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1 acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86,ARM64]
2 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
3 Format: { force | on | off | strict | noirq | rsdt |
4 copy_dsdt }
5 force -- enable ACPI if default was off
6 on -- enable ACPI but allow fallback to DT [arm64]
7 off -- disable ACPI if default was on
8 noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
9 strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
10 strictly ACPI specification compliant.
11 rsdt -- prefer RSDT over (default) XSDT
12 copy_dsdt -- copy DSDT to memory
13 For ARM64, ONLY "acpi=off", "acpi=on" or "acpi=force"
14 are available
15
16 See also Documentation/power/runtime_pm.rst, pci=noacpi
17
18 acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC]
19 Format: <int>
20 2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
21 1,0: use 1st APIC table
22 default: 0
23
24 acpi_backlight= [HW,ACPI]
25 { vendor | video | native | none }
26 If set to vendor, prefer vendor-specific driver
27 (e.g. thinkpad_acpi, sony_acpi, etc.) instead
28 of the ACPI video.ko driver.
29 If set to video, use the ACPI video.ko driver.
30 If set to native, use the device's native backlight mode.
31 If set to none, disable the ACPI backlight interface.
32
33 acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
34 force FADT to use 32 bit addresses rather than the
35 64 bit X_* addresses. Some firmware have broken 64
36 bit addresses for force ACPI ignore these and use
37 the older legacy 32 bit addresses.
38
39 acpica_no_return_repair [HW, ACPI]
40 Disable AML predefined validation mechanism
41 This mechanism can repair the evaluation result to make
42 the return objects more ACPI specification compliant.
43 This option is useful for developers to identify the
44 root cause of an AML interpreter issue when the issue
45 has something to do with the repair mechanism.
46
47 acpi.debug_layer= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
48 acpi.debug_level= [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
49 Format: <int>
50 CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
51 debug output. Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
52 _COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
53 #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
54 Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
55 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
56 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
57 The debug_level mask defaults to "info". See
58 Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst for more information about
59 debug layers and levels.
60
61 Enable processor driver info messages:
62 acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000
63 Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
64 object while interpreting AML:
65 acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
66 Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
67 acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
68
69 Some values produce so much output that the system is
70 unusable. The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
71 if you need to capture more output.
72
73 acpi_enforce_resources= [ACPI]
74 { strict | lax | no }
75 Check for resource conflicts between native drivers
76 and ACPI OperationRegions (SystemIO and SystemMemory
77 only). IO ports and memory declared in ACPI might be
78 used by the ACPI subsystem in arbitrary AML code and
79 can interfere with legacy drivers.
80 strict (default): access to resources claimed by ACPI
81 is denied; legacy drivers trying to access reserved
82 resources will fail to bind to device using them.
83 lax: access to resources claimed by ACPI is allowed;
84 legacy drivers trying to access reserved resources
85 will bind successfully but a warning message is logged.
86 no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
87 no further checks are performed.
88
89 acpi_force_table_verification [HW,ACPI]
90 Enable table checksum verification during early stage.
91 By default, this is disabled due to x86 early mapping
92 size limitation.
93
94 acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI]
95 ACPI will balance active IRQs
96 default in APIC mode
97
98 acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI]
99 ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
100 default in PIC mode
101
102 acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, mark listed IRQs used by ISA
103 Format: <irq>,<irq>...
104
105 acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, clear listed IRQs for
106 use by PCI
107 Format: <irq>,<irq>...
108
109 acpi_mask_gpe= [HW,ACPI]
110 Due to the existence of _Lxx/_Exx, some GPEs triggered
111 by unsupported hardware/firmware features can result in
112 GPE floodings that cannot be automatically disabled by
113 the GPE dispatcher.
114 This facility can be used to prevent such uncontrolled
115 GPE floodings.
116 Format: <byte> or <bitmap-list>
117
118 acpi_no_auto_serialize [HW,ACPI]
119 Disable auto-serialization of AML methods
120 AML control methods that contain the opcodes to create
121 named objects will be marked as "Serialized" by the
122 auto-serialization feature.
123 This feature is enabled by default.
124 This option allows to turn off the feature.
125
126 acpi_no_memhotplug [ACPI] Disable memory hotplug. Useful for kdump
127 kernels.
128
129 acpi_no_static_ssdt [HW,ACPI]
130 Disable installation of static SSDTs at early boot time
131 By default, SSDTs contained in the RSDT/XSDT will be
132 installed automatically and they will appear under
133 /sys/firmware/acpi/tables.
134 This option turns off this feature.
135 Note that specifying this option does not affect
136 dynamic table installation which will install SSDT
137 tables to /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic.
138
139 acpi_no_watchdog [HW,ACPI,WDT]
140 Ignore the ACPI-based watchdog interface (WDAT) and let
141 a native driver control the watchdog device instead.
142
143 acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
144 Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
145 on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
146 second kernel for kdump.
147
148 acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
149 Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
150
151 acpi_rev_override [ACPI] Override the _REV object to return 5 (instead
152 of 2 which is mandated by ACPI 6) as the supported ACPI
153 specification revision (when using this switch, it may
154 be necessary to carry out a cold reboot _twice_ in a
155 row to make it take effect on the platform firmware).
156
157 acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
158 acpi_osi="string1" # add string1
159 acpi_osi="!string2" # remove string2
160 acpi_osi=!* # remove all strings
161 acpi_osi=! # disable all built-in OS vendor
162 strings
163 acpi_osi=!! # enable all built-in OS vendor
164 strings
165 acpi_osi= # disable all strings
166
167 'acpi_osi=!' can be used in combination with single or
168 multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific OS
169 vendor string(s). Note that such command can only
170 affect the default state of the OS vendor strings, thus
171 it cannot affect the default state of the feature group
172 strings and the current state of the OS vendor strings,
173 specifying it multiple times through kernel command line
174 is meaningless. This command is useful when one do not
175 care about the state of the feature group strings which
176 should be controlled by the OSPM.
177 Examples:
178 1. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is equivalent
179 to 'acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!', they all
180 can make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
181
182 'acpi_osi=' cannot be used in combination with other
183 'acpi_osi=' command lines, the _OSI method will not
184 exist in the ACPI namespace. NOTE that such command can
185 only affect the _OSI support state, thus specifying it
186 multiple times through kernel command line is also
187 meaningless.
188 Examples:
189 1. 'acpi_osi=' can make 'CondRefOf(_OSI, Local1)'
190 FALSE.
191
192 'acpi_osi=!*' can be used in combination with single or
193 multiple 'acpi_osi="string1"' to support specific
194 string(s). Note that such command can affect the
195 current state of both the OS vendor strings and the
196 feature group strings, thus specifying it multiple times
197 through kernel command line is meaningful. But it may
198 still not able to affect the final state of a string if
199 there are quirks related to this string. This command
200 is useful when one want to control the state of the
201 feature group strings to debug BIOS issues related to
202 the OSPM features.
203 Examples:
204 1. 'acpi_osi="Module Device" acpi_osi=!*' can make
205 '_OSI("Module Device")' FALSE.
206 2. 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Module Device"' can make
207 '_OSI("Module Device")' TRUE.
208 3. 'acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000"' is
209 equivalent to
210 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2000"'
211 and
212 'acpi_osi=!* acpi_osi="Windows 2000" acpi_osi=!',
213 they all will make '_OSI("Windows 2000")' TRUE.
214
215 acpi_pm_good [X86]
216 Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel
217 to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value
218 and always returns good values.
219
220 acpi_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
221 Format: { level | edge | high | low }
222
223 acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
224 Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
225 For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
226
227 acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
228 Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
229 old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
230 See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on
231 s3_bios and s3_mode.
232 s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
233 as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called.
234 s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being
235 used during resume from hibernation.
236 old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS
237 control method, with respect to putting devices into
238 low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
239 of _PTS is used by default).
240 nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
241 ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
242 sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
243 on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
244 but some broken systems don't work without it).
245 nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
246 behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
247 suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
248
249 acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
250 Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
251 that require a timer override, but don't have HPET
252
253 add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
254 kernel's map of available physical RAM.
255
256 agp= [AGP]
257 { off | try_unsupported }
258 off: disable AGP support
259 try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets
260 (may crash computer or cause data corruption)
261
262 ALSA [HW,ALSA]
263 See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
264
265 alignment= [KNL,ARM]
266 Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
267 behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings,
268 bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
269
270 align_va_addr= [X86-64]
271 Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
272 allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
273 gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
274 machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
275 CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
276 a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
277
278 32: only for 32-bit processes
279 64: only for 64-bit processes
280 on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
281 off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
282
283 alloc_snapshot [FTRACE]
284 Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the
285 main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging
286 and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and
287 do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
288 to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
289
290 allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64]
291 Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
292 PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
293 subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
294 parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
295 EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0
296 and hot-unplug operations may be restricted.
297
298 See Documentation/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more
299 information.
300
301 amd_iommu= [HW,X86-64]
302 Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
303 Possible values are:
304 fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1
305 off - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in
306 the system
307 force_isolation - Force device isolation for all
308 devices. The IOMMU driver is not
309 allowed anymore to lift isolation
310 requirements as needed. This option
311 does not override iommu=pt
312 force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
313 to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
314 option with care.
315
316 amd_iommu_dump= [HW,X86-64]
317 Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
318 for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU
319 driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during
320 IOMMU initialization.
321
322 amd_iommu_intr= [HW,X86-64]
323 Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt
324 remapping modes:
325 legacy - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode.
326 vapic - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU
327 to inject interrupts directly into guest.
328 This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1.
329 (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.)
330
331 amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
332 Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT
333 Format: <a>,<b>
334 See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst
335
336 analog.map= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support
337 Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick
338 connected to one of 16 gameports
339 Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16>
340
341 apc= [HW,SPARC]
342 Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
343 Format: noidle
344 Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
345 not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
346 APC and your system crashes randomly.
347
348 apic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
349 Change the output verbosity while booting
350 Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
351 Change the amount of debugging information output
352 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components.
353 For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC
354 driver name.
355 Format: apic=driver_name
356 Examples: apic=bigsmp
357
358 apic_extnmi= [APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting
359 Format: { bsp (default) | all | none }
360 bsp: External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0
361 all: External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a
362 backup of CPU 0
363 none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is
364 useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be
365 shot down by NMI
366
367 autoconf= [IPV6]
368 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
369
370 show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
371 Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal
372 number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible
373 to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here.
374 Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }.
375 The parameter valid if only apic=debug or
376 apic=verbose is specified.
377 Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all
378
379 apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management
380 See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c.
381
382 arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
383 Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
384
385 arm64.nobti [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target
386 Identification support
387
388 arm64.nopauth [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication
389 support
390
391 arm64.nomte [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension
392 support
393
394 ataflop= [HW,M68k]
395
396 atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
397
398 atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess,
399 EzKey and similar keyboards
400
401 atkbd.reset= [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
402
403 atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set
404 Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2)
405
406 atkbd.scroll= [HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar
407 keyboards
408
409 atkbd.softraw= [HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode
410 Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default))
411
412 atkbd.softrepeat= [HW]
413 Use software keyboard repeat
414
415 audit= [KNL] Enable the audit sub-system
416 Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" }
417 0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be
418 enabled until the next reboot
419 unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and
420 will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd.
421 1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially
422 enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit
423 messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the
424 userspace auditd.
425 Default: unset
426
427 audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit.
428 Format: <int> (must be >=0)
429 Default: 64
430
431 bau= [X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV. The default
432 behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0).
433 Format: { "0" | "1" }
434 0 - Disable the BAU.
435 1 - Enable the BAU.
436 unset - Disable the BAU.
437
438 baycom_epp= [HW,AX25]
439 Format: <io>,<mode>
440
441 baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
442 Format: <io>,<mode>
443 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
444
445 baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25]
446 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
447 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
448 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
449
450 baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25]
451 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
452 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
453 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
454
455 blkdevparts= Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
456 embedded devices based on command line input.
457 See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst
458
459 boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
460 Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
461 no delay (0).
462 Format: integer
463
464 bootconfig [KNL]
465 Extended command line options can be added to an initrd
466 and this will cause the kernel to look for it.
467
468 See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
469
470 bert_disable [ACPI]
471 Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
472
473 bgrt_disable [ACPI][X86]
474 Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
475
476 bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
477 bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as
478 kernel args too.
479 bttv.pll= See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst
480 bttv.tuner=
481
482 bulk_remove=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
483 firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries
484 at a time.
485
486 c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
487
488 cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
489 Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
490 size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
491 to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
492 possible to determine what the correct size should be.
493 This option provides an override for these situations.
494
495 carrier_timeout=
496 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
497 the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
498 it waits 120 seconds.
499
500 ca_keys= [KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
501 the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
502 trust validation.
503 format: { id:<keyid> | builtin }
504
505 cca= [MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency
506 algorithm. Accepted values range from 0 to 7
507 inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h
508 for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and
509 others).
510
511 ccw_timeout_log [S390]
512 See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
513
514 cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature
515 Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable}
516 The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are:
517 - foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in
518 a single hierarchy
519 - foo isn't visible as an individually mountable
520 subsystem
521 - if foo is an optional feature then the feature is
522 disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not
523 created
524 {Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and
525 cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So
526 only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy}
527 Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure
528 stall information accounting feature
529
530 cgroup_no_v1= [KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1
531 Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" }
532 [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] }
533 Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1;
534 the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2.
535 "all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables
536 named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables
537 all v1 hierarchies.
538
539 cgroup.memory= [KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller.
540 Format: <string>
541 nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting.
542 nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting.
543
544 checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value.
545 Format: { "0" | "1" }
546 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
547 0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes
548 any implied execute protection).
549 1 -- check protection requested by application.
550 Default value is set via a kernel config option.
551 Value can be changed at runtime via
552 /sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot.
553 Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated.
554
555 cio_ignore= [S390]
556 See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
557 clk_ignore_unused
558 [CLK]
559 Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
560 clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux
561 device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or
562 by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not
563 force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve
564 those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for
565 debug and development, but should not be needed on a
566 platform with proper driver support. For more
567 information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst.
568
569 clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
570 [Deprecated]
571 Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
572 when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
573 clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
574 Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
575
576 clocksource= Override the default clocksource
577 Format: <string>
578 Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
579 with the name specified.
580 Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on
581 the platform:
582 [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource)
583 [ACPI] acpi_pm
584 [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2,
585 pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1
586 [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc;
587 scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440
588 [MIPS] MIPS
589 [PARISC] cr16
590 [S390] tod
591 [SH] SuperH
592 [SPARC64] tick
593 [X86-64] hpet,tsc
594
595 clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm=
596 [ARM,ARM64]
597 Format: <bool>
598 Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM
599 architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling
600 loops can be debugged more effectively on production
601 systems.
602
603 clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL]
604 Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to
605 external delays before the clock will be marked
606 unstable. Defaults to three retries, that is,
607 four attempts to read the clock under test.
608
609 clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL]
610 Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources
611 marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that
612 are marked unstable due to excessive skew.
613 A negative value says to check all CPUs, while
614 zero says not to check any. Values larger than
615 nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids.
616 The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with
617 no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice.
618
619 clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL]
620 Set the time in seconds that the clocksource
621 watchdog test waits before commencing its tests.
622 Defaults to zero when built as a module and to
623 10 seconds when built into the kernel.
624
625 clearcpuid=BITNUM[,BITNUM...] [X86]
626 Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See
627 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit
628 numbers. Note the Linux specific bits are not necessarily
629 stable over kernel options, but the vendor specific
630 ones should be.
631 Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly
632 or using the feature without checking anything
633 will still see it. This just prevents it from
634 being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo.
635 Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
636 some critical bits.
637
638 cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]]
639 [KNL,CMA]
640 Sets the size of kernel global memory area for
641 contiguous memory allocations and optionally the
642 placement constraint by the physical address range of
643 memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA
644 altogether. For more information, see
645 kernel/dma/contiguous.c
646
647 cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
648 [ARM64,KNL,CMA]
649 Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
650 contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables
651 per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not
652 specificed, the default value is 0.
653 With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will
654 first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area
655 which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails,
656 they will fallback to the global default memory area.
657
658 cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no }
659 Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
660 when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments
661 to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by
662 a hypervisor.
663 Default: yes
664
665 coherent_pool=nn[KMG] [ARM,KNL]
666 Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma
667 allocations, by default set to 256K.
668
669 com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
670 Format:
671 <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
672
673 com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
674 Format: <io>[,<irq>]
675
676 com90xx= [HW,NET]
677 ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
678 Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
679
680 condev= [HW,S390] console device
681 conmode=
682
683 console= [KNL] Output console device and options.
684
685 tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>.
686
687 ttyS<n>[,options]
688 ttyUSB0[,options]
689 Use the specified serial port. The options are of
690 the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate,
691 "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of
692 bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or
693 omit it). Default is "9600n8".
694
695 See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more
696 information. See
697 Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an
698 alternative.
699
700 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
701 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
702 uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options]
703 uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
704 uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
705 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
706 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
707 switching to the matching ttyS device later.
708 MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
709 (mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32).
710 If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed
711 to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in
712 the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
713 the h/w is not re-initialized.
714
715 hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
716 both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
717
718 If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
719 device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
720 console=brl,ttyS0
721 For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
722
723 console_msg_format=
724 [KNL] Change console messages format
725 default
726 By default we print messages on consoles in
727 "[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be
728 printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or
729 `printk_time' param).
730 syslog
731 Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n"
732 IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel
733 prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog()
734 syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading
735 from /proc/kmsg.
736
737 consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
738 seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
739 Defaults to 0.
740
741 coredump_filter=
742 [KNL] Change the default value for
743 /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
744 See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst.
745
746 coresight_cpu_debug.enable
747 [ARM,ARM64]
748 Format: <bool>
749 Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging.
750 0: default value, disable debugging
751 1: enable debugging at boot time
752
753 cpufreq_driver= [X86] Allow only the named cpu frequency scaling driver
754 to register. Example: cpufreq_driver=powernow-k8
755 Format: { none | STRING }
756
757 cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE]
758 disable the cpuidle sub-system
759
760 cpuidle.governor=
761 [CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use.
762
763 cpufreq.off=1 [CPU_FREQ]
764 disable the cpufreq sub-system
765
766 cpufreq.default_governor=
767 [CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
768 policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
769 kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
770
771 cpu_init_udelay=N
772 [X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
773 of APIC INIT to start processors. This delay occurs
774 on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend.
775 Default: 10000
776
777 cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
778 Format:
779 <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
780
781 crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
782 [KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
783 upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
784 memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
785 image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
786 is selected automatically.
787 [KNL, X86-64] Select a region under 4G first, and
788 fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
789 hasn't been specified.
790 See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
791
792 crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
793 [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
794 in the running system. The syntax of range is
795 start-[end] where start and end are both
796 a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
797 Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
798
799 crashkernel=size[KMG],high
800 [KNL, X86-64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
801 to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
802 be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
803 Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
804 available.
805 It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
806 crashkernel=size[KMG],low
807 [KNL, X86-64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
808 is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
809 above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
810 that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
811 requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
812 low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
813 devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at
814 at least 256M below 4G automatically.
815 This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
816 for second kernel instead.
817 0: to disable low allocation.
818 It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
819 or memory reserved is below 4G.
820
821 cryptomgr.notests
822 [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
823
824 cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET]
825 Format: <dma>
826
827 cs89x0_media= [HW,NET]
828 Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
829
830 csdlock_debug= [KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call
831 handling. When switched on, additional debug data is
832 printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is
833 detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try
834 to resolve the hang situation.
835 0: disable csdlock debugging (default)
836 1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact)
837 ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact,
838 but more data)
839
840 dasd= [HW,NET]
841 See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
842
843 db9.dev[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port
844 (one device per port)
845 Format: <port#>,<type>
846 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
847
848 ddebug_query= [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
849 time. See
850 Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for
851 details. Deprecated, see dyndbg.
852
853 debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
854
855 debug_boot_weak_hash
856 [KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the
857 boot sequence. If enabled, we use a weak hash instead
858 of siphash to hash pointers. Use this option if you are
859 seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a
860 value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically
861 insecure, please do not use on production kernels.
862
863 debug_locks_verbose=
864 [KNL] verbose locking self-tests
865 Format: <int>
866 Print debugging info while doing the locking API
867 self-tests.
868 Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0
869 (no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set)
870 will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only
871 useful to lockdep developers.
872
873 debug_objects [KNL] Enable object debugging
874
875 no_debug_objects
876 [KNL] Disable object debugging
877
878 debug_guardpage_minorder=
879 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this
880 parameter allows control of the order of pages that will
881 be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the
882 buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability
883 of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the
884 amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum
885 possible value is MAX_ORDER/2. Setting this parameter
886 to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random
887 memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or
888 driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a
889 random memory location. Note that there exists a class
890 of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or
891 F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when
892 memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is
893 bypassed) which are not detectable by
894 CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help
895 tracking down these problems.
896
897 debug_pagealloc=
898 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter
899 enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is
900 disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a
901 kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
902 Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's
903 useful to also enable the page_owner functionality.
904 on: enable the feature
905
906 debugfs= [KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace
907 and debugfs internal clients.
908 Format: { on, no-mount, off }
909 on: All functions are enabled.
910 no-mount:
911 Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
912 access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
913 its content. There is nothing to mount.
914 off: Filesystem is not registered and clients
915 get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
916 or directories within debugfs.
917 This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if
918 debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all.
919 Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration.
920
921 debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging
922
923 decnet.addr= [HW,NET]
924 Format: <area>[,<node>]
925 See also Documentation/networking/decnet.rst.
926
927 default_hugepagesz=
928 [HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is
929 the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages
930 APIs. In addition, this is the default hugetlb size
931 used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs
932 filesystems. If not specified, defaults to the
933 architecture's default huge page size. Huge page
934 sizes are architecture dependent. See also
935 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
936 Format: size[KMG]
937
938 deferred_probe_timeout=
939 [KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
940 deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
941 probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
942 drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout of 0
943 will timeout at the end of initcalls. This option will also
944 dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
945 retrying.
946
947 dfltcc= [HW,S390]
948 Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always }
949 on: s390 zlib hardware support for compression on
950 level 1 and decompression (default)
951 off: No s390 zlib hardware support
952 def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate
953 only (compression on level 1)
954 inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate
955 only (decompression)
956 always: Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression
957 level always using hardware support (used for debugging)
958
959 dhash_entries= [KNL]
960 Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
961
962 disable_1tb_segments [PPC]
963 Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This
964 causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which
965 can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB
966 miss to occur.
967
968 stress_slb [PPC]
969 Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes
970 them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults
971 on kernel addresses.
972
973 disable= [IPV6]
974 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
975
976 hardened_usercopy=
977 [KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether
978 hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened
979 usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel
980 from reading or writing beyond known memory
981 allocation boundaries as a proactive defense
982 against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's
983 copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface.
984 on Perform hardened usercopy checks (default).
985 off Disable hardened usercopy checks.
986
987 disable_radix [PPC]
988 Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
989
990 radix_hcall_invalidate=on [PPC/PSERIES]
991 Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
992 invalidate.
993
994 disable_tlbie [PPC]
995 Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
996 with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
997
998 disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP]
999 Format: <int>
1000 The number of initial APIC ID for the
1001 corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot,
1002 mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to
1003 disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without
1004 causing system reset or hang due to sending
1005 INIT from AP to BSP.
1006
1007 disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES]
1008 Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this
1009 to workaround buggy firmware.
1010
1011 disable_ipv6= [IPV6]
1012 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst.
1013
1014 disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1015 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1016 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1017 entry later. This parameter disables that.
1018
1019 disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only]
1020 By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable
1021 memory out of your available memory pool based on
1022 MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior,
1023 possibly causing your machine to run very slowly.
1024
1025 disable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1026 Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1027 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.
1028
1029 dis_ucode_ldr [X86] Disable the microcode loader.
1030
1031 dma_debug=off If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
1032 this option disables the debugging code at boot.
1033
1034 dma_debug_entries=<number>
1035 This option allows to tune the number of preallocated
1036 entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is
1037 required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the
1038 DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the
1039 architectural default is too low.
1040
1041 dma_debug_driver=<driver_name>
1042 With this option the DMA-API debugging driver
1043 filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just
1044 pass the driver to filter for as the parameter.
1045 The filter can be disabled or changed to another
1046 driver later using sysfs.
1047
1048 driver_async_probe= [KNL]
1049 List of driver names to be probed asynchronously.
1050 Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
1051
1052 drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
1053 Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
1054 panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
1055 This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
1056 in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead.
1057 Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of
1058 edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin,
1059 edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given
1060 and no file with the same name exists. Details and
1061 instructions how to build your own EDID data are
1062 available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID
1063 data set will only be used for a particular connector,
1064 if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID
1065 name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data
1066 set by separating the files with a comma. An EDID
1067 data set with no connector name will be used for
1068 any connectors not explicitly specified.
1069
1070 dscc4.setup= [NET]
1071
1072 dt_cpu_ftrs= [PPC]
1073 Format: {"off" | "known"}
1074 Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is
1075 used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it
1076 exists).
1077 off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table.
1078 known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests
1079 or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of.
1080
1081 dump_apple_properties [X86]
1082 Dump name and content of EFI device properties on
1083 x86 Macs. Useful for driver authors to determine
1084 what data is available or for reverse-engineering.
1085
1086 dyndbg[="val"] [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG]
1087 <module>.dyndbg[="val"]
1088 Enable debug messages at boot time. See
1089 Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
1090 for details.
1091
1092 nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found
1093 in some Intel CPUs.
1094
1095 <module>.async_probe [KNL]
1096 Enable asynchronous probe on this module.
1097
1098 early_ioremap_debug [KNL]
1099 Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This
1100 is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings
1101 which are not unmapped.
1102
1103 earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options.
1104
1105 When used with no options, the early console is
1106 determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
1107 chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
1108 the platform.
1109
1110 cdns,<addr>[,options]
1111 Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
1112 (xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only
1113 supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not
1114 specified, the serial port must already be setup and
1115 configured.
1116
1117 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
1118 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
1119 uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
1120 uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options]
1121 uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
1122 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
1123 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
1124 MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
1125 (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be).
1126 If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed
1127 to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified
1128 in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
1129 unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
1130
1131 pl011,<addr>
1132 pl011,mmio32,<addr>
1133 Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
1134 port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
1135 must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1136 yet supported. If 'mmio32' is specified, then only
1137 the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
1138 the device registers.
1139
1140 liteuart,<addr>
1141 Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
1142 specified address. The serial port must already be
1143 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1144
1145 meson,<addr>
1146 Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
1147 port at the specified address. The serial port must
1148 already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
1149 supported.
1150
1151 msm_serial,<addr>
1152 Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1153 port at the specified address. The serial port
1154 must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1155 yet supported.
1156
1157 msm_serial_dm,<addr>
1158 Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
1159 dm port at the specified address. The serial port
1160 must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1161 yet supported.
1162
1163 owl,<addr>
1164 Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1165 of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the
1166 specified address. The serial port must already be
1167 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1168
1169 rda,<addr>
1170 Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port
1171 of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the
1172 specified address. The serial port must already be
1173 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1174
1175 sbi
1176 Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early
1177 console.
1178
1179 smh Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
1180
1181 s3c2410,<addr>
1182 s3c2412,<addr>
1183 s3c2440,<addr>
1184 s3c6400,<addr>
1185 s5pv210,<addr>
1186 exynos4210,<addr>
1187 Use early console provided by serial driver available
1188 on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
1189 a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
1190 serial port must already be setup and configured.
1191 Options are not yet supported.
1192
1193 lantiq,<addr>
1194 Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial
1195 (lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port
1196 must already be setup and configured. Options are not
1197 yet supported.
1198
1199 lpuart,<addr>
1200 lpuart32,<addr>
1201 Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver
1202 found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors.
1203 A valid base address must be provided, and the serial
1204 port must already be setup and configured.
1205
1206 ec_imx21,<addr>
1207 ec_imx6q,<addr>
1208 Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the
1209 Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART
1210 must already be setup and configured.
1211
1212 ar3700_uart,<addr>
1213 Start an early, polled-mode console on the
1214 Armada 3700 serial port at the specified
1215 address. The serial port must already be setup
1216 and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1217
1218 qcom_geni,<addr>
1219 Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm
1220 Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the
1221 specified address. The serial port must already be
1222 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
1223
1224 efifb,[options]
1225 Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI
1226 memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache
1227 coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for
1228 the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is
1229 mapped with the correct attributes.
1230
1231 linflex,<addr>
1232 Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART
1233 serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base
1234 address must be provided, and the serial port must
1235 already be setup and configured.
1236
1237 earlyprintk= [X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390]
1238 earlyprintk=vga
1239 earlyprintk=sclp
1240 earlyprintk=xen
1241 earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
1242 earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
1243 earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
1244 earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
1245 earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate]
1246 earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]
1247
1248 earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
1249 the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
1250 default because it has some cosmetic problems.
1251
1252 Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
1253 takes over.
1254
1255 Only one of vga, efi, serial, or usb debug port can
1256 be used at a time.
1257
1258 Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
1259 name. Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
1260 on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
1261 replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
1262 earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
1263 You can find the port for a given device in
1264 /proc/tty/driver/serial:
1265 2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
1266
1267 Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
1268 very good.
1269
1270 The VGA and EFI output is eventually overwritten by
1271 the real console.
1272
1273 The xen option can only be used in Xen domains.
1274
1275 The sclp output can only be used on s390.
1276
1277 The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a
1278 PCI device even when its classcode is not of the
1279 UART class.
1280
1281 edac_report= [HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event
1282 Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"}
1283 on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden
1284 by other higher priority error reporting module.
1285 off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC.
1286 force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event.
1287 default: on.
1288
1289 ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging
1290 ekgdboc=kbd
1291
1292 This is designed to be used in conjunction with
1293 the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga
1294
1295 This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter
1296 but can only be used if the backing tty is available
1297 very early in the boot process. For early debugging
1298 via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead.
1299
1300 edd= [EDD]
1301 Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
1302
1303 efi= [EFI]
1304 Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma",
1305 "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve",
1306 "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" }
1307 debug: enable misc debug output.
1308 disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all
1309 PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub.
1310 nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI
1311 boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
1312 firmware implementations.
1313 noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
1314 nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose)
1315 attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the
1316 memory range for a memory mapping driver to
1317 claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this
1318 reservation and treat the memory by its base type
1319 (i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM").
1320 novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap().
1321 no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set
1322 on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub
1323
1324 efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
1325 Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
1326 your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
1327 you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
1328 fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
1329
1330 efi_fake_mem= nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86]
1331 Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by
1332 updating original EFI memory map.
1333 Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is
1334 from ss to ss+nn.
1335
1336 If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000
1337 is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000)
1338 attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and
1339 0x10a0000000-0x1120000000.
1340
1341 If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the
1342 EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to
1343 range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff.
1344
1345 Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap
1346 related features. For example, you can do debugging of
1347 Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box
1348 doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as
1349 "soft reserved".
1350
1351 efivar_ssdt= [EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT
1352 that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are
1353 multiple variables with the same name but with different
1354 vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See
1355 Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details.
1356
1357
1358 eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW]
1359 See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
1360
1361 elanfreq= [X86-32]
1362 See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
1363 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
1364
1365 elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
1366 Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
1367 image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
1368 kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
1369 See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details.
1370
1371 enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
1372 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous
1373 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
1374 entry later. This parameter enables that.
1375
1376 enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
1377 Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
1378 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
1379 (in particular on some ATI chipsets).
1380 The kernel tries to set a reasonable default.
1381
1382 enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status.
1383 Format: {"0" | "1"}
1384 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
1385 0 -- permissive (log only, no denials).
1386 1 -- enforcing (deny and log).
1387 Default value is 0.
1388 Value can be changed at runtime via
1389 /sys/fs/selinux/enforce.
1390
1391 erst_disable [ACPI]
1392 Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST)
1393 support.
1394
1395 ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
1396 This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
1397 has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
1398
1399 evm= [EVM]
1400 Format: { "fix" }
1401 Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of
1402 current integrity status.
1403
1404 failslab=
1405 fail_usercopy=
1406 fail_page_alloc=
1407 fail_make_request=[KNL]
1408 General fault injection mechanism.
1409 Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times>
1410 See also Documentation/fault-injection/.
1411
1412 fb_tunnels= [NET]
1413 Format: { initns | none }
1414 See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for
1415 fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns
1416
1417 floppy= [HW]
1418 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst.
1419
1420 force_pal_cache_flush
1421 [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
1422 buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
1423 parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
1424 ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
1425
1426 forcepae [X86-32]
1427 Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE).
1428 Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a
1429 functionally usable PAE implementation.
1430 Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
1431 and may cause unknown problems.
1432
1433 ftrace=[tracer]
1434 [FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
1435 as early as possible in order to facilitate early
1436 boot debugging.
1437
1438 ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu]
1439 [FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
1440 If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump
1441 buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will
1442 dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the
1443 oops.
1444
1445 ftrace_filter=[function-list]
1446 [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
1447 tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
1448 list of functions. This list can be changed at run
1449 time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
1450 tracing directory.
1451
1452 ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
1453 [FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
1454 function-list. This list can be changed at run time
1455 by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
1456 tracing directory.
1457
1458 ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list]
1459 [FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced
1460 by the function graph tracer at boot up.
1461 function-list is a comma-separated list of functions
1462 that can be changed at run time by the
1463 set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1464
1465 ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
1466 [FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
1467 function-list. This list is a comma-separated list of
1468 functions that can be changed at run time by the
1469 set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory.
1470
1471 ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint>
1472 [FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is
1473 the max depth it will trace into a function. This value
1474 can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file
1475 in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit)
1476
1477 fw_devlink= [KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier
1478 devices by scanning the firmware to infer the
1479 consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is
1480 especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as
1481 it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing
1482 (suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state
1483 clean up (only after all consumers have probed),
1484 suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then
1485 suppliers).
1486 Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm }
1487 off -- Don't create device links from firmware info.
1488 permissive -- Create device links from firmware info
1489 but use it only for ordering boot state clean
1490 up (sync_state() calls).
1491 on -- Create device links from firmware info and use it
1492 to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering.
1493 rpm -- Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM.
1494
1495 fw_devlink.strict=<bool>
1496 [KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory
1497 dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
1498 Format: <bool>
1499
1500 gamecon.map[2|3]=
1501 [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
1502 support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
1503 Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5>
1504 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
1505
1506 gamma= [HW,DRM]
1507
1508 gart_fix_e820= [X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART
1509 Format: off | on
1510 default: on
1511
1512 gcov_persist= [GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
1513 kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
1514 debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
1515 When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
1516 debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
1517
1518 goldfish [X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
1519 Don't use this when you are not running on the
1520 android emulator
1521
1522 gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges
1523 [HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device.
1524 Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>...
1525 gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines
1526 [HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named.
1527
1528 gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
1529 invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
1530 primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
1531 GPT to be used instead.
1532
1533 grcan.enable0= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines
1534 the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1535 Format: 0 | 1
1536 Default: 0
1537 grcan.enable1= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines
1538 the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register.
1539 Format: 0 | 1
1540 Default: 0
1541 grcan.select= [HW] Select which physical interface to use.
1542 Format: 0 | 1
1543 Default: 0
1544 grcan.txsize= [HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer.
1545 Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1546 Default: 1024
1547 grcan.rxsize= [HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer.
1548 Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0.
1549 Default: 1024
1550
1551 hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
1552 [KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate
1553 backtraces on all cpus.
1554 Format: 0 | 1
1555
1556 hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
1557 are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on
1558 for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise.
1559 Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
1560
1561 hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
1562
1563 hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
1564 Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
1565
1566 hest_disable [ACPI]
1567 Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support;
1568 corresponding firmware-first mode error processing
1569 logic will be disabled.
1570
1571 highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact
1572 size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no
1573 highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem
1574 size on bigger boxes.
1575
1576 highres= [KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode.
1577 Valid parameters: "on", "off"
1578 Default: "on"
1579
1580 hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
1581
1582 hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage
1583 Format: { enable (default) | disable | force |
1584 verbose }
1585 disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead
1586 force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4,
1587 VIA, nVidia)
1588 verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup
1589
1590 hpet_mmap= [X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET
1591 registers. Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT.
1592
1593 hugetlb_cma= [HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation
1594 of gigantic hugepages.
1595 Format: nn[KMGTPE]
1596
1597 Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic
1598 hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the
1599 boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped.
1600
1601 hugepages= [HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot.
1602 If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies
1603 the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated.
1604 If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command
1605 line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for
1606 the default huge page size. See also
1607 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1608 Format: <integer>
1609
1610 hugepagesz=
1611 [HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages. This is used in
1612 conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge
1613 pages of a specific size at boot. The pair
1614 hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for
1615 each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are
1616 architecture dependent. See also
1617 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
1618 Format: size[KMG]
1619
1620 hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
1621 [KNL] Reguires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP
1622 enabled.
1623 Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
1624 memory (6 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
1625 Format: { on | off (default) }
1626
1627 on: enable the feature
1628 off: disable the feature
1629
1630 Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
1631 the default is on.
1632
1633 This is not compatible with memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory.
1634 If both parameters are enabled, hugetlb_free_vmemmap takes
1635 precedence over memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory.
1636
1637 hung_task_panic=
1638 [KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
1639 Format: 0 | 1
1640
1641 A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a
1642 hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
1643 by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
1644 option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
1645 be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
1646
1647 hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
1648 terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
1649 hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
1650 If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
1651 from listed z/VM user IDs only.
1652
1653 hv_nopvspin [X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
1654 which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
1655 guest on lock contention.
1656
1657 keep_bootcon [KNL]
1658 Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
1659 useful for debugging when something happens in the window
1660 between unregistering the boot console and initializing
1661 the real console.
1662
1663 i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed
1664 or register an additional I2C bus that is not
1665 registered from board initialization code.
1666 Format:
1667 <bus_id>,<clkrate>
1668
1669 i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
1670 i8042.unmask_kbd_data
1671 [HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port
1672 (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition
1673 requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled)
1674 i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
1675 i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
1676 keyboard and cannot control its state
1677 (Don't attempt to blink the leds)
1678 i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
1679 i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port
1680 i8042.noloop [HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing
1681 for the AUX port
1682 i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing
1683 controller
1684 i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX
1685 controllers
1686 i8042.notimeout [HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller
1687 i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and
1688 suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r
1689 transitions, or never reset
1690 Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n }
1691 1, Y, y: always reset controller
1692 0, N, n: don't ever reset controller
1693 Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other
1694 architectures force reset to be always executed
1695 i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
1696 i8042.kbdreset [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port
1697 i8042.probe_defer
1698 [HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors
1699
1700 i810= [HW,DRM]
1701
1702 i8k.ignore_dmi [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data
1703 indicates that the driver is running on unsupported
1704 hardware.
1705 i8k.force [HW] Activate i8k driver even if SMM BIOS signature
1706 does not match list of supported models.
1707 i8k.power_status
1708 [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k
1709 (disabled by default)
1710 i8k.restricted [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN
1711 capability is set.
1712
1713 i915.invert_brightness=
1714 [DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to
1715 set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a
1716 brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off,
1717 and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight
1718 to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0
1719 (default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter
1720 is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight
1721 to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness
1722 value switches the backlight off.
1723 -1 -- never invert brightness
1724 0 -- machine default
1725 1 -- force brightness inversion
1726
1727 icn= [HW,ISDN]
1728 Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
1729
1730 ide-core.nodma= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1731 Format: =0.0 to prevent dma on hda, =0.1 hdb =1.0 hdc
1732 .vlb_clock .pci_clock .noflush .nohpa .noprobe .nowerr
1733 .cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options
1734 See Documentation/ide/ide.rst.
1735
1736 ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1737 Format: <int>
1738 Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports. Depending on
1739 platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by
1740 setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1. The
1741 default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning.
1742 On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the
1743 PCI bus for the first and the second port, which
1744 are then probed. On systems without PCI the value
1745 of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it
1746 was 0x3.
1747
1748 ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
1749 Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
1750
1751 idle= [X86]
1752 Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
1753 Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
1754 improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
1755 will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
1756 Not recommended.
1757 idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
1758 In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
1759 idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
1760
1761 idxd.sva= [HW]
1762 Format: <bool>
1763 Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA)
1764 support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to
1765 true (1).
1766
1767 idxd.tc_override= [HW]
1768 Format: <bool>
1769 Allow override of default traffic class configuration
1770 for the device. By default it is set to false (0).
1771
1772 ieee754= [MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode
1773 Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed }
1774 Default: strict
1775
1776 Choose which programs will be accepted for execution
1777 based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by
1778 the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value
1779 of an ELF file header flag individually set by each
1780 binary. Hardware implementations are permitted to
1781 support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN
1782 encoding mode.
1783
1784 Available settings are as follows:
1785 strict accept binaries that request a NaN encoding
1786 supported by the FPU
1787 legacy only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported
1788 by the FPU
1789 2008 only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported
1790 by the FPU
1791 relaxed accept any binaries regardless of whether
1792 supported by the FPU
1793
1794 The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN
1795 encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has
1796 been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of
1797 'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly,
1798 'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and
1799 2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on
1800 legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or
1801 MIPS64 CPUs.
1802
1803 The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution
1804 mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding,
1805 except where unsupported by hardware.
1806
1807 ignore_loglevel [KNL]
1808 Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
1809 kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
1810 We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
1811 could change it dynamically, usually by
1812 /sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
1813
1814 ignore_rlimit_data
1815 Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings,
1816 print warning at first misuse. Can be changed via
1817 /sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data.
1818
1819 ihash_entries= [KNL]
1820 Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
1821
1822 ima_appraise= [IMA] appraise integrity measurements
1823 Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
1824 default: "enforce"
1825
1826 ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated. Use ima_policy= instead.
1827 The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
1828 owned by uid=0.
1829
1830 ima_canonical_fmt [IMA]
1831 Use the canonical format for the binary runtime
1832 measurements, instead of host native format.
1833
1834 ima_hash= [IMA]
1835 Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384
1836 | sha512 | ... }
1837 default: "sha1"
1838
1839 The list of supported hash algorithms is defined
1840 in crypto/hash_info.h.
1841
1842 ima_policy= [IMA]
1843 The builtin policies to load during IMA setup.
1844 Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot |
1845 fail_securely | critical_data"
1846
1847 The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files
1848 mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read
1849 mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or
1850 uid=0.
1851
1852 The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of
1853 all files owned by root.
1854
1855 The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity
1856 of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules,
1857 firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures.
1858
1859 The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature
1860 verification failure also on privileged mounted
1861 filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE
1862 flag.
1863
1864 The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity
1865 critical data.
1866
1867 ima_tcb [IMA] Deprecated. Use ima_policy= instead.
1868 Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted
1869 Computing Base. This means IMA will measure all
1870 programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files
1871 opened for read by uid=0.
1872
1873 ima_template= [IMA]
1874 Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats.
1875 Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-sig" }
1876 Default: "ima-ng"
1877
1878 ima_template_fmt=
1879 [IMA] Define a custom template format.
1880 Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" }
1881
1882 ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage
1883 Format: <min_file_size>
1884 Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash.
1885 If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled.
1886
1887 ahash performance varies for different data sizes on
1888 different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1889 to achieve the best performance for a particular HW.
1890
1891 ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size
1892 Format: <bufsize>
1893 Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k.
1894
1895 ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on
1896 different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
1897 to achieve best performance for particular HW.
1898
1899 init= [KNL]
1900 Format: <full_path>
1901 Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
1902 process.
1903
1904 initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful
1905 for working out where the kernel is dying during
1906 startup.
1907
1908 initcall_blacklist= [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of
1909 initcall functions. Useful for debugging built-in
1910 modules and initcalls.
1911
1912 initramfs_async= [KNL]
1913 Format: <bool>
1914 Default: 1
1915 This parameter controls whether the initramfs
1916 image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently
1917 with devices being probed and
1918 initialized. This should normally just work,
1919 but as a debugging aid, one can get the
1920 historical behaviour of the initramfs
1921 unpacking being completed before device_ and
1922 late_ initcalls.
1923
1924 initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
1925
1926 initrdmem= [KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to
1927 load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or
1928 specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this
1929 setting.
1930 Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG]
1931 Default is 0, 0
1932
1933 init_on_alloc= [MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with
1934 zeroes.
1935 Format: 0 | 1
1936 Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
1937
1938 init_on_free= [MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes.
1939 Format: 0 | 1
1940 Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
1941
1942 init_pkru= [X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
1943 register contents for all processes. 0x55555554 by
1944 default (disallow access to all but pkey 0). Can
1945 override in debugfs after boot.
1946
1947 inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
1948 Format: <irq>
1949
1950 int_pln_enable [X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt
1951
1952 integrity_audit=[IMA]
1953 Format: { "0" | "1" }
1954 0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default)
1955 1 -- additional integrity auditing messages.
1956
1957 intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
1958 on
1959 Enable intel iommu driver.
1960 off
1961 Disable intel iommu driver.
1962 igfx_off [Default Off]
1963 By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx
1964 device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is
1965 bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
1966 this case, gfx device will use physical address for
1967 DMA.
1968 strict [Default Off]
1969 Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1.
1970 sp_off [Default Off]
1971 By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
1972 has the capability. With this option, super page will
1973 not be supported.
1974 sm_on
1975 Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
1976 advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
1977 translation.
1978 sm_off
1979 Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
1980 tboot_noforce [Default Off]
1981 Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
1982 By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
1983 could harm performance of some high-throughput
1984 devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity
1985 mapping is enabled.
1986 Note that using this option lowers the security
1987 provided by tboot because it makes the system
1988 vulnerable to DMA attacks.
1989
1990 intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86]
1991 0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle.
1992 1 to 9 specify maximum depth of C-state.
1993
1994 intel_pstate= [X86]
1995 disable
1996 Do not enable intel_pstate as the default
1997 scaling driver for the supported processors
1998 passive
1999 Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it
2000 to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of
2001 enabling its internal governor). This mode cannot be
2002 used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP)
2003 feature.
2004 force
2005 Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default
2006 in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver
2007 instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such
2008 as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI
2009 P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore
2010 should be used with caution. This option does not work with
2011 processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver
2012 or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq.
2013 no_hwp
2014 Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP)
2015 if available.
2016 hwp_only
2017 Only load intel_pstate on systems which support
2018 hardware P state control (HWP) if available.
2019 support_acpi_ppc
2020 Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI
2021 Description Table, specifies preferred power management
2022 profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server",
2023 then this feature is turned on by default.
2024 per_cpu_perf_limits
2025 Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using
2026 cpufreq sysfs interface
2027
2028 intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU]
2029 on enable Interrupt Remapping (default)
2030 off disable Interrupt Remapping
2031 nosid disable Source ID checking
2032 no_x2apic_optout
2033 BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored
2034 nopost disable Interrupt Posting
2035
2036 iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory
2037 strict regions from userspace.
2038 relaxed
2039
2040 iommu= [X86]
2041 off
2042 force
2043 noforce
2044 biomerge
2045 panic
2046 nopanic
2047 merge
2048 nomerge
2049 soft
2050 pt [X86]
2051 nopt [X86]
2052 nobypass [PPC/POWERNV]
2053 Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
2054
2055 iommu.forcedac= [ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices.
2056 Format: { "0" | "1" }
2057 0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before
2058 falling back to the full range if needed.
2059 1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range,
2060 forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
2061 greater than 32-bit addressing.
2062
2063 iommu.strict= [ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
2064 Format: { "0" | "1" }
2065 0 - Lazy mode.
2066 Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
2067 invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased
2068 throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation.
2069 Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by
2070 the relevant IOMMU driver.
2071 1 - Strict mode.
2072 DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
2073 synchronously.
2074 unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}.
2075 Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the
2076 legacy driver-specific options takes precedence.
2077
2078 iommu.passthrough=
2079 [ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.
2080 Format: { "0" | "1" }
2081 0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA.
2082 1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA.
2083 unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH.
2084
2085 io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems
2086 See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
2087 arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
2088
2089 io_delay= [X86] I/O delay method
2090 0x80
2091 Standard port 0x80 based delay
2092 0xed
2093 Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems)
2094 udelay
2095 Simple two microseconds delay
2096 none
2097 No delay
2098
2099 ip= [IP_PNP]
2100 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
2101
2102 ipcmni_extend [KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V
2103 IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216.
2104
2105 irqaffinity= [SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask
2106 The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
2107
2108 irqchip.gicv2_force_probe=
2109 [ARM, ARM64]
2110 Format: <bool>
2111 Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page
2112 of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range
2113 exposed by the device tree is too small.
2114
2115 irqchip.gicv3_nolpi=
2116 [ARM, ARM64]
2117 Force the kernel to ignore the availability of
2118 LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system
2119 that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want
2120 to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up
2121 LPIs.
2122
2123 irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64]
2124 Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This
2125 requires the kernel to be built with
2126 CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI.
2127
2128 irqfixup [HW]
2129 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2130 for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2131 firmware running.
2132
2133 irqpoll [HW]
2134 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
2135 for it. Also check all handlers each timer
2136 interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
2137 firmware running.
2138
2139 isapnp= [ISAPNP]
2140 Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity>
2141
2142 isolcpus= [KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance.
2143 [Deprecated - use cpusets instead]
2144 Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list>
2145
2146 Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances
2147 specified in the flag list (default: domain):
2148
2149 nohz
2150 Disable the tick when a single task runs.
2151
2152 A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you
2153 need to affine to housekeeping through the global
2154 workqueue's affinity configured via the
2155 /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or
2156 by using the 'domain' flag described below.
2157
2158 NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs,
2159 so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to
2160 be configured manually after bootup.
2161
2162 domain
2163 Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
2164 algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way
2165 is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to
2166 the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly
2167 advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load
2168 balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file.
2169 It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can
2170 move in and out of an isolated set anytime.
2171
2172 You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via
2173 the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
2174 <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
2175 "number of CPUs in system - 1".
2176
2177 managed_irq
2178
2179 Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts
2180 which have an interrupt mask containing isolated
2181 CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is
2182 handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via
2183 the /proc/irq/* interfaces.
2184
2185 This isolation is best effort and only effective
2186 if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a
2187 device queue contains isolated and housekeeping
2188 CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such
2189 interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU
2190 so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU
2191 cannot disturb the isolated CPU.
2192
2193 If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated
2194 CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the
2195 interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are
2196 only delivered when tasks running on those
2197 isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on
2198 housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those
2199 queues.
2200
2201 The format of <cpu-list> is described above.
2202
2203 iucv= [HW,NET]
2204
2205 ivrs_ioapic [HW,X86-64]
2206 Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2207 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
2208 example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to
2209 PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2210 ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0
2211
2212 ivrs_hpet [HW,X86-64]
2213 Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID
2214 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
2215 example, to map HPET-ID decimal 0 to
2216 PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as:
2217 ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0
2218
2219 ivrs_acpihid [HW,X86-64]
2220 Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID
2221 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. For
2222 example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to
2223 PCI device 00:14.5 write the parameter as:
2224 ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0
2225
2226 js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
2227 See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst.
2228
2229 nokaslr [KNL]
2230 When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables
2231 kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space
2232 Layout Randomization).
2233
2234 kasan_multi_shot
2235 [KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print
2236 report on every invalid memory access. Without this
2237 parameter KASAN will print report only for the first
2238 invalid access.
2239
2240 keepinitrd [HW,ARM]
2241
2242 kernelcore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
2243 Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror"
2244 This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by
2245 the kernel for non-movable allocations. The requested
2246 amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the
2247 system as ZONE_NORMAL. The remaining memory is used for
2248 movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE. In the
2249 event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and
2250 ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and
2251 other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE.
2252
2253 ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that
2254 may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration
2255 subsystem. Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem
2256 still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
2257 zone if it does not.
2258
2259 It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in
2260 the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system
2261 memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror". If "mirror"
2262 option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used
2263 for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used
2264 for Movable pages. "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror"
2265 are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms.
2266
2267 kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port.
2268 Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval]
2269 The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug
2270 port as it is probed via PCI. The poll interval is
2271 optional and is the number seconds in between
2272 each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need
2273 the functionality for interrupting the kernel with
2274 gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection. When
2275 not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into
2276 the kernel debugger.
2277
2278 kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles.
2279 Requires a tty driver that supports console polling,
2280 or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb).
2281 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud]
2282 keyboard only format: kbd
2283 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud]
2284 Optional Kernel mode setting:
2285 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd
2286 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud]
2287
2288 kgdboc_earlycon= [KGDB,HW]
2289 If the boot console provides the ability to read
2290 characters and can work in polling mode, you can use
2291 this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend
2292 until the normal console is registered. Intended to
2293 be used together with the kgdboc parameter which
2294 specifies the normal console to transition to.
2295
2296 The name of the early console should be specified
2297 as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of
2298 the early console might be different than the tty
2299 name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value
2300 blank and the first boot console that implements
2301 read() will be picked.
2302
2303 kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the
2304 kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity.
2305
2306 kmac= [MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address.
2307 Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip
2308 Ethernet adapter MAC address.
2309
2310 kmemleak= [KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable
2311 Valid arguments: on, off
2312 Default: on
2313 Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y,
2314 the default is off.
2315
2316 kprobe_event=[probe-list]
2317 [FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time.
2318 The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe
2319 definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events
2320 interface, but the parameters are comma delimited.
2321 For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with
2322 arg1 and arg2, add to the command line;
2323
2324 kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2
2325
2326 See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel
2327 Boot Parameter" section.
2328
2329 kpti= [ARM64] Control page table isolation of user
2330 and kernel address spaces.
2331 Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation.
2332 0: force disabled
2333 1: force enabled
2334
2335 kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
2336 Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
2337
2338 kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
2339 Default is false (don't support).
2340
2341 kvm.mmu_audit= [KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
2342 KVM MMU at runtime.
2343 Default is 0 (off)
2344
2345 kvm.nx_huge_pages=
2346 [KVM] Controls the software workaround for the
2347 X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug.
2348 force : Always deploy workaround.
2349 off : Never deploy workaround.
2350 auto : Deploy workaround based on the presence of
2351 X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT.
2352
2353 Default is 'auto'.
2354
2355 If the software workaround is enabled for the host,
2356 guests do need not to enable it for nested guests.
2357
2358 kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=
2359 [KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped
2360 back to huge pages. 0 disables the recovery, otherwise if
2361 the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every
2362 minute. The default is 60.
2363
2364 kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM.
2365 Default is 1 (enabled)
2366
2367 kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU)
2368 for all guests.
2369 Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode.
2370
2371 kvm-arm.mode=
2372 [KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation.
2373
2374 nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for
2375 protected guests.
2376
2377 protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose
2378 state is kept private from the host.
2379 Not valid if the kernel is running in EL2.
2380
2381 Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support.
2382
2383 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap=
2384 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0
2385 system registers
2386
2387 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap=
2388 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1
2389 system registers
2390
2391 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap=
2392 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
2393 system registers
2394
2395 kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
2396 [KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
2397 LPIs.
2398
2399 kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC]
2400 Reserves given percentage from system memory area for
2401 contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable
2402 allocation.
2403 By default it reserves 5% of total system memory.
2404 Format: <integer>
2405 Default: 5
2406
2407 kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
2408 (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
2409 Default is 1 (enabled)
2410
2411 kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
2412 [KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state.
2413 Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as
2414 guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests.
2415 This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM
2416 never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
2417 Default is 1 (enabled)
2418
2419 kvm-intel.flexpriority=
2420 [KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).
2421 Default is 1 (enabled)
2422
2423 kvm-intel.nested=
2424 [KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX).
2425 Default is 0 (disabled)
2426
2427 kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest=
2428 [KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature
2429 (virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable
2430 Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled)
2431
2432 kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault
2433 CVE-2018-3620.
2434
2435 Valid arguments: never, cond, always
2436
2437 always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER.
2438 cond: Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between
2439 VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory.
2440 never: Disables the mitigation
2441
2442 Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances)
2443
2444 kvm-intel.vpid= [KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification
2445 feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
2446 Default is 1 (enabled)
2447
2448 l1d_flush= [X86,INTEL]
2449 Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability.
2450
2451 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2452 internal buffers which can forward information to a
2453 disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2454
2455 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2456 forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2457 attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2458 not have direct access.
2459
2460 This parameter controls the mitigation. The
2461 options are:
2462
2463 on - enable the interface for the mitigation
2464
2465 l1tf= [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
2466 affected CPUs
2467
2468 The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
2469 enabled and cannot be disabled.
2470
2471 full
2472 Provides all available mitigations for the
2473 L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
2474 enables all mitigations in the
2475 hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
2476
2477 SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2478 sysfs interface is still possible after
2479 boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning
2480 when the first VM is started in a
2481 potentially insecure configuration,
2482 i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2483
2484 full,force
2485 Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
2486 flush runtime control. Implies the
2487 'nosmt=force' command line option.
2488 (i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
2489
2490 flush
2491 Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
2492 hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
2493 L1D flush.
2494
2495 SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2496 sysfs interface is still possible after
2497 boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning
2498 when the first VM is started in a
2499 potentially insecure configuration,
2500 i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2501
2502 flush,nosmt
2503
2504 Disables SMT and enables the default
2505 hypervisor mitigation.
2506
2507 SMT control and L1D flush control via the
2508 sysfs interface is still possible after
2509 boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning
2510 when the first VM is started in a
2511 potentially insecure configuration,
2512 i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
2513
2514 flush,nowarn
2515 Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
2516 warn when a VM is started in a potentially
2517 insecure configuration.
2518
2519 off
2520 Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
2521 emit any warnings.
2522 It also drops the swap size and available
2523 RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and
2524 bare metal.
2525
2526 Default is 'flush'.
2527
2528 For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
2529
2530 l2cr= [PPC]
2531
2532 l3cr= [PPC]
2533
2534 lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS
2535 disabled it.
2536
2537 lapic= [X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline
2538 value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default
2539 back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC.
2540 Format: notscdeadline
2541
2542 lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer
2543 in C2 power state.
2544
2545 libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control
2546 libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA
2547 libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only
2548 libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only
2549 libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only
2550 Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA
2551 for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs.
2552
2553 libata.ignore_hpa= [LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit
2554 libata.ignore_hpa=0 keep BIOS limits (default)
2555 libata.ignore_hpa=1 ignore limits, using full disk
2556
2557 libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
2558 when set.
2559 Format: <int>
2560
2561 libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is comma-
2562 separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
2563 PORT[.DEVICE]. PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
2564 matching port, link or device. Basically, it matches
2565 the ATA ID string printed on console by libata. If
2566 the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
2567 values are used. If ID hasn't been specified yet, the
2568 configuration applies to all ports, links and devices.
2569
2570 If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to
2571 the port and all links and devices behind it. DEVICE
2572 number of 0 either selects the first device or the
2573 first fan-out link behind PMP device. It does not
2574 select the host link. DEVICE number of 15 selects the
2575 host link and device attached to it.
2576
2577 The VAL specifies the configuration to force. As long
2578 as there's no ambiguity shortcut notation is allowed.
2579 For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps.
2580 The following configurations can be forced.
2581
2582 * Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata.
2583 Any ID with matching PORT is used.
2584
2585 * SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps.
2586
2587 * Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7].
2588 udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also
2589 allowed.
2590
2591 * [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ.
2592
2593 * [no]ncqtrim: Turn off queued DSM TRIM.
2594
2595 * nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft
2596 and both resets.
2597
2598 * rstonce: only attempt one reset during
2599 hot-unplug link recovery
2600
2601 * dump_id: dump IDENTIFY data.
2602
2603 * atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support
2604
2605 * disable: Disable this device.
2606
2607 If there are multiple matching configurations changing
2608 the same attribute, the last one is used.
2609
2610 memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages.
2611
2612 load_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated]
2613
2614 lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period.
2615 Format: <integer>
2616
2617 lockd.nlm_tcpport=N [NFS] Assign TCP port.
2618 Format: <integer>
2619
2620 lockd.nlm_timeout=T [NFS] Assign timeout value.
2621 Format: <integer>
2622
2623 lockd.nlm_udpport=M [NFS] Assign UDP port.
2624 Format: <integer>
2625
2626 lockdown= [SECURITY]
2627 { integrity | confidentiality }
2628 Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to
2629 integrity, kernel features that allow userland to
2630 modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to
2631 confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland
2632 to extract confidential information from the kernel
2633 are also disabled.
2634
2635 locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
2636 Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
2637 Defaults to being automatically set based on the
2638 number of online CPUs.
2639
2640 locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
2641 Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
2642
2643 locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
2644 Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2645
2646 locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
2647 Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2648 zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2649
2650 locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
2651 Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies). Shuffling
2652 tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
2653 mode during the locktorture test.
2654
2655 locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
2656 Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This
2657 is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2658
2659 locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
2660 Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2661
2662 locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
2663 Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
2664 specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
2665 five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
2666 This tests the locking primitive's ability to
2667 transition abruptly to and from idle.
2668
2669 locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
2670 Specify the locking implementation to test.
2671
2672 locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
2673 Enable additional printk() statements.
2674
2675 logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
2676 Format: <irq>
2677
2678 loglevel= All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the
2679 console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can
2680 also be changed with klogd or other programs. The
2681 loglevels are defined as follows:
2682
2683 0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable
2684 1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately
2685 2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions
2686 3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions
2687 4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions
2688 5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition
2689 6 (KERN_INFO) informational
2690 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages
2691
2692 log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
2693 in bytes. n must be a power of two and greater
2694 than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined
2695 by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is
2696 also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter
2697 that allows to increase the default size depending on
2698 the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details.
2699
2700 logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
2701 This may be used to provide more screen space for
2702 kernel log messages and is useful when debugging
2703 kernel boot problems.
2704
2705 lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
2706 lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
2707 lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
2708 lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
2709 specified in addition to the ports) causes
2710 attached printers to be reset. Using
2711 lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
2712 to associate lp devices with, starting with
2713 lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
2714 that lp device, or a parport name such as
2715 'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
2716 port specification list means that device IDs
2717 from each port should be examined, to see if
2718 an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
2719 so, the driver will manage that printer.
2720 See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
2721
2722 lpj=n [KNL]
2723 Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding
2724 time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per
2725 CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine
2726 the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal
2727 autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that
2728 on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs,
2729 which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need
2730 significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value
2731 will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to
2732 unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although
2733 unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your
2734 hardware.
2735
2736 ltpc= [NET]
2737 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
2738
2739 lsm.debug [SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
2740
2741 lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
2742 [SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
2743 overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
2744
2745 machvec= [IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
2746 (machvec) in a generic kernel.
2747 Example: machvec=hpzx1
2748
2749 machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between
2750 different yeeloong laptops.
2751 Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch
2752
2753 max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater
2754 than or equal to this physical address is ignored.
2755
2756 maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
2757 will bring up during bootup. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits
2758 the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after
2759 bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing
2760 "echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus
2761 only takes effect during system bootup.
2762 While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp",
2763 which also disables the IO APIC.
2764
2765 max_loop= [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
2766 (loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
2767 number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
2768 of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
2769 devices can be requested on-demand with the
2770 /dev/loop-control interface.
2771
2772 mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
2773
2774 mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
2775
2776 md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
2777 See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
2778
2779 mdacon= [MDA]
2780 Format: <first>,<last>
2781 Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
2782
2783 mds= [X86,INTEL]
2784 Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data
2785 Sampling (MDS) vulnerability.
2786
2787 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU
2788 internal buffers which can forward information to a
2789 disclosure gadget under certain conditions.
2790
2791 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively
2792 forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel
2793 attack, to access data to which the attacker does
2794 not have direct access.
2795
2796 This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The
2797 options are:
2798
2799 full - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
2800 full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable
2801 SMT on vulnerable CPUs
2802 off - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation
2803
2804 On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by
2805 an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are
2806 mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
2807 this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off
2808 too.
2809
2810 Not specifying this option is equivalent to
2811 mds=full.
2812
2813 For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst
2814
2815 mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
2816 Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows:
2817
2818 1 for test;
2819 2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory;
2820 3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from
2821 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests.
2822
2823 [X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together
2824 with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions.
2825 Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses
2826 belonging to unused RAM.
2827
2828 Note that this only takes effects during boot time since
2829 in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot
2830 if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient.
2831
2832 mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
2833 memory.
2834
2835 memchunk=nn[KMG]
2836 [KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for
2837 per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers.
2838
2839 memhp_default_state=online/offline
2840 [KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug
2841 onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is
2842 set according to the
2843 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config
2844 option.
2845 See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst.
2846
2847 memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact
2848 E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
2849 Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
2850 BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
2851 option description.
2852
2853 memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
2854 [KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory.
2855 Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn.
2856 If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG],
2857 which limits max address to nn[KMG].
2858 Multiple different regions can be specified,
2859 comma delimited.
2860 Example:
2861 memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G
2862
2863 memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
2864 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
2865 Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn.
2866
2867 memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
2868 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
2869 Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn.
2870 Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff
2871 memmap=64K$0x18690000
2872 or
2873 memmap=0x10000$0x18690000
2874 Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$',
2875 like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number
2876 will be eaten.
2877
2878 memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG]
2879 [KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected.
2880 Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
2881 The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc)
2882 and is NVDIMM or ADR memory.
2883
2884 memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype>
2885 [KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region
2886 from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left
2887 out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>,
2888 even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left
2889 out, matching memory will be removed. Types are
2890 specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved,
2891 3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM.
2892
2893 memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86]
2894 Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of
2895 memory when doing things like suspend/resume.
2896 Setting this option will scan the memory
2897 looking for corruption. Enabling this will
2898 both detect corruption and prevent the kernel
2899 from using the memory being corrupted.
2900 However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if
2901 repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always
2902 affects the same memory, you can use memmap=
2903 to prevent the kernel from using that memory.
2904
2905 memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86]
2906 By default it checks for corruption in the low
2907 64k, making this memory unavailable for normal
2908 use. Use this parameter to scan for
2909 corruption in more or less memory.
2910
2911 memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86]
2912 By default it checks for corruption every 60
2913 seconds. Use this parameter to check at some
2914 other rate. 0 disables periodic checking.
2915
2916 memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory
2917 [KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
2918 Format: {on | off (default)}
2919 When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
2920 allocate its internal metadata (struct pages)
2921 from the hotadded memory which will allow to
2922 hotadd a lot of memory without requiring
2923 additional memory to do so.
2924 This feature is disabled by default because it
2925 has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
2926 allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
2927 memory blocks).
2928 The state of the flag can be read in
2929 /sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory.
2930 Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
2931 the feature is not effective.
2932
2933 This is not compatible with hugetlb_free_vmemmap. If
2934 both parameters are enabled, hugetlb_free_vmemmap takes
2935 precedence over memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory.
2936
2937 memtest= [KNL,X86,ARM,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
2938 Format: <integer>
2939 default : 0 <disable>
2940 Specifies the number of memtest passes to be
2941 performed. Each pass selects another test
2942 pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest
2943 fills the memory with this pattern, validates
2944 memory contents and reserves bad memory
2945 regions that are detected.
2946
2947 mem_encrypt= [X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control
2948 Valid arguments: on, off
2949 Default (depends on kernel configuration option):
2950 on (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
2951 off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n)
2952 mem_encrypt=on: Activate SME
2953 mem_encrypt=off: Do not activate SME
2954
2955 Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst
2956 for details on when memory encryption can be activated.
2957
2958 mem_sleep_default= [SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode:
2959 s2idle - Suspend-To-Idle
2960 shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported)
2961 deep - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported)
2962 See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst.
2963
2964 meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
2965 See Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst.
2966
2967 mfgpt_irq= [IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the
2968 Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode
2969 platforms.
2970
2971 mfgptfix [X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when
2972 the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS
2973 version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the
2974 problem by letting the user disable the workaround.
2975
2976 mga= [HW,DRM]
2977
2978 min_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory below this
2979 physical address is ignored.
2980
2981 mini2440= [ARM,HW,KNL]
2982 Format:[0..2][b][c][t]
2983 Default: "0tb"
2984 MINI2440 configuration specification:
2985 0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT
2986 1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT
2987 2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768)
2988 Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load
2989 the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left
2990 unconfigured.
2991 b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be
2992 linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO
2993 LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the
2994 VGA shield.
2995 c - Enable the s3c camera interface.
2996 t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The
2997 touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream
2998 kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found
2999 in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at
3000 https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
3001
3002 mitigations=
3003 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
3004 CPU vulnerabilities. This is a set of curated,
3005 arch-independent options, each of which is an
3006 aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
3007
3008 off
3009 Disable all optional CPU mitigations. This
3010 improves system performance, but it may also
3011 expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
3012 Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
3013 kpti=0 [ARM64]
3014 nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC]
3015 nobp=0 [S390]
3016 nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64]
3017 spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
3018 spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
3019 ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
3020 l1tf=off [X86]
3021 mds=off [X86]
3022 tsx_async_abort=off [X86]
3023 kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
3024 no_entry_flush [PPC]
3025 no_uaccess_flush [PPC]
3026
3027 Exceptions:
3028 This does not have any effect on
3029 kvm.nx_huge_pages when
3030 kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
3031
3032 auto (default)
3033 Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
3034 enabled, even if it's vulnerable. This is for
3035 users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
3036 getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
3037 have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks.
3038 Equivalent to: (default behavior)
3039
3040 auto,nosmt
3041 Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
3042 if needed. This is for users who always want to
3043 be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
3044 Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
3045 mds=full,nosmt [X86]
3046 tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86]
3047
3048 mminit_loglevel=
3049 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
3050 parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for
3051 the additional memory initialisation checks. A value
3052 of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will
3053 log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG
3054 so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified.
3055
3056 module.sig_enforce
3057 [KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that
3058 modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load.
3059 Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that
3060 is always true, so this option does nothing.
3061
3062 module_blacklist= [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of
3063 modules. Useful for debugging problem modules.
3064
3065 mousedev.tap_time=
3066 [MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and
3067 leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered
3068 a tap and be reported as a left button click (for
3069 touchpads working in absolute mode only).
3070 Format: <msecs>
3071 mousedev.xres= [MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices
3072 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3073 mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices
3074 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets
3075
3076 movablecore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC]
3077 Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn%
3078 This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it
3079 specifies the amount of memory used for migratable
3080 allocations. If both kernelcore and movablecore is
3081 specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the
3082 specified value but may be more. If movablecore on its
3083 own is specified, the administrator must be careful
3084 that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
3085 is not too small.
3086
3087 movable_node [KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory
3088 NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory
3089 of such nodes will be usable only for movable
3090 allocations which rules out almost all kernel
3091 allocations. Use with caution!
3092
3093 MTD_Partition= [MTD]
3094 Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
3095
3096 MTD_Region= [MTD] Format:
3097 <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
3098
3099 mtdparts= [MTD]
3100 See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c
3101
3102 multitce=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries
3103 firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries
3104 at a time.
3105
3106 onenand.bdry= [HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration
3107
3108 Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock]
3109
3110 boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND.
3111 The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks.
3112 lock - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked.
3113 Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed.
3114 1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status.
3115
3116 mtdset= [ARM]
3117 ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control
3118
3119 See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c
3120
3121 mtouchusb.raw_coordinates=
3122 [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates
3123 ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n')
3124
3125 mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3126 used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk
3127 that could hold holes aka. UC entries.
3128
3129 mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86]
3130 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block.
3131 Default is 1.
3132 Large value could prevent small alignment from
3133 using up MTRRs.
3134
3135 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86]
3136 Format: <integer>
3137 Range: 0,7 : spare reg number
3138 Default : 1
3139 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number.
3140 Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more.
3141
3142 n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
3143
3144 netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters
3145 Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
3146 Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
3147 something different and driver-specific.
3148 This usage is only documented in each driver source
3149 file if at all.
3150
3151 nf_conntrack.acct=
3152 [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting
3153 0 to disable accounting
3154 1 to enable accounting
3155 Default value is 0.
3156
3157 nfsaddrs= [NFS] Deprecated. Use ip= instead.
3158 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3159
3160 nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
3161 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3162
3163 nfsrootdebug [NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages.
3164 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst.
3165
3166 nfs.callback_nr_threads=
3167 [NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the
3168 NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback
3169 requests.
3170
3171 nfs.callback_tcpport=
3172 [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback
3173 channel should listen.
3174
3175 nfs.cache_getent=
3176 [NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used
3177 to update the NFS client cache entries.
3178
3179 nfs.cache_getent_timeout=
3180 [NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to
3181 update a cache entry is deemed to have failed.
3182
3183 nfs.idmap_cache_timeout=
3184 [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache
3185 entries.
3186
3187 nfs.enable_ino64=
3188 [NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers.
3189 If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode
3190 number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead
3191 of returning the full 64-bit number.
3192 The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
3193
3194 nfs.max_session_cb_slots=
3195 [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session
3196 slots the client will assign to the callback
3197 channel. This determines the maximum number of
3198 callbacks the client will process in parallel for
3199 a particular server.
3200
3201 nfs.max_session_slots=
3202 [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
3203 the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
3204 This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
3205 that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
3206 Note that there is little point in setting this
3207 value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
3208
3209 nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3210 [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
3211 ensures that both the RPC level authentication
3212 scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use
3213 numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the
3214 'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is
3215 disabling idmapping, which can make migration from
3216 legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier.
3217 Servers that do not support this mode of operation
3218 will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall
3219 back to using the idmapper.
3220 To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'.
3221 nfs.nfs4_unique_id=
3222 [NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident-
3223 ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into
3224 their nfs_client_id4 string. This is typically a
3225 UUID that is generated at system install time.
3226
3227 nfs.send_implementation_id =
3228 [NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification
3229 information in exchange_id requests.
3230 If zero, no implementation identification information
3231 will be sent.
3232 The default is to send the implementation identification
3233 information.
3234
3235 nfs.recover_lost_locks =
3236 [NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due
3237 to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that
3238 doing this risks data corruption, since there are
3239 no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged
3240 after the locks are lost.
3241 If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of
3242 attempting to recover these locks, then set this
3243 parameter to '1'.
3244 The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel
3245 not to attempt recovery of lost locks.
3246
3247 nfs4.layoutstats_timer =
3248 [NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends
3249 layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server.
3250
3251 Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use
3252 whatever value is the default set by the layout
3253 driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval
3254 in seconds between layoutstats transmissions.
3255
3256 nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
3257 [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4
3258 server will return only numeric uids and gids to
3259 clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids
3260 and gids from such clients. This is intended to ease
3261 migration from NFSv2/v3.
3262
3263 nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL]
3264 Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an
3265 NMI stack-backtrace request.
3266
3267 nmi_debug= [KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take
3268 when a NMI is triggered.
3269 Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
3270
3271 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
3272 Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
3273 Valid num: 0 or 1
3274 0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
3275 1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
3276 When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
3277 timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
3278 watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
3279 To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
3280 please see 'nowatchdog'.
3281 This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
3282 need the box quickly up again.
3283
3284 These settings can be accessed at runtime via
3285 the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls.
3286
3287 netpoll.carrier_timeout=
3288 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
3289 netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll
3290 waits 4 seconds.
3291
3292 no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
3293 emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
3294 is present.
3295
3296 no5lvl [X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
3297 kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
3298
3299 nofsgsbase [X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
3300
3301 no_console_suspend
3302 [HW] Never suspend the console
3303 Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
3304 hibernate operations. Once disabled, debugging
3305 messages can reach various consoles while the rest
3306 of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while
3307 debugging driver suspend/resume hooks). This may
3308 not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
3309 to work with serial and VGA consoles.
3310 To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
3311 console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
3312 it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
3313 /sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
3314 turn on/off it dynamically.
3315
3316 novmcoredd [KNL,KDUMP]
3317 Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to
3318 append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver
3319 specified debug info. Drivers can append the data
3320 without any limit and this data is stored in memory,
3321 so this may cause significant memory stress. Disabling
3322 device dump can help save memory but the driver debug
3323 data will be no longer available. This parameter
3324 is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP
3325 is set.
3326
3327 noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
3328 caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory,
3329 but will impact performance.
3330
3331 noalign [KNL,ARM]
3332
3333 noaltinstr [S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
3334 (CPU alternatives feature).
3335
3336 noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
3337 IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
3338
3339 noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
3340
3341 nobats [PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
3342 on "Classic" PPC cores.
3343
3344 nocache [ARM]
3345
3346 noclflush [BUGS=X86] Don't use the CLFLUSH instruction
3347
3348 delayacct [KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
3349
3350 nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time.
3351
3352 noefi Disable EFI runtime services support.
3353
3354 no_entry_flush [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel.
3355
3356 noexec [IA-64]
3357
3358 noexec [X86]
3359 On X86-32 available only on PAE configured kernels.
3360 noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3361 noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
3362
3363 nosmap [X86,PPC]
3364 Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
3365 even if it is supported by processor.
3366
3367 nosmep [X86,PPC]
3368 Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
3369 even if it is supported by processor.
3370
3371 noexec32 [X86-64]
3372 This affects only 32-bit executables.
3373 noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
3374 read doesn't imply executable mappings
3375 noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings
3376 read implies executable mappings
3377
3378 nofpu [MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time.
3379
3380 nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended
3381 register save and restore. The kernel will only save
3382 legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
3383
3384 nohugeiomap [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings.
3385
3386 nohugevmalloc [PPC] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings.
3387
3388 nosmt [KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3389 Equivalent to smt=1.
3390
3391 [KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
3392 nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone
3393 via the sysfs control file.
3394
3395 nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1
3396 (bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are
3397 possible in the system.
3398
3399 nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
3400 the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
3401 vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
3402 option.
3403
3404 nospec_store_bypass_disable
3405 [HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
3406
3407 no_uaccess_flush
3408 [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data.
3409
3410 noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
3411 and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
3412 enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
3413
3414 noxsaveopt [X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended
3415 register states. The kernel will fall back to use
3416 xsave to save the states. By using this parameter,
3417 performance of saving the states is degraded because
3418 xsave doesn't support modified optimization while
3419 xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems.
3420
3421 noxsaves [X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and
3422 restoring x86 extended register state in compacted
3423 form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use
3424 xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states
3425 in standard form of xsave area. By using this
3426 parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more
3427 memory on xsaves enabled systems.
3428
3429 nohlt [ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait
3430 in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
3431 implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
3432 to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
3433 sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work
3434 correctly or when doing power measurements to evalute
3435 the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also
3436 useful when using JTAG debugger.
3437
3438 no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The
3439 only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
3440 is to be setuid root or executed by root.
3441
3442 nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
3443 function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
3444 power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
3445 interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance
3446 in certain environments such as networked servers or
3447 real-time systems.
3448
3449 no_hash_pointers
3450 Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be
3451 unhashed. By default, when a pointer is printed via %p
3452 format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured
3453 by hashing the pointer value. This is a security feature
3454 that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged
3455 users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more
3456 difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be
3457 compared. However, if this command-line option is
3458 specified, then all normal pointers will have their true
3459 value printed. This option should only be specified when
3460 debugging the kernel. Please do not use on production
3461 kernels.
3462
3463 nohibernate [HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.
3464
3465 nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks
3466 Valid arguments: on, off
3467 Default: on
3468
3469 nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL]
3470 The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
3471 In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
3472 the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
3473 whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
3474 the range to maintain the timekeeping. Any CPUs
3475 in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
3476 just as if they had also been called out in the
3477 rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
3478
3479 noiotrap [SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
3480
3481 noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
3482 disable unhandled interrupt sources.
3483
3484 no_timer_check [X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for
3485 broken timer IRQ sources.
3486
3487 noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
3488
3489 noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
3490 initial RAM disk.
3491
3492 nointremap [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt
3493 remapping.
3494 [Deprecated - use intremap=off]
3495
3496 nointroute [IA-64]
3497
3498 noinvpcid [X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature.
3499
3500 nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers.
3501
3502 no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver
3503
3504 no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page
3505 fault handling.
3506
3507 no-vmw-sched-clock
3508 [X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler
3509 clock and use the default one.
3510
3511 no-steal-acc [X86,PV_OPS,ARM64] Disable paravirtualized steal time
3512 accounting. steal time is computed, but won't
3513 influence scheduler behaviour
3514
3515 nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
3516
3517 nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer.
3518
3519 noltlbs [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
3520 lowmem mapping on PPC40x and PPC8xx
3521
3522 nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
3523
3524 nomce [X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception
3525
3526 nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose
3527 Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines).
3528
3529 nonmi_ipi [X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to
3530 shutdown the other cpus. Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
3531 irq.
3532
3533 nomodule Disable module load
3534
3535 nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
3536 pagetables) support.
3537
3538 nopcid [X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
3539
3540 norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
3541 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
3542
3543 noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions
3544 with UP alternatives
3545
3546 nordrand [X86] Disable kernel use of the RDRAND and
3547 RDSEED instructions even if they are supported
3548 by the processor. RDRAND and RDSEED are still
3549 available to user space applications.
3550
3551 noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
3552 space.
3553
3554 no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback.
3555 This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
3556 reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
3557
3558 nosbagart [IA-64]
3559
3560 nosep [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
3561
3562 nosgx [X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support.
3563
3564 nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
3565 and disable the IO APIC. legacy for "maxcpus=0".
3566
3567 nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
3568
3569 nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
3570
3571 nowatchdog [KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
3572 soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup).
3573
3574 nowb [ARM]
3575
3576 nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode.
3577
3578 cpu0_hotplug [X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when
3579 CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off.
3580 Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are:
3581 1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0.
3582 Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you
3583 need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate.
3584 2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be
3585 removed if a PIC interrupt is detected.
3586 It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some
3587 machines although I haven't seen such issues so far
3588 after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines.
3589 If the dependencies are under your control, you can
3590 turn on cpu0_hotplug.
3591
3592 nps_mtm_hs_ctr= [KNL,ARC]
3593 This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
3594 cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
3595 without interruptions, before HW switches it.
3596 The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
3597 parameter's value.
3598 Format: integer between 1 and 255
3599 Default: 255
3600
3601 nptcg= [IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
3602 purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
3603 SAL PALO.
3604
3605 nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
3606 could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to
3607 support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the
3608 number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in
3609 runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches
3610 n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu
3611 variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu
3612 hot plugging.
3613
3614 nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
3615
3616 numa=off [KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only
3617 set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
3618
3619 numa_balancing= [KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic
3620 NUMA balancing.
3621 Allowed values are enable and disable
3622
3623 numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA.
3624 'node', 'default' can be specified
3625 This can be set from sysctl after boot.
3626 See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details.
3627
3628 ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver.
3629 See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more
3630 info.
3631
3632 olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands
3633 Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC
3634 command is not properly ACKed, override the length
3635 of the timeout. We have interrupts disabled while
3636 waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high
3637 interrupts *may* be lost!
3638
3639 omap_mux= [OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing.
3640 Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>...
3641 For example, to override I2C bus2:
3642 omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100
3643
3644 oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
3645 process, but there is a small probability of
3646 deadlocking the machine.
3647 This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions.
3648 Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot.
3649
3650 page_alloc.shuffle=
3651 [KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator
3652 should randomize its free lists. The randomization may
3653 be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is
3654 running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side
3655 cache, and this parameter can be used to
3656 override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag
3657 can be read from sysfs at:
3658 /sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle.
3659
3660 page_owner= [KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option.
3661 Storage of the information about who allocated
3662 each page is disabled in default. With this switch,
3663 we can turn it on.
3664 on: enable the feature
3665
3666 page_poison= [KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of
3667 poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with
3668 CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y.
3669 off: turn off poisoning (default)
3670 on: turn on poisoning
3671
3672 page_reporting.page_reporting_order=
3673 [KNL] Minimal page reporting order
3674 Format: <integer>
3675 Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page
3676 reporting is disabled when it exceeds (MAX_ORDER-1).
3677
3678 panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout>
3679 timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting
3680 timeout = 0: wait forever
3681 timeout < 0: reboot immediately
3682 Format: <timeout>
3683
3684 panic_print= Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens.
3685 User can chose combination of the following bits:
3686 bit 0: print all tasks info
3687 bit 1: print system memory info
3688 bit 2: print timer info
3689 bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on
3690 bit 4: print ftrace buffer
3691 bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer
3692
3693 panic_on_taint= Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint()
3694 Format: <hex>[,nousertaint]
3695 Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags
3696 that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is
3697 called with any of the flags in this set.
3698 The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to
3699 prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl
3700 /proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the
3701 bitmask set on panic_on_taint.
3702 See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for
3703 extra details on the taint flags that users can pick
3704 to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint.
3705
3706 panic_on_warn panic() instead of WARN(). Useful to cause kdump
3707 on a WARN().
3708
3709 crash_kexec_post_notifiers
3710 Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping
3711 kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always
3712 succeeds in any situation.
3713 Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure,
3714 because some panic notifiers can make the crashed
3715 kernel more unstable.
3716
3717 parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is
3718 connected to, default is 0.
3719 Format: <parport#>
3720 parkbd.mode= [HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation,
3721 0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT).
3722 Format: <mode>
3723
3724 parport= [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
3725 Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] }
3726 Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any
3727 IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to
3728 ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of
3729 possible conflicts). You can specify the base
3730 address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA
3731 should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected
3732 settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo'
3733 (to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected).
3734 Parallel ports are assigned in the order they
3735 are specified on the command line, starting
3736 with parport0.
3737
3738 parport_init_mode= [HW,PPT]
3739 Configure VIA parallel port to operate in
3740 a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos
3741 computer where firmware has no options for setting
3742 up parallel port mode and sets it to spp.
3743 Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
3744 Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]
3745
3746 pata_legacy.all= [HW,LIBATA]
3747 Format: <int>
3748 Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA
3749 port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device
3750 has been found at either range. Disabled by default.
3751
3752 pata_legacy.autospeed= [HW,LIBATA]
3753 Format: <int>
3754 Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed
3755 changes. Disabled by default.
3756
3757 pata_legacy.ht6560a= [HW,LIBATA]
3758 Format: <int>
3759 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel,
3760 the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
3761 Disabled by default.
3762
3763 pata_legacy.ht6560b= [HW,LIBATA]
3764 Format: <int>
3765 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel,
3766 the secondary channel, or both channels respectively.
3767 Disabled by default.
3768
3769 pata_legacy.iordy_mask= [HW,LIBATA]
3770 Format: <int>
3771 IORDY enable mask. Set individual bits to allow IORDY
3772 for the respective channel. Bit 0 is for the first
3773 legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for
3774 the second channel, and so on. The sequence will often
3775 correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary
3776 legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI
3777 bus and the use of other driver options may interfere
3778 with the sequence. By default IORDY is allowed across
3779 all channels.
3780
3781 pata_legacy.opti82c46x= [HW,LIBATA]
3782 Format: <int>
3783 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary
3784 channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
3785 respectively. Disabled by default.
3786
3787 pata_legacy.opti82c611a= [HW,LIBATA]
3788 Format: <int>
3789 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary
3790 channel, the secondary channel, or both channels
3791 respectively. Disabled by default.
3792
3793 pata_legacy.pio_mask= [HW,LIBATA]
3794 Format: <int>
3795 PIO mode mask for autospeed devices. Set individual
3796 bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes.
3797 Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on.
3798 All modes allowed by default.
3799
3800 pata_legacy.probe_all= [HW,LIBATA]
3801 Format: <int>
3802 Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
3803 port ranges on PCI systems. Disabled by default.
3804
3805 pata_legacy.probe_mask= [HW,LIBATA]
3806 Format: <int>
3807 Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports. Depending on
3808 platform configuration and the use of other driver
3809 options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
3810 0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
3811 of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
3812 corresponding bits in the mask to 1. Bit 0 is for
3813 the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
3814 By default all supported ports are probed.
3815
3816 pata_legacy.qdi= [HW,LIBATA]
3817 Format: <int>
3818 Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers. By default
3819 set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise.
3820
3821 pata_legacy.winbond= [HW,LIBATA]
3822 Format: <int>
3823 Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers. Use
3824 the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the
3825 value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0).
3826 By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE,
3827 0 otherwise.
3828
3829 pata_platform.pio_mask= [HW,LIBATA]
3830 Format: <int>
3831 Supported PIO mode mask. Set individual bits to allow
3832 the use of the respective PIO modes. Bit 0 is for
3833 mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on. Mode 0 only
3834 allowed by default.
3835
3836 pause_on_oops=
3837 Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
3838 the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if
3839 your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
3840
3841 pcbit= [HW,ISDN]
3842
3843 pcd. [PARIDE]
3844 See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
3845 See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
3846
3847 pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options.
3848
3849 Some options herein operate on a specific device
3850 or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
3851 specified in one of the following formats:
3852
3853 [<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]*
3854 pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]
3855
3856 Note: the first format specifies a PCI
3857 bus/device/function address which may change
3858 if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard
3859 firmware changes, or due to changes caused
3860 by other kernel parameters. If the
3861 domain is left unspecified, it is
3862 taken to be zero. Optionally, a path
3863 to a device through multiple device/function
3864 addresses can be specified after the base
3865 address (this is more robust against
3866 renumbering issues). The second format
3867 selects devices using IDs from the
3868 configuration space which may match multiple
3869 devices in the system.
3870
3871 earlydump dump PCI config space before the kernel
3872 changes anything
3873 off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
3874 bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
3875 the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
3876 has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
3877 nobios [X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
3878 hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
3879 if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
3880 suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
3881 conf1 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3882 Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
3883 data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
3884 conf2 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
3885 Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
3886 the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
3887 bus number. The config space is then accessed
3888 through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
3889 See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
3890 on the configuration access mechanisms.
3891 noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
3892 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3893 disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.
3894 nodomains [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI
3895 root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak).
3896 nommconf [X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
3897 Configuration
3898 check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable
3899 properly configured MMIO access to PCI
3900 config space on AMD family 10h CPU
3901 nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
3902 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
3903 disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
3904 clearmsi [X86] Clears MSI/MSI-X enable bits early in boot
3905 time in order to avoid issues like adapters
3906 screaming irqs and preventing boot progress.
3907 Also, it enforces the PCI Local Bus spec
3908 rule that those bits should be 0 in system reset
3909 events (useful for kexec/kdump cases).
3910 noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
3911 Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
3912 should never be necessary.
3913 ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
3914 primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
3915 boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
3916 when the system masks IRQs.
3917 noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
3918 boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
3919 a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
3920 The opposite of ioapicreroute.
3921 biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
3922 routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
3923 on several machines and they hang the machine
3924 when used, but on other computers it's the only
3925 way to get the interrupt routing table. Try
3926 this option if the kernel is unable to allocate
3927 IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your
3928 motherboard.
3929 rom [X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
3930 Use with caution as certain devices share
3931 address decoders between ROMs and other
3932 resources.
3933 norom [X86] Do not assign address space to
3934 expansion ROMs that do not already have
3935 BIOS assigned address ranges.
3936 nobar [X86] Do not assign address space to the
3937 BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
3938 irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
3939 assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
3940 make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards
3941 this way.
3942 pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86] Specify the physical address
3943 of the PIRQ table (normally generated
3944 by the BIOS) if it is outside the
3945 F0000h-100000h range.
3946 lastbus=N [X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be
3947 useful if the kernel is unable to find your
3948 secondary buses and you want to tell it
3949 explicitly which ones they are.
3950 assign-busses [X86] Always assign all PCI bus
3951 numbers ourselves, overriding
3952 whatever the firmware may have done.
3953 usepirqmask [X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored
3954 in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on
3955 some systems with broken BIOSes, notably
3956 some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3
3957 notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI
3958 IRQ routing is enabled.
3959 noacpi [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
3960 or for PCI scanning.
3961 use_crs [X86] Use PCI host bridge window information
3962 from ACPI. On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this
3963 is enabled by default. If you need to use this,
3964 please report a bug.
3965 nocrs [X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI.
3966 If you need to use this, please report a bug.
3967 routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices.
3968 This is normally done in pci_enable_device(),
3969 so this option is a temporary workaround
3970 for broken drivers that don't call it.
3971 skip_isa_align [X86] do not align io start addr, so can
3972 handle more pci cards
3973 noearly [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning.
3974 This might help on some broken boards which
3975 machine check when some devices' config space
3976 is read. But various workarounds are disabled
3977 and some IOMMU drivers will not work.
3978 bfsort Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3979 This sorting is done to get a device
3980 order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels.
3981 nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order.
3982 pcie_bus_tune_off Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size)
3983 tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults.
3984 pcie_bus_safe Set every device's MPS to the largest value
3985 supported by all devices below the root complex.
3986 pcie_bus_perf Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS
3987 based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max
3988 Read Request Size) to the largest supported
3989 value (no larger than the MPS that the device
3990 or bus can support) for best performance.
3991 pcie_bus_peer2peer Set every device's MPS to 128B, which
3992 every device is guaranteed to support. This
3993 configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between
3994 any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of
3995 reduced performance. This also guarantees
3996 that hot-added devices will work.
3997 cbiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
3998 reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window.
3999 The default value is 256 bytes.
4000 cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
4001 reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory
4002 window. The default value is 64 megabytes.
4003 resource_alignment=
4004 Format:
4005 [<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...]
4006 Specifies alignment and device to reassign
4007 aligned memory resources. How to
4008 specify the device is described above.
4009 If <order of align> is not specified,
4010 PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
4011 A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource
4012 windows need to be expanded.
4013 To specify the alignment for several
4014 instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
4015 device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
4016 specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
4017 for 4096-byte alignment.
4018 ecrc= Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
4019 end-to-end CRC checking).
4020 bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the
4021 the default.
4022 off: Turn ECRC off
4023 on: Turn ECRC on.
4024 hpiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
4025 reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window.
4026 Default size is 256 bytes.
4027 hpmmiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
4028 reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window.
4029 Default size is 2 megabytes.
4030 hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
4031 reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window.
4032 Default size is 2 megabytes.
4033 hpmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is
4034 reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and
4035 MMIO_PREF window.
4036 Default size is 2 megabytes.
4037 hpbussize=nn The minimum amount of additional bus numbers
4038 reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge.
4039 Default is 1.
4040 realloc= Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources
4041 if allocations done by BIOS are too small to
4042 accommodate resources required by all child
4043 devices.
4044 off: Turn realloc off
4045 on: Turn realloc on
4046 realloc same as realloc=on
4047 noari do not use PCIe ARI.
4048 noats [PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU]
4049 do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB).
4050 pcie_scan_all Scan all possible PCIe devices. Otherwise we
4051 only look for one device below a PCIe downstream
4052 port.
4053 big_root_window Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe
4054 root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware
4055 can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM.
4056 Adding the window is slightly risky (it may
4057 conflict with unreported devices), so this
4058 taints the kernel.
4059 disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
4060 Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
4061 specified above) separated by semicolons.
4062 Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
4063 redirect capabilities forced off which will
4064 allow P2P traffic between devices through
4065 bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
4066 this removes isolation between devices and
4067 may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
4068 force_floating [S390] Force usage of floating interrupts.
4069 nomio [S390] Do not use MIO instructions.
4070 norid [S390] ignore the RID field and force use of
4071 one PCI domain per PCI function
4072
4073 pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power
4074 Management.
4075 off Disable ASPM.
4076 force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it.
4077 WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups.
4078
4079 pcie_ports= [PCIE] PCIe port services handling:
4080 native Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug)
4081 even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to
4082 use them. This may cause conflicts if the platform
4083 also tries to use these services.
4084 dpc-native Use native PCIe service for DPC only. May
4085 cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC.
4086 compat Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe
4087 hotplug).
4088
4089 pcie_port_pm= [PCIE] PCIe port power management handling:
4090 off Disable power management of all PCIe ports
4091 force Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports
4092
4093 pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options:
4094 nomsi Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes
4095 all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services).
4096
4097 pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
4098
4099 pd_ignore_unused
4100 [PM]
4101 Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on,
4102 even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful
4103 for debug and development, but should not be
4104 needed on a platform with proper driver support.
4105
4106 pd. [PARIDE]
4107 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4108
4109 pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at
4110 boot time.
4111 Format: { 0 | 1 }
4112 See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c
4113
4114 percpu_alloc= Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use.
4115 Currently supported values are "embed" and "page".
4116 Archs may support subset or none of the selections.
4117 See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each
4118 allocator. This parameter is primarily for debugging
4119 and performance comparison.
4120
4121 pf. [PARIDE]
4122 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4123
4124 pg. [PARIDE]
4125 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4126
4127 pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
4128 See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst.
4129
4130 plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
4131 Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
4132 See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst.
4133
4134 pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port.
4135 Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value.
4136 e.g. pmtmr=0x508
4137
4138 pm_debug_messages [SUSPEND,KNL]
4139 Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up.
4140
4141 pnp.debug=1 [PNP]
4142 Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the
4143 CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option). Change at run-time
4144 via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug. We always show
4145 current resource usage; turning this on also shows
4146 possible settings and some assignment information.
4147
4148 pnpacpi= [ACPI]
4149 { off }
4150
4151 pnpbios= [ISAPNP]
4152 { on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
4153
4154 pnp_reserve_irq=
4155 [ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
4156
4157 pnp_reserve_dma=
4158 [ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
4159
4160 pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
4161 Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
4162
4163 pnp_reserve_mem=
4164 [ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the
4165 autoconfiguration.
4166 Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
4167
4168 ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module
4169 Default is 21.
4170 Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports
4171 may be specified.
4172 Format: <port>,<port>....
4173
4174 powersave=off [PPC] This option disables power saving features.
4175 It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
4176 platform machine description specific power_save
4177 function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
4178 execution priority.
4179
4180 ppc_strict_facility_enable
4181 [PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
4182 Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
4183 allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()).
4184 There is some performance impact when enabling this.
4185
4186 ppc_tm= [PPC]
4187 Format: {"off"}
4188 Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
4189
4190 preempt= [KNL]
4191 Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
4192 none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
4193 voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls
4194 full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled
4195 can be preempted anytime.
4196
4197 print-fatal-signals=
4198 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals
4199
4200 If enabled, warn about various signal handling
4201 related application anomalies: too many signals,
4202 too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a
4203 coredump - etc.
4204
4205 If you hit the warning due to signal overflow,
4206 you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited".
4207
4208 default: off.
4209
4210 printk.always_kmsg_dump=
4211 Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or
4212 panics
4213 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4214 default: disabled
4215
4216 printk.console_no_auto_verbose=
4217 Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic
4218 or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on).
4219 With an exception to setups with low baudrate on
4220 serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice
4221 in order to provide more debug information.
4222 Format: <bool>
4223 default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled)
4224
4225 printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit}
4226 Control writing to /dev/kmsg.
4227 on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
4228 off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
4229 ratelimit - ratelimit the logging
4230 Default: ratelimit
4231
4232 printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
4233 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4234
4235 processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI]
4236 Limit processor to maximum C-state
4237 max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit.
4238
4239 processor.nocst [HW,ACPI]
4240 Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states,
4241 instead using the legacy FADT method
4242
4243 profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
4244 Format: [<profiletype>,]<number>
4245 Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm"
4246 [defaults to kernel profiling]
4247 Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points.
4248 Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs).
4249 Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
4250 Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits.
4251 Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for
4252 statistical time based profiling.
4253
4254 prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated]
4255
4256 prot_virt= [S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines
4257 isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports
4258 that).
4259 Format: <bool>
4260
4261 psi= [KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information
4262 tracking.
4263 Format: <bool>
4264
4265 psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
4266 probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any).
4267 psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports
4268 per second.
4269 psmouse.resetafter= [HW,MOUSE]
4270 Try to reset the device after so many bad packets
4271 (0 = never).
4272 psmouse.resolution=
4273 [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
4274 psmouse.smartscroll=
4275 [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
4276 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).
4277
4278 pstore.backend= Specify the name of the pstore backend to use
4279
4280 pt. [PARIDE]
4281 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst.
4282
4283 pti= [X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and
4284 kernel address spaces. Disabling this feature
4285 removes hardening, but improves performance of
4286 system calls and interrupts.
4287
4288 on - unconditionally enable
4289 off - unconditionally disable
4290 auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
4291 vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates
4292
4293 Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto.
4294
4295 nopti [X86-64]
4296 Equivalent to pti=off
4297
4298 pty.legacy_count=
4299 [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
4300 default number.
4301
4302 quiet [KNL] Disable most log messages
4303
4304 r128= [HW,DRM]
4305
4306 raid= [HW,RAID]
4307 See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst.
4308
4309 ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
4310 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst.
4311
4312 ramdisk_start= [RAM] RAM disk image start address
4313
4314 random.trust_cpu={on,off}
4315 [KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
4316 CPU's random number generator (if available) to
4317 fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
4318 by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
4319
4320 randomize_kstack_offset=
4321 [KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset
4322 randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of
4323 entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks
4324 that depend on stack address determinism or
4325 cross-syscall address exposures. This is only
4326 available on architectures that have defined
4327 CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET.
4328 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable)
4329 Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT.
4330
4331 ras=option[,option,...] [KNL] RAS-specific options
4332
4333 cec_disable [X86]
4334 Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
4335 see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
4336
4337 rcu_nocbs= [KNL]
4338 The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
4339
4340 In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
4341 the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
4342 Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be
4343 offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that
4344 purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and
4345 "s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number.
4346 This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs,
4347 which can be useful for HPC and real-time
4348 workloads. It can also improve energy efficiency
4349 for asymmetric multiprocessors.
4350
4351 rcu_nocb_poll [KNL]
4352 Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
4353 (specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly
4354 awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads,
4355 make these kthreads poll for callbacks.
4356 This improves the real-time response for the
4357 offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to
4358 wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades
4359 energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads
4360 periodically wake up to do the polling.
4361
4362 rcutree.blimit= [KNL]
4363 Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to
4364 process in one batch.
4365
4366 rcutree.dump_tree= [KNL]
4367 Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree
4368 out at early boot. This is used for diagnostic
4369 purposes, to verify correct tree setup.
4370
4371 rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay= [KNL]
4372 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4373 RCU grace-period cleanup.
4374
4375 rcutree.gp_init_delay= [KNL]
4376 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4377 RCU grace-period initialization.
4378
4379 rcutree.gp_preinit_delay= [KNL]
4380 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of
4381 RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is,
4382 the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
4383 the rcu_node combining tree.
4384
4385 rcutree.use_softirq= [KNL]
4386 If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
4387 per-CPU rcuc kthreads. Defaults to a non-zero
4388 value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
4389 Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
4390
4391 But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable
4392 this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
4393 to zero.
4394
4395 rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
4396 Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
4397 tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might
4398 possibly be useful for architectures having high
4399 cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
4400
4401 rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
4402 Change the number of CPUs assigned to each
4403 leaf rcu_node structure. Useful for very
4404 large systems, which will choose the value 64,
4405 and for NUMA systems with large remote-access
4406 latencies, which will choose a value aligned
4407 with the appropriate hardware boundaries.
4408
4409 rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL]
4410 Minimum number of objects which are cached and
4411 maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal
4412 to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the
4413 pressure to page allocator, also it makes the
4414 whole algorithm to behave better in low memory
4415 condition.
4416
4417 rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL]
4418 Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds)
4419 in response to low-memory conditions. The range
4420 of permitted values is in the range 0:100000.
4421
4422 rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL]
4423 Set delay from grace-period initialization to
4424 first attempt to force quiescent states.
4425 Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero,
4426 and maximum value is HZ.
4427
4428 rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL]
4429 Set delay between subsequent attempts to force
4430 quiescent states. Units are jiffies, minimum
4431 value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
4432
4433 rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL]
4434 Set required age in jiffies for a
4435 given grace period before RCU starts
4436 soliciting quiescent-state help from
4437 rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched().
4438 If not specified, the kernel will calculate
4439 a value based on the most recent settings
4440 of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs
4441 and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs.
4442 This calculated value may be viewed in
4443 rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs. Any attempt to set
4444 rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully
4445 overwritten.
4446
4447 rcutree.kthread_prio= [KNL,BOOT]
4448 Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU
4449 kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for
4450 the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N)
4451 and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh,
4452 rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is
4453 set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1
4454 (the least-favored priority). Otherwise, when
4455 RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and
4456 the default is zero (non-realtime operation).
4457
4458 rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL]
4459 Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in
4460 each group, which defaults to the square root
4461 of the number of CPUs. Larger numbers reduce
4462 the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period
4463 kthread, but increases that same overhead on
4464 each group's NOCB grace-period kthread.
4465
4466 rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
4467 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4468 batch limiting is disabled.
4469
4470 rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL]
4471 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
4472 batch limiting is re-enabled.
4473
4474 rcutree.qovld= [KNL]
4475 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
4476 RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively
4477 enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to
4478 help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states.
4479 Set to less than zero to make this be set based
4480 on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to
4481 disable more aggressive help enlistment.
4482
4483 rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL]
4484 Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have
4485 RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y).
4486
4487 rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL]
4488 Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra
4489 wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than
4490 it should at force-quiescent-state time.
4491 This wake_up() will be accompanied by a
4492 WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump().
4493
4494 rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL]
4495 In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels,
4496 this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay
4497 in microseconds. This defaults to zero.
4498 Larger delays increase the probability of
4499 catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use
4500 of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant
4501 rcu_read_unlock() has completed.
4502
4503 rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL]
4504 Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's
4505 rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining
4506 why a new grace period has not yet started.
4507
4508 rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
4509 Measure performance of asynchronous
4510 grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
4511
4512 rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL]
4513 Specify the maximum number of outstanding
4514 callbacks per writer thread. When a writer
4515 thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the
4516 corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow
4517 previously posted callbacks to drain.
4518
4519 rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL]
4520 Measure performance of expedited synchronous
4521 grace-period primitives.
4522
4523 rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4524 Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of
4525 this parameter is to delay the start of the
4526 test until boot completes in order to avoid
4527 interference.
4528
4529 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
4530 Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
4531
4532 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL]
4533 Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4534 If this parameter has the same value as
4535 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single-
4536 and double-argument variants are tested.
4537
4538 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL]
4539 Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu().
4540 If this parameter has the same value as
4541 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single-
4542 and double-argument variants are tested.
4543
4544 rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
4545 The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
4546
4547 rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
4548 Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
4549
4550 rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL]
4551 Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number
4552 of allocations and frees.
4553
4554 rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4555 Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects
4556 N, where N is the number of CPUs. A value
4557 "n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again
4558 the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N
4559 (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4560 A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects
4561 a single reader.
4562
4563 rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL]
4564 Set number of RCU writers. The values operate
4565 the same as for rcuscale.nreaders.
4566 N, where N is the number of CPUs
4567
4568 rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL]
4569 Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4570
4571 rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4572 Shut the system down after performance tests
4573 complete. This is useful for hands-off automated
4574 testing.
4575
4576 rcuscale.verbose= [KNL]
4577 Enable additional printk() statements.
4578
4579 rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL]
4580 Write-side holdoff between grace periods,
4581 in microseconds. The default of zero says
4582 no holdoff.
4583
4584 rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
4585 Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts
4586 in microseconds.
4587
4588 rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL]
4589 Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts
4590 in microseconds.
4591
4592 rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL]
4593 Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
4594 in seconds.
4595
4596 rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
4597 Enable RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
4598 for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
4599
4600 rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
4601 Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
4602 period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
4603
4604 rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
4605 Number of seconds to wait between successive
4606 forward-progress tests.
4607
4608 rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
4609 Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
4610 need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
4611 testing.
4612
4613 rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
4614 Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
4615 primitives, if available.
4616
4617 rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL]
4618 Use expedited update-side primitives, if available.
4619
4620 rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL]
4621 Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous
4622 update-side primitives, if available.
4623
4624 rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL]
4625 Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous
4626 update-side primitives, if available. If all
4627 of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=,
4628 rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync=
4629 are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted
4630 they are all non-zero.
4631
4632 rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL]
4633 Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more
4634 accurately, from a timer handler. Not all RCU
4635 flavors take kindly to this sort of thing.
4636
4637 rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL]
4638 Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader.
4639 This can of course result in splats, and is
4640 intended to test the ability of things like
4641 CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect
4642 such leaks.
4643
4644 rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL]
4645 Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
4646
4647 rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL]
4648 Set number of concurrent RCU writers. These just
4649 stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
4650 test, hence the "fake".
4651
4652 rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL]
4653 Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers.
4654 Zero (the default) disables toggling.
4655
4656 rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL]
4657 Set the delay in milliseconds between successive
4658 callback-offload toggling attempts.
4659
4660 rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL]
4661 Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects
4662 N-1, where N is the number of CPUs. A value
4663 "n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again
4664 the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N
4665 (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on.
4666
4667 rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL]
4668 Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing.
4669
4670 rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
4671 Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
4672
4673 rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
4674 Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations,
4675 or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
4676
4677 rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL]
4678 Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used
4679 to test the interaction of RCU updaters and
4680 task-exit processing.
4681
4682 rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL]
4683 The number of times in a given read-then-exit
4684 episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads
4685 is spawned.
4686
4687 rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL]
4688 The delay, in seconds, between successive
4689 read-then-exit testing episodes.
4690
4691 rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
4692 Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks
4693 allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
4694 during the rcutorture test.
4695
4696 rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
4697 Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This
4698 is useful for hands-off automated testing.
4699
4700 rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL]
4701 Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
4702 warnings, zero to disable.
4703
4704 rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL]
4705 Sleep while stalling if set. This will result
4706 in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition
4707 to any other stall-related activity.
4708
4709 rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL]
4710 Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
4711
4712 rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL]
4713 Disable interrupts while stalling if set.
4714
4715 rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL]
4716 Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU
4717 grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall
4718 warnings, zero to disable. If both stall_cpu
4719 and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the
4720 kthread is starved first, then the CPU.
4721
4722 rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
4723 Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
4724
4725 rcutorture.stutter= [KNL]
4726 Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
4727 five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
4728 wait for five seconds, and so on. This tests RCU's
4729 ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
4730
4731 rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL]
4732 Test RCU priority boosting? 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
4733 "Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
4734 under test support RCU priority boosting.
4735
4736 rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL]
4737 Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
4738
4739 rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL]
4740 Interval (s) between each boost test.
4741
4742 rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL]
4743 Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the
4744 rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
4745
4746 rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
4747 Specify the RCU implementation to test.
4748
4749 rcutorture.verbose= [KNL]
4750 Enable additional printk() statements.
4751
4752 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL]
4753 Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
4754 stall warning.
4755
4756 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
4757 Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4758
4759 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL]
4760 Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and
4761 rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur
4762 during early boot, that is, during the time
4763 before the init task is spawned.
4764
4765 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4766 Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
4767
4768 rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL]
4769 Use expedited grace-period primitives, for
4770 example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead
4771 of synchronize_rcu(). This reduces latency,
4772 but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
4773 real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
4774 No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4775
4776 rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
4777 Use only normal grace-period primitives,
4778 for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
4779 synchronize_rcu_expedited(). This improves
4780 real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
4781 energy efficiency, but can expose users to
4782 increased grace-period latency. This parameter
4783 overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited. No effect on
4784 CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4785
4786 rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
4787 Once boot has completed (that is, after
4788 rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
4789 only normal grace-period primitives. No effect
4790 on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
4791
4792 But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables
4793 this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting
4794 it to the value one, that is, converting any
4795 post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace
4796 period to instead use normal non-expedited
4797 grace-period processing.
4798
4799 rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
4800 Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
4801 avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
4802 of a given grace period. Setting a large
4803 number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
4804 but lengthens grace periods.
4805
4806 rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
4807 Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
4808 messages. Disable with a value less than or equal
4809 to zero.
4810
4811 rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL]
4812 Run the RCU early boot self tests
4813
4814 rdinit= [KNL]
4815 Format: <full_path>
4816 Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,
4817 used for early userspace startup. See initrd.
4818
4819 rdrand= [X86]
4820 force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the
4821 advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects
4822 certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS
4823 support, specifically around the suspend/resume
4824 path).
4825
4826 rdt= [HW,X86,RDT]
4827 Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is:
4828 cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp,
4829 mba.
4830 E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use:
4831 rdt=cmt,!mba
4832
4833 reboot= [KNL]
4834 Format (x86 or x86_64):
4835 [w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \
4836 [[,]s[mp]#### \
4837 [[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \
4838 [[,]f[orce]
4839 Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio
4840 (prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic
4841 reboot only),
4842 reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci,
4843 reboot_force is either force or not specified,
4844 reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor
4845 to be used for rebooting.
4846
4847 refscale.holdoff= [KNL]
4848 Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of
4849 this parameter is to delay the start of the
4850 test until boot completes in order to avoid
4851 interference.
4852
4853 refscale.loops= [KNL]
4854 Set the number of loops over the synchronization
4855 primitive under test. Increasing this number
4856 reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead,
4857 but the default has already reduced the per-pass
4858 noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020
4859 x86 laptops.
4860
4861 refscale.nreaders= [KNL]
4862 Set number of readers. The default value of -1
4863 selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number
4864 of CPUs. A value of zero is an interesting choice.
4865
4866 refscale.nruns= [KNL]
4867 Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto
4868 the console log.
4869
4870 refscale.readdelay= [KNL]
4871 Set the read-side critical-section duration,
4872 measured in microseconds.
4873
4874 refscale.scale_type= [KNL]
4875 Specify the read-protection implementation to test.
4876
4877 refscale.shutdown= [KNL]
4878 Shut down the system at the end of the performance
4879 test. This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when
4880 refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave
4881 it running) when refscale is built as a module.
4882
4883 refscale.verbose= [KNL]
4884 Enable additional printk() statements.
4885
4886 refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL]
4887 Batch the additional printk() statements. If zero
4888 (the default) or negative, print everything. Otherwise,
4889 print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value
4890 specified.
4891
4892 relax_domain_level=
4893 [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level.
4894 See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst.
4895
4896 reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory
4897 Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...]
4898 Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use
4899 them. If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region
4900 is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory.
4901
4902 reservetop= [X86-32]
4903 Format: nn[KMG]
4904 Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual
4905 address space.
4906
4907 reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device
4908 during initialization.
4909
4910 resume= [SWSUSP]
4911 Specify the partition device for software suspend
4912 Format:
4913 {/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>}
4914
4915 resume_offset= [SWSUSP]
4916 Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition
4917 given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located,
4918 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
4919 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst
4920
4921 resumedelay= [HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4922 read the resume files
4923
4924 resumewait [HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up.
4925 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4926 (e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4927
4928 hibernate= [HIBERNATION]
4929 noresume Don't check if there's a hibernation image
4930 present during boot.
4931 nocompress Don't compress/decompress hibernation images.
4932 no Disable hibernation and resume.
4933 protect_image Turn on image protection during restoration
4934 (that will set all pages holding image data
4935 during restoration read-only).
4936
4937 retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
4938
4939 rfkill.default_state=
4940 0 "airplane mode". All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm,
4941 etc. communication is blocked by default.
4942 1 Unblocked.
4943
4944 rfkill.master_switch_mode=
4945 0 The "airplane mode" button does nothing.
4946 1 The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4947 blocked and the previous configuration.
4948 2 The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything
4949 blocked and everything unblocked.
4950
4951 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
4952 Set number of hash buckets for route cache
4953
4954 ring3mwait=disable
4955 [KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported
4956 CPUs.
4957
4958 ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
4959
4960 rodata= [KNL]
4961 on Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default).
4962 off Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging.
4963
4964 rockchip.usb_uart
4965 Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port
4966 on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the
4967 debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb
4968 port and the regular usb controller gets disabled.
4969
4970 root= [KNL] Root filesystem
4971 See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
4972
4973 rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
4974 mount the root filesystem
4975
4976 rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
4977
4978 rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type
4979
4980 rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up.
4981 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
4982 (e.g. USB and MMC devices).
4983
4984 rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address]
4985 [KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block.
4986 Memory area to be used by remote processor image,
4987 managed by CMA.
4988
4989 rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
4990
4991 S [KNL] Run init in single mode
4992
4993 s390_iommu= [HW,S390]
4994 Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode
4995 strict
4996 With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in
4997 an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse,
4998 which is faster.
4999
5000 sa1100ir [NET]
5001 See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
5002
5003 sched_verbose [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
5004
5005 schedstats= [KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics.
5006 Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature
5007 incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler
5008 but is useful for debugging and performance tuning.
5009
5010 sched_thermal_decay_shift=
5011 [KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal
5012 pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the
5013 default decay period of other scheduler pelt
5014 signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting
5015 sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay
5016 period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift
5017 value.
5018 i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms
5019 sched_thermal_decay_shift thermal pressure decay pr
5020 1 64 ms
5021 2 128 ms
5022 and so on.
5023 Format: integer between 0 and 10
5024 Default is 0.
5025
5026 scftorture.holdoff= [KNL]
5027 Number of seconds to hold off before starting
5028 test. Defaults to zero for module insertion and
5029 to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function()
5030 tests.
5031
5032 scftorture.longwait= [KNL]
5033 Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected
5034 up to the chosen limit in seconds. Zero (the
5035 default) disables this feature. Please note
5036 that requesting even small non-zero numbers of
5037 seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings,
5038 softlockup complaints, and so on.
5039
5040 scftorture.nthreads= [KNL]
5041 Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the
5042 smp_call_function() family of functions.
5043 The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads
5044 equal to the number of CPUs.
5045
5046 scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
5047 Number seconds to wait after the start of the
5048 test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations.
5049
5050 scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
5051 Number seconds to wait between successive
5052 CPU-hotplug operations. Specifying zero (which
5053 is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations.
5054
5055 scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
5056 The number of seconds following the start of the
5057 test after which to shut down the system. The
5058 default of zero avoids shutting down the system.
5059 Non-zero values are useful for automated tests.
5060
5061 scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
5062 The number of seconds between outputting the
5063 current test statistics to the console. A value
5064 of zero disables statistics output.
5065
5066 scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL]
5067 The number of jiffies to wait between each change
5068 to the set of CPUs under test.
5069
5070 scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL]
5071 Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default
5072 preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug
5073 while invoking one of the smp_call_function*()
5074 functions.
5075
5076 scftorture.verbose= [KNL]
5077 Enable additional printk() statements.
5078
5079 scftorture.weight_single= [KNL]
5080 The probability weighting to use for the
5081 smp_call_function_single() function with a zero
5082 "wait" parameter. A value of -1 selects the
5083 default if all other weights are -1. However,
5084 if at least one weight has some other value, a
5085 value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero.
5086
5087 scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL]
5088 The probability weighting to use for the
5089 smp_call_function_single() function with a
5090 non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single.
5091
5092 scftorture.weight_many= [KNL]
5093 The probability weighting to use for the
5094 smp_call_function_many() function with a zero
5095 "wait" parameter. See weight_single.
5096 Note well that setting a high probability for
5097 this weighting can place serious IPI load
5098 on the system.
5099
5100 scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL]
5101 The probability weighting to use for the
5102 smp_call_function_many() function with a
5103 non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single
5104 and weight_many.
5105
5106 scftorture.weight_all= [KNL]
5107 The probability weighting to use for the
5108 smp_call_function_all() function with a zero
5109 "wait" parameter. See weight_single and
5110 weight_many.
5111
5112 scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL]
5113 The probability weighting to use for the
5114 smp_call_function_all() function with a
5115 non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single
5116 and weight_many.
5117
5118 skew_tick= [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
5119 xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
5120 contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
5121 Format: { "0" | "1" }
5122 0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
5123 1 -- enable.
5124 Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
5125 enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
5126
5127 security= [SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
5128 enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
5129 "lsm=" parameter.
5130
5131 selinux= [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
5132 Format: { "0" | "1" }
5133 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text.
5134 0 -- disable.
5135 1 -- enable.
5136 Default value is 1.
5137
5138 apparmor= [APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time
5139 Format: { "0" | "1" }
5140 See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text
5141 0 -- disable.
5142 1 -- enable.
5143 Default value is set via kernel config option.
5144
5145 serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32]
5146
5147 shapers= [NET]
5148 Maximal number of shapers.
5149
5150 simeth= [IA-64]
5151 simscsi=
5152
5153 slram= [HW,MTD]
5154
5155 slab_merge [MM]
5156 Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
5157 kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
5158
5159 slab_nomerge [MM]
5160 Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
5161 necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
5162 allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened
5163 environments where the risk of heap overflows and
5164 layout control by attackers can usually be
5165 frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce
5166 most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single
5167 cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
5168 unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
5169 own.
5170 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5171
5172 slab_max_order= [MM, SLAB]
5173 Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5174 A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5175 fragmentation. Defaults to 1 for systems with
5176 more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise.
5177
5178 slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...] [MM, SLUB]
5179 Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the
5180 culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling
5181 slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and
5182 may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
5183 last alloc / free. For more information see
5184 Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5185
5186 slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB]
5187 Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
5188 A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
5189 fragmentation. For more information see
5190 Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5191
5192 slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB]
5193 The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will
5194 increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to
5195 generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain
5196 the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
5197 of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
5198 and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
5199 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5200
5201 slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB]
5202 Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
5203 lower than slub_max_order.
5204 For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
5205
5206 slub_merge [MM, SLUB]
5207 Same with slab_merge.
5208
5209 slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB]
5210 Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
5211 See slab_nomerge for more information.
5212
5213 smart2= [HW]
5214 Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
5215
5216 smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
5217 smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg= [HW] Device configuration I/O port
5218 smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir= [HW] SIR base I/O port
5219 smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir= [HW] FIR base I/O port
5220 smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq= [HW] IRQ line
5221 smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma= [HW] DMA channel
5222 smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type:
5223 0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select)
5224 1: Fast pin select (default)
5225 2: ATC IRMode
5226
5227 smt [KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical
5228 CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of
5229 symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the
5230 actual hardware limit.
5231 Format: <integer>
5232 Default: -1 (no limit)
5233
5234 softlockup_panic=
5235 [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
5236 Format: 0 | 1
5237
5238 A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector
5239 to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is
5240 also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl
5241 and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the
5242 respective build-time switch to that functionality.
5243
5244 softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
5245 [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
5246 backtraces on all cpus.
5247 Format: 0 | 1
5248
5249 sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
5250 See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
5251
5252 spectre_v2= [X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5253 (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
5254 The default operation protects the kernel from
5255 user space attacks.
5256
5257 on - unconditionally enable, implies
5258 spectre_v2_user=on
5259 off - unconditionally disable, implies
5260 spectre_v2_user=off
5261 auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is
5262 vulnerable
5263
5264 Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
5265 mitigation method at run time according to the
5266 CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
5267 CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
5268 compiler with which the kernel was built.
5269
5270 Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
5271 against user space to user space task attacks.
5272
5273 Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
5274 the user space protections.
5275
5276 Specific mitigations can also be selected manually:
5277
5278 retpoline - replace indirect branches
5279 retpoline,generic - Retpolines
5280 retpoline,lfence - LFENCE; indirect branch
5281 retpoline,amd - alias for retpoline,lfence
5282 eibrs - enhanced IBRS
5283 eibrs,retpoline - enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
5284 eibrs,lfence - enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
5285
5286 Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5287 spectre_v2=auto.
5288
5289 spectre_v2_user=
5290 [X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
5291 (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between
5292 user space tasks
5293
5294 on - Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is
5295 enforced by spectre_v2=on
5296
5297 off - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is
5298 enforced by spectre_v2=off
5299
5300 prctl - Indirect branch speculation is enabled,
5301 but mitigation can be enabled via prctl
5302 per thread. The mitigation control state
5303 is inherited on fork.
5304
5305 prctl,ibpb
5306 - Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is
5307 controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5308 always when switching between different user
5309 space processes.
5310
5311 seccomp
5312 - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp
5313 threads will enable the mitigation unless
5314 they explicitly opt out.
5315
5316 seccomp,ibpb
5317 - Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is
5318 controlled per thread. IBPB is issued
5319 always when switching between different
5320 user space processes.
5321
5322 auto - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on
5323 the available CPU features and vulnerability.
5324
5325 Default mitigation:
5326 If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y then "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
5327
5328 Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5329 spectre_v2_user=auto.
5330
5331 spec_store_bypass_disable=
5332 [HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation
5333 (Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability)
5334
5335 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a
5336 a common industry wide performance optimization known
5337 as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores
5338 to the same memory location may not be observed by
5339 later loads during speculative execution. The idea
5340 is that such stores are unlikely and that they can
5341 be detected prior to instruction retirement at the
5342 end of a particular speculation execution window.
5343
5344 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5345 store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for
5346 example to read memory to which the attacker does not
5347 directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code).
5348
5349 This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
5350 Bypass optimization is used.
5351
5352 On x86 the options are:
5353
5354 on - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
5355 off - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
5356 auto - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
5357 implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and
5358 picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the
5359 CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the
5360 CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is
5361 architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below.
5362 prctl - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread
5363 via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled
5364 for a process by default. The state of the control
5365 is inherited on fork.
5366 seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
5367 will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
5368
5369 Default mitigations:
5370 X86: If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
5371
5372 On powerpc the options are:
5373
5374 on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
5375 barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
5376 perform a software flush on kernel entry and
5377 exit.
5378 off - No action.
5379
5380 Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5381 spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
5382
5383 spia_io_base= [HW,MTD]
5384 spia_fio_base=
5385 spia_pedr=
5386 spia_peddr=
5387
5388 split_lock_detect=
5389 [X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
5390
5391 When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
5392 instructions that access data across cache line
5393 boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
5394 for split lock detection or a debug exception for
5395 bus lock detection.
5396
5397 off - not enabled
5398
5399 warn - the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
5400 about applications triggering the #AC
5401 exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
5402 the default on CPUs that support split lock
5403 detection or bus lock detection. Default
5404 behavior is by #AC if both features are
5405 enabled in hardware.
5406
5407 fatal - the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
5408 that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
5409 exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
5410 both features are enabled in hardware.
5411
5412 ratelimit:N -
5413 Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks
5414 per second for bus lock detection.
5415 0 < N <= 1000.
5416
5417 N/A for split lock detection.
5418
5419
5420 If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
5421 firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
5422 the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
5423 mode.
5424
5425 #DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
5426 CPL > 0.
5427
5428 srbds= [X86,INTEL]
5429 Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
5430 (SRBDS) mitigation.
5431
5432 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like
5433 exploit which can leak bits from the random
5434 number generator.
5435
5436 By default, this issue is mitigated by
5437 microcode. However, the microcode fix can cause
5438 the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become
5439 much slower. Among other effects, this will
5440 result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom.
5441
5442 The microcode mitigation can be disabled with
5443 the following option:
5444
5445 off: Disable mitigation and remove
5446 performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED
5447
5448 srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL]
5449 Specifies how frequently to check for
5450 grace-period sequence counter wrap for the
5451 srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field.
5452 The greater the number of bits set in this kernel
5453 parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will
5454 be checked for. Note that the bottom two bits
5455 are ignored.
5456
5457 srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL]
5458 Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse
5459 since the end of the last SRCU grace period for
5460 a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU
5461 grace period will be considered for automatic
5462 expediting. Set to zero to disable automatic
5463 expediting.
5464
5465 ssbd= [ARM64,HW]
5466 Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
5467
5468 On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
5469 Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
5470 firmware based mitigation, this parameter
5471 indicates how the mitigation should be used:
5472
5473 force-on: Unconditionally enable mitigation for
5474 for both kernel and userspace
5475 force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for
5476 for both kernel and userspace
5477 kernel: Always enable mitigation in the
5478 kernel, and offer a prctl interface
5479 to allow userspace to register its
5480 interest in being mitigated too.
5481
5482 stack_guard_gap= [MM]
5483 override the default stack gap protection. The value
5484 is in page units and it defines how many pages prior
5485 to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks
5486 growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other
5487 mapping. Default value is 256 pages.
5488
5489 stack_depot_disable= [KNL]
5490 Setting this to true through kernel command line will
5491 disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory
5492 consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set
5493 to false.
5494
5495 stacktrace [FTRACE]
5496 Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
5497
5498 stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
5499 [FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
5500 will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated
5501 list of functions. This list can be changed at run
5502 time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
5503 tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
5504 and the stacktrace above is not needed.
5505
5506 sti= [PARISC,HW]
5507 Format: <num>
5508 Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
5509 machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
5510 as the initial boot-console.
5511 See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5512
5513 sti_font= [HW]
5514 See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
5515
5516 stifb= [HW]
5517 Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
5518
5519 strict_sas_size=
5520 [X86]
5521 Format: <bool>
5522 Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks
5523 against the required signal frame size which
5524 depends on the supported FPU features. This can
5525 be used to filter out binaries which have
5526 not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ.
5527
5528 sunrpc.min_resvport=
5529 sunrpc.max_resvport=
5530 [NFS,SUNRPC]
5531 SunRPC servers often require that client requests
5532 originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the
5533 range 0 < portnr < 1024).
5534 An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these
5535 ports for other uses may adjust the range that the
5536 kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged
5537 using these two parameters to set the minimum and
5538 maximum port values.
5539
5540 sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit=
5541 [NFS,SUNRPC]
5542 Limit the number of requests that the server will
5543 process in parallel from a single connection.
5544 The default value is 0 (no limit).
5545
5546 sunrpc.pool_mode=
5547 [NFS]
5548 Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to
5549 service thread pools. Depending on how many NICs
5550 you have and where their interrupts are bound, this
5551 option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving.
5552 Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the
5553 NFS server is running.
5554
5555 auto the server chooses an appropriate mode
5556 automatically using heuristics
5557 global a single global pool contains all CPUs
5558 percpu one pool for each CPU
5559 pernode one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent
5560 to global on non-NUMA machines)
5561
5562 sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries=
5563 sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries=
5564 [NFS,SUNRPC]
5565 Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous
5566 RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a
5567 server. Increasing these values may allow you to
5568 improve throughput, but will also increase the
5569 amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
5570
5571 suspend.pm_test_delay=
5572 [SUSPEND]
5573 Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
5574 mode before resuming the system (see
5575 /sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
5576 is set. Default value is 5.
5577
5578 svm= [PPC]
5579 Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 }
5580 This parameter controls use of the Protected
5581 Execution Facility on pSeries.
5582
5583 swapaccount=[0|1]
5584 [KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
5585 controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
5586 it if 0 is given (See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst)
5587
5588 swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86]
5589 Format: { <int> | force | noforce }
5590 <int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs
5591 force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they
5592 wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel
5593 noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging)
5594
5595 switches= [HW,M68k]
5596
5597 sysctl.*= [KNL]
5598 Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init
5599 process, as if the value was written to the respective
5600 /proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as
5601 separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values
5602 are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered
5603 later by a loaded module cannot be set this way.
5604 Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40
5605
5606 sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
5607 Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
5608 on older distributions. When this option is enabled
5609 very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
5610 is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
5611 in older udev will not work anymore.
5612 Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
5613 the kernel configuration.
5614
5615 sysrq_always_enabled
5616 [KNL]
5617 Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will
5618 neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
5619 Useful for debugging.
5620
5621 tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
5622 Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
5623 Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
5624 ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics
5625 cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
5626 "tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details.
5627
5628 tdfx= [HW,DRM]
5629
5630 test_suspend= [SUSPEND][,N]
5631 Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for
5632 standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze)
5633 as the system sleep state during system startup with
5634 the optional capability to repeat N number of times.
5635 The system is woken from this state using a
5636 wakeup-capable RTC alarm.
5637
5638 thash_entries= [KNL,NET]
5639 Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection
5640
5641 thermal.act= [HW,ACPI]
5642 -1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones
5643 <degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points
5644
5645 thermal.crt= [HW,ACPI]
5646 -1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones
5647 <degrees C>: override all critical trip points
5648
5649 thermal.nocrt= [HW,ACPI]
5650 Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone
5651 critical and hot trip points.
5652
5653 thermal.off= [HW,ACPI]
5654 1: disable ACPI thermal control
5655
5656 thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI]
5657 -1: disable all passive trip points
5658 <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this
5659 value
5660
5661 thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI]
5662 Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate
5663 <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
5664 0: no polling (default)
5665
5666 threadirqs [KNL]
5667 Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
5668 marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
5669
5670 topology= [S390]
5671 Format: {off | on}
5672 Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
5673 topology information if the hardware supports this.
5674 The scheduler will make use of this information and
5675 e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
5676 Default is on.
5677
5678 topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA]
5679 Format: {off}
5680 Specify if the kernel should ignore (off)
5681 topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this
5682 LPAR.
5683
5684 torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL]
5685 Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing
5686 until after init has spawned.
5687
5688 torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL]
5689 Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown,
5690 even if there were no errors. This can be a
5691 very costly operation when many torture tests
5692 are running concurrently, especially on systems
5693 with rotating-rust storage.
5694
5695 torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL]
5696 Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be
5697 emitted between each sleep. The default of zero
5698 disables verbose-printk() sleeping.
5699
5700 torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL]
5701 Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies.
5702
5703 tp720= [HW,PS2]
5704
5705 tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM]
5706 Format: integer pcr id
5707 Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver
5708 should extend the specified pcr with zeros,
5709 as a workaround for some chips which fail to
5710 flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState.
5711 This will guarantee that all the other pcrs
5712 are saved.
5713
5714 trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
5715 [FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
5716
5717 trace_event=[event-list]
5718 [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
5719 to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a
5720 comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See
5721 also Documentation/trace/events.rst
5722
5723 trace_options=[option-list]
5724 [FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot.
5725 The option-list is a comma delimited list of options
5726 that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were
5727 to echo the option name into
5728
5729 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options
5730
5731 For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the
5732 stack trace of each event), add to the command line:
5733
5734 trace_options=stacktrace
5735
5736 See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options"
5737 section.
5738
5739 tp_printk[FTRACE]
5740 Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
5741 tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
5742 where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
5743 option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
5744 ftrace_dump_on_oops.
5745
5746 To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
5747 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
5748 Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
5749 tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
5750
5751 The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used
5752 to stop the printing of events to console at
5753 late_initcall_sync.
5754
5755 ** CAUTION **
5756
5757 Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
5758 frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
5759 the system to live lock.
5760
5761 tp_printk_stop_on_boot[FTRACE]
5762 When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise
5763 on the console. It may be useful to only include the
5764 printing of events during boot up, as user space may
5765 make the system inoperable.
5766
5767 This command line option will stop the printing of events
5768 to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame.
5769
5770 traceoff_on_warning
5771 [FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
5772 warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
5773 be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on"
5774 file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
5775
5776 This option is useful, as it disables the trace before
5777 the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to
5778 be filled with content caused by the warning output.
5779
5780 This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl
5781 option: kernel/traceoff_on_warning
5782
5783 transparent_hugepage=
5784 [KNL]
5785 Format: [always|madvise|never]
5786 Can be used to control the default behavior of the system
5787 with respect to transparent hugepages.
5788 See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
5789 for more details.
5790
5791 trusted.source= [KEYS]
5792 Format: <string>
5793 This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend
5794 for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust
5795 sources:
5796 - "tpm"
5797 - "tee"
5798 If not specified then it defaults to iterating through
5799 the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the
5800 first trust source as a backend which is initialized
5801 successfully during iteration.
5802
5803 tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
5804 Format: <string>
5805 [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
5806 disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
5807 as the stability checks done at bootup. Used to enable
5808 high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
5809 virtualized environment.
5810 [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
5811 Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
5812 platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
5813 can add overhead.
5814 [x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
5815 marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
5816 avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
5817 [x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used
5818 in situations with strict latency requirements (where
5819 interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
5820 acceptable).
5821
5822 tsc_early_khz= [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
5823 value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
5824 procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
5825 with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
5826 Format: <unsigned int>
5827
5828 tsx= [X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
5829 Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
5830 support TSX control.
5831
5832 This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are:
5833
5834 on - Enable TSX on the system. Although there are
5835 mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities,
5836 TSX has been known to be an accelerator for
5837 several previous speculation-related CVEs, and
5838 so there may be unknown security risks associated
5839 with leaving it enabled.
5840
5841 off - Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this
5842 option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are
5843 not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have
5844 MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get
5845 the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode
5846 update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
5847 deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
5848
5849 auto - Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
5850 otherwise enable TSX on the system.
5851
5852 Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
5853
5854 See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
5855 for more details.
5856
5857 tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
5858 Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
5859
5860 Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS)
5861 certain CPUs that support Transactional
5862 Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an
5863 exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward
5864 information to a disclosure gadget under certain
5865 conditions.
5866
5867 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded
5868 data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to
5869 access data to which the attacker does not have direct
5870 access.
5871
5872 This parameter controls the TAA mitigation. The
5873 options are:
5874
5875 full - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs
5876 if TSX is enabled.
5877
5878 full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on
5879 vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT
5880 is not disabled because CPU is not
5881 vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks.
5882 off - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation
5883
5884 On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be
5885 prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities
5886 are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable
5887 this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too.
5888
5889 Not specifying this option is equivalent to
5890 tsx_async_abort=full. On CPUs which are MDS affected
5891 and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not
5892 required and doesn't provide any additional
5893 mitigation.
5894
5895 For details see:
5896 Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
5897
5898 turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
5899 TurboGraFX parallel port interface
5900 Format:
5901 <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7>
5902 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst
5903
5904 udbg-immortal [PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that
5905 happen after console_init() and before a proper
5906 console driver takes over, this boot options might
5907 help "seeing" what's going on.
5908
5909 uhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
5910 Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
5911
5912 uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
5913 [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
5914 Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
5915 bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to
5916 anything. Set this parameter to avoid log spamming.
5917 Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be
5918 reported either.
5919
5920 unknown_nmi_panic
5921 [X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
5922
5923 usbcore.authorized_default=
5924 [USB] Default USB device authorization:
5925 (default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
5926 0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized
5927 if device connected to internal port)
5928
5929 usbcore.autosuspend=
5930 [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used
5931 for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This
5932 is the time required before an idle device will be
5933 autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set
5934 to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all.
5935
5936 usbcore.usbfs_snoop=
5937 [USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off).
5938
5939 usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max=
5940 [USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB
5941 (default = 65536).
5942
5943 usbcore.blinkenlights=
5944 [USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off).
5945
5946 usbcore.old_scheme_first=
5947 [USB] Start with the old device initialization
5948 scheme (default 0 = off).
5949
5950 usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=
5951 [USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by
5952 usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047).
5953
5954 usbcore.use_both_schemes=
5955 [USB] Try the other device initialization scheme
5956 if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled).
5957
5958 usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout=
5959 [USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte
5960 USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds
5961 (default 5000 = 5.0 seconds).
5962
5963 usbcore.nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem
5964
5965 usbcore.quirks=
5966 [USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in
5967 usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by
5968 commas. Each entry has the form
5969 VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex
5970 numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter
5971 will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is
5972 clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have
5973 the following meanings:
5974 a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string
5975 descriptors must not be fetched using
5976 a 255-byte read);
5977 b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume
5978 correctly so reset it instead);
5979 c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle
5980 Set-Interface requests);
5981 d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't
5982 handle its Configuration or Interface
5983 strings);
5984 e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset
5985 (e.g morph devices), don't use reset);
5986 f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has
5987 more interface descriptions than the
5988 bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle
5989 talking to these interfaces);
5990 g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause
5991 during initialization, after we read
5992 the device descriptor);
5993 h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For
5994 high speed and super speed interrupt
5995 endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec
5996 require the interval in microframes (1
5997 microframe = 125 microseconds) to be
5998 calculated as interval = 2 ^
5999 (bInterval-1).
6000 Devices with this quirk report their
6001 bInterval as the result of this
6002 calculation instead of the exponent
6003 variable used in the calculation);
6004 i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't
6005 handle device_qualifier descriptor
6006 requests);
6007 j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device
6008 generates spurious wakeup, ignore
6009 remote wakeup capability);
6010 k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link
6011 Power Management);
6012 l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL
6013 (Device reports its bInterval as linear
6014 frames instead of the USB 2.0
6015 calculation);
6016 m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs
6017 to be disconnected before suspend to
6018 prevent spurious wakeup);
6019 n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a
6020 pause after every control message);
6021 o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra
6022 delay after resetting its port);
6023 Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij
6024
6025 usbhid.mousepoll=
6026 [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
6027
6028 usbhid.jspoll=
6029 [USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at.
6030
6031 usbhid.kbpoll=
6032 [USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at.
6033
6034 usb-storage.delay_use=
6035 [UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is
6036 scanned for Logical Units (default 1).
6037
6038 usb-storage.quirks=
6039 [UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or
6040 override the built-in unusual_devs list. List
6041 entries are separated by commas. Each entry has
6042 the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor
6043 and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and
6044 Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding
6045 to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
6046 a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
6047 of sense data, not on uas);
6048 b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
6049 bytes of sense data, not on uas);
6050 c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
6051 device capacity by one sector);
6052 d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use
6053 READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas);
6054 e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use
6055 READ_CAPACITY_16 command);
6056 f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes
6057 command, uas only);
6058 g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than
6059 240 sectors at a time, uas only);
6060 h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
6061 reported device capacity by one
6062 sector if the number is odd);
6063 i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this
6064 device);
6065 j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns
6066 command, uas only);
6067 k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only)
6068 l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and
6069 unlock ejectable media, not on uas);
6070 m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more
6071 than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time,
6072 not on uas);
6073 n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the
6074 initial READ(10) command, not on uas);
6075 o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity
6076 reported by the device, not on uas);
6077 p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON
6078 by default, not on uas);
6079 r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports
6080 bogus residue values, not on uas);
6081 s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
6082 Logical Unit);
6083 t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16)
6084 commands, uas only);
6085 u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
6086 w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
6087 medium is write-protected).
6088 y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE
6089 even if the device claims no cache,
6090 not on uas)
6091 Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
6092
6093 user_debug= [KNL,ARM]
6094 Format: <int>
6095 See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text.
6096 1 - undefined instruction events
6097 2 - system calls
6098 4 - invalid data aborts
6099 8 - SIGSEGV faults
6100 16 - SIGBUS faults
6101 Example: user_debug=31
6102
6103 userpte=
6104 [X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
6105
6106 nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
6107 HIGHMEM regardless of setting
6108 of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
6109
6110 vdso= [X86,SH]
6111 On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=. Otherwise:
6112
6113 vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default)
6114 vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping
6115
6116 vdso32= [X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO
6117 vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO
6118 vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO
6119
6120 See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more
6121 details. If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is
6122 vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1.
6123
6124 For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an
6125 alias for vdso32=0.
6126
6127 Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says:
6128 dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
6129
6130 vector= [IA-64,SMP]
6131 vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain
6132
6133 video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration
6134 See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst.
6135
6136 video.brightness_switch_enabled= [0,1]
6137 If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event
6138 generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness
6139 level and then send out the event to user space through
6140 the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
6141 will only send out the event without touching backlight
6142 brightness level.
6143 default: 1
6144
6145 virtio_mmio.device=
6146 [VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
6147
6148 <size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>]
6149 where:
6150 <size> := size (can use standard suffixes
6151 like K, M and G)
6152 <baseaddr> := physical base address
6153 <irq> := interrupt number (as passed to
6154 request_irq())
6155 <id> := (optional) platform device id
6156 example:
6157 virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7
6158
6159 Can be used multiple times for multiple devices.
6160
6161 vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
6162 See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and
6163 Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst.
6164 Use vga=ask for menu.
6165 This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
6166 passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
6167
6168 vm_debug[=options] [KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y.
6169 May slow down system boot speed, especially when
6170 enabled on systems with a large amount of memory.
6171 All options are enabled by default, and this
6172 interface is meant to allow for selectively
6173 enabling or disabling specific virtual memory
6174 debugging features.
6175
6176 Available options are:
6177 P Enable page structure init time poisoning
6178 - Disable all of the above options
6179
6180 vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact
6181 size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the
6182 minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to
6183 decrease the size and leave more room for directly
6184 mapped kernel RAM.
6185
6186 vmcp_cma=nn[MG] [KNL,S390]
6187 Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory
6188 allocations for the vmcp device driver.
6189
6190 vmhalt= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt.
6191 Format: <command>
6192
6193 vmpanic= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic.
6194 Format: <command>
6195
6196 vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off.
6197 Format: <command>
6198
6199 vsyscall= [X86-64]
6200 Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to
6201 fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy
6202 code). Most statically-linked binaries and older
6203 versions of glibc use these calls. Because these
6204 functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
6205 targets for exploits that can control RIP.
6206
6207 emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6208 emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
6209 page is readable.
6210
6211 xonly Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
6212 emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
6213 page is not readable.
6214
6215 none Vsyscalls don't work at all. This makes
6216 them quite hard to use for exploits but
6217 might break your system.
6218
6219 vt.color= [VT] Default text color.
6220 Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background.
6221 Default: 0x07 = light gray on black.
6222
6223 vt.cur_default= [VT] Default cursor shape.
6224 Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as
6225 the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence;
6226 see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline.
6227
6228 vt.default_blu= [VT]
6229 Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
6230 Change the default blue palette of the console.
6231 This is a 16-member array composed of values
6232 ranging from 0-255.
6233
6234 vt.default_grn= [VT]
6235 Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
6236 Change the default green palette of the console.
6237 This is a 16-member array composed of values
6238 ranging from 0-255.
6239
6240 vt.default_red= [VT]
6241 Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
6242 Change the default red palette of the console.
6243 This is a 16-member array composed of values
6244 ranging from 0-255.
6245
6246 vt.default_utf8=
6247 [VT]
6248 Format=<0|1>
6249 Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
6250 Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
6251 newly opened terminals.
6252
6253 vt.global_cursor_default=
6254 [VT]
6255 Format=<-1|0|1>
6256 Set system-wide default for whether a cursor
6257 is shown on new VTs. Default is -1,
6258 i.e. cursors will be created by default unless
6259 overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
6260 cursors, 1 will display them.
6261
6262 vt.italic= [VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15.
6263 Default: 2 = green.
6264
6265 vt.underline= [VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15.
6266 Default: 3 = cyan.
6267
6268 watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers,
6269 see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
6270 or other driver-specific files in the
6271 Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
6272
6273 watchdog_thresh=
6274 [KNL]
6275 Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
6276 threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
6277 threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
6278 disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
6279 seconds.
6280
6281 workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
6282 If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
6283 warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
6284 help debugging. 0 disables workqueue stall
6285 detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold
6286 duration in seconds. The default value is 30 and
6287 it can be updated at runtime by writing to the
6288 corresponding sysfs file.
6289
6290 workqueue.disable_numa
6291 By default, all work items queued to unbound
6292 workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're
6293 issued on, which results in better behavior in
6294 general. If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for
6295 whatever reason, this option can be used. Note
6296 that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for
6297 workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/.
6298
6299 workqueue.power_efficient
6300 Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because
6301 they show better performance thanks to cache
6302 locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to
6303 be more power hungry than unbound workqueues.
6304
6305 Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which
6306 were observed to contribute significantly to power
6307 consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower
6308 power usage at the cost of small performance
6309 overhead.
6310
6311 The default value of this parameter is determined by
6312 the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT.
6313
6314 workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu
6315 Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work
6316 items queued without explicit CPU specified are put
6317 on the local CPU. This guarantee is no longer true
6318 and while local CPU is still preferred work items
6319 may be put on foreign CPUs. This debug option
6320 forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out
6321 usages which depend on the now broken guarantee.
6322 When enabled, memory and cache locality will be
6323 impacted.
6324
6325 x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of
6326 default x2apic cluster mode on platforms
6327 supporting x2apic.
6328
6329 xen_512gb_limit [KNL,X86-64,XEN]
6330 Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen
6331 to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is
6332 crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain
6333 save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger
6334 domains.
6335
6336 xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN]
6337 Unplug Xen emulated devices
6338 Format: [unplug0,][unplug1]
6339 ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices
6340 aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices
6341 nics -- unplug network devices
6342 all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks)
6343 unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is
6344 unnecessary even if the host did not respond to
6345 the unplug protocol
6346 never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds
6347
6348 xen_legacy_crash [X86,XEN]
6349 Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
6350 panic() code such as dumping handler.
6351
6352 xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN]
6353 Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
6354 This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
6355 has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6356
6357 xen_nopv [X86]
6358 Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
6359 run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
6360 This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which
6361 has equivalent effect for XEN platform.
6362
6363 xen_no_vector_callback
6364 [KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen
6365 event channel interrupts.
6366
6367 xen_scrub_pages= [XEN]
6368 Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
6369 to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
6370 with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
6371 Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
6372
6373 xen_timer_slop= [X86-64,XEN]
6374 Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen
6375 timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum
6376 delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values
6377 improve timer resolution at the expense of processing
6378 more timer interrupts.
6379
6380 xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN]
6381 The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot
6382 in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory.
6383 Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and
6384 started with less memory configured than allowed at
6385 max. Default is 180.
6386
6387 xen.event_eoi_delay= [XEN]
6388 How long to delay EOI handling in case of event
6389 storms (jiffies). Default is 10.
6390
6391 xen.event_loop_timeout= [XEN]
6392 After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop
6393 should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2.
6394
6395 xen.fifo_events= [XEN]
6396 Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling
6397 even if available. Normally fifo event handling is
6398 preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is
6399 fairer and the number of possible event channels is
6400 much higher. Default is on (use fifo events).
6401
6402 nopv= [X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE]
6403 Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run
6404 as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
6405 XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.
6406
6407 nopvspin [X86,XEN,KVM]
6408 Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
6409 which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
6410 contention.
6411
6412 xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
6413 Format:
6414 <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
6415
6416 xive= [PPC]
6417 By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will
6418 natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option
6419 allows the fallback firmware mode to be used:
6420
6421 off Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt
6422 controller on both pseries and powernv
6423 platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above.
6424
6425 xhci-hcd.quirks [USB,KNL]
6426 A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci
6427 host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be
6428 consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h.
6429
6430 xmon [PPC]
6431 Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off }
6432 Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off.
6433 Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early".
6434 early Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon
6435 debugger is called from setup_arch().
6436 on xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6437 is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode,
6438 i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled
6439 with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE.
6440 rw xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon
6441 is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write,
6442 meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data
6443 can be written using xmon commands.
6444 ro same as "rw" option above but SPR registers,
6445 memory, and other data can't be written using
6446 xmon commands.
6447 off xmon is disabled.