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1 | Kernel Parameters |
2 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
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3 | |
4 | The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented | |
5 | (mostly) by the __setup() macro and sorted into English Dictionary order | |
6 | (defined as ignoring all punctuation and sorting digits before letters in a | |
7 | case insensitive manner), and with descriptions where known. | |
8 | ||
9 | Module parameters for loadable modules are specified only as the | |
10 | parameter name with optional '=' and value as appropriate, such as: | |
11 | ||
12 | modprobe usbcore blinkenlights=1 | |
13 | ||
14 | Module parameters for modules that are built into the kernel image | |
15 | are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus | |
16 | '.' plus parameter name, with '=' and value if appropriate, such as: | |
17 | ||
18 | usbcore.blinkenlights=1 | |
19 | ||
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20 | This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command |
21 | "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable | |
22 | module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also | |
23 | reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these | |
24 | parameters may be changed at runtime by the command | |
25 | "echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}". | |
26 | ||
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27 | The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were |
28 | enabled and if respective hardware is present. The text in square brackets at | |
29 | the beginning of each description states the restrictions within which a | |
30 | parameter is applicable: | |
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31 | |
32 | ACPI ACPI support is enabled. | |
c99c108a | 33 | AGP AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is enabled. |
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34 | ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled. |
35 | APIC APIC support is enabled. | |
36 | APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled. | |
e7ba176b | 37 | AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled. |
1da177e4 | 38 | AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. |
0ae53640 | 39 | BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled. |
a9913044 | 40 | DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. |
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41 | EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled |
42 | EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled | |
43 | EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. | |
44 | FB The frame buffer device is enabled. | |
45 | HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. | |
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46 | IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled. |
47 | IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled. | |
41e2e8be | 48 | IP_PNP IP DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled. |
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49 | ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. |
50 | ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. | |
51 | JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. | |
b9ce08c0 | 52 | KMEMTRACE kmemtrace is enabled. |
11ef697b | 53 | LIBATA Libata driver is enabled |
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54 | LP Printer support is enabled. |
55 | LOOP Loopback device support is enabled. | |
56 | M68k M68k architecture is enabled. | |
57 | These options have more detailed description inside of | |
58 | Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt. | |
59 | MCA MCA bus support is enabled. | |
60 | MDA MDA console support is enabled. | |
61 | MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled. | |
309e57df | 62 | MSI Message Signaled Interrupts (PCI). |
c8facbb6 | 63 | MTD MTD (Memory Technology Device) support is enabled. |
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64 | NET Appropriate network support is enabled. |
65 | NUMA NUMA support is enabled. | |
734efb46 | 66 | GENERIC_TIME The generic timeofday code is enabled. |
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67 | NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled. |
68 | OSS OSS sound support is enabled. | |
c8facbb6 RD |
69 | PV_OPS A paravirtualized kernel is enabled. |
70 | PARIDE The ParIDE (parallel port IDE) subsystem is enabled. | |
1da177e4 LT |
71 | PARISC The PA-RISC architecture is enabled. |
72 | PCI PCI bus support is enabled. | |
7f785763 | 73 | PCIE PCI Express support is enabled. |
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74 | PCMCIA The PCMCIA subsystem is enabled. |
75 | PNP Plug & Play support is enabled. | |
76 | PPC PowerPC architecture is enabled. | |
77 | PPT Parallel port support is enabled. | |
78 | PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled. | |
79 | RAM RAM disk support is enabled. | |
20510f2f | 80 | ROOTPLUG The example Root Plug LSM is enabled. |
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81 | S390 S390 architecture is enabled. |
82 | SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. | |
83 | A lot of drivers has their options described inside of | |
84 | Documentation/scsi/. | |
20510f2f | 85 | SECURITY Different security models are enabled. |
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86 | SELINUX SELinux support is enabled. |
87 | SERIAL Serial support is enabled. | |
e523d93c | 88 | SH SuperH architecture is enabled. |
1da177e4 LT |
89 | SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel. |
90 | SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled. | |
77437fd4 DB |
91 | SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled. |
92 | SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled. | |
f38f1d2a | 93 | FTRACE Function tracing enabled. |
1da177e4 | 94 | TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled. |
d4f373e5 | 95 | UMS USB Mass Storage support is enabled. |
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96 | USB USB support is enabled. |
97 | USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled. | |
98 | V4L Video For Linux support is enabled. | |
99 | VGA The VGA console has been enabled. | |
100 | VT Virtual terminal support is enabled. | |
101 | WDT Watchdog support is enabled. | |
102 | XT IBM PC/XT MFM hard disk support is enabled. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 103 | X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled. |
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104 | X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled. |
105 | More X86-64 boot options can be found in | |
71cced6e | 106 | Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt . |
c0115606 | 107 | X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) |
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108 | |
109 | In addition, the following text indicates that the option: | |
110 | ||
111 | BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor. | |
112 | KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter. | |
113 | BOOT Is a boot loader parameter. | |
114 | ||
115 | Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot | |
116 | loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly. | |
117 | Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme | |
954a8b81 | 118 | need or coordination with <Documentation/x86/boot.txt>. |
1da177e4 | 119 | |
5558870b | 120 | There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here. |
71cced6e | 121 | See for example <Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt>. |
5558870b | 122 | |
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123 | Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that |
124 | a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will | |
125 | be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that | |
126 | it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs | |
127 | running once the system is up. | |
128 | ||
9c4751fd | 129 | The number of kernel parameters is not limited, but the length of the |
130 | complete command line (parameters including spaces etc.) is limited to | |
131 | a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture | |
132 | and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |
133 | ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. | |
134 | ||
135 | ||
03d926f8 BW |
136 | acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86-64,i386] |
137 | Advanced Configuration and Power Interface | |
af23f573 | 138 | Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq | rsdt } |
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139 | force -- enable ACPI if default was off |
140 | off -- disable ACPI if default was on | |
141 | noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing | |
142 | ht -- run only enough ACPI to enable Hyper Threading | |
a9913044 | 143 | strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not |
1da177e4 | 144 | strictly ACPI specification compliant. |
237889bf | 145 | rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT |
1da177e4 | 146 | |
53471121 | 147 | See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi |
1da177e4 | 148 | |
a1fdcc0d LB |
149 | acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC] |
150 | Format: <int> | |
151 | 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available | |
152 | 1,0: use 1st APIC table | |
4e381a4f | 153 | default: 0 |
a1fdcc0d | 154 | |
1da177e4 | 155 | acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options |
ba84ed95 RW |
156 | Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig, |
157 | old_ordering, s4_nonvs } | |
ada9cfdd RD |
158 | See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on |
159 | s3_bios and s3_mode. | |
23b168d4 PM |
160 | s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep |
161 | as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called. | |
bdfe6b7c SL |
162 | s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being |
163 | used during resume from hibernation. | |
d8f3de0d | 164 | old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS |
ada9cfdd RD |
165 | control method, with respect to putting devices into |
166 | low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering | |
167 | of _PTS is used by default). | |
ba84ed95 RW |
168 | s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the |
169 | ACPI NVS memory during hibernation. | |
a9913044 | 170 | |
1da177e4 | 171 | acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode |
a9913044 | 172 | Format: { level | edge | high | low } |
1da177e4 | 173 | |
a9913044 RD |
174 | acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI] |
175 | ACPI will balance active IRQs | |
176 | default in APIC mode | |
1da177e4 | 177 | |
a9913044 RD |
178 | acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI] |
179 | ACPI will not move active IRQs (default) | |
180 | default in PIC mode | |
1da177e4 | 181 | |
a9913044 RD |
182 | acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for |
183 | use by PCI | |
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184 | Format: <irq>,<irq>... |
185 | ||
a9913044 | 186 | acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA |
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187 | Format: <irq>,<irq>... |
188 | ||
67effe8f LB |
189 | acpi_no_auto_ssdt [HW,ACPI] Disable automatic loading of SSDT |
190 | ||
a1f9e65e LB |
191 | acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS |
192 | Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows" | |
193 | ||
ae00d812 LB |
194 | acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings |
195 | acpi_osi="string1" # add string1 -- only one string | |
196 | acpi_osi="!string2" # remove built-in string2 | |
197 | acpi_osi= # disable all strings | |
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198 | |
199 | acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods | |
200 | ||
201 | acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI] | |
202 | Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override. | |
203 | For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer. | |
ada9cfdd | 204 | acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI] |
fa18f477 AK |
205 | Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards |
206 | that require a timer override, but don't have | |
207 | HPET | |
1da177e4 | 208 | |
c3d6de69 TR |
209 | acpi_backlight= [HW,ACPI] |
210 | acpi_backlight=vendor | |
211 | acpi_backlight=video | |
212 | If set to vendor, prefer vendor specific driver | |
213 | (e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead | |
214 | of the ACPI video.ko driver. | |
215 | ||
216 | acpi_display_output= [HW,ACPI] | |
217 | acpi_display_output=vendor | |
218 | acpi_display_output=video | |
219 | See above. | |
220 | ||
a0d84a92 BH |
221 | acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG] |
222 | acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG] | |
1da177e4 | 223 | Format: <int> |
a0d84a92 BH |
224 | CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI |
225 | debug output. Bits in debug_layer correspond to a | |
226 | _COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g., | |
227 | #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT | |
228 | Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in | |
229 | ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g., | |
230 | ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ... | |
e76f4276 BH |
231 | The debug_level mask defaults to "info". See |
232 | Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about | |
233 | debug layers and levels. | |
a0d84a92 | 234 | |
e76f4276 BH |
235 | Enable processor driver info messages: |
236 | acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000 | |
237 | Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages: | |
238 | acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 | |
a0d84a92 BH |
239 | Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug |
240 | object while interpreting AML: | |
241 | acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2 | |
a0d84a92 BH |
242 | Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware: |
243 | acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff | |
244 | ||
245 | Some values produce so much output that the system is | |
246 | unusable. The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful | |
247 | if you need to capture more output. | |
f989106c | 248 | |
f5adfaa3 ZY |
249 | acpi.power_nocheck= [HW,ACPI] |
250 | Format: 1/0 enable/disable the check of power state. | |
251 | On some bogus BIOS the _PSC object/_STA object of | |
252 | power resource can't return the correct device power | |
253 | state. In such case it is unneccessary to check its | |
254 | power state again in power transition. | |
255 | 1 : disable the power state check | |
256 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 257 | acpi_pm_good [X86-32,X86-64] |
5d0cf410 JS |
258 | Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel |
259 | to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value | |
260 | and always returns good values. | |
261 | ||
c99c108a CE |
262 | agp= [AGP] |
263 | { off | try_unsupported } | |
264 | off: disable AGP support | |
265 | try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets | |
266 | (may crash computer or cause data corruption) | |
267 | ||
66759a01 CE |
268 | enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] |
269 | Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer | |
a9913044 RD |
270 | Can be useful to work around chipset bugs |
271 | (in particular on some ATI chipsets). | |
66759a01 CE |
272 | The kernel tries to set a reasonable default. |
273 | ||
274 | disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] | |
275 | Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer | |
276 | Can be useful to work around chipset bugs. | |
277 | ||
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278 | ad1848= [HW,OSS] |
279 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type> | |
280 | ||
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281 | advansys= [HW,SCSI] |
282 | See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c. | |
283 | ||
284 | advwdt= [HW,WDT] Advantech WDT | |
285 | Format: <iostart>,<iostop> | |
286 | ||
287 | aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16 | |
288 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
289 | See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c. | |
a9913044 | 290 | |
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291 | aha152x= [HW,SCSI] |
292 | See Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt. | |
293 | ||
294 | aha1542= [HW,SCSI] | |
295 | Format: <portbase>[,<buson>,<busoff>[,<dmaspeed>]] | |
296 | ||
297 | aic7xxx= [HW,SCSI] | |
298 | See Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt. | |
299 | ||
300 | aic79xx= [HW,SCSI] | |
301 | See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt. | |
302 | ||
54b4cbd2 JR |
303 | amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84] |
304 | Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system. | |
305 | Possible values are: | |
54b4cbd2 JR |
306 | isolate - enable device isolation (each device, as far |
307 | as possible, will get its own protection | |
3ce1f93c | 308 | domain) [default] |
e5e1f606 JR |
309 | share - put every device behind one IOMMU into the |
310 | same protection domain | |
afa9fdc2 FT |
311 | fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when |
312 | they are unmapped. Otherwise they are | |
313 | flushed before they will be reused, which | |
314 | is a lot of faster | |
315 | ||
54b4cbd2 JR |
316 | amd_iommu_size= [HW,X86-64] |
317 | Define the size of the aperture for the AMD IOMMU | |
318 | driver. Possible values are: | |
319 | '32M', '64M' (default), '128M', '256M', '512M', '1G' | |
320 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
321 | amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support |
322 | Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT | |
323 | Format: <a>,<b> | |
324 | See also Documentation/kernel/input/joystick.txt | |
325 | ||
326 | analog.map= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support | |
327 | Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick | |
328 | connected to one of 16 gameports | |
329 | Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16> | |
330 | ||
a9913044 RD |
331 | apc= [HW,SPARC] |
332 | Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.) | |
1da177e4 LT |
333 | Format: noidle |
334 | Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does | |
335 | not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have | |
336 | APC and your system crashes randomly. | |
337 | ||
c8facbb6 RD |
338 | apic= [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller |
339 | Change the output verbosity whilst booting | |
1da177e4 LT |
340 | Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } |
341 | Change the amount of debugging information output | |
342 | when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components. | |
a9913044 | 343 | |
1da177e4 | 344 | apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management |
71f77055 | 345 | See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c. |
1da177e4 | 346 | |
1da177e4 LT |
347 | arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards |
348 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID> | |
349 | ||
350 | ataflop= [HW,M68k] | |
351 | ||
352 | atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse | |
353 | ||
354 | atascsi= [HW,SCSI] Atari SCSI | |
355 | ||
356 | atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess, | |
357 | EzKey and similar keyboards | |
358 | ||
359 | atkbd.reset= [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization | |
360 | ||
a9913044 RD |
361 | atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set |
362 | Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2) | |
1da177e4 LT |
363 | |
364 | atkbd.scroll= [HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar | |
365 | keyboards | |
366 | ||
367 | atkbd.softraw= [HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode | |
368 | Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default)) | |
a9913044 RD |
369 | |
370 | atkbd.softrepeat= [HW] | |
371 | Use software keyboard repeat | |
1da177e4 LT |
372 | |
373 | autotest [IA64] | |
374 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
375 | baycom_epp= [HW,AX25] |
376 | Format: <io>,<mode> | |
a9913044 | 377 | |
1da177e4 LT |
378 | baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem |
379 | Format: <io>,<mode> | |
380 | See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c. | |
381 | ||
a9913044 RD |
382 | baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25] |
383 | BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode) | |
1da177e4 LT |
384 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>] |
385 | See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c. | |
386 | ||
a9913044 RD |
387 | baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25] |
388 | BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode) | |
1da177e4 LT |
389 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode> |
390 | See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c. | |
391 | ||
bfe8df3d RD |
392 | boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot. |
393 | Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to | |
394 | no delay (0). | |
395 | Format: integer | |
396 | ||
35fc908d AH |
397 | bootmem_debug [KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages. |
398 | ||
1da177e4 | 399 | bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards) |
a9913044 RD |
400 | bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as |
401 | kernel args too. | |
1da177e4 LT |
402 | bttv.pll= See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options |
403 | bttv.tuner= and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST | |
404 | ||
405 | BusLogic= [HW,SCSI] | |
406 | See drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c, comment before function | |
407 | BusLogic_ParseDriverOptions(). | |
408 | ||
409 | c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card | |
410 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 411 | cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection. |
1da177e4 LT |
412 | Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache |
413 | size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds | |
414 | to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not | |
415 | possible to determine what the correct size should be. | |
416 | This option provides an override for these situations. | |
417 | ||
076c54c5 AD |
418 | security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot. |
419 | If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first | |
420 | security module asking for security registration will be | |
421 | loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated | |
422 | as if no module has been chosen. | |
423 | ||
20510f2f JM |
424 | capability.disable= |
425 | [SECURITY] Disable capabilities. This would normally | |
426 | be used only if an alternative security model is to be | |
427 | configured. Potentially dangerous and should only be | |
428 | used if you are entirely sure of the consequences. | |
429 | ||
14ff56bb SO |
430 | ccw_timeout_log [S390] |
431 | See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. | |
1da177e4 | 432 | |
8bab8dde PM |
433 | cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller |
434 | Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable} | |
435 | {Currently supported controllers - "memory"} | |
436 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
437 | checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. |
438 | Format: { "0" | "1" } | |
439 | See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. | |
a9913044 RD |
440 | 0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes |
441 | any implied execute protection). | |
1da177e4 LT |
442 | 1 -- check protection requested by application. |
443 | Default value is set via a kernel config option. | |
a9913044 RD |
444 | Value can be changed at runtime via |
445 | /selinux/checkreqprot. | |
446 | ||
661ca0da SO |
447 | cio_ignore= [S390] |
448 | See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. | |
449 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 450 | clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override. |
734efb46 | 451 | [Deprecated] |
3f6dee9b | 452 | Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used |
734efb46 | 453 | when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified |
3f6dee9b | 454 | clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. |
1da177e4 LT |
455 | Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } |
456 | ||
3d6ac984 RD |
457 | clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource |
458 | Format: <string> | |
459 | Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource | |
460 | with the name specified. | |
461 | Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on | |
462 | the platform: | |
463 | [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource) | |
464 | [ACPI] acpi_pm | |
465 | [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2, | |
466 | pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1 | |
467 | [AVR32] avr32 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 468 | [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer; |
3d6ac984 RD |
469 | scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440 |
470 | [MIPS] MIPS | |
471 | [PARISC] cr16 | |
472 | [S390] tod | |
473 | [SH] SuperH | |
474 | [SPARC64] tick | |
475 | [X86-64] hpet,tsc | |
476 | ||
ac72e788 AK |
477 | clearcpuid=BITNUM [X86] |
478 | Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See | |
07983f0e RD |
479 | arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h for the valid bit |
480 | numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily | |
ac72e788 AK |
481 | stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific |
482 | ones should be. | |
483 | Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly | |
484 | or using the feature without checking anything | |
485 | will still see it. This just prevents it from | |
486 | being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo. | |
487 | Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable | |
488 | some critical bits. | |
489 | ||
a25bd949 AV |
490 | code_bytes [IA32/X86_64] How many bytes of object code to print |
491 | in an oops report. | |
86c41837 CE |
492 | Range: 0 - 8192 |
493 | Default: 64 | |
494 | ||
b17530bd TG |
495 | hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage |
496 | Format: { enable (default) | disable | force } | |
497 | disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead | |
d79a5f80 CC |
498 | force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4, |
499 | VIA, nVidia) | |
1da177e4 | 500 | |
1da177e4 | 501 | com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset |
a9913044 RD |
502 | Format: |
503 | <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]] | |
1da177e4 LT |
504 | |
505 | com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers) | |
506 | Format: <io>[,<irq>] | |
507 | ||
a9913044 RD |
508 | com90xx= [HW,NET] |
509 | ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers) | |
1da177e4 LT |
510 | Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]] |
511 | ||
512 | condev= [HW,S390] console device | |
513 | conmode= | |
a9913044 | 514 | |
1da177e4 LT |
515 | console= [KNL] Output console device and options. |
516 | ||
517 | tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>. | |
518 | ||
519 | ttyS<n>[,options] | |
f1a1c2dc | 520 | ttyUSB0[,options] |
1da177e4 | 521 | Use the specified serial port. The options are of |
f1a1c2dc RD |
522 | the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate, |
523 | "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of | |
524 | bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or | |
525 | omit it). Default is "9600n8". | |
526 | ||
527 | See Documentation/serial-console.txt for more | |
528 | information. See | |
529 | Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an | |
530 | alternative. | |
1da177e4 | 531 | |
18a8bd94 YL |
532 | uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] |
533 | uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] | |
1da177e4 LT |
534 | Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 |
535 | UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address, | |
536 | switching to the matching ttyS device later. The | |
537 | options are the same as for ttyS, above. | |
538 | ||
f7511d5f ST |
539 | If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille |
540 | device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance | |
541 | console=brl,ttyS0 | |
542 | For now, only VisioBraille is supported. | |
543 | ||
18a8bd94 YL |
544 | earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. |
545 | uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] | |
546 | uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] | |
547 | Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 | |
548 | UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address. | |
549 | The options are the same as for ttyS, above. | |
550 | ||
8f4ce8c3 AS |
551 | no_console_suspend |
552 | [HW] Never suspend the console | |
553 | Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and | |
554 | hibernate operations. Once disabled, debugging | |
555 | messages can reach various consoles while the rest | |
556 | of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while | |
557 | debugging driver suspend/resume hooks). This may | |
558 | not work reliably with all consoles, but is known | |
559 | to work with serial and VGA consoles. | |
560 | ||
4cb0e11b HK |
561 | coredump_filter= |
562 | [KNL] Change the default value for | |
563 | /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter. | |
564 | See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt. | |
565 | ||
1da177e4 | 566 | cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver |
a9913044 RD |
567 | Format: |
568 | <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] | |
1da177e4 | 569 | |
dc009d92 EB |
570 | crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] |
571 | [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to | |
572 | hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic. | |
573 | ||
fb391599 BW |
574 | crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset] |
575 | [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory | |
576 | in the running system. The syntax of range is | |
577 | start-[end] where start and end are both | |
578 | a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also | |
579 | Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for a example. | |
580 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
581 | cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] |
582 | Format: <dma> | |
583 | ||
584 | cs89x0_media= [HW,NET] | |
585 | Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc } | |
a9913044 | 586 | |
a9913044 | 587 | dasd= [HW,NET] |
1da177e4 LT |
588 | See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c. |
589 | ||
590 | db9.dev[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port | |
591 | (one device per port) | |
592 | Format: <port#>,<type> | |
593 | See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt | |
594 | ||
595 | debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). | |
596 | ||
cae2ed9a IM |
597 | debug_locks_verbose= |
598 | [KNL] verbose self-tests | |
599 | Format=<0|1> | |
600 | Print debugging info while doing the locking API | |
601 | self-tests. | |
602 | We default to 0 (no extra messages), setting it to | |
603 | 1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally | |
604 | only useful to kernel developers. | |
605 | ||
3ac7fe5a TG |
606 | debug_objects [KNL] Enable object debugging |
607 | ||
d3af01f1 TG |
608 | debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging |
609 | ||
2d27a966 | 610 | decnet.addr= [HW,NET] |
1da177e4 LT |
611 | Format: <area>[,<node>] |
612 | See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt. | |
613 | ||
ecb77fa9 | 614 | vt.default_blu= [VT] |
55ff9780 AD |
615 | Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15> |
616 | Change the default blue palette of the console. | |
617 | This is a 16-member array composed of values | |
618 | ranging from 0-255. | |
619 | ||
ecb77fa9 | 620 | vt.default_grn= [VT] |
55ff9780 AD |
621 | Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15> |
622 | Change the default green palette of the console. | |
623 | This is a 16-member array composed of values | |
624 | ranging from 0-255. | |
625 | ||
ecb77fa9 | 626 | vt.default_red= [VT] |
55ff9780 AD |
627 | Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15> |
628 | Change the default red palette of the console. | |
629 | This is a 16-member array composed of values | |
630 | ranging from 0-255. | |
631 | ||
ecb77fa9 ST |
632 | vt.default_utf8= |
633 | [VT] | |
55ff9780 AD |
634 | Format=<0|1> |
635 | Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's. | |
ecb77fa9 ST |
636 | Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all |
637 | newly opened terminals. | |
55ff9780 | 638 | |
1da177e4 LT |
639 | dhash_entries= [KNL] |
640 | Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. | |
a9913044 | 641 | |
1da177e4 LT |
642 | digi= [HW,SERIAL] |
643 | IO parameters + enable/disable command. | |
644 | ||
645 | digiepca= [HW,SERIAL] | |
646 | See drivers/char/README.epca and | |
31c00fc1 | 647 | Documentation/serial/digiepca.txt. |
1da177e4 | 648 | |
95ffa243 YL |
649 | disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] |
650 | enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] | |
651 | The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous | |
652 | to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB | |
653 | entry later. This parameter enables/disables that. | |
654 | ||
655 | mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86] | |
656 | used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continous chunk | |
657 | that could hold holes aka. UC entries. | |
658 | ||
659 | mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86] | |
12031a62 YL |
660 | Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block. |
661 | Default is 1. | |
662 | Large value could prevent small alignment from | |
663 | using up MTRRs. | |
664 | ||
665 | mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86] | |
666 | Format: <integer> | |
667 | Range: 0,7 : spare reg number | |
668 | Default : 1 | |
669 | Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number. | |
670 | Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more. | |
95ffa243 | 671 | |
093af8d7 | 672 | disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only] |
99fc8d42 JB |
673 | By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable |
674 | memory out of your available memory pool based on | |
675 | MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior, | |
676 | possibly causing your machine to run very slowly. | |
677 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
678 | dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers |
679 | ||
680 | dscc4.setup= [NET] | |
681 | ||
682 | dtc3181e= [HW,SCSI] | |
683 | ||
0ae53640 | 684 | earlyprintk= [X86-32,X86-64,SH,BLACKFIN] |
1da177e4 LT |
685 | earlyprintk=vga |
686 | earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]] | |
5c05917e | 687 | earlyprintk=dbgp |
1da177e4 | 688 | |
a9913044 | 689 | Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console |
1da177e4 LT |
690 | takes over. |
691 | ||
5c05917e | 692 | Only vga or serial or usb debug port at a time. |
1da177e4 LT |
693 | |
694 | Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 are supported. | |
695 | ||
696 | Interaction with the standard serial driver is not | |
697 | very good. | |
698 | ||
699 | The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real | |
700 | console. | |
701 | ||
702 | eata= [HW,SCSI] | |
703 | ||
1da177e4 | 704 | edd= [EDD] |
8c4dd606 | 705 | Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"} |
1da177e4 | 706 | |
1da177e4 LT |
707 | eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW] |
708 | See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c. | |
709 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 710 | elanfreq= [X86-32] |
1da177e4 | 711 | See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in |
71f77055 | 712 | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c. |
1da177e4 LT |
713 | |
714 | elevator= [IOSCHED] | |
16ab3adf | 715 | Format: {"anticipatory" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"} |
a9913044 RD |
716 | See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and |
717 | Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details. | |
718 | ||
e515a0d6 | 719 | elfcorehdr= [IA64,PPC,SH,X86-32,X86_64] |
a9913044 | 720 | Specifies physical address of start of kernel core |
aac04b32 VG |
721 | image elf header. Generally kexec loader will |
722 | pass this option to capture kernel. | |
723 | See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details. | |
1da177e4 LT |
724 | |
725 | enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status. | |
726 | Format: {"0" | "1"} | |
727 | See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. | |
728 | 0 -- permissive (log only, no denials). | |
729 | 1 -- enforcing (deny and log). | |
730 | Default value is 0. | |
731 | Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce. | |
732 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
733 | ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters |
734 | This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which | |
735 | has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details. | |
736 | ||
737 | eurwdt= [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog. | |
738 | Format: <io>[,<irq>] | |
739 | ||
de1ba09b AM |
740 | failslab= |
741 | fail_page_alloc= | |
742 | fail_make_request=[KNL] | |
743 | General fault injection mechanism. | |
744 | Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times> | |
745 | See also /Documentation/fault-injection/. | |
746 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
747 | fd_mcs= [HW,SCSI] |
748 | See header of drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c. | |
749 | ||
750 | fdomain= [HW,SCSI] | |
751 | See header of drivers/scsi/fdomain.c. | |
752 | ||
753 | floppy= [HW] | |
31c00fc1 | 754 | See Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt. |
1da177e4 | 755 | |
f13ae30e AC |
756 | force_pal_cache_flush |
757 | [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on | |
758 | buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this | |
759 | parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call | |
760 | ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH. | |
761 | ||
d9e54076 PZ |
762 | ftrace=[tracer] |
763 | [ftrace] will set and start the specified tracer | |
764 | as early as possible in order to facilitate early | |
765 | boot debugging. | |
766 | ||
767 | ftrace_dump_on_oops | |
768 | [ftrace] will dump the trace buffers on oops. | |
769 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
770 | gamecon.map[2|3]= |
771 | [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad | |
772 | support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) | |
773 | Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5> | |
774 | See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt | |
775 | ||
776 | gamma= [HW,DRM] | |
777 | ||
aaf23042 YL |
778 | gart_fix_e820= [X86_64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART |
779 | Format: off | on | |
780 | default: on | |
781 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
782 | gdth= [HW,SCSI] |
783 | See header of drivers/scsi/gdth.c. | |
784 | ||
785 | gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but | |
786 | invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. | |
787 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
788 | gvp11= [HW,SCSI] |
789 | ||
790 | hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot | |
791 | are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on | |
792 | for IA-64, off otherwise. | |
a9913044 | 793 | Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) |
1da177e4 LT |
794 | |
795 | hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer | |
796 | ||
797 | hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry | |
798 | Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect> | |
799 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
800 | highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact |
801 | size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no | |
802 | highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem | |
803 | size on bigger boxes. | |
804 | ||
54cdfdb4 TG |
805 | highres= [KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode. |
806 | Valid parameters: "on", "off" | |
807 | Default: "on" | |
808 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
809 | hisax= [HW,ISDN] |
810 | See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax. | |
811 | ||
b4718e62 AK |
812 | hugepages= [HW,X86-32,IA-64] HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot. |
813 | hugepagesz= [HW,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] The size of the HugeTLB pages. | |
0d9ea754 JT |
814 | On x86-64 and powerpc, this option can be specified |
815 | multiple times interleaved with hugepages= to reserve | |
816 | huge pages of different sizes. Valid pages sizes on | |
817 | x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G | |
818 | (when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag) | |
b4718e62 AK |
819 | Note that 1GB pages can only be allocated at boot time |
820 | using hugepages= and not freed afterwards. | |
e11bfbfc NP |
821 | default_hugepagesz= |
822 | [same as hugepagesz=] The size of the default | |
823 | HugeTLB page size. This is the size represented by | |
824 | the legacy /proc/ hugepages APIs, used for SHM, and | |
825 | default size when mounting hugetlbfs filesystems. | |
826 | Defaults to the default architecture's huge page size | |
827 | if not specified. | |
1da177e4 | 828 | |
6902aa84 PM |
829 | hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] |
830 | ||
555d61d6 HB |
831 | hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC) |
832 | terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8 | |
cef7125d | 833 | |
36d95739 | 834 | i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode |
1da177e4 | 835 | i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode |
84eb8d06 ML |
836 | i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from |
837 | keyboard and cannot control its state | |
1da177e4 LT |
838 | (Don't attempt to blink the leds) |
839 | i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port | |
945ef0d4 | 840 | i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port |
75d08c78 JK |
841 | i8042.noloop [HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing |
842 | for the AUX port | |
1da177e4 LT |
843 | i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing |
844 | controller | |
845 | i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX | |
846 | controllers | |
847 | i8042.panicblink= | |
848 | [HW] Frequency with which keyboard LEDs should blink | |
849 | when kernel panics (default is 0.5 sec) | |
850 | i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup | |
851 | i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock | |
852 | ||
853 | i810= [HW,DRM] | |
854 | ||
e70c9d5e DT |
855 | i8k.ignore_dmi [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data |
856 | indicates that the driver is running on unsupported | |
857 | hardware. | |
1da177e4 LT |
858 | i8k.force [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature |
859 | does not match list of supported models. | |
860 | i8k.power_status | |
861 | [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k | |
862 | (disabled by default) | |
863 | i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN | |
864 | capability is set. | |
865 | ||
866 | ibmmcascsi= [HW,MCA,SCSI] IBM MicroChannel SCSI adapter | |
867 | See Documentation/mca.txt. | |
868 | ||
869 | icn= [HW,ISDN] | |
870 | Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]] | |
871 | ||
0af80c04 DF |
872 | ide-core.nodma= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem |
873 | Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc | |
874 | .vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .noprobe .nowerr .cdrom | |
875 | .chs .ignore_cable are additional options | |
1c10e938 | 876 | See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. |
1da177e4 | 877 | |
1da177e4 | 878 | idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed |
1c10e938 | 879 | See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. |
1da177e4 | 880 | |
f039b754 | 881 | idle= [X86] |
ada9cfdd RD |
882 | Format: idle=poll, idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait |
883 | Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly | |
884 | improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but | |
885 | will use a lot of power and make the system run hot. | |
886 | Not recommended. | |
887 | idle=mwait: On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but | |
888 | the kernel chose to not use it because it doesn't save | |
889 | as much power as a normal idle loop, use the | |
890 | MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be | |
891 | the same as idle=poll. | |
892 | idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle. | |
c1e3b377 | 893 | In such case C2/C3 won't be used again. |
ada9cfdd | 894 | idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states |
a9913044 | 895 | |
594765a7 DC |
896 | ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem |
897 | Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers. | |
898 | ||
79290822 IM |
899 | ignore_loglevel [KNL] |
900 | Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ | |
901 | kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging. | |
902 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
903 | ihash_entries= [KNL] |
904 | Set number of hash buckets for inode cache. | |
905 | ||
906 | in2000= [HW,SCSI] | |
907 | See header of drivers/scsi/in2000.c. | |
908 | ||
909 | init= [KNL] | |
910 | Format: <full_path> | |
911 | Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init | |
912 | process. | |
913 | ||
914 | initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful | |
915 | for working out where the kernel is dying during | |
916 | startup. | |
917 | ||
918 | initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk | |
919 | ||
920 | inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver | |
921 | Format: <irq> | |
922 | ||
923 | inttest= [IA64] | |
924 | ||
e8de1481 AV |
925 | iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory |
926 | strict regions from userspace. | |
927 | relaxed | |
928 | ||
b552da87 PM |
929 | iommu= [x86] |
930 | off | |
931 | force | |
932 | noforce | |
933 | biomerge | |
934 | panic | |
935 | nopanic | |
936 | merge | |
937 | nomerge | |
938 | forcesac | |
939 | soft | |
940 | ||
941 | ||
ba395927 | 942 | intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option |
0cd5c3c8 KM |
943 | on |
944 | Enable intel iommu driver. | |
ba395927 KA |
945 | off |
946 | Disable intel iommu driver. | |
947 | igfx_off [Default Off] | |
948 | By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx | |
949 | device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is | |
950 | bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In | |
951 | this case, gfx device will use physical address for | |
952 | DMA. | |
7d3b03ce KA |
953 | forcedac [x86_64] |
954 | With this option iommu will not optimize to look | |
955 | for io virtual address below 32 bit forcing dual | |
956 | address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater | |
957 | than 32 bit addressing. The default is to look | |
958 | for translation below 32 bit and if not available | |
959 | then look in the higher range. | |
5e0d2a6f | 960 | strict [Default Off] |
961 | With this option on every unmap_single operation will | |
962 | result in a hardware IOTLB flush operation as opposed | |
963 | to batching them for performance. | |
ba395927 | 964 | |
b02aae9c | 965 | io_delay= [X86-32,X86-64] I/O delay method |
6e7c4025 IM |
966 | 0x80 |
967 | Standard port 0x80 based delay | |
968 | 0xed | |
969 | Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems) | |
b02aae9c | 970 | udelay |
6e7c4025 IM |
971 | Simple two microseconds delay |
972 | none | |
973 | No delay | |
b02aae9c | 974 | |
1da177e4 LT |
975 | io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems |
976 | See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in | |
977 | arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c. | |
978 | ||
979 | ip= [IP_PNP] | |
6ded55da | 980 | See Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt. |
1da177e4 LT |
981 | |
982 | ip2= [HW] Set IO/IRQ pairs for up to 4 IntelliPort boards | |
c8facbb6 RD |
983 | See comment before ip2_setup() in |
984 | drivers/char/ip2/ip2base.c. | |
1da177e4 LT |
985 | |
986 | ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller | |
987 | See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c. | |
988 | ||
72c4a13a SH |
989 | ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module |
990 | Default is 21. | |
991 | Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports | |
992 | may be specified. | |
993 | Format: <port>,<port>.... | |
994 | ||
200803df AC |
995 | irqfixup [HW] |
996 | When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers | |
997 | for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken | |
998 | firmware running. | |
999 | ||
1000 | irqpoll [HW] | |
1001 | When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers | |
1002 | for it. Also check all handlers each timer | |
1003 | interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken | |
1004 | firmware running. | |
1005 | ||
1da177e4 | 1006 | isapnp= [ISAPNP] |
a9913044 | 1007 | Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity> |
1da177e4 LT |
1008 | |
1009 | isolcpus= [KNL,SMP] Isolate CPUs from the general scheduler. | |
22f2e280 DF |
1010 | Format: |
1011 | <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> | |
1012 | or | |
b225d44e LZ |
1013 | <cpu number>-<cpu number> |
1014 | (must be a positive range in ascending order) | |
22f2e280 DF |
1015 | or a mixture |
1016 | <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> | |
b225d44e | 1017 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1018 | This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs |
1019 | to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling | |
b225d44e LZ |
1020 | algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an |
1021 | "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1022 | <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is |
1023 | "number of CPUs in system - 1". | |
1024 | ||
1025 | This option is the preferred way to isolate CPUs. The | |
a9913044 RD |
1026 | alternative -- manually setting the CPU mask of all |
1027 | tasks in the system -- can cause problems and | |
1028 | suboptimal load balancer performance. | |
1da177e4 | 1029 | |
a9913044 | 1030 | iucv= [HW,NET] |
1da177e4 LT |
1031 | |
1032 | js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick | |
1033 | See Documentation/input/joystick.txt. | |
1034 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1035 | kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter |
ed7ed365 MG |
1036 | specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel |
1037 | for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is | |
1038 | spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The | |
1039 | remaining memory in each node is used for Movable | |
1040 | pages. In the event, a node is too small to have both | |
1041 | kernelcore and Movable pages, kernelcore pages will | |
1042 | take priority and other nodes will have a larger number | |
1043 | of kernelcore pages. The Movable zone is used for the | |
1044 | allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved | |
1045 | by the page migration subsystem. This means that | |
1046 | HugeTLB pages may not be allocated from this zone. | |
1047 | Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem still | |
1048 | use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal | |
1049 | zone if it does not. | |
1050 | ||
b9ce08c0 EGM |
1051 | kmemtrace.enable= [KNL,KMEMTRACE] Format: { yes | no } |
1052 | Controls whether kmemtrace is enabled | |
1053 | at boot-time. | |
1054 | ||
1055 | kmemtrace.subbufs=n [KNL,KMEMTRACE] Overrides the number of | |
1056 | subbufs kmemtrace's relay channel has. Set this | |
1057 | higher than default (KMEMTRACE_N_SUBBUFS in code) if | |
1058 | you experience buffer overruns. | |
1059 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1060 | movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,X86-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter |
7e63efef MG |
1061 | is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the |
1062 | amount of memory used for migratable allocations. | |
1063 | If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified, | |
1064 | then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified | |
1065 | value but may be more. If movablecore on its own | |
1066 | is specified, the administrator must be careful | |
1067 | that the amount of memory usable for all allocations | |
1068 | is not too small. | |
1069 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1070 | keepinitrd [HW,ARM] |
1071 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1072 | kstack=N [X86-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack |
1da177e4 LT |
1073 | in oops dumps. |
1074 | ||
6cdf6e06 JW |
1075 | kgdboc= [HW] kgdb over consoles. |
1076 | Requires a tty driver that supports console polling. | |
1077 | (only serial suported for now) | |
1078 | Format: <serial_device>[,baud] | |
1079 | ||
9bed90c6 FF |
1080 | kmac= [MIPS] korina ethernet MAC address. |
1081 | Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip | |
1082 | Ethernet adapter MAC address. | |
1083 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1084 | l2cr= [PPC] |
1085 | ||
a78bfbfc RB |
1086 | l3cr= [PPC] |
1087 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1088 | lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS |
a9913044 | 1089 | disabled it. |
1da177e4 | 1090 | |
ada9cfdd RD |
1091 | lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86-32,x86-64,APIC] trust the local apic timer |
1092 | in C2 power state. | |
e585bef8 | 1093 | |
fcb71f6f FC |
1094 | libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control |
1095 | libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA | |
1096 | libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only | |
1097 | libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only | |
1098 | libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only | |
1099 | Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA | |
1100 | for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs. | |
1101 | ||
78e70c23 DJ |
1102 | libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume |
1103 | when set. | |
1104 | Format: <int> | |
1105 | ||
33267325 TH |
1106 | libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is comma |
1107 | separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is | |
1108 | PORT[:DEVICE]. PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers | |
1109 | matching port, link or device. Basically, it matches | |
1110 | the ATA ID string printed on console by libata. If | |
1111 | the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE | |
1112 | values are used. If ID hasn't been specified yet, the | |
1113 | configuration applies to all ports, links and devices. | |
1114 | ||
1115 | If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to | |
1116 | the port and all links and devices behind it. DEVICE | |
1117 | number of 0 either selects the first device or the | |
1118 | first fan-out link behind PMP device. It does not | |
1119 | select the host link. DEVICE number of 15 selects the | |
1120 | host link and device attached to it. | |
1121 | ||
1122 | The VAL specifies the configuration to force. As long | |
1123 | as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed. | |
1124 | For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps. | |
1125 | The following configurations can be forced. | |
1126 | ||
1127 | * Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata. | |
1128 | Any ID with matching PORT is used. | |
1129 | ||
1130 | * SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps. | |
1131 | ||
1132 | * Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7]. | |
1133 | udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also | |
1134 | allowed. | |
1135 | ||
1136 | * [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ. | |
1137 | ||
05944bdf TH |
1138 | * nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft |
1139 | and both resets. | |
1140 | ||
33267325 TH |
1141 | If there are multiple matching configurations changing |
1142 | the same attribute, the last one is used. | |
1143 | ||
7c4be253 RD |
1144 | lmb=debug [KNL] Enable lmb debug messages. |
1145 | ||
1da177e4 | 1146 | load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy |
31c00fc1 | 1147 | See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. |
1da177e4 | 1148 | |
a6b25b67 RD |
1149 | lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period. |
1150 | Format: <integer> | |
1da177e4 | 1151 | |
a6b25b67 RD |
1152 | lockd.nlm_tcpport=N [NFS] Assign TCP port. |
1153 | Format: <integer> | |
1154 | ||
1155 | lockd.nlm_timeout=T [NFS] Assign timeout value. | |
1156 | Format: <integer> | |
1157 | ||
1158 | lockd.nlm_udpport=M [NFS] Assign UDP port. | |
1159 | Format: <integer> | |
1da177e4 LT |
1160 | |
1161 | logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver | |
1162 | Format: <irq> | |
1163 | ||
1164 | loglevel= All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the | |
1165 | console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can | |
1166 | also be changed with klogd or other programs. The | |
1167 | loglevels are defined as follows: | |
1168 | ||
1169 | 0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable | |
1170 | 1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately | |
1171 | 2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions | |
1172 | 3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions | |
1173 | 4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions | |
1174 | 5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition | |
1175 | 6 (KERN_INFO) informational | |
1176 | 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages | |
1177 | ||
1178 | log_buf_len=n Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes. | |
a9913044 RD |
1179 | Format: { n | nk | nM } |
1180 | n must be a power of two. The default size | |
1181 | is set in the kernel config file. | |
1da177e4 | 1182 | |
accaa24c RD |
1183 | logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo. |
1184 | This may be used to provide more screen space for | |
1185 | kernel log messages and is useful when debugging | |
1186 | kernel boot problems. | |
1187 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1188 | lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g, |
1189 | lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses | |
1190 | lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the | |
1191 | lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be | |
1192 | specified in addition to the ports) causes | |
1193 | attached printers to be reset. Using | |
1194 | lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports | |
1195 | to associate lp devices with, starting with | |
1196 | lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip | |
1197 | that lp device, or a parport name such as | |
1198 | 'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a | |
1199 | port specification list means that device IDs | |
1200 | from each port should be examined, to see if | |
1201 | an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if | |
1202 | so, the driver will manage that printer. | |
1203 | See also header of drivers/char/lp.c. | |
1204 | ||
1205 | lpj=n [KNL] | |
1206 | Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding | |
1207 | time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per | |
1208 | CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine | |
1209 | the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal | |
1210 | autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that | |
1211 | on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs, | |
1212 | which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need | |
1213 | significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value | |
1214 | will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to | |
1215 | unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although | |
1216 | unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your | |
1217 | hardware. | |
1218 | ||
1219 | ltpc= [NET] | |
1220 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma> | |
1221 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1222 | mac5380= [HW,SCSI] Format: |
1223 | <can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags> | |
1da177e4 | 1224 | |
a9913044 RD |
1225 | machvec= [IA64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector |
1226 | (machvec) in a generic kernel. | |
1227 | Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb | |
1da177e4 | 1228 | |
a9913044 | 1229 | max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can |
1da177e4 LT |
1230 | be mounted |
1231 | Format: <1-256> | |
1232 | ||
1233 | maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel | |
61ec7567 LB |
1234 | should make use of. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the |
1235 | kernel to using 'n' processors. n=0 is a special case, | |
1236 | it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables | |
1237 | the IO APIC. | |
1da177e4 | 1238 | |
1c207f95 RD |
1239 | max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than |
1240 | or equal to this physical address is ignored. | |
2b2c3750 | 1241 | |
a9913044 | 1242 | max_luns= [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs to probe. |
1da177e4 LT |
1243 | Should be between 1 and 2^32-1. |
1244 | ||
1245 | max_report_luns= | |
a9913044 | 1246 | [SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs received. |
1da177e4 LT |
1247 | Should be between 1 and 16384. |
1248 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1249 | mcatest= [IA-64] |
1250 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1251 | mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception |
1da177e4 | 1252 | |
71cced6e | 1253 | mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt |
909dd324 | 1254 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1255 | md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level |
1256 | See Documentation/md.txt. | |
a9913044 | 1257 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1258 | mdacon= [MDA] |
1259 | Format: <first>,<last> | |
1260 | Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA. | |
a9913044 | 1261 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1262 | mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory |
1263 | Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able | |
1264 | to see the whole system memory or for test. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1265 | [X86-32] Use together with memmap= to avoid physical |
1da177e4 LT |
1266 | address space collisions. Without memmap= PCI devices |
1267 | could be placed at addresses belonging to unused RAM. | |
1268 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1269 | mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel |
1da177e4 LT |
1270 | memory. |
1271 | ||
6902aa84 PM |
1272 | memchunk=nn[KMG] |
1273 | [KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for | |
1274 | per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers. | |
1275 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1276 | memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86-32,X86_64] Enable setting of an exact |
1da177e4 LT |
1277 | E820 memory map, as specified by the user. |
1278 | Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on | |
1279 | BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss | |
1280 | option description. | |
1281 | ||
1282 | memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] | |
1283 | [KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory | |
1284 | Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. | |
1285 | ||
1286 | memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG] | |
1287 | [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data. | |
1288 | Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. | |
1289 | ||
1290 | memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG] | |
1291 | [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved. | |
1292 | Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. | |
1312848e PM |
1293 | Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff |
1294 | memmap=64K$0x18690000 | |
1295 | or | |
1296 | memmap=0x10000$0x18690000 | |
1da177e4 | 1297 | |
9f077871 JF |
1298 | memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86] |
1299 | Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of | |
1300 | memory when doing things like suspend/resume. | |
1301 | Setting this option will scan the memory | |
1302 | looking for corruption. Enabling this will | |
1303 | both detect corruption and prevent the kernel | |
1304 | from using the memory being corrupted. | |
1305 | However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if | |
1306 | repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always | |
1307 | affects the same memory, you can use memmap= | |
1308 | to prevent the kernel from using that memory. | |
1309 | ||
1310 | memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86] | |
1311 | By default it checks for corruption in the low | |
1312 | 64k, making this memory unavailable for normal | |
1313 | use. Use this parameter to scan for | |
1314 | corruption in more or less memory. | |
1315 | ||
1316 | memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86] | |
1317 | By default it checks for corruption every 60 | |
1318 | seconds. Use this parameter to check at some | |
1319 | other rate. 0 disables periodic checking. | |
1320 | ||
caadbdce | 1321 | memtest= [KNL,X86] Enable memtest |
c64df707 | 1322 | Format: <integer> |
c64df707 | 1323 | default : 0 <disable> |
9e5f6cf5 AH |
1324 | Specifies the number of memtest passes to be |
1325 | performed. Each pass selects another test | |
1326 | pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest | |
1327 | fills the memory with this pattern, validates | |
1328 | memory contents and reserves bad memory | |
1329 | regions that are detected. | |
c64df707 | 1330 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1331 | meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters |
1332 | See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt. | |
1333 | ||
8f36881b AS |
1334 | mfgpt_irq= [IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the |
1335 | Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode | |
1336 | platforms. | |
1337 | ||
e6c4dc6c WT |
1338 | mfgptfix [X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when |
1339 | the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS | |
1340 | version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the | |
1341 | problem by letting the user disable the workaround. | |
1342 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1343 | mga= [HW,DRM] |
1344 | ||
1c207f95 RD |
1345 | min_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this |
1346 | physical address is ignored. | |
1347 | ||
6b74ab97 MG |
1348 | mminit_loglevel= |
1349 | [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this | |
1350 | parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for | |
1351 | the additional memory initialisation checks. A value | |
1352 | of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will | |
1353 | log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG | |
1354 | so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified. | |
1355 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1356 | mousedev.tap_time= |
1357 | [MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and | |
1358 | leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered | |
1359 | a tap and be reported as a left button click (for | |
1360 | touchpads working in absolute mode only). | |
1361 | Format: <msecs> | |
1362 | mousedev.xres= [MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices | |
1363 | reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets | |
1364 | mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices | |
1365 | reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets | |
1366 | ||
1367 | mpu401= [HW,OSS] | |
1368 | Format: <io>,<irq> | |
1369 | ||
1370 | MTD_Partition= [MTD] | |
1371 | Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset> | |
1372 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1373 | MTD_Region= [MTD] Format: |
1374 | <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>] | |
1da177e4 LT |
1375 | |
1376 | mtdparts= [MTD] | |
c8facbb6 | 1377 | See drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c. |
1da177e4 | 1378 | |
9db829f4 BD |
1379 | mtdset= [ARM] |
1380 | ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control | |
1381 | ||
1382 | See arch/arm/mach-s3c2412/mach-jive.c | |
1383 | ||
1da177e4 | 1384 | mtouchusb.raw_coordinates= |
a9913044 RD |
1385 | [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates |
1386 | ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n') | |
1da177e4 LT |
1387 | |
1388 | n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card | |
1389 | ||
1390 | NCR_D700= [HW,SCSI] | |
1391 | See header of drivers/scsi/NCR_D700.c. | |
1392 | ||
1393 | ncr5380= [HW,SCSI] | |
1394 | ||
1395 | ncr53c400= [HW,SCSI] | |
1396 | ||
1397 | ncr53c400a= [HW,SCSI] | |
1398 | ||
1399 | ncr53c406a= [HW,SCSI] | |
1400 | ||
1401 | ncr53c8xx= [HW,SCSI] | |
1402 | ||
1403 | netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters | |
1404 | Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name> | |
1405 | Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean | |
1406 | something different and driver-specific. | |
a9913044 RD |
1407 | This usage is only documented in each driver source |
1408 | file if at all. | |
1409 | ||
58401572 KPO |
1410 | nf_conntrack.acct= |
1411 | [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting | |
1412 | 0 to disable accounting | |
1413 | 1 to enable accounting | |
1414 | Default value depends on CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT that is | |
1415 | going to be removed in 2.6.29. | |
1416 | ||
1da177e4 | 1417 | nfsaddrs= [NFS] |
6ded55da | 1418 | See Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt. |
1da177e4 LT |
1419 | |
1420 | nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes. | |
6ded55da | 1421 | See Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt. |
1da177e4 | 1422 | |
a72b4422 TM |
1423 | nfs.callback_tcpport= |
1424 | [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback | |
1425 | channel should listen. | |
1426 | ||
58df095b TM |
1427 | nfs.idmap_cache_timeout= |
1428 | [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache | |
1429 | entries. | |
1430 | ||
f43bf0be TM |
1431 | nfs.enable_ino64= |
1432 | [NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers. | |
1433 | If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode | |
1434 | number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead | |
1435 | of returning the full 64-bit number. | |
1436 | The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers. | |
1437 | ||
e7ba176b HS |
1438 | nmi_debug= [KNL,AVR32] Specify one or more actions to take |
1439 | when a NMI is triggered. | |
1440 | Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] | |
1441 | ||
5b9a0e14 CG |
1442 | nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels |
1443 | Format: [panic,][num] | |
1444 | Valid num: 0,1,2 | |
1445 | 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off | |
1446 | 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog | |
1447 | 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using | |
1448 | a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance | |
1449 | counter and the local APIC's performance vector. | |
1450 | When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. | |
1451 | This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box | |
1452 | quickly up again. | |
1453 | Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following | |
1454 | symbolic names: lapic and ioapic | |
1455 | Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic | |
1da177e4 | 1456 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1457 | no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths |
1da177e4 LT |
1458 | emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor |
1459 | is present. | |
1460 | ||
c1aee215 CL |
1461 | noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien |
1462 | caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory, | |
1463 | but will impact performance. | |
3395ee05 | 1464 | |
a9913044 RD |
1465 | noalign [KNL,ARM] |
1466 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1467 | noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any |
1468 | IOAPICs that may be present in the system. | |
1469 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1470 | nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem |
1471 | on "Classic" PPC cores. | |
1472 | ||
1473 | nocache [ARM] | |
a9913044 | 1474 | |
163ecdff SN |
1475 | nodelayacct [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting |
1476 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1477 | nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects. |
1478 | ||
6902aa84 PM |
1479 | nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time. |
1480 | ||
8b2cb7a8 HY |
1481 | noefi [X86-32,X86-64] Disable EFI runtime services support. |
1482 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1483 | noexec [IA-64] |
1484 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1485 | noexec [X86-32,X86-64] |
f5a1b191 | 1486 | On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels. |
1da177e4 | 1487 | noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) |
f5a1b191 JS |
1488 | noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings |
1489 | ||
1490 | noexec32 [X86-64] | |
1491 | This affects only 32-bit executables. | |
1492 | noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) | |
1493 | read doesn't imply executable mappings | |
1494 | noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings | |
1495 | read implies executable mappings | |
1da177e4 | 1496 | |
6902aa84 PM |
1497 | nofpu [SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time. |
1498 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1499 | nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended |
4f886511 CE |
1500 | register save and restore. The kernel will only save |
1501 | legacy floating-point registers on task switch. | |
1da177e4 | 1502 | |
191679fd AK |
1503 | noclflush [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction |
1504 | ||
6902aa84 | 1505 | nohlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] |
a9913044 | 1506 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1507 | no-hlt [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt |
1da177e4 LT |
1508 | instruction doesn't work correctly and not to |
1509 | use it. | |
1510 | ||
1f29fae2 SH |
1511 | no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The |
1512 | only way then for a file to be executed with privilege | |
1513 | is to be setuid root or executed by root. | |
1514 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1515 | nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving |
1516 | function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases | |
1517 | power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces | |
1518 | interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance | |
1519 | in certain environments such as networked servers or | |
1520 | real-time systems. | |
1521 | ||
79bf2bb3 TG |
1522 | nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks |
1523 | Valid arguments: on, off | |
1524 | Default: on | |
1525 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1526 | noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and |
1da177e4 LT |
1527 | disable unhandled interrupt sources. |
1528 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1529 | no_timer_check [X86-32,X86_64,APIC] Disables the code which tests for |
8542b200 ZA |
1530 | broken timer IRQ sources. |
1531 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1532 | noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code. |
1533 | ||
1534 | noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured | |
1535 | initial RAM disk. | |
1536 | ||
1537 | nointroute [IA-64] | |
1538 | ||
0aa366f3 TL |
1539 | nojitter [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. |
1540 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1541 | nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. |
1da177e4 | 1542 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1543 | nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. |
ad62ca2b | 1544 | |
6e1cb38a SS |
1545 | nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode. |
1546 | ||
af9d1388 SS |
1547 | x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of |
1548 | default x2apic cluster mode on platforms | |
1549 | supporting x2apic. | |
1550 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1551 | noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel |
1552 | lowmem mapping on PPC40x. | |
1553 | ||
312f1f01 H |
1554 | nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling |
1555 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1556 | nomce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception |
abe37e5a | 1557 | |
83d7384f AS |
1558 | nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose |
1559 | Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines). | |
1560 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1561 | noreplace-paravirt [X86-32,PV_OPS] Don't patch paravirt_ops |
959b4fdf | 1562 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1563 | noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions |
b7fb4af0 JF |
1564 | with UP alternatives |
1565 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1566 | noresidual [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines. |
1567 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1568 | noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap |
1569 | space. | |
1570 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1571 | no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback. |
1572 | This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille | |
1573 | reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany). | |
1574 | ||
1575 | nosbagart [IA-64] | |
1576 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1577 | nosep [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support. |
4f886511 | 1578 | |
61ec7567 LB |
1579 | nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel, |
1580 | and disable the IO APIC. legacy for "maxcpus=0". | |
1da177e4 | 1581 | |
97842216 DJ |
1582 | nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector. |
1583 | ||
c077719b KH |
1584 | noswapaccount [KNL] Disable accounting of swap in memory resource |
1585 | controller. (See Documentation/controllers/memory.txt) | |
1586 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1587 | nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. |
1588 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1589 | notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter |
1da177e4 LT |
1590 | |
1591 | nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem | |
1592 | ||
1593 | nowb [ARM] | |
a9913044 | 1594 | |
a6c75b86 FY |
1595 | nptcg= [IA64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB |
1596 | purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or | |
1597 | SAL PALO. | |
1598 | ||
f0c0b2b8 KH |
1599 | numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA. |
1600 | one of ['zone', 'node', 'default'] can be specified | |
1601 | This can be set from sysctl after boot. | |
1602 | See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details. | |
1603 | ||
a61c2d78 DJ |
1604 | nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered. |
1605 | ||
7c4be253 RD |
1606 | ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver. |
1607 | See Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt for more | |
1608 | info. | |
1609 | ||
3ef0e1f8 AS |
1610 | olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands |
1611 | Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC | |
1612 | command is not properly ACKed, override the length | |
1613 | of the timeout. We have interrupts disabled while | |
1614 | waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high | |
1615 | interrupts *may* be lost! | |
1616 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1617 | opl3= [HW,OSS] |
1618 | Format: <io> | |
1619 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1620 | oprofile.timer= [HW] |
1621 | Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters | |
1622 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1623 | osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver |
1624 | Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold> | |
1625 | See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt. | |
1626 | ||
1627 | panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic | |
1628 | Format: <timeout> | |
1629 | ||
1630 | parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is | |
1631 | connected to, default is 0. | |
1632 | Format: <parport#> | |
1633 | parkbd.mode= [HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation, | |
1634 | 0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT). | |
a9913044 RD |
1635 | Format: <mode> |
1636 | ||
1637 | parport= [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables. | |
1638 | Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] } | |
1639 | Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any | |
1640 | IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to | |
1641 | ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of | |
1642 | possible conflicts). You can specify the base | |
1643 | address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA | |
1644 | should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected | |
1645 | settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo' | |
1646 | (to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected). | |
1647 | Parallel ports are assigned in the order they | |
1648 | are specified on the command line, starting | |
1649 | with parport0. | |
1650 | ||
1651 | parport_init_mode= [HW,PPT] | |
1652 | Configure VIA parallel port to operate in | |
1653 | a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos | |
1654 | computer where firmware has no options for setting | |
1655 | up parallel port mode and sets it to spp. | |
1656 | Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1657 | Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp] |
1658 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1659 | pas2= [HW,OSS] Format: |
1660 | <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16> | |
1661 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1662 | pas16= [HW,SCSI] |
1663 | See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c. | |
1664 | ||
dd287796 AM |
1665 | pause_on_oops= |
1666 | Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for | |
1667 | the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if | |
1668 | your oopses keep scrolling off the screen. | |
1669 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1670 | pcbit= [HW,ISDN] |
1671 | ||
1672 | pcd. [PARIDE] | |
1673 | See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c. | |
31c00fc1 | 1674 | See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. |
1da177e4 | 1675 | |
a9913044 | 1676 | pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options: |
c0115606 | 1677 | off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus |
cd4f0ef7 | 1678 | bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access |
a9913044 RD |
1679 | the hardware directly. Use this if your machine |
1680 | has a non-standard PCI host bridge. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1681 | nobios [X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct |
a9913044 RD |
1682 | hardware access methods are allowed. Use this |
1683 | if you experience crashes upon bootup and you | |
1684 | suspect they are caused by the BIOS. | |
c0115606 | 1685 | conf1 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration |
a9913044 | 1686 | Mechanism 1. |
c0115606 | 1687 | conf2 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration |
a9913044 | 1688 | Mechanism 2. |
7f785763 RD |
1689 | noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is |
1690 | enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to | |
1691 | disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting. | |
32a2eea7 JG |
1692 | nodomains [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI |
1693 | root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak). | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1694 | nommconf [X86-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI |
61be6d66 | 1695 | Configuration |
309e57df MW |
1696 | nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is |
1697 | enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to | |
1698 | disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. | |
a9322f64 SA |
1699 | noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks. |
1700 | Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This | |
1701 | should never be necessary. | |
9197979b SA |
1702 | ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the |
1703 | primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable | |
1704 | boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs | |
1705 | when the system masks IRQs. | |
41b9eb26 SA |
1706 | noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the |
1707 | boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to | |
1708 | a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled. | |
1709 | The opposite of ioapicreroute. | |
cd4f0ef7 | 1710 | biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt |
a9913044 RD |
1711 | routing table. These calls are known to be buggy |
1712 | on several machines and they hang the machine | |
1713 | when used, but on other computers it's the only | |
1714 | way to get the interrupt routing table. Try | |
1715 | this option if the kernel is unable to allocate | |
1716 | IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your | |
1717 | motherboard. | |
c0115606 | 1718 | rom [X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs. |
a9913044 RD |
1719 | Use with caution as certain devices share |
1720 | address decoders between ROMs and other | |
1721 | resources. | |
c0115606 | 1722 | norom [X86] Do not assign address space to |
bb71ad88 GH |
1723 | expansion ROMs that do not already have |
1724 | BIOS assigned address ranges. | |
c0115606 | 1725 | irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be |
a9913044 RD |
1726 | assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can |
1727 | make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards | |
1728 | this way. | |
c0115606 | 1729 | pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86] Specify the physical address |
a9913044 RD |
1730 | of the PIRQ table (normally generated |
1731 | by the BIOS) if it is outside the | |
1732 | F0000h-100000h range. | |
c0115606 | 1733 | lastbus=N [X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be |
a9913044 RD |
1734 | useful if the kernel is unable to find your |
1735 | secondary buses and you want to tell it | |
1736 | explicitly which ones they are. | |
c0115606 | 1737 | assign-busses [X86] Always assign all PCI bus |
a9913044 RD |
1738 | numbers ourselves, overriding |
1739 | whatever the firmware may have done. | |
c0115606 | 1740 | usepirqmask [X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored |
a9913044 RD |
1741 | in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on |
1742 | some systems with broken BIOSes, notably | |
1743 | some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3 | |
1744 | notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI | |
1745 | IRQ routing is enabled. | |
c0115606 | 1746 | noacpi [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing |
a9913044 | 1747 | or for PCI scanning. |
c0115606 | 1748 | use_crs [X86] Use _CRS for PCI resource |
62f420f8 | 1749 | allocation. |
a9913044 RD |
1750 | routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices. |
1751 | This is normally done in pci_enable_device(), | |
1752 | so this option is a temporary workaround | |
1753 | for broken drivers that don't call it. | |
13a6ddb0 YL |
1754 | skip_isa_align [X86] do not align io start addr, so can |
1755 | handle more pci cards | |
a9913044 RD |
1756 | firmware [ARM] Do not re-enumerate the bus but instead |
1757 | just use the configuration from the | |
1758 | bootloader. This is currently used on | |
1759 | IXP2000 systems where the bus has to be | |
1760 | configured a certain way for adjunct CPUs. | |
0637a70a AK |
1761 | noearly [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning. |
1762 | This might help on some broken boards which | |
1763 | machine check when some devices' config space | |
1764 | is read. But various workarounds are disabled | |
1765 | and some IOMMU drivers will not work. | |
6b4b78fe MD |
1766 | bfsort Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order. |
1767 | This sorting is done to get a device | |
1768 | order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels. | |
1769 | nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order. | |
4516a618 AN |
1770 | cbiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is |
1771 | reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window. | |
1772 | The default value is 256 bytes. | |
1773 | cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is | |
1774 | reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory | |
1775 | window. The default value is 64 megabytes. | |
6b4b78fe | 1776 | |
e5665a45 CE |
1777 | pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power |
1778 | Management. | |
1779 | off Disable ASPM. | |
1780 | force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it. | |
1781 | WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups. | |
1782 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1783 | pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4 |
1784 | ||
1785 | pd. [PARIDE] | |
31c00fc1 | 1786 | See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. |
1da177e4 LT |
1787 | |
1788 | pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at | |
1789 | boot time. | |
1790 | Format: { 0 | 1 } | |
1791 | See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c | |
1792 | ||
1793 | pf. [PARIDE] | |
31c00fc1 | 1794 | See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. |
1da177e4 LT |
1795 | |
1796 | pg. [PARIDE] | |
31c00fc1 | 1797 | See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. |
1da177e4 LT |
1798 | |
1799 | pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup | |
71cced6e | 1800 | See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt. |
1da177e4 LT |
1801 | |
1802 | plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link | |
1803 | Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 } | |
1804 | See also Documentation/parport.txt. | |
1805 | ||
de32a243 TG |
1806 | pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port. |
1807 | Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value. | |
1808 | e.g. pmtmr=0x508 | |
1809 | ||
97ef062b BH |
1810 | pnp.debug [PNP] |
1811 | Enable PNP debug messages. This depends on the | |
1812 | CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option. | |
1813 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1814 | pnpacpi= [ACPI] |
1815 | { off } | |
1816 | ||
1817 | pnpbios= [ISAPNP] | |
1818 | { on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res } | |
1819 | ||
1820 | pnp_reserve_irq= | |
1821 | [ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration | |
1822 | ||
1823 | pnp_reserve_dma= | |
1824 | [ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration | |
1825 | ||
1826 | pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration | |
a9913044 | 1827 | Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size). |
1da177e4 LT |
1828 | |
1829 | pnp_reserve_mem= | |
a9913044 RD |
1830 | [ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the |
1831 | autoconfiguration. | |
1da177e4 LT |
1832 | Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size). |
1833 | ||
ecb08d81 RD |
1834 | dynamic_printk Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if |
1835 | CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled. | |
1836 | These can also be switched on/off via | |
1837 | <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules | |
346e15be | 1838 | |
45807a1d IM |
1839 | print-fatal-signals= |
1840 | [KNL] debug: print fatal signals | |
1841 | print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to | |
1842 | the kernel console. | |
1843 | default: off. | |
1844 | ||
e84845c4 RD |
1845 | printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line |
1846 | Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable) | |
1847 | ||
1da177e4 | 1848 | profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile |
a9913044 RD |
1849 | Format: [schedule,]<number> |
1850 | Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points. | |
1851 | Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for | |
1852 | statistical time based profiling. | |
b3da2a73 MG |
1853 | Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs). |
1854 | Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS | |
c0fe2e69 | 1855 | Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits. |
1da177e4 | 1856 | |
a9913044 | 1857 | processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI] |
1da177e4 LT |
1858 | Limit processor to maximum C-state |
1859 | max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit. | |
1860 | ||
41c0d868 LB |
1861 | processor.nocst [HW,ACPI] |
1862 | Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states, | |
1863 | instead using the legacy FADT method | |
1864 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1865 | prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk |
1866 | before loading. | |
31c00fc1 | 1867 | See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. |
1da177e4 | 1868 | |
a9913044 RD |
1869 | psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to |
1870 | probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any). | |
1da177e4 LT |
1871 | psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports |
1872 | per second. | |
a9913044 RD |
1873 | psmouse.resetafter= [HW,MOUSE] |
1874 | Try to reset the device after so many bad packets | |
1da177e4 LT |
1875 | (0 = never). |
1876 | psmouse.resolution= | |
1877 | [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi. | |
1878 | psmouse.smartscroll= | |
a9913044 | 1879 | [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat. |
1da177e4 LT |
1880 | 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default). |
1881 | ||
1882 | pss= [HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614) | |
a9913044 RD |
1883 | Format: |
1884 | <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
1da177e4 LT |
1885 | |
1886 | pt. [PARIDE] | |
31c00fc1 | 1887 | See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. |
1da177e4 | 1888 | |
dc8c8587 KS |
1889 | pty.legacy_count= |
1890 | [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in | |
1891 | default number. | |
1892 | ||
7d2c502f | 1893 | quiet [KNL] Disable most log messages |
a9913044 | 1894 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1895 | r128= [HW,DRM] |
1896 | ||
1897 | raid= [HW,RAID] | |
1898 | See Documentation/md.txt. | |
1899 | ||
a9913044 | 1900 | ramdisk_blocksize= [RAM] |
31c00fc1 | 1901 | See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. |
a9913044 | 1902 | |
1da177e4 | 1903 | ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes |
31c00fc1 | 1904 | See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. |
1da177e4 | 1905 | |
24aaef8d RD |
1906 | rcupdate.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] |
1907 | Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process | |
1908 | in one batch. | |
21a1ea9e | 1909 | |
24aaef8d RD |
1910 | rcupdate.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT] |
1911 | Set threshold of queued | |
21a1ea9e DS |
1912 | RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled. |
1913 | ||
24aaef8d RD |
1914 | rcupdate.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] |
1915 | Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which | |
1916 | batch limiting is re-enabled. | |
21a1ea9e | 1917 | |
ffdfc409 OJ |
1918 | rdinit= [KNL] |
1919 | Format: <full_path> | |
1920 | Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, | |
1921 | used for early userspace startup. See initrd. | |
1922 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1923 | reboot= [BUGS=X86-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode |
1da177e4 | 1924 | Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]] |
ecb08d81 | 1925 | See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c |
1da177e4 | 1926 | |
46b6d94e PJ |
1927 | relax_domain_level= |
1928 | [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level. | |
1929 | See Documentation/cpusets.txt. | |
1930 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1931 | reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area |
1932 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 1933 | reservetop= [X86-32] |
461a9aff ZA |
1934 | Format: nn[KMG] |
1935 | Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual | |
1936 | address space. | |
1937 | ||
7e96287d VG |
1938 | reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device |
1939 | during initialization. | |
1940 | ||
a9913044 RD |
1941 | resume= [SWSUSP] |
1942 | Specify the partition device for software suspend | |
1da177e4 | 1943 | |
ecbd0da1 RW |
1944 | resume_offset= [SWSUSP] |
1945 | Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition | |
1946 | given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located, | |
1947 | in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files). | |
1948 | See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt | |
1949 | ||
0a7b35cb MN |
1950 | retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction |
1951 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1952 | rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] |
1953 | Set number of hash buckets for route cache | |
1954 | ||
1955 | riscom8= [HW,SERIAL] | |
1956 | Format: <io_board1>[,<io_board2>[,...<io_boardN>]] | |
1957 | ||
1958 | ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot | |
1959 | ||
1960 | root= [KNL] Root filesystem | |
1961 | ||
1962 | rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to | |
1963 | mount the root filesystem | |
1964 | ||
1965 | rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string | |
1966 | ||
1967 | rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type | |
1968 | ||
cc1ed754 PO |
1969 | rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up. |
1970 | Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously | |
1971 | (e.g. USB and MMC devices). | |
1972 | ||
20510f2f JM |
1973 | root_plug.vendor_id= |
1974 | [ROOTPLUG] Override the default vendor ID | |
1975 | ||
1976 | root_plug.product_id= | |
1977 | [ROOTPLUG] Override the default product ID | |
1978 | ||
1979 | root_plug.debug= | |
1980 | [ROOTPLUG] Enable debugging output | |
1981 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
1982 | rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot |
1983 | ||
1984 | S [KNL] Run init in single mode | |
1985 | ||
1986 | sa1100ir [NET] | |
1987 | See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c. | |
1988 | ||
1da177e4 | 1989 | sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter |
a9913044 | 1990 | |
1da177e4 LT |
1991 | sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver |
1992 | Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]] | |
1993 | ||
1994 | scsi_debug_*= [SCSI] | |
1995 | See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c. | |
1996 | ||
1997 | scsi_default_dev_flags= | |
1998 | [SCSI] SCSI default device flags | |
1999 | Format: <integer> | |
2000 | ||
2001 | scsi_dev_flags= [SCSI] Black/white list entry for vendor and model | |
2002 | Format: <vendor>:<model>:<flags> | |
2003 | (flags are integer value) | |
2004 | ||
6af6632a RD |
2005 | scsi_logging_level= [SCSI] a bit mask of logging levels |
2006 | See drivers/scsi/scsi_logging.h for bits. Also | |
2007 | settable via sysctl at dev.scsi.logging_level | |
2008 | (/proc/sys/dev/scsi/logging_level). | |
2009 | There is also a nice 'scsi_logging_level' script in the | |
2010 | S390-tools package, available for download at | |
2011 | http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools-1.5.4.html | |
1da177e4 | 2012 | |
3e082a91 MW |
2013 | scsi_mod.scan= [SCSI] sync (default) scans SCSI busses as they are |
2014 | discovered. async scans them in kernel threads, | |
2015 | allowing boot to proceed. none ignores them, expecting | |
2016 | user space to do the scan. | |
2017 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2018 | selinux [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time. |
2019 | Format: { "0" | "1" } | |
2020 | See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. | |
2021 | 0 -- disable. | |
2022 | 1 -- enable. | |
2023 | Default value is set via kernel config option. | |
2024 | If enabled at boot time, /selinux/disable can be used | |
2025 | later to disable prior to initial policy load. | |
2026 | ||
4e5ab4cb JM |
2027 | selinux_compat_net = |
2028 | [SELINUX] Set initial selinux_compat_net flag value. | |
e53dd083 MCC |
2029 | Format: { "0" | "1" } |
2030 | 0 -- use new secmark-based packet controls | |
2031 | 1 -- use legacy packet controls | |
2032 | Default value is 0 (preferred). | |
2033 | Value can be changed at runtime via | |
2034 | /selinux/compat_net. | |
4e5ab4cb | 2035 | |
cd4f0ef7 | 2036 | serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32] |
1da177e4 | 2037 | |
1da177e4 LT |
2038 | shapers= [NET] |
2039 | Maximal number of shapers. | |
a9913044 | 2040 | |
b05f78f5 YL |
2041 | show_msr= [x86] show boot-time MSR settings |
2042 | Format: { <integer> } | |
2043 | Show boot-time (BIOS-initialized) MSR settings. | |
2044 | The parameter means the number of CPUs to show, | |
2045 | for example 1 means boot CPU only. | |
2046 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2047 | sim710= [SCSI,HW] |
2048 | See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c. | |
2049 | ||
2050 | simeth= [IA-64] | |
2051 | simscsi= | |
a9913044 | 2052 | |
1da177e4 LT |
2053 | slram= [HW,MTD] |
2054 | ||
f0630fff CL |
2055 | slub_debug[=options[,slabs]] [MM, SLUB] |
2056 | Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the | |
2057 | culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling | |
2058 | slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and | |
2059 | may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the | |
2060 | last alloc / free. For more information see | |
2061 | Documentation/vm/slub.txt. | |
c1aee215 CL |
2062 | |
2063 | slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB] | |
f0630fff CL |
2064 | Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. |
2065 | A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory | |
2066 | fragmentation. For more information see | |
2067 | Documentation/vm/slub.txt. | |
c1aee215 CL |
2068 | |
2069 | slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB] | |
f0630fff CL |
2070 | The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will |
2071 | increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to | |
2072 | generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain | |
2073 | the number of objects indicated. The higher the number | |
2074 | of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs | |
2075 | and the less frequently locks need to be acquired. | |
c1aee215 CL |
2076 | For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt. |
2077 | ||
2078 | slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB] | |
2079 | Determines the mininum page order for slabs. Must be | |
f0630fff | 2080 | lower than slub_max_order. |
c1aee215 CL |
2081 | For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt. |
2082 | ||
2083 | slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB] | |
f0630fff | 2084 | Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be |
c1aee215 | 2085 | necessary if there is some reason to distinguish |
f0630fff CL |
2086 | allocs to different slabs. Debug options disable |
2087 | merging on their own. | |
c1aee215 CL |
2088 | For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt. |
2089 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2090 | smart2= [HW] |
2091 | Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]] | |
2092 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 2093 | smp-alt-once [X86-32,SMP] On a hotplug CPU system, only |
b7fb4af0 JF |
2094 | attempt to substitute SMP alternatives once at boot. |
2095 | ||
d0d4f69b BH |
2096 | smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices |
2097 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg= [HW] Device configuration I/O port | |
2098 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir= [HW] SIR base I/O port | |
2099 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir= [HW] FIR base I/O port | |
2100 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq= [HW] IRQ line | |
2101 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma= [HW] DMA channel | |
2102 | smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type: | |
2103 | 0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select) | |
2104 | 1: Fast pin select (default) | |
2105 | 2: ATC IRMode | |
2106 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2107 | snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA] |
2108 | ||
2109 | snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA] | |
2110 | ||
2111 | snd-ali5451= [HW,ALSA] | |
2112 | ||
2113 | snd-als100= [HW,ALSA] | |
2114 | ||
2115 | snd-als4000= [HW,ALSA] | |
2116 | ||
2117 | snd-azt2320= [HW,ALSA] | |
2118 | ||
2119 | snd-cmi8330= [HW,ALSA] | |
2120 | ||
2121 | snd-cmipci= [HW,ALSA] | |
2122 | ||
2123 | snd-cs4231= [HW,ALSA] | |
2124 | ||
2125 | snd-cs4232= [HW,ALSA] | |
2126 | ||
2127 | snd-cs4236= [HW,ALSA] | |
2128 | ||
2129 | snd-cs4281= [HW,ALSA] | |
2130 | ||
2131 | snd-cs46xx= [HW,ALSA] | |
2132 | ||
2133 | snd-dt019x= [HW,ALSA] | |
2134 | ||
2135 | snd-dummy= [HW,ALSA] | |
2136 | ||
2137 | snd-emu10k1= [HW,ALSA] | |
2138 | ||
2139 | snd-ens1370= [HW,ALSA] | |
2140 | ||
2141 | snd-ens1371= [HW,ALSA] | |
2142 | ||
2143 | snd-es968= [HW,ALSA] | |
2144 | ||
2145 | snd-es1688= [HW,ALSA] | |
2146 | ||
2147 | snd-es18xx= [HW,ALSA] | |
2148 | ||
2149 | snd-es1938= [HW,ALSA] | |
2150 | ||
2151 | snd-es1968= [HW,ALSA] | |
2152 | ||
2153 | snd-fm801= [HW,ALSA] | |
2154 | ||
2155 | snd-gusclassic= [HW,ALSA] | |
2156 | ||
2157 | snd-gusextreme= [HW,ALSA] | |
2158 | ||
2159 | snd-gusmax= [HW,ALSA] | |
2160 | ||
2161 | snd-hdsp= [HW,ALSA] | |
2162 | ||
2163 | snd-ice1712= [HW,ALSA] | |
2164 | ||
2165 | snd-intel8x0= [HW,ALSA] | |
2166 | ||
2167 | snd-interwave= [HW,ALSA] | |
2168 | ||
2169 | snd-interwave-stb= | |
2170 | [HW,ALSA] | |
2171 | ||
2172 | snd-korg1212= [HW,ALSA] | |
2173 | ||
2174 | snd-maestro3= [HW,ALSA] | |
2175 | ||
2176 | snd-mpu401= [HW,ALSA] | |
2177 | ||
2178 | snd-mtpav= [HW,ALSA] | |
2179 | ||
2180 | snd-nm256= [HW,ALSA] | |
2181 | ||
2182 | snd-opl3sa2= [HW,ALSA] | |
2183 | ||
2184 | snd-opti92x-ad1848= | |
2185 | [HW,ALSA] | |
2186 | ||
2187 | snd-opti92x-cs4231= | |
2188 | [HW,ALSA] | |
2189 | ||
2190 | snd-opti93x= [HW,ALSA] | |
2191 | ||
2192 | snd-pmac= [HW,ALSA] | |
2193 | ||
2194 | snd-rme32= [HW,ALSA] | |
2195 | ||
2196 | snd-rme96= [HW,ALSA] | |
2197 | ||
2198 | snd-rme9652= [HW,ALSA] | |
2199 | ||
2200 | snd-sb8= [HW,ALSA] | |
2201 | ||
2202 | snd-sb16= [HW,ALSA] | |
2203 | ||
2204 | snd-sbawe= [HW,ALSA] | |
2205 | ||
2206 | snd-serial= [HW,ALSA] | |
2207 | ||
2208 | snd-sgalaxy= [HW,ALSA] | |
2209 | ||
2210 | snd-sonicvibes= [HW,ALSA] | |
2211 | ||
2212 | snd-sun-amd7930= | |
2213 | [HW,ALSA] | |
2214 | ||
2215 | snd-sun-cs4231= [HW,ALSA] | |
2216 | ||
2217 | snd-trident= [HW,ALSA] | |
2218 | ||
2219 | snd-usb-audio= [HW,ALSA,USB] | |
2220 | ||
2221 | snd-via82xx= [HW,ALSA] | |
2222 | ||
2223 | snd-virmidi= [HW,ALSA] | |
2224 | ||
2225 | snd-wavefront= [HW,ALSA] | |
2226 | ||
2227 | snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA] | |
a9913044 | 2228 | |
9c44bc03 IM |
2229 | softlockup_panic= |
2230 | [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. | |
2231 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2232 | sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver |
2233 | See Documentation/sonypi.txt | |
2234 | ||
2235 | specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter | |
31c00fc1 | 2236 | See Documentation/serial/specialix.txt. |
1da177e4 LT |
2237 | |
2238 | spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] | |
2239 | spia_fio_base= | |
2240 | spia_pedr= | |
2241 | spia_peddr= | |
2242 | ||
2243 | sscape= [HW,OSS] | |
2244 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
a9913044 | 2245 | |
1da177e4 LT |
2246 | st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.) |
2247 | See Documentation/scsi/st.txt. | |
2248 | ||
f38f1d2a SR |
2249 | stacktrace [FTRACE] |
2250 | Enabled the stack tracer on boot up. | |
2251 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2252 | sti= [PARISC,HW] |
2253 | Format: <num> | |
2254 | Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC | |
2255 | machines) console (graphic card) which should be used | |
2256 | as the initial boot-console. | |
2257 | See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c. | |
2258 | ||
2259 | sti_font= [HW] | |
2260 | See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c. | |
2261 | ||
2262 | stifb= [HW] | |
2263 | Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]] | |
2264 | ||
42a7fc4a GB |
2265 | sunrpc.pool_mode= |
2266 | [NFS] | |
2267 | Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to | |
2268 | service thread pools. Depending on how many NICs | |
2269 | you have and where their interrupts are bound, this | |
2270 | option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving. | |
2271 | Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the | |
2272 | NFS server is running. | |
2273 | ||
2274 | auto the server chooses an appropriate mode | |
2275 | automatically using heuristics | |
2276 | global a single global pool contains all CPUs | |
2277 | percpu one pool for each CPU | |
2278 | pernode one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent | |
2279 | to global on non-NUMA machines) | |
2280 | ||
1da177e4 | 2281 | swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs |
a9913044 | 2282 | |
1da177e4 LT |
2283 | switches= [HW,M68k] |
2284 | ||
2285 | sym53c416= [HW,SCSI] | |
2286 | See header of drivers/scsi/sym53c416.c. | |
2287 | ||
5d6f647f IM |
2288 | sysrq_always_enabled |
2289 | [KNL] | |
2290 | Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will | |
2291 | neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq. | |
2292 | Useful for debugging. | |
2293 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2294 | t128= [HW,SCSI] |
2295 | See header of drivers/scsi/t128.c. | |
2296 | ||
2297 | tdfx= [HW,DRM] | |
2298 | ||
77437fd4 DB |
2299 | test_suspend= [SUSPEND] |
2300 | Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for | |
2301 | standby suspend) as the system sleep state to briefly | |
2302 | enter during system startup. The system is woken from | |
2303 | this state using a wakeup-capable RTC alarm. | |
2304 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2305 | thash_entries= [KNL,NET] |
2306 | Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection | |
2307 | ||
f8707ec9 LB |
2308 | thermal.act= [HW,ACPI] |
2309 | -1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones | |
2310 | <degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points | |
2311 | ||
c52a7419 LB |
2312 | thermal.crt= [HW,ACPI] |
2313 | -1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones | |
22a94d79 | 2314 | <degrees C>: override all critical trip points |
c52a7419 | 2315 | |
f5487145 LB |
2316 | thermal.nocrt= [HW,ACPI] |
2317 | Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone | |
2318 | critical and hot trip points. | |
2319 | ||
72b33ef8 LB |
2320 | thermal.off= [HW,ACPI] |
2321 | 1: disable ACPI thermal control | |
2322 | ||
a70cdc52 LB |
2323 | thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI] |
2324 | -1: disable all passive trip points | |
ada9cfdd RD |
2325 | <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this |
2326 | value | |
a70cdc52 | 2327 | |
730ff34d LB |
2328 | thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI] |
2329 | Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate | |
2330 | <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency | |
2331 | 0: no polling (default) | |
2332 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2333 | tmscsim= [HW,SCSI] |
2334 | See comment before function dc390_setup() in | |
2335 | drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c. | |
2336 | ||
2b1a61f0 HC |
2337 | topology= [S390] |
2338 | Format: {off | on} | |
2339 | Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu | |
2340 | topology informations if the hardware supports these. | |
2341 | The scheduler will make use of these informations and | |
2342 | e.g. base its process migration decisions on it. | |
2343 | Default is off. | |
2344 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2345 | tp720= [HW,PS2] |
2346 | ||
2347 | trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro | |
a9913044 RD |
2348 | Format: |
2349 | <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> | |
2350 | ||
395628ef AK |
2351 | tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC. |
2352 | Format: <string> | |
2353 | [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this | |
2354 | disables clocksource verification at runtime. | |
2355 | Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older | |
2356 | hardware, and in virtualized environment. | |
2357 | ||
a9913044 RD |
2358 | turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] |
2359 | TurboGraFX parallel port interface | |
2360 | Format: | |
2361 | <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7> | |
1da177e4 LT |
2362 | See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt |
2363 | ||
2364 | u14-34f= [HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter | |
2365 | See header of drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c. | |
2366 | ||
2367 | uart401= [HW,OSS] | |
2368 | Format: <io>,<irq> | |
2369 | ||
2370 | uart6850= [HW,OSS] | |
2371 | Format: <io>,<irq> | |
2372 | ||
5f8364b7 AS |
2373 | uhci-hcd.ignore_oc= |
2374 | [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N). | |
2375 | Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of | |
2376 | bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to | |
2377 | anything. Set this parameter to avoid log spamming. | |
2378 | Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be | |
2379 | reported either. | |
2380 | ||
e3a61b0a SA |
2381 | unknown_nmi_panic |
2382 | [X86-32,X86-64] | |
2383 | Set unknown_nmi_panic=1 early on boot. | |
2384 | ||
b5e795f8 AS |
2385 | usbcore.autosuspend= |
2386 | [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used | |
2387 | for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This | |
2388 | is the time required before an idle device will be | |
2389 | autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set | |
eaafbc3a | 2390 | to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all. |
b5e795f8 | 2391 | |
fd7c519d JK |
2392 | usbcore.usbfs_snoop= |
2393 | [USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off). | |
2394 | ||
2395 | usbcore.blinkenlights= | |
2396 | [USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off). | |
2397 | ||
2398 | usbcore.old_scheme_first= | |
2399 | [USB] Start with the old device initialization | |
2400 | scheme (default 0 = off). | |
2401 | ||
2402 | usbcore.use_both_schemes= | |
2403 | [USB] Try the other device initialization scheme | |
2404 | if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled). | |
2405 | ||
2406 | usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout= | |
2407 | [USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte | |
2408 | USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds | |
2409 | (default 5000 = 5.0 seconds). | |
2410 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2411 | usbhid.mousepoll= |
2412 | [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. | |
a9913044 | 2413 | |
d4f373e5 AS |
2414 | usb-storage.delay_use= |
2415 | [UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is | |
2416 | scanned for Logical Units (default 5). | |
2417 | ||
2418 | usb-storage.quirks= | |
2419 | [UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or | |
2420 | override the built-in unusual_devs list. List | |
2421 | entries are separated by commas. Each entry has | |
2422 | the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor | |
2423 | and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and | |
2424 | Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding | |
2425 | to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows: | |
c838ea46 AS |
2426 | a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes |
2427 | of sense data); | |
d4f373e5 AS |
2428 | c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported |
2429 | device capacity by one sector); | |
c838ea46 AS |
2430 | h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the |
2431 | reported device capacity by one | |
2432 | sector if the number is odd); | |
d4f373e5 AS |
2433 | i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this |
2434 | device); | |
2435 | l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and | |
2436 | unlock ejectable media); | |
2437 | m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more | |
2438 | than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time); | |
c838ea46 AS |
2439 | o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity |
2440 | reported by the device); | |
d4f373e5 AS |
2441 | r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports |
2442 | bogus residue values); | |
2443 | s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one | |
2444 | Logical Unit); | |
2445 | w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the | |
2446 | medium is write-protected). | |
2447 | Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc | |
2448 | ||
200001eb PJ |
2449 | add_efi_memmap [EFI; x86-32,X86-64] Include EFI memory map in |
2450 | kernel's map of available physical RAM. | |
2451 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 2452 | vdso= [X86-32,SH,x86-64] |
1dbf527c | 2453 | vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) |
e6e5494c IM |
2454 | vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) |
2455 | vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping | |
2456 | ||
af65d648 RM |
2457 | vdso32= [X86-32,X86-64] |
2458 | vdso32=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO) | |
2459 | vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO (default) | |
2460 | vdso32=0: disable 32-bit VDSO mapping | |
2461 | ||
d080d397 YI |
2462 | vector= [IA-64,SMP] |
2463 | vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain | |
2464 | ||
1da177e4 LT |
2465 | video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration |
2466 | See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt. | |
2467 | ||
cd4f0ef7 | 2468 | vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode |
954a8b81 | 2469 | See Documentation/x86/boot.txt and |
a9913044 | 2470 | Documentation/svga.txt. |
1da177e4 LT |
2471 | Use vga=ask for menu. |
2472 | This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is | |
2473 | passed to the kernel using a special protocol. | |
2474 | ||
a9913044 | 2475 | vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact |
1da177e4 LT |
2476 | size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the |
2477 | minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to | |
2478 | decrease the size and leave more room for directly | |
2479 | mapped kernel RAM. | |
2480 | ||
585c3047 PO |
2481 | vmhalt= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt. |
2482 | Format: <command> | |
1da177e4 | 2483 | |
585c3047 PO |
2484 | vmpanic= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic. |
2485 | Format: <command> | |
2486 | ||
2487 | vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off. | |
2488 | Format: <command> | |
a9913044 | 2489 | |
1da177e4 LT |
2490 | waveartist= [HW,OSS] |
2491 | Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2> | |
a9913044 | 2492 | |
1da177e4 LT |
2493 | wd33c93= [HW,SCSI] |
2494 | See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c. | |
2495 | ||
2496 | wd7000= [HW,SCSI] | |
2497 | See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c. | |
2498 | ||
2499 | wdt= [WDT] Watchdog | |
8dfe9c21 | 2500 | See Documentation/watchdog/wdt.txt. |
1da177e4 LT |
2501 | |
2502 | xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks. | |
2503 | xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c. | |
2504 | ||
2505 | xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] | |
a9913044 RD |
2506 | Format: |
2507 | <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] | |
1da177e4 | 2508 | |
ecb08d81 RD |
2509 | norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to |
2510 | echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space | |
a62eaf15 | 2511 | |
a9913044 | 2512 | ______________________________________________________________________ |
1da177e4 LT |
2513 | |
2514 | TODO: | |
2515 | ||
2516 | Add documentation for ALSA options. | |
2517 | Add more DRM drivers. |