[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
335			Change the output verbosity whilst booting
336			Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
337			Change the amount of debugging information output
338			when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
339			For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
340			driver name.
341			Format: apic=driver_name
342			Examples: apic=bigsmp
343
344	apic_extnmi=	[APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
345			Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
346			bsp:  External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
347			all:  External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
348			      backup of CPU 0
349			none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
350			      useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
351			      shot down by NMI
352
353	autoconf=	[IPV6]
354			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
355
356	show_lapic=	[APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
357			Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
358			number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
359			to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
360			Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
361			The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
362			apic=verbose is specified.
363			Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
364
365	apm=		[APM] Advanced Power Management
366			See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
367
368	arcrimi=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
369			Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
370
371	ataflop=	[HW,M68k]
372
373	atarimouse=	[HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
374
375	atkbd.extra=	[HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
376			EzKey and similar keyboards
377
378	atkbd.reset=	[HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
379
380	atkbd.set=	[HW] Select keyboard code set
381			Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
382
383	atkbd.scroll=	[HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
384			keyboards
385
386	atkbd.softraw=	[HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
387			Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
388
389	atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
390			Use software keyboard repeat
391
392	audit=		[KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
393			Format: { "0" | "1" } (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)
394			0 - kernel audit is disabled and can not be enabled
395			    until the next reboot
396			unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
397			    will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
398			1 - kernel audit is initialized and partially enabled,
399			    storing at most audit_backlog_limit messages in
400			    RAM until it is fully enabled by the userspace
401			    auditd.
402			Default: unset
403
404	audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
405			Format: <int> (must be >=0)
406			Default: 64
407
408	bau=		[X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV.  The default
409			behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
410			Format: { "0" | "1" }
411			0 - Disable the BAU.
412			1 - Enable the BAU.
413			unset - Disable the BAU.
414
415	baycom_epp=	[HW,AX25]
416			Format: <io>,<mode>
417
418	baycom_par=	[HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
419			Format: <io>,<mode>
420			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
421
422	baycom_ser_fdx=	[HW,AX25]
423			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
424			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
425			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
426
427	baycom_ser_hdx=	[HW,AX25]
428			BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
429			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
430			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
431
432	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
433			embedded devices based on command line input.
434			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
435
436	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
437			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
438			no delay (0).
439			Format: integer
440
441	bootmem_debug	[KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages.
442
443	bert_disable	[ACPI]
444			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
445
446	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
447	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
448			kernel args too.
449	bttv.pll=	See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/bttv.rst
450	bttv.tuner=
451
452	bulk_remove=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
453			firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
454			at a time.
455
456	c101=		[NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
457
458	cachesize=	[BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
459			Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
460			size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
461			to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
462			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
463			This option provides an override for these situations.
464
465	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
466			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
467			trust validation.
468			format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
469
470	cca=		[MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
471			algorithm.  Accepted values range from 0 to 7
472			inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
473			for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
474			others).
475
476	ccw_timeout_log [S390]
477			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
478
479	cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
480			Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
481			The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
482			- foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
483			  a single hierarchy
484			- foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
485			  subsystem
486			{Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
487			cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
488			only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
489
490	cgroup_no_v1=	[KNL] Disable one, multiple, all cgroup controllers in v1
491			Format: { controller[,controller...] | "all" }
492			Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
493			the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
494
495	cgroup.memory=	[KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
496			Format: <string>
497			nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
498			nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
499
500	checkreqprot	[SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
501			Format: { "0" | "1" }
502			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
503			0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
504				any implied execute protection).
505			1 -- check protection requested by application.
506			Default value is set via a kernel config option.
507			Value can be changed at runtime via
508				/selinux/checkreqprot.
509
510	cio_ignore=	[S390]
511			See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
512	clk_ignore_unused
513			[CLK]
514			Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
515			clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
516			device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
517			by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
518			force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
519			those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
520			debug and development, but should not be needed on a
521			platform with proper driver support.  For more
522			information, see Documentation/clk.txt.
523
524	clock=		[BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
525			[Deprecated]
526			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
527			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
528			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
529			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
530
531	clocksource=	Override the default clocksource
532			Format: <string>
533			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
534			with the name specified.
535			Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
536			the platform:
537			[all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
538			[ACPI] acpi_pm
539			[ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
540				pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
541			[X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
542				scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
543			[MIPS] MIPS
544			[PARISC] cr16
545			[S390] tod
546			[SH] SuperH
547			[SPARC64] tick
548			[X86-64] hpet,tsc
549
550	clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
551			[ARM,ARM64]
552			Format: <bool>
553			Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
554			architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
555			loops can be debugged more effectively on production
556			systems.
557
558	clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
559			Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
560			arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
561			numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
562			stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
563			ones should be.
564			Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
565			or using the feature without checking anything
566			will still see it. This just prevents it from
567			being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
568			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
569			some critical bits.
570
571	cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
572			[ARM,X86,KNL]
573			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
574			contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
575			placement constraint by the physical address range of
576			memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
577			altogether. For more information, see
578			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
579
580	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
581			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
582			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
583			to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
584			a hypervisor.
585			Default: yes
586
587	coherent_pool=nn[KMG]	[ARM,KNL]
588			Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
589			allocations, by default set to 256K.
590
591	code_bytes	[X86] How many bytes of object code to print
592			in an oops report.
593			Range: 0 - 8192
594			Default: 64
595
596	com20020=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
597			Format:
598			<io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
599
600	com90io=	[HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
601			Format: <io>[,<irq>]
602
603	com90xx=	[HW,NET]
604			ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
605			Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
606
607	condev=		[HW,S390] console device
608	conmode=
609
610	console=	[KNL] Output console device and options.
611
612		tty<n>	Use the virtual console device <n>.
613
614		ttyS<n>[,options]
615		ttyUSB0[,options]
616			Use the specified serial port.  The options are of
617			the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
618			"p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
619			bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
620			omit it).  Default is "9600n8".
621
622			See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
623			information.  See
624			Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
625			alternative.
626
627		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
628		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
629		uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
630		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
631		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
632			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
633			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
634			switching to the matching ttyS device later.
635			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
636			(mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
637			If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
638			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
639			the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
640			the h/w is not re-initialized.
641
642		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
643			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
644
645                If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
646                device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
647			console=brl,ttyS0
648		For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
649
650	consoleblank=	[KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
651			seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
652                       Defaults to 0.
653
654	coredump_filter=
655			[KNL] Change the default value for
656			/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
657			See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
658
659	coresight_cpu_debug.enable
660			[ARM,ARM64]
661			Format: <bool>
662			Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
663			0: default value, disable debugging
664			1: enable debugging at boot time
665
666	cpuidle.off=1	[CPU_IDLE]
667			disable the cpuidle sub-system
668
669	cpufreq.off=1	[CPU_FREQ]
670			disable the cpufreq sub-system
671
672	cpu_init_udelay=N
673			[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
674			of APIC INIT to start processors.  This delay occurs
675			on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
676			Default: 10000
677
678	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
679			Format:
680			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
681
682	crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
683			[KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
684			upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
685			memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
686			image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
687			is selected automatically. Check
688			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
689
690	crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
691			[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
692			in the running system. The syntax of range is
693			start-[end] where start and end are both
694			a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
695			Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example.
696
697	crashkernel=size[KMG],high
698			[KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
699			to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
700			be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
701			Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
702			available.
703			It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
704	crashkernel=size[KMG],low
705			[KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
706			is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
707			above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
708			that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
709			requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
710			low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
711			devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
712			at least 256M below 4G automatically.
713			This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
714			for second kernel instead.
715			0: to disable low allocation.
716			It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
717			or memory reserved is below 4G.
718
719	cryptomgr.notests
720                        [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
721
722	cs89x0_dma=	[HW,NET]
723			Format: <dma>
724
725	cs89x0_media=	[HW,NET]
726			Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
727
728	dasd=		[HW,NET]
729			See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
730
731	db9.dev[2|3]=	[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
732			(one device per port)
733			Format: <port#>,<type>
734			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
735
736	ddebug_query=   [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
737			time. See
738			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
739			details.  Deprecated, see dyndbg.
740
741	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
742
743	debug_locks_verbose=
744			[KNL] verbose self-tests
745			Format=<0|1>
746			Print debugging info while doing the locking API
747			self-tests.
748			We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
749			1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
750			only useful to kernel developers.
751
752	debug_objects	[KNL] Enable object debugging
753
754	no_debug_objects
755			[KNL] Disable object debugging
756
757	debug_guardpage_minorder=
758			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
759			parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
760			be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
761			buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
762			of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
763			amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
764			possible value is MAX_ORDER/2.  Setting this parameter
765			to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
766			memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
767			driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
768			random memory location. Note that there exists a class
769			of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
770			F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
771			memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
772			bypassed) which are not detectable by
773			CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
774			tracking down these problems.
775
776	debug_pagealloc=
777			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
778			parameter enables the feature at boot time. In
779			default, it is disabled. We can avoid allocating huge
780			chunk of memory for debug pagealloc if we don't enable
781			it at boot time and the system will work mostly same
782			with the kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
783			on: enable the feature
784
785	debugpat	[X86] Enable PAT debugging
786
787	decnet.addr=	[HW,NET]
788			Format: <area>[,<node>]
789			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
790
791	default_hugepagesz=
792			[same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
793			HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
794			the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
795			default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
796			Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
797			if not specified.
798
799	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
800			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
801
802	disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
803			Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
804			causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
805			can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
806			miss to occur.
807
808	disable=	[IPV6]
809			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
810
811	disable_radix	[PPC]
812			Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
813
814	disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
815			Format: <int>
816			The number of initial APIC ID for the
817			corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
818			mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
819			disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
820			causing system reset or hang due to sending
821			INIT from AP to BSP.
822
823	disable_ddw     [PPC/PSERIES]
824			Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
825			to workaround buggy firmware.
826
827	disable_ipv6=	[IPV6]
828			See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
829
830	disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
831			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
832			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
833			entry later. This parameter disables that.
834
835	disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
836			By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
837			memory out of your available memory pool based on
838			MTRR settings.  This parameter disables that behavior,
839			possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
840
841	disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
842			Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
843			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
844
845	dis_ucode_ldr	[X86] Disable the microcode loader.
846
847	dma_debug=off	If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
848			this option disables the debugging code at boot.
849
850	dma_debug_entries=<number>
851			This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
852			entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
853			required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
854			DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
855			architectural default is too low.
856
857	dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
858			With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
859			filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
860			pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
861			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
862			driver later using sysfs.
863
864	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
865			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
866			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
867			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
868			in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
869			Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
870			edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
871			edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
872			and no file with the same name exists. Details and
873			instructions how to build your own EDID data are
874			available in Documentation/EDID/HOWTO.txt. An EDID
875			data set will only be used for a particular connector,
876			if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
877			name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
878			set by separating the files with a comma.  An EDID
879			data set with no connector name will be used for
880			any connectors not explicitly specified.
881
882	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
883
884	dt_cpu_ftrs=	[PPC]
885			Format: {"off" | "known"}
886			Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
887			used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
888			exists).
889			off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
890			known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
891			or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
892
893	dump_apple_properties	[X86]
894			Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
895			x86 Macs.  Useful for driver authors to determine
896			what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
897
898	dyndbg[="val"]		[KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
899	module.dyndbg[="val"]
900			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
901			Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
902			for details.
903
904	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
905			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
906			information about the feature.
907
908	nopku		[X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
909			in some Intel CPUs.
910
911	module.async_probe [KNL]
912			Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
913
914	early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
915			Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
916			is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
917			which are not unmapped.
918
919	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
920
921			When used with no options, the early console is
922			determined by the stdout-path property in device
923			tree's chosen node.
924
925		cdns,<addr>[,options]
926			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
927			(xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
928			supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
929			specified, the serial port must already be setup and
930			configured.
931
932		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
933		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
934		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
935		uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
936		uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
937			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
938			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
939			MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
940			(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
941			If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
942			to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
943			in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
944			unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
945
946		pl011,<addr>
947		pl011,mmio32,<addr>
948			Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
949			port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
950			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
951			yet supported.  If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
952			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
953			the device registers.
954
955		meson,<addr>
956			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
957			port at the specified address. The serial port must
958			already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
959			supported.
960
961		msm_serial,<addr>
962			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
963			port at the specified address. The serial port
964			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
965			yet supported.
966
967		msm_serial_dm,<addr>
968			Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
969			dm port at the specified address. The serial port
970			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
971			yet supported.
972
973		owl,<addr>
974			Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
975			of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
976			specified address. The serial port must already be
977			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
978
979		smh	Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
980
981		s3c2410,<addr>
982		s3c2412,<addr>
983		s3c2440,<addr>
984		s3c6400,<addr>
985		s5pv210,<addr>
986		exynos4210,<addr>
987			Use early console provided by serial driver available
988			on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
989			a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
990			serial port must already be setup and configured.
991			Options are not yet supported.
992
993		lantiq,<addr>
994			Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
995			(lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
996			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
997			yet supported.
998
999		lpuart,<addr>
1000		lpuart32,<addr>
1001			Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1002			found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1003			A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1004			port must already be setup and configured.
1005
1006		ar3700_uart,<addr>
1007			Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1008			Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1009			address. The serial port must already be setup
1010			and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1011
1012	earlyprintk=	[X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k,S390]
1013			earlyprintk=vga
1014			earlyprintk=efi
1015			earlyprintk=sclp
1016			earlyprintk=xen
1017			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1018			earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1019			earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1020			earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1021			earlyprintk=pciserial,bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1022			earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1023
1024			earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1025			the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1026			default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1027
1028			Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1029			takes over.
1030
1031			Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1032			be used at a time.
1033
1034			Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1035			name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1036			on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1037			replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1038				earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1039			You can find the port for a given device in
1040			/proc/tty/driver/serial:
1041				2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1042
1043			Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1044			very good.
1045
1046			The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1047			the real console.
1048
1049			The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1050
1051			The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1052
1053	edac_report=	[HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1054			Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1055			on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1056			by other higher priority error reporting module.
1057			off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1058			force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1059			default: on.
1060
1061	ekgdboc=	[X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1062			ekgdboc=kbd
1063
1064			This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1065			the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1066
1067	edd=		[EDD]
1068			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1069
1070	efi=		[EFI]
1071			Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
1072			old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
1073			runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
1074			default.
1075			nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1076			boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1077			firmware implementations.
1078			noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1079			debug: enable misc debug output
1080
1081	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1082			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1083			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1084			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1085			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1086
1087	efi_fake_mem=	nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1088			Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1089			updating original EFI memory map.
1090			Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1091			from ss to ss+nn.
1092			If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1093			is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1094			attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1095			0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1096
1097			Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1098			related feature. For example, you can do debugging of
1099			Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1100			doesn't support it.
1101
1102	efivar_ssdt=	[EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1103			that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1104			multiple variables with the same name but with different
1105			vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1106			Documentation/acpi/ssdt-overlays.txt for details.
1107
1108
1109	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
1110			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1111
1112	elanfreq=	[X86-32]
1113			See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1114			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1115
1116	elevator=	[IOSCHED]
1117			Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
1118			See Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt and
1119			Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
1120
1121	elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1122			Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1123			image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1124			kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1125			See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
1126
1127	enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1128			The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1129			to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1130			entry later. This parameter enables that.
1131
1132	enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1133			Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1134			Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1135			(in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1136			The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1137
1138	enforcing	[SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1139			Format: {"0" | "1"}
1140			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1141			0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1142			1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1143			Default value is 0.
1144			Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
1145
1146	erst_disable	[ACPI]
1147			Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1148			support.
1149
1150	ether=		[HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1151			This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1152			has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1153
1154	evm=		[EVM]
1155			Format: { "fix" }
1156			Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1157			current integrity status.
1158
1159	failslab=
1160	fail_page_alloc=
1161	fail_make_request=[KNL]
1162			General fault injection mechanism.
1163			Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1164			See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1165
1166	floppy=		[HW]
1167			See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt.
1168
1169	force_pal_cache_flush
1170			[IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1171			buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1172			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1173			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1174
1175	forcepae [X86-32]
1176			Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1177			Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1178			functionally usable PAE implementation.
1179			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1180			and may cause unknown problems.
1181
1182	ftrace=[tracer]
1183			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1184			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1185			boot debugging.
1186
1187	ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1188			[FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1189			If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1190			buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1191			dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1192			oops.
1193
1194	ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1195			[FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1196			tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
1197			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1198			time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1199			tracing directory.
1200
1201	ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1202			[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1203			function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1204			by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1205			tracing directory.
1206
1207	ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1208			[FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1209			by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1210			function-list is a comma separated list of functions
1211			that can be changed at run time by the
1212			set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1213
1214	ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1215			[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1216			function-list.  This list is a comma separated list of
1217			functions that can be changed at run time by the
1218			set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1219
1220	ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1221			[FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1222			the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1223			can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1224			in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1225
1226	gamecon.map[2|3]=
1227			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1228			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1229			Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1230			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1231
1232	gamma=		[HW,DRM]
1233
1234	gart_fix_e820=  [X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1235			Format: off | on
1236			default: on
1237
1238	gcov_persist=	[GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1239			kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1240			debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1241			When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1242			debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1243
1244	goldfish	[X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1245			Don't use this when you are not running on the
1246			android emulator
1247
1248	gpt		[EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1249			invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1250			primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1251			GPT to be used instead.
1252
1253	grcan.enable0=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1254			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1255			Format: 0 | 1
1256			Default: 0
1257	grcan.enable1=	[HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1258			the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1259			Format: 0 | 1
1260			Default: 0
1261	grcan.select=	[HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1262			Format: 0 | 1
1263			Default: 0
1264	grcan.txsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1265			Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1266			Default: 1024
1267	grcan.rxsize=	[HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1268			Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1269			Default: 1024
1270
1271	gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1272			[HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1273			Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1274
1275	hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1276			[KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1277			backtraces on all cpus.
1278			Format: <integer>
1279
1280	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1281			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
1282			for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1283			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1284
1285	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1286
1287	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1288			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1289
1290	hest_disable	[ACPI]
1291			Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1292			corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1293			logic will be disabled.
1294
1295	highmem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1296			size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1297			highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1298			size on bigger boxes.
1299
1300	highres=	[KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1301			Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1302			Default: "on"
1303
1304	hisax=		[HW,ISDN]
1305			See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
1306
1307	hlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH]
1308
1309	hpet=		[X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1310			Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1311				verbose }
1312			disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1313			force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1314				VIA, nVidia)
1315			verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1316
1317	hpet_mmap=	[X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1318			registers.  Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1319
1320	hugepages=	[HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1321	hugepagesz=	[HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
1322			On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
1323			multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve
1324			huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on
1325			x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
1326			(when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).
1327
1328	hvc_iucv=	[S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1329			       terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1330	hvc_iucv_allow=	[S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1331			       If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1332			       from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1333
1334	hwthread_map=	[METAG] Comma-separated list of Linux cpu id to
1335			        hardware thread id mappings.
1336				Format: <cpu>:<hwthread>
1337
1338	keep_bootcon	[KNL]
1339			Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1340			useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1341			between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1342			the real console.
1343
1344	i2c_bus=	[HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1345			     or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1346			     registered from board initialization code.
1347			     Format:
1348			     <bus_id>,<clkrate>
1349
1350	i8042.debug	[HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1351	i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1352			[HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1353			     (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1354			     requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1355	i8042.direct	[HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1356	i8042.dumbkbd	[HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1357			     keyboard and cannot control its state
1358			     (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1359	i8042.noaux	[HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1360	i8042.nokbd	[HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1361	i8042.noloop	[HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1362			     for the AUX port
1363	i8042.nomux	[HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1364			     controller
1365	i8042.nopnp	[HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1366			     controllers
1367	i8042.notimeout	[HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1368	i8042.reset	[HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1369			     suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1370			     transitions, or never reset
1371			Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1372			1, Y, y: always reset controller
1373			0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1374			Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1375			architectures force reset to be always executed
1376	i8042.unlock	[HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1377	i8042.kbdreset  [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1378
1379	i810=		[HW,DRM]
1380
1381	i8k.ignore_dmi	[HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1382			indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1383			hardware.
1384	i8k.force	[HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1385			does not match list of supported models.
1386	i8k.power_status
1387			[HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1388			(disabled by default)
1389	i8k.restricted	[HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1390			capability is set.
1391
1392	i915.invert_brightness=
1393			[DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1394			set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1395			brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1396			and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1397			to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1398			(default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1399			is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1400			to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1401			value switches the backlight off.
1402			-1 -- never invert brightness
1403			 0 -- machine default
1404			 1 -- force brightness inversion
1405
1406	icn=		[HW,ISDN]
1407			Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1408
1409	ide-core.nodma=	[HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1410			Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1411			.vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1412			.cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1413			See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
1414
1415	ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1416			Format: <int>
1417			Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports.  Depending on
1418			platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1419			setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  The
1420			default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1421			On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1422			PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1423			are then probed.  On systems without PCI the value
1424			of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1425			was 0x3.
1426
1427	ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1428			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1429
1430	idle=		[X86]
1431			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1432			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1433			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1434			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1435			Not recommended.
1436			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1437			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1438			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1439
1440	ieee754=	[MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1441			Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1442			Default: strict
1443
1444			Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1445			based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1446			the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1447			of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1448			binary.  Hardware implementations are permitted to
1449			support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1450			encoding mode.
1451
1452			Available settings are as follows:
1453			strict	accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1454				supported by the FPU
1455			legacy	only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1456				by the FPU
1457			2008	only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1458				by the FPU
1459			relaxed	accept any binaries regardless of whether
1460				supported by the FPU
1461
1462			The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1463			encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1464			been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1465			'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1466			'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1467			2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1468			legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1469			MIPS64 CPUs.
1470
1471			The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1472			mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1473			except where unsupported by hardware.
1474
1475	ignore_loglevel	[KNL]
1476			Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1477			kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1478			We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1479			could change it dynamically, usually by
1480			/sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1481
1482	ignore_rlimit_data
1483			Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1484			print warning at first misuse.  Can be changed via
1485			/sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1486
1487	ihash_entries=	[KNL]
1488			Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1489
1490	ima_appraise=	[IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1491			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1492			default: "enforce"
1493
1494	ima_appraise_tcb [IMA]
1495			The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1496			owned by uid=0.
1497
1498	ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1499			Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1500			measurements, instead of host native format.
1501
1502	ima_hash=	[IMA]
1503			Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1504				   | sha512 | ... }
1505			default: "sha1"
1506
1507			The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1508			in crypto/hash_info.h.
1509
1510	ima_policy=	[IMA]
1511			The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1512			Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot"
1513
1514			The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1515			mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1516			mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1517			uid=0.
1518
1519			The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1520			all files owned by root. (This is the equivalent
1521			of ima_appraise_tcb.)
1522
1523			The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1524			of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1525			firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1526
1527	ima_tcb		[IMA] Deprecated.  Use ima_policy= instead.
1528			Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1529			Computing Base.  This means IMA will measure all
1530			programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1531			opened for read by uid=0.
1532
1533	ima_template=   [IMA]
1534			Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1535			Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1536			Default: "ima-ng"
1537
1538	ima_template_fmt=
1539	                [IMA] Define a custom template format.
1540			Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1541
1542	ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1543			Format: <min_file_size>
1544			Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1545			If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1546
1547			ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1548			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1549			to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1550
1551	ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1552			Format: <bufsize>
1553			Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1554
1555			ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1556			different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1557			to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1558
1559	init=		[KNL]
1560			Format: <full_path>
1561			Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1562			process.
1563
1564	initcall_debug	[KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
1565			for working out where the kernel is dying during
1566			startup.
1567
1568	initcall_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1569			initcall functions.  Useful for debugging built-in
1570			modules and initcalls.
1571
1572	initrd=		[BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1573
1574	init_pkru=	[x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1575			register contents for all processes.  0x55555554 by
1576			default (disallow access to all but pkey 0).  Can
1577			override in debugfs after boot.
1578
1579	inport.irq=	[HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1580			Format: <irq>
1581
1582	int_pln_enable  [x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1583
1584	integrity_audit=[IMA]
1585			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1586			0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1587			1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1588
1589	intel_iommu=	[DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1590		on
1591			Enable intel iommu driver.
1592		off
1593			Disable intel iommu driver.
1594		igfx_off [Default Off]
1595			By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1596			device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1597			bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1598			this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1599			DMA.
1600		forcedac [x86_64]
1601			With this option iommu will not optimize to look
1602			for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
1603			address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
1604			than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1605			for translation below 32-bit and if not available
1606			then look in the higher range.
1607		strict [Default Off]
1608			With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1609			result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1610			to batching them for performance.
1611		sp_off [Default Off]
1612			By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1613			has the capability. With this option, super page will
1614			not be supported.
1615		ecs_off [Default Off]
1616			By default, extended context tables will be supported if
1617			the hardware advertises that it has support both for the
1618			extended tables themselves, and also PASID support. With
1619			this option set, extended tables will not be used even
1620			on hardware which claims to support them.
1621		tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1622			Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1623			By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1624			could harm performance of some high-throughput
1625			devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1626			mapping is enabled.
1627			Note that using this option lowers the security
1628			provided by tboot because it makes the system
1629			vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1630
1631	intel_idle.max_cstate=	[KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1632			0	disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1633			1 to 9	specify maximum depth of C-state.
1634
1635	intel_pstate=  [X86]
1636		       disable
1637		         Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1638		         scaling driver for the supported processors
1639		       passive
1640			 Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1641			 to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1642			 enabling its internal governor).  This mode cannot be
1643			 used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1644			 feature.
1645		       force
1646			 Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1647			 in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1648			 instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1649			 as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1650			 P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1651			 should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1652			 processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1653			 or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1654		       no_hwp
1655		         Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1656			 if available.
1657		hwp_only
1658			Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1659			hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1660		support_acpi_ppc
1661			Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1662			Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1663			profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1664			then this feature is turned on by default.
1665		per_cpu_perf_limits
1666			Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1667			cpufreq sysfs interface
1668
1669	intremap=	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1670			on	enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1671			off	disable Interrupt Remapping
1672			nosid	disable Source ID checking
1673			no_x2apic_optout
1674				BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1675			nopost	disable Interrupt Posting
1676
1677	iomem=		Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1678		strict	regions from userspace.
1679		relaxed
1680
1681	iommu=		[x86]
1682		off
1683		force
1684		noforce
1685		biomerge
1686		panic
1687		nopanic
1688		merge
1689		nomerge
1690		forcesac
1691		soft
1692		pt		[x86, IA-64]
1693		nobypass	[PPC/POWERNV]
1694			Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1695
1696	iommu.passthrough=
1697			[ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
1698			Format: { "0" | "1" }
1699			0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1700			1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
1701			unset - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1702
1703	io7=		[HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
1704			See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1705			arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1706
1707	io_delay=	[X86] I/O delay method
1708		0x80
1709			Standard port 0x80 based delay
1710		0xed
1711			Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
1712		udelay
1713			Simple two microseconds delay
1714		none
1715			No delay
1716
1717	ip=		[IP_PNP]
1718			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
1719
1720	irqaffinity=	[SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
1721			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
1722
1723	irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
1724			[ARM, ARM64]
1725			Format: <bool>
1726			Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
1727			of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
1728			exposed by the device tree is too small.
1729
1730	irqfixup	[HW]
1731			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1732			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1733			firmware running.
1734
1735	irqpoll		[HW]
1736			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1737			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
1738			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1739			firmware running.
1740
1741	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
1742			Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
1743
1744	isolcpus=	[KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
1745			[Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
1746			Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
1747
1748			Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
1749			specified in the flag list (default: domain):
1750
1751			nohz
1752			  Disable the tick when a single task runs.
1753			domain
1754			  Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1755			  algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
1756			  is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
1757			  the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
1758			  advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
1759			  balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
1760			  It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
1761			  move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
1762
1763			  You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
1764			  the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1765			  <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1766			  "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1767
1768			The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
1769
1770
1771
1772	iucv=		[HW,NET]
1773
1774	ivrs_ioapic	[HW,X86_64]
1775			Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1776			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1777			example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
1778			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1779				ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
1780
1781	ivrs_hpet	[HW,X86_64]
1782			Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1783			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1784			example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
1785			PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1786				ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
1787
1788	ivrs_acpihid	[HW,X86_64]
1789			Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
1790			mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1791			example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
1792			PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
1793				ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
1794
1795	js=		[HW,JOY] Analog joystick
1796			See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
1797
1798	nokaslr		[KNL]
1799			When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
1800			kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
1801			Layout Randomization).
1802
1803	kasan_multi_shot
1804			[KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
1805			report on every invalid memory access. Without this
1806			parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
1807			invalid access.
1808
1809	keepinitrd	[HW,ARM]
1810
1811	kernelcore=	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
1812			Format: nn[KMGTPE] | "mirror"
1813			This parameter
1814			specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
1815			for non-movable allocations.  The requested amount is
1816			spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The
1817			remaining memory in each node is used for Movable
1818			pages. In the event, a node is too small to have both
1819			kernelcore and Movable pages, kernelcore pages will
1820			take priority and other nodes will have a larger number
1821			of Movable pages.  The Movable zone is used for the
1822			allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved
1823			by the page migration subsystem.  This means that
1824			HugeTLB pages may not be allocated from this zone.
1825			Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem still
1826			use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1827			zone if it does not.
1828
1829			Instead of specifying the amount of memory (nn[KMGTPE]),
1830			you can specify "mirror" option. In case "mirror"
1831			option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
1832			for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
1833			for Movable pages. nn[KMGTPE] and "mirror" are exclusive,
1834			so you can NOT specify nn[KMGTPE] and "mirror" at the same
1835			time.
1836
1837	kgdbdbgp=	[KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
1838			Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
1839			The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
1840			port as it is probed via PCI.  The poll interval is
1841			optional and is the number seconds in between
1842			each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
1843			the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
1844			gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection.  When
1845			not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
1846			the kernel debugger.
1847
1848	kgdboc=		[KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
1849			Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
1850			or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
1851			 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
1852			 keyboard only format: kbd
1853			 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
1854			Optional Kernel mode setting:
1855			 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
1856			 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
1857
1858	kgdbwait	[KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
1859			kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
1860
1861	kmac=		[MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
1862			Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
1863			Ethernet adapter MAC address.
1864
1865	kmemleak=	[KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
1866			Valid arguments: on, off
1867			Default: on
1868			Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
1869			the default is off.
1870
1871	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
1872			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
1873
1874	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
1875			KVM MMU at runtime.
1876			Default is 0 (off)
1877
1878	kvm-amd.nested=	[KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
1879			Default is 1 (enabled)
1880
1881	kvm-amd.npt=	[KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
1882			for all guests.
1883			Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
1884
1885	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
1886			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
1887			system registers
1888
1889	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
1890			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
1891			system registers
1892
1893	kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
1894			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
1895			system registers
1896
1897	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
1898			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
1899			LPIs.
1900
1901	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
1902			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
1903			Default is 1 (enabled)
1904
1905	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
1906			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
1907			Default is 0 (disabled)
1908
1909	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
1910			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
1911			Default is 1 (enabled)
1912
1913	kvm-intel.nested=
1914			[KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
1915			Default is 0 (disabled)
1916
1917	kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
1918			[KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
1919			(virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
1920			Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
1921
1922	kvm-intel.vpid=	[KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
1923			feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
1924			Default is 1 (enabled)
1925
1926	l2cr=		[PPC]
1927
1928	l3cr=		[PPC]
1929
1930	lapic		[X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
1931			disabled it.
1932
1933	lapic=		[x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
1934			value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
1935			back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
1936
1937	lapic_timer_c2_ok	[X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
1938			in C2 power state.
1939
1940	libata.dma=	[LIBATA] DMA control
1941			libata.dma=0	  Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
1942			libata.dma=1	  PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
1943			libata.dma=2	  ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
1944			libata.dma=4	  Compact Flash DMA only
1945			Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
1946			for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
1947
1948	libata.ignore_hpa=	[LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
1949			libata.ignore_hpa=0	  keep BIOS limits (default)
1950			libata.ignore_hpa=1	  ignore limits, using full disk
1951
1952	libata.noacpi	[LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
1953			when set.
1954			Format: <int>
1955
1956	libata.force=	[LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma
1957			separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
1958			PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
1959			matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
1960			the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
1961			the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
1962			values are used.  If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
1963			configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
1964
1965			If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
1966			the port and all links and devices behind it.  DEVICE
1967			number of 0 either selects the first device or the
1968			first fan-out link behind PMP device.  It does not
1969			select the host link.  DEVICE number of 15 selects the
1970			host link and device attached to it.
1971
1972			The VAL specifies the configuration to force.  As long
1973			as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
1974			For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
1975			The following configurations can be forced.
1976
1977			* Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
1978			  Any ID with matching PORT is used.
1979
1980			* SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
1981
1982			* Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
1983			  udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
1984			  allowed.
1985
1986			* [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
1987
1988			* [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
1989
1990			* nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
1991                          and both resets.
1992
1993			* rstonce: only attempt one reset during
1994			  hot-unplug link recovery
1995
1996			* dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
1997
1998			* atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
1999
2000			* disable: Disable this device.
2001
2002			If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2003			the same attribute, the last one is used.
2004
2005	memblock=debug	[KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2006
2007	load_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
2008			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
2009
2010	lockd.nlm_grace_period=P  [NFS] Assign grace period.
2011			Format: <integer>
2012
2013	lockd.nlm_tcpport=N	[NFS] Assign TCP port.
2014			Format: <integer>
2015
2016	lockd.nlm_timeout=T	[NFS] Assign timeout value.
2017			Format: <integer>
2018
2019	lockd.nlm_udpport=M	[NFS] Assign UDP port.
2020			Format: <integer>
2021
2022	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2023			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2024			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2025			number of online CPUs.
2026
2027	locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2028			Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2029
2030	locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2031			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2032
2033	locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2034			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2035			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2036
2037	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2038			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
2039			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2040			mode during the locktorture test.
2041
2042	locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2043			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
2044			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2045
2046	locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2047			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2048
2049	locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2050			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2051			specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2052			five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2053			This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2054			transition abruptly to and from idle.
2055
2056	locktorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
2057			Start locktorture running at boot time.
2058
2059	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2060			Specify the locking implementation to test.
2061
2062	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2063			Enable additional printk() statements.
2064
2065	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2066			Format: <irq>
2067
2068	loglevel=	All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2069			console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2070			also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2071			loglevels are defined as follows:
2072
2073			0 (KERN_EMERG)		system is unusable
2074			1 (KERN_ALERT)		action must be taken immediately
2075			2 (KERN_CRIT)		critical conditions
2076			3 (KERN_ERR)		error conditions
2077			4 (KERN_WARNING)	warning conditions
2078			5 (KERN_NOTICE)		normal but significant condition
2079			6 (KERN_INFO)		informational
2080			7 (KERN_DEBUG)		debug-level messages
2081
2082	log_buf_len=n[KMG]	Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2083			in bytes.  n must be a power of two and greater
2084			than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2085			by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2086			also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2087			that allows to increase the default size depending on
2088			the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2089
2090	logo.nologo	[FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2091			This may be used to provide more screen space for
2092			kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2093			kernel boot problems.
2094
2095	lp=0		[LP]	Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2096	lp=port[,port...]	lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2097	lp=reset		first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2098	lp=auto			printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2099				specified in addition to the ports) causes
2100				attached printers to be reset. Using
2101				lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2102				to associate lp devices with, starting with
2103				lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2104				that lp device, or a parport name such as
2105				'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2106				port specification list means that device IDs
2107				from each port should be examined, to see if
2108				an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2109				so, the driver will manage that printer.
2110				See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2111
2112	lpj=n		[KNL]
2113			Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2114			time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2115			CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2116			the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2117			autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2118			on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2119			which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2120			significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2121			will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2122			unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2123			unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2124			hardware.
2125
2126	ltpc=		[NET]
2127			Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2128
2129	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2130			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
2131			Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
2132
2133	machtype=	[Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
2134			 yeeloong laptop.
2135			Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2136
2137	max_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2138			than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2139
2140	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2141			will bring up during bootup.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2142			the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2143			bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2144			"echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2145			only takes effect during system bootup.
2146			While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2147			which also disables the IO APIC.
2148
2149	max_loop=	[LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2150	(loop.max_loop)	unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2151			number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2152			of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2153			devices can be requested on-demand with the
2154			/dev/loop-control interface.
2155
2156	mce		[X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2157
2158	mce=option	[X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
2159
2160	md=		[HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2161			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2162
2163	mdacon=		[MDA]
2164			Format: <first>,<last>
2165			Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2166
2167	mem=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2168			Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
2169			to see the whole system memory or for test.
2170			[X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2171			with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2172			Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2173			belonging to unused RAM.
2174
2175	mem=nopentium	[BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2176			memory.
2177
2178	memchunk=nn[KMG]
2179			[KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2180			per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2181
2182        memhp_default_state=online/offline
2183			[KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2184			onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2185			set according to the
2186			CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2187			option.
2188			See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt.
2189
2190	memmap=exactmap	[KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2191			E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2192			Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2193			BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2194			option description.
2195
2196	memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2197			[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2198			Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2199			If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2200			which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2201			Multiple different regions can be specified,
2202			comma delimited.
2203			Example:
2204				memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2205
2206	memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2207			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2208			Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2209
2210	memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2211			[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2212			Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2213			Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2214			         memmap=64K$0x18690000
2215			         or
2216			         memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2217			Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2218			like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2219			will be eaten.
2220
2221	memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2222			[KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2223			Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2224			The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2225			and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2226
2227	memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2228			Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2229			memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2230			Setting this option will scan the memory
2231			looking for corruption.  Enabling this will
2232			both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2233			from using the memory being corrupted.
2234			However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2235			repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2236			affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2237			to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2238
2239	memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2240			By default it checks for corruption in the low
2241			64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2242			use.  Use this parameter to scan for
2243			corruption in more or less memory.
2244
2245	memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2246			By default it checks for corruption every 60
2247			seconds.  Use this parameter to check at some
2248			other rate.  0 disables periodic checking.
2249
2250	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM] Enable memtest
2251			Format: <integer>
2252			default : 0 <disable>
2253			Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2254			performed. Each pass selects another test
2255			pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2256			fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2257			memory contents and reserves bad memory
2258			regions that are detected.
2259
2260	mem_encrypt=	[X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2261			Valid arguments: on, off
2262			Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2263			  on  (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2264			  off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2265			mem_encrypt=on:		Activate SME
2266			mem_encrypt=off:	Do not activate SME
2267
2268			Refer to Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.txt
2269			for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2270
2271	mem_sleep_default=	[SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2272			s2idle  - Suspend-To-Idle
2273			shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2274			deep    - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2275			See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2276
2277	meye.*=		[HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2278			See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/meye.rst.
2279
2280	mfgpt_irq=	[IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2281			Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2282			platforms.
2283
2284	mfgptfix	[X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2285			the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2286			version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2287			problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2288
2289	mga=		[HW,DRM]
2290
2291	min_addr=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2292			physical address is ignored.
2293
2294	mini2440=	[ARM,HW,KNL]
2295			Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2296			Default: "0tb"
2297			MINI2440 configuration specification:
2298			0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2299			1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2300			2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2301			Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2302			the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2303			unconfigured.
2304			b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2305			linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2306			LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2307			VGA shield.
2308			c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2309			t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2310			touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2311			kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2312			in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2313			http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2314
2315	mminit_loglevel=
2316			[KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2317			parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2318			the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2319			of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2320			log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2321			so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2322
2323	module.sig_enforce
2324			[KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2325			modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2326			Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2327			is always true, so this option does nothing.
2328
2329	module_blacklist=  [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2330			modules.  Useful for debugging problem modules.
2331
2332	mousedev.tap_time=
2333			[MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2334			leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2335			a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2336			touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2337			Format: <msecs>
2338	mousedev.xres=	[MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2339			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2340	mousedev.yres=	[MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2341			reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2342
2343	movablecore=nn[KMG]	[KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter
2344			is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
2345			amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
2346			If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
2347			then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified
2348			value but may be more. If movablecore on its own
2349			is specified, the administrator must be careful
2350			that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2351			is not too small.
2352
2353	movable_node	[KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2354			NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2355			of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2356			allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2357			allocations. Use with caution!
2358
2359	MTD_Partition=	[MTD]
2360			Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2361
2362	MTD_Region=	[MTD] Format:
2363			<name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
2364
2365	mtdparts=	[MTD]
2366			See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
2367
2368	multitce=off	[PPC]  This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
2369			firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
2370			at a time.
2371
2372	onenand.bdry=	[HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
2373
2374			Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
2375
2376			boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
2377				   The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
2378			lock	 - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
2379				   Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
2380				   1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
2381
2382	mtdset=		[ARM]
2383			ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
2384
2385			See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
2386
2387	mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
2388			[HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
2389			('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
2390
2391	mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2392			used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
2393			that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
2394
2395	mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2396			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
2397			Default is 1.
2398			Large value could prevent small alignment from
2399			using up MTRRs.
2400
2401	mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
2402			Format: <integer>
2403			Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
2404			Default : 1
2405			Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
2406			Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
2407
2408	n2=		[NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
2409
2410	netdev=		[NET] Network devices parameters
2411			Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
2412			Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
2413			something different and driver-specific.
2414			This usage is only documented in each driver source
2415			file if at all.
2416
2417	nf_conntrack.acct=
2418			[NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
2419			0 to disable accounting
2420			1 to enable accounting
2421			Default value is 0.
2422
2423	nfsaddrs=	[NFS] Deprecated.  Use ip= instead.
2424			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2425
2426	nfsroot=	[NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
2427			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2428
2429	nfsrootdebug	[NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
2430			See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2431
2432	nfs.callback_nr_threads=
2433			[NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
2434			NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
2435			requests.
2436
2437	nfs.callback_tcpport=
2438			[NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
2439			channel should listen.
2440
2441	nfs.cache_getent=
2442			[NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
2443			to update the NFS client cache entries.
2444
2445	nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
2446			[NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
2447			update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
2448
2449	nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
2450			[NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
2451			entries.
2452
2453	nfs.enable_ino64=
2454			[NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
2455			If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
2456			number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
2457			of returning the full 64-bit number.
2458			The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
2459
2460	nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
2461			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
2462			slots the client will assign to the callback
2463			channel. This determines the maximum number of
2464			callbacks the client will process in parallel for
2465			a particular server.
2466
2467	nfs.max_session_slots=
2468			[NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
2469			the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
2470			This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
2471			that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
2472			Note that there is little point in setting this
2473			value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
2474
2475	nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2476			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
2477			ensures that both the RPC level authentication
2478			scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
2479			numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
2480			'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
2481			disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
2482			legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
2483			Servers that do not support this mode of operation
2484			will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
2485			back to using the idmapper.
2486			To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
2487	nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
2488			[NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
2489			ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
2490			their nfs_client_id4 string.  This is typically a
2491			UUID that is generated at system install time.
2492
2493	nfs.send_implementation_id =
2494			[NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
2495			information in exchange_id requests.
2496			If zero, no implementation identification information
2497			will be sent.
2498			The default is to send the implementation identification
2499			information.
2500
2501	nfs.recover_lost_locks =
2502			[NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
2503			to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
2504			doing this risks data corruption, since there are
2505			no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
2506			after the locks are lost.
2507			If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
2508			attempting to recover these locks, then set this
2509			parameter to '1'.
2510			The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
2511			not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
2512
2513	nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
2514			[NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
2515			layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
2516
2517			Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
2518			whatever value is the default set by the layout
2519			driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
2520			in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
2521
2522	nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2523			[NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
2524			server will return only numeric uids and gids to
2525			clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
2526			and gids from such clients.  This is intended to ease
2527			migration from NFSv2/v3.
2528
2529	nmi_debug=	[KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
2530			when a NMI is triggered.
2531			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
2532
2533	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
2534			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
2535			Valid num: 0 or 1
2536			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
2537			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
2538			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
2539			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
2540			default). To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
2541			please see 'nowatchdog'.
2542			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
2543			need the box quickly up again.
2544
2545	netpoll.carrier_timeout=
2546			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
2547			netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
2548			waits 4 seconds.
2549
2550	no387		[BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
2551			emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
2552			is present.
2553
2554	no_console_suspend
2555			[HW] Never suspend the console
2556			Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
2557			hibernate operations.  Once disabled, debugging
2558			messages can reach various consoles while the rest
2559			of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
2560			debugging driver suspend/resume hooks).  This may
2561			not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
2562			to work with serial and VGA consoles.
2563			To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
2564			console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
2565			it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
2566			/sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
2567			turn on/off it dynamically.
2568
2569	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
2570			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
2571			but will impact performance.
2572
2573	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
2574
2575	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
2576			(CPU alternatives feature).
2577
2578	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
2579			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
2580
2581	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
2582
2583	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
2584			on "Classic" PPC cores.
2585
2586	nocache		[ARM]
2587
2588	noclflush	[BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
2589
2590	nodelayacct	[KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
2591
2592	nodsp		[SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
2593
2594	noefi		Disable EFI runtime services support.
2595
2596	noexec		[IA-64]
2597
2598	noexec		[X86]
2599			On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
2600			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2601			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
2602
2603	nosmap		[X86]
2604			Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
2605			even if it is supported by processor.
2606
2607	nosmep		[X86]
2608			Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
2609			even if it is supported by processor.
2610
2611	noexec32	[X86-64]
2612			This affects only 32-bit executables.
2613			noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2614				read doesn't imply executable mappings
2615			noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
2616				read implies executable mappings
2617
2618	nofpu		[MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
2619
2620	nofxsr		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
2621			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
2622			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
2623
2624	nohugeiomap	[KNL,x86] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
2625
2626	nosmt		[KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2627			Equivalent to smt=1.
2628
2629	nospectre_v2	[X86] Disable all mitigations for the Spectre variant 2
2630			(indirect branch prediction) vulnerability. System may
2631			allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent
2632			to spectre_v2=off.
2633
2634	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
2635			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
2636			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
2637
2638	noxsaveopt	[X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
2639			register states. The kernel will fall back to use
2640			xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
2641			performance of saving the states is degraded because
2642			xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
2643			xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
2644
2645	noxsaves	[X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
2646			restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
2647			form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
2648			xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
2649			in standard form of xsave area. By using this
2650			parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
2651			memory on xsaves enabled systems.
2652
2653	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
2654			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
2655			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
2656
2657	no_file_caps	Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities.  The
2658			only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
2659			is to be setuid root or executed by root.
2660
2661	nohalt		[IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
2662			function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
2663			power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
2664			interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
2665			in certain environments such as networked servers or
2666			real-time systems.
2667
2668	nohibernate	[HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
2669
2670	nohz=		[KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
2671			Valid arguments: on, off
2672			Default: on
2673
2674	nohz_full=	[KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
2675			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2676			In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
2677			the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
2678			whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
2679			the range to maintain the timekeeping.  Any CPUs
2680			in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
2681			just as if they had also been called out in the
2682			rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
2683
2684	noiotrap	[SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
2685
2686	noirqdebug	[X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
2687			disable unhandled interrupt sources.
2688
2689	no_timer_check	[X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
2690			broken timer IRQ sources.
2691
2692	noisapnp	[ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
2693
2694	noinitrd	[RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
2695			initial RAM disk.
2696
2697	nointremap	[X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
2698			remapping.
2699			[Deprecated - use intremap=off]
2700
2701	nointroute	[IA-64]
2702
2703	noinvpcid	[X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
2704
2705	nojitter	[IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
2706
2707	no-kvmclock	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
2708
2709	no-kvmapf	[X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
2710			fault handling.
2711
2712	no-vmw-sched-clock
2713			[X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
2714			clock and use the default one.
2715
2716	no-steal-acc    [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
2717			steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
2718			behaviour
2719
2720	nolapic		[X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
2721
2722	nolapic_timer	[X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
2723
2724	noltlbs		[PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
2725			lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
2726
2727	nomca		[IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
2728
2729	nomce		[X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
2730
2731	nomfgpt		[X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
2732			Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
2733
2734	nonmi_ipi	[X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
2735			shutdown the other cpus.  Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
2736			irq.
2737
2738	nomodule	Disable module load
2739
2740	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
2741			pagetables) support.
2742
2743	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
2744
2745	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
2746			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
2747
2748	noreplace-paravirt	[X86,IA-64,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops
2749
2750	noreplace-smp	[X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
2751			with UP alternatives
2752
2753	nordrand	[X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
2754			RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
2755			by the processor.  RDRAND and RDSEED are still
2756			available to user space applications.
2757
2758	noresume	[SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
2759			space.
2760
2761	no-scroll	[VGA] Disables scrollback.
2762			This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
2763			reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
2764
2765	nosbagart	[IA-64]
2766
2767	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
2768
2769	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
2770			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
2771
2772	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
2773
2774	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
2775
2776	notsc		[BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter
2777
2778	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
2779                        soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
2780
2781	nowb		[ARM]
2782
2783	nox2apic	[X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
2784
2785	cpu0_hotplug	[X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
2786			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
2787			Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
2788			1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
2789			Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
2790			need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
2791			2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
2792			removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
2793			It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
2794			machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
2795			after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
2796			If the dependencies are under your control, you can
2797			turn on cpu0_hotplug.
2798
2799	nps_mtm_hs_ctr= [KNL,ARC]
2800			This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
2801			cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
2802			without interruptions, before HW switches it.
2803			The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
2804			parameter's value.
2805			Format: integer between 1 and 255
2806			Default: 255
2807
2808	nptcg=		[IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
2809			purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
2810			SAL PALO.
2811
2812	nr_cpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
2813			could support.  nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
2814			support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
2815			number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
2816			runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
2817			n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
2818			variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
2819			hot plugging.
2820
2821	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
2822
2823	numa_balancing=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
2824			Allowed values are enable and disable
2825
2826	numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
2827			'node', 'default' can be specified
2828			This can be set from sysctl after boot.
2829			See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
2830
2831	ohci1394_dma=early	[HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
2832			See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
2833			info.
2834
2835	olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
2836			Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
2837			command is not properly ACKed, override the length
2838			of the timeout.  We have interrupts disabled while
2839			waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
2840			interrupts *may* be lost!
2841
2842	omap_mux=	[OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
2843			Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
2844			For example, to override I2C bus2:
2845			omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
2846
2847	oprofile.timer=	[HW]
2848			Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
2849
2850	oprofile.cpu_type=	Force an oprofile cpu type
2851			This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
2852			userland or if you want common events.
2853			Format: { arch_perfmon }
2854			arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
2855				perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
2856				CPU specific event set.
2857			timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
2858				timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
2859				for generic hr timer mode)
2860
2861	oops=panic	Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
2862			process, but there is a small probability of
2863			deadlocking the machine.
2864			This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
2865			Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
2866
2867	OSS		[HW,OSS]
2868			See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
2869
2870	page_owner=	[KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
2871			Storage of the information about who allocated
2872			each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
2873			we can turn it on.
2874			on: enable the feature
2875
2876	page_poison=	[KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
2877			poisoning on the buddy allocator.
2878			off: turn off poisoning
2879			on: turn on poisoning
2880
2881	panic=		[KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
2882			timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
2883			timeout = 0: wait forever
2884			timeout < 0: reboot immediately
2885			Format: <timeout>
2886
2887	panic_on_warn	panic() instead of WARN().  Useful to cause kdump
2888			on a WARN().
2889
2890	crash_kexec_post_notifiers
2891			Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
2892			kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
2893			succeeds in any situation.
2894			Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
2895			because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
2896			kernel more unstable.
2897
2898	parkbd.port=	[HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
2899			connected to, default is 0.
2900			Format: <parport#>
2901	parkbd.mode=	[HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
2902			0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
2903			Format: <mode>
2904
2905	parport=	[HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
2906			Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
2907			Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
2908			IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
2909			ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
2910			possible conflicts). You can specify the base
2911			address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
2912			should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
2913			settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
2914			(to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
2915			Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
2916			are specified on the command line, starting
2917			with parport0.
2918
2919	parport_init_mode=	[HW,PPT]
2920			Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
2921			a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
2922			computer where firmware has no options for setting
2923			up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
2924			Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
2925			Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
2926
2927	pause_on_oops=
2928			Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
2929			the specified number of seconds.  This is to be used if
2930			your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
2931
2932	pcbit=		[HW,ISDN]
2933
2934	pcd.		[PARIDE]
2935			See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
2936			See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
2937
2938	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
2939		earlydump	[X86] dump PCI config space before the kernel
2940			        changes anything
2941		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
2942		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
2943				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
2944				has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
2945		nobios		[X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
2946				hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
2947				if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
2948				suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
2949		conf1		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
2950				Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
2951				data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
2952		conf2		[X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
2953				Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
2954				the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
2955				bus number. The config space is then accessed
2956				through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
2957				See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
2958				on the configuration access mechanisms.
2959		noaer		[PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
2960				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
2961				disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
2962		nodomains	[PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
2963				root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
2964		nommconf	[X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
2965				Configuration
2966		check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
2967				properly configured MMIO access to PCI
2968				config space on AMD family 10h CPU
2969		nomsi		[MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
2970				enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
2971				disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
2972		noioapicquirk	[APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
2973				Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
2974				should never be necessary.
2975		ioapicreroute	[APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
2976				primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
2977				boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
2978				when the system masks IRQs.
2979		noioapicreroute	[APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
2980				boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
2981				a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
2982				The opposite of ioapicreroute.
2983		biosirq		[X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
2984				routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
2985				on several machines and they hang the machine
2986				when used, but on other computers it's the only
2987				way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
2988				this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
2989				IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
2990				motherboard.
2991		rom		[X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
2992				Use with caution as certain devices share
2993				address decoders between ROMs and other
2994				resources.
2995		norom		[X86] Do not assign address space to
2996				expansion ROMs that do not already have
2997				BIOS assigned address ranges.
2998		nobar		[X86] Do not assign address space to the
2999				BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
3000		irqmask=0xMMMM	[X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
3001				assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
3002				make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
3003				this way.
3004		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[X86] Specify the physical address
3005				of the PIRQ table (normally generated
3006				by the BIOS) if it is outside the
3007				F0000h-100000h range.
3008		lastbus=N	[X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3009				useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3010				secondary buses and you want to tell it
3011				explicitly which ones they are.
3012		assign-busses	[X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3013				numbers ourselves, overriding
3014				whatever the firmware may have done.
3015		usepirqmask	[X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3016				in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3017				some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3018				some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3019				notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3020				IRQ routing is enabled.
3021		noacpi		[X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3022				or for PCI scanning.
3023		use_crs		[X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3024				from ACPI.  On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3025				is enabled by default.  If you need to use this,
3026				please report a bug.
3027		nocrs		[X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3028			        If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3029		routeirq	Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3030				This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3031				so this option is a temporary workaround
3032				for broken drivers that don't call it.
3033		skip_isa_align	[X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3034				handle more pci cards
3035		noearly		[X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3036				This might help on some broken boards which
3037				machine check when some devices' config space
3038				is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3039				and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3040		bfsort		Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3041				This sorting is done to get a device
3042				order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3043		nobfsort	Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3044		pcie_bus_tune_off	Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3045				tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3046		pcie_bus_safe	Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3047				supported by all devices below the root complex.
3048		pcie_bus_perf	Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3049				based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3050				Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3051				value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3052				or bus can support) for best performance.
3053		pcie_bus_peer2peer	Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3054				every device is guaranteed to support. This
3055				configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3056				any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3057				reduced performance.  This also guarantees
3058				that hot-added devices will work.
3059		cbiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3060				reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3061				The default value is 256 bytes.
3062		cbmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3063				reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3064				window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3065		resource_alignment=
3066				Format:
3067				[<order of align>@][<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>[; ...]
3068				[<order of align>@]pci:<vendor>:<device>\
3069						[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>][; ...]
3070				Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3071				aligned memory resources.
3072				If <order of align> is not specified,
3073				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3074				PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
3075				windows need to be expanded.
3076				To specify the alignment for several
3077				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3078				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3079				specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3080		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3081				end-to-end CRC checking).
3082				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3083				the default.
3084				off: Turn ECRC off
3085				on: Turn ECRC on.
3086		hpiosize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3087				reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3088				Default size is 256 bytes.
3089		hpmemsize=nn[KMG]	The fixed amount of bus space which is
3090				reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window.
3091				Default size is 2 megabytes.
3092		hpbussize=nn	The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3093				reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3094				Default is 1.
3095		realloc=	Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3096				if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3097				accommodate resources required by all child
3098				devices.
3099				off: Turn realloc off
3100				on: Turn realloc on
3101		realloc		same as realloc=on
3102		noari		do not use PCIe ARI.
3103		pcie_scan_all	Scan all possible PCIe devices.  Otherwise we
3104				only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3105				port.
3106		big_root_window	Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
3107				root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
3108				can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
3109				Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
3110				conflict with unreported devices), so this
3111				taints the kernel.
3112
3113	pcie_aspm=	[PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3114			Management.
3115		off	Disable ASPM.
3116		force	Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3117			WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3118
3119	pcie_hp=	[PCIE] PCI Express Hotplug driver options:
3120		nomsi	Do not use MSI for PCI Express Native Hotplug (this
3121			makes all PCIe ports use INTx for hotplug services).
3122
3123	pcie_ports=	[PCIE] PCIe ports handling:
3124		auto	Ask the BIOS whether or not to use native PCIe services
3125			associated with PCIe ports (PME, hot-plug, AER).  Use
3126			them only if that is allowed by the BIOS.
3127		native	Use native PCIe services associated with PCIe ports
3128			unconditionally.
3129		compat	Treat PCIe ports as PCI-to-PCI bridges, disable the PCIe
3130			ports driver.
3131
3132	pcie_port_pm=	[PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3133		off	Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3134		force	Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3135
3136	pcie_pme=	[PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3137		nomsi	Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3138			all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3139
3140	pcmv=		[HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3141
3142	pd_ignore_unused
3143			[PM]
3144			Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3145			even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3146			for debug and development, but should not be
3147			needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3148
3149	pd.		[PARIDE]
3150			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3151
3152	pdcchassis=	[PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
3153			boot time.
3154			Format: { 0 | 1 }
3155			See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
3156
3157	percpu_alloc=	Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
3158			Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
3159			Archs may support subset or none of the	selections.
3160			See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
3161			allocator.  This parameter is primarily	for debugging
3162			and performance comparison.
3163
3164	pf.		[PARIDE]
3165			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3166
3167	pg.		[PARIDE]
3168			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3169
3170	pirq=		[SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
3171			See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
3172
3173	plip=		[PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
3174			Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
3175			See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
3176
3177	pmtmr=		[X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
3178			Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
3179			e.g. pmtmr=0x508
3180
3181	pnp.debug=1	[PNP]
3182			Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
3183			CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option).  Change at run-time
3184			via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug.  We always show
3185			current resource usage; turning this on also shows
3186			possible settings and some assignment information.
3187
3188	pnpacpi=	[ACPI]
3189			{ off }
3190
3191	pnpbios=	[ISAPNP]
3192			{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
3193
3194	pnp_reserve_irq=
3195			[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
3196
3197	pnp_reserve_dma=
3198			[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
3199
3200	pnp_reserve_io=	[ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
3201			Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
3202
3203	pnp_reserve_mem=
3204			[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
3205			autoconfiguration.
3206			Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
3207
3208	ports=		[IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
3209			Default is 21.
3210			Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
3211			may be specified.
3212			Format: <port>,<port>....
3213
3214	powersave=off	[PPC] This option disables power saving features.
3215			It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
3216			platform machine description specific power_save
3217			function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
3218			execution priority.
3219
3220	ppc_strict_facility_enable
3221			[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
3222			Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
3223			allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
3224			There is some performance impact when enabling this.
3225
3226	ppc_tm=		[PPC]
3227			Format: {"off"}
3228			Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
3229
3230	print-fatal-signals=
3231			[KNL] debug: print fatal signals
3232
3233			If enabled, warn about various signal handling
3234			related application anomalies: too many signals,
3235			too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
3236			coredump - etc.
3237
3238			If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
3239			you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
3240
3241			default: off.
3242
3243	printk.always_kmsg_dump=
3244			Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
3245			panics
3246			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3247			default: disabled
3248
3249	printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
3250			Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
3251			on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
3252			off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
3253			ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
3254			Default: ratelimit
3255
3256	printk.time=	Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
3257			Format: <bool>  (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3258
3259	processor.max_cstate=	[HW,ACPI]
3260			Limit processor to maximum C-state
3261			max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
3262
3263	processor.nocst	[HW,ACPI]
3264			Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
3265			instead using the legacy FADT method
3266
3267	profile=	[KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
3268			Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
3269			Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
3270				[defaults to kernel profiling]
3271			Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
3272			Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
3273				Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
3274			Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
3275			Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
3276				statistical time based profiling.
3277
3278	prompt_ramdisk=	[RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
3279			before loading.
3280			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3281
3282	psmouse.proto=	[HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
3283			probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
3284	psmouse.rate=	[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
3285			per second.
3286	psmouse.resetafter=	[HW,MOUSE]
3287			Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
3288			(0 = never).
3289	psmouse.resolution=
3290			[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
3291	psmouse.smartscroll=
3292			[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
3293			0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
3294
3295	pstore.backend=	Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
3296
3297	pt.		[PARIDE]
3298			See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3299
3300	pti=		[X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
3301			kernel address spaces.  Disabling this feature
3302			removes hardening, but improves performance of
3303			system calls and interrupts.
3304
3305			on   - unconditionally enable
3306			off  - unconditionally disable
3307			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
3308			       vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
3309
3310			Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
3311
3312	nopti		[X86_64]
3313			Equivalent to pti=off
3314
3315	pty.legacy_count=
3316			[KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
3317			default number.
3318
3319	quiet		[KNL] Disable most log messages
3320
3321	r128=		[HW,DRM]
3322
3323	raid=		[HW,RAID]
3324			See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3325
3326	ramdisk_size=	[RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
3327			See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3328
3329	ras=option[,option,...]	[KNL] RAS-specific options
3330
3331		cec_disable	[X86]
3332				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
3333				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
3334
3335	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
3336			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3337
3338			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
3339			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
3340			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will
3341			be offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for
3342			that purpose, where "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p"
3343			for RCU-preempt, and "s" for RCU-sched, and "N"
3344			is the CPU number.  This reduces OS jitter on the
3345			offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and
3346			real-time workloads.  It can also improve energy
3347			efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
3348
3349	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
3350			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
3351			(specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
3352			awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
3353			make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
3354			This improves the real-time response for the
3355			offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
3356			wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
3357			energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
3358			periodically wake up to do the polling.
3359
3360	rcutree.blimit=	[KNL]
3361			Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
3362			process in one batch.
3363
3364	rcutree.dump_tree=	[KNL]
3365			Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
3366			out at early boot.  This is used for diagnostic
3367			purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
3368
3369	rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay=	[KNL]
3370			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3371			RCU grace-period cleanup.
3372
3373	rcutree.gp_init_delay=	[KNL]
3374			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3375			RCU grace-period initialization.
3376
3377	rcutree.gp_preinit_delay=	[KNL]
3378			Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3379			RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
3380			the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
3381			the rcu_node combining tree.
3382
3383	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
3384			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
3385			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
3386			possibly be useful for architectures having high
3387			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
3388
3389	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
3390			Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
3391			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very
3392			large systems, which will choose the value 64,
3393			and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
3394			latencies, which will choose a value aligned
3395			with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
3396
3397	rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
3398			Set required age in jiffies for a
3399			given grace period before RCU starts
3400			soliciting quiescent-state help from
3401			rcu_note_context_switch().
3402
3403	rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
3404			Set delay from grace-period initialization to
3405			first attempt to force quiescent states.
3406			Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
3407			and maximum value is HZ.
3408
3409	rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
3410			Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
3411			quiescent states.  Units are jiffies, minimum
3412			value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
3413
3414	rcutree.kthread_prio= 	 [KNL,BOOT]
3415			Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
3416			kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
3417			the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
3418			and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
3419			rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
3420			set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
3421			(the least-favored priority).  Otherwise, when
3422			RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
3423			the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
3424
3425	rcutree.rcu_nocb_leader_stride= [KNL]
3426			Set the number of NOCB kthread groups, which
3427			defaults to the square root of the number of
3428			CPUs.  Larger numbers reduces the wakeup overhead
3429			on the per-CPU grace-period kthreads, but increases
3430			that same overhead on each group's leader.
3431
3432	rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
3433			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
3434			batch limiting is disabled.
3435
3436	rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
3437			Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
3438			batch limiting is re-enabled.
3439
3440	rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
3441			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3442			RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3443
3444	rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL]
3445			Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3446			only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3447			Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
3448			prove do nothing more than free memory.
3449
3450	rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
3451			Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
3452			wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
3453			it should at force-quiescent-state time.
3454			This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
3455			WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
3456
3457	rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL]
3458			Measure performance of asynchronous
3459			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
3460
3461	rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL]
3462			Specify the maximum number of outstanding
3463			callbacks per writer thread.  When a writer
3464			thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
3465			corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
3466			previously posted callbacks to drain.
3467
3468	rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
3469			Measure performance of expedited synchronous
3470			grace-period primitives.
3471
3472	rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL]
3473			Set test-start holdoff period.  The purpose of
3474			this parameter is to delay the start of the
3475			test until boot completes in order to avoid
3476			interference.
3477
3478	rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
3479			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3480			N, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3481			"n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
3482			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3483			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3484			A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
3485			a single reader.
3486
3487	rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL]
3488			Set number of RCU writers.  The values operate
3489			the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
3490			N, where N is the number of CPUs
3491
3492	rcuperf.perf_runnable= [BOOT]
3493			Start rcuperf running at boot time.
3494
3495	rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
3496			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3497
3498	rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL]
3499			Shut the system down after performance tests
3500			complete.  This is useful for hands-off automated
3501			testing.
3502
3503	rcuperf.verbose= [KNL]
3504			Enable additional printk() statements.
3505
3506	rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
3507			Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
3508			in microseconds.  The default of zero says
3509			no holdoff.
3510
3511	rcutorture.cbflood_inter_holdoff= [KNL]
3512			Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
3513			callback-flood tests.
3514
3515	rcutorture.cbflood_intra_holdoff= [KNL]
3516			Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
3517			bursts of callbacks within a given callback-flood
3518			test.
3519
3520	rcutorture.cbflood_n_burst= [KNL]
3521			Set the number of bursts making up a given
3522			callback-flood test.  Set this to zero to
3523			disable callback-flood testing.
3524
3525	rcutorture.cbflood_n_per_burst= [KNL]
3526			Set the number of callbacks to be registered
3527			in a given burst of a callback-flood test.
3528
3529	rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
3530			Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
3531			in microseconds.
3532
3533	rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
3534			Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
3535			in microseconds.
3536
3537	rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
3538			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
3539			in seconds.
3540
3541	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
3542			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
3543			primitives, if available.
3544
3545	rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
3546			Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
3547
3548	rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
3549			Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
3550			update-side primitives, if available.
3551
3552	rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
3553			Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
3554			update-side primitives, if available.  If all
3555			of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
3556			rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
3557			are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
3558			they are all non-zero.
3559
3560	rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
3561			Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
3562
3563	rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
3564			Set number of concurrent RCU writers.  These just
3565			stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
3566			test, hence the "fake".
3567
3568	rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
3569			Set number of RCU readers.  The value -1 selects
3570			N-1, where N is the number of CPUs.  A value
3571			"n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
3572			the number of CPUs.  For example, -2 selects N
3573			(the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3574
3575	rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
3576			Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
3577
3578	rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3579			Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3580
3581	rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3582			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
3583			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3584
3585	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3586			Set task-shuffle interval (s).  Shuffling tasks
3587			allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
3588			during the rcutorture test.
3589
3590	rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3591			Set time (s) after boot system shutdown.  This
3592			is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3593
3594	rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
3595			Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
3596			warnings, zero to disable.
3597
3598	rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
3599			Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
3600
3601	rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
3602			Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
3603
3604	rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3605			Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3606
3607	rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
3608			Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
3609			five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
3610			wait for five seconds, and so on.  This tests RCU's
3611			ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
3612
3613	rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
3614			Test RCU priority boosting?  0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
3615			"Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
3616			under test support RCU priority boosting.
3617
3618	rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
3619			Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
3620
3621	rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
3622			Interval (s) between each boost test.
3623
3624	rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
3625			Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling.  See also the
3626			rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
3627
3628	rcutorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
3629			Start rcutorture running at boot time.
3630
3631	rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3632			Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3633
3634	rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
3635			Enable additional printk() statements.
3636
3637	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
3638			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3639
3640	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3641			Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3642
3643	rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
3644			Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
3645			example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
3646			of synchronize_rcu().  This reduces latency,
3647			but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
3648			real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
3649			No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3650
3651	rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
3652			Use only normal grace-period primitives,
3653			for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
3654			synchronize_rcu_expedited().  This improves
3655			real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
3656			energy efficiency, but can expose users to
3657			increased grace-period latency.  This parameter
3658			overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited.  No effect on
3659			CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3660
3661	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
3662			Once boot has completed (that is, after
3663			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
3664			only normal grace-period primitives.  No effect
3665			on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3666
3667	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3668			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
3669			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
3670			to zero.
3671
3672	rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
3673			Run the RCU early boot self tests
3674
3675	rcupdate.rcu_self_test_bh= [KNL]
3676			Run the RCU bh early boot self tests
3677
3678	rcupdate.rcu_self_test_sched= [KNL]
3679			Run the RCU sched early boot self tests
3680
3681	rdinit=		[KNL]
3682			Format: <full_path>
3683			Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
3684			used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
3685
3686	rdt=		[HW,X86,RDT]
3687			Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
3688			cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, mba.
3689			E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
3690				rdt=cmt,!mba
3691
3692	reboot=		[KNL]
3693			Format (x86 or x86_64):
3694				[w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
3695				[[,]s[mp]#### \
3696				[[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
3697				[[,]f[orce]
3698			Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio,
3699			      reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
3700			      reboot_force is either force or not specified,
3701			      reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
3702					to be used for rebooting.
3703
3704	relax_domain_level=
3705			[KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
3706			See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt.
3707
3708	reserve=	[KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
3709
3710	reservetop=	[X86-32]
3711			Format: nn[KMG]
3712			Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
3713			address space.
3714
3715	reservelow=	[X86]
3716			Format: nn[K]
3717			Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
3718			the bottom of the address space.
3719
3720	reset_devices	[KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
3721			during initialization.
3722
3723	resume=		[SWSUSP]
3724			Specify the partition device for software suspend
3725			Format:
3726			{/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
3727
3728	resume_offset=	[SWSUSP]
3729			Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
3730			given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
3731			in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
3732			See  Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
3733
3734	resumedelay=	[HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
3735			read the resume files
3736
3737	resumewait	[HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
3738			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
3739			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
3740
3741	hibernate=	[HIBERNATION]
3742		noresume	Don't check if there's a hibernation image
3743				present during boot.
3744		nocompress	Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
3745		no		Disable hibernation and resume.
3746		protect_image	Turn on image protection during restoration
3747				(that will set all pages holding image data
3748				during restoration read-only).
3749
3750	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
3751
3752	rfkill.default_state=
3753		0	"airplane mode".  All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
3754			etc. communication is blocked by default.
3755		1	Unblocked.
3756
3757	rfkill.master_switch_mode=
3758		0	The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
3759		1	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
3760			blocked and the previous configuration.
3761		2	The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
3762			blocked and everything unblocked.
3763
3764	rhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
3765			Set number of hash buckets for route cache
3766
3767	ring3mwait=disable
3768			[KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
3769			CPUs.
3770
3771	ro		[KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
3772
3773	rodata=		[KNL]
3774		on	Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
3775		off	Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
3776
3777	rockchip.usb_uart
3778			Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
3779			on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
3780			debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
3781			port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
3782
3783	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
3784			See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
3785
3786	rootdelay=	[KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
3787			mount the root filesystem
3788
3789	rootflags=	[KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
3790
3791	rootfstype=	[KNL] Set root filesystem type
3792
3793	rootwait	[KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
3794			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
3795			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
3796
3797	rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
3798			[KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
3799			Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
3800			managed by CMA.
3801
3802	rw		[KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
3803
3804	S		[KNL] Run init in single mode
3805
3806	s390_iommu=	[HW,S390]
3807			Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
3808		strict
3809			With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
3810			an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
3811			which is faster.
3812
3813	sa1100ir	[NET]
3814			See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
3815
3816	sbni=		[NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
3817
3818	sched_debug	[KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
3819
3820	schedstats=	[KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
3821			Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
3822			incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
3823			but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
3824
3825	skew_tick=	[KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
3826			xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
3827			contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
3828			Format: { "0" | "1" }
3829			0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
3830			1 -- enable.
3831			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
3832			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
3833
3834	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
3835			If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
3836			security module asking for security registration will be
3837			loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
3838			as if no module has been chosen.
3839
3840	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
3841			Format: { "0" | "1" }
3842			See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
3843			0 -- disable.
3844			1 -- enable.
3845			Default value is set via kernel config option.
3846			If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
3847			later to disable prior to initial policy load.
3848
3849	apparmor=	[APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
3850			Format: { "0" | "1" }
3851			See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
3852			0 -- disable.
3853			1 -- enable.
3854			Default value is set via kernel config option.
3855
3856	serialnumber	[BUGS=X86-32]
3857
3858	shapers=	[NET]
3859			Maximal number of shapers.
3860
3861	simeth=		[IA-64]
3862	simscsi=
3863
3864	slram=		[HW,MTD]
3865
3866	slab_nomerge	[MM]
3867			Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
3868			necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
3869			allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
3870			environments where the risk of heap overflows and
3871			layout control by attackers can usually be
3872			frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
3873			most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
3874			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
3875			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
3876			own.
3877			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3878
3879	slab_max_order=	[MM, SLAB]
3880			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
3881			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
3882			fragmentation.  Defaults to 1 for systems with
3883			more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
3884
3885	slub_debug[=options[,slabs]]	[MM, SLUB]
3886			Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
3887			culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
3888			slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
3889			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
3890			last alloc / free. For more information see
3891			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3892
3893	slub_memcg_sysfs=	[MM, SLUB]
3894			Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for
3895			memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
3896			The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.
3897			Enabling this can lead to a very high number of	debug
3898			directories and files being created under
3899			/sys/kernel/slub.
3900
3901	slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
3902			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
3903			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
3904			fragmentation. For more information see
3905			Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3906
3907	slub_min_objects=	[MM, SLUB]
3908			The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
3909			increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
3910			generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
3911			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
3912			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
3913			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
3914			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3915
3916	slub_min_order=	[MM, SLUB]
3917			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
3918			lower than slub_max_order.
3919			For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3920
3921	slub_nomerge	[MM, SLUB]
3922			Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
3923			See slab_nomerge for more information.
3924
3925	smart2=		[HW]
3926			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
3927
3928	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
3929	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
3930	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
3931	smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir=	[HW] FIR base I/O port
3932	smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq=	[HW] IRQ line
3933	smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma=	[HW] DMA channel
3934	smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
3935				0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
3936				1: Fast pin select (default)
3937				2: ATC IRMode
3938
3939	smt		[KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
3940			CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
3941			symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
3942			actual hardware limit.
3943			Format: <integer>
3944			Default: -1 (no limit)
3945
3946	softlockup_panic=
3947			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
3948			Format: <integer>
3949
3950			A nonzero value instructs the soft-lockup detector
3951			to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. This
3952			is also controlled by CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
3953			which is the respective build-time switch to that
3954			functionality.
3955
3956	softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
3957			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
3958			backtraces on all cpus.
3959			Format: <integer>
3960
3961	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
3962			See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt
3963
3964	spectre_v2=	[X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
3965			(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
3966
3967			on   - unconditionally enable
3968			off  - unconditionally disable
3969			auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
3970			       vulnerable
3971
3972			Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
3973			mitigation method at run time according to the
3974			CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
3975			CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
3976			compiler with which the kernel was built.
3977
3978			Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
3979
3980			retpoline	  - replace indirect branches
3981			retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline
3982			retpoline,amd     - AMD-specific minimal thunk
3983
3984			Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3985			spectre_v2=auto.
3986
3987	spia_io_base=	[HW,MTD]
3988	spia_fio_base=
3989	spia_pedr=
3990	spia_peddr=
3991
3992	srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
3993			Specifies how frequently to check for
3994			grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
3995			srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
3996			The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
3997			parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
3998			be checked for.  Note that the bottom two bits
3999			are ignored.
4000
4001	srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
4002			Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
4003			since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
4004			a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
4005			grace period will be considered for automatic
4006			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
4007			expediting.
4008
4009	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
4010			override the default stack gap protection. The value
4011			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
4012			to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
4013			growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
4014			mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
4015
4016	stacktrace	[FTRACE]
4017			Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
4018
4019	stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
4020			[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
4021			will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
4022			list of functions. This list can be changed at run
4023			time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
4024			tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
4025			and the stacktrace above is not needed.
4026
4027	sti=		[PARISC,HW]
4028			Format: <num>
4029			Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
4030			machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
4031			as the initial boot-console.
4032			See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4033
4034	sti_font=	[HW]
4035			See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4036
4037	stifb=		[HW]
4038			Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
4039
4040	sunrpc.min_resvport=
4041	sunrpc.max_resvport=
4042			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4043			SunRPC servers often require that client requests
4044			originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
4045			range 0 < portnr < 1024).
4046			An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
4047			ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
4048			kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
4049			using these two parameters to set the minimum and
4050			maximum port values.
4051
4052	sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
4053			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4054			Limit the number of requests that the server will
4055			process in parallel from a single connection.
4056			The default value is 0 (no limit).
4057
4058	sunrpc.pool_mode=
4059			[NFS]
4060			Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
4061			service thread pools.  Depending on how many NICs
4062			you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
4063			option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
4064			Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
4065			NFS server is running.
4066
4067			auto	    the server chooses an appropriate mode
4068				    automatically using heuristics
4069			global	    a single global pool contains all CPUs
4070			percpu	    one pool for each CPU
4071			pernode	    one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
4072				    to global on non-NUMA machines)
4073
4074	sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
4075	sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
4076			[NFS,SUNRPC]
4077			Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
4078			RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
4079			server. Increasing these values may allow you to
4080			improve throughput, but will also increase the
4081			amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
4082
4083	suspend.pm_test_delay=
4084			[SUSPEND]
4085			Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
4086			mode before resuming the system (see
4087			/sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
4088			is set. Default value is 5.
4089
4090	swapaccount=[0|1]
4091			[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
4092			controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
4093			it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt)
4094
4095	swiotlb=	[ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
4096			Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
4097			<int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
4098			force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
4099			         wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
4100			noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
4101
4102	switches=	[HW,M68k]
4103
4104	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
4105			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
4106			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
4107			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
4108			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
4109			in older udev will not work anymore.
4110			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
4111			the kernel configuration.
4112
4113	sysrq_always_enabled
4114			[KNL]
4115			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
4116			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
4117			Useful for debugging.
4118
4119	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4120			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
4121			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
4122			ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
4123			cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
4124			"tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
4125
4126	tdfx=		[HW,DRM]
4127
4128	test_suspend=	[SUSPEND][,N]
4129			Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
4130			standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
4131			as the system sleep state during system startup with
4132			the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
4133			The system is woken from this state using a
4134			wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
4135
4136	thash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4137			Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
4138
4139	thermal.act=	[HW,ACPI]
4140			-1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
4141			<degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
4142
4143	thermal.crt=	[HW,ACPI]
4144			-1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
4145			<degrees C>: override all critical trip points
4146
4147	thermal.nocrt=	[HW,ACPI]
4148			Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
4149			critical and hot trip points.
4150
4151	thermal.off=	[HW,ACPI]
4152			1: disable ACPI thermal control
4153
4154	thermal.psv=	[HW,ACPI]
4155			-1: disable all passive trip points
4156			<degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
4157			value
4158
4159	thermal.tzp=	[HW,ACPI]
4160			Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
4161			<deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
4162			0: no polling (default)
4163
4164	threadirqs	[KNL]
4165			Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
4166			marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
4167
4168	tmem		[KNL,XEN]
4169			Enable the Transcendent memory driver if built-in.
4170
4171	tmem.cleancache=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4172			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the cleancache
4173			API to send anonymous pages to the hypervisor.
4174
4175	tmem.frontswap=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4176			Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the frontswap
4177			API to send swap pages to the hypervisor. If disabled
4178			the selfballooning and selfshrinking are force disabled.
4179
4180	tmem.selfballooning=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4181			Default is on (1). Disable the driving of swap pages
4182			to the hypervisor.
4183
4184	tmem.selfshrinking=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4185			Default is on (1). Partial swapoff that immediately
4186			transfers pages from Xen hypervisor back to the
4187			kernel based on different criteria.
4188
4189	topology=	[S390]
4190			Format: {off | on}
4191			Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
4192			topology information if the hardware supports this.
4193			The scheduler will make use of this information and
4194			e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
4195			Default is on.
4196
4197	topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
4198			Format: {off}
4199			Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
4200			topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
4201			LPAR.
4202
4203	tp720=		[HW,PS2]
4204
4205	tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
4206			Format: integer pcr id
4207			Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
4208			should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
4209			as a workaround for some chips which fail to
4210			flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
4211			This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
4212			are saved.
4213
4214	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
4215			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
4216
4217	trace_event=[event-list]
4218			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
4219			to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
4220			comma separated list of trace events to enable. See
4221			also Documentation/trace/events.txt
4222
4223	trace_options=[option-list]
4224			[FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
4225			The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
4226			that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
4227			to echo the option name into
4228
4229			    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
4230
4231			For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
4232			stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
4233
4234			      trace_options=stacktrace
4235
4236			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt "trace options"
4237			section.
4238
4239	tp_printk[FTRACE]
4240			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
4241			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
4242			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
4243			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
4244			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
4245
4246			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
4247			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
4248			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
4249			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
4250
4251			** CAUTION **
4252
4253			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
4254			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
4255			the system to live lock.
4256
4257	traceoff_on_warning
4258			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
4259			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
4260			be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
4261			file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
4262
4263			This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
4264			the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
4265			be filled with content caused by the warning output.
4266
4267			This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
4268			option:  kernel/traceoff_on_warning
4269
4270	transparent_hugepage=
4271			[KNL]
4272			Format: [always|madvise|never]
4273			Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
4274			with respect to transparent hugepages.
4275			See Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt for more details.
4276
4277	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
4278			Format: <string>
4279			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
4280			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
4281			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
4282			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
4283			virtualized environment.
4284			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
4285			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
4286			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
4287			can add overhead.
4288			[x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
4289			marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
4290			avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
4291
4292	turbografx.map[2|3]=	[HW,JOY]
4293			TurboGraFX parallel port interface
4294			Format:
4295			<port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
4296			See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
4297
4298	udbg-immortal	[PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
4299			happen after console_init() and before a proper
4300			console driver takes over, this boot options might
4301			help "seeing" what's going on.
4302
4303	uhash_entries=	[KNL,NET]
4304			Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
4305
4306	uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
4307			[USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
4308			Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
4309			bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
4310			anything.  Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
4311			Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
4312			reported either.
4313
4314	unknown_nmi_panic
4315			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
4316
4317	usbcore.authorized_default=
4318			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
4319			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
4320			0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized)
4321
4322	usbcore.autosuspend=
4323			[USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
4324			for newly-detected USB devices (default 2).  This
4325			is the time required before an idle device will be
4326			autosuspended.  Devices for which the delay is set
4327			to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
4328
4329	usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
4330			[USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
4331
4332	usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
4333			[USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
4334			(default = 65536).
4335
4336	usbcore.blinkenlights=
4337			[USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
4338
4339	usbcore.old_scheme_first=
4340			[USB] Start with the old device initialization
4341			scheme (default 0 = off).
4342
4343	usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
4344			[USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
4345			usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
4346
4347	usbcore.use_both_schemes=
4348			[USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
4349			if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
4350
4351	usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
4352			[USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
4353                        USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
4354			(default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
4355
4356	usbcore.nousb	[USB] Disable the USB subsystem
4357
4358	usbhid.mousepoll=
4359			[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
4360
4361	usbhid.jspoll=
4362			[USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
4363
4364	usb-storage.delay_use=
4365			[UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
4366			scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
4367
4368	usb-storage.quirks=
4369			[UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
4370			override the built-in unusual_devs list.  List
4371			entries are separated by commas.  Each entry has
4372			the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
4373			and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
4374			Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
4375			to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
4376				a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
4377					of sense data);
4378				b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
4379					bytes of sense data);
4380				c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
4381					device capacity by one sector);
4382				d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
4383					READ_DISC_INFO command);
4384				e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
4385					READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
4386				f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
4387					command, uas only);
4388				g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
4389					240 sectors at a time, uas only);
4390				h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
4391					reported device capacity by one
4392					sector if the number is odd);
4393				i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
4394					device);
4395				j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
4396					command, uas only);
4397				l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
4398					unlock ejectable media);
4399				m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
4400					than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
4401				n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
4402					initial READ(10) command);
4403				o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
4404					reported by the device);
4405				p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
4406					by default);
4407				r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
4408					bogus residue values);
4409				s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
4410					Logical Unit);
4411				t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
4412					commands, uas only);
4413				u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
4414				w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
4415					medium is write-protected).
4416				y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
4417					even if the device claims no cache)
4418			Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
4419
4420	user_debug=	[KNL,ARM]
4421			Format: <int>
4422			See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
4423				 1 - undefined instruction events
4424				 2 - system calls
4425				 4 - invalid data aborts
4426				 8 - SIGSEGV faults
4427				16 - SIGBUS faults
4428			Example: user_debug=31
4429
4430	userpte=
4431			[X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
4432
4433				nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
4434					HIGHMEM regardless of setting
4435					of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
4436
4437	vdso=		[X86,SH]
4438			On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=.  Otherwise:
4439
4440			vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
4441			vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
4442
4443	vdso32=		[X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
4444			vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
4445			vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
4446
4447			See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
4448			details.  If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
4449			vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
4450
4451			For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
4452			alias for vdso32=0.
4453
4454			Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
4455			dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
4456
4457	vector=		[IA-64,SMP]
4458			vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
4459
4460	video=		[FB] Frame buffer configuration
4461			See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
4462
4463	video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
4464			If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
4465			generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
4466			level and then send out the event to user space through
4467			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
4468			will only send out the event without touching backlight
4469			brightness level.
4470			default: 1
4471
4472	virtio_mmio.device=
4473			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
4474
4475				<size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
4476			where:
4477				<size>     := size (can use standard suffixes
4478						like K, M and G)
4479				<baseaddr> := physical base address
4480				<irq>      := interrupt number (as passed to
4481						request_irq())
4482				<id>       := (optional) platform device id
4483			example:
4484				virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
4485
4486			Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
4487
4488	vga=		[BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
4489			See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
4490			Documentation/svga.txt.
4491			Use vga=ask for menu.
4492			This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
4493			passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
4494
4495	vmalloc=nn[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
4496			size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
4497			minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
4498			decrease the size and leave more room for directly
4499			mapped kernel RAM.
4500
4501	vmcp_cma=nn[MG]	[KNL,S390]
4502			Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
4503			allocations for the vmcp device driver.
4504
4505	vmhalt=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
4506			Format: <command>
4507
4508	vmpanic=	[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
4509			Format: <command>
4510
4511	vmpoff=		[KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
4512			Format: <command>
4513
4514	vsyscall=	[X86-64]
4515			Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
4516			fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
4517			code).  Most statically-linked binaries and older
4518			versions of glibc use these calls.  Because these
4519			functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
4520			targets for exploits that can control RIP.
4521
4522			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
4523			            emulated reasonably safely.
4524
4525			native      Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
4526			            This is a little bit faster than trapping
4527			            and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
4528			            better than they would in emulation mode.
4529			            It also makes exploits much easier to write.
4530
4531			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
4532			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
4533			            might break your system.
4534
4535	vt.color=	[VT] Default text color.
4536			Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
4537			Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
4538
4539	vt.cur_default=	[VT] Default cursor shape.
4540			Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
4541			the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
4542			see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
4543
4544	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
4545			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
4546			Change the default blue palette of the console.
4547			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4548			ranging from 0-255.
4549
4550	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
4551			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
4552			Change the default green palette of the console.
4553			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4554			ranging from 0-255.
4555
4556	vt.default_red=	[VT]
4557			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
4558			Change the default red palette of the console.
4559			This is a 16-member array composed of values
4560			ranging from 0-255.
4561
4562	vt.default_utf8=
4563			[VT]
4564			Format=<0|1>
4565			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
4566			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
4567			newly opened terminals.
4568
4569	vt.global_cursor_default=
4570			[VT]
4571			Format=<-1|0|1>
4572			Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
4573			is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
4574			i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
4575			overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
4576			cursors, 1 will display them.
4577
4578	vt.italic=	[VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
4579			Default: 2 = green.
4580
4581	vt.underline=	[VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
4582			Default: 3 = cyan.
4583
4584	watchdog timers	[HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
4585			see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
4586			or other driver-specific files in the
4587			Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
4588
4589	workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
4590			If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
4591			warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
4592			help debugging.  0 disables workqueue stall
4593			detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
4594			duration in seconds.  The default value is 30 and
4595			it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
4596			corresponding sysfs file.
4597
4598	workqueue.disable_numa
4599			By default, all work items queued to unbound
4600			workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
4601			issued on, which results in better behavior in
4602			general.  If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
4603			whatever reason, this option can be used.  Note
4604			that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
4605			workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
4606
4607	workqueue.power_efficient
4608			Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
4609			they show better performance thanks to cache
4610			locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
4611			be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
4612
4613			Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
4614			were observed to contribute significantly to power
4615			consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
4616			power usage at the cost of small performance
4617			overhead.
4618
4619			The default value of this parameter is determined by
4620			the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
4621
4622	workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
4623			Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
4624			items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
4625			on the local CPU.  This guarantee is no longer true
4626			and while local CPU is still preferred work items
4627			may be put on foreign CPUs.  This debug option
4628			forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
4629			usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
4630			When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
4631			impacted.
4632
4633	x2apic_phys	[X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
4634			default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
4635			supporting x2apic.
4636
4637	x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
4638			Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform.
4639			Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
4640			plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
4641			x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
4642
4643	xen_512gb_limit		[KNL,X86-64,XEN]
4644			Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
4645			to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
4646			crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
4647			save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
4648			domains.
4649
4650	xen_emul_unplug=		[HW,X86,XEN]
4651			Unplug Xen emulated devices
4652			Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
4653			ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
4654			aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
4655			nics -- unplug network devices
4656			all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
4657			unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
4658				unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
4659				the unplug protocol
4660			never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
4661
4662	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
4663			Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
4664			optimizations.
4665
4666	xen_nopv	[X86]
4667			Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
4668			run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
4669
4670	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
4671			Format:
4672			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
4673