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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 }
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
243 acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
244 Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
245 that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
246
247 add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
248 kernel's map of available physical RAM.
249
250 agp= [AGP]
251 { off | try_unsupported }
252 off: disable AGP support
253 try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
254 (may crash computer or cause data corruption)
255
256 ALSA [HW,ALSA]
257 See Documentation/sound/alsa/alsa-parameters.txt
258
259 alignment= [KNL,ARM]
260 Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
261 behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings,
262 bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
263
264 align_va_addr= [X86-64]
265 Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
266 allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
267 gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
268 machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
269 CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
270 a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
271
272 32: only for 32-bit processes
273 64: only for 64-bit processes
274 on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
275 off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
276
277 alloc_snapshot [FTRACE]
278 Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
279 main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
280 and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
281 do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
282 to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
283
284 amd_iommu= [HW,X86-64]
285 Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
286 Possible values are:
287 fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
288 they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
289 flushed before they will be reused, which
290 is a lot of faster
291 off - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
292 the system
293 force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
294 devices. The IOMMU driver is not
295 allowed anymore to lift isolation
296 requirements as needed. This option
297 does not override iommu=pt
298
299 amd_iommu_dump= [HW,X86-64]
300 Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
301 for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
302 driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
303 IOMMU initialization.
304
305 amd_iommu_intr= [HW,X86-64]
306 Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
307 remapping modes:
308 legacy - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
309 vapic - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
310 to inject interrupts directly into guest.
311 This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
312 (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
313
314 amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
315 Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
316 Format: <a>,<b>
317 See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
318
319 analog.map= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
320 Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
321 connected to one of 16 gameports
322 Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
323
324 apc= [HW,SPARC]
325 Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
326 Format: noidle
327 Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
328 not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
329 APC and your system crashes randomly.
330
331 apic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
332 Change the output verbosity whilst booting
333 Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
334 Change the amount of debugging information output
335 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
336 For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
337 driver name.
338 Format: apic=driver_name
339 Examples: apic=bigsmp
340
341 apic_extnmi= [APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
342 Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
343 bsp: External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
344 all: External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
345 backup of CPU 0
346 none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
347 useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
348 shot down by NMI
349
350 autoconf= [IPV6]
351 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
352
353 show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
354 Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
355 number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
356 to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
357 Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
358 The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
359 apic=verbose is specified.
360 Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
361
362 apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management
363 See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
364
365 arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
366 Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
367
368 ataflop= [HW,M68k]
369
370 atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
371
372 atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
373 EzKey and similar keyboards
374
375 atkbd.reset= [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
376
377 atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set
378 Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
379
380 atkbd.scroll= [HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
381 keyboards
382
383 atkbd.softraw= [HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
384 Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
385
386 atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
387 Use software keyboard repeat
388
389 audit= [KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
390 Format: { "0" | "1" } (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)
391 0 - kernel audit is disabled and can not be enabled
392 until the next reboot
393 unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
394 will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
395 1 - kernel audit is initialized and partially enabled,
396 storing at most audit_backlog_limit messages in
397 RAM until it is fully enabled by the userspace
398 auditd.
399 Default: unset
400
401 audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
402 Format: <int> (must be >=0)
403 Default: 64
404
405 bau= [X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV. The default
406 behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
407 Format: { "0" | "1" }
408 0 - Disable the BAU.
409 1 - Enable the BAU.
410 unset - Disable the BAU.
411
412 baycom_epp= [HW,AX25]
413 Format: <io>,<mode>
414
415 baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
416 Format: <io>,<mode>
417 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
418
419 baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25]
420 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
421 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
422 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
423
424 baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25]
425 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
426 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
427 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
428
429 blkdevparts= Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
430 embedded devices based on command line input.
431 See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
432
433 boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
434 Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
435 no delay (0).
436 Format: integer
437
438 bootmem_debug [KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages.
439
440 bert_disable [ACPI]
441 Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
442
443 bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
444 bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as
445 kernel args too.
446 bttv.pll= See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/bttv.rst
447 bttv.tuner=
448
449 bulk_remove=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
450 firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
451 at a time.
452
453 c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
454
455 cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
456 Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
457 size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
458 to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
459 possible to determine what the correct size should be.
460 This option provides an override for these situations.
461
462 ca_keys= [KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
463 the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
464 trust validation.
465 format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
466
467 cca= [MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
468 algorithm. Accepted values range from 0 to 7
469 inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
470 for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
471 others).
472
473 ccw_timeout_log [S390]
474 See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
475
476 cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
477 Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
478 The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
479 - foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
480 a single hierarchy
481 - foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
482 subsystem
483 {Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
484 cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
485 only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
486
487 cgroup_no_v1= [KNL] Disable one, multiple, all cgroup controllers in v1
488 Format: { controller[,controller...] | "all" }
489 Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
490 the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
491
492 cgroup.memory= [KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
493 Format: <string>
494 nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
495 nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
496
497 checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
498 Format: { "0" | "1" }
499 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
500 0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
501 any implied execute protection).
502 1 -- check protection requested by application.
503 Default value is set via a kernel config option.
504 Value can be changed at runtime via
505 /selinux/checkreqprot.
506
507 cio_ignore= [S390]
508 See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
509 clk_ignore_unused
510 [CLK]
511 Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
512 clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
513 device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
514 by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
515 force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
516 those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
517 debug and development, but should not be needed on a
518 platform with proper driver support. For more
519 information, see Documentation/clk.txt.
520
521 clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
522 [Deprecated]
523 Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
524 when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
525 clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
526 Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
527
528 clocksource= Override the default clocksource
529 Format: <string>
530 Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
531 with the name specified.
532 Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
533 the platform:
534 [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
535 [ACPI] acpi_pm
536 [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
537 pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
538 [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
539 scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
540 [MIPS] MIPS
541 [PARISC] cr16
542 [S390] tod
543 [SH] SuperH
544 [SPARC64] tick
545 [X86-64] hpet,tsc
546
547 clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
548 [ARM,ARM64]
549 Format: <bool>
550 Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
551 architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
552 loops can be debugged more effectively on production
553 systems.
554
555 clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86]
556 Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
557 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
558 numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
559 stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
560 ones should be.
561 Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
562 or using the feature without checking anything
563 will still see it. This just prevents it from
564 being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
565 Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
566 some critical bits.
567
568 cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
569 [ARM,X86,KNL]
570 Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
571 contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
572 placement constraint by the physical address range of
573 memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
574 altogether. For more information, see
575 include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
576
577 cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no }
578 Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
579 when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments
580 to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
581 a hypervisor.
582 Default: yes
583
584 coherent_pool=nn[KMG] [ARM,KNL]
585 Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
586 allocations, by default set to 256K.
587
588 code_bytes [X86] How many bytes of object code to print
589 in an oops report.
590 Range: 0 - 8192
591 Default: 64
592
593 com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
594 Format:
595 <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
596
597 com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
598 Format: <io>[,<irq>]
599
600 com90xx= [HW,NET]
601 ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
602 Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
603
604 condev= [HW,S390] console device
605 conmode=
606
607 console= [KNL] Output console device and options.
608
609 tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>.
610
611 ttyS<n>[,options]
612 ttyUSB0[,options]
613 Use the specified serial port. The options are of
614 the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
615 "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
616 bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
617 omit it). Default is "9600n8".
618
619 See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
620 information. See
621 Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
622 alternative.
623
624 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
625 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
626 uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
627 uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
628 uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
629 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
630 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
631 switching to the matching ttyS device later.
632 MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
633 (mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
634 If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
635 to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
636 the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
637 the h/w is not re-initialized.
638
639 hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
640 both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
641
642 If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
643 device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
644 console=brl,ttyS0
645 For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
646
647 consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
648 seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
649 Defaults to 0.
650
651 coredump_filter=
652 [KNL] Change the default value for
653 /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
654 See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
655
656 coresight_cpu_debug.enable
657 [ARM,ARM64]
658 Format: <bool>
659 Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
660 0: default value, disable debugging
661 1: enable debugging at boot time
662
663 cpufreq_driver= [X86] Allow only the named cpu frequency scaling driver
664 to register. Example: cpufreq_driver=powernow-k8
665 Format: { none | STRING }
666
667 cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE]
668 disable the cpuidle sub-system
669
670 cpufreq.off=1 [CPU_FREQ]
671 disable the cpufreq sub-system
672
673 cpu_init_udelay=N
674 [X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
675 of APIC INIT to start processors. This delay occurs
676 on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
677 Default: 10000
678
679 cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
680 Format:
681 <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
682
683 crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
684 [KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
685 upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
686 memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
687 image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
688 is selected automatically. Check
689 Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
690
691 crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
692 [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
693 in the running system. The syntax of range is
694 start-[end] where start and end are both
695 a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
696 Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example.
697
698 crashkernel=size[KMG],high
699 [KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
700 to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
701 be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
702 Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
703 available.
704 It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
705 crashkernel=size[KMG],low
706 [KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
707 is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
708 above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
709 that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
710 requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
711 low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
712 devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
713 at least 256M below 4G automatically.
714 This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
715 for second kernel instead.
716 0: to disable low allocation.
717 It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
718 or memory reserved is below 4G.
719
720 cryptomgr.notests
721 [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
722
723 cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET]
724 Format: <dma>
725
726 cs89x0_media= [HW,NET]
727 Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
728
729 dasd= [HW,NET]
730 See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
731
732 db9.dev[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
733 (one device per port)
734 Format: <port#>,<type>
735 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
736
737 ddebug_query= [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
738 time. See
739 Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
740 details. Deprecated, see dyndbg.
741
742 debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
743
744 debug_locks_verbose=
745 [KNL] verbose self-tests
746 Format=<0|1>
747 Print debugging info while doing the locking API
748 self-tests.
749 We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to
750 1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally
751 only useful to kernel developers.
752
753 debug_objects [KNL] Enable object debugging
754
755 no_debug_objects
756 [KNL] Disable object debugging
757
758 debug_guardpage_minorder=
759 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
760 parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
761 be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
762 buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
763 of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
764 amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
765 possible value is MAX_ORDER/2. Setting this parameter
766 to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
767 memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
768 driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
769 random memory location. Note that there exists a class
770 of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
771 F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
772 memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
773 bypassed) which are not detectable by
774 CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
775 tracking down these problems.
776
777 debug_pagealloc=
778 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
779 parameter enables the feature at boot time. In
780 default, it is disabled. We can avoid allocating huge
781 chunk of memory for debug pagealloc if we don't enable
782 it at boot time and the system will work mostly same
783 with the kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
784 on: enable the feature
785
786 debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging
787
788 decnet.addr= [HW,NET]
789 Format: <area>[,<node>]
790 See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
791
792 default_hugepagesz=
793 [same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default
794 HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by
795 the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and
796 default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems.
797 Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size
798 if not specified.
799
800 dhash_entries= [KNL]
801 Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
802
803 disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
804 Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
805 causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
806 can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
807 miss to occur.
808
809 disable= [IPV6]
810 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
811
812 disable_radix [PPC]
813 Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
814
815 disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
816 Format: <int>
817 The number of initial APIC ID for the
818 corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
819 mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
820 disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
821 causing system reset or hang due to sending
822 INIT from AP to BSP.
823
824 disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES]
825 Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this if
826 to workaround buggy firmware.
827
828 disable_ipv6= [IPV6]
829 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt.
830
831 disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
832 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
833 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
834 entry later. This parameter disables that.
835
836 disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
837 By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
838 memory out of your available memory pool based on
839 MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior,
840 possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
841
842 disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
843 Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
844 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
845
846 dis_ucode_ldr [X86] Disable the microcode loader.
847
848 dma_debug=off If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
849 this option disables the debugging code at boot.
850
851 dma_debug_entries=<number>
852 This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
853 entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
854 required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
855 DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
856 architectural default is too low.
857
858 dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
859 With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
860 filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
861 pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
862 The filter can be disabled or changed to another
863 driver later using sysfs.
864
865 drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
866 Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
867 panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
868 This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
869 in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
870 Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
871 edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
872 edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
873 and no file with the same name exists. Details and
874 instructions how to build your own EDID data are
875 available in Documentation/EDID/HOWTO.txt. An EDID
876 data set will only be used for a particular connector,
877 if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
878 name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
879 set by separating the files with a comma. An EDID
880 data set with no connector name will be used for
881 any connectors not explicitly specified.
882
883 dscc4.setup= [NET]
884
885 dt_cpu_ftrs= [PPC]
886 Format: {"off" | "known"}
887 Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
888 used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
889 exists).
890 off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
891 known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
892 or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
893
894 dump_apple_properties [X86]
895 Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
896 x86 Macs. Useful for driver authors to determine
897 what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
898
899 dyndbg[="val"] [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
900 module.dyndbg[="val"]
901 Enable debug messages at boot time. See
902 Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
903 for details.
904
905 nompx [X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
906 See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
907 information about the feature.
908
909 nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
910 in some Intel CPUs.
911
912 module.async_probe [KNL]
913 Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
914
915 early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
916 Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
917 is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
918 which are not unmapped.
919
920 earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options.
921
922 When used with no options, the early console is
923 determined by the stdout-path property in device
924 tree's chosen node.
925
926 cdns,<addr>[,options]
927 Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
928 (xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
929 supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
930 specified, the serial port must already be setup and
931 configured.
932
933 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
934 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
935 uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
936 uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
937 uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
938 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
939 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
940 MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
941 (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
942 If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
943 to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
944 in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
945 unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
946
947 pl011,<addr>
948 pl011,mmio32,<addr>
949 Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
950 port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
951 must already be setup and configured. Options are not
952 yet supported. If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
953 the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
954 the device registers.
955
956 meson,<addr>
957 Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
958 port at the specified address. The serial port must
959 already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
960 supported.
961
962 msm_serial,<addr>
963 Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
964 port at the specified address. The serial port
965 must already be setup and configured. Options are not
966 yet supported.
967
968 msm_serial_dm,<addr>
969 Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
970 dm port at the specified address. The serial port
971 must already be setup and configured. Options are not
972 yet supported.
973
974 owl,<addr>
975 Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
976 of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
977 specified address. The serial port must already be
978 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
979
980 smh Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
981
982 s3c2410,<addr>
983 s3c2412,<addr>
984 s3c2440,<addr>
985 s3c6400,<addr>
986 s5pv210,<addr>
987 exynos4210,<addr>
988 Use early console provided by serial driver available
989 on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
990 a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
991 serial port must already be setup and configured.
992 Options are not yet supported.
993
994 lantiq,<addr>
995 Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
996 (lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
997 must already be setup and configured. Options are not
998 yet supported.
999
1000 lpuart,<addr>
1001 lpuart32,<addr>
1002 Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1003 found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1004 A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1005 port must already be setup and configured.
1006
1007 ar3700_uart,<addr>
1008 Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1009 Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1010 address. The serial port must already be setup
1011 and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1012
1013 earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k,S390]
1014 earlyprintk=vga
1015 earlyprintk=efi
1016 earlyprintk=sclp
1017 earlyprintk=xen
1018 earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1019 earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1020 earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1021 earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1022 earlyprintk=pciserial,bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1023 earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1024
1025 earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1026 the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1027 default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1028
1029 Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1030 takes over.
1031
1032 Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1033 be used at a time.
1034
1035 Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1036 name. Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1037 on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1038 replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1039 earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1040 You can find the port for a given device in
1041 /proc/tty/driver/serial:
1042 2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1043
1044 Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1045 very good.
1046
1047 The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1048 the real console.
1049
1050 The xen output can only be used by Xen PV guests.
1051
1052 The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1053
1054 edac_report= [HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1055 Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1056 on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1057 by other higher priority error reporting module.
1058 off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1059 force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1060 default: on.
1061
1062 ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1063 ekgdboc=kbd
1064
1065 This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1066 the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1067
1068 edd= [EDD]
1069 Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1070
1071 efi= [EFI]
1072 Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
1073 old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
1074 runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
1075 default.
1076 nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1077 boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1078 firmware implementations.
1079 noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1080 debug: enable misc debug output
1081
1082 efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1083 Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1084 your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1085 you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1086 fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1087
1088 efi_fake_mem= nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1089 Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1090 updating original EFI memory map.
1091 Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1092 from ss to ss+nn.
1093 If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1094 is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1095 attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1096 0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1097
1098 Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1099 related feature. For example, you can do debugging of
1100 Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1101 doesn't support it.
1102
1103 efivar_ssdt= [EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1104 that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1105 multiple variables with the same name but with different
1106 vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1107 Documentation/acpi/ssdt-overlays.txt for details.
1108
1109
1110 eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW]
1111 See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1112
1113 elanfreq= [X86-32]
1114 See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1115 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1116
1117 elevator= [IOSCHED]
1118 Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
1119 See Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt and
1120 Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
1121
1122 elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1123 Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1124 image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1125 kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1126 See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
1127
1128 enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1129 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1130 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1131 entry later. This parameter enables that.
1132
1133 enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1134 Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1135 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1136 (in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1137 The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1138
1139 enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1140 Format: {"0" | "1"}
1141 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1142 0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1143 1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1144 Default value is 0.
1145 Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce.
1146
1147 erst_disable [ACPI]
1148 Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1149 support.
1150
1151 ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1152 This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1153 has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1154
1155 evm= [EVM]
1156 Format: { "fix" }
1157 Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1158 current integrity status.
1159
1160 failslab=
1161 fail_page_alloc=
1162 fail_make_request=[KNL]
1163 General fault injection mechanism.
1164 Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1165 See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1166
1167 floppy= [HW]
1168 See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt.
1169
1170 force_pal_cache_flush
1171 [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1172 buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1173 parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1174 ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1175
1176 forcepae [X86-32]
1177 Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1178 Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1179 functionally usable PAE implementation.
1180 Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1181 and may cause unknown problems.
1182
1183 ftrace=[tracer]
1184 [FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1185 as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1186 boot debugging.
1187
1188 ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1189 [FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1190 If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1191 buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1192 dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1193 oops.
1194
1195 ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1196 [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1197 tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
1198 list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1199 time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1200 tracing directory.
1201
1202 ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1203 [FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1204 function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1205 by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1206 tracing directory.
1207
1208 ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1209 [FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1210 by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1211 function-list is a comma separated list of functions
1212 that can be changed at run time by the
1213 set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1214
1215 ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1216 [FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1217 function-list. This list is a comma separated list of
1218 functions that can be changed at run time by the
1219 set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1220
1221 ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1222 [FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1223 the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1224 can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1225 in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1226
1227 gamecon.map[2|3]=
1228 [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1229 support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1230 Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1231 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1232
1233 gamma= [HW,DRM]
1234
1235 gart_fix_e820= [X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1236 Format: off | on
1237 default: on
1238
1239 gcov_persist= [GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1240 kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1241 debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1242 When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1243 debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1244
1245 goldfish [X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1246 Don't use this when you are not running on the
1247 android emulator
1248
1249 gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1250 invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1251 primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1252 GPT to be used instead.
1253
1254 grcan.enable0= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1255 the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1256 Format: 0 | 1
1257 Default: 0
1258 grcan.enable1= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1259 the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1260 Format: 0 | 1
1261 Default: 0
1262 grcan.select= [HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1263 Format: 0 | 1
1264 Default: 0
1265 grcan.txsize= [HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1266 Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1267 Default: 1024
1268 grcan.rxsize= [HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1269 Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1270 Default: 1024
1271
1272 gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1273 [HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1274 Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1275
1276 hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1277 [KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1278 backtraces on all cpus.
1279 Format: <integer>
1280
1281 hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1282 are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on
1283 for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1284 Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1285
1286 hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1287
1288 hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1289 Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1290
1291 hest_disable [ACPI]
1292 Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1293 corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1294 logic will be disabled.
1295
1296 highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1297 size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1298 highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1299 size on bigger boxes.
1300
1301 highres= [KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1302 Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1303 Default: "on"
1304
1305 hisax= [HW,ISDN]
1306 See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
1307
1308 hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
1309
1310 hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1311 Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1312 verbose }
1313 disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1314 force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1315 VIA, nVidia)
1316 verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1317
1318 hpet_mmap= [X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1319 registers. Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1320
1321 hugepages= [HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1322 hugepagesz= [HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages.
1323 On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified
1324 multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve
1325 huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on
1326 x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
1327 (when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).
1328
1329 hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1330 terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1331 hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1332 If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1333 from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1334
1335 hwthread_map= [METAG] Comma-separated list of Linux cpu id to
1336 hardware thread id mappings.
1337 Format: <cpu>:<hwthread>
1338
1339 keep_bootcon [KNL]
1340 Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1341 useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1342 between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1343 the real console.
1344
1345 i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1346 or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1347 registered from board initialization code.
1348 Format:
1349 <bus_id>,<clkrate>
1350
1351 i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1352 i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1353 [HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1354 (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1355 requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1356 i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1357 i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1358 keyboard and cannot control its state
1359 (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1360 i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1361 i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1362 i8042.noloop [HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1363 for the AUX port
1364 i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1365 controller
1366 i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1367 controllers
1368 i8042.notimeout [HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1369 i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1370 suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1371 transitions, or never reset
1372 Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1373 1, Y, y: always reset controller
1374 0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1375 Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1376 architectures force reset to be always executed
1377 i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1378 i8042.kbdreset [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1379
1380 i810= [HW,DRM]
1381
1382 i8k.ignore_dmi [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1383 indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1384 hardware.
1385 i8k.force [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1386 does not match list of supported models.
1387 i8k.power_status
1388 [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1389 (disabled by default)
1390 i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1391 capability is set.
1392
1393 i915.invert_brightness=
1394 [DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1395 set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1396 brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1397 and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1398 to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1399 (default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1400 is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1401 to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1402 value switches the backlight off.
1403 -1 -- never invert brightness
1404 0 -- machine default
1405 1 -- force brightness inversion
1406
1407 icn= [HW,ISDN]
1408 Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1409
1410 ide-core.nodma= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1411 Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1412 .vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1413 .cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1414 See Documentation/ide/ide.txt.
1415
1416 ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1417 Format: <int>
1418 Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports. Depending on
1419 platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1420 setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1. The
1421 default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1422 On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1423 PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1424 are then probed. On systems without PCI the value
1425 of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1426 was 0x3.
1427
1428 ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1429 Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1430
1431 idle= [X86]
1432 Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1433 Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1434 improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1435 will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1436 Not recommended.
1437 idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1438 In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1439 idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1440
1441 ieee754= [MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1442 Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1443 Default: strict
1444
1445 Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1446 based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1447 the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1448 of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1449 binary. Hardware implementations are permitted to
1450 support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1451 encoding mode.
1452
1453 Available settings are as follows:
1454 strict accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1455 supported by the FPU
1456 legacy only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1457 by the FPU
1458 2008 only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1459 by the FPU
1460 relaxed accept any binaries regardless of whether
1461 supported by the FPU
1462
1463 The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1464 encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1465 been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1466 'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1467 'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1468 2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1469 legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1470 MIPS64 CPUs.
1471
1472 The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1473 mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1474 except where unsupported by hardware.
1475
1476 ignore_loglevel [KNL]
1477 Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1478 kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1479 We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1480 could change it dynamically, usually by
1481 /sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1482
1483 ignore_rlimit_data
1484 Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1485 print warning at first misuse. Can be changed via
1486 /sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1487
1488 ihash_entries= [KNL]
1489 Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1490
1491 ima_appraise= [IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1492 Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1493 default: "enforce"
1494
1495 ima_appraise_tcb [IMA]
1496 The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1497 owned by uid=0.
1498
1499 ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1500 Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1501 measurements, instead of host native format.
1502
1503 ima_hash= [IMA]
1504 Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1505 | sha512 | ... }
1506 default: "sha1"
1507
1508 The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1509 in crypto/hash_info.h.
1510
1511 ima_policy= [IMA]
1512 The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1513 Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot"
1514
1515 The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1516 mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1517 mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1518 uid=0.
1519
1520 The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1521 all files owned by root. (This is the equivalent
1522 of ima_appraise_tcb.)
1523
1524 The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1525 of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1526 firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1527
1528 ima_tcb [IMA] Deprecated. Use ima_policy= instead.
1529 Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1530 Computing Base. This means IMA will measure all
1531 programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1532 opened for read by uid=0.
1533
1534 ima_template= [IMA]
1535 Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1536 Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1537 Default: "ima-ng"
1538
1539 ima_template_fmt=
1540 [IMA] Define a custom template format.
1541 Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1542
1543 ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1544 Format: <min_file_size>
1545 Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1546 If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1547
1548 ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1549 different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1550 to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1551
1552 ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1553 Format: <bufsize>
1554 Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1555
1556 ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1557 different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1558 to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1559
1560 init= [KNL]
1561 Format: <full_path>
1562 Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1563 process.
1564
1565 initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful
1566 for working out where the kernel is dying during
1567 startup.
1568
1569 initcall_blacklist= [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1570 initcall functions. Useful for debugging built-in
1571 modules and initcalls.
1572
1573 initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1574
1575 init_pkru= [x86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1576 register contents for all processes. 0x55555554 by
1577 default (disallow access to all but pkey 0). Can
1578 override in debugfs after boot.
1579
1580 inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1581 Format: <irq>
1582
1583 int_pln_enable [x86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1584
1585 integrity_audit=[IMA]
1586 Format: { "0" | "1" }
1587 0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1588 1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1589
1590 intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1591 on
1592 Enable intel iommu driver.
1593 off
1594 Disable intel iommu driver.
1595 igfx_off [Default Off]
1596 By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1597 device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1598 bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1599 this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1600 DMA.
1601 forcedac [x86_64]
1602 With this option iommu will not optimize to look
1603 for io virtual address below 32-bit forcing dual
1604 address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
1605 than 32-bit addressing. The default is to look
1606 for translation below 32-bit and if not available
1607 then look in the higher range.
1608 strict [Default Off]
1609 With this option on every unmap_single operation will
1610 result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed
1611 to batching them for performance.
1612 sp_off [Default Off]
1613 By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1614 has the capability. With this option, super page will
1615 not be supported.
1616 ecs_off [Default Off]
1617 By default, extended context tables will be supported if
1618 the hardware advertises that it has support both for the
1619 extended tables themselves, and also PASID support. With
1620 this option set, extended tables will not be used even
1621 on hardware which claims to support them.
1622 tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1623 Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1624 By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1625 could harm performance of some high-throughput
1626 devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1627 mapping is enabled.
1628 Note that using this option lowers the security
1629 provided by tboot because it makes the system
1630 vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1631
1632 intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1633 0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1634 1 to 9 specify maximum depth of C-state.
1635
1636 intel_pstate= [X86]
1637 disable
1638 Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1639 scaling driver for the supported processors
1640 passive
1641 Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
1642 to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
1643 enabling its internal governor). This mode cannot be
1644 used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
1645 feature.
1646 force
1647 Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
1648 in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
1649 instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
1650 as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
1651 P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
1652 should be used with caution. This option does not work with
1653 processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
1654 or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
1655 no_hwp
1656 Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
1657 if available.
1658 hwp_only
1659 Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
1660 hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
1661 support_acpi_ppc
1662 Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
1663 Description Table, specifies preferred power management
1664 profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
1665 then this feature is turned on by default.
1666 per_cpu_perf_limits
1667 Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
1668 cpufreq sysfs interface
1669
1670 intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
1671 on enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
1672 off disable Interrupt Remapping
1673 nosid disable Source ID checking
1674 no_x2apic_optout
1675 BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
1676 nopost disable Interrupt Posting
1677
1678 iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
1679 strict regions from userspace.
1680 relaxed
1681
1682 iommu= [x86]
1683 off
1684 force
1685 noforce
1686 biomerge
1687 panic
1688 nopanic
1689 merge
1690 nomerge
1691 forcesac
1692 soft
1693 pt [x86, IA-64]
1694 nobypass [PPC/POWERNV]
1695 Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
1696
1697 iommu.passthrough=
1698 [ARM64] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
1699 Format: { "0" | "1" }
1700 0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1701 1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
1702 unset - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
1703
1704 io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
1705 See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
1706 arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
1707
1708 io_delay= [X86] I/O delay method
1709 0x80
1710 Standard port 0x80 based delay
1711 0xed
1712 Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
1713 udelay
1714 Simple two microseconds delay
1715 none
1716 No delay
1717
1718 ip= [IP_PNP]
1719 See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
1720
1721 irqaffinity= [SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
1722 The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
1723
1724 irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
1725 [ARM, ARM64]
1726 Format: <bool>
1727 Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
1728 of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
1729 exposed by the device tree is too small.
1730
1731 irqfixup [HW]
1732 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1733 for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1734 firmware running.
1735
1736 irqpoll [HW]
1737 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
1738 for it. Also check all handlers each timer
1739 interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
1740 firmware running.
1741
1742 isapnp= [ISAPNP]
1743 Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
1744
1745 isolcpus= [KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
1746 [Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
1747 Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
1748
1749 Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
1750 specified in the flag list (default: domain):
1751
1752 nohz
1753 Disable the tick when a single task runs.
1754 domain
1755 Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
1756 algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
1757 is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
1758 the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
1759 advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
1760 balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
1761 It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
1762 move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
1763
1764 You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
1765 the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
1766 <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
1767 "number of CPUs in system - 1".
1768
1769 The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
1770
1771
1772
1773 iucv= [HW,NET]
1774
1775 ivrs_ioapic [HW,X86_64]
1776 Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1777 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1778 example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
1779 PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1780 ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
1781
1782 ivrs_hpet [HW,X86_64]
1783 Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
1784 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1785 example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
1786 PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
1787 ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
1788
1789 ivrs_acpihid [HW,X86_64]
1790 Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
1791 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
1792 example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
1793 PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
1794 ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
1795
1796 js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
1797 See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
1798
1799 nokaslr [KNL]
1800 When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
1801 kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
1802 Layout Randomization).
1803
1804 kasan_multi_shot
1805 [KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
1806 report on every invalid memory access. Without this
1807 parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
1808 invalid access.
1809
1810 keepinitrd [HW,ARM]
1811
1812 kernelcore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
1813 Format: nn[KMGTPE] | "mirror"
1814 This parameter
1815 specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel
1816 for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is
1817 spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The
1818 remaining memory in each node is used for Movable
1819 pages. In the event, a node is too small to have both
1820 kernelcore and Movable pages, kernelcore pages will
1821 take priority and other nodes will have a larger number
1822 of Movable pages. The Movable zone is used for the
1823 allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved
1824 by the page migration subsystem. This means that
1825 HugeTLB pages may not be allocated from this zone.
1826 Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem still
1827 use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
1828 zone if it does not.
1829
1830 Instead of specifying the amount of memory (nn[KMGTPE]),
1831 you can specify "mirror" option. In case "mirror"
1832 option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
1833 for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
1834 for Movable pages. nn[KMGTPE] and "mirror" are exclusive,
1835 so you can NOT specify nn[KMGTPE] and "mirror" at the same
1836 time.
1837
1838 kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
1839 Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
1840 The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
1841 port as it is probed via PCI. The poll interval is
1842 optional and is the number seconds in between
1843 each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
1844 the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
1845 gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection. When
1846 not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
1847 the kernel debugger.
1848
1849 kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
1850 Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
1851 or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
1852 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
1853 keyboard only format: kbd
1854 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
1855 Optional Kernel mode setting:
1856 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
1857 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
1858
1859 kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
1860 kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
1861
1862 kmac= [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address.
1863 Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
1864 Ethernet adapter MAC address.
1865
1866 kmemleak= [KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
1867 Valid arguments: on, off
1868 Default: on
1869 Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
1870 the default is off.
1871
1872 kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
1873 Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
1874
1875 kvm.mmu_audit= [KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
1876 KVM MMU at runtime.
1877 Default is 0 (off)
1878
1879 kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
1880 Default is 1 (enabled)
1881
1882 kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
1883 for all guests.
1884 Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
1885
1886 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
1887 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
1888 system registers
1889
1890 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
1891 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
1892 system registers
1893
1894 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
1895 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
1896 system registers
1897
1898 kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
1899 [KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
1900 LPIs.
1901
1902 kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
1903 (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
1904 Default is 1 (enabled)
1905
1906 kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
1907 [KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
1908 Default is 0 (disabled)
1909
1910 kvm-intel.flexpriority=
1911 [KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
1912 Default is 1 (enabled)
1913
1914 kvm-intel.nested=
1915 [KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
1916 Default is 0 (disabled)
1917
1918 kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
1919 [KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
1920 (virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
1921 Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
1922
1923 kvm-intel.vpid= [KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
1924 feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
1925 Default is 1 (enabled)
1926
1927 l2cr= [PPC]
1928
1929 l3cr= [PPC]
1930
1931 lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
1932 disabled it.
1933
1934 lapic= [x86,APIC] "notscdeadline" Do not use TSC deadline
1935 value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
1936 back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
1937
1938 lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
1939 in C2 power state.
1940
1941 libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control
1942 libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
1943 libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
1944 libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
1945 libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only
1946 Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
1947 for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
1948
1949 libata.ignore_hpa= [LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
1950 libata.ignore_hpa=0 keep BIOS limits (default)
1951 libata.ignore_hpa=1 ignore limits, using full disk
1952
1953 libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
1954 when set.
1955 Format: <int>
1956
1957 libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is comma
1958 separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
1959 PORT[.DEVICE]. PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
1960 matching port, link or device. Basically, it matches
1961 the ATA ID string printed on console by libata. If
1962 the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
1963 values are used. If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
1964 configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
1965
1966 If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
1967 the port and all links and devices behind it. DEVICE
1968 number of 0 either selects the first device or the
1969 first fan-out link behind PMP device. It does not
1970 select the host link. DEVICE number of 15 selects the
1971 host link and device attached to it.
1972
1973 The VAL specifies the configuration to force. As long
1974 as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
1975 For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
1976 The following configurations can be forced.
1977
1978 * Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
1979 Any ID with matching PORT is used.
1980
1981 * SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
1982
1983 * Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
1984 udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
1985 allowed.
1986
1987 * [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
1988
1989 * [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
1990
1991 * nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
1992 and both resets.
1993
1994 * rstonce: only attempt one reset during
1995 hot-unplug link recovery
1996
1997 * dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
1998
1999 * atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
2000
2001 * disable: Disable this device.
2002
2003 If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2004 the same attribute, the last one is used.
2005
2006 memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2007
2008 load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
2009 See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
2010
2011 lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period.
2012 Format: <integer>
2013
2014 lockd.nlm_tcpport=N [NFS] Assign TCP port.
2015 Format: <integer>
2016
2017 lockd.nlm_timeout=T [NFS] Assign timeout value.
2018 Format: <integer>
2019
2020 lockd.nlm_udpport=M [NFS] Assign UDP port.
2021 Format: <integer>
2022
2023 locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2024 Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2025 Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2026 number of online CPUs.
2027
2028 locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2029 Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2030
2031 locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2032 Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2033
2034 locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2035 Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2036 zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2037
2038 locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2039 Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies). Shuffling
2040 tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2041 mode during the locktorture test.
2042
2043 locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2044 Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This
2045 is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2046
2047 locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2048 Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2049
2050 locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2051 Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2052 specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2053 five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2054 This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2055 transition abruptly to and from idle.
2056
2057 locktorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
2058 Start locktorture running at boot time.
2059
2060 locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2061 Specify the locking implementation to test.
2062
2063 locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2064 Enable additional printk() statements.
2065
2066 logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2067 Format: <irq>
2068
2069 loglevel= All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2070 console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2071 also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2072 loglevels are defined as follows:
2073
2074 0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable
2075 1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately
2076 2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions
2077 3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions
2078 4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions
2079 5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition
2080 6 (KERN_INFO) informational
2081 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages
2082
2083 log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2084 in bytes. n must be a power of two and greater
2085 than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2086 by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2087 also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2088 that allows to increase the default size depending on
2089 the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2090
2091 logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2092 This may be used to provide more screen space for
2093 kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2094 kernel boot problems.
2095
2096 lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2097 lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2098 lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2099 lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2100 specified in addition to the ports) causes
2101 attached printers to be reset. Using
2102 lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2103 to associate lp devices with, starting with
2104 lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2105 that lp device, or a parport name such as
2106 'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2107 port specification list means that device IDs
2108 from each port should be examined, to see if
2109 an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2110 so, the driver will manage that printer.
2111 See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2112
2113 lpj=n [KNL]
2114 Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2115 time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2116 CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2117 the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2118 autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2119 on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2120 which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2121 significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2122 will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2123 unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2124 unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2125 hardware.
2126
2127 ltpc= [NET]
2128 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2129
2130 machvec= [IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2131 (machvec) in a generic kernel.
2132 Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb
2133
2134 machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between different
2135 yeeloong laptop.
2136 Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2137
2138 max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2139 than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2140
2141 maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
2142 will bring up during bootup. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2143 the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2144 bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2145 "echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2146 only takes effect during system bootup.
2147 While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2148 which also disables the IO APIC.
2149
2150 max_loop= [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2151 (loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2152 number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2153 of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2154 devices can be requested on-demand with the
2155 /dev/loop-control interface.
2156
2157 mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2158
2159 mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
2160
2161 md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2162 See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2163
2164 mdacon= [MDA]
2165 Format: <first>,<last>
2166 Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2167
2168 mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2169 Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
2170 to see the whole system memory or for test.
2171 [X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2172 with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2173 Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2174 belonging to unused RAM.
2175
2176 mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2177 memory.
2178
2179 memchunk=nn[KMG]
2180 [KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2181 per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2182
2183 memhp_default_state=online/offline
2184 [KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2185 onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2186 set according to the
2187 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2188 option.
2189 See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt.
2190
2191 memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2192 E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2193 Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2194 BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2195 option description.
2196
2197 memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2198 [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2199 Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2200 If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2201 which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2202 Multiple different regions can be specified,
2203 comma delimited.
2204 Example:
2205 memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2206
2207 memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2208 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2209 Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2210
2211 memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2212 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2213 Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2214 Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2215 memmap=64K$0x18690000
2216 or
2217 memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2218 Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2219 like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2220 will be eaten.
2221
2222 memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2223 [KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2224 Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2225 The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2226 and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2227
2228 memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2229 Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2230 memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2231 Setting this option will scan the memory
2232 looking for corruption. Enabling this will
2233 both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2234 from using the memory being corrupted.
2235 However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2236 repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2237 affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2238 to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2239
2240 memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2241 By default it checks for corruption in the low
2242 64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2243 use. Use this parameter to scan for
2244 corruption in more or less memory.
2245
2246 memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2247 By default it checks for corruption every 60
2248 seconds. Use this parameter to check at some
2249 other rate. 0 disables periodic checking.
2250
2251 memtest= [KNL,X86,ARM] Enable memtest
2252 Format: <integer>
2253 default : 0 <disable>
2254 Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2255 performed. Each pass selects another test
2256 pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2257 fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2258 memory contents and reserves bad memory
2259 regions that are detected.
2260
2261 mem_encrypt= [X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2262 Valid arguments: on, off
2263 Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2264 on (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2265 off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2266 mem_encrypt=on: Activate SME
2267 mem_encrypt=off: Do not activate SME
2268
2269 Refer to Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.txt
2270 for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2271
2272 mem_sleep_default= [SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2273 s2idle - Suspend-To-Idle
2274 shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2275 deep - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2276 See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2277
2278 meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2279 See Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/meye.rst.
2280
2281 mfgpt_irq= [IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2282 Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2283 platforms.
2284
2285 mfgptfix [X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2286 the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2287 version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2288 problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2289
2290 mga= [HW,DRM]
2291
2292 min_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2293 physical address is ignored.
2294
2295 mini2440= [ARM,HW,KNL]
2296 Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2297 Default: "0tb"
2298 MINI2440 configuration specification:
2299 0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2300 1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2301 2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2302 Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2303 the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2304 unconfigured.
2305 b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2306 linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2307 LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2308 VGA shield.
2309 c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2310 t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2311 touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2312 kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2313 in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
2314 http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
2315
2316 mminit_loglevel=
2317 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
2318 parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
2319 the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
2320 of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
2321 log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
2322 so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
2323
2324 module.sig_enforce
2325 [KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
2326 modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
2327 Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
2328 is always true, so this option does nothing.
2329
2330 module_blacklist= [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
2331 modules. Useful for debugging problem modules.
2332
2333 mousedev.tap_time=
2334 [MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
2335 leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
2336 a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
2337 touchpads working in absolute mode only).
2338 Format: <msecs>
2339 mousedev.xres= [MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
2340 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2341 mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
2342 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
2343
2344 movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] This parameter
2345 is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the
2346 amount of memory used for migratable allocations.
2347 If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified,
2348 then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified
2349 value but may be more. If movablecore on its own
2350 is specified, the administrator must be careful
2351 that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
2352 is not too small.
2353
2354 movable_node [KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
2355 NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
2356 of such nodes will be usable only for movable
2357 allocations which rules out almost all kernel
2358 allocations. Use with caution!
2359
2360 MTD_Partition= [MTD]
2361 Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
2362
2363 MTD_Region= [MTD] Format:
2364 <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
2365
2366 mtdparts= [MTD]
2367 See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c.
2368
2369 multitce=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
2370 firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
2371 at a time.
2372
2373 onenand.bdry= [HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
2374
2375 Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
2376
2377 boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
2378 The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
2379 lock - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
2380 Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
2381 1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
2382
2383 mtdset= [ARM]
2384 ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
2385
2386 See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c
2387
2388 mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
2389 [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
2390 ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
2391
2392 mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2393 used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
2394 that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
2395
2396 mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
2397 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
2398 Default is 1.
2399 Large value could prevent small alignment from
2400 using up MTRRs.
2401
2402 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
2403 Format: <integer>
2404 Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
2405 Default : 1
2406 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
2407 Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
2408
2409 n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
2410
2411 netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters
2412 Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
2413 Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
2414 something different and driver-specific.
2415 This usage is only documented in each driver source
2416 file if at all.
2417
2418 nf_conntrack.acct=
2419 [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
2420 0 to disable accounting
2421 1 to enable accounting
2422 Default value is 0.
2423
2424 nfsaddrs= [NFS] Deprecated. Use ip= instead.
2425 See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2426
2427 nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
2428 See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2429
2430 nfsrootdebug [NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
2431 See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt.
2432
2433 nfs.callback_nr_threads=
2434 [NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
2435 NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
2436 requests.
2437
2438 nfs.callback_tcpport=
2439 [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
2440 channel should listen.
2441
2442 nfs.cache_getent=
2443 [NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
2444 to update the NFS client cache entries.
2445
2446 nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
2447 [NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
2448 update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
2449
2450 nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
2451 [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
2452 entries.
2453
2454 nfs.enable_ino64=
2455 [NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
2456 If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
2457 number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
2458 of returning the full 64-bit number.
2459 The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
2460
2461 nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
2462 [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
2463 slots the client will assign to the callback
2464 channel. This determines the maximum number of
2465 callbacks the client will process in parallel for
2466 a particular server.
2467
2468 nfs.max_session_slots=
2469 [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
2470 the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
2471 This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
2472 that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
2473 Note that there is little point in setting this
2474 value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
2475
2476 nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2477 [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
2478 ensures that both the RPC level authentication
2479 scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
2480 numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
2481 'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
2482 disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
2483 legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
2484 Servers that do not support this mode of operation
2485 will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
2486 back to using the idmapper.
2487 To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
2488 nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
2489 [NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
2490 ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
2491 their nfs_client_id4 string. This is typically a
2492 UUID that is generated at system install time.
2493
2494 nfs.send_implementation_id =
2495 [NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
2496 information in exchange_id requests.
2497 If zero, no implementation identification information
2498 will be sent.
2499 The default is to send the implementation identification
2500 information.
2501
2502 nfs.recover_lost_locks =
2503 [NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
2504 to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
2505 doing this risks data corruption, since there are
2506 no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
2507 after the locks are lost.
2508 If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
2509 attempting to recover these locks, then set this
2510 parameter to '1'.
2511 The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
2512 not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
2513
2514 nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
2515 [NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
2516 layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
2517
2518 Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
2519 whatever value is the default set by the layout
2520 driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
2521 in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
2522
2523 nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
2524 [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
2525 server will return only numeric uids and gids to
2526 clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
2527 and gids from such clients. This is intended to ease
2528 migration from NFSv2/v3.
2529
2530 nmi_debug= [KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
2531 when a NMI is triggered.
2532 Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
2533
2534 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
2535 Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
2536 Valid num: 0 or 1
2537 0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
2538 1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
2539 When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
2540 timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
2541 default). To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
2542 please see 'nowatchdog'.
2543 This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
2544 need the box quickly up again.
2545
2546 netpoll.carrier_timeout=
2547 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
2548 netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
2549 waits 4 seconds.
2550
2551 no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
2552 emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
2553 is present.
2554
2555 no_console_suspend
2556 [HW] Never suspend the console
2557 Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
2558 hibernate operations. Once disabled, debugging
2559 messages can reach various consoles while the rest
2560 of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
2561 debugging driver suspend/resume hooks). This may
2562 not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
2563 to work with serial and VGA consoles.
2564 To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
2565 console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
2566 it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
2567 /sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
2568 turn on/off it dynamically.
2569
2570 noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
2571 caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory,
2572 but will impact performance.
2573
2574 noalign [KNL,ARM]
2575
2576 noaltinstr [S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
2577 (CPU alternatives feature).
2578
2579 noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
2580 IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
2581
2582 noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
2583
2584 nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
2585 on "Classic" PPC cores.
2586
2587 nocache [ARM]
2588
2589 noclflush [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
2590
2591 nodelayacct [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
2592
2593 nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
2594
2595 noefi Disable EFI runtime services support.
2596
2597 noexec [IA-64]
2598
2599 noexec [X86]
2600 On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
2601 noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2602 noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
2603
2604 nosmap [X86]
2605 Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
2606 even if it is supported by processor.
2607
2608 nosmep [X86]
2609 Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
2610 even if it is supported by processor.
2611
2612 noexec32 [X86-64]
2613 This affects only 32-bit executables.
2614 noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
2615 read doesn't imply executable mappings
2616 noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
2617 read implies executable mappings
2618
2619 nofpu [MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
2620
2621 nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
2622 register save and restore. The kernel will only save
2623 legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
2624
2625 nohugeiomap [KNL,x86] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
2626
2627 nosmt [KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2628 Equivalent to smt=1.
2629
2630 [KNL,x86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
2631 nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, similar to disabling
2632 it in the BIOS except that some of the
2633 resource partitioning effects which are
2634 caused by having SMT enabled in the BIOS
2635 cannot be undone. Depending on the CPU
2636 type this might have a performance impact.
2637
2638 nospectre_v2 [X86] Disable all mitigations for the Spectre variant 2
2639 (indirect branch prediction) vulnerability. System may
2640 allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent
2641 to spectre_v2=off.
2642
2643 nospec_store_bypass_disable
2644 [HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
2645
2646 noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
2647 and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
2648 enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
2649
2650 noxsaveopt [X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
2651 register states. The kernel will fall back to use
2652 xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
2653 performance of saving the states is degraded because
2654 xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
2655 xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
2656
2657 noxsaves [X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
2658 restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
2659 form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
2660 xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
2661 in standard form of xsave area. By using this
2662 parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
2663 memory on xsaves enabled systems.
2664
2665 nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
2666 wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
2667 use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.
2668
2669 no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The
2670 only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
2671 is to be setuid root or executed by root.
2672
2673 nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
2674 function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
2675 power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
2676 interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
2677 in certain environments such as networked servers or
2678 real-time systems.
2679
2680 nohibernate [HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
2681
2682 nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
2683 Valid arguments: on, off
2684 Default: on
2685
2686 nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
2687 The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2688 In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
2689 the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
2690 whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
2691 the range to maintain the timekeeping. Any CPUs
2692 in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
2693 just as if they had also been called out in the
2694 rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
2695
2696 noiotrap [SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
2697
2698 noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
2699 disable unhandled interrupt sources.
2700
2701 no_timer_check [X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
2702 broken timer IRQ sources.
2703
2704 noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
2705
2706 noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
2707 initial RAM disk.
2708
2709 nointremap [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
2710 remapping.
2711 [Deprecated - use intremap=off]
2712
2713 nointroute [IA-64]
2714
2715 noinvpcid [X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
2716
2717 nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
2718
2719 no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
2720
2721 no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
2722 fault handling.
2723
2724 no-vmw-sched-clock
2725 [X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
2726 clock and use the default one.
2727
2728 no-steal-acc [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized steal time accounting.
2729 steal time is computed, but won't influence scheduler
2730 behaviour
2731
2732 nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
2733
2734 nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
2735
2736 noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
2737 lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
2738
2739 nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
2740
2741 nomce [X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
2742
2743 nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
2744 Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
2745
2746 nonmi_ipi [X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
2747 shutdown the other cpus. Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
2748 irq.
2749
2750 nomodule Disable module load
2751
2752 nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
2753 pagetables) support.
2754
2755 nopcid [X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
2756
2757 norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
2758 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
2759
2760 noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
2761 with UP alternatives
2762
2763 nordrand [X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
2764 RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
2765 by the processor. RDRAND and RDSEED are still
2766 available to user space applications.
2767
2768 noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
2769 space.
2770
2771 no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback.
2772 This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
2773 reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
2774
2775 nosbagart [IA-64]
2776
2777 nosep [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
2778
2779 nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
2780 and disable the IO APIC. legacy for "maxcpus=0".
2781
2782 nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
2783
2784 nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
2785
2786 notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter
2787
2788 nowatchdog [KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
2789 soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
2790
2791 nowb [ARM]
2792
2793 nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
2794
2795 cpu0_hotplug [X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
2796 CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
2797 Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
2798 1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
2799 Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
2800 need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
2801 2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
2802 removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
2803 It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
2804 machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
2805 after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
2806 If the dependencies are under your control, you can
2807 turn on cpu0_hotplug.
2808
2809 nps_mtm_hs_ctr= [KNL,ARC]
2810 This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
2811 cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
2812 without interruptions, before HW switches it.
2813 The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
2814 parameter's value.
2815 Format: integer between 1 and 255
2816 Default: 255
2817
2818 nptcg= [IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
2819 purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
2820 SAL PALO.
2821
2822 nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
2823 could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
2824 support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
2825 number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
2826 runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
2827 n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
2828 variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
2829 hot plugging.
2830
2831 nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
2832
2833 numa_balancing= [KNL,X86] Enable or disable automatic NUMA balancing.
2834 Allowed values are enable and disable
2835
2836 numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
2837 'node', 'default' can be specified
2838 This can be set from sysctl after boot.
2839 See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details.
2840
2841 ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
2842 See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more
2843 info.
2844
2845 olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
2846 Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
2847 command is not properly ACKed, override the length
2848 of the timeout. We have interrupts disabled while
2849 waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
2850 interrupts *may* be lost!
2851
2852 omap_mux= [OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
2853 Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
2854 For example, to override I2C bus2:
2855 omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
2856
2857 oprofile.timer= [HW]
2858 Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
2859
2860 oprofile.cpu_type= Force an oprofile cpu type
2861 This might be useful if you have an older oprofile
2862 userland or if you want common events.
2863 Format: { arch_perfmon }
2864 arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
2865 perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
2866 CPU specific event set.
2867 timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
2868 timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
2869 for generic hr timer mode)
2870
2871 oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
2872 process, but there is a small probability of
2873 deadlocking the machine.
2874 This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
2875 Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
2876
2877 OSS [HW,OSS]
2878 See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
2879
2880 page_owner= [KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
2881 Storage of the information about who allocated
2882 each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
2883 we can turn it on.
2884 on: enable the feature
2885
2886 page_poison= [KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
2887 poisoning on the buddy allocator.
2888 off: turn off poisoning
2889 on: turn on poisoning
2890
2891 panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
2892 timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
2893 timeout = 0: wait forever
2894 timeout < 0: reboot immediately
2895 Format: <timeout>
2896
2897 panic_on_warn panic() instead of WARN(). Useful to cause kdump
2898 on a WARN().
2899
2900 crash_kexec_post_notifiers
2901 Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
2902 kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
2903 succeeds in any situation.
2904 Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
2905 because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
2906 kernel more unstable.
2907
2908 parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
2909 connected to, default is 0.
2910 Format: <parport#>
2911 parkbd.mode= [HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
2912 0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
2913 Format: <mode>
2914
2915 parport= [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
2916 Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
2917 Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
2918 IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
2919 ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
2920 possible conflicts). You can specify the base
2921 address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
2922 should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
2923 settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
2924 (to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
2925 Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
2926 are specified on the command line, starting
2927 with parport0.
2928
2929 parport_init_mode= [HW,PPT]
2930 Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
2931 a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
2932 computer where firmware has no options for setting
2933 up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
2934 Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
2935 Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
2936
2937 pause_on_oops=
2938 Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
2939 the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if
2940 your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
2941
2942 pcbit= [HW,ISDN]
2943
2944 pcd. [PARIDE]
2945 See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
2946 See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
2947
2948 pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
2949 earlydump [X86] dump PCI config space before the kernel
2950 changes anything
2951 off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
2952 bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
2953 the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
2954 has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
2955 nobios [X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
2956 hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
2957 if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
2958 suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
2959 conf1 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
2960 Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
2961 data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
2962 conf2 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
2963 Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
2964 the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
2965 bus number. The config space is then accessed
2966 through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
2967 See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
2968 on the configuration access mechanisms.
2969 noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
2970 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
2971 disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
2972 nodomains [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
2973 root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
2974 nommconf [X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
2975 Configuration
2976 check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
2977 properly configured MMIO access to PCI
2978 config space on AMD family 10h CPU
2979 nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
2980 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
2981 disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
2982 noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
2983 Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
2984 should never be necessary.
2985 ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
2986 primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
2987 boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
2988 when the system masks IRQs.
2989 noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
2990 boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
2991 a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
2992 The opposite of ioapicreroute.
2993 biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
2994 routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
2995 on several machines and they hang the machine
2996 when used, but on other computers it's the only
2997 way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
2998 this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
2999 IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
3000 motherboard.
3001 rom [X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
3002 Use with caution as certain devices share
3003 address decoders between ROMs and other
3004 resources.
3005 norom [X86] Do not assign address space to
3006 expansion ROMs that do not already have
3007 BIOS assigned address ranges.
3008 nobar [X86] Do not assign address space to the
3009 BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
3010 irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
3011 assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
3012 make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
3013 this way.
3014 pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86] Specify the physical address
3015 of the PIRQ table (normally generated
3016 by the BIOS) if it is outside the
3017 F0000h-100000h range.
3018 lastbus=N [X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3019 useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3020 secondary buses and you want to tell it
3021 explicitly which ones they are.
3022 assign-busses [X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3023 numbers ourselves, overriding
3024 whatever the firmware may have done.
3025 usepirqmask [X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3026 in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3027 some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3028 some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3029 notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3030 IRQ routing is enabled.
3031 noacpi [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3032 or for PCI scanning.
3033 use_crs [X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3034 from ACPI. On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3035 is enabled by default. If you need to use this,
3036 please report a bug.
3037 nocrs [X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3038 If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3039 routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3040 This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3041 so this option is a temporary workaround
3042 for broken drivers that don't call it.
3043 skip_isa_align [X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3044 handle more pci cards
3045 noearly [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3046 This might help on some broken boards which
3047 machine check when some devices' config space
3048 is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3049 and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3050 bfsort Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3051 This sorting is done to get a device
3052 order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3053 nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3054 pcie_bus_tune_off Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3055 tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3056 pcie_bus_safe Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3057 supported by all devices below the root complex.
3058 pcie_bus_perf Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3059 based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3060 Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3061 value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3062 or bus can support) for best performance.
3063 pcie_bus_peer2peer Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3064 every device is guaranteed to support. This
3065 configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3066 any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3067 reduced performance. This also guarantees
3068 that hot-added devices will work.
3069 cbiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
3070 reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3071 The default value is 256 bytes.
3072 cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
3073 reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
3074 window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
3075 resource_alignment=
3076 Format:
3077 [<order of align>@][<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>[; ...]
3078 [<order of align>@]pci:<vendor>:<device>\
3079 [:<subvendor>:<subdevice>][; ...]
3080 Specifies alignment and device to reassign
3081 aligned memory resources.
3082 If <order of align> is not specified,
3083 PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
3084 PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
3085 windows need to be expanded.
3086 To specify the alignment for several
3087 instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
3088 device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
3089 specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
3090 ecrc= Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
3091 end-to-end CRC checking).
3092 bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
3093 the default.
3094 off: Turn ECRC off
3095 on: Turn ECRC on.
3096 hpiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
3097 reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
3098 Default size is 256 bytes.
3099 hpmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
3100 reserved for hotplug bridge's memory window.
3101 Default size is 2 megabytes.
3102 hpbussize=nn The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
3103 reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
3104 Default is 1.
3105 realloc= Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
3106 if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
3107 accommodate resources required by all child
3108 devices.
3109 off: Turn realloc off
3110 on: Turn realloc on
3111 realloc same as realloc=on
3112 noari do not use PCIe ARI.
3113 pcie_scan_all Scan all possible PCIe devices. Otherwise we
3114 only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
3115 port.
3116 big_root_window Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
3117 root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
3118 can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
3119 Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
3120 conflict with unreported devices), so this
3121 taints the kernel.
3122
3123 pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
3124 Management.
3125 off Disable ASPM.
3126 force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
3127 WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
3128
3129 pcie_hp= [PCIE] PCI Express Hotplug driver options:
3130 nomsi Do not use MSI for PCI Express Native Hotplug (this
3131 makes all PCIe ports use INTx for hotplug services).
3132
3133 pcie_ports= [PCIE] PCIe ports handling:
3134 auto Ask the BIOS whether or not to use native PCIe services
3135 associated with PCIe ports (PME, hot-plug, AER). Use
3136 them only if that is allowed by the BIOS.
3137 native Use native PCIe services associated with PCIe ports
3138 unconditionally.
3139 compat Treat PCIe ports as PCI-to-PCI bridges, disable the PCIe
3140 ports driver.
3141
3142 pcie_port_pm= [PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
3143 off Disable power management of all PCIe ports
3144 force Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
3145
3146 pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
3147 nomsi Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
3148 all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
3149
3150 pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
3151
3152 pd_ignore_unused
3153 [PM]
3154 Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
3155 even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
3156 for debug and development, but should not be
3157 needed on a platform with proper driver support.
3158
3159 pd. [PARIDE]
3160 See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3161
3162 pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
3163 boot time.
3164 Format: { 0 | 1 }
3165 See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
3166
3167 percpu_alloc= Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
3168 Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
3169 Archs may support subset or none of the selections.
3170 See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
3171 allocator. This parameter is primarily for debugging
3172 and performance comparison.
3173
3174 pf. [PARIDE]
3175 See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3176
3177 pg. [PARIDE]
3178 See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3179
3180 pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
3181 See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
3182
3183 plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
3184 Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
3185 See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
3186
3187 pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
3188 Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
3189 e.g. pmtmr=0x508
3190
3191 pnp.debug=1 [PNP]
3192 Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
3193 CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option). Change at run-time
3194 via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug. We always show
3195 current resource usage; turning this on also shows
3196 possible settings and some assignment information.
3197
3198 pnpacpi= [ACPI]
3199 { off }
3200
3201 pnpbios= [ISAPNP]
3202 { on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
3203
3204 pnp_reserve_irq=
3205 [ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
3206
3207 pnp_reserve_dma=
3208 [ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
3209
3210 pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
3211 Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
3212
3213 pnp_reserve_mem=
3214 [ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
3215 autoconfiguration.
3216 Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
3217
3218 ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
3219 Default is 21.
3220 Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
3221 may be specified.
3222 Format: <port>,<port>....
3223
3224 powersave=off [PPC] This option disables power saving features.
3225 It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
3226 platform machine description specific power_save
3227 function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
3228 execution priority.
3229
3230 ppc_strict_facility_enable
3231 [PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
3232 Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
3233 allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
3234 There is some performance impact when enabling this.
3235
3236 ppc_tm= [PPC]
3237 Format: {"off"}
3238 Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
3239
3240 print-fatal-signals=
3241 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals
3242
3243 If enabled, warn about various signal handling
3244 related application anomalies: too many signals,
3245 too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
3246 coredump - etc.
3247
3248 If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
3249 you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
3250
3251 default: off.
3252
3253 printk.always_kmsg_dump=
3254 Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
3255 panics
3256 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3257 default: disabled
3258
3259 printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
3260 Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
3261 on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
3262 off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
3263 ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
3264 Default: ratelimit
3265
3266 printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
3267 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
3268
3269 processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI]
3270 Limit processor to maximum C-state
3271 max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
3272
3273 processor.nocst [HW,ACPI]
3274 Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
3275 instead using the legacy FADT method
3276
3277 profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
3278 Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
3279 Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
3280 [defaults to kernel profiling]
3281 Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
3282 Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
3283 Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
3284 Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
3285 Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
3286 statistical time based profiling.
3287
3288 prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
3289 before loading.
3290 See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3291
3292 psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
3293 probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
3294 psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
3295 per second.
3296 psmouse.resetafter= [HW,MOUSE]
3297 Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
3298 (0 = never).
3299 psmouse.resolution=
3300 [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
3301 psmouse.smartscroll=
3302 [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
3303 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
3304
3305 pstore.backend= Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
3306
3307 pt. [PARIDE]
3308 See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
3309
3310 pti= [X86_64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
3311 kernel address spaces. Disabling this feature
3312 removes hardening, but improves performance of
3313 system calls and interrupts.
3314
3315 on - unconditionally enable
3316 off - unconditionally disable
3317 auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
3318 vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
3319
3320 Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
3321
3322 nopti [X86_64]
3323 Equivalent to pti=off
3324
3325 pty.legacy_count=
3326 [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
3327 default number.
3328
3329 quiet [KNL] Disable most log messages
3330
3331 r128= [HW,DRM]
3332
3333 raid= [HW,RAID]
3334 See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
3335
3336 ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
3337 See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
3338
3339 ras=option[,option,...] [KNL] RAS-specific options
3340
3341 cec_disable [X86]
3342 Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
3343 see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
3344
3345 rcu_nocbs= [KNL]
3346 The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3347
3348 In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
3349 the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
3350 Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will
3351 be offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for
3352 that purpose, where "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p"
3353 for RCU-preempt, and "s" for RCU-sched, and "N"
3354 is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on the
3355 offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and
3356 real-time workloads. It can also improve energy
3357 efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
3358
3359 rcu_nocb_poll [KNL]
3360 Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
3361 (specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
3362 awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
3363 make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
3364 This improves the real-time response for the
3365 offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
3366 wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
3367 energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
3368 periodically wake up to do the polling.
3369
3370 rcutree.blimit= [KNL]
3371 Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
3372 process in one batch.
3373
3374 rcutree.dump_tree= [KNL]
3375 Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
3376 out at early boot. This is used for diagnostic
3377 purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
3378
3379 rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay= [KNL]
3380 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3381 RCU grace-period cleanup.
3382
3383 rcutree.gp_init_delay= [KNL]
3384 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3385 RCU grace-period initialization.
3386
3387 rcutree.gp_preinit_delay= [KNL]
3388 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
3389 RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
3390 the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
3391 the rcu_node combining tree.
3392
3393 rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
3394 Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
3395 tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might
3396 possibly be useful for architectures having high
3397 cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
3398
3399 rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
3400 Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
3401 leaf rcu_node structure. Useful for very
3402 large systems, which will choose the value 64,
3403 and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
3404 latencies, which will choose a value aligned
3405 with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
3406
3407 rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
3408 Set required age in jiffies for a
3409 given grace period before RCU starts
3410 soliciting quiescent-state help from
3411 rcu_note_context_switch().
3412
3413 rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
3414 Set delay from grace-period initialization to
3415 first attempt to force quiescent states.
3416 Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
3417 and maximum value is HZ.
3418
3419 rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
3420 Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
3421 quiescent states. Units are jiffies, minimum
3422 value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
3423
3424 rcutree.kthread_prio= [KNL,BOOT]
3425 Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
3426 kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
3427 the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
3428 and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
3429 rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
3430 set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
3431 (the least-favored priority). Otherwise, when
3432 RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
3433 the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
3434
3435 rcutree.rcu_nocb_leader_stride= [KNL]
3436 Set the number of NOCB kthread groups, which
3437 defaults to the square root of the number of
3438 CPUs. Larger numbers reduces the wakeup overhead
3439 on the per-CPU grace-period kthreads, but increases
3440 that same overhead on each group's leader.
3441
3442 rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
3443 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
3444 batch limiting is disabled.
3445
3446 rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
3447 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
3448 batch limiting is re-enabled.
3449
3450 rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
3451 Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3452 RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3453
3454 rcutree.rcu_idle_lazy_gp_delay= [KNL]
3455 Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
3456 only "lazy" RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
3457 Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
3458 prove do nothing more than free memory.
3459
3460 rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
3461 Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
3462 wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
3463 it should at force-quiescent-state time.
3464 This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
3465 WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
3466
3467 rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL]
3468 Measure performance of asynchronous
3469 grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
3470
3471 rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL]
3472 Specify the maximum number of outstanding
3473 callbacks per writer thread. When a writer
3474 thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
3475 corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
3476 previously posted callbacks to drain.
3477
3478 rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL]
3479 Measure performance of expedited synchronous
3480 grace-period primitives.
3481
3482 rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL]
3483 Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of
3484 this parameter is to delay the start of the
3485 test until boot completes in order to avoid
3486 interference.
3487
3488 rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
3489 Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects
3490 N, where N is the number of CPUs. A value
3491 "n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
3492 the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N
3493 (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3494 A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
3495 a single reader.
3496
3497 rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL]
3498 Set number of RCU writers. The values operate
3499 the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
3500 N, where N is the number of CPUs
3501
3502 rcuperf.perf_runnable= [BOOT]
3503 Start rcuperf running at boot time.
3504
3505 rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
3506 Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3507
3508 rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL]
3509 Shut the system down after performance tests
3510 complete. This is useful for hands-off automated
3511 testing.
3512
3513 rcuperf.verbose= [KNL]
3514 Enable additional printk() statements.
3515
3516 rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
3517 Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
3518 in microseconds. The default of zero says
3519 no holdoff.
3520
3521 rcutorture.cbflood_inter_holdoff= [KNL]
3522 Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
3523 callback-flood tests.
3524
3525 rcutorture.cbflood_intra_holdoff= [KNL]
3526 Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
3527 bursts of callbacks within a given callback-flood
3528 test.
3529
3530 rcutorture.cbflood_n_burst= [KNL]
3531 Set the number of bursts making up a given
3532 callback-flood test. Set this to zero to
3533 disable callback-flood testing.
3534
3535 rcutorture.cbflood_n_per_burst= [KNL]
3536 Set the number of callbacks to be registered
3537 in a given burst of a callback-flood test.
3538
3539 rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
3540 Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
3541 in microseconds.
3542
3543 rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
3544 Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
3545 in microseconds.
3546
3547 rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
3548 Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
3549 in seconds.
3550
3551 rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
3552 Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
3553 primitives, if available.
3554
3555 rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
3556 Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
3557
3558 rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
3559 Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
3560 update-side primitives, if available.
3561
3562 rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
3563 Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
3564 update-side primitives, if available. If all
3565 of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
3566 rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
3567 are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
3568 they are all non-zero.
3569
3570 rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
3571 Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
3572
3573 rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
3574 Set number of concurrent RCU writers. These just
3575 stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
3576 test, hence the "fake".
3577
3578 rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
3579 Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects
3580 N-1, where N is the number of CPUs. A value
3581 "n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
3582 the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N
3583 (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
3584
3585 rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
3586 Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
3587
3588 rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
3589 Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
3590
3591 rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
3592 Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
3593 zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
3594
3595 rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
3596 Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks
3597 allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
3598 during the rcutorture test.
3599
3600 rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
3601 Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This
3602 is useful for hands-off automated testing.
3603
3604 rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
3605 Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
3606 warnings, zero to disable.
3607
3608 rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
3609 Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
3610
3611 rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
3612 Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
3613
3614 rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
3615 Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
3616
3617 rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
3618 Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
3619 five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
3620 wait for five seconds, and so on. This tests RCU's
3621 ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
3622
3623 rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
3624 Test RCU priority boosting? 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
3625 "Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
3626 under test support RCU priority boosting.
3627
3628 rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
3629 Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
3630
3631 rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
3632 Interval (s) between each boost test.
3633
3634 rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
3635 Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the
3636 rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
3637
3638 rcutorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
3639 Start rcutorture running at boot time.
3640
3641 rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
3642 Specify the RCU implementation to test.
3643
3644 rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
3645 Enable additional printk() statements.
3646
3647 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
3648 Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3649
3650 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3651 Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
3652
3653 rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
3654 Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
3655 example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
3656 of synchronize_rcu(). This reduces latency,
3657 but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
3658 real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
3659 No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3660
3661 rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
3662 Use only normal grace-period primitives,
3663 for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
3664 synchronize_rcu_expedited(). This improves
3665 real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
3666 energy efficiency, but can expose users to
3667 increased grace-period latency. This parameter
3668 overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited. No effect on
3669 CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3670
3671 rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
3672 Once boot has completed (that is, after
3673 rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
3674 only normal grace-period primitives. No effect
3675 on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
3676
3677 rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
3678 Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
3679 messages. Disable with a value less than or equal
3680 to zero.
3681
3682 rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
3683 Run the RCU early boot self tests
3684
3685 rcupdate.rcu_self_test_bh= [KNL]
3686 Run the RCU bh early boot self tests
3687
3688 rcupdate.rcu_self_test_sched= [KNL]
3689 Run the RCU sched early boot self tests
3690
3691 rdinit= [KNL]
3692 Format: <full_path>
3693 Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
3694 used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
3695
3696 rdt= [HW,X86,RDT]
3697 Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
3698 cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
3699 mba.
3700 E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
3701 rdt=cmt,!mba
3702
3703 reboot= [KNL]
3704 Format (x86 or x86_64):
3705 [w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] \
3706 [[,]s[mp]#### \
3707 [[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
3708 [[,]f[orce]
3709 Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio,
3710 reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
3711 reboot_force is either force or not specified,
3712 reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
3713 to be used for rebooting.
3714
3715 relax_domain_level=
3716 [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
3717 See Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpusets.txt.
3718
3719 reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
3720
3721 reservetop= [X86-32]
3722 Format: nn[KMG]
3723 Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
3724 address space.
3725
3726 reservelow= [X86]
3727 Format: nn[K]
3728 Set the amount of memory to reserve for BIOS at
3729 the bottom of the address space.
3730
3731 reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
3732 during initialization.
3733
3734 resume= [SWSUSP]
3735 Specify the partition device for software suspend
3736 Format:
3737 {/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
3738
3739 resume_offset= [SWSUSP]
3740 Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
3741 given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
3742 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
3743 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
3744
3745 resumedelay= [HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
3746 read the resume files
3747
3748 resumewait [HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
3749 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
3750 (e.g. USB and MMC devices).
3751
3752 hibernate= [HIBERNATION]
3753 noresume Don't check if there's a hibernation image
3754 present during boot.
3755 nocompress Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
3756 no Disable hibernation and resume.
3757 protect_image Turn on image protection during restoration
3758 (that will set all pages holding image data
3759 during restoration read-only).
3760
3761 retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
3762
3763 rfkill.default_state=
3764 0 "airplane mode". All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
3765 etc. communication is blocked by default.
3766 1 Unblocked.
3767
3768 rfkill.master_switch_mode=
3769 0 The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
3770 1 The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
3771 blocked and the previous configuration.
3772 2 The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
3773 blocked and everything unblocked.
3774
3775 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
3776 Set number of hash buckets for route cache
3777
3778 ring3mwait=disable
3779 [KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
3780 CPUs.
3781
3782 ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
3783
3784 rodata= [KNL]
3785 on Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
3786 off Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
3787
3788 rockchip.usb_uart
3789 Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
3790 on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
3791 debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
3792 port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
3793
3794 root= [KNL] Root filesystem
3795 See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
3796
3797 rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
3798 mount the root filesystem
3799
3800 rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
3801
3802 rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type
3803
3804 rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
3805 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
3806 (e.g. USB and MMC devices).
3807
3808 rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
3809 [KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
3810 Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
3811 managed by CMA.
3812
3813 rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
3814
3815 S [KNL] Run init in single mode
3816
3817 s390_iommu= [HW,S390]
3818 Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
3819 strict
3820 With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
3821 an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
3822 which is faster.
3823
3824 sa1100ir [NET]
3825 See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
3826
3827 sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
3828
3829 sched_debug [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
3830
3831 schedstats= [KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
3832 Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
3833 incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
3834 but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
3835
3836 skew_tick= [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
3837 xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
3838 contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
3839 Format: { "0" | "1" }
3840 0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
3841 1 -- enable.
3842 Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
3843 enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
3844
3845 security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
3846 If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
3847 security module asking for security registration will be
3848 loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
3849 as if no module has been chosen.
3850
3851 selinux= [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
3852 Format: { "0" | "1" }
3853 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
3854 0 -- disable.
3855 1 -- enable.
3856 Default value is set via kernel config option.
3857 If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used
3858 later to disable prior to initial policy load.
3859
3860 apparmor= [APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
3861 Format: { "0" | "1" }
3862 See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
3863 0 -- disable.
3864 1 -- enable.
3865 Default value is set via kernel config option.
3866
3867 serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32]
3868
3869 shapers= [NET]
3870 Maximal number of shapers.
3871
3872 simeth= [IA-64]
3873 simscsi=
3874
3875 slram= [HW,MTD]
3876
3877 slab_nomerge [MM]
3878 Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
3879 necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
3880 allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
3881 environments where the risk of heap overflows and
3882 layout control by attackers can usually be
3883 frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
3884 most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
3885 cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
3886 unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
3887 own.
3888 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3889
3890 slab_max_order= [MM, SLAB]
3891 Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
3892 A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
3893 fragmentation. Defaults to 1 for systems with
3894 more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
3895
3896 slub_debug[=options[,slabs]] [MM, SLUB]
3897 Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
3898 culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
3899 slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
3900 may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
3901 last alloc / free. For more information see
3902 Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3903
3904 slub_memcg_sysfs= [MM, SLUB]
3905 Determines whether to enable sysfs directories for
3906 memory cgroup sub-caches. 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
3907 The default is determined by CONFIG_SLUB_MEMCG_SYSFS_ON.
3908 Enabling this can lead to a very high number of debug
3909 directories and files being created under
3910 /sys/kernel/slub.
3911
3912 slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
3913 Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
3914 A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
3915 fragmentation. For more information see
3916 Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3917
3918 slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB]
3919 The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
3920 increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
3921 generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
3922 the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
3923 of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
3924 and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
3925 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3926
3927 slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB]
3928 Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
3929 lower than slub_max_order.
3930 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt.
3931
3932 slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB]
3933 Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
3934 See slab_nomerge for more information.
3935
3936 smart2= [HW]
3937 Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
3938
3939 smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
3940 smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg= [HW] Device configuration I/O port
3941 smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir= [HW] SIR base I/O port
3942 smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir= [HW] FIR base I/O port
3943 smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq= [HW] IRQ line
3944 smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma= [HW] DMA channel
3945 smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
3946 0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
3947 1: Fast pin select (default)
3948 2: ATC IRMode
3949
3950 smt [KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
3951 CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
3952 symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
3953 actual hardware limit.
3954 Format: <integer>
3955 Default: -1 (no limit)
3956
3957 softlockup_panic=
3958 [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
3959 Format: <integer>
3960
3961 A nonzero value instructs the soft-lockup detector
3962 to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. This
3963 is also controlled by CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
3964 which is the respective build-time switch to that
3965 functionality.
3966
3967 softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
3968 [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
3969 backtraces on all cpus.
3970 Format: <integer>
3971
3972 sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
3973 See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt
3974
3975 spectre_v2= [X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
3976 (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
3977
3978 on - unconditionally enable
3979 off - unconditionally disable
3980 auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
3981 vulnerable
3982
3983 Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
3984 mitigation method at run time according to the
3985 CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
3986 CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
3987 compiler with which the kernel was built.
3988
3989 Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
3990
3991 retpoline - replace indirect branches
3992 retpoline,generic - google's original retpoline
3993 retpoline,amd - AMD-specific minimal thunk
3994
3995 Not specifying this option is equivalent to
3996 spectre_v2=auto.
3997
3998 spec_store_bypass_disable=
3999 [HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
4000 (Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
4001
4002 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
4003 a common industry wide performance optimization known
4004 as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
4005 to the same memory location may not be observed by
4006 later loads during speculative execution. The idea
4007 is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
4008 be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
4009 end of a particular speculation execution window.
4010
4011 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
4012 store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
4013 example to read memory to which the attacker does not
4014 directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
4015
4016 This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
4017 Bypass optimization is used.
4018
4019 on - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
4020 off - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
4021 auto - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
4022 implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
4023 picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
4024 CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
4025 CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
4026 architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
4027 prctl - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
4028 via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
4029 for a process by default. The state of the control
4030 is inherited on fork.
4031 seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
4032 will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
4033
4034 Not specifying this option is equivalent to
4035 spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
4036
4037 Default mitigations:
4038 X86: If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
4039
4040 spia_io_base= [HW,MTD]
4041 spia_fio_base=
4042 spia_pedr=
4043 spia_peddr=
4044
4045 srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
4046 Specifies how frequently to check for
4047 grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
4048 srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
4049 The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
4050 parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
4051 be checked for. Note that the bottom two bits
4052 are ignored.
4053
4054 srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
4055 Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
4056 since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
4057 a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
4058 grace period will be considered for automatic
4059 expediting. Set to zero to disable automatic
4060 expediting.
4061
4062 stack_guard_gap= [MM]
4063 override the default stack gap protection. The value
4064 is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
4065 to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
4066 growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
4067 mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
4068
4069 stacktrace [FTRACE]
4070 Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
4071
4072 stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
4073 [FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
4074 will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
4075 list of functions. This list can be changed at run
4076 time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
4077 tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
4078 and the stacktrace above is not needed.
4079
4080 sti= [PARISC,HW]
4081 Format: <num>
4082 Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
4083 machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
4084 as the initial boot-console.
4085 See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4086
4087 sti_font= [HW]
4088 See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
4089
4090 stifb= [HW]
4091 Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
4092
4093 sunrpc.min_resvport=
4094 sunrpc.max_resvport=
4095 [NFS,SUNRPC]
4096 SunRPC servers often require that client requests
4097 originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
4098 range 0 < portnr < 1024).
4099 An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
4100 ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
4101 kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
4102 using these two parameters to set the minimum and
4103 maximum port values.
4104
4105 sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
4106 [NFS,SUNRPC]
4107 Limit the number of requests that the server will
4108 process in parallel from a single connection.
4109 The default value is 0 (no limit).
4110
4111 sunrpc.pool_mode=
4112 [NFS]
4113 Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
4114 service thread pools. Depending on how many NICs
4115 you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
4116 option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
4117 Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
4118 NFS server is running.
4119
4120 auto the server chooses an appropriate mode
4121 automatically using heuristics
4122 global a single global pool contains all CPUs
4123 percpu one pool for each CPU
4124 pernode one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
4125 to global on non-NUMA machines)
4126
4127 sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
4128 sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
4129 [NFS,SUNRPC]
4130 Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
4131 RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
4132 server. Increasing these values may allow you to
4133 improve throughput, but will also increase the
4134 amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
4135
4136 suspend.pm_test_delay=
4137 [SUSPEND]
4138 Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
4139 mode before resuming the system (see
4140 /sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
4141 is set. Default value is 5.
4142
4143 swapaccount=[0|1]
4144 [KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
4145 controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
4146 it if 0 is given (See Documentation/cgroup-v1/memory.txt)
4147
4148 swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
4149 Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
4150 <int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
4151 force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
4152 wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
4153 noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
4154
4155 switches= [HW,M68k]
4156
4157 sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
4158 Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
4159 on older distributions. When this option is enabled
4160 very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
4161 is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
4162 in older udev will not work anymore.
4163 Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
4164 the kernel configuration.
4165
4166 sysrq_always_enabled
4167 [KNL]
4168 Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
4169 neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
4170 Useful for debugging.
4171
4172 tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4173 Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
4174 Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
4175 ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
4176 cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
4177 "tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
4178
4179 tdfx= [HW,DRM]
4180
4181 test_suspend= [SUSPEND][,N]
4182 Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
4183 standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
4184 as the system sleep state during system startup with
4185 the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
4186 The system is woken from this state using a
4187 wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
4188
4189 thash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4190 Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
4191
4192 thermal.act= [HW,ACPI]
4193 -1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
4194 <degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
4195
4196 thermal.crt= [HW,ACPI]
4197 -1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
4198 <degrees C>: override all critical trip points
4199
4200 thermal.nocrt= [HW,ACPI]
4201 Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
4202 critical and hot trip points.
4203
4204 thermal.off= [HW,ACPI]
4205 1: disable ACPI thermal control
4206
4207 thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI]
4208 -1: disable all passive trip points
4209 <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
4210 value
4211
4212 thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI]
4213 Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
4214 <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
4215 0: no polling (default)
4216
4217 threadirqs [KNL]
4218 Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
4219 marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
4220
4221 tmem [KNL,XEN]
4222 Enable the Transcendent memory driver if built-in.
4223
4224 tmem.cleancache=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4225 Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the cleancache
4226 API to send anonymous pages to the hypervisor.
4227
4228 tmem.frontswap=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4229 Default is on (1). Disable the usage of the frontswap
4230 API to send swap pages to the hypervisor. If disabled
4231 the selfballooning and selfshrinking are force disabled.
4232
4233 tmem.selfballooning=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4234 Default is on (1). Disable the driving of swap pages
4235 to the hypervisor.
4236
4237 tmem.selfshrinking=0|1 [KNL, XEN]
4238 Default is on (1). Partial swapoff that immediately
4239 transfers pages from Xen hypervisor back to the
4240 kernel based on different criteria.
4241
4242 topology= [S390]
4243 Format: {off | on}
4244 Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
4245 topology information if the hardware supports this.
4246 The scheduler will make use of this information and
4247 e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
4248 Default is on.
4249
4250 topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
4251 Format: {off}
4252 Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
4253 topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
4254 LPAR.
4255
4256 tp720= [HW,PS2]
4257
4258 tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
4259 Format: integer pcr id
4260 Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
4261 should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
4262 as a workaround for some chips which fail to
4263 flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
4264 This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
4265 are saved.
4266
4267 trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
4268 [FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
4269
4270 trace_event=[event-list]
4271 [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
4272 to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
4273 comma separated list of trace events to enable. See
4274 also Documentation/trace/events.txt
4275
4276 trace_options=[option-list]
4277 [FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
4278 The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
4279 that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
4280 to echo the option name into
4281
4282 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
4283
4284 For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
4285 stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
4286
4287 trace_options=stacktrace
4288
4289 See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt "trace options"
4290 section.
4291
4292 tp_printk[FTRACE]
4293 Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
4294 tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
4295 where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
4296 option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
4297 ftrace_dump_on_oops.
4298
4299 To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
4300 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
4301 Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
4302 tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
4303
4304 ** CAUTION **
4305
4306 Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
4307 frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
4308 the system to live lock.
4309
4310 traceoff_on_warning
4311 [FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
4312 warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
4313 be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
4314 file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
4315
4316 This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
4317 the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
4318 be filled with content caused by the warning output.
4319
4320 This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
4321 option: kernel/traceoff_on_warning
4322
4323 transparent_hugepage=
4324 [KNL]
4325 Format: [always|madvise|never]
4326 Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
4327 with respect to transparent hugepages.
4328 See Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt for more details.
4329
4330 tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
4331 Format: <string>
4332 [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
4333 disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
4334 as the stability checks done at bootup. Used to enable
4335 high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
4336 virtualized environment.
4337 [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
4338 Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
4339 platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
4340 can add overhead.
4341 [x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
4342 marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
4343 avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
4344
4345 turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
4346 TurboGraFX parallel port interface
4347 Format:
4348 <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
4349 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
4350
4351 udbg-immortal [PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
4352 happen after console_init() and before a proper
4353 console driver takes over, this boot options might
4354 help "seeing" what's going on.
4355
4356 uhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4357 Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
4358
4359 uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
4360 [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
4361 Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
4362 bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
4363 anything. Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
4364 Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
4365 reported either.
4366
4367 unknown_nmi_panic
4368 [X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
4369
4370 usbcore.authorized_default=
4371 [USB] Default USB device authorization:
4372 (default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
4373 0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized)
4374
4375 usbcore.autosuspend=
4376 [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
4377 for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This
4378 is the time required before an idle device will be
4379 autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set
4380 to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
4381
4382 usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
4383 [USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
4384
4385 usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
4386 [USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
4387 (default = 65536).
4388
4389 usbcore.blinkenlights=
4390 [USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
4391
4392 usbcore.old_scheme_first=
4393 [USB] Start with the old device initialization
4394 scheme (default 0 = off).
4395
4396 usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
4397 [USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
4398 usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
4399
4400 usbcore.use_both_schemes=
4401 [USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
4402 if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
4403
4404 usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
4405 [USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
4406 USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
4407 (default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
4408
4409 usbcore.nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem
4410
4411 usbcore.quirks=
4412 [USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
4413 usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
4414 commas. Each entry has the form
4415 VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
4416 numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
4417 will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
4418 clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
4419 the following meanings:
4420 a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
4421 descriptors must not be fetched using
4422 a 255-byte read);
4423 b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
4424 correctly so reset it instead);
4425 c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
4426 Set-Interface requests);
4427 d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
4428 handle its Configuration or Interface
4429 strings);
4430 e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
4431 (e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
4432 f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
4433 more interface descriptions than the
4434 bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
4435 talking to these interfaces);
4436 g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
4437 during initialization, after we read
4438 the device descriptor);
4439 h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
4440 high speed and super speed interrupt
4441 endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
4442 require the interval in microframes (1
4443 microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
4444 calculated as interval = 2 ^
4445 (bInterval-1).
4446 Devices with this quirk report their
4447 bInterval as the result of this
4448 calculation instead of the exponent
4449 variable used in the calculation);
4450 i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
4451 handle device_qualifier descriptor
4452 requests);
4453 j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
4454 generates spurious wakeup, ignore
4455 remote wakeup capability);
4456 k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
4457 Power Management);
4458 l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
4459 (Device reports its bInterval as linear
4460 frames instead of the USB 2.0
4461 calculation);
4462 m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
4463 to be disconnected before suspend to
4464 prevent spurious wakeup);
4465 n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
4466 pause after every control message);
4467 Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
4468
4469 usbhid.mousepoll=
4470 [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
4471
4472 usbhid.jspoll=
4473 [USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
4474
4475 usb-storage.delay_use=
4476 [UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
4477 scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
4478
4479 usb-storage.quirks=
4480 [UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
4481 override the built-in unusual_devs list. List
4482 entries are separated by commas. Each entry has
4483 the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
4484 and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
4485 Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
4486 to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
4487 a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
4488 of sense data);
4489 b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
4490 bytes of sense data);
4491 c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
4492 device capacity by one sector);
4493 d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
4494 READ_DISC_INFO command);
4495 e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
4496 READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
4497 f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
4498 command, uas only);
4499 g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
4500 240 sectors at a time, uas only);
4501 h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
4502 reported device capacity by one
4503 sector if the number is odd);
4504 i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
4505 device);
4506 j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
4507 command, uas only);
4508 l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
4509 unlock ejectable media);
4510 m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
4511 than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time);
4512 n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
4513 initial READ(10) command);
4514 o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
4515 reported by the device);
4516 p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
4517 by default);
4518 r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
4519 bogus residue values);
4520 s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
4521 Logical Unit);
4522 t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
4523 commands, uas only);
4524 u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
4525 w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
4526 medium is write-protected).
4527 y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
4528 even if the device claims no cache)
4529 Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
4530
4531 user_debug= [KNL,ARM]
4532 Format: <int>
4533 See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
4534 1 - undefined instruction events
4535 2 - system calls
4536 4 - invalid data aborts
4537 8 - SIGSEGV faults
4538 16 - SIGBUS faults
4539 Example: user_debug=31
4540
4541 userpte=
4542 [X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
4543
4544 nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
4545 HIGHMEM regardless of setting
4546 of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
4547
4548 vdso= [X86,SH]
4549 On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=. Otherwise:
4550
4551 vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
4552 vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
4553
4554 vdso32= [X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
4555 vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
4556 vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
4557
4558 See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
4559 details. If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
4560 vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
4561
4562 For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
4563 alias for vdso32=0.
4564
4565 Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
4566 dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
4567
4568 vector= [IA-64,SMP]
4569 vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
4570
4571 video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration
4572 See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
4573
4574 video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
4575 If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
4576 generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
4577 level and then send out the event to user space through
4578 the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
4579 will only send out the event without touching backlight
4580 brightness level.
4581 default: 1
4582
4583 virtio_mmio.device=
4584 [VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
4585
4586 <size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
4587 where:
4588 <size> := size (can use standard suffixes
4589 like K, M and G)
4590 <baseaddr> := physical base address
4591 <irq> := interrupt number (as passed to
4592 request_irq())
4593 <id> := (optional) platform device id
4594 example:
4595 virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
4596
4597 Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
4598
4599 vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
4600 See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and
4601 Documentation/svga.txt.
4602 Use vga=ask for menu.
4603 This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
4604 passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
4605
4606 vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
4607 size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
4608 minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
4609 decrease the size and leave more room for directly
4610 mapped kernel RAM.
4611
4612 vmcp_cma=nn[MG] [KNL,S390]
4613 Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
4614 allocations for the vmcp device driver.
4615
4616 vmhalt= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
4617 Format: <command>
4618
4619 vmpanic= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
4620 Format: <command>
4621
4622 vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
4623 Format: <command>
4624
4625 vsyscall= [X86-64]
4626 Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
4627 fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
4628 code). Most statically-linked binaries and older
4629 versions of glibc use these calls. Because these
4630 functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
4631 targets for exploits that can control RIP.
4632
4633 emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
4634 emulated reasonably safely.
4635
4636 native Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
4637 This is a little bit faster than trapping
4638 and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
4639 better than they would in emulation mode.
4640 It also makes exploits much easier to write.
4641
4642 none Vsyscalls don't work at all. This makes
4643 them quite hard to use for exploits but
4644 might break your system.
4645
4646 vt.color= [VT] Default text color.
4647 Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
4648 Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
4649
4650 vt.cur_default= [VT] Default cursor shape.
4651 Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
4652 the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
4653 see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
4654
4655 vt.default_blu= [VT]
4656 Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
4657 Change the default blue palette of the console.
4658 This is a 16-member array composed of values
4659 ranging from 0-255.
4660
4661 vt.default_grn= [VT]
4662 Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
4663 Change the default green palette of the console.
4664 This is a 16-member array composed of values
4665 ranging from 0-255.
4666
4667 vt.default_red= [VT]
4668 Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
4669 Change the default red palette of the console.
4670 This is a 16-member array composed of values
4671 ranging from 0-255.
4672
4673 vt.default_utf8=
4674 [VT]
4675 Format=<0|1>
4676 Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
4677 Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
4678 newly opened terminals.
4679
4680 vt.global_cursor_default=
4681 [VT]
4682 Format=<-1|0|1>
4683 Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
4684 is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
4685 i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
4686 overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
4687 cursors, 1 will display them.
4688
4689 vt.italic= [VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
4690 Default: 2 = green.
4691
4692 vt.underline= [VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
4693 Default: 3 = cyan.
4694
4695 watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
4696 see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
4697 or other driver-specific files in the
4698 Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
4699
4700 workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
4701 If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
4702 warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
4703 help debugging. 0 disables workqueue stall
4704 detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
4705 duration in seconds. The default value is 30 and
4706 it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
4707 corresponding sysfs file.
4708
4709 workqueue.disable_numa
4710 By default, all work items queued to unbound
4711 workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
4712 issued on, which results in better behavior in
4713 general. If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
4714 whatever reason, this option can be used. Note
4715 that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
4716 workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
4717
4718 workqueue.power_efficient
4719 Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
4720 they show better performance thanks to cache
4721 locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
4722 be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
4723
4724 Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
4725 were observed to contribute significantly to power
4726 consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
4727 power usage at the cost of small performance
4728 overhead.
4729
4730 The default value of this parameter is determined by
4731 the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
4732
4733 workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
4734 Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
4735 items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
4736 on the local CPU. This guarantee is no longer true
4737 and while local CPU is still preferred work items
4738 may be put on foreign CPUs. This debug option
4739 forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
4740 usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
4741 When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
4742 impacted.
4743
4744 x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
4745 default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
4746 supporting x2apic.
4747
4748 x86_intel_mid_timer= [X86-32,APBT]
4749 Choose timer option for x86 Intel MID platform.
4750 Two valid options are apbt timer only and lapic timer
4751 plus one apbt timer for broadcast timer.
4752 x86_intel_mid_timer=apbt_only | lapic_and_apbt
4753
4754 xen_512gb_limit [KNL,X86-64,XEN]
4755 Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
4756 to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
4757 crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
4758 save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
4759 domains.
4760
4761 xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN]
4762 Unplug Xen emulated devices
4763 Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
4764 ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
4765 aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
4766 nics -- unplug network devices
4767 all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
4768 unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
4769 unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
4770 the unplug protocol
4771 never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
4772
4773 xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN]
4774 Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
4775 optimizations.
4776
4777 xen_nopv [X86]
4778 Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
4779 run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
4780
4781 xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
4782 Format:
4783 <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]