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_hwsig, 229 s4_nohwsig, old_ordering, nonvs, 230 sci_force_enable, nobl } 231 See Documentation/power/video.rst for information on 232 s3_bios and s3_mode. 233 s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep 234 as soon as the kernel's real-mode entry point is called. 235 s4_hwsig causes the kernel to check the ACPI hardware 236 signature during resume from hibernation, and gracefully 237 refuse to resume if it has changed. This complies with 238 the ACPI specification but not with reality, since 239 Windows does not do this and many laptops do change it 240 on docking. So the default behaviour is to allow resume 241 and simply warn when the signature changes, unless the 242 s4_hwsig option is enabled. 243 s4_nohwsig prevents ACPI hardware signature from being 244 used (or even warned about) during resume. 245 old_ordering causes the ACPI 1.0 ordering of the _PTS 246 control method, with respect to putting devices into 247 low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering 248 of _PTS is used by default). 249 nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the 250 ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume. 251 sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly 252 on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec, 253 but some broken systems don't work without it). 254 nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to 255 behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system 256 suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely). 257 258 acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI] 259 Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards 260 that require a timer override, but don't have HPET 261 262 add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in 263 kernel's map of available physical RAM. 264 265 agp= [AGP] 266 { off | try_unsupported } 267 off: disable AGP support 268 try_unsupported: try to drive unsupported chipsets 269 (may crash computer or cause data corruption) 270 271 ALSA [HW,ALSA] 272 See Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst 273 274 alignment= [KNL,ARM] 275 Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler 276 behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings, 277 bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault. 278 279 align_va_addr= [X86-64] 280 Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when 281 allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option 282 gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h 283 machines (where it is enabled by default) for a 284 CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in 285 a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler. 286 287 32: only for 32-bit processes 288 64: only for 64-bit processes 289 on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes 290 off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes 291 292 alloc_snapshot [FTRACE] 293 Allocate the ftrace snapshot buffer on boot up when the 294 main buffer is allocated. This is handy if debugging 295 and you need to use tracing_snapshot() on boot up, and 296 do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs 297 to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed. 298 299 allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64] 300 Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the 301 PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict 302 subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this 303 parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit 304 EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0 305 and hot-unplug operations may be restricted. 306 307 See Documentation/arm64/asymmetric-32bit.rst for more 308 information. 309 310 amd_iommu= [HW,X86-64] 311 Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system. 312 Possible values are: 313 fullflush - Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1 314 off - do not initialize any AMD IOMMU found in 315 the system 316 force_isolation - Force device isolation for all 317 devices. The IOMMU driver is not 318 allowed anymore to lift isolation 319 requirements as needed. This option 320 does not override iommu=pt 321 force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known 322 to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this 323 option with care. 324 pgtbl_v1 - Use v1 page table for DMA-API (Default). 325 pgtbl_v2 - Use v2 page table for DMA-API. 326 327 amd_iommu_dump= [HW,X86-64] 328 Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table 329 for AMD IOMMU. With this option enabled, AMD IOMMU 330 driver will print ACPI tables for AMD IOMMU during 331 IOMMU initialization. 332 333 amd_iommu_intr= [HW,X86-64] 334 Specifies one of the following AMD IOMMU interrupt 335 remapping modes: 336 legacy - Use legacy interrupt remapping mode. 337 vapic - Use virtual APIC mode, which allows IOMMU 338 to inject interrupts directly into guest. 339 This mode requires kvm-amd.avic=1. 340 (Default when IOMMU HW support is present.) 341 342 amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support 343 Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT 344 Format: <a>,<b> 345 See also Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst 346 347 analog.map= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick and gamepad support 348 Specifies type or capabilities of an analog joystick 349 connected to one of 16 gameports 350 Format: <type1>,<type2>,..<type16> 351 352 apc= [HW,SPARC] 353 Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.) 354 Format: noidle 355 Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does 356 not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have 357 APC and your system crashes randomly. 358 359 apic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller 360 Change the output verbosity while booting 361 Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug } 362 Change the amount of debugging information output 363 when initialising the APIC and IO-APIC components. 364 For X86-32, this can also be used to specify an APIC 365 driver name. 366 Format: apic=driver_name 367 Examples: apic=bigsmp 368 369 apic_extnmi= [APIC,X86] External NMI delivery setting 370 Format: { bsp (default) | all | none } 371 bsp: External NMI is delivered only to CPU 0 372 all: External NMIs are broadcast to all CPUs as a 373 backup of CPU 0 374 none: External NMI is masked for all CPUs. This is 375 useful so that a dump capture kernel won't be 376 shot down by NMI 377 378 autoconf= [IPV6] 379 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst. 380 381 apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management 382 See header of arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c. 383 384 apparmor= [APPARMOR] Disable or enable AppArmor at boot time 385 Format: { "0" | "1" } 386 See security/apparmor/Kconfig help text 387 0 -- disable. 388 1 -- enable. 389 Default value is set via kernel config option. 390 391 arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards 392 Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID> 393 394 arm64.nobti [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Branch Target 395 Identification support 396 397 arm64.nopauth [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Pointer Authentication 398 support 399 400 arm64.nomte [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Memory Tagging Extension 401 support 402 403 arm64.nosve [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Vector 404 Extension support 405 406 arm64.nosme [ARM64] Unconditionally disable Scalable Matrix 407 Extension support 408 409 ataflop= [HW,M68k] 410 411 atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse 412 413 atkbd.extra= [HW] Enable extra LEDs and keys on IBM RapidAccess, 414 EzKey and similar keyboards 415 416 atkbd.reset= [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization 417 418 atkbd.set= [HW] Select keyboard code set 419 Format: <int> (2 = AT (default), 3 = PS/2) 420 421 atkbd.scroll= [HW] Enable scroll wheel on MS Office and similar 422 keyboards 423 424 atkbd.softraw= [HW] Choose between synthetic and real raw mode 425 Format: <bool> (0 = real, 1 = synthetic (default)) 426 427 atkbd.softrepeat= [HW] 428 Use software keyboard repeat 429 430 audit= [KNL] Enable the audit sub-system 431 Format: { "0" | "1" | "off" | "on" } 432 0 | off - kernel audit is disabled and can not be 433 enabled until the next reboot 434 unset - kernel audit is initialized but disabled and 435 will be fully enabled by the userspace auditd. 436 1 | on - kernel audit is initialized and partially 437 enabled, storing at most audit_backlog_limit 438 messages in RAM until it is fully enabled by the 439 userspace auditd. 440 Default: unset 441 442 audit_backlog_limit= [KNL] Set the audit queue size limit. 443 Format: <int> (must be >=0) 444 Default: 64 445 446 bau= [X86_UV] Enable the BAU on SGI UV. The default 447 behavior is to disable the BAU (i.e. bau=0). 448 Format: { "0" | "1" } 449 0 - Disable the BAU. 450 1 - Enable the BAU. 451 unset - Disable the BAU. 452 453 baycom_epp= [HW,AX25] 454 Format: <io>,<mode> 455 456 baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem 457 Format: <io>,<mode> 458 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c. 459 460 baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25] 461 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode) 462 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>] 463 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c. 464 465 baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25] 466 BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode) 467 Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode> 468 See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c. 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 blkdevparts= Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for 477 embedded devices based on command line input. 478 See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst 479 480 boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot. 481 Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to 482 no delay (0). 483 Format: integer 484 485 bootconfig [KNL] 486 Extended command line options can be added to an initrd 487 and this will cause the kernel to look for it. 488 489 See Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst 490 491 bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards) 492 bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as 493 kernel args too. 494 bttv.pll= See Documentation/admin-guide/media/bttv.rst 495 bttv.tuner= 496 497 bulk_remove=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries 498 firmware feature for flushing multiple hpte entries 499 at a time. 500 501 c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card 502 503 cachesize= [BUGS=X86-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection. 504 Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache 505 size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds 506 to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not 507 possible to determine what the correct size should be. 508 This option provides an override for these situations. 509 510 carrier_timeout= 511 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that 512 the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default 513 it waits 120 seconds. 514 515 ca_keys= [KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on 516 the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate 517 trust validation. 518 format: { id:<keyid> | builtin } 519 520 cca= [MIPS] Override the kernel pages' cache coherency 521 algorithm. Accepted values range from 0 to 7 522 inclusive. See arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable-bits.h 523 for platform specific values (SB1, Loongson3 and 524 others). 525 526 ccw_timeout_log [S390] 527 See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details. 528 529 cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller or optional feature 530 Format: {name of the controller(s) or feature(s) to disable} 531 The effects of cgroup_disable=foo are: 532 - foo isn't auto-mounted if you mount all cgroups in 533 a single hierarchy 534 - foo isn't visible as an individually mountable 535 subsystem 536 - if foo is an optional feature then the feature is 537 disabled and corresponding cgroup files are not 538 created 539 {Currently only "memory" controller deal with this and 540 cut the overhead, others just disable the usage. So 541 only cgroup_disable=memory is actually worthy} 542 Specifying "pressure" disables per-cgroup pressure 543 stall information accounting feature 544 545 cgroup_no_v1= [KNL] Disable cgroup controllers and named hierarchies in v1 546 Format: { { controller | "all" | "named" } 547 [,{ controller | "all" | "named" }...] } 548 Like cgroup_disable, but only applies to cgroup v1; 549 the blacklisted controllers remain available in cgroup2. 550 "all" blacklists all controllers and "named" disables 551 named mounts. Specifying both "all" and "named" disables 552 all v1 hierarchies. 553 554 cgroup.memory= [KNL] Pass options to the cgroup memory controller. 555 Format: <string> 556 nosocket -- Disable socket memory accounting. 557 nokmem -- Disable kernel memory accounting. 558 559 checkreqprot= [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. 560 Format: { "0" | "1" } 561 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. 562 0 -- check protection applied by kernel (includes 563 any implied execute protection). 564 1 -- check protection requested by application. 565 Default value is set via a kernel config option. 566 Value can be changed at runtime via 567 /sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot. 568 Setting checkreqprot to 1 is deprecated. 569 570 cio_ignore= [S390] 571 See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details. 572 573 clearcpuid=X[,X...] [X86] 574 Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See 575 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit 576 numbers X. Note the Linux-specific bits are not necessarily 577 stable over kernel options, but the vendor-specific 578 ones should be. 579 X can also be a string as appearing in the flags: line 580 in /proc/cpuinfo which does not have the above 581 instability issue. However, not all features have names 582 in /proc/cpuinfo. 583 Note that using this option will taint your kernel. 584 Also note that user programs calling CPUID directly 585 or using the feature without checking anything 586 will still see it. This just prevents it from 587 being used by the kernel or shown in /proc/cpuinfo. 588 Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable 589 some critical bits. 590 591 clk_ignore_unused 592 [CLK] 593 Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating 594 clocks that have not been explicitly enabled by a Linux 595 device driver but are enabled in hardware at reset or 596 by the bootloader/firmware. Note that this does not 597 force such clocks to be always-on nor does it reserve 598 those clocks in any way. This parameter is useful for 599 debug and development, but should not be needed on a 600 platform with proper driver support. For more 601 information, see Documentation/driver-api/clk.rst. 602 603 clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override. 604 [Deprecated] 605 Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used 606 when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified 607 clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. 608 Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } 609 610 clocksource= Override the default clocksource 611 Format: <string> 612 Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource 613 with the name specified. 614 Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on 615 the platform: 616 [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource) 617 [ACPI] acpi_pm 618 [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2, 619 pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1 620 [X86-32] pit,hpet,tsc; 621 scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440 622 [MIPS] MIPS 623 [PARISC] cr16 624 [S390] tod 625 [SH] SuperH 626 [SPARC64] tick 627 [X86-64] hpet,tsc 628 629 clocksource.arm_arch_timer.evtstrm= 630 [ARM,ARM64] 631 Format: <bool> 632 Enable/disable the eventstream feature of the ARM 633 architected timer so that code using WFE-based polling 634 loops can be debugged more effectively on production 635 systems. 636 637 clocksource.max_cswd_read_retries= [KNL] 638 Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to 639 external delays before the clock will be marked 640 unstable. Defaults to two retries, that is, 641 three attempts to read the clock under test. 642 643 clocksource.verify_n_cpus= [KNL] 644 Limit the number of CPUs checked for clocksources 645 marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU that 646 are marked unstable due to excessive skew. 647 A negative value says to check all CPUs, while 648 zero says not to check any. Values larger than 649 nr_cpu_ids are silently truncated to nr_cpu_ids. 650 The actual CPUs are chosen randomly, with 651 no replacement if the same CPU is chosen twice. 652 653 clocksource-wdtest.holdoff= [KNL] 654 Set the time in seconds that the clocksource 655 watchdog test waits before commencing its tests. 656 Defaults to zero when built as a module and to 657 10 seconds when built into the kernel. 658 659 cma=nn[MG]@[start[MG][-end[MG]]] 660 [KNL,CMA] 661 Sets the size of kernel global memory area for 662 contiguous memory allocations and optionally the 663 placement constraint by the physical address range of 664 memory allocations. A value of 0 disables CMA 665 altogether. For more information, see 666 kernel/dma/contiguous.c 667 668 cma_pernuma=nn[MG] 669 [ARM64,KNL,CMA] 670 Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for 671 contiguous memory allocations. A value of 0 disables 672 per-numa CMA altogether. And If this option is not 673 specificed, the default value is 0. 674 With per-numa CMA enabled, DMA users on node nid will 675 first try to allocate buffer from the pernuma area 676 which is located in node nid, if the allocation fails, 677 they will fallback to the global default memory area. 678 679 cmo_free_hint= [PPC] Format: { yes | no } 680 Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive 681 when they are freed. This is used in CMO environments 682 to determine OS memory pressure for page stealing by 683 a hypervisor. 684 Default: yes 685 686 coherent_pool=nn[KMG] [ARM,KNL] 687 Sets the size of memory pool for coherent, atomic dma 688 allocations, by default set to 256K. 689 690 com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset 691 Format: 692 <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]] 693 694 com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers) 695 Format: <io>[,<irq>] 696 697 com90xx= [HW,NET] 698 ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers) 699 Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]] 700 701 condev= [HW,S390] console device 702 conmode= 703 704 con3215_drop= [S390] 3215 console drop mode. 705 Format: y|n|Y|N|1|0 706 When set to true, drop data on the 3215 console when 707 the console buffer is full. In this case the 708 operator using a 3270 terminal emulator (for example 709 x3270) does not have to enter the clear key for the 710 console output to advance and the kernel to continue. 711 This leads to a much faster boot time when a 3270 712 terminal emulator is active. If no 3270 terminal 713 emulator is used, this parameter has no effect. 714 715 console= [KNL] Output console device and options. 716 717 tty<n> Use the virtual console device <n>. 718 719 ttyS<n>[,options] 720 ttyUSB0[,options] 721 Use the specified serial port. The options are of 722 the form "bbbbpnf", where "bbbb" is the baud rate, 723 "p" is parity ("n", "o", or "e"), "n" is number of 724 bits, and "f" is flow control ("r" for RTS or 725 omit it). Default is "9600n8". 726 727 See Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst for more 728 information. See 729 Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst for an 730 alternative. 731 732 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] 733 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] 734 uart[8250],mmio16,<addr>[,options] 735 uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options] 736 uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options] 737 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 738 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address, 739 switching to the matching ttyS device later. 740 MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit 741 (mmio), 16-bit (mmio16), or 32-bit (mmio32). 742 If none of [io|mmio|mmio16|mmio32], <addr> is assumed 743 to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in 744 the same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified, 745 the h/w is not re-initialized. 746 747 hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for 748 both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors. 749 750 { null | "" } 751 Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel 752 console messages discarded. 753 This must be the only console= parameter used on the 754 kernel command line. 755 756 If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille 757 device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance 758 console=brl,ttyS0 759 For now, only VisioBraille is supported. 760 761 console_msg_format= 762 [KNL] Change console messages format 763 default 764 By default we print messages on consoles in 765 "[time stamp] text\n" format (time stamp may not be 766 printed, depending on CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME or 767 `printk_time' param). 768 syslog 769 Switch to syslog format: "<%u>[time stamp] text\n" 770 IOW, each message will have a facility and loglevel 771 prefix. The format is similar to one used by syslog() 772 syscall, or to executing "dmesg -S --raw" or to reading 773 from /proc/kmsg. 774 775 consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in 776 seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer. 777 Defaults to 0. 778 779 coredump_filter= 780 [KNL] Change the default value for 781 /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter. 782 See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst. 783 784 coresight_cpu_debug.enable 785 [ARM,ARM64] 786 Format: <bool> 787 Enable/disable the CPU sampling based debugging. 788 0: default value, disable debugging 789 1: enable debugging at boot time 790 791 cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver 792 Format: 793 <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] 794 795 cpu0_hotplug [X86] Turn on CPU0 hotplug feature when 796 CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is off. 797 Some features depend on CPU0. Known dependencies are: 798 1. Resume from suspend/hibernate depends on CPU0. 799 Suspend/hibernate will fail if CPU0 is offline and you 800 need to online CPU0 before suspend/hibernate. 801 2. PIC interrupts also depend on CPU0. CPU0 can't be 802 removed if a PIC interrupt is detected. 803 It's said poweroff/reboot may depend on CPU0 on some 804 machines although I haven't seen such issues so far 805 after CPU0 is offline on a few tested machines. 806 If the dependencies are under your control, you can 807 turn on cpu0_hotplug. 808 809 cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE] 810 disable the cpuidle sub-system 811 812 cpuidle.governor= 813 [CPU_IDLE] Name of the cpuidle governor to use. 814 815 cpufreq.off=1 [CPU_FREQ] 816 disable the cpufreq sub-system 817 818 cpufreq.default_governor= 819 [CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or 820 policy to use. This governor must be registered in the 821 kernel before the cpufreq driver probes. 822 823 cpu_init_udelay=N 824 [X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert 825 of APIC INIT to start processors. This delay occurs 826 on every CPU online, such as boot, and resume from suspend. 827 Default: 10000 828 829 crash_kexec_post_notifiers 830 Run kdump after running panic-notifiers and dumping 831 kmsg. This only for the users who doubt kdump always 832 succeeds in any situation. 833 Note that this also increases risks of kdump failure, 834 because some panic notifiers can make the crashed 835 kernel more unstable. 836 837 crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]] 838 [KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel' 839 upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical 840 memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel 841 image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset 842 is selected automatically. 843 [KNL, X86-64, ARM64] Select a region under 4G first, and 844 fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset' 845 hasn't been specified. 846 See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details. 847 848 crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset] 849 [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory 850 in the running system. The syntax of range is 851 start-[end] where start and end are both 852 a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also 853 Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example. 854 855 crashkernel=size[KMG],high 856 [KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel 857 to allocate physical memory region from top, so could 858 be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed. 859 Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if 860 available. 861 It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified. 862 crashkernel=size[KMG],low 863 [KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high 864 is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region 865 above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system 866 that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb 867 requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra 868 low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit 869 devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate 870 default size of memory below 4G automatically. The default 871 size is platform dependent. 872 --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB) 873 --> arm64: 128MiB 874 This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G 875 for second kernel instead. 876 0: to disable low allocation. 877 It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used 878 or memory reserved is below 4G. 879 880 cryptomgr.notests 881 [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests 882 883 cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] 884 Format: <dma> 885 886 cs89x0_media= [HW,NET] 887 Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc } 888 889 csdlock_debug= [KNL] Enable debug add-ons of cross-CPU function call 890 handling. When switched on, additional debug data is 891 printed to the console in case a hanging CPU is 892 detected, and that CPU is pinged again in order to try 893 to resolve the hang situation. 894 0: disable csdlock debugging (default) 895 1: enable basic csdlock debugging (minor impact) 896 ext: enable extended csdlock debugging (more impact, 897 but more data) 898 899 dasd= [HW,NET] 900 See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c. 901 902 db9.dev[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick support via parallel port 903 (one device per port) 904 Format: <port#>,<type> 905 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst 906 907 debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). 908 909 debug_boot_weak_hash 910 [KNL] Enable printing [hashed] pointers early in the 911 boot sequence. If enabled, we use a weak hash instead 912 of siphash to hash pointers. Use this option if you are 913 seeing instances of '(___ptrval___)') and need to see a 914 value (hashed pointer) instead. Cryptographically 915 insecure, please do not use on production kernels. 916 917 debug_locks_verbose= 918 [KNL] verbose locking self-tests 919 Format: <int> 920 Print debugging info while doing the locking API 921 self-tests. 922 Bitmask for the various LOCKTYPE_ tests. Defaults to 0 923 (no extra messages), setting it to -1 (all bits set) 924 will print _a_lot_ more information - normally only 925 useful to lockdep developers. 926 927 debug_objects [KNL] Enable object debugging 928 929 no_debug_objects 930 [KNL] Disable object debugging 931 932 debug_guardpage_minorder= 933 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this 934 parameter allows control of the order of pages that will 935 be intentionally kept free (and hence protected) by the 936 buddy allocator. Bigger value increase the probability 937 of catching random memory corruption, but reduce the 938 amount of memory for normal system use. The maximum 939 possible value is MAX_ORDER/2. Setting this parameter 940 to 1 or 2 should be enough to identify most random 941 memory corruption problems caused by bugs in kernel or 942 driver code when a CPU writes to (or reads from) a 943 random memory location. Note that there exists a class 944 of memory corruptions problems caused by buggy H/W or 945 F/W or by drivers badly programing DMA (basically when 946 memory is written at bus level and the CPU MMU is 947 bypassed) which are not detectable by 948 CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, hence this option will not help 949 tracking down these problems. 950 951 debug_pagealloc= 952 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set, this parameter 953 enables the feature at boot time. By default, it is 954 disabled and the system will work mostly the same as a 955 kernel built without CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC. 956 Note: to get most of debug_pagealloc error reports, it's 957 useful to also enable the page_owner functionality. 958 on: enable the feature 959 960 debugfs= [KNL] This parameter enables what is exposed to userspace 961 and debugfs internal clients. 962 Format: { on, no-mount, off } 963 on: All functions are enabled. 964 no-mount: 965 Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can 966 access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read 967 its content. There is nothing to mount. 968 off: Filesystem is not registered and clients 969 get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files 970 or directories within debugfs. 971 This is equivalent of the runtime functionality if 972 debugfs was not enabled in the kernel at all. 973 Default value is set in build-time with a kernel configuration. 974 975 debugpat [X86] Enable PAT debugging 976 977 default_hugepagesz= 978 [HW] The size of the default HugeTLB page. This is 979 the size represented by the legacy /proc/ hugepages 980 APIs. In addition, this is the default hugetlb size 981 used for shmget(), mmap() and mounting hugetlbfs 982 filesystems. If not specified, defaults to the 983 architecture's default huge page size. Huge page 984 sizes are architecture dependent. See also 985 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst. 986 Format: size[KMG] 987 988 deferred_probe_timeout= 989 [KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for 990 deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to 991 probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or 992 drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout 993 of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time 994 out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each 995 successful driver registration. This option will also 996 dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after 997 retrying. 998 999 delayacct [KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting 1000 1001 dell_smm_hwmon.ignore_dmi= 1002 [HW] Continue probing hardware even if DMI data 1003 indicates that the driver is running on unsupported 1004 hardware. 1005 1006 dell_smm_hwmon.force= 1007 [HW] Activate driver even if SMM BIOS signature does 1008 not match list of supported models and enable otherwise 1009 blacklisted features. 1010 1011 dell_smm_hwmon.power_status= 1012 [HW] Report power status in /proc/i8k 1013 (disabled by default). 1014 1015 dell_smm_hwmon.restricted= 1016 [HW] Allow controlling fans only if SYS_ADMIN 1017 capability is set. 1018 1019 dell_smm_hwmon.fan_mult= 1020 [HW] Factor to multiply fan speed with. 1021 1022 dell_smm_hwmon.fan_max= 1023 [HW] Maximum configurable fan speed. 1024 1025 dfltcc= [HW,S390] 1026 Format: { on | off | def_only | inf_only | always } 1027 on: s390 zlib hardware support for compression on 1028 level 1 and decompression (default) 1029 off: No s390 zlib hardware support 1030 def_only: s390 zlib hardware support for deflate 1031 only (compression on level 1) 1032 inf_only: s390 zlib hardware support for inflate 1033 only (decompression) 1034 always: Same as 'on' but ignores the selected compression 1035 level always using hardware support (used for debugging) 1036 1037 dhash_entries= [KNL] 1038 Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. 1039 1040 disable_1tb_segments [PPC] 1041 Disables the use of 1TB hash page table segments. This 1042 causes the kernel to fall back to 256MB segments which 1043 can be useful when debugging issues that require an SLB 1044 miss to occur. 1045 1046 disable= [IPV6] 1047 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst. 1048 1049 disable_radix [PPC] 1050 Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9 1051 1052 disable_tlbie [PPC] 1053 Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work 1054 with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators. 1055 1056 disable_cpu_apicid= [X86,APIC,SMP] 1057 Format: <int> 1058 The number of initial APIC ID for the 1059 corresponding CPU to be disabled at boot, 1060 mostly used for the kdump 2nd kernel to 1061 disable BSP to wake up multiple CPUs without 1062 causing system reset or hang due to sending 1063 INIT from AP to BSP. 1064 1065 disable_ddw [PPC/PSERIES] 1066 Disable Dynamic DMA Window support. Use this 1067 to workaround buggy firmware. 1068 1069 disable_ipv6= [IPV6] 1070 See Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst. 1071 1072 disable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] 1073 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous 1074 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB 1075 entry later. This parameter disables that. 1076 1077 disable_mtrr_trim [X86, Intel and AMD only] 1078 By default the kernel will trim any uncacheable 1079 memory out of your available memory pool based on 1080 MTRR settings. This parameter disables that behavior, 1081 possibly causing your machine to run very slowly. 1082 1083 disable_timer_pin_1 [X86] 1084 Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer 1085 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs. 1086 1087 dis_ucode_ldr [X86] Disable the microcode loader. 1088 1089 dma_debug=off If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support, 1090 this option disables the debugging code at boot. 1091 1092 dma_debug_entries=<number> 1093 This option allows to tune the number of preallocated 1094 entries for DMA-API debugging code. One entry is 1095 required per DMA-API allocation. Use this if the 1096 DMA-API debugging code disables itself because the 1097 architectural default is too low. 1098 1099 dma_debug_driver=<driver_name> 1100 With this option the DMA-API debugging driver 1101 filter feature can be enabled at boot time. Just 1102 pass the driver to filter for as the parameter. 1103 The filter can be disabled or changed to another 1104 driver later using sysfs. 1105 1106 driver_async_probe= [KNL] 1107 List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. * 1108 matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the 1109 rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT 1110 match the *. 1111 Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>... 1112 1113 drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>] 1114 Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless 1115 panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets. 1116 This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets 1117 in the /lib/firmware directory that are used instead. 1118 Generic built-in EDID data sets are used, if one of 1119 edid/1024x768.bin, edid/1280x1024.bin, 1120 edid/1680x1050.bin, or edid/1920x1080.bin is given 1121 and no file with the same name exists. Details and 1122 instructions how to build your own EDID data are 1123 available in Documentation/admin-guide/edid.rst. An EDID 1124 data set will only be used for a particular connector, 1125 if its name and a colon are prepended to the EDID 1126 name. Each connector may use a unique EDID data 1127 set by separating the files with a comma. An EDID 1128 data set with no connector name will be used for 1129 any connectors not explicitly specified. 1130 1131 dscc4.setup= [NET] 1132 1133 dt_cpu_ftrs= [PPC] 1134 Format: {"off" | "known"} 1135 Control how the dt_cpu_ftrs device-tree binding is 1136 used for CPU feature discovery and setup (if it 1137 exists). 1138 off: Do not use it, fall back to legacy cpu table. 1139 known: Do not pass through unknown features to guests 1140 or userspace, only those that the kernel is aware of. 1141 1142 dump_apple_properties [X86] 1143 Dump name and content of EFI device properties on 1144 x86 Macs. Useful for driver authors to determine 1145 what data is available or for reverse-engineering. 1146 1147 dyndbg[="val"] [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] 1148 <module>.dyndbg[="val"] 1149 Enable debug messages at boot time. See 1150 Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst 1151 for details. 1152 1153 early_ioremap_debug [KNL] 1154 Enable debug messages in early_ioremap support. This 1155 is useful for tracking down temporary early mappings 1156 which are not unmapped. 1157 1158 earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. 1159 1160 When used with no options, the early console is 1161 determined by stdout-path property in device tree's 1162 chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by 1163 the platform. 1164 1165 cdns,<addr>[,options] 1166 Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence 1167 (xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only 1168 supported option is baud rate. If baud rate is not 1169 specified, the serial port must already be setup and 1170 configured. 1171 1172 uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] 1173 uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] 1174 uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options] 1175 uart[8250],mmio32be,<addr>[,options] 1176 uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options] 1177 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 1178 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address. 1179 MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit 1180 (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32 or mmio32be). 1181 If none of [io|mmio|mmio32|mmio32be], <addr> is assumed 1182 to be equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified 1183 in the same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if 1184 unspecified, the h/w is not initialized. 1185 1186 pl011,<addr> 1187 pl011,mmio32,<addr> 1188 Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial 1189 port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port 1190 must already be setup and configured. Options are not 1191 yet supported. If 'mmio32' is specified, then only 1192 the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write 1193 the device registers. 1194 1195 liteuart,<addr> 1196 Start an early console on a litex serial port at the 1197 specified address. The serial port must already be 1198 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported. 1199 1200 meson,<addr> 1201 Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial 1202 port at the specified address. The serial port must 1203 already be setup and configured. Options are not yet 1204 supported. 1205 1206 msm_serial,<addr> 1207 Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial 1208 port at the specified address. The serial port 1209 must already be setup and configured. Options are not 1210 yet supported. 1211 1212 msm_serial_dm,<addr> 1213 Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial 1214 dm port at the specified address. The serial port 1215 must already be setup and configured. Options are not 1216 yet supported. 1217 1218 owl,<addr> 1219 Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port 1220 of an Actions Semi SoC, such as S500 or S900, at the 1221 specified address. The serial port must already be 1222 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported. 1223 1224 rda,<addr> 1225 Start an early, polled-mode console on a serial port 1226 of an RDA Micro SoC, such as RDA8810PL, at the 1227 specified address. The serial port must already be 1228 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported. 1229 1230 sbi 1231 Use RISC-V SBI (Supervisor Binary Interface) for early 1232 console. 1233 1234 smh Use ARM semihosting calls for early console. 1235 1236 s3c2410,<addr> 1237 s3c2412,<addr> 1238 s3c2440,<addr> 1239 s3c6400,<addr> 1240 s5pv210,<addr> 1241 exynos4210,<addr> 1242 Use early console provided by serial driver available 1243 on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and 1244 a correct base address of the selected UART port. The 1245 serial port must already be setup and configured. 1246 Options are not yet supported. 1247 1248 lantiq,<addr> 1249 Start an early, polled-mode console on a lantiq serial 1250 (lqasc) port at the specified address. The serial port 1251 must already be setup and configured. Options are not 1252 yet supported. 1253 1254 lpuart,<addr> 1255 lpuart32,<addr> 1256 Use early console provided by Freescale LP UART driver 1257 found on Freescale Vybrid and QorIQ LS1021A processors. 1258 A valid base address must be provided, and the serial 1259 port must already be setup and configured. 1260 1261 ec_imx21,<addr> 1262 ec_imx6q,<addr> 1263 Start an early, polled-mode, output-only console on the 1264 Freescale i.MX UART at the specified address. The UART 1265 must already be setup and configured. 1266 1267 ar3700_uart,<addr> 1268 Start an early, polled-mode console on the 1269 Armada 3700 serial port at the specified 1270 address. The serial port must already be setup 1271 and configured. Options are not yet supported. 1272 1273 qcom_geni,<addr> 1274 Start an early, polled-mode console on a Qualcomm 1275 Generic Interface (GENI) based serial port at the 1276 specified address. The serial port must already be 1277 setup and configured. Options are not yet supported. 1278 1279 efifb,[options] 1280 Start an early, unaccelerated console on the EFI 1281 memory mapped framebuffer (if available). On cache 1282 coherent non-x86 systems that use system memory for 1283 the framebuffer, pass the 'ram' option so that it is 1284 mapped with the correct attributes. 1285 1286 linflex,<addr> 1287 Use early console provided by Freescale LINFlexD UART 1288 serial driver for NXP S32V234 SoCs. A valid base 1289 address must be provided, and the serial port must 1290 already be setup and configured. 1291 1292 earlyprintk= [X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390] 1293 earlyprintk=vga 1294 earlyprintk=sclp 1295 earlyprintk=xen 1296 earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]] 1297 earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]] 1298 earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate] 1299 earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#] 1300 earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate] 1301 earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#] 1302 1303 earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before 1304 the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by 1305 default because it has some cosmetic problems. 1306 1307 Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console 1308 takes over. 1309 1310 Only one of vga, serial, or usb debug port can 1311 be used at a time. 1312 1313 Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by 1314 name. Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified 1315 on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by 1316 replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this: 1317 earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200 1318 You can find the port for a given device in 1319 /proc/tty/driver/serial: 1320 2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ... 1321 1322 Interaction with the standard serial driver is not 1323 very good. 1324 1325 The VGA output is eventually overwritten by 1326 the real console. 1327 1328 The xen option can only be used in Xen domains. 1329 1330 The sclp output can only be used on s390. 1331 1332 The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a 1333 PCI device even when its classcode is not of the 1334 UART class. 1335 1336 edac_report= [HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event 1337 Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"} 1338 on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden 1339 by other higher priority error reporting module. 1340 off: disable H/W event reporting through EDAC. 1341 force: enforce the use of EDAC to report H/W event. 1342 default: on. 1343 1344 edd= [EDD] 1345 Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"} 1346 1347 efi= [EFI] 1348 Format: { "debug", "disable_early_pci_dma", 1349 "nochunk", "noruntime", "nosoftreserve", 1350 "novamap", "no_disable_early_pci_dma" } 1351 debug: enable misc debug output. 1352 disable_early_pci_dma: disable the busmaster bit on all 1353 PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub. 1354 nochunk: disable reading files in "chunks" in the EFI 1355 boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some 1356 firmware implementations. 1357 noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support 1358 nosoftreserve: The EFI_MEMORY_SP (Specific Purpose) 1359 attribute may cause the kernel to reserve the 1360 memory range for a memory mapping driver to 1361 claim. Specify efi=nosoftreserve to disable this 1362 reservation and treat the memory by its base type 1363 (i.e. EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY / "System RAM"). 1364 novamap: do not call SetVirtualAddressMap(). 1365 no_disable_early_pci_dma: Leave the busmaster bit set 1366 on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub 1367 1368 efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86] 1369 Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of 1370 your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if 1371 you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and 1372 fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick. 1373 1374 efi_fake_mem= nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa[,nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]:aa,..] [EFI; X86] 1375 Add arbitrary attribute to specific memory range by 1376 updating original EFI memory map. 1377 Region of memory which aa attribute is added to is 1378 from ss to ss+nn. 1379 1380 If efi_fake_mem=2G@4G:0x10000,2G@0x10a0000000:0x10000 1381 is specified, EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE(0x10000) 1382 attribute is added to range 0x100000000-0x180000000 and 1383 0x10a0000000-0x1120000000. 1384 1385 If efi_fake_mem=8G@9G:0x40000 is specified, the 1386 EFI_MEMORY_SP(0x40000) attribute is added to 1387 range 0x240000000-0x43fffffff. 1388 1389 Using this parameter you can do debugging of EFI memmap 1390 related features. For example, you can do debugging of 1391 Address Range Mirroring feature even if your box 1392 doesn't support it, or mark specific memory as 1393 "soft reserved". 1394 1395 efivar_ssdt= [EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT 1396 that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are 1397 multiple variables with the same name but with different 1398 vendor GUIDs, all of them will be loaded. See 1399 Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for details. 1400 1401 1402 eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC,HW] 1403 See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c. 1404 1405 ekgdboc= [X86,KGDB] Allow early kernel console debugging 1406 Format: ekgdboc=kbd 1407 1408 This is designed to be used in conjunction with 1409 the boot argument: earlyprintk=vga 1410 1411 This parameter works in place of the kgdboc parameter 1412 but can only be used if the backing tty is available 1413 very early in the boot process. For early debugging 1414 via a serial port see kgdboc_earlycon instead. 1415 1416 elanfreq= [X86-32] 1417 See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in 1418 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c. 1419 1420 elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390] 1421 Specifies physical address of start of kernel core 1422 image elf header and optionally the size. Generally 1423 kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel. 1424 See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for details. 1425 1426 enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86] 1427 The kernel tries to adjust MTRR layout from continuous 1428 to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB 1429 entry later. This parameter enables that. 1430 1431 enable_timer_pin_1 [X86] 1432 Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer 1433 Can be useful to work around chipset bugs 1434 (in particular on some ATI chipsets). 1435 The kernel tries to set a reasonable default. 1436 1437 enforcing= [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status. 1438 Format: {"0" | "1"} 1439 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. 1440 0 -- permissive (log only, no denials). 1441 1 -- enforcing (deny and log). 1442 Default value is 0. 1443 Value can be changed at runtime via 1444 /sys/fs/selinux/enforce. 1445 1446 erst_disable [ACPI] 1447 Disable Error Record Serialization Table (ERST) 1448 support. 1449 1450 ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters 1451 This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which 1452 has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details. 1453 1454 evm= [EVM] 1455 Format: { "fix" } 1456 Permit 'security.evm' to be updated regardless of 1457 current integrity status. 1458 1459 early_page_ext [KNL] Enforces page_ext initialization to earlier 1460 stages so cover more early boot allocations. 1461 Please note that as side effect some optimizations 1462 might be disabled to achieve that (e.g. parallelized 1463 memory initialization is disabled) so the boot process 1464 might take longer, especially on systems with a lot of 1465 memory. Available with CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION=y. 1466 1467 failslab= 1468 fail_usercopy= 1469 fail_page_alloc= 1470 fail_make_request=[KNL] 1471 General fault injection mechanism. 1472 Format: <interval>,<probability>,<space>,<times> 1473 See also Documentation/fault-injection/. 1474 1475 fb_tunnels= [NET] 1476 Format: { initns | none } 1477 See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst for 1478 fb_tunnels_only_for_init_ns 1479 1480 floppy= [HW] 1481 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/floppy.rst. 1482 1483 force_pal_cache_flush 1484 [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on 1485 buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this 1486 parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call 1487 ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH. 1488 1489 forcepae [X86-32] 1490 Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE). 1491 Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a 1492 functionally usable PAE implementation. 1493 Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel 1494 and may cause unknown problems. 1495 1496 ftrace=[tracer] 1497 [FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer 1498 as early as possible in order to facilitate early 1499 boot debugging. 1500 1501 ftrace_boot_snapshot 1502 [FTRACE] On boot up, a snapshot will be taken of the 1503 ftrace ring buffer that can be read at: 1504 /sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot. 1505 This is useful if you need tracing information from kernel 1506 boot up that is likely to be overridden by user space 1507 start up functionality. 1508 1509 ftrace_dump_on_oops[=orig_cpu] 1510 [FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops. 1511 If no parameter is passed, ftrace will dump 1512 buffers of all CPUs, but if you pass orig_cpu, it will 1513 dump only the buffer of the CPU that triggered the 1514 oops. 1515 1516 ftrace_filter=[function-list] 1517 [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function 1518 tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated 1519 list of functions. This list can be changed at run 1520 time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs 1521 tracing directory. 1522 1523 ftrace_notrace=[function-list] 1524 [FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in 1525 function-list. This list can be changed at run time 1526 by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs 1527 tracing directory. 1528 1529 ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list] 1530 [FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced 1531 by the function graph tracer at boot up. 1532 function-list is a comma-separated list of functions 1533 that can be changed at run time by the 1534 set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory. 1535 1536 ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list] 1537 [FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in 1538 function-list. This list is a comma-separated list of 1539 functions that can be changed at run time by the 1540 set_graph_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory. 1541 1542 ftrace_graph_max_depth=<uint> 1543 [FTRACE] Used with the function graph tracer. This is 1544 the max depth it will trace into a function. This value 1545 can be changed at run time by the max_graph_depth file 1546 in the tracefs tracing directory. default: 0 (no limit) 1547 1548 fw_devlink= [KNL] Create device links between consumer and supplier 1549 devices by scanning the firmware to infer the 1550 consumer/supplier relationships. This feature is 1551 especially useful when drivers are loaded as modules as 1552 it ensures proper ordering of tasks like device probing 1553 (suppliers first, then consumers), supplier boot state 1554 clean up (only after all consumers have probed), 1555 suspend/resume & runtime PM (consumers first, then 1556 suppliers). 1557 Format: { off | permissive | on | rpm } 1558 off -- Don't create device links from firmware info. 1559 permissive -- Create device links from firmware info 1560 but use it only for ordering boot state clean 1561 up (sync_state() calls). 1562 on -- Create device links from firmware info and use it 1563 to enforce probe and suspend/resume ordering. 1564 rpm -- Like "on", but also use to order runtime PM. 1565 1566 fw_devlink.strict=<bool> 1567 [KNL] Treat all inferred dependencies as mandatory 1568 dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm. 1569 Format: <bool> 1570 1571 gamecon.map[2|3]= 1572 [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad 1573 support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) 1574 Format: <port#>,<pad1>,<pad2>,<pad3>,<pad4>,<pad5> 1575 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst 1576 1577 gamma= [HW,DRM] 1578 1579 gart_fix_e820= [X86-64] disable the fix e820 for K8 GART 1580 Format: off | on 1581 default: on 1582 1583 gcov_persist= [GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for 1584 kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via 1585 debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded. 1586 When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated 1587 debugfs files are removed at module unload time. 1588 1589 goldfish [X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform. 1590 Don't use this when you are not running on the 1591 android emulator 1592 1593 gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_ranges 1594 [HW] Sets the ranges of gpiochip of for this device. 1595 Format: <start1>,<end1>,<start2>,<end2>... 1596 gpio-mockup.gpio_mockup_named_lines 1597 [HW] Let the driver know GPIO lines should be named. 1598 1599 gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but 1600 invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the 1601 primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate 1602 GPT to be used instead. 1603 1604 grcan.enable0= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 0. Determines 1605 the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register. 1606 Format: 0 | 1 1607 Default: 0 1608 grcan.enable1= [HW] Configuration of physical interface 1. Determines 1609 the "Enable 0" bit of the configuration register. 1610 Format: 0 | 1 1611 Default: 0 1612 grcan.select= [HW] Select which physical interface to use. 1613 Format: 0 | 1 1614 Default: 0 1615 grcan.txsize= [HW] Sets the size of the tx buffer. 1616 Format: <unsigned int> such that (txsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0. 1617 Default: 1024 1618 grcan.rxsize= [HW] Sets the size of the rx buffer. 1619 Format: <unsigned int> such that (rxsize & ~0x1fffc0) == 0. 1620 Default: 1024 1621 1622 hardened_usercopy= 1623 [KNL] Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, whether 1624 hardening is enabled for this boot. Hardened 1625 usercopy checking is used to protect the kernel 1626 from reading or writing beyond known memory 1627 allocation boundaries as a proactive defense 1628 against bounds-checking flaws in the kernel's 1629 copy_to_user()/copy_from_user() interface. 1630 on Perform hardened usercopy checks (default). 1631 off Disable hardened usercopy checks. 1632 1633 hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace= 1634 [KNL] Should the hard-lockup detector generate 1635 backtraces on all cpus. 1636 Format: 0 | 1 1637 1638 hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot 1639 are distributed across NUMA nodes. Defaults on 1640 for 64-bit NUMA, off otherwise. 1641 Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on) 1642 1643 hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer 1644 1645 hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry 1646 Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect> 1647 1648 hest_disable [ACPI] 1649 Disable Hardware Error Source Table (HEST) support; 1650 corresponding firmware-first mode error processing 1651 logic will be disabled. 1652 1653 hibernate= [HIBERNATION] 1654 noresume Don't check if there's a hibernation image 1655 present during boot. 1656 nocompress Don't compress/decompress hibernation images. 1657 no Disable hibernation and resume. 1658 protect_image Turn on image protection during restoration 1659 (that will set all pages holding image data 1660 during restoration read-only). 1661 1662 highmem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] forces the highmem zone to have an exact 1663 size of <nn>. This works even on boxes that have no 1664 highmem otherwise. This also works to reduce highmem 1665 size on bigger boxes. 1666 1667 highres= [KNL] Enable/disable high resolution timer mode. 1668 Valid parameters: "on", "off" 1669 Default: "on" 1670 1671 hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH] 1672 1673 hostname= [KNL] Set the hostname (aka UTS nodename). 1674 Format: <string> 1675 This allows setting the system's hostname during early 1676 startup. This sets the name returned by gethostname. 1677 Using this parameter to set the hostname makes it 1678 possible to ensure the hostname is correctly set before 1679 any userspace processes run, avoiding the possibility 1680 that a process may call gethostname before the hostname 1681 has been explicitly set, resulting in the calling 1682 process getting an incorrect result. The string must 1683 not exceed the maximum allowed hostname length (usually 1684 64 characters) and will be truncated otherwise. 1685 1686 hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage 1687 Format: { enable (default) | disable | force | 1688 verbose } 1689 disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead 1690 force: allow force enabled of undocumented chips (ICH4, 1691 VIA, nVidia) 1692 verbose: show contents of HPET registers during setup 1693 1694 hpet_mmap= [X86, HPET_MMAP] Allow userspace to mmap HPET 1695 registers. Default set by CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT. 1696 1697 hugepages= [HW] Number of HugeTLB pages to allocate at boot. 1698 If this follows hugepagesz (below), it specifies 1699 the number of pages of hugepagesz to be allocated. 1700 If this is the first HugeTLB parameter on the command 1701 line, it specifies the number of pages to allocate for 1702 the default huge page size. If using node format, the 1703 number of pages to allocate per-node can be specified. 1704 See also Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst. 1705 Format: <integer> or (node format) 1706 <node>:<integer>[,<node>:<integer>] 1707 1708 hugepagesz= 1709 [HW] The size of the HugeTLB pages. This is used in 1710 conjunction with hugepages (above) to allocate huge 1711 pages of a specific size at boot. The pair 1712 hugepagesz=X hugepages=Y can be specified once for 1713 each supported huge page size. Huge page sizes are 1714 architecture dependent. See also 1715 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst. 1716 Format: size[KMG] 1717 1718 hugetlb_cma= [HW,CMA] The size of a CMA area used for allocation 1719 of gigantic hugepages. Or using node format, the size 1720 of a CMA area per node can be specified. 1721 Format: nn[KMGTPE] or (node format) 1722 <node>:nn[KMGTPE][,<node>:nn[KMGTPE]] 1723 1724 Reserve a CMA area of given size and allocate gigantic 1725 hugepages using the CMA allocator. If enabled, the 1726 boot-time allocation of gigantic hugepages is skipped. 1727 1728 hugetlb_free_vmemmap= 1729 [KNL] Reguires CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP 1730 enabled. 1731 Control if HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO) is enabled. 1732 Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more 1733 memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page). 1734 Format: { on | off (default) } 1735 1736 on: enable HVO 1737 off: disable HVO 1738 1739 Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y, 1740 the default is on. 1741 1742 Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added 1743 memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is 1744 enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this 1745 feature is enabled. Other vmemmap pages not allocated from 1746 the added memory block itself do not be affected. 1747 1748 hung_task_panic= 1749 [KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics. 1750 Format: 0 | 1 1751 1752 A value of 1 instructs the kernel to panic when a 1753 hung task is detected. The default value is controlled 1754 by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time 1755 option. The value selected by this boot parameter can 1756 be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl. 1757 1758 hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC) 1759 terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8 1760 hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs. 1761 If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections 1762 from listed z/VM user IDs only. 1763 1764 hv_nopvspin [X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations 1765 which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the 1766 guest on lock contention. 1767 1768 i2c_bus= [HW] Override the default board specific I2C bus speed 1769 or register an additional I2C bus that is not 1770 registered from board initialization code. 1771 Format: 1772 <bus_id>,<clkrate> 1773 1774 i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode 1775 i8042.unmask_kbd_data 1776 [HW] Enable printing of interrupt data from the KBD port 1777 (disabled by default, and as a pre-condition 1778 requires that i8042.debug=1 be enabled) 1779 i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode 1780 i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from 1781 keyboard and cannot control its state 1782 (Don't attempt to blink the leds) 1783 i8042.noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port 1784 i8042.nokbd [HW] Don't check/create keyboard port 1785 i8042.noloop [HW] Disable the AUX Loopback command while probing 1786 for the AUX port 1787 i8042.nomux [HW] Don't check presence of an active multiplexing 1788 controller 1789 i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX 1790 controllers 1791 i8042.notimeout [HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by controller 1792 i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init, cleanup and 1793 suspend-to-ram transitions, only during s2r 1794 transitions, or never reset 1795 Format: { 1 | Y | y | 0 | N | n } 1796 1, Y, y: always reset controller 1797 0, N, n: don't ever reset controller 1798 Default: only on s2r transitions on x86; most other 1799 architectures force reset to be always executed 1800 i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock 1801 i8042.kbdreset [HW] Reset device connected to KBD port 1802 i8042.probe_defer 1803 [HW] Allow deferred probing upon i8042 probe errors 1804 1805 i810= [HW,DRM] 1806 1807 i915.invert_brightness= 1808 [DRM] Invert the sense of the variable that is used to 1809 set the brightness of the panel backlight. Normally a 1810 brightness value of 0 indicates backlight switched off, 1811 and the maximum of the brightness value sets the backlight 1812 to maximum brightness. If this parameter is set to 0 1813 (default) and the machine requires it, or this parameter 1814 is set to 1, a brightness value of 0 sets the backlight 1815 to maximum brightness, and the maximum of the brightness 1816 value switches the backlight off. 1817 -1 -- never invert brightness 1818 0 -- machine default 1819 1 -- force brightness inversion 1820 1821 icn= [HW,ISDN] 1822 Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]] 1823 1824 1825 idle= [X86] 1826 Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait 1827 Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly 1828 improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but 1829 will use a lot of power and make the system run hot. 1830 Not recommended. 1831 idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle. 1832 In such case C2/C3 won't be used again. 1833 idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states 1834 1835 idxd.sva= [HW] 1836 Format: <bool> 1837 Allow force disabling of Shared Virtual Memory (SVA) 1838 support for the idxd driver. By default it is set to 1839 true (1). 1840 1841 idxd.tc_override= [HW] 1842 Format: <bool> 1843 Allow override of default traffic class configuration 1844 for the device. By default it is set to false (0). 1845 1846 ieee754= [MIPS] Select IEEE Std 754 conformance mode 1847 Format: { strict | legacy | 2008 | relaxed } 1848 Default: strict 1849 1850 Choose which programs will be accepted for execution 1851 based on the IEEE 754 NaN encoding(s) supported by 1852 the FPU and the NaN encoding requested with the value 1853 of an ELF file header flag individually set by each 1854 binary. Hardware implementations are permitted to 1855 support either or both of the legacy and the 2008 NaN 1856 encoding mode. 1857 1858 Available settings are as follows: 1859 strict accept binaries that request a NaN encoding 1860 supported by the FPU 1861 legacy only accept legacy-NaN binaries, if supported 1862 by the FPU 1863 2008 only accept 2008-NaN binaries, if supported 1864 by the FPU 1865 relaxed accept any binaries regardless of whether 1866 supported by the FPU 1867 1868 The FPU emulator is always able to support both NaN 1869 encodings, so if no FPU hardware is present or it has 1870 been disabled with 'nofpu', then the settings of 1871 'legacy' and '2008' strap the emulator accordingly, 1872 'relaxed' straps the emulator for both legacy-NaN and 1873 2008-NaN, whereas 'strict' enables legacy-NaN only on 1874 legacy processors and both NaN encodings on MIPS32 or 1875 MIPS64 CPUs. 1876 1877 The setting for ABS.fmt/NEG.fmt instruction execution 1878 mode generally follows that for the NaN encoding, 1879 except where unsupported by hardware. 1880 1881 ignore_loglevel [KNL] 1882 Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/ 1883 kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging. 1884 We also add it as printk module parameter, so users 1885 could change it dynamically, usually by 1886 /sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel. 1887 1888 ignore_rlimit_data 1889 Ignore RLIMIT_DATA setting for data mappings, 1890 print warning at first misuse. Can be changed via 1891 /sys/module/kernel/parameters/ignore_rlimit_data. 1892 1893 ihash_entries= [KNL] 1894 Set number of hash buckets for inode cache. 1895 1896 ima_appraise= [IMA] appraise integrity measurements 1897 Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" } 1898 default: "enforce" 1899 1900 ima_appraise_tcb [IMA] Deprecated. Use ima_policy= instead. 1901 The builtin appraise policy appraises all files 1902 owned by uid=0. 1903 1904 ima_canonical_fmt [IMA] 1905 Use the canonical format for the binary runtime 1906 measurements, instead of host native format. 1907 1908 ima_hash= [IMA] 1909 Format: { md5 | sha1 | rmd160 | sha256 | sha384 1910 | sha512 | ... } 1911 default: "sha1" 1912 1913 The list of supported hash algorithms is defined 1914 in crypto/hash_info.h. 1915 1916 ima_policy= [IMA] 1917 The builtin policies to load during IMA setup. 1918 Format: "tcb | appraise_tcb | secure_boot | 1919 fail_securely | critical_data" 1920 1921 The "tcb" policy measures all programs exec'd, files 1922 mmap'd for exec, and all files opened with the read 1923 mode bit set by either the effective uid (euid=0) or 1924 uid=0. 1925 1926 The "appraise_tcb" policy appraises the integrity of 1927 all files owned by root. 1928 1929 The "secure_boot" policy appraises the integrity 1930 of files (eg. kexec kernel image, kernel modules, 1931 firmware, policy, etc) based on file signatures. 1932 1933 The "fail_securely" policy forces file signature 1934 verification failure also on privileged mounted 1935 filesystems with the SB_I_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE 1936 flag. 1937 1938 The "critical_data" policy measures kernel integrity 1939 critical data. 1940 1941 ima_tcb [IMA] Deprecated. Use ima_policy= instead. 1942 Load a policy which meets the needs of the Trusted 1943 Computing Base. This means IMA will measure all 1944 programs exec'd, files mmap'd for exec, and all files 1945 opened for read by uid=0. 1946 1947 ima_template= [IMA] 1948 Select one of defined IMA measurements template formats. 1949 Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" | "ima-ngv2" | "ima-sig" | 1950 "ima-sigv2" } 1951 Default: "ima-ng" 1952 1953 ima_template_fmt= 1954 [IMA] Define a custom template format. 1955 Format: { "field1|...|fieldN" } 1956 1957 ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage 1958 Format: <min_file_size> 1959 Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash. 1960 If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled. 1961 1962 ahash performance varies for different data sizes on 1963 different crypto accelerators. This option can be used 1964 to achieve the best performance for a particular HW. 1965 1966 ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size 1967 Format: <bufsize> 1968 Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k. 1969 1970 ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on 1971 different crypto accelerators. This option can be used 1972 to achieve best performance for particular HW. 1973 1974 init= [KNL] 1975 Format: <full_path> 1976 Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init 1977 process. 1978 1979 initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful 1980 for working out where the kernel is dying during 1981 startup. 1982 1983 initcall_blacklist= [KNL] Do not execute a comma-separated list of 1984 initcall functions. Useful for debugging built-in 1985 modules and initcalls. 1986 1987 initramfs_async= [KNL] 1988 Format: <bool> 1989 Default: 1 1990 This parameter controls whether the initramfs 1991 image is unpacked asynchronously, concurrently 1992 with devices being probed and 1993 initialized. This should normally just work, 1994 but as a debugging aid, one can get the 1995 historical behaviour of the initramfs 1996 unpacking being completed before device_ and 1997 late_ initcalls. 1998 1999 initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk 2000 2001 initrdmem= [KNL] Specify a physical address and size from which to 2002 load the initrd. If an initrd is compiled in or 2003 specified in the bootparams, it takes priority over this 2004 setting. 2005 Format: ss[KMG],nn[KMG] 2006 Default is 0, 0 2007 2008 init_on_alloc= [MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap objects with 2009 zeroes. 2010 Format: 0 | 1 2011 Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON. 2012 2013 init_on_free= [MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with zeroes. 2014 Format: 0 | 1 2015 Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON. 2016 2017 init_pkru= [X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights 2018 register contents for all processes. 0x55555554 by 2019 default (disallow access to all but pkey 0). Can 2020 override in debugfs after boot. 2021 2022 inport.irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver 2023 Format: <irq> 2024 2025 int_pln_enable [X86] Enable power limit notification interrupt 2026 2027 integrity_audit=[IMA] 2028 Format: { "0" | "1" } 2029 0 -- basic integrity auditing messages. (Default) 2030 1 -- additional integrity auditing messages. 2031 2032 intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option 2033 on 2034 Enable intel iommu driver. 2035 off 2036 Disable intel iommu driver. 2037 igfx_off [Default Off] 2038 By default, gfx is mapped as normal device. If a gfx 2039 device has a dedicated DMAR unit, the DMAR unit is 2040 bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In 2041 this case, gfx device will use physical address for 2042 DMA. 2043 strict [Default Off] 2044 Deprecated, equivalent to iommu.strict=1. 2045 sp_off [Default Off] 2046 By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU 2047 has the capability. With this option, super page will 2048 not be supported. 2049 sm_on 2050 Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware 2051 advertises that it has support for the scalable mode 2052 translation. 2053 sm_off 2054 Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode. 2055 tboot_noforce [Default Off] 2056 Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot. 2057 By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which 2058 could harm performance of some high-throughput 2059 devices like 40GBit network cards, even if identity 2060 mapping is enabled. 2061 Note that using this option lowers the security 2062 provided by tboot because it makes the system 2063 vulnerable to DMA attacks. 2064 2065 intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86] 2066 0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle. 2067 1 to 9 specify maximum depth of C-state. 2068 2069 intel_pstate= [X86] 2070 disable 2071 Do not enable intel_pstate as the default 2072 scaling driver for the supported processors 2073 passive 2074 Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it 2075 to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of 2076 enabling its internal governor). This mode cannot be 2077 used along with the hardware-managed P-states (HWP) 2078 feature. 2079 force 2080 Enable intel_pstate on systems that prohibit it by default 2081 in favor of acpi-cpufreq. Forcing the intel_pstate driver 2082 instead of acpi-cpufreq may disable platform features, such 2083 as thermal controls and power capping, that rely on ACPI 2084 P-States information being indicated to OSPM and therefore 2085 should be used with caution. This option does not work with 2086 processors that aren't supported by the intel_pstate driver 2087 or on platforms that use pcc-cpufreq instead of acpi-cpufreq. 2088 no_hwp 2089 Do not enable hardware P state control (HWP) 2090 if available. 2091 hwp_only 2092 Only load intel_pstate on systems which support 2093 hardware P state control (HWP) if available. 2094 support_acpi_ppc 2095 Enforce ACPI _PPC performance limits. If the Fixed ACPI 2096 Description Table, specifies preferred power management 2097 profile as "Enterprise Server" or "Performance Server", 2098 then this feature is turned on by default. 2099 per_cpu_perf_limits 2100 Allow per-logical-CPU P-State performance control limits using 2101 cpufreq sysfs interface 2102 2103 intremap= [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] 2104 on enable Interrupt Remapping (default) 2105 off disable Interrupt Remapping 2106 nosid disable Source ID checking 2107 no_x2apic_optout 2108 BIOS x2APIC opt-out request will be ignored 2109 nopost disable Interrupt Posting 2110 2111 iomem= Disable strict checking of access to MMIO memory 2112 strict regions from userspace. 2113 relaxed 2114 2115 iommu= [X86] 2116 off 2117 force 2118 noforce 2119 biomerge 2120 panic 2121 nopanic 2122 merge 2123 nomerge 2124 soft 2125 pt [X86] 2126 nopt [X86] 2127 nobypass [PPC/POWERNV] 2128 Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices. 2129 2130 iommu.forcedac= [ARM64, X86] Control IOVA allocation for PCI devices. 2131 Format: { "0" | "1" } 2132 0 - Try to allocate a 32-bit DMA address first, before 2133 falling back to the full range if needed. 2134 1 - Allocate directly from the full usable range, 2135 forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting 2136 greater than 32-bit addressing. 2137 2138 iommu.strict= [ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour 2139 Format: { "0" | "1" } 2140 0 - Lazy mode. 2141 Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred 2142 invalidation of hardware TLBs, for increased 2143 throughput at the cost of reduced device isolation. 2144 Will fall back to strict mode if not supported by 2145 the relevant IOMMU driver. 2146 1 - Strict mode. 2147 DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs 2148 synchronously. 2149 unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_{LAZY,STRICT}. 2150 Note: on x86, strict mode specified via one of the 2151 legacy driver-specific options takes precedence. 2152 2153 iommu.passthrough= 2154 [ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default. 2155 Format: { "0" | "1" } 2156 0 - Use IOMMU translation for DMA. 2157 1 - Bypass the IOMMU for DMA. 2158 unset - Use value of CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH. 2159 2160 io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel-based Alpha systems 2161 See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in 2162 arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c. 2163 2164 io_delay= [X86] I/O delay method 2165 0x80 2166 Standard port 0x80 based delay 2167 0xed 2168 Alternate port 0xed based delay (needed on some systems) 2169 udelay 2170 Simple two microseconds delay 2171 none 2172 No delay 2173 2174 ip= [IP_PNP] 2175 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst. 2176 2177 ipcmni_extend [KNL] Extend the maximum number of unique System V 2178 IPC identifiers from 32,768 to 16,777,216. 2179 2180 irqaffinity= [SMP] Set the default irq affinity mask 2181 The argument is a cpu list, as described above. 2182 2183 irqchip.gicv2_force_probe= 2184 [ARM, ARM64] 2185 Format: <bool> 2186 Force the kernel to look for the second 4kB page 2187 of a GICv2 controller even if the memory range 2188 exposed by the device tree is too small. 2189 2190 irqchip.gicv3_nolpi= 2191 [ARM, ARM64] 2192 Force the kernel to ignore the availability of 2193 LPIs (and by consequence ITSs). Intended for system 2194 that use the kernel as a bootloader, and thus want 2195 to let secondary kernels in charge of setting up 2196 LPIs. 2197 2198 irqchip.gicv3_pseudo_nmi= [ARM64] 2199 Enables support for pseudo-NMIs in the kernel. This 2200 requires the kernel to be built with 2201 CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI. 2202 2203 irqfixup [HW] 2204 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers 2205 for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken 2206 firmware running. 2207 2208 irqpoll [HW] 2209 When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers 2210 for it. Also check all handlers each timer 2211 interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken 2212 firmware running. 2213 2214 isapnp= [ISAPNP] 2215 Format: <RDP>,<reset>,<pci_scan>,<verbosity> 2216 2217 isolcpus= [KNL,SMP,ISOL] Isolate a given set of CPUs from disturbance. 2218 [Deprecated - use cpusets instead] 2219 Format: [flag-list,]<cpu-list> 2220 2221 Specify one or more CPUs to isolate from disturbances 2222 specified in the flag list (default: domain): 2223 2224 nohz 2225 Disable the tick when a single task runs. 2226 2227 A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you 2228 need to affine to housekeeping through the global 2229 workqueue's affinity configured via the 2230 /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or 2231 by using the 'domain' flag described below. 2232 2233 NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs, 2234 so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to 2235 be configured manually after bootup. 2236 2237 domain 2238 Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling 2239 algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way 2240 is irreversible: it's not possible to bring back a CPU to 2241 the domains once isolated through isolcpus. It's strongly 2242 advised to use cpusets instead to disable scheduler load 2243 balancing through the "cpuset.sched_load_balance" file. 2244 It offers a much more flexible interface where CPUs can 2245 move in and out of an isolated set anytime. 2246 2247 You can move a process onto or off an "isolated" CPU via 2248 the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset. 2249 <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is 2250 "number of CPUs in system - 1". 2251 2252 managed_irq 2253 2254 Isolate from being targeted by managed interrupts 2255 which have an interrupt mask containing isolated 2256 CPUs. The affinity of managed interrupts is 2257 handled by the kernel and cannot be changed via 2258 the /proc/irq/* interfaces. 2259 2260 This isolation is best effort and only effective 2261 if the automatically assigned interrupt mask of a 2262 device queue contains isolated and housekeeping 2263 CPUs. If housekeeping CPUs are online then such 2264 interrupts are directed to the housekeeping CPU 2265 so that IO submitted on the housekeeping CPU 2266 cannot disturb the isolated CPU. 2267 2268 If a queue's affinity mask contains only isolated 2269 CPUs then this parameter has no effect on the 2270 interrupt routing decision, though interrupts are 2271 only delivered when tasks running on those 2272 isolated CPUs submit IO. IO submitted on 2273 housekeeping CPUs has no influence on those 2274 queues. 2275 2276 The format of <cpu-list> is described above. 2277 2278 iucv= [HW,NET] 2279 2280 ivrs_ioapic [HW,X86-64] 2281 Provide an override to the IOAPIC-ID<->DEVICE-ID 2282 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. 2283 By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted. 2284 2285 For example, to map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to 2286 PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0, 2287 write the parameter as: 2288 ivrs_ioapic=10@0001:00:14.0 2289 2290 Deprecated formats: 2291 * To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI device 00:14.0 2292 write the parameter as: 2293 ivrs_ioapic[10]=00:14.0 2294 * To map IOAPIC-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and 2295 PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as: 2296 ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0 2297 2298 ivrs_hpet [HW,X86-64] 2299 Provide an override to the HPET-ID<->DEVICE-ID 2300 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. 2301 By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted. 2302 2303 For example, to map HPET-ID decimal 10 to 2304 PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device 00:14.0, 2305 write the parameter as: 2306 ivrs_hpet=10@0001:00:14.0 2307 2308 Deprecated formats: 2309 * To map HPET-ID decimal 0 to PCI device 00:14.0 2310 write the parameter as: 2311 ivrs_hpet[0]=00:14.0 2312 * To map HPET-ID decimal 10 to PCI segment 0x1 and 2313 PCI device 00:14.0 write the parameter as: 2314 ivrs_ioapic[10]=0001:00:14.0 2315 2316 ivrs_acpihid [HW,X86-64] 2317 Provide an override to the ACPI-HID:UID<->DEVICE-ID 2318 mapping provided in the IVRS ACPI table. 2319 By default, PCI segment is 0, and can be omitted. 2320 2321 For example, to map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to 2322 PCI segment 0x1 and PCI device ID 00:14.5, 2323 write the parameter as: 2324 ivrs_acpihid=AMD0020:0@0001:00:14.5 2325 2326 Deprecated formats: 2327 * To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment is 0, 2328 PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as: 2329 ivrs_acpihid[00:14.5]=AMD0020:0 2330 * To map UART-HID:UID AMD0020:0 to PCI segment 0x1 and 2331 PCI device ID 00:14.5, write the parameter as: 2332 ivrs_acpihid[0001:00:14.5]=AMD0020:0 2333 2334 js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick 2335 See Documentation/input/joydev/joystick.rst. 2336 2337 kasan_multi_shot 2338 [KNL] Enforce KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) to print 2339 report on every invalid memory access. Without this 2340 parameter KASAN will print report only for the first 2341 invalid access. 2342 2343 keep_bootcon [KNL] 2344 Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only 2345 useful for debugging when something happens in the window 2346 between unregistering the boot console and initializing 2347 the real console. 2348 2349 keepinitrd [HW,ARM] 2350 2351 kernelcore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] 2352 Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% | "mirror" 2353 This parameter specifies the amount of memory usable by 2354 the kernel for non-movable allocations. The requested 2355 amount is spread evenly throughout all nodes in the 2356 system as ZONE_NORMAL. The remaining memory is used for 2357 movable memory in its own zone, ZONE_MOVABLE. In the 2358 event, a node is too small to have both ZONE_NORMAL and 2359 ZONE_MOVABLE, kernelcore memory will take priority and 2360 other nodes will have a larger ZONE_MOVABLE. 2361 2362 ZONE_MOVABLE is used for the allocation of pages that 2363 may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration 2364 subsystem. Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem 2365 still use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal 2366 zone if it does not. 2367 2368 It is possible to specify the exact amount of memory in 2369 the form of "nn[KMGTPE]", a percentage of total system 2370 memory in the form of "nn%", or "mirror". If "mirror" 2371 option is specified, mirrored (reliable) memory is used 2372 for non-movable allocations and remaining memory is used 2373 for Movable pages. "nn[KMGTPE]", "nn%", and "mirror" 2374 are exclusive, so you cannot specify multiple forms. 2375 2376 kgdbdbgp= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over EHCI usb debug port. 2377 Format: <Controller#>[,poll interval] 2378 The controller # is the number of the ehci usb debug 2379 port as it is probed via PCI. The poll interval is 2380 optional and is the number seconds in between 2381 each poll cycle to the debug port in case you need 2382 the functionality for interrupting the kernel with 2383 gdb or control-c on the dbgp connection. When 2384 not using this parameter you use sysrq-g to break into 2385 the kernel debugger. 2386 2387 kgdboc= [KGDB,HW] kgdb over consoles. 2388 Requires a tty driver that supports console polling, 2389 or a supported polling keyboard driver (non-usb). 2390 Serial only format: <serial_device>[,baud] 2391 keyboard only format: kbd 2392 keyboard and serial format: kbd,<serial_device>[,baud] 2393 Optional Kernel mode setting: 2394 kms, kbd format: kms,kbd 2395 kms, kbd and serial format: kms,kbd,<ser_dev>[,baud] 2396 2397 kgdboc_earlycon= [KGDB,HW] 2398 If the boot console provides the ability to read 2399 characters and can work in polling mode, you can use 2400 this parameter to tell kgdb to use it as a backend 2401 until the normal console is registered. Intended to 2402 be used together with the kgdboc parameter which 2403 specifies the normal console to transition to. 2404 2405 The name of the early console should be specified 2406 as the value of this parameter. Note that the name of 2407 the early console might be different than the tty 2408 name passed to kgdboc. It's OK to leave the value 2409 blank and the first boot console that implements 2410 read() will be picked. 2411 2412 kgdbwait [KGDB] Stop kernel execution and enter the 2413 kernel debugger at the earliest opportunity. 2414 2415 kmac= [MIPS] Korina ethernet MAC address. 2416 Configure the RouterBoard 532 series on-chip 2417 Ethernet adapter MAC address. 2418 2419 kmemleak= [KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable 2420 Valid arguments: on, off 2421 Default: on 2422 Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y, 2423 the default is off. 2424 2425 kprobe_event=[probe-list] 2426 [FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time. 2427 The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe 2428 definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events 2429 interface, but the parameters are comma delimited. 2430 For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with 2431 arg1 and arg2, add to the command line; 2432 2433 kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2 2434 2435 See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel 2436 Boot Parameter" section. 2437 2438 kpti= [ARM64] Control page table isolation of user 2439 and kernel address spaces. 2440 Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation. 2441 0: force disabled 2442 1: force enabled 2443 2444 kunit.enable= [KUNIT] Enable executing KUnit tests. Requires 2445 CONFIG_KUNIT to be set to be fully enabled. The 2446 default value can be overridden via 2447 KUNIT_DEFAULT_ENABLED. 2448 Default is 1 (enabled) 2449 2450 kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs. 2451 Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP) 2452 2453 kvm.eager_page_split= 2454 [KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to 2455 proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging. 2456 Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU 2457 execution by eliminating the write-protection faults 2458 and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be 2459 required to split huge pages lazily. 2460 2461 VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write 2462 only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from 2463 disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to 2464 still be used for reads. 2465 2466 The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether 2467 KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If 2468 disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly 2469 split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If 2470 enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during 2471 the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being 2472 cleared. 2473 2474 Eager page splitting is only supported when kvm.tdp_mmu=Y. 2475 2476 Default is Y (on). 2477 2478 kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface. 2479 Default is false (don't support). 2480 2481 kvm.nx_huge_pages= 2482 [KVM] Controls the software workaround for the 2483 X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug. 2484 force : Always deploy workaround. 2485 off : Never deploy workaround. 2486 auto : Deploy workaround based on the presence of 2487 X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT. 2488 2489 Default is 'auto'. 2490 2491 If the software workaround is enabled for the host, 2492 guests do need not to enable it for nested guests. 2493 2494 kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio= 2495 [KVM] Controls how many 4KiB pages are periodically zapped 2496 back to huge pages. 0 disables the recovery, otherwise if 2497 the value is N KVM will zap 1/Nth of the 4KiB pages every 2498 period (see below). The default is 60. 2499 2500 kvm.nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms= 2501 [KVM] Controls the time period at which KVM zaps 4KiB pages 2502 back to huge pages. If the value is a non-zero N, KVM will 2503 zap a portion (see ratio above) of the pages every N msecs. 2504 If the value is 0 (the default), KVM will pick a period based 2505 on the ratio, such that a page is zapped after 1 hour on average. 2506 2507 kvm-amd.nested= [KVM,AMD] Allow nested virtualization in KVM/SVM. 2508 Default is 1 (enabled) 2509 2510 kvm-amd.npt= [KVM,AMD] Disable nested paging (virtualized MMU) 2511 for all guests. 2512 Default is 1 (enabled) if in 64-bit or 32-bit PAE mode. 2513 2514 kvm-arm.mode= 2515 [KVM,ARM] Select one of KVM/arm64's modes of operation. 2516 2517 none: Forcefully disable KVM. 2518 2519 nvhe: Standard nVHE-based mode, without support for 2520 protected guests. 2521 2522 protected: nVHE-based mode with support for guests whose 2523 state is kept private from the host. 2524 2525 Defaults to VHE/nVHE based on hardware support. Setting 2526 mode to "protected" will disable kexec and hibernation 2527 for the host. 2528 2529 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group0_trap= 2530 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-0 2531 system registers 2532 2533 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_group1_trap= 2534 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 group-1 2535 system registers 2536 2537 kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap= 2538 [KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common 2539 system registers 2540 2541 kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable= 2542 [KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of 2543 LPIs. 2544 2545 kvm_cma_resv_ratio=n [PPC] 2546 Reserves given percentage from system memory area for 2547 contiguous memory allocation for KVM hash pagetable 2548 allocation. 2549 By default it reserves 5% of total system memory. 2550 Format: <integer> 2551 Default: 5 2552 2553 kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables 2554 (virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips. 2555 Default is 1 (enabled) 2556 2557 kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state= 2558 [KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state. 2559 Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as 2560 guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests. 2561 This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM 2562 never emulates invalid L2 guest state. 2563 Default is 1 (enabled) 2564 2565 kvm-intel.flexpriority= 2566 [KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow). 2567 Default is 1 (enabled) 2568 2569 kvm-intel.nested= 2570 [KVM,Intel] Enable VMX nesting (nVMX). 2571 Default is 0 (disabled) 2572 2573 kvm-intel.unrestricted_guest= 2574 [KVM,Intel] Disable unrestricted guest feature 2575 (virtualized real and unpaged mode) on capable 2576 Intel chips. Default is 1 (enabled) 2577 2578 kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=[KVM,Intel] Mitigation for L1 Terminal Fault 2579 CVE-2018-3620. 2580 2581 Valid arguments: never, cond, always 2582 2583 always: L1D cache flush on every VMENTER. 2584 cond: Flush L1D on VMENTER only when the code between 2585 VMEXIT and VMENTER can leak host memory. 2586 never: Disables the mitigation 2587 2588 Default is cond (do L1 cache flush in specific instances) 2589 2590 kvm-intel.vpid= [KVM,Intel] Disable Virtual Processor Identification 2591 feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips. 2592 Default is 1 (enabled) 2593 2594 l1d_flush= [X86,INTEL] 2595 Control mitigation for L1D based snooping vulnerability. 2596 2597 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU 2598 internal buffers which can forward information to a 2599 disclosure gadget under certain conditions. 2600 2601 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively 2602 forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel 2603 attack, to access data to which the attacker does 2604 not have direct access. 2605 2606 This parameter controls the mitigation. The 2607 options are: 2608 2609 on - enable the interface for the mitigation 2610 2611 l1tf= [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on 2612 affected CPUs 2613 2614 The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally 2615 enabled and cannot be disabled. 2616 2617 full 2618 Provides all available mitigations for the 2619 L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and 2620 enables all mitigations in the 2621 hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush. 2622 2623 SMT control and L1D flush control via the 2624 sysfs interface is still possible after 2625 boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning 2626 when the first VM is started in a 2627 potentially insecure configuration, 2628 i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled. 2629 2630 full,force 2631 Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D 2632 flush runtime control. Implies the 2633 'nosmt=force' command line option. 2634 (i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.) 2635 2636 flush 2637 Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default 2638 hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional 2639 L1D flush. 2640 2641 SMT control and L1D flush control via the 2642 sysfs interface is still possible after 2643 boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning 2644 when the first VM is started in a 2645 potentially insecure configuration, 2646 i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled. 2647 2648 flush,nosmt 2649 2650 Disables SMT and enables the default 2651 hypervisor mitigation. 2652 2653 SMT control and L1D flush control via the 2654 sysfs interface is still possible after 2655 boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning 2656 when the first VM is started in a 2657 potentially insecure configuration, 2658 i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled. 2659 2660 flush,nowarn 2661 Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not 2662 warn when a VM is started in a potentially 2663 insecure configuration. 2664 2665 off 2666 Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't 2667 emit any warnings. 2668 It also drops the swap size and available 2669 RAM limit restriction on both hypervisor and 2670 bare metal. 2671 2672 Default is 'flush'. 2673 2674 For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst 2675 2676 l2cr= [PPC] 2677 2678 l3cr= [PPC] 2679 2680 lapic [X86-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS 2681 disabled it. 2682 2683 lapic= [X86,APIC] Do not use TSC deadline 2684 value for LAPIC timer one-shot implementation. Default 2685 back to the programmable timer unit in the LAPIC. 2686 Format: notscdeadline 2687 2688 lapic_timer_c2_ok [X86,APIC] trust the local apic timer 2689 in C2 power state. 2690 2691 libata.dma= [LIBATA] DMA control 2692 libata.dma=0 Disable all PATA and SATA DMA 2693 libata.dma=1 PATA and SATA Disk DMA only 2694 libata.dma=2 ATAPI (CDROM) DMA only 2695 libata.dma=4 Compact Flash DMA only 2696 Combinations also work, so libata.dma=3 enables DMA 2697 for disks and CDROMs, but not CFs. 2698 2699 libata.ignore_hpa= [LIBATA] Ignore HPA limit 2700 libata.ignore_hpa=0 keep BIOS limits (default) 2701 libata.ignore_hpa=1 ignore limits, using full disk 2702 2703 libata.noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume 2704 when set. 2705 Format: <int> 2706 2707 libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is a comma- 2708 separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is PORT[.DEVICE]. 2709 PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link 2710 or device. Basically, it matches the ATA ID string 2711 printed on console by libata. If the whole ID part is 2712 omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE values are used. If 2713 ID hasn't been specified yet, the configuration applies 2714 to all ports, links and devices. 2715 2716 If only DEVICE is omitted, the parameter applies to 2717 the port and all links and devices behind it. DEVICE 2718 number of 0 either selects the first device or the 2719 first fan-out link behind PMP device. It does not 2720 select the host link. DEVICE number of 15 selects the 2721 host link and device attached to it. 2722 2723 The VAL specifies the configuration to force. As long 2724 as there is no ambiguity, shortcut notation is allowed. 2725 For example, both 1.5 and 1.5G would work for 1.5Gbps. 2726 The following configurations can be forced. 2727 2728 * Cable type: 40c, 80c, short40c, unk, ign or sata. 2729 Any ID with matching PORT is used. 2730 2731 * SATA link speed limit: 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps. 2732 2733 * Transfer mode: pio[0-7], mwdma[0-4] and udma[0-7]. 2734 udma[/][16,25,33,44,66,100,133] notation is also 2735 allowed. 2736 2737 * nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft and both 2738 resets. 2739 2740 * rstonce: only attempt one reset during hot-unplug 2741 link recovery. 2742 2743 * [no]dbdelay: Enable or disable the extra 200ms delay 2744 before debouncing a link PHY and device presence 2745 detection. 2746 2747 * [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ. 2748 2749 * [no]ncqtrim: Enable or disable queued DSM TRIM. 2750 2751 * [no]ncqati: Enable or disable NCQ trim on ATI chipset. 2752 2753 * [no]trim: Enable or disable (unqueued) TRIM. 2754 2755 * trim_zero: Indicate that TRIM command zeroes data. 2756 2757 * max_trim_128m: Set 128M maximum trim size limit. 2758 2759 * [no]dma: Turn on or off DMA transfers. 2760 2761 * atapi_dmadir: Enable ATAPI DMADIR bridge support. 2762 2763 * atapi_mod16_dma: Enable the use of ATAPI DMA for 2764 commands that are not a multiple of 16 bytes. 2765 2766 * [no]dmalog: Enable or disable the use of the 2767 READ LOG DMA EXT command to access logs. 2768 2769 * [no]iddevlog: Enable or disable access to the 2770 identify device data log. 2771 2772 * [no]logdir: Enable or disable access to the general 2773 purpose log directory. 2774 2775 * max_sec_128: Set transfer size limit to 128 sectors. 2776 2777 * max_sec_1024: Set or clear transfer size limit to 2778 1024 sectors. 2779 2780 * max_sec_lba48: Set or clear transfer size limit to 2781 65535 sectors. 2782 2783 * [no]lpm: Enable or disable link power management. 2784 2785 * [no]setxfer: Indicate if transfer speed mode setting 2786 should be skipped. 2787 2788 * dump_id: Dump IDENTIFY data. 2789 2790 * disable: Disable this device. 2791 2792 If there are multiple matching configurations changing 2793 the same attribute, the last one is used. 2794 2795 load_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated] 2796 2797 lockd.nlm_grace_period=P [NFS] Assign grace period. 2798 Format: <integer> 2799 2800 lockd.nlm_tcpport=N [NFS] Assign TCP port. 2801 Format: <integer> 2802 2803 lockd.nlm_timeout=T [NFS] Assign timeout value. 2804 Format: <integer> 2805 2806 lockd.nlm_udpport=M [NFS] Assign UDP port. 2807 Format: <integer> 2808 2809 lockdown= [SECURITY] 2810 { integrity | confidentiality } 2811 Enable the kernel lockdown feature. If set to 2812 integrity, kernel features that allow userland to 2813 modify the running kernel are disabled. If set to 2814 confidentiality, kernel features that allow userland 2815 to extract confidential information from the kernel 2816 are also disabled. 2817 2818 locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL] 2819 Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads. 2820 Defaults to being automatically set based on the 2821 number of online CPUs. 2822 2823 locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL] 2824 Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads. 2825 2826 locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL] 2827 Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing. 2828 2829 locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL] 2830 Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or 2831 zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing. 2832 2833 locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL] 2834 Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies). Shuffling 2835 tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle 2836 mode during the locktorture test. 2837 2838 locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL] 2839 Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This 2840 is useful for hands-off automated testing. 2841 2842 locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL] 2843 Time (s) between statistics printk()s. 2844 2845 locktorture.stutter= [KNL] 2846 Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, 2847 specifying five seconds causes the test to run for 2848 five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on. 2849 This tests the locking primitive's ability to 2850 transition abruptly to and from idle. 2851 2852 locktorture.torture_type= [KNL] 2853 Specify the locking implementation to test. 2854 2855 locktorture.verbose= [KNL] 2856 Enable additional printk() statements. 2857 2858 logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver 2859 Format: <irq> 2860 2861 loglevel= All Kernel Messages with a loglevel smaller than the 2862 console loglevel will be printed to the console. It can 2863 also be changed with klogd or other programs. The 2864 loglevels are defined as follows: 2865 2866 0 (KERN_EMERG) system is unusable 2867 1 (KERN_ALERT) action must be taken immediately 2868 2 (KERN_CRIT) critical conditions 2869 3 (KERN_ERR) error conditions 2870 4 (KERN_WARNING) warning conditions 2871 5 (KERN_NOTICE) normal but significant condition 2872 6 (KERN_INFO) informational 2873 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages 2874 2875 log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, 2876 in bytes. n must be a power of two and greater 2877 than the minimal size. The minimal size is defined 2878 by LOG_BUF_SHIFT kernel config parameter. There is 2879 also CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config parameter 2880 that allows to increase the default size depending on 2881 the number of CPUs. See init/Kconfig for more details. 2882 2883 logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo. 2884 This may be used to provide more screen space for 2885 kernel log messages and is useful when debugging 2886 kernel boot problems. 2887 2888 lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g, 2889 lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses 2890 lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the 2891 lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be 2892 specified in addition to the ports) causes 2893 attached printers to be reset. Using 2894 lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports 2895 to associate lp devices with, starting with 2896 lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip 2897 that lp device, or a parport name such as 2898 'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a 2899 port specification list means that device IDs 2900 from each port should be examined, to see if 2901 an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if 2902 so, the driver will manage that printer. 2903 See also header of drivers/char/lp.c. 2904 2905 lpj=n [KNL] 2906 Sets loops_per_jiffy to given constant, thus avoiding 2907 time-consuming boot-time autodetection (up to 250 ms per 2908 CPU). 0 enables autodetection (default). To determine 2909 the correct value for your kernel, boot with normal 2910 autodetection and see what value is printed. Note that 2911 on SMP systems the preset will be applied to all CPUs, 2912 which is likely to cause problems if your CPUs need 2913 significantly divergent settings. An incorrect value 2914 will cause delays in the kernel to be wrong, leading to 2915 unpredictable I/O errors and other breakage. Although 2916 unlikely, in the extreme case this might damage your 2917 hardware. 2918 2919 ltpc= [NET] 2920 Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma> 2921 2922 lsm.debug [SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output. 2923 2924 lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN 2925 [SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This 2926 overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter. 2927 2928 machvec= [IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector 2929 (machvec) in a generic kernel. 2930 Example: machvec=hpzx1 2931 2932 machtype= [Loongson] Share the same kernel image file between 2933 different yeeloong laptops. 2934 Example: machtype=lemote-yeeloong-2f-7inch 2935 2936 max_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory greater 2937 than or equal to this physical address is ignored. 2938 2939 maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel 2940 will bring up during bootup. maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits 2941 the kernel to bring up 'n' processors. Surely after 2942 bootup you can bring up the other plugged cpu by executing 2943 "echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online". So maxcpus 2944 only takes effect during system bootup. 2945 While n=0 is a special case, it is equivalent to "nosmp", 2946 which also disables the IO APIC. 2947 2948 max_loop= [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get 2949 (loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default 2950 number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead 2951 of statically allocating a predefined number, loop 2952 devices can be requested on-demand with the 2953 /dev/loop-control interface. 2954 2955 mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception 2956 2957 mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst 2958 2959 md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level 2960 See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst. 2961 2962 mdacon= [MDA] 2963 Format: <first>,<last> 2964 Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA. 2965 2966 mds= [X86,INTEL] 2967 Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data 2968 Sampling (MDS) vulnerability. 2969 2970 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU 2971 internal buffers which can forward information to a 2972 disclosure gadget under certain conditions. 2973 2974 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively 2975 forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel 2976 attack, to access data to which the attacker does 2977 not have direct access. 2978 2979 This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The 2980 options are: 2981 2982 full - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs 2983 full,nosmt - Enable MDS mitigation and disable 2984 SMT on vulnerable CPUs 2985 off - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation 2986 2987 On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by 2988 an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are 2989 mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable 2990 this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off 2991 too. 2992 2993 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 2994 mds=full. 2995 2996 For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst 2997 2998 mem=nn[KMG] [HEXAGON] Set the memory size. 2999 Must be specified, otherwise memory size will be 0. 3000 3001 mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory 3002 Amount of memory to be used in cases as follows: 3003 3004 1 for test; 3005 2 when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory; 3006 3 memory that lies after 'mem=' boundary is excluded from 3007 the hypervisor, then assigned to KVM guests. 3008 4 to limit the memory available for kdump kernel. 3009 3010 [ARC,MICROBLAZE] - the limit applies only to low memory, 3011 high memory is not affected. 3012 3013 [ARM64] - only limits memory covered by the linear 3014 mapping. The NOMAP regions are not affected. 3015 3016 [X86] Work as limiting max address. Use together 3017 with memmap= to avoid physical address space collisions. 3018 Without memmap= PCI devices could be placed at addresses 3019 belonging to unused RAM. 3020 3021 Note that this only takes effects during boot time since 3022 in above case 3, memory may need be hot added after boot 3023 if system memory of hypervisor is not sufficient. 3024 3025 mem=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] 3026 [ARM,MIPS] - override the memory layout reported by 3027 firmware. 3028 Define a memory region of size nn[KMG] starting at 3029 ss[KMG]. 3030 Multiple different regions can be specified with 3031 multiple mem= parameters on the command line. 3032 3033 mem=nopentium [BUGS=X86-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel 3034 memory. 3035 3036 memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages. 3037 3038 memchunk=nn[KMG] 3039 [KNL,SH] Allow user to override the default size for 3040 per-device physically contiguous DMA buffers. 3041 3042 memhp_default_state=online/offline 3043 [KNL] Set the initial state for the memory hotplug 3044 onlining policy. If not specified, the default value is 3045 set according to the 3046 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_ONLINE kernel config 3047 option. 3048 See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/memory-hotplug.rst. 3049 3050 memmap=exactmap [KNL,X86] Enable setting of an exact 3051 E820 memory map, as specified by the user. 3052 Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on 3053 BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss 3054 option description. 3055 3056 memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] 3057 [KNL, X86, MIPS, XTENSA] Force usage of a specific region of memory. 3058 Region of memory to be used is from ss to ss+nn. 3059 If @ss[KMG] is omitted, it is equivalent to mem=nn[KMG], 3060 which limits max address to nn[KMG]. 3061 Multiple different regions can be specified, 3062 comma delimited. 3063 Example: 3064 memmap=100M@2G,100M#3G,1G!1024G 3065 3066 memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG] 3067 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data. 3068 Region of memory to be marked is from ss to ss+nn. 3069 3070 memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG] 3071 [KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved. 3072 Region of memory to be reserved is from ss to ss+nn. 3073 Example: Exclude memory from 0x18690000-0x1869ffff 3074 memmap=64K$0x18690000 3075 or 3076 memmap=0x10000$0x18690000 3077 Some bootloaders may need an escape character before '$', 3078 like Grub2, otherwise '$' and the following number 3079 will be eaten. 3080 3081 memmap=nn[KMG]!ss[KMG] 3082 [KNL,X86] Mark specific memory as protected. 3083 Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. 3084 The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc) 3085 and is NVDIMM or ADR memory. 3086 3087 memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype> 3088 [KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region 3089 from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left 3090 out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>, 3091 even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left 3092 out, matching memory will be removed. Types are 3093 specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved, 3094 3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM. 3095 3096 memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86] 3097 Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of 3098 memory when doing things like suspend/resume. 3099 Setting this option will scan the memory 3100 looking for corruption. Enabling this will 3101 both detect corruption and prevent the kernel 3102 from using the memory being corrupted. 3103 However, its intended as a diagnostic tool; if 3104 repeatable BIOS-originated corruption always 3105 affects the same memory, you can use memmap= 3106 to prevent the kernel from using that memory. 3107 3108 memory_corruption_check_size=size [X86] 3109 By default it checks for corruption in the low 3110 64k, making this memory unavailable for normal 3111 use. Use this parameter to scan for 3112 corruption in more or less memory. 3113 3114 memory_corruption_check_period=seconds [X86] 3115 By default it checks for corruption every 60 3116 seconds. Use this parameter to check at some 3117 other rate. 0 disables periodic checking. 3118 3119 memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory 3120 [KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature. 3121 Format: {on | off (default)} 3122 When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will 3123 allocate its internal metadata (struct pages, 3124 those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even 3125 if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the 3126 hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a 3127 lot of memory without requiring additional 3128 memory to do so. 3129 This feature is disabled by default because it 3130 has some implication on large (e.g. GB) 3131 allocations in some configurations (e.g. small 3132 memory blocks). 3133 The state of the flag can be read in 3134 /sys/module/memory_hotplug/parameters/memmap_on_memory. 3135 Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where 3136 the feature is not effective. 3137 3138 memtest= [KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest 3139 Format: <integer> 3140 default : 0 <disable> 3141 Specifies the number of memtest passes to be 3142 performed. Each pass selects another test 3143 pattern from a given set of patterns. Memtest 3144 fills the memory with this pattern, validates 3145 memory contents and reserves bad memory 3146 regions that are detected. 3147 3148 mem_encrypt= [X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control 3149 Valid arguments: on, off 3150 Default (depends on kernel configuration option): 3151 on (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y) 3152 off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n) 3153 mem_encrypt=on: Activate SME 3154 mem_encrypt=off: Do not activate SME 3155 3156 Refer to Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst 3157 for details on when memory encryption can be activated. 3158 3159 mem_sleep_default= [SUSPEND] Default system suspend mode: 3160 s2idle - Suspend-To-Idle 3161 shallow - Power-On Suspend or equivalent (if supported) 3162 deep - Suspend-To-RAM or equivalent (if supported) 3163 See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.rst. 3164 3165 meye.*= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters 3166 See Documentation/admin-guide/media/meye.rst. 3167 3168 mfgpt_irq= [IA-32] Specify the IRQ to use for the 3169 Multi-Function General Purpose Timers on AMD Geode 3170 platforms. 3171 3172 mfgptfix [X86-32] Fix MFGPT timers on AMD Geode platforms when 3173 the BIOS has incorrectly applied a workaround. TinyBIOS 3174 version 0.98 is known to be affected, 0.99 fixes the 3175 problem by letting the user disable the workaround. 3176 3177 mga= [HW,DRM] 3178 3179 min_addr=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT,IA-64] All physical memory below this 3180 physical address is ignored. 3181 3182 mini2440= [ARM,HW,KNL] 3183 Format:[0..2][b][c][t] 3184 Default: "0tb" 3185 MINI2440 configuration specification: 3186 0 - The attached screen is the 3.5" TFT 3187 1 - The attached screen is the 7" TFT 3188 2 - The VGA Shield is attached (1024x768) 3189 Leaving out the screen size parameter will not load 3190 the TFT driver, and the framebuffer will be left 3191 unconfigured. 3192 b - Enable backlight. The TFT backlight pin will be 3193 linked to the kernel VESA blanking code and a GPIO 3194 LED. This parameter is not necessary when using the 3195 VGA shield. 3196 c - Enable the s3c camera interface. 3197 t - Reserved for enabling touchscreen support. The 3198 touchscreen support is not enabled in the mainstream 3199 kernel as of 2.6.30, a preliminary port can be found 3200 in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at 3201 https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git 3202 3203 mitigations= 3204 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for 3205 CPU vulnerabilities. This is a set of curated, 3206 arch-independent options, each of which is an 3207 aggregation of existing arch-specific options. 3208 3209 off 3210 Disable all optional CPU mitigations. This 3211 improves system performance, but it may also 3212 expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities. 3213 Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC] 3214 if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64] 3215 nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC] 3216 nobp=0 [S390] 3217 nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] 3218 spectre_v2_user=off [X86] 3219 spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC] 3220 ssbd=force-off [ARM64] 3221 nospectre_bhb [ARM64] 3222 l1tf=off [X86] 3223 mds=off [X86] 3224 tsx_async_abort=off [X86] 3225 kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86] 3226 srbds=off [X86,INTEL] 3227 no_entry_flush [PPC] 3228 no_uaccess_flush [PPC] 3229 mmio_stale_data=off [X86] 3230 retbleed=off [X86] 3231 3232 Exceptions: 3233 This does not have any effect on 3234 kvm.nx_huge_pages when 3235 kvm.nx_huge_pages=force. 3236 3237 auto (default) 3238 Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT 3239 enabled, even if it's vulnerable. This is for 3240 users who don't want to be surprised by SMT 3241 getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who 3242 have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks. 3243 Equivalent to: (default behavior) 3244 3245 auto,nosmt 3246 Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT 3247 if needed. This is for users who always want to 3248 be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT. 3249 Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86] 3250 mds=full,nosmt [X86] 3251 tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86] 3252 mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt [X86] 3253 retbleed=auto,nosmt [X86] 3254 3255 mminit_loglevel= 3256 [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this 3257 parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for 3258 the additional memory initialisation checks. A value 3259 of 0 disables mminit logging and a level of 4 will 3260 log everything. Information is printed at KERN_DEBUG 3261 so loglevel=8 may also need to be specified. 3262 3263 mmio_stale_data= 3264 [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the Processor 3265 MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities. 3266 3267 Processor MMIO Stale Data is a class of 3268 vulnerabilities that may expose data after an MMIO 3269 operation. Exposed data could originate or end in 3270 the same CPU buffers as affected by MDS and TAA. 3271 Therefore, similar to MDS and TAA, the mitigation 3272 is to clear the affected CPU buffers. 3273 3274 This parameter controls the mitigation. The 3275 options are: 3276 3277 full - Enable mitigation on vulnerable CPUs 3278 3279 full,nosmt - Enable mitigation and disable SMT on 3280 vulnerable CPUs. 3281 3282 off - Unconditionally disable mitigation 3283 3284 On MDS or TAA affected machines, 3285 mmio_stale_data=off can be prevented by an active 3286 MDS or TAA mitigation as these vulnerabilities are 3287 mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to 3288 disable this mitigation, you need to specify 3289 mds=off and tsx_async_abort=off too. 3290 3291 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 3292 mmio_stale_data=full. 3293 3294 For details see: 3295 Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst 3296 3297 <module>.async_probe[=<bool>] [KNL] 3298 If no <bool> value is specified or if the value 3299 specified is not a valid <bool>, enable asynchronous 3300 probe on this module. Otherwise, enable/disable 3301 asynchronous probe on this module as indicated by the 3302 <bool> value. See also: module.async_probe 3303 3304 module.async_probe=<bool> 3305 [KNL] When set to true, modules will use async probing 3306 by default. To enable/disable async probing for a 3307 specific module, use the module specific control that 3308 is documented under <module>.async_probe. When both 3309 module.async_probe and <module>.async_probe are 3310 specified, <module>.async_probe takes precedence for 3311 the specific module. 3312 3313 module.sig_enforce 3314 [KNL] When CONFIG_MODULE_SIG is set, this means that 3315 modules without (valid) signatures will fail to load. 3316 Note that if CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is set, that 3317 is always true, so this option does nothing. 3318 3319 module_blacklist= [KNL] Do not load a comma-separated list of 3320 modules. Useful for debugging problem modules. 3321 3322 mousedev.tap_time= 3323 [MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and 3324 leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered 3325 a tap and be reported as a left button click (for 3326 touchpads working in absolute mode only). 3327 Format: <msecs> 3328 mousedev.xres= [MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices 3329 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets 3330 mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices 3331 reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets 3332 3333 movablecore= [KNL,X86,IA-64,PPC] 3334 Format: nn[KMGTPE] | nn% 3335 This parameter is the complement to kernelcore=, it 3336 specifies the amount of memory used for migratable 3337 allocations. If both kernelcore and movablecore is 3338 specified, then kernelcore will be at *least* the 3339 specified value but may be more. If movablecore on its 3340 own is specified, the administrator must be careful 3341 that the amount of memory usable for all allocations 3342 is not too small. 3343 3344 movable_node [KNL] Boot-time switch to make hotplugable memory 3345 NUMA nodes to be movable. This means that the memory 3346 of such nodes will be usable only for movable 3347 allocations which rules out almost all kernel 3348 allocations. Use with caution! 3349 3350 MTD_Partition= [MTD] 3351 Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset> 3352 3353 MTD_Region= [MTD] Format: 3354 <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>] 3355 3356 mtdparts= [MTD] 3357 See drivers/mtd/parsers/cmdlinepart.c 3358 3359 mtdset= [ARM] 3360 ARM/S3C2412 JIVE boot control 3361 3362 See arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-jive.c 3363 3364 mtouchusb.raw_coordinates= 3365 [HW] Make the MicroTouch USB driver use raw coordinates 3366 ('y', default) or cooked coordinates ('n') 3367 3368 mtrr_chunk_size=nn[KMG] [X86] 3369 used for mtrr cleanup. It is largest continuous chunk 3370 that could hold holes aka. UC entries. 3371 3372 mtrr_gran_size=nn[KMG] [X86] 3373 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is granularity of mtrr block. 3374 Default is 1. 3375 Large value could prevent small alignment from 3376 using up MTRRs. 3377 3378 mtrr_spare_reg_nr=n [X86] 3379 Format: <integer> 3380 Range: 0,7 : spare reg number 3381 Default : 1 3382 Used for mtrr cleanup. It is spare mtrr entries number. 3383 Set to 2 or more if your graphical card needs more. 3384 3385 multitce=off [PPC] This parameter disables the use of the pSeries 3386 firmware feature for updating multiple TCE entries 3387 at a time. 3388 3389 n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card 3390 3391 netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters 3392 Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name> 3393 Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean 3394 something different and driver-specific. 3395 This usage is only documented in each driver source 3396 file if at all. 3397 3398 netpoll.carrier_timeout= 3399 [NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that 3400 netpoll should wait for a carrier. By default netpoll 3401 waits 4 seconds. 3402 3403 nf_conntrack.acct= 3404 [NETFILTER] Enable connection tracking flow accounting 3405 0 to disable accounting 3406 1 to enable accounting 3407 Default value is 0. 3408 3409 nfsaddrs= [NFS] Deprecated. Use ip= instead. 3410 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst. 3411 3412 nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes. 3413 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst. 3414 3415 nfsrootdebug [NFS] enable nfsroot debugging messages. 3416 See Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst. 3417 3418 nfs.callback_nr_threads= 3419 [NFSv4] set the total number of threads that the 3420 NFS client will assign to service NFSv4 callback 3421 requests. 3422 3423 nfs.callback_tcpport= 3424 [NFS] set the TCP port on which the NFSv4 callback 3425 channel should listen. 3426 3427 nfs.cache_getent= 3428 [NFS] sets the pathname to the program which is used 3429 to update the NFS client cache entries. 3430 3431 nfs.cache_getent_timeout= 3432 [NFS] sets the timeout after which an attempt to 3433 update a cache entry is deemed to have failed. 3434 3435 nfs.idmap_cache_timeout= 3436 [NFS] set the maximum lifetime for idmapper cache 3437 entries. 3438 3439 nfs.enable_ino64= 3440 [NFS] enable 64-bit inode numbers. 3441 If zero, the NFS client will fake up a 32-bit inode 3442 number for the readdir() and stat() syscalls instead 3443 of returning the full 64-bit number. 3444 The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers. 3445 3446 nfs.max_session_cb_slots= 3447 [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session 3448 slots the client will assign to the callback 3449 channel. This determines the maximum number of 3450 callbacks the client will process in parallel for 3451 a particular server. 3452 3453 nfs.max_session_slots= 3454 [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots 3455 the client will attempt to negotiate with the server. 3456 This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests 3457 that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server. 3458 Note that there is little point in setting this 3459 value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit. 3460 3461 nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping= 3462 [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option 3463 ensures that both the RPC level authentication 3464 scheme and the NFS level operations agree to use 3465 numeric uids/gids if the mount is using the 3466 'sec=sys' security flavour. In effect it is 3467 disabling idmapping, which can make migration from 3468 legacy NFSv2/v3 systems to NFSv4 easier. 3469 Servers that do not support this mode of operation 3470 will be autodetected by the client, and it will fall 3471 back to using the idmapper. 3472 To turn off this behaviour, set the value to '0'. 3473 nfs.nfs4_unique_id= 3474 [NFS4] Specify an additional fixed unique ident- 3475 ification string that NFSv4 clients can insert into 3476 their nfs_client_id4 string. This is typically a 3477 UUID that is generated at system install time. 3478 3479 nfs.send_implementation_id = 3480 [NFSv4.1] Send client implementation identification 3481 information in exchange_id requests. 3482 If zero, no implementation identification information 3483 will be sent. 3484 The default is to send the implementation identification 3485 information. 3486 3487 nfs.recover_lost_locks = 3488 [NFSv4] Attempt to recover locks that were lost due 3489 to a lease timeout on the server. Please note that 3490 doing this risks data corruption, since there are 3491 no guarantees that the file will remain unchanged 3492 after the locks are lost. 3493 If you want to enable the kernel legacy behaviour of 3494 attempting to recover these locks, then set this 3495 parameter to '1'. 3496 The default parameter value of '0' causes the kernel 3497 not to attempt recovery of lost locks. 3498 3499 nfs4.layoutstats_timer = 3500 [NFSv4.2] Change the rate at which the kernel sends 3501 layoutstats to the pNFS metadata server. 3502 3503 Setting this to value to 0 causes the kernel to use 3504 whatever value is the default set by the layout 3505 driver. A non-zero value sets the minimum interval 3506 in seconds between layoutstats transmissions. 3507 3508 nfsd.inter_copy_offload_enable = 3509 [NFSv4.2] When set to 1, the server will support 3510 server-to-server copies for which this server is 3511 the destination of the copy. 3512 3513 nfsd.nfsd4_ssc_umount_timeout = 3514 [NFSv4.2] When used as the destination of a 3515 server-to-server copy, knfsd temporarily mounts 3516 the source server. It caches the mount in case 3517 it will be needed again, and discards it if not 3518 used for the number of milliseconds specified by 3519 this parameter. 3520 3521 nfsd.nfs4_disable_idmapping= 3522 [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', the NFSv4 3523 server will return only numeric uids and gids to 3524 clients using auth_sys, and will accept numeric uids 3525 and gids from such clients. This is intended to ease 3526 migration from NFSv2/v3. 3527 3528 3529 nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL] 3530 Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an 3531 NMI stack-backtrace request. 3532 3533 nmi_debug= [KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take 3534 when a NMI is triggered. 3535 Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] 3536 3537 nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels 3538 Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num] 3539 Valid num: 0 or 1 3540 0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off 3541 1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on 3542 When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog 3543 timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI 3544 watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set) 3545 To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors, 3546 please see 'nowatchdog'. 3547 This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and 3548 need the box quickly up again. 3549 3550 These settings can be accessed at runtime via 3551 the nmi_watchdog and hardlockup_panic sysctls. 3552 3553 no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths 3554 emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor 3555 is present. 3556 3557 no5lvl [X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces 3558 kernel to use 4-level paging instead. 3559 3560 nofsgsbase [X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions. 3561 3562 no_console_suspend 3563 [HW] Never suspend the console 3564 Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and 3565 hibernate operations. Once disabled, debugging 3566 messages can reach various consoles while the rest 3567 of the system is being put to sleep (ie, while 3568 debugging driver suspend/resume hooks). This may 3569 not work reliably with all consoles, but is known 3570 to work with serial and VGA consoles. 3571 To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add 3572 console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control 3573 it. Users could use console_suspend (usually 3574 /sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to 3575 turn on/off it dynamically. 3576 3577 novmcoredd [KNL,KDUMP] 3578 Disable device dump. Device dump allows drivers to 3579 append dump data to vmcore so you can collect driver 3580 specified debug info. Drivers can append the data 3581 without any limit and this data is stored in memory, 3582 so this may cause significant memory stress. Disabling 3583 device dump can help save memory but the driver debug 3584 data will be no longer available. This parameter 3585 is only available when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP 3586 is set. 3587 3588 noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien 3589 caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory, 3590 but will impact performance. 3591 3592 noalign [KNL,ARM] 3593 3594 noaltinstr [S390] Disables alternative instructions patching 3595 (CPU alternatives feature). 3596 3597 noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any 3598 IOAPICs that may be present in the system. 3599 3600 noautogroup Disable scheduler automatic task group creation. 3601 3602 nocache [ARM] 3603 3604 nodsp [SH] Disable hardware DSP at boot time. 3605 3606 noefi Disable EFI runtime services support. 3607 3608 no_entry_flush [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache when entering the kernel. 3609 3610 noexec [IA-64] 3611 3612 nosmap [PPC] 3613 Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention) 3614 even if it is supported by processor. 3615 3616 nosmep [PPC64s] 3617 Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention) 3618 even if it is supported by processor. 3619 3620 noexec32 [X86-64] 3621 This affects only 32-bit executables. 3622 noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default) 3623 read doesn't imply executable mappings 3624 noexec32=off: disable non-executable mappings 3625 read implies executable mappings 3626 3627 nofpu [MIPS,SH] Disable hardware FPU at boot time. 3628 3629 nofxsr [BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 floating point extended 3630 register save and restore. The kernel will only save 3631 legacy floating-point registers on task switch. 3632 3633 nohugeiomap [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge I/O mappings. 3634 3635 nohugevmalloc [KNL,X86,PPC,ARM64] Disable kernel huge vmalloc mappings. 3636 3637 nosmt [KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). 3638 Equivalent to smt=1. 3639 3640 [KNL,X86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT). 3641 nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, cannot be undone 3642 via the sysfs control file. 3643 3644 nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC] Disable mitigations for Spectre Variant 1 3645 (bounds check bypass). With this option data leaks are 3646 possible in the system. 3647 3648 nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC_E500,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for 3649 the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction) 3650 vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this 3651 option. 3652 3653 nospectre_bhb [ARM64] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch 3654 history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks 3655 with this option. 3656 3657 nospec_store_bypass_disable 3658 [HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability 3659 3660 no_uaccess_flush 3661 [PPC] Don't flush the L1-D cache after accessing user data. 3662 3663 noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save 3664 and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to 3665 enabling legacy floating-point and sse state. 3666 3667 noxsaveopt [X86] Disables xsaveopt used in saving x86 extended 3668 register states. The kernel will fall back to use 3669 xsave to save the states. By using this parameter, 3670 performance of saving the states is degraded because 3671 xsave doesn't support modified optimization while 3672 xsaveopt supports it on xsaveopt enabled systems. 3673 3674 noxsaves [X86] Disables xsaves and xrstors used in saving and 3675 restoring x86 extended register state in compacted 3676 form of xsave area. The kernel will fall back to use 3677 xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restore the states 3678 in standard form of xsave area. By using this 3679 parameter, xsave area per process might occupy more 3680 memory on xsaves enabled systems. 3681 3682 nohlt [ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,SH] Forces the kernel to busy wait 3683 in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle() 3684 implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP 3685 to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the 3686 sleep(SH) or wfi(ARM,ARM64) instructions do not work 3687 correctly or when doing power measurements to evalute 3688 the impact of the sleep instructions. This is also 3689 useful when using JTAG debugger. 3690 3691 no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The 3692 only way then for a file to be executed with privilege 3693 is to be setuid root or executed by root. 3694 3695 nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving 3696 function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases 3697 power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces 3698 interrupt wake-up latency, which may improve performance 3699 in certain environments such as networked servers or 3700 real-time systems. 3701 3702 no_hash_pointers 3703 Force pointers printed to the console or buffers to be 3704 unhashed. By default, when a pointer is printed via %p 3705 format string, that pointer is "hashed", i.e. obscured 3706 by hashing the pointer value. This is a security feature 3707 that hides actual kernel addresses from unprivileged 3708 users, but it also makes debugging the kernel more 3709 difficult since unequal pointers can no longer be 3710 compared. However, if this command-line option is 3711 specified, then all normal pointers will have their true 3712 value printed. This option should only be specified when 3713 debugging the kernel. Please do not use on production 3714 kernels. 3715 3716 nohibernate [HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume. 3717 3718 nohz= [KNL] Boottime enable/disable dynamic ticks 3719 Valid arguments: on, off 3720 Default: on 3721 3722 nohz_full= [KNL,BOOT,SMP,ISOL] 3723 The argument is a cpu list, as described above. 3724 In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set 3725 the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped 3726 whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside 3727 the range to maintain the timekeeping. Any CPUs 3728 in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded, 3729 just as if they had also been called out in the 3730 rcu_nocbs= boot parameter. 3731 3732 Note that this argument takes precedence over 3733 the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option. 3734 3735 noiotrap [SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses. 3736 3737 noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and 3738 disable unhandled interrupt sources. 3739 3740 no_timer_check [X86,APIC] Disables the code which tests for 3741 broken timer IRQ sources. 3742 3743 noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code. 3744 3745 noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured 3746 initial RAM disk. 3747 3748 nointremap [X86-64, Intel-IOMMU] Do not enable interrupt 3749 remapping. 3750 [Deprecated - use intremap=off] 3751 3752 nointroute [IA-64] 3753 3754 noinvpcid [X86] Disable the INVPCID cpu feature. 3755 3756 nojitter [IA-64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. 3757 3758 nokaslr [KNL] 3759 When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is set, this disables 3760 kernel and module base offset ASLR (Address Space 3761 Layout Randomization). 3762 3763 no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver 3764 3765 no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page 3766 fault handling. 3767 3768 no-vmw-sched-clock 3769 [X86,PV_OPS] Disable paravirtualized VMware scheduler 3770 clock and use the default one. 3771 3772 no-steal-acc [X86,PV_OPS,ARM64,PPC/PSERIES] Disable paravirtualized 3773 steal time accounting. steal time is computed, but 3774 won't influence scheduler behaviour 3775 3776 nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. 3777 3778 nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. 3779 3780 nomca [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling 3781 3782 nomce [X86-32] Disable Machine Check Exception 3783 3784 nomfgpt [X86-32] Disable Multi-Function General Purpose 3785 Timer usage (for AMD Geode machines). 3786 3787 nonmi_ipi [X86] Disable using NMI IPIs during panic/reboot to 3788 shutdown the other cpus. Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR 3789 irq. 3790 3791 nomodeset Disable kernel modesetting. Most systems' firmware 3792 sets up a display mode and provides framebuffer memory 3793 for output. With nomodeset, DRM and fbdev drivers will 3794 not load if they could possibly displace the pre- 3795 initialized output. Only the system framebuffer will 3796 be available for use. The respective drivers will not 3797 perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering. 3798 3799 Useful as error fallback, or for testing and debugging. 3800 3801 nomodule Disable module load 3802 3803 nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of 3804 pagetables) support. 3805 3806 nopcid [X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature. 3807 3808 nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found 3809 in some Intel CPUs. 3810 3811 nopv= [X86,XEN,KVM,HYPER_V,VMWARE] 3812 Disables the PV optimizations forcing the guest to run 3813 as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support 3814 XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest. 3815 3816 nopvspin [X86,XEN,KVM] 3817 Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations 3818 which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock 3819 contention. 3820 3821 norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to 3822 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space 3823 3824 noreplace-smp [X86-32,SMP] Don't replace SMP instructions 3825 with UP alternatives 3826 3827 noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap 3828 space. 3829 3830 no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback. 3831 This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille 3832 reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany). 3833 3834 nosbagart [IA-64] 3835 3836 nosgx [X86-64,SGX] Disables Intel SGX kernel support. 3837 3838 nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel, 3839 and disable the IO APIC. legacy for "maxcpus=0". 3840 3841 nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector. 3842 3843 nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. 3844 3845 nowatchdog [KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e. 3846 soft-lockup and NMI watchdog (hard-lockup). 3847 3848 nowb [ARM] 3849 3850 nox2apic [X86-64,APIC] Do not enable x2APIC mode. 3851 3852 NOTE: this parameter will be ignored on systems with the 3853 LEGACY_XAPIC_DISABLED bit set in the 3854 IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR. 3855 3856 nps_mtm_hs_ctr= [KNL,ARC] 3857 This parameter sets the maximum duration, in 3858 cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run 3859 without interruptions, before HW switches it. 3860 The actual maximum duration is 16 times this 3861 parameter's value. 3862 Format: integer between 1 and 255 3863 Default: 255 3864 3865 nptcg= [IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB 3866 purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or 3867 SAL PALO. 3868 3869 nr_cpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel 3870 could support. nr_cpus=n : n >= 1 limits the kernel to 3871 support 'n' processors. It could be larger than the 3872 number of already plugged CPU during bootup, later in 3873 runtime you can physically add extra cpu until it reaches 3874 n. So during boot up some boot time memory for per-cpu 3875 variables need be pre-allocated for later physical cpu 3876 hot plugging. 3877 3878 nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered. 3879 3880 numa=off [KNL, ARM64, PPC, RISCV, SPARC, X86] Disable NUMA, Only 3881 set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory. 3882 3883 numa_balancing= [KNL,ARM64,PPC,RISCV,S390,X86] Enable or disable automatic 3884 NUMA balancing. 3885 Allowed values are enable and disable 3886 3887 numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA. 3888 'node', 'default' can be specified 3889 This can be set from sysctl after boot. 3890 See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst for details. 3891 3892 ohci1394_dma=early [HW] enable debugging via the ohci1394 driver. 3893 See Documentation/core-api/debugging-via-ohci1394.rst for more 3894 info. 3895 3896 olpc_ec_timeout= [OLPC] ms delay when issuing EC commands 3897 Rather than timing out after 20 ms if an EC 3898 command is not properly ACKed, override the length 3899 of the timeout. We have interrupts disabled while 3900 waiting for the ACK, so if this is set too high 3901 interrupts *may* be lost! 3902 3903 omap_mux= [OMAP] Override bootloader pin multiplexing. 3904 Format: <mux_mode0.mode_name=value>... 3905 For example, to override I2C bus2: 3906 omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100 3907 3908 onenand.bdry= [HW,MTD] Flex-OneNAND Boundary Configuration 3909 3910 Format: [die0_boundary][,die0_lock][,die1_boundary][,die1_lock] 3911 3912 boundary - index of last SLC block on Flex-OneNAND. 3913 The remaining blocks are configured as MLC blocks. 3914 lock - Configure if Flex-OneNAND boundary should be locked. 3915 Once locked, the boundary cannot be changed. 3916 1 indicates lock status, 0 indicates unlock status. 3917 3918 oops=panic Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the 3919 process, but there is a small probability of 3920 deadlocking the machine. 3921 This will also cause panics on machine check exceptions. 3922 Useful together with panic=30 to trigger a reboot. 3923 3924 page_alloc.shuffle= 3925 [KNL] Boolean flag to control whether the page allocator 3926 should randomize its free lists. The randomization may 3927 be automatically enabled if the kernel detects it is 3928 running on a platform with a direct-mapped memory-side 3929 cache, and this parameter can be used to 3930 override/disable that behavior. The state of the flag 3931 can be read from sysfs at: 3932 /sys/module/page_alloc/parameters/shuffle. 3933 3934 page_owner= [KNL] Boot-time page_owner enabling option. 3935 Storage of the information about who allocated 3936 each page is disabled in default. With this switch, 3937 we can turn it on. 3938 on: enable the feature 3939 3940 page_poison= [KNL] Boot-time parameter changing the state of 3941 poisoning on the buddy allocator, available with 3942 CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y. 3943 off: turn off poisoning (default) 3944 on: turn on poisoning 3945 3946 page_reporting.page_reporting_order= 3947 [KNL] Minimal page reporting order 3948 Format: <integer> 3949 Adjust the minimal page reporting order. The page 3950 reporting is disabled when it exceeds (MAX_ORDER-1). 3951 3952 panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic: delay <timeout> 3953 timeout > 0: seconds before rebooting 3954 timeout = 0: wait forever 3955 timeout < 0: reboot immediately 3956 Format: <timeout> 3957 3958 panic_print= Bitmask for printing system info when panic happens. 3959 User can chose combination of the following bits: 3960 bit 0: print all tasks info 3961 bit 1: print system memory info 3962 bit 2: print timer info 3963 bit 3: print locks info if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is on 3964 bit 4: print ftrace buffer 3965 bit 5: print all printk messages in buffer 3966 bit 6: print all CPUs backtrace (if available in the arch) 3967 *Be aware* that this option may print a _lot_ of lines, 3968 so there are risks of losing older messages in the log. 3969 Use this option carefully, maybe worth to setup a 3970 bigger log buffer with "log_buf_len" along with this. 3971 3972 panic_on_taint= Bitmask for conditionally calling panic() in add_taint() 3973 Format: <hex>[,nousertaint] 3974 Hexadecimal bitmask representing the set of TAINT flags 3975 that will cause the kernel to panic when add_taint() is 3976 called with any of the flags in this set. 3977 The optional switch "nousertaint" can be utilized to 3978 prevent userspace forced crashes by writing to sysctl 3979 /proc/sys/kernel/tainted any flagset matching with the 3980 bitmask set on panic_on_taint. 3981 See Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst for 3982 extra details on the taint flags that users can pick 3983 to compose the bitmask to assign to panic_on_taint. 3984 3985 panic_on_warn panic() instead of WARN(). Useful to cause kdump 3986 on a WARN(). 3987 3988 parkbd.port= [HW] Parallel port number the keyboard adapter is 3989 connected to, default is 0. 3990 Format: <parport#> 3991 parkbd.mode= [HW] Parallel port keyboard adapter mode of operation, 3992 0 for XT, 1 for AT (default is AT). 3993 Format: <mode> 3994 3995 parport= [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables. 3996 Format: { 0 | auto | 0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] } 3997 Use 'auto' to force the driver to use any 3998 IRQ/DMA settings detected (the default is to 3999 ignore detected IRQ/DMA settings because of 4000 possible conflicts). You can specify the base 4001 address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and DMA 4002 should be numbers, or 'auto' (for using detected 4003 settings on that particular port), or 'nofifo' 4004 (to avoid using a FIFO even if it is detected). 4005 Parallel ports are assigned in the order they 4006 are specified on the command line, starting 4007 with parport0. 4008 4009 parport_init_mode= [HW,PPT] 4010 Configure VIA parallel port to operate in 4011 a specific mode. This is necessary on Pegasos 4012 computer where firmware has no options for setting 4013 up parallel port mode and sets it to spp. 4014 Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips. 4015 Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp] 4016 4017 pata_legacy.all= [HW,LIBATA] 4018 Format: <int> 4019 Set to non-zero to probe primary and secondary ISA 4020 port ranges on PCI systems where no PCI PATA device 4021 has been found at either range. Disabled by default. 4022 4023 pata_legacy.autospeed= [HW,LIBATA] 4024 Format: <int> 4025 Set to non-zero if a chip is present that snoops speed 4026 changes. Disabled by default. 4027 4028 pata_legacy.ht6560a= [HW,LIBATA] 4029 Format: <int> 4030 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560A on the primary channel, 4031 the secondary channel, or both channels respectively. 4032 Disabled by default. 4033 4034 pata_legacy.ht6560b= [HW,LIBATA] 4035 Format: <int> 4036 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for HT 6560B on the primary channel, 4037 the secondary channel, or both channels respectively. 4038 Disabled by default. 4039 4040 pata_legacy.iordy_mask= [HW,LIBATA] 4041 Format: <int> 4042 IORDY enable mask. Set individual bits to allow IORDY 4043 for the respective channel. Bit 0 is for the first 4044 legacy channel handled by this driver, bit 1 is for 4045 the second channel, and so on. The sequence will often 4046 correspond to the primary legacy channel, the secondary 4047 legacy channel, and so on, but the handling of a PCI 4048 bus and the use of other driver options may interfere 4049 with the sequence. By default IORDY is allowed across 4050 all channels. 4051 4052 pata_legacy.opti82c46x= [HW,LIBATA] 4053 Format: <int> 4054 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c611A on the primary 4055 channel, the secondary channel, or both channels 4056 respectively. Disabled by default. 4057 4058 pata_legacy.opti82c611a= [HW,LIBATA] 4059 Format: <int> 4060 Set to 1, 2, or 3 for Opti 82c465MV on the primary 4061 channel, the secondary channel, or both channels 4062 respectively. Disabled by default. 4063 4064 pata_legacy.pio_mask= [HW,LIBATA] 4065 Format: <int> 4066 PIO mode mask for autospeed devices. Set individual 4067 bits to allow the use of the respective PIO modes. 4068 Bit 0 is for mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on. 4069 All modes allowed by default. 4070 4071 pata_legacy.probe_all= [HW,LIBATA] 4072 Format: <int> 4073 Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA 4074 port ranges on PCI systems. Disabled by default. 4075 4076 pata_legacy.probe_mask= [HW,LIBATA] 4077 Format: <int> 4078 Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports. Depending on 4079 platform configuration and the use of other driver 4080 options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0, 4081 0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing 4082 of individual ports can be disabled by setting the 4083 corresponding bits in the mask to 1. Bit 0 is for 4084 the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on. 4085 By default all supported ports are probed. 4086 4087 pata_legacy.qdi= [HW,LIBATA] 4088 Format: <int> 4089 Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers. By default 4090 set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE, 0 otherwise. 4091 4092 pata_legacy.winbond= [HW,LIBATA] 4093 Format: <int> 4094 Set to non-zero to probe Winbond controllers. Use 4095 the standard I/O port (0x130) if 1, otherwise the 4096 value given is the I/O port to use (typically 0x1b0). 4097 By default set to 1 if CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE, 4098 0 otherwise. 4099 4100 pata_platform.pio_mask= [HW,LIBATA] 4101 Format: <int> 4102 Supported PIO mode mask. Set individual bits to allow 4103 the use of the respective PIO modes. Bit 0 is for 4104 mode 0, bit 1 is for mode 1, and so on. Mode 0 only 4105 allowed by default. 4106 4107 pause_on_oops= 4108 Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for 4109 the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if 4110 your oopses keep scrolling off the screen. 4111 4112 pcbit= [HW,ISDN] 4113 4114 pcd. [PARIDE] 4115 See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c. 4116 See also Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst. 4117 4118 pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options. 4119 4120 Some options herein operate on a specific device 4121 or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are 4122 specified in one of the following formats: 4123 4124 [<domain>:]<bus>:<dev>.<func>[/<dev>.<func>]* 4125 pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>] 4126 4127 Note: the first format specifies a PCI 4128 bus/device/function address which may change 4129 if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard 4130 firmware changes, or due to changes caused 4131 by other kernel parameters. If the 4132 domain is left unspecified, it is 4133 taken to be zero. Optionally, a path 4134 to a device through multiple device/function 4135 addresses can be specified after the base 4136 address (this is more robust against 4137 renumbering issues). The second format 4138 selects devices using IDs from the 4139 configuration space which may match multiple 4140 devices in the system. 4141 4142 earlydump dump PCI config space before the kernel 4143 changes anything 4144 off [X86] don't probe for the PCI bus 4145 bios [X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access 4146 the hardware directly. Use this if your machine 4147 has a non-standard PCI host bridge. 4148 nobios [X86-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct 4149 hardware access methods are allowed. Use this 4150 if you experience crashes upon bootup and you 4151 suspect they are caused by the BIOS. 4152 conf1 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access 4153 Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8, 4154 data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit). 4155 conf2 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access 4156 Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for 4157 the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets 4158 bus number. The config space is then accessed 4159 through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF). 4160 See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info 4161 on the configuration access mechanisms. 4162 noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is 4163 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to 4164 disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting. 4165 nodomains [PCI] Disable support for multiple PCI 4166 root domains (aka PCI segments, in ACPI-speak). 4167 nommconf [X86] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI 4168 Configuration 4169 check_enable_amd_mmconf [X86] check for and enable 4170 properly configured MMIO access to PCI 4171 config space on AMD family 10h CPU 4172 nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is 4173 enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to 4174 disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. 4175 noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks. 4176 Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This 4177 should never be necessary. 4178 ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the 4179 primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable 4180 boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs 4181 when the system masks IRQs. 4182 noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the 4183 boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to 4184 a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled. 4185 The opposite of ioapicreroute. 4186 biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt 4187 routing table. These calls are known to be buggy 4188 on several machines and they hang the machine 4189 when used, but on other computers it's the only 4190 way to get the interrupt routing table. Try 4191 this option if the kernel is unable to allocate 4192 IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your 4193 motherboard. 4194 rom [X86] Assign address space to expansion ROMs. 4195 Use with caution as certain devices share 4196 address decoders between ROMs and other 4197 resources. 4198 norom [X86] Do not assign address space to 4199 expansion ROMs that do not already have 4200 BIOS assigned address ranges. 4201 nobar [X86] Do not assign address space to the 4202 BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS. 4203 irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be 4204 assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can 4205 make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards 4206 this way. 4207 pirqaddr=0xAAAAA [X86] Specify the physical address 4208 of the PIRQ table (normally generated 4209 by the BIOS) if it is outside the 4210 F0000h-100000h range. 4211 lastbus=N [X86] Scan all buses thru bus #N. Can be 4212 useful if the kernel is unable to find your 4213 secondary buses and you want to tell it 4214 explicitly which ones they are. 4215 assign-busses [X86] Always assign all PCI bus 4216 numbers ourselves, overriding 4217 whatever the firmware may have done. 4218 usepirqmask [X86] Honor the possible IRQ mask stored 4219 in the BIOS $PIR table. This is needed on 4220 some systems with broken BIOSes, notably 4221 some HP Pavilion N5400 and Omnibook XE3 4222 notebooks. This will have no effect if ACPI 4223 IRQ routing is enabled. 4224 noacpi [X86] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing 4225 or for PCI scanning. 4226 use_crs [X86] Use PCI host bridge window information 4227 from ACPI. On BIOSes from 2008 or later, this 4228 is enabled by default. If you need to use this, 4229 please report a bug. 4230 nocrs [X86] Ignore PCI host bridge windows from ACPI. 4231 If you need to use this, please report a bug. 4232 use_e820 [X86] Use E820 reservations to exclude parts of 4233 PCI host bridge windows. This is a workaround 4234 for BIOS defects in host bridge _CRS methods. 4235 If you need to use this, please report a bug to 4236 <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>. 4237 no_e820 [X86] Ignore E820 reservations for PCI host 4238 bridge windows. This is the default on modern 4239 hardware. If you need to use this, please report 4240 a bug to <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>. 4241 routeirq Do IRQ routing for all PCI devices. 4242 This is normally done in pci_enable_device(), 4243 so this option is a temporary workaround 4244 for broken drivers that don't call it. 4245 skip_isa_align [X86] do not align io start addr, so can 4246 handle more pci cards 4247 noearly [X86] Don't do any early type 1 scanning. 4248 This might help on some broken boards which 4249 machine check when some devices' config space 4250 is read. But various workarounds are disabled 4251 and some IOMMU drivers will not work. 4252 bfsort Sort PCI devices into breadth-first order. 4253 This sorting is done to get a device 4254 order compatible with older (<= 2.4) kernels. 4255 nobfsort Don't sort PCI devices into breadth-first order. 4256 pcie_bus_tune_off Disable PCIe MPS (Max Payload Size) 4257 tuning and use the BIOS-configured MPS defaults. 4258 pcie_bus_safe Set every device's MPS to the largest value 4259 supported by all devices below the root complex. 4260 pcie_bus_perf Set device MPS to the largest allowable MPS 4261 based on its parent bus. Also set MRRS (Max 4262 Read Request Size) to the largest supported 4263 value (no larger than the MPS that the device 4264 or bus can support) for best performance. 4265 pcie_bus_peer2peer Set every device's MPS to 128B, which 4266 every device is guaranteed to support. This 4267 configuration allows peer-to-peer DMA between 4268 any pair of devices, possibly at the cost of 4269 reduced performance. This also guarantees 4270 that hot-added devices will work. 4271 cbiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4272 reserved for the CardBus bridge's IO window. 4273 The default value is 256 bytes. 4274 cbmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4275 reserved for the CardBus bridge's memory 4276 window. The default value is 64 megabytes. 4277 resource_alignment= 4278 Format: 4279 [<order of align>@]<pci_dev>[; ...] 4280 Specifies alignment and device to reassign 4281 aligned memory resources. How to 4282 specify the device is described above. 4283 If <order of align> is not specified, 4284 PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment. 4285 A PCI-PCI bridge can be specified if resource 4286 windows need to be expanded. 4287 To specify the alignment for several 4288 instances of a device, the PCI vendor, 4289 device, subvendor, and subdevice may be 4290 specified, e.g., 12@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f 4291 for 4096-byte alignment. 4292 ecrc= Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer 4293 end-to-end CRC checking). 4294 bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the 4295 the default. 4296 off: Turn ECRC off 4297 on: Turn ECRC on. 4298 hpiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4299 reserved for hotplug bridge's IO window. 4300 Default size is 256 bytes. 4301 hpmmiosize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4302 reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO window. 4303 Default size is 2 megabytes. 4304 hpmmioprefsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4305 reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO_PREF window. 4306 Default size is 2 megabytes. 4307 hpmemsize=nn[KMG] The fixed amount of bus space which is 4308 reserved for hotplug bridge's MMIO and 4309 MMIO_PREF window. 4310 Default size is 2 megabytes. 4311 hpbussize=nn The minimum amount of additional bus numbers 4312 reserved for buses below a hotplug bridge. 4313 Default is 1. 4314 realloc= Enable/disable reallocating PCI bridge resources 4315 if allocations done by BIOS are too small to 4316 accommodate resources required by all child 4317 devices. 4318 off: Turn realloc off 4319 on: Turn realloc on 4320 realloc same as realloc=on 4321 noari do not use PCIe ARI. 4322 noats [PCIE, Intel-IOMMU, AMD-IOMMU] 4323 do not use PCIe ATS (and IOMMU device IOTLB). 4324 pcie_scan_all Scan all possible PCIe devices. Otherwise we 4325 only look for one device below a PCIe downstream 4326 port. 4327 big_root_window Try to add a big 64bit memory window to the PCIe 4328 root complex on AMD CPUs. Some GFX hardware 4329 can resize a BAR to allow access to all VRAM. 4330 Adding the window is slightly risky (it may 4331 conflict with unreported devices), so this 4332 taints the kernel. 4333 disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...] 4334 Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format 4335 specified above) separated by semicolons. 4336 Each device specified will have the PCI ACS 4337 redirect capabilities forced off which will 4338 allow P2P traffic between devices through 4339 bridges without forcing it upstream. Note: 4340 this removes isolation between devices and 4341 may put more devices in an IOMMU group. 4342 force_floating [S390] Force usage of floating interrupts. 4343 nomio [S390] Do not use MIO instructions. 4344 norid [S390] ignore the RID field and force use of 4345 one PCI domain per PCI function 4346 4347 pcie_aspm= [PCIE] Forcibly enable or disable PCIe Active State Power 4348 Management. 4349 off Disable ASPM. 4350 force Enable ASPM even on devices that claim not to support it. 4351 WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups. 4352 4353 pcie_ports= [PCIE] PCIe port services handling: 4354 native Use native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe hotplug) 4355 even if the platform doesn't give the OS permission to 4356 use them. This may cause conflicts if the platform 4357 also tries to use these services. 4358 dpc-native Use native PCIe service for DPC only. May 4359 cause conflicts if firmware uses AER or DPC. 4360 compat Disable native PCIe services (PME, AER, DPC, PCIe 4361 hotplug). 4362 4363 pcie_port_pm= [PCIE] PCIe port power management handling: 4364 off Disable power management of all PCIe ports 4365 force Forcibly enable power management of all PCIe ports 4366 4367 pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options: 4368 nomsi Do not use MSI for native PCIe PME signaling (this makes 4369 all PCIe root ports use INTx for all services). 4370 4371 pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4 4372 4373 pd_ignore_unused 4374 [PM] 4375 Keep all power-domains already enabled by bootloader on, 4376 even if no driver has claimed them. This is useful 4377 for debug and development, but should not be 4378 needed on a platform with proper driver support. 4379 4380 pd. [PARIDE] 4381 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst. 4382 4383 pdcchassis= [PARISC,HW] Disable/Enable PDC Chassis Status codes at 4384 boot time. 4385 Format: { 0 | 1 } 4386 See arch/parisc/kernel/pdc_chassis.c 4387 4388 percpu_alloc= Select which percpu first chunk allocator to use. 4389 Currently supported values are "embed" and "page". 4390 Archs may support subset or none of the selections. 4391 See comments in mm/percpu.c for details on each 4392 allocator. This parameter is primarily for debugging 4393 and performance comparison. 4394 4395 pf. [PARIDE] 4396 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst. 4397 4398 pg. [PARIDE] 4399 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst. 4400 4401 pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup 4402 See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst. 4403 4404 plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link 4405 Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 } 4406 See also Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst. 4407 4408 pmtmr= [X86] Manual setup of pmtmr I/O Port. 4409 Override pmtimer IOPort with a hex value. 4410 e.g. pmtmr=0x508 4411 4412 pmu_override= [PPC] Override the PMU. 4413 This option takes over the PMU facility, so it is no 4414 longer usable by perf. Setting this option starts the 4415 PMU counters by setting MMCR0 to 0 (the FC bit is 4416 cleared). If a number is given, then MMCR1 is set to 4417 that number, otherwise (e.g., 'pmu_override=on'), MMCR1 4418 remains 0. 4419 4420 pm_debug_messages [SUSPEND,KNL] 4421 Enable suspend/resume debug messages during boot up. 4422 4423 pnp.debug=1 [PNP] 4424 Enable PNP debug messages (depends on the 4425 CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES option). Change at run-time 4426 via /sys/module/pnp/parameters/debug. We always show 4427 current resource usage; turning this on also shows 4428 possible settings and some assignment information. 4429 4430 pnpacpi= [ACPI] 4431 { off } 4432 4433 pnpbios= [ISAPNP] 4434 { on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res } 4435 4436 pnp_reserve_irq= 4437 [ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration 4438 4439 pnp_reserve_dma= 4440 [ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration 4441 4442 pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration 4443 Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size). 4444 4445 pnp_reserve_mem= 4446 [ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the 4447 autoconfiguration. 4448 Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size). 4449 4450 ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module 4451 Default is 21. 4452 Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports 4453 may be specified. 4454 Format: <port>,<port>.... 4455 4456 powersave=off [PPC] This option disables power saving features. 4457 It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the 4458 platform machine description specific power_save 4459 function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces 4460 execution priority. 4461 4462 ppc_strict_facility_enable 4463 [PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point, 4464 Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically 4465 allowed (eg kernel_enable_fpu()/kernel_disable_fpu()). 4466 There is some performance impact when enabling this. 4467 4468 ppc_tm= [PPC] 4469 Format: {"off"} 4470 Disable Hardware Transactional Memory 4471 4472 preempt= [KNL] 4473 Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC 4474 none - Limited to cond_resched() calls 4475 voluntary - Limited to cond_resched() and might_sleep() calls 4476 full - Any section that isn't explicitly preempt disabled 4477 can be preempted anytime. 4478 4479 print-fatal-signals= 4480 [KNL] debug: print fatal signals 4481 4482 If enabled, warn about various signal handling 4483 related application anomalies: too many signals, 4484 too many POSIX.1 timers, fatal signals causing a 4485 coredump - etc. 4486 4487 If you hit the warning due to signal overflow, 4488 you might want to try "ulimit -i unlimited". 4489 4490 default: off. 4491 4492 printk.always_kmsg_dump= 4493 Trigger kmsg_dump for cases other than kernel oops or 4494 panics 4495 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable) 4496 default: disabled 4497 4498 printk.console_no_auto_verbose= 4499 Disable console loglevel raise on oops, panic 4500 or lockdep-detected issues (only if lock debug is on). 4501 With an exception to setups with low baudrate on 4502 serial console, keeping this 0 is a good choice 4503 in order to provide more debug information. 4504 Format: <bool> 4505 default: 0 (auto_verbose is enabled) 4506 4507 printk.devkmsg={on,off,ratelimit} 4508 Control writing to /dev/kmsg. 4509 on - unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace 4510 off - logging to /dev/kmsg disabled 4511 ratelimit - ratelimit the logging 4512 Default: ratelimit 4513 4514 printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line 4515 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable) 4516 4517 processor.max_cstate= [HW,ACPI] 4518 Limit processor to maximum C-state 4519 max_cstate=9 overrides any DMI blacklist limit. 4520 4521 processor.nocst [HW,ACPI] 4522 Ignore the _CST method to determine C-states, 4523 instead using the legacy FADT method 4524 4525 profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile 4526 Format: [<profiletype>,]<number> 4527 Param: <profiletype>: "schedule", "sleep", or "kvm" 4528 [defaults to kernel profiling] 4529 Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points. 4530 Param: "sleep" - profile D-state sleeping (millisecs). 4531 Requires CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS 4532 Param: "kvm" - profile VM exits. 4533 Param: <number> - step/bucket size as a power of 2 for 4534 statistical time based profiling. 4535 4536 prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] [Deprecated] 4537 4538 prot_virt= [S390] enable hosting protected virtual machines 4539 isolated from the hypervisor (if hardware supports 4540 that). 4541 Format: <bool> 4542 4543 psi= [KNL] Enable or disable pressure stall information 4544 tracking. 4545 Format: <bool> 4546 4547 psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to 4548 probe for; one of (bare|imps|exps|lifebook|any). 4549 psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in reports 4550 per second. 4551 psmouse.resetafter= [HW,MOUSE] 4552 Try to reset the device after so many bad packets 4553 (0 = never). 4554 psmouse.resolution= 4555 [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi. 4556 psmouse.smartscroll= 4557 [HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat. 4558 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default). 4559 4560 pstore.backend= Specify the name of the pstore backend to use 4561 4562 pt. [PARIDE] 4563 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/paride.rst. 4564 4565 pti= [X86-64] Control Page Table Isolation of user and 4566 kernel address spaces. Disabling this feature 4567 removes hardening, but improves performance of 4568 system calls and interrupts. 4569 4570 on - unconditionally enable 4571 off - unconditionally disable 4572 auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is 4573 vulnerable to issues that PTI mitigates 4574 4575 Not specifying this option is equivalent to pti=auto. 4576 4577 nopti [X86-64] 4578 Equivalent to pti=off 4579 4580 pty.legacy_count= 4581 [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in 4582 default number. 4583 4584 quiet [KNL] Disable most log messages 4585 4586 r128= [HW,DRM] 4587 4588 radix_hcall_invalidate=on [PPC/PSERIES] 4589 Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB 4590 invalidate. 4591 4592 raid= [HW,RAID] 4593 See Documentation/admin-guide/md.rst. 4594 4595 ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes 4596 See Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/ramdisk.rst. 4597 4598 ramdisk_start= [RAM] RAM disk image start address 4599 4600 random.trust_cpu=off 4601 [KNL] Disable trusting the use of the CPU's 4602 random number generator (if available) to 4603 initialize the kernel's RNG. 4604 4605 random.trust_bootloader=off 4606 [KNL] Disable trusting the use of the a seed 4607 passed by the bootloader (if available) to 4608 initialize the kernel's RNG. 4609 4610 randomize_kstack_offset= 4611 [KNL] Enable or disable kernel stack offset 4612 randomization, which provides roughly 5 bits of 4613 entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks 4614 that depend on stack address determinism or 4615 cross-syscall address exposures. This is only 4616 available on architectures that have defined 4617 CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET. 4618 Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable) 4619 Default is CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT. 4620 4621 ras=option[,option,...] [KNL] RAS-specific options 4622 4623 cec_disable [X86] 4624 Disable the Correctable Errors Collector, 4625 see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text. 4626 4627 rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list] 4628 [KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list, 4629 as described above. 4630 4631 In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, 4632 enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents 4633 such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in 4634 softirq context. Invocation of such CPUs' RCU 4635 callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N" 4636 kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is 4637 "p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g" 4638 for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and 4639 "N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on 4640 the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC 4641 and real-time workloads. It can also improve 4642 energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors. 4643 4644 If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified 4645 list of CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot. 4646 4647 Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist 4648 arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to 4649 no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be 4650 toggled at runtime via cpusets. 4651 4652 Note that this argument takes precedence over 4653 the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL option. 4654 4655 rcu_nocb_poll [KNL] 4656 Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs 4657 (specified by rcu_nocbs= above) explicitly 4658 awaken the corresponding "rcuoN" kthreads, 4659 make these kthreads poll for callbacks. 4660 This improves the real-time response for the 4661 offloaded CPUs by relieving them of the need to 4662 wake up the corresponding kthread, but degrades 4663 energy efficiency by requiring that the kthreads 4664 periodically wake up to do the polling. 4665 4666 rcutree.blimit= [KNL] 4667 Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to 4668 process in one batch. 4669 4670 rcutree.dump_tree= [KNL] 4671 Dump the structure of the rcu_node combining tree 4672 out at early boot. This is used for diagnostic 4673 purposes, to verify correct tree setup. 4674 4675 rcutree.gp_cleanup_delay= [KNL] 4676 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of 4677 RCU grace-period cleanup. 4678 4679 rcutree.gp_init_delay= [KNL] 4680 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of 4681 RCU grace-period initialization. 4682 4683 rcutree.gp_preinit_delay= [KNL] 4684 Set the number of jiffies to delay each step of 4685 RCU grace-period pre-initialization, that is, 4686 the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up 4687 the rcu_node combining tree. 4688 4689 rcutree.use_softirq= [KNL] 4690 If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to 4691 per-CPU rcuc kthreads. Defaults to a non-zero 4692 value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default. 4693 Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads. 4694 4695 But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable 4696 this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it 4697 to zero. 4698 4699 rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL] 4700 Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining 4701 tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might 4702 possibly be useful for architectures having high 4703 cache-to-cache transfer latencies. 4704 4705 rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL] 4706 Change the number of CPUs assigned to each 4707 leaf rcu_node structure. Useful for very 4708 large systems, which will choose the value 64, 4709 and for NUMA systems with large remote-access 4710 latencies, which will choose a value aligned 4711 with the appropriate hardware boundaries. 4712 4713 rcutree.rcu_min_cached_objs= [KNL] 4714 Minimum number of objects which are cached and 4715 maintained per one CPU. Object size is equal 4716 to PAGE_SIZE. The cache allows to reduce the 4717 pressure to page allocator, also it makes the 4718 whole algorithm to behave better in low memory 4719 condition. 4720 4721 rcutree.rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec= [KNL] 4722 Set the page-cache refill delay (in milliseconds) 4723 in response to low-memory conditions. The range 4724 of permitted values is in the range 0:100000. 4725 4726 rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs= [KNL] 4727 Set delay from grace-period initialization to 4728 first attempt to force quiescent states. 4729 Units are jiffies, minimum value is zero, 4730 and maximum value is HZ. 4731 4732 rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs= [KNL] 4733 Set delay between subsequent attempts to force 4734 quiescent states. Units are jiffies, minimum 4735 value is one, and maximum value is HZ. 4736 4737 rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs= [KNL] 4738 Set required age in jiffies for a 4739 given grace period before RCU starts 4740 soliciting quiescent-state help from 4741 rcu_note_context_switch() and cond_resched(). 4742 If not specified, the kernel will calculate 4743 a value based on the most recent settings 4744 of rcutree.jiffies_till_first_fqs 4745 and rcutree.jiffies_till_next_fqs. 4746 This calculated value may be viewed in 4747 rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs. Any attempt to set 4748 rcutree.jiffies_to_sched_qs will be cheerfully 4749 overwritten. 4750 4751 rcutree.kthread_prio= [KNL,BOOT] 4752 Set the SCHED_FIFO priority of the RCU per-CPU 4753 kthreads (rcuc/N). This value is also used for 4754 the priority of the RCU boost threads (rcub/N) 4755 and for the RCU grace-period kthreads (rcu_bh, 4756 rcu_preempt, and rcu_sched). If RCU_BOOST is 4757 set, valid values are 1-99 and the default is 1 4758 (the least-favored priority). Otherwise, when 4759 RCU_BOOST is not set, valid values are 0-99 and 4760 the default is zero (non-realtime operation). 4761 When RCU_NOCB_CPU is set, also adjust the 4762 priority of NOCB callback kthreads. 4763 4764 rcutree.rcu_divisor= [KNL] 4765 Set the shift-right count to use to compute 4766 the callback-invocation batch limit bl from 4767 the number of callbacks queued on this CPU. 4768 The result will be bounded below by the value of 4769 the rcutree.blimit kernel parameter. Every bl 4770 callbacks, the softirq handler will exit in 4771 order to allow the CPU to do other work. 4772 4773 Please note that this callback-invocation batch 4774 limit applies only to non-offloaded callback 4775 invocation. Offloaded callbacks are instead 4776 invoked in the context of an rcuoc kthread, which 4777 scheduler will preempt as it does any other task. 4778 4779 rcutree.nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy= [KNL] 4780 On callback-offloaded (rcu_nocbs) CPUs, 4781 RCU reduces the lock contention that would 4782 otherwise be caused by callback floods through 4783 use of the ->nocb_bypass list. However, in the 4784 common non-flooded case, RCU queues directly to 4785 the main ->cblist in order to avoid the extra 4786 overhead of the ->nocb_bypass list and its lock. 4787 But if there are too many callbacks queued during 4788 a single jiffy, RCU pre-queues the callbacks into 4789 the ->nocb_bypass queue. The definition of "too 4790 many" is supplied by this kernel boot parameter. 4791 4792 rcutree.rcu_nocb_gp_stride= [KNL] 4793 Set the number of NOCB callback kthreads in 4794 each group, which defaults to the square root 4795 of the number of CPUs. Larger numbers reduce 4796 the wakeup overhead on the global grace-period 4797 kthread, but increases that same overhead on 4798 each group's NOCB grace-period kthread. 4799 4800 rcutree.qhimark= [KNL] 4801 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which 4802 batch limiting is disabled. 4803 4804 rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL] 4805 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which 4806 batch limiting is re-enabled. 4807 4808 rcutree.qovld= [KNL] 4809 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which 4810 RCU's force-quiescent-state scan will aggressively 4811 enlist help from cond_resched() and sched IPIs to 4812 help CPUs more quickly reach quiescent states. 4813 Set to less than zero to make this be set based 4814 on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to 4815 disable more aggressive help enlistment. 4816 4817 rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL] 4818 Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra 4819 wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than 4820 it should at force-quiescent-state time. 4821 This wake_up() will be accompanied by a 4822 WARN_ONCE() splat and an ftrace_dump(). 4823 4824 rcutree.rcu_unlock_delay= [KNL] 4825 In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels, 4826 this specifies an rcu_read_unlock()-time delay 4827 in microseconds. This defaults to zero. 4828 Larger delays increase the probability of 4829 catching RCU pointer leaks, that is, buggy use 4830 of RCU-protected pointers after the relevant 4831 rcu_read_unlock() has completed. 4832 4833 rcutree.sysrq_rcu= [KNL] 4834 Commandeer a sysrq key to dump out Tree RCU's 4835 rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining 4836 why a new grace period has not yet started. 4837 4838 rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL] 4839 Measure performance of asynchronous 4840 grace-period primitives such as call_rcu(). 4841 4842 rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL] 4843 Specify the maximum number of outstanding 4844 callbacks per writer thread. When a writer 4845 thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the 4846 corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow 4847 previously posted callbacks to drain. 4848 4849 rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL] 4850 Measure performance of expedited synchronous 4851 grace-period primitives. 4852 4853 rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL] 4854 Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of 4855 this parameter is to delay the start of the 4856 test until boot completes in order to avoid 4857 interference. 4858 4859 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL] 4860 Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding. 4861 4862 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double= [KNL] 4863 Test the double-argument variant of kfree_rcu(). 4864 If this parameter has the same value as 4865 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single, both the single- 4866 and double-argument variants are tested. 4867 4868 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_single= [KNL] 4869 Test the single-argument variant of kfree_rcu(). 4870 If this parameter has the same value as 4871 rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test_double, both the single- 4872 and double-argument variants are tested. 4873 4874 rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL] 4875 The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu(). 4876 4877 rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL] 4878 Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration. 4879 4880 rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL] 4881 Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number 4882 of allocations and frees. 4883 4884 rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL] 4885 Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects 4886 N, where N is the number of CPUs. A value 4887 "n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again 4888 the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N 4889 (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on. 4890 A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects 4891 a single reader. 4892 4893 rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL] 4894 Set number of RCU writers. The values operate 4895 the same as for rcuscale.nreaders. 4896 N, where N is the number of CPUs 4897 4898 rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL] 4899 Specify the RCU implementation to test. 4900 4901 rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL] 4902 Shut the system down after performance tests 4903 complete. This is useful for hands-off automated 4904 testing. 4905 4906 rcuscale.verbose= [KNL] 4907 Enable additional printk() statements. 4908 4909 rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL] 4910 Write-side holdoff between grace periods, 4911 in microseconds. The default of zero says 4912 no holdoff. 4913 4914 rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL] 4915 Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts 4916 in microseconds. 4917 4918 rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL] 4919 Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts 4920 in microseconds. 4921 4922 rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL] 4923 Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts 4924 in seconds. 4925 4926 rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL] 4927 Specifies the number of kthreads to be used 4928 for RCU grace-period forward-progress testing 4929 for the types of RCU supporting this notion. 4930 Defaults to 1 kthread, values less than zero or 4931 greater than the number of CPUs cause the number 4932 of CPUs to be used. 4933 4934 rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL] 4935 Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning 4936 period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing. 4937 4938 rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL] 4939 Number of seconds to wait between successive 4940 forward-progress tests. 4941 4942 rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL] 4943 Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for 4944 need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress 4945 testing. 4946 4947 rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL] 4948 Use conditional/asynchronous update-side 4949 primitives, if available. 4950 4951 rcutorture.gp_exp= [KNL] 4952 Use expedited update-side primitives, if available. 4953 4954 rcutorture.gp_normal= [KNL] 4955 Use normal (non-expedited) asynchronous 4956 update-side primitives, if available. 4957 4958 rcutorture.gp_sync= [KNL] 4959 Use normal (non-expedited) synchronous 4960 update-side primitives, if available. If all 4961 of rcutorture.gp_cond=, rcutorture.gp_exp=, 4962 rcutorture.gp_normal=, and rcutorture.gp_sync= 4963 are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted 4964 they are all non-zero. 4965 4966 rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL] 4967 Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more 4968 accurately, from a timer handler. Not all RCU 4969 flavors take kindly to this sort of thing. 4970 4971 rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL] 4972 Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader. 4973 This can of course result in splats, and is 4974 intended to test the ability of things like 4975 CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect 4976 such leaks. 4977 4978 rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL] 4979 Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing. 4980 4981 rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL] 4982 Set number of concurrent RCU writers. These just 4983 stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual 4984 test, hence the "fake". 4985 4986 rcutorture.nocbs_nthreads= [KNL] 4987 Set number of RCU callback-offload togglers. 4988 Zero (the default) disables toggling. 4989 4990 rcutorture.nocbs_toggle= [KNL] 4991 Set the delay in milliseconds between successive 4992 callback-offload toggling attempts. 4993 4994 rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL] 4995 Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects 4996 N-1, where N is the number of CPUs. A value 4997 "n" less than -1 selects N-n-2, where N is again 4998 the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N 4999 (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on. 5000 5001 rcutorture.object_debug= [KNL] 5002 Enable debug-object double-call_rcu() testing. 5003 5004 rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL] 5005 Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing. 5006 5007 rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL] 5008 Set time (jiffies) between CPU-hotplug operations, 5009 or zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing. 5010 5011 rcutorture.read_exit= [KNL] 5012 Set the number of read-then-exit kthreads used 5013 to test the interaction of RCU updaters and 5014 task-exit processing. 5015 5016 rcutorture.read_exit_burst= [KNL] 5017 The number of times in a given read-then-exit 5018 episode that a set of read-then-exit kthreads 5019 is spawned. 5020 5021 rcutorture.read_exit_delay= [KNL] 5022 The delay, in seconds, between successive 5023 read-then-exit testing episodes. 5024 5025 rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL] 5026 Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks 5027 allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode 5028 during the rcutorture test. 5029 5030 rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL] 5031 Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This 5032 is useful for hands-off automated testing. 5033 5034 rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL] 5035 Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall 5036 warnings, zero to disable. 5037 5038 rcutorture.stall_cpu_block= [KNL] 5039 Sleep while stalling if set. This will result 5040 in warnings from preemptible RCU in addition 5041 to any other stall-related activity. 5042 5043 rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL] 5044 Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall. 5045 5046 rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff= [KNL] 5047 Disable interrupts while stalling if set. 5048 5049 rcutorture.stall_gp_kthread= [KNL] 5050 Duration (s) of forced sleep within RCU 5051 grace-period kthread to test RCU CPU stall 5052 warnings, zero to disable. If both stall_cpu 5053 and stall_gp_kthread are specified, the 5054 kthread is starved first, then the CPU. 5055 5056 rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL] 5057 Time (s) between statistics printk()s. 5058 5059 rcutorture.stutter= [KNL] 5060 Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying 5061 five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds, 5062 wait for five seconds, and so on. This tests RCU's 5063 ability to transition abruptly to and from idle. 5064 5065 rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL] 5066 Test RCU priority boosting? 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes. 5067 "Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation 5068 under test support RCU priority boosting. 5069 5070 rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL] 5071 Duration (s) of each individual boost test. 5072 5073 rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL] 5074 Interval (s) between each boost test. 5075 5076 rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL] 5077 Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the 5078 rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter. 5079 5080 rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL] 5081 Specify the RCU implementation to test. 5082 5083 rcutorture.verbose= [KNL] 5084 Enable additional printk() statements. 5085 5086 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump= [KNL] 5087 Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU 5088 stall warning. 5089 5090 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL] 5091 Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages. 5092 5093 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot= [KNL] 5094 Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages and 5095 rcutorture writer stall warnings that occur 5096 during early boot, that is, during the time 5097 before the init task is spawned. 5098 5099 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL] 5100 Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages. 5101 The value is in seconds and the maximum allowed 5102 value is 300 seconds. 5103 5104 rcupdate.rcu_exp_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL] 5105 Set timeout for expedited RCU CPU stall warning 5106 messages. The value is in milliseconds 5107 and the maximum allowed value is 21000 5108 milliseconds. Please note that this value is 5109 adjusted to an arch timer tick resolution. 5110 Setting this to zero causes the value from 5111 rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout to be used (after 5112 conversion from seconds to milliseconds). 5113 5114 rcupdate.rcu_expedited= [KNL] 5115 Use expedited grace-period primitives, for 5116 example, synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead 5117 of synchronize_rcu(). This reduces latency, 5118 but can increase CPU utilization, degrade 5119 real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency. 5120 No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels. 5121 5122 rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL] 5123 Use only normal grace-period primitives, 5124 for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of 5125 synchronize_rcu_expedited(). This improves 5126 real-time latency, CPU utilization, and 5127 energy efficiency, but can expose users to 5128 increased grace-period latency. This parameter 5129 overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited. No effect on 5130 CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels. 5131 5132 rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL] 5133 Once boot has completed (that is, after 5134 rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use 5135 only normal grace-period primitives. No effect 5136 on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels. 5137 5138 But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels enables 5139 this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting 5140 it to the value one, that is, converting any 5141 post-boot attempt at an expedited RCU grace 5142 period to instead use normal non-expedited 5143 grace-period processing. 5144 5145 rcupdate.rcu_task_collapse_lim= [KNL] 5146 Set the maximum number of callbacks present 5147 at the beginning of a grace period that allows 5148 the RCU Tasks flavors to collapse back to using 5149 a single callback queue. This switching only 5150 occurs when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is 5151 set to the default value of -1. 5152 5153 rcupdate.rcu_task_contend_lim= [KNL] 5154 Set the minimum number of callback-queuing-time 5155 lock-contention events per jiffy required to 5156 cause the RCU Tasks flavors to switch to per-CPU 5157 callback queuing. This switching only occurs 5158 when rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim is set to 5159 the default value of -1. 5160 5161 rcupdate.rcu_task_enqueue_lim= [KNL] 5162 Set the number of callback queues to use for the 5163 RCU Tasks family of RCU flavors. The default 5164 of -1 allows this to be automatically (and 5165 dynamically) adjusted. This parameter is intended 5166 for use in testing. 5167 5168 rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL] 5169 Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will 5170 avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning 5171 of a given grace period. Setting a large 5172 number avoids disturbing real-time workloads, 5173 but lengthens grace periods. 5174 5175 rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info= [KNL] 5176 Set initial timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall 5177 informational messages, which give some indication 5178 of the problem for those not patient enough to 5179 wait for ten minutes. Informational messages are 5180 only printed prior to the stall-warning message 5181 for a given grace period. Disable with a value 5182 less than or equal to zero. Defaults to ten 5183 seconds. A change in value does not take effect 5184 until the beginning of the next grace period. 5185 5186 rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_info_mult= [KNL] 5187 Multiplier for time interval between successive 5188 RCU task stall informational messages for a given 5189 RCU tasks grace period. This value is clamped 5190 to one through ten, inclusive. It defaults to 5191 the value three, so that the first informational 5192 message is printed 10 seconds into the grace 5193 period, the second at 40 seconds, the third at 5194 160 seconds, and then the stall warning at 600 5195 seconds would prevent a fourth at 640 seconds. 5196 5197 rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL] 5198 Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall 5199 warning messages. Disable with a value less 5200 than or equal to zero. Defaults to ten minutes. 5201 A change in value does not take effect until 5202 the beginning of the next grace period. 5203 5204 rcupdate.rcu_self_test= [KNL] 5205 Run the RCU early boot self tests 5206 5207 rdinit= [KNL] 5208 Format: <full_path> 5209 Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, 5210 used for early userspace startup. See initrd. 5211 5212 rdrand= [X86] 5213 force - Override the decision by the kernel to hide the 5214 advertisement of RDRAND support (this affects 5215 certain AMD processors because of buggy BIOS 5216 support, specifically around the suspend/resume 5217 path). 5218 5219 rdt= [HW,X86,RDT] 5220 Turn on/off individual RDT features. List is: 5221 cmt, mbmtotal, mbmlocal, l3cat, l3cdp, l2cat, l2cdp, 5222 mba. 5223 E.g. to turn on cmt and turn off mba use: 5224 rdt=cmt,!mba 5225 5226 reboot= [KNL] 5227 Format (x86 or x86_64): 5228 [w[arm] | c[old] | h[ard] | s[oft] | g[pio]] | d[efault] \ 5229 [[,]s[mp]#### \ 5230 [[,]b[ios] | a[cpi] | k[bd] | t[riple] | e[fi] | p[ci]] \ 5231 [[,]f[orce] 5232 Where reboot_mode is one of warm (soft) or cold (hard) or gpio 5233 (prefix with 'panic_' to set mode for panic 5234 reboot only), 5235 reboot_type is one of bios, acpi, kbd, triple, efi, or pci, 5236 reboot_force is either force or not specified, 5237 reboot_cpu is s[mp]#### with #### being the processor 5238 to be used for rebooting. 5239 5240 refscale.holdoff= [KNL] 5241 Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of 5242 this parameter is to delay the start of the 5243 test until boot completes in order to avoid 5244 interference. 5245 5246 refscale.loops= [KNL] 5247 Set the number of loops over the synchronization 5248 primitive under test. Increasing this number 5249 reduces noise due to loop start/end overhead, 5250 but the default has already reduced the per-pass 5251 noise to a handful of picoseconds on ca. 2020 5252 x86 laptops. 5253 5254 refscale.nreaders= [KNL] 5255 Set number of readers. The default value of -1 5256 selects N, where N is roughly 75% of the number 5257 of CPUs. A value of zero is an interesting choice. 5258 5259 refscale.nruns= [KNL] 5260 Set number of runs, each of which is dumped onto 5261 the console log. 5262 5263 refscale.readdelay= [KNL] 5264 Set the read-side critical-section duration, 5265 measured in microseconds. 5266 5267 refscale.scale_type= [KNL] 5268 Specify the read-protection implementation to test. 5269 5270 refscale.shutdown= [KNL] 5271 Shut down the system at the end of the performance 5272 test. This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when 5273 refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave 5274 it running) when refscale is built as a module. 5275 5276 refscale.verbose= [KNL] 5277 Enable additional printk() statements. 5278 5279 refscale.verbose_batched= [KNL] 5280 Batch the additional printk() statements. If zero 5281 (the default) or negative, print everything. Otherwise, 5282 print every Nth verbose statement, where N is the value 5283 specified. 5284 5285 relax_domain_level= 5286 [KNL, SMP] Set scheduler's default relax_domain_level. 5287 See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/cpusets.rst. 5288 5289 reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force kernel to ignore I/O ports or memory 5290 Format: <base1>,<size1>[,<base2>,<size2>,...] 5291 Reserve I/O ports or memory so the kernel won't use 5292 them. If <base> is less than 0x10000, the region 5293 is assumed to be I/O ports; otherwise it is memory. 5294 5295 reservetop= [X86-32] 5296 Format: nn[KMG] 5297 Reserves a hole at the top of the kernel virtual 5298 address space. 5299 5300 reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device 5301 during initialization. 5302 5303 resume= [SWSUSP] 5304 Specify the partition device for software suspend 5305 Format: 5306 {/dev/<dev> | PARTUUID=<uuid> | <int>:<int> | <hex>} 5307 5308 resume_offset= [SWSUSP] 5309 Specify the offset from the beginning of the partition 5310 given by "resume=" at which the swap header is located, 5311 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files). 5312 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.rst 5313 5314 resumedelay= [HIBERNATION] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to 5315 read the resume files 5316 5317 resumewait [HIBERNATION] Wait (indefinitely) for resume device to show up. 5318 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously 5319 (e.g. USB and MMC devices). 5320 5321 retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction 5322 5323 retbleed= [X86] Control mitigation of RETBleed (Arbitrary 5324 Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions) 5325 vulnerability. 5326 5327 AMD-based UNRET and IBPB mitigations alone do not stop 5328 sibling threads from influencing the predictions of other 5329 sibling threads. For that reason, STIBP is used on pro- 5330 cessors that support it, and mitigate SMT on processors 5331 that don't. 5332 5333 off - no mitigation 5334 auto - automatically select a migitation 5335 auto,nosmt - automatically select a mitigation, 5336 disabling SMT if necessary for 5337 the full mitigation (only on Zen1 5338 and older without STIBP). 5339 ibpb - On AMD, mitigate short speculation 5340 windows on basic block boundaries too. 5341 Safe, highest perf impact. It also 5342 enables STIBP if present. Not suitable 5343 on Intel. 5344 ibpb,nosmt - Like "ibpb" above but will disable SMT 5345 when STIBP is not available. This is 5346 the alternative for systems which do not 5347 have STIBP. 5348 unret - Force enable untrained return thunks, 5349 only effective on AMD f15h-f17h based 5350 systems. 5351 unret,nosmt - Like unret, but will disable SMT when STIBP 5352 is not available. This is the alternative for 5353 systems which do not have STIBP. 5354 5355 Selecting 'auto' will choose a mitigation method at run 5356 time according to the CPU. 5357 5358 Not specifying this option is equivalent to retbleed=auto. 5359 5360 rfkill.default_state= 5361 0 "airplane mode". All wifi, bluetooth, wimax, gps, fm, 5362 etc. communication is blocked by default. 5363 1 Unblocked. 5364 5365 rfkill.master_switch_mode= 5366 0 The "airplane mode" button does nothing. 5367 1 The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything 5368 blocked and the previous configuration. 5369 2 The "airplane mode" button toggles between everything 5370 blocked and everything unblocked. 5371 5372 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] 5373 Set number of hash buckets for route cache 5374 5375 ring3mwait=disable 5376 [KNL] Disable ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature on supported 5377 CPUs. 5378 5379 ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot 5380 5381 rodata= [KNL] 5382 on Mark read-only kernel memory as read-only (default). 5383 off Leave read-only kernel memory writable for debugging. 5384 full Mark read-only kernel memory and aliases as read-only 5385 [arm64] 5386 5387 rockchip.usb_uart 5388 Enable the uart passthrough on the designated usb port 5389 on Rockchip SoCs. When active, the signals of the 5390 debug-uart get routed to the D+ and D- pins of the usb 5391 port and the regular usb controller gets disabled. 5392 5393 root= [KNL] Root filesystem 5394 See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c. 5395 5396 rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to 5397 mount the root filesystem 5398 5399 rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string 5400 5401 rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type 5402 5403 rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up. 5404 Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously 5405 (e.g. USB and MMC devices). 5406 5407 rproc_mem=nn[KMG][@address] 5408 [KNL,ARM,CMA] Remoteproc physical memory block. 5409 Memory area to be used by remote processor image, 5410 managed by CMA. 5411 5412 rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot 5413 5414 S [KNL] Run init in single mode 5415 5416 s390_iommu= [HW,S390] 5417 Set s390 IOTLB flushing mode 5418 strict 5419 With strict flushing every unmap operation will result in 5420 an IOTLB flush. Default is lazy flushing before reuse, 5421 which is faster. 5422 5423 s390_iommu_aperture= [KNL,S390] 5424 Specifies the size of the per device DMA address space 5425 accessible through the DMA and IOMMU APIs as a decimal 5426 factor of the size of main memory. 5427 The default is 1 meaning that one can concurrently use 5428 as many DMA addresses as physical memory is installed, 5429 if supported by hardware, and thus map all of memory 5430 once. With a value of 2 one can map all of memory twice 5431 and so on. As a special case a factor of 0 imposes no 5432 restrictions other than those given by hardware at the 5433 cost of significant additional memory use for tables. 5434 5435 sa1100ir [NET] 5436 See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c. 5437 5438 sched_verbose [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages. 5439 5440 schedstats= [KNL,X86] Enable or disable scheduled statistics. 5441 Allowed values are enable and disable. This feature 5442 incurs a small amount of overhead in the scheduler 5443 but is useful for debugging and performance tuning. 5444 5445 sched_thermal_decay_shift= 5446 [KNL, SMP] Set a decay shift for scheduler thermal 5447 pressure signal. Thermal pressure signal follows the 5448 default decay period of other scheduler pelt 5449 signals(usually 32 ms but configurable). Setting 5450 sched_thermal_decay_shift will left shift the decay 5451 period for the thermal pressure signal by the shift 5452 value. 5453 i.e. with the default pelt decay period of 32 ms 5454 sched_thermal_decay_shift thermal pressure decay pr 5455 1 64 ms 5456 2 128 ms 5457 and so on. 5458 Format: integer between 0 and 10 5459 Default is 0. 5460 5461 scftorture.holdoff= [KNL] 5462 Number of seconds to hold off before starting 5463 test. Defaults to zero for module insertion and 5464 to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function() 5465 tests. 5466 5467 scftorture.longwait= [KNL] 5468 Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected 5469 up to the chosen limit in seconds. Zero (the 5470 default) disables this feature. Please note 5471 that requesting even small non-zero numbers of 5472 seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings, 5473 softlockup complaints, and so on. 5474 5475 scftorture.nthreads= [KNL] 5476 Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the 5477 smp_call_function() family of functions. 5478 The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads 5479 equal to the number of CPUs. 5480 5481 scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL] 5482 Number seconds to wait after the start of the 5483 test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations. 5484 5485 scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL] 5486 Number seconds to wait between successive 5487 CPU-hotplug operations. Specifying zero (which 5488 is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations. 5489 5490 scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL] 5491 The number of seconds following the start of the 5492 test after which to shut down the system. The 5493 default of zero avoids shutting down the system. 5494 Non-zero values are useful for automated tests. 5495 5496 scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL] 5497 The number of seconds between outputting the 5498 current test statistics to the console. A value 5499 of zero disables statistics output. 5500 5501 scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL] 5502 The number of jiffies to wait between each change 5503 to the set of CPUs under test. 5504 5505 scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL] 5506 Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default 5507 preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug 5508 while invoking one of the smp_call_function*() 5509 functions. 5510 5511 scftorture.verbose= [KNL] 5512 Enable additional printk() statements. 5513 5514 scftorture.weight_single= [KNL] 5515 The probability weighting to use for the 5516 smp_call_function_single() function with a zero 5517 "wait" parameter. A value of -1 selects the 5518 default if all other weights are -1. However, 5519 if at least one weight has some other value, a 5520 value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero. 5521 5522 scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL] 5523 The probability weighting to use for the 5524 smp_call_function_single() function with a 5525 non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single. 5526 5527 scftorture.weight_many= [KNL] 5528 The probability weighting to use for the 5529 smp_call_function_many() function with a zero 5530 "wait" parameter. See weight_single. 5531 Note well that setting a high probability for 5532 this weighting can place serious IPI load 5533 on the system. 5534 5535 scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL] 5536 The probability weighting to use for the 5537 smp_call_function_many() function with a 5538 non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single 5539 and weight_many. 5540 5541 scftorture.weight_all= [KNL] 5542 The probability weighting to use for the 5543 smp_call_function_all() function with a zero 5544 "wait" parameter. See weight_single and 5545 weight_many. 5546 5547 scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL] 5548 The probability weighting to use for the 5549 smp_call_function_all() function with a 5550 non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single 5551 and weight_many. 5552 5553 skew_tick= [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate 5554 xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock 5555 contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set. 5556 Format: { "0" | "1" } 5557 0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1" 5558 1 -- enable. 5559 Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be 5560 enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads. 5561 5562 security= [SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to 5563 enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the 5564 "lsm=" parameter. 5565 5566 selinux= [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time. 5567 Format: { "0" | "1" } 5568 See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. 5569 0 -- disable. 5570 1 -- enable. 5571 Default value is 1. 5572 5573 serialnumber [BUGS=X86-32] 5574 5575 sev=option[,option...] [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst 5576 5577 shapers= [NET] 5578 Maximal number of shapers. 5579 5580 show_lapic= [APIC,X86] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller 5581 Limit apic dumping. The parameter defines the maximal 5582 number of local apics being dumped. Also it is possible 5583 to set it to "all" by meaning -- no limit here. 5584 Format: { 1 (default) | 2 | ... | all }. 5585 The parameter valid if only apic=debug or 5586 apic=verbose is specified. 5587 Example: apic=debug show_lapic=all 5588 5589 simeth= [IA-64] 5590 simscsi= 5591 5592 slram= [HW,MTD] 5593 5594 slab_merge [MM] 5595 Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the 5596 kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT. 5597 5598 slab_nomerge [MM] 5599 Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be 5600 necessary if there is some reason to distinguish 5601 allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened 5602 environments where the risk of heap overflows and 5603 layout control by attackers can usually be 5604 frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce 5605 most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single 5606 cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly 5607 unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their 5608 own. 5609 For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst. 5610 5611 slab_max_order= [MM, SLAB] 5612 Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. 5613 A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory 5614 fragmentation. Defaults to 1 for systems with 5615 more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise. 5616 5617 slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...] [MM, SLUB] 5618 Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the 5619 culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling 5620 slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and 5621 may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the 5622 last alloc / free. For more information see 5623 Documentation/mm/slub.rst. 5624 5625 slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB] 5626 Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. 5627 A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory 5628 fragmentation. For more information see 5629 Documentation/mm/slub.rst. 5630 5631 slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB] 5632 The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will 5633 increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to 5634 generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain 5635 the number of objects indicated. The higher the number 5636 of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs 5637 and the less frequently locks need to be acquired. 5638 For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst. 5639 5640 slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB] 5641 Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be 5642 lower than slub_max_order. 5643 For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst. 5644 5645 slub_merge [MM, SLUB] 5646 Same with slab_merge. 5647 5648 slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB] 5649 Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy. 5650 See slab_nomerge for more information. 5651 5652 smart2= [HW] 5653 Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]] 5654 5655 smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL] 5656 Specify the period of time in milliseconds 5657 that smp_call_function() and friends will wait 5658 for a CPU to release the CSD lock. This is 5659 useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs 5660 disabling interrupts for extended periods 5661 of time. Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and 5662 setting a value of zero disables this feature. 5663 This feature may be more efficiently disabled 5664 using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter. 5665 5666 smsc-ircc2.nopnp [HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices 5667 smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg= [HW] Device configuration I/O port 5668 smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir= [HW] SIR base I/O port 5669 smsc-ircc2.ircc_fir= [HW] FIR base I/O port 5670 smsc-ircc2.ircc_irq= [HW] IRQ line 5671 smsc-ircc2.ircc_dma= [HW] DMA channel 5672 smsc-ircc2.ircc_transceiver= [HW] Transceiver type: 5673 0: Toshiba Satellite 1800 (GP data pin select) 5674 1: Fast pin select (default) 5675 2: ATC IRMode 5676 5677 smt= [KNL,S390] Set the maximum number of threads (logical 5678 CPUs) to use per physical CPU on systems capable of 5679 symmetric multithreading (SMT). Will be capped to the 5680 actual hardware limit. 5681 Format: <integer> 5682 Default: -1 (no limit) 5683 5684 softlockup_panic= 5685 [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. 5686 Format: 0 | 1 5687 5688 A value of 1 instructs the soft-lockup detector 5689 to panic the machine when a soft-lockup occurs. It is 5690 also controlled by the kernel.softlockup_panic sysctl 5691 and CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC, which is the 5692 respective build-time switch to that functionality. 5693 5694 softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace= 5695 [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate 5696 backtraces on all cpus. 5697 Format: 0 | 1 5698 5699 sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver 5700 See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst 5701 5702 spectre_v2= [X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2 5703 (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability. 5704 The default operation protects the kernel from 5705 user space attacks. 5706 5707 on - unconditionally enable, implies 5708 spectre_v2_user=on 5709 off - unconditionally disable, implies 5710 spectre_v2_user=off 5711 auto - kernel detects whether your CPU model is 5712 vulnerable 5713 5714 Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a 5715 mitigation method at run time according to the 5716 CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the 5717 CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the 5718 compiler with which the kernel was built. 5719 5720 Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation 5721 against user space to user space task attacks. 5722 5723 Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and 5724 the user space protections. 5725 5726 Specific mitigations can also be selected manually: 5727 5728 retpoline - replace indirect branches 5729 retpoline,generic - Retpolines 5730 retpoline,lfence - LFENCE; indirect branch 5731 retpoline,amd - alias for retpoline,lfence 5732 eibrs - enhanced IBRS 5733 eibrs,retpoline - enhanced IBRS + Retpolines 5734 eibrs,lfence - enhanced IBRS + LFENCE 5735 ibrs - use IBRS to protect kernel 5736 5737 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 5738 spectre_v2=auto. 5739 5740 spectre_v2_user= 5741 [X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2 5742 (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability between 5743 user space tasks 5744 5745 on - Unconditionally enable mitigations. Is 5746 enforced by spectre_v2=on 5747 5748 off - Unconditionally disable mitigations. Is 5749 enforced by spectre_v2=off 5750 5751 prctl - Indirect branch speculation is enabled, 5752 but mitigation can be enabled via prctl 5753 per thread. The mitigation control state 5754 is inherited on fork. 5755 5756 prctl,ibpb 5757 - Like "prctl" above, but only STIBP is 5758 controlled per thread. IBPB is issued 5759 always when switching between different user 5760 space processes. 5761 5762 seccomp 5763 - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp 5764 threads will enable the mitigation unless 5765 they explicitly opt out. 5766 5767 seccomp,ibpb 5768 - Like "seccomp" above, but only STIBP is 5769 controlled per thread. IBPB is issued 5770 always when switching between different 5771 user space processes. 5772 5773 auto - Kernel selects the mitigation depending on 5774 the available CPU features and vulnerability. 5775 5776 Default mitigation: "prctl" 5777 5778 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 5779 spectre_v2_user=auto. 5780 5781 spec_store_bypass_disable= 5782 [HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation 5783 (Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability) 5784 5785 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a 5786 a common industry wide performance optimization known 5787 as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores 5788 to the same memory location may not be observed by 5789 later loads during speculative execution. The idea 5790 is that such stores are unlikely and that they can 5791 be detected prior to instruction retirement at the 5792 end of a particular speculation execution window. 5793 5794 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded 5795 store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for 5796 example to read memory to which the attacker does not 5797 directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code). 5798 5799 This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store 5800 Bypass optimization is used. 5801 5802 On x86 the options are: 5803 5804 on - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass 5805 off - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass 5806 auto - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an 5807 implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and 5808 picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the 5809 CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the 5810 CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is 5811 architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below. 5812 prctl - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread 5813 via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled 5814 for a process by default. The state of the control 5815 is inherited on fork. 5816 seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads 5817 will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out. 5818 5819 Default mitigations: 5820 X86: "prctl" 5821 5822 On powerpc the options are: 5823 5824 on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding 5825 barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7 5826 perform a software flush on kernel entry and 5827 exit. 5828 off - No action. 5829 5830 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 5831 spec_store_bypass_disable=auto. 5832 5833 spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] 5834 spia_fio_base= 5835 spia_pedr= 5836 spia_peddr= 5837 5838 split_lock_detect= 5839 [X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection 5840 5841 When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic 5842 instructions that access data across cache line 5843 boundaries will result in an alignment check exception 5844 for split lock detection or a debug exception for 5845 bus lock detection. 5846 5847 off - not enabled 5848 5849 warn - the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings 5850 about applications triggering the #AC 5851 exception or the #DB exception. This mode is 5852 the default on CPUs that support split lock 5853 detection or bus lock detection. Default 5854 behavior is by #AC if both features are 5855 enabled in hardware. 5856 5857 fatal - the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications 5858 that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB 5859 exception. Default behavior is by #AC if 5860 both features are enabled in hardware. 5861 5862 ratelimit:N - 5863 Set system wide rate limit to N bus locks 5864 per second for bus lock detection. 5865 0 < N <= 1000. 5866 5867 N/A for split lock detection. 5868 5869 5870 If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in 5871 firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode) 5872 the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal" 5873 mode. 5874 5875 #DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when 5876 CPL > 0. 5877 5878 srbds= [X86,INTEL] 5879 Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling 5880 (SRBDS) mitigation. 5881 5882 Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an MDS-like 5883 exploit which can leak bits from the random 5884 number generator. 5885 5886 By default, this issue is mitigated by 5887 microcode. However, the microcode fix can cause 5888 the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions to become 5889 much slower. Among other effects, this will 5890 result in reduced throughput from /dev/urandom. 5891 5892 The microcode mitigation can be disabled with 5893 the following option: 5894 5895 off: Disable mitigation and remove 5896 performance impact to RDRAND and RDSEED 5897 5898 srcutree.big_cpu_lim [KNL] 5899 Specifies the number of CPUs constituting a 5900 large system, such that srcu_struct structures 5901 should immediately allocate an srcu_node array. 5902 This kernel-boot parameter defaults to 128, 5903 but takes effect only when the low-order four 5904 bits of srcutree.convert_to_big is equal to 3 5905 (decide at boot). 5906 5907 srcutree.convert_to_big [KNL] 5908 Specifies under what conditions an SRCU tree 5909 srcu_struct structure will be converted to big 5910 form, that is, with an rcu_node tree: 5911 5912 0: Never. 5913 1: At init_srcu_struct() time. 5914 2: When rcutorture decides to. 5915 3: Decide at boot time (default). 5916 0x1X: Above plus if high contention. 5917 5918 Either way, the srcu_node tree will be sized based 5919 on the actual runtime number of CPUs (nr_cpu_ids) 5920 instead of the compile-time CONFIG_NR_CPUS. 5921 5922 srcutree.counter_wrap_check [KNL] 5923 Specifies how frequently to check for 5924 grace-period sequence counter wrap for the 5925 srcu_data structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed field. 5926 The greater the number of bits set in this kernel 5927 parameter, the less frequently counter wrap will 5928 be checked for. Note that the bottom two bits 5929 are ignored. 5930 5931 srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL] 5932 Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse 5933 since the end of the last SRCU grace period for 5934 a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU 5935 grace period will be considered for automatic 5936 expediting. Set to zero to disable automatic 5937 expediting. 5938 5939 srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay [KNL] 5940 Specifies the number of no-delay instances 5941 per jiffy for which the SRCU grace period 5942 worker thread will be rescheduled with zero 5943 delay. Beyond this limit, worker thread will 5944 be rescheduled with a sleep delay of one jiffy. 5945 5946 srcutree.srcu_max_nodelay_phase [KNL] 5947 Specifies the per-grace-period phase, number of 5948 non-sleeping polls of readers. Beyond this limit, 5949 grace period worker thread will be rescheduled 5950 with a sleep delay of one jiffy, between each 5951 rescan of the readers, for a grace period phase. 5952 5953 srcutree.srcu_retry_check_delay [KNL] 5954 Specifies number of microseconds of non-sleeping 5955 delay between each non-sleeping poll of readers. 5956 5957 srcutree.small_contention_lim [KNL] 5958 Specifies the number of update-side contention 5959 events per jiffy will be tolerated before 5960 initiating a conversion of an srcu_struct 5961 structure to big form. Note that the value of 5962 srcutree.convert_to_big must have the 0x10 bit 5963 set for contention-based conversions to occur. 5964 5965 ssbd= [ARM64,HW] 5966 Speculative Store Bypass Disable control 5967 5968 On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative 5969 Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a 5970 firmware based mitigation, this parameter 5971 indicates how the mitigation should be used: 5972 5973 force-on: Unconditionally enable mitigation for 5974 for both kernel and userspace 5975 force-off: Unconditionally disable mitigation for 5976 for both kernel and userspace 5977 kernel: Always enable mitigation in the 5978 kernel, and offer a prctl interface 5979 to allow userspace to register its 5980 interest in being mitigated too. 5981 5982 stack_guard_gap= [MM] 5983 override the default stack gap protection. The value 5984 is in page units and it defines how many pages prior 5985 to (for stacks growing down) resp. after (for stacks 5986 growing up) the main stack are reserved for no other 5987 mapping. Default value is 256 pages. 5988 5989 stack_depot_disable= [KNL] 5990 Setting this to true through kernel command line will 5991 disable the stack depot thereby saving the static memory 5992 consumed by the stack hash table. By default this is set 5993 to false. 5994 5995 stacktrace [FTRACE] 5996 Enabled the stack tracer on boot up. 5997 5998 stacktrace_filter=[function-list] 5999 [FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer 6000 will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma-separated 6001 list of functions. This list can be changed at run 6002 time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs 6003 tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing 6004 and the stacktrace above is not needed. 6005 6006 sti= [PARISC,HW] 6007 Format: <num> 6008 Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC 6009 machines) console (graphic card) which should be used 6010 as the initial boot-console. 6011 See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c. 6012 6013 sti_font= [HW] 6014 See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c. 6015 6016 stifb= [HW] 6017 Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]] 6018 6019 strict_sas_size= 6020 [X86] 6021 Format: <bool> 6022 Enable or disable strict sigaltstack size checks 6023 against the required signal frame size which 6024 depends on the supported FPU features. This can 6025 be used to filter out binaries which have 6026 not yet been made aware of AT_MINSIGSTKSZ. 6027 6028 stress_hpt [PPC] 6029 Limits the number of kernel HPT entries in the hash 6030 page table to increase the rate of hash page table 6031 faults on kernel addresses. 6032 6033 stress_slb [PPC] 6034 Limits the number of kernel SLB entries, and flushes 6035 them frequently to increase the rate of SLB faults 6036 on kernel addresses. 6037 6038 sunrpc.min_resvport= 6039 sunrpc.max_resvport= 6040 [NFS,SUNRPC] 6041 SunRPC servers often require that client requests 6042 originate from a privileged port (i.e. a port in the 6043 range 0 < portnr < 1024). 6044 An administrator who wishes to reserve some of these 6045 ports for other uses may adjust the range that the 6046 kernel's sunrpc client considers to be privileged 6047 using these two parameters to set the minimum and 6048 maximum port values. 6049 6050 sunrpc.svc_rpc_per_connection_limit= 6051 [NFS,SUNRPC] 6052 Limit the number of requests that the server will 6053 process in parallel from a single connection. 6054 The default value is 0 (no limit). 6055 6056 sunrpc.pool_mode= 6057 [NFS] 6058 Control how the NFS server code allocates CPUs to 6059 service thread pools. Depending on how many NICs 6060 you have and where their interrupts are bound, this 6061 option will affect which CPUs will do NFS serving. 6062 Note: this parameter cannot be changed while the 6063 NFS server is running. 6064 6065 auto the server chooses an appropriate mode 6066 automatically using heuristics 6067 global a single global pool contains all CPUs 6068 percpu one pool for each CPU 6069 pernode one pool for each NUMA node (equivalent 6070 to global on non-NUMA machines) 6071 6072 sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries= 6073 sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries= 6074 [NFS,SUNRPC] 6075 Sets the upper limit on the number of simultaneous 6076 RPC calls that can be sent from the client to a 6077 server. Increasing these values may allow you to 6078 improve throughput, but will also increase the 6079 amount of memory reserved for use by the client. 6080 6081 suspend.pm_test_delay= 6082 [SUSPEND] 6083 Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test 6084 mode before resuming the system (see 6085 /sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG 6086 is set. Default value is 5. 6087 6088 svm= [PPC] 6089 Format: { on | off | y | n | 1 | 0 } 6090 This parameter controls use of the Protected 6091 Execution Facility on pSeries. 6092 6093 swiotlb= [ARM,IA-64,PPC,MIPS,X86] 6094 Format: { <int> [,<int>] | force | noforce } 6095 <int> -- Number of I/O TLB slabs 6096 <int> -- Second integer after comma. Number of swiotlb 6097 areas with their own lock. Will be rounded up 6098 to a power of 2. 6099 force -- force using of bounce buffers even if they 6100 wouldn't be automatically used by the kernel 6101 noforce -- Never use bounce buffers (for debugging) 6102 6103 switches= [HW,M68k] 6104 6105 sysctl.*= [KNL] 6106 Set a sysctl parameter, right before loading the init 6107 process, as if the value was written to the respective 6108 /proc/sys/... file. Both '.' and '/' are recognized as 6109 separators. Unrecognized parameters and invalid values 6110 are reported in the kernel log. Sysctls registered 6111 later by a loaded module cannot be set this way. 6112 Example: sysctl.vm.swappiness=40 6113 6114 sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL] 6115 Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev 6116 on older distributions. When this option is enabled 6117 very new udev will not work anymore. When this option 6118 is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled) 6119 in older udev will not work anymore. 6120 Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in 6121 the kernel configuration. 6122 6123 sysrq_always_enabled 6124 [KNL] 6125 Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will 6126 neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq. 6127 Useful for debugging. 6128 6129 tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET] 6130 Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots. 6131 Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total 6132 ram pages. This is used to specify the TCP metrics 6133 cache size. See Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst 6134 "tcp_no_metrics_save" section for more details. 6135 6136 tdfx= [HW,DRM] 6137 6138 test_suspend= [SUSPEND] 6139 Format: { "mem" | "standby" | "freeze" }[,N] 6140 Specify "mem" (for Suspend-to-RAM) or "standby" (for 6141 standby suspend) or "freeze" (for suspend type freeze) 6142 as the system sleep state during system startup with 6143 the optional capability to repeat N number of times. 6144 The system is woken from this state using a 6145 wakeup-capable RTC alarm. 6146 6147 thash_entries= [KNL,NET] 6148 Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection 6149 6150 thermal.act= [HW,ACPI] 6151 -1: disable all active trip points in all thermal zones 6152 <degrees C>: override all lowest active trip points 6153 6154 thermal.crt= [HW,ACPI] 6155 -1: disable all critical trip points in all thermal zones 6156 <degrees C>: override all critical trip points 6157 6158 thermal.nocrt= [HW,ACPI] 6159 Set to disable actions on ACPI thermal zone 6160 critical and hot trip points. 6161 6162 thermal.off= [HW,ACPI] 6163 1: disable ACPI thermal control 6164 6165 thermal.psv= [HW,ACPI] 6166 -1: disable all passive trip points 6167 <degrees C>: override all passive trip points to this 6168 value 6169 6170 thermal.tzp= [HW,ACPI] 6171 Specify global default ACPI thermal zone polling rate 6172 <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency 6173 0: no polling (default) 6174 6175 threadirqs [KNL] 6176 Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those 6177 marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD. 6178 6179 topology= [S390] 6180 Format: {off | on} 6181 Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu 6182 topology information if the hardware supports this. 6183 The scheduler will make use of this information and 6184 e.g. base its process migration decisions on it. 6185 Default is on. 6186 6187 topology_updates= [KNL, PPC, NUMA] 6188 Format: {off} 6189 Specify if the kernel should ignore (off) 6190 topology updates sent by the hypervisor to this 6191 LPAR. 6192 6193 torture.disable_onoff_at_boot= [KNL] 6194 Prevent the CPU-hotplug component of torturing 6195 until after init has spawned. 6196 6197 torture.ftrace_dump_at_shutdown= [KNL] 6198 Dump the ftrace buffer at torture-test shutdown, 6199 even if there were no errors. This can be a 6200 very costly operation when many torture tests 6201 are running concurrently, especially on systems 6202 with rotating-rust storage. 6203 6204 torture.verbose_sleep_frequency= [KNL] 6205 Specifies how many verbose printk()s should be 6206 emitted between each sleep. The default of zero 6207 disables verbose-printk() sleeping. 6208 6209 torture.verbose_sleep_duration= [KNL] 6210 Duration of each verbose-printk() sleep in jiffies. 6211 6212 tp720= [HW,PS2] 6213 6214 tpm_suspend_pcr=[HW,TPM] 6215 Format: integer pcr id 6216 Specify that at suspend time, the tpm driver 6217 should extend the specified pcr with zeros, 6218 as a workaround for some chips which fail to 6219 flush the last written pcr on TPM_SaveState. 6220 This will guarantee that all the other pcrs 6221 are saved. 6222 6223 tp_printk [FTRACE] 6224 Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the 6225 tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up 6226 where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the 6227 option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a 6228 ftrace_dump_on_oops. 6229 6230 To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk, 6231 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk 6232 Note, echoing 1 into this file without the 6233 tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect. 6234 6235 The tp_printk_stop_on_boot (see below) can also be used 6236 to stop the printing of events to console at 6237 late_initcall_sync. 6238 6239 ** CAUTION ** 6240 6241 Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high 6242 frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause 6243 the system to live lock. 6244 6245 tp_printk_stop_on_boot [FTRACE] 6246 When tp_printk (above) is set, it can cause a lot of noise 6247 on the console. It may be useful to only include the 6248 printing of events during boot up, as user space may 6249 make the system inoperable. 6250 6251 This command line option will stop the printing of events 6252 to console at the late_initcall_sync() time frame. 6253 6254 trace_buf_size=nn[KMG] 6255 [FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu. 6256 6257 trace_clock= [FTRACE] Set the clock used for tracing events 6258 at boot up. 6259 local - Use the per CPU time stamp counter 6260 (converted into nanoseconds). Fast, but 6261 depending on the architecture, may not be 6262 in sync between CPUs. 6263 global - Event time stamps are synchronize across 6264 CPUs. May be slower than the local clock, 6265 but better for some race conditions. 6266 counter - Simple counting of events (1, 2, ..) 6267 note, some counts may be skipped due to the 6268 infrastructure grabbing the clock more than 6269 once per event. 6270 uptime - Use jiffies as the time stamp. 6271 perf - Use the same clock that perf uses. 6272 mono - Use ktime_get_mono_fast_ns() for time stamps. 6273 mono_raw - Use ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() for time 6274 stamps. 6275 boot - Use ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() for time stamps. 6276 Architectures may add more clocks. See 6277 Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst for more details. 6278 6279 trace_event=[event-list] 6280 [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order 6281 to facilitate early boot debugging. The event-list is a 6282 comma-separated list of trace events to enable. See 6283 also Documentation/trace/events.rst 6284 6285 trace_options=[option-list] 6286 [FTRACE] Enable or disable tracer options at boot. 6287 The option-list is a comma delimited list of options 6288 that can be enabled or disabled just as if you were 6289 to echo the option name into 6290 6291 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_options 6292 6293 For example, to enable stacktrace option (to dump the 6294 stack trace of each event), add to the command line: 6295 6296 trace_options=stacktrace 6297 6298 See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst "trace options" 6299 section. 6300 6301 trace_trigger=[trigger-list] 6302 [FTRACE] Add a event trigger on specific events. 6303 Set a trigger on top of a specific event, with an optional 6304 filter. 6305 6306 The format is is "trace_trigger=<event>.<trigger>[ if <filter>],..." 6307 Where more than one trigger may be specified that are comma deliminated. 6308 6309 For example: 6310 6311 trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2" 6312 6313 The above will enable the "stacktrace" trigger on the "sched_switch" 6314 event but only trigger it if the "prev_state" of the "sched_switch" 6315 event is "2" (TASK_UNINTERUPTIBLE). 6316 6317 See also "Event triggers" in Documentation/trace/events.rst 6318 6319 6320 traceoff_on_warning 6321 [FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a 6322 warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can 6323 be enabled again by echoing '1' into the "tracing_on" 6324 file located in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/ 6325 6326 This option is useful, as it disables the trace before 6327 the WARNING dump is called, which prevents the trace to 6328 be filled with content caused by the warning output. 6329 6330 This option can also be set at run time via the sysctl 6331 option: kernel/traceoff_on_warning 6332 6333 transparent_hugepage= 6334 [KNL] 6335 Format: [always|madvise|never] 6336 Can be used to control the default behavior of the system 6337 with respect to transparent hugepages. 6338 See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst 6339 for more details. 6340 6341 trusted.source= [KEYS] 6342 Format: <string> 6343 This parameter identifies the trust source as a backend 6344 for trusted keys implementation. Supported trust 6345 sources: 6346 - "tpm" 6347 - "tee" 6348 - "caam" 6349 If not specified then it defaults to iterating through 6350 the trust source list starting with TPM and assigns the 6351 first trust source as a backend which is initialized 6352 successfully during iteration. 6353 6354 trusted.rng= [KEYS] 6355 Format: <string> 6356 The RNG used to generate key material for trusted keys. 6357 Can be one of: 6358 - "kernel" 6359 - the same value as trusted.source: "tpm" or "tee" 6360 - "default" 6361 If not specified, "default" is used. In this case, 6362 the RNG's choice is left to each individual trust source. 6363 6364 tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC. 6365 Format: <string> 6366 [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this 6367 disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well 6368 as the stability checks done at bootup. Used to enable 6369 high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in 6370 virtualized environment. 6371 [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting. 6372 Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any 6373 platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting 6374 can add overhead. 6375 [x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this 6376 marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and 6377 avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices. 6378 [x86] nowatchdog: disable clocksource watchdog. Used 6379 in situations with strict latency requirements (where 6380 interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not 6381 acceptable). 6382 6383 tsc_early_khz= [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given 6384 value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery 6385 procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems 6386 with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support. 6387 Format: <unsigned int> 6388 6389 tsx= [X86] Control Transactional Synchronization 6390 Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that 6391 support TSX control. 6392 6393 This parameter controls the TSX feature. The options are: 6394 6395 on - Enable TSX on the system. Although there are 6396 mitigations for all known security vulnerabilities, 6397 TSX has been known to be an accelerator for 6398 several previous speculation-related CVEs, and 6399 so there may be unknown security risks associated 6400 with leaving it enabled. 6401 6402 off - Disable TSX on the system. (Note that this 6403 option takes effect only on newer CPUs which are 6404 not vulnerable to MDS, i.e., have 6405 MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO=1 and which get 6406 the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR through a microcode 6407 update. This new MSR allows for the reliable 6408 deactivation of the TSX functionality.) 6409 6410 auto - Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present, 6411 otherwise enable TSX on the system. 6412 6413 Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off. 6414 6415 See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst 6416 for more details. 6417 6418 tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async 6419 Abort (TAA) vulnerability. 6420 6421 Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS) 6422 certain CPUs that support Transactional 6423 Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an 6424 exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward 6425 information to a disclosure gadget under certain 6426 conditions. 6427 6428 In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded 6429 data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to 6430 access data to which the attacker does not have direct 6431 access. 6432 6433 This parameter controls the TAA mitigation. The 6434 options are: 6435 6436 full - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs 6437 if TSX is enabled. 6438 6439 full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on 6440 vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT 6441 is not disabled because CPU is not 6442 vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks. 6443 off - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation 6444 6445 On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be 6446 prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities 6447 are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable 6448 this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too. 6449 6450 Not specifying this option is equivalent to 6451 tsx_async_abort=full. On CPUs which are MDS affected 6452 and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not 6453 required and doesn't provide any additional 6454 mitigation. 6455 6456 For details see: 6457 Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst 6458 6459 turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] 6460 TurboGraFX parallel port interface 6461 Format: 6462 <port#>,<js1>,<js2>,<js3>,<js4>,<js5>,<js6>,<js7> 6463 See also Documentation/input/devices/joystick-parport.rst 6464 6465 udbg-immortal [PPC] When debugging early kernel crashes that 6466 happen after console_init() and before a proper 6467 console driver takes over, this boot options might 6468 help "seeing" what's going on. 6469 6470 uhash_entries= [KNL,NET] 6471 Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections 6472 6473 uhci-hcd.ignore_oc= 6474 [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N). 6475 Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of 6476 bogus events, for ports that aren't wired to 6477 anything. Set this parameter to avoid log spamming. 6478 Note that genuine overcurrent events won't be 6479 reported either. 6480 6481 unknown_nmi_panic 6482 [X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI. 6483 6484 usbcore.authorized_default= 6485 [USB] Default USB device authorization: 6486 (default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB, 6487 0 = not authorized, 1 = authorized, 2 = authorized 6488 if device connected to internal port) 6489 6490 usbcore.autosuspend= 6491 [USB] The autosuspend time delay (in seconds) used 6492 for newly-detected USB devices (default 2). This 6493 is the time required before an idle device will be 6494 autosuspended. Devices for which the delay is set 6495 to a negative value won't be autosuspended at all. 6496 6497 usbcore.usbfs_snoop= 6498 [USB] Set to log all usbfs traffic (default 0 = off). 6499 6500 usbcore.usbfs_snoop_max= 6501 [USB] Maximum number of bytes to snoop in each URB 6502 (default = 65536). 6503 6504 usbcore.blinkenlights= 6505 [USB] Set to cycle leds on hubs (default 0 = off). 6506 6507 usbcore.old_scheme_first= 6508 [USB] Start with the old device initialization 6509 scheme (default 0 = off). 6510 6511 usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb= 6512 [USB] Memory limit (in MB) for buffers allocated by 6513 usbfs (default = 16, 0 = max = 2047). 6514 6515 usbcore.use_both_schemes= 6516 [USB] Try the other device initialization scheme 6517 if the first one fails (default 1 = enabled). 6518 6519 usbcore.initial_descriptor_timeout= 6520 [USB] Specifies timeout for the initial 64-byte 6521 USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR request in milliseconds 6522 (default 5000 = 5.0 seconds). 6523 6524 usbcore.nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem 6525 6526 usbcore.quirks= 6527 [USB] A list of quirk entries to augment the built-in 6528 usb core quirk list. List entries are separated by 6529 commas. Each entry has the form 6530 VendorID:ProductID:Flags. The IDs are 4-digit hex 6531 numbers and Flags is a set of letters. Each letter 6532 will change the built-in quirk; setting it if it is 6533 clear and clearing it if it is set. The letters have 6534 the following meanings: 6535 a = USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 (string 6536 descriptors must not be fetched using 6537 a 255-byte read); 6538 b = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME (device can't resume 6539 correctly so reset it instead); 6540 c = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF (device can't handle 6541 Set-Interface requests); 6542 d = USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS (device can't 6543 handle its Configuration or Interface 6544 strings); 6545 e = USB_QUIRK_RESET (device can't be reset 6546 (e.g morph devices), don't use reset); 6547 f = USB_QUIRK_HONOR_BNUMINTERFACES (device has 6548 more interface descriptions than the 6549 bNumInterfaces count, and can't handle 6550 talking to these interfaces); 6551 g = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT (device needs a pause 6552 during initialization, after we read 6553 the device descriptor); 6554 h = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL (For 6555 high speed and super speed interrupt 6556 endpoints, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 spec 6557 require the interval in microframes (1 6558 microframe = 125 microseconds) to be 6559 calculated as interval = 2 ^ 6560 (bInterval-1). 6561 Devices with this quirk report their 6562 bInterval as the result of this 6563 calculation instead of the exponent 6564 variable used in the calculation); 6565 i = USB_QUIRK_DEVICE_QUALIFIER (device can't 6566 handle device_qualifier descriptor 6567 requests); 6568 j = USB_QUIRK_IGNORE_REMOTE_WAKEUP (device 6569 generates spurious wakeup, ignore 6570 remote wakeup capability); 6571 k = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM (device can't handle Link 6572 Power Management); 6573 l = USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL 6574 (Device reports its bInterval as linear 6575 frames instead of the USB 2.0 6576 calculation); 6577 m = USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND (Device needs 6578 to be disconnected before suspend to 6579 prevent spurious wakeup); 6580 n = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG (Device needs a 6581 pause after every control message); 6582 o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra 6583 delay after resetting its port); 6584 Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij 6585 6586 usbhid.mousepoll= 6587 [USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at. 6588 6589 usbhid.jspoll= 6590 [USBHID] The interval which joysticks are to be polled at. 6591 6592 usbhid.kbpoll= 6593 [USBHID] The interval which keyboards are to be polled at. 6594 6595 usb-storage.delay_use= 6596 [UMS] The delay in seconds before a new device is 6597 scanned for Logical Units (default 1). 6598 6599 usb-storage.quirks= 6600 [UMS] A list of quirks entries to supplement or 6601 override the built-in unusual_devs list. List 6602 entries are separated by commas. Each entry has 6603 the form VID:PID:Flags where VID and PID are Vendor 6604 and Product ID values (4-digit hex numbers) and 6605 Flags is a set of characters, each corresponding 6606 to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows: 6607 a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes 6608 of sense data, not on uas); 6609 b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18 6610 bytes of sense data, not on uas); 6611 c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported 6612 device capacity by one sector); 6613 d = NO_READ_DISC_INFO (don't use 6614 READ_DISC_INFO command, not on uas); 6615 e = NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 (don't use 6616 READ_CAPACITY_16 command); 6617 f = NO_REPORT_OPCODES (don't use report opcodes 6618 command, uas only); 6619 g = MAX_SECTORS_240 (don't transfer more than 6620 240 sectors at a time, uas only); 6621 h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the 6622 reported device capacity by one 6623 sector if the number is odd); 6624 i = IGNORE_DEVICE (don't bind to this 6625 device); 6626 j = NO_REPORT_LUNS (don't use report luns 6627 command, uas only); 6628 k = NO_SAME (do not use WRITE_SAME, uas only) 6629 l = NOT_LOCKABLE (don't try to lock and 6630 unlock ejectable media, not on uas); 6631 m = MAX_SECTORS_64 (don't transfer more 6632 than 64 sectors = 32 KB at a time, 6633 not on uas); 6634 n = INITIAL_READ10 (force a retry of the 6635 initial READ(10) command, not on uas); 6636 o = CAPACITY_OK (accept the capacity 6637 reported by the device, not on uas); 6638 p = WRITE_CACHE (the device cache is ON 6639 by default, not on uas); 6640 r = IGNORE_RESIDUE (the device reports 6641 bogus residue values, not on uas); 6642 s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one 6643 Logical Unit); 6644 t = NO_ATA_1X (don't allow ATA(12) and ATA(16) 6645 commands, uas only); 6646 u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver); 6647 w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the 6648 medium is write-protected). 6649 y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE 6650 even if the device claims no cache, 6651 not on uas) 6652 Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc 6653 6654 user_debug= [KNL,ARM] 6655 Format: <int> 6656 See arch/arm/Kconfig.debug help text. 6657 1 - undefined instruction events 6658 2 - system calls 6659 4 - invalid data aborts 6660 8 - SIGSEGV faults 6661 16 - SIGBUS faults 6662 Example: user_debug=31 6663 6664 userpte= 6665 [X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations. 6666 6667 nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in 6668 HIGHMEM regardless of setting 6669 of CONFIG_HIGHPTE. 6670 6671 vdso= [X86,SH,SPARC] 6672 On X86_32, this is an alias for vdso32=. Otherwise: 6673 6674 vdso=1: enable VDSO (the default) 6675 vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping 6676 6677 vdso32= [X86] Control the 32-bit vDSO 6678 vdso32=1: enable 32-bit VDSO 6679 vdso32=0 or vdso32=2: disable 32-bit VDSO 6680 6681 See the help text for CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO for more 6682 details. If CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is set, the default is 6683 vdso32=0; otherwise, the default is vdso32=1. 6684 6685 For compatibility with older kernels, vdso32=2 is an 6686 alias for vdso32=0. 6687 6688 Try vdso32=0 if you encounter an error that says: 6689 dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed! 6690 6691 vector= [IA-64,SMP] 6692 vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain 6693 6694 video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration 6695 See Documentation/fb/modedb.rst. 6696 6697 video.brightness_switch_enabled= [ACPI] 6698 Format: [0|1] 6699 If set to 1, on receiving an ACPI notify event 6700 generated by hotkey, video driver will adjust brightness 6701 level and then send out the event to user space through 6702 the allocated input device. If set to 0, video driver 6703 will only send out the event without touching backlight 6704 brightness level. 6705 default: 1 6706 6707 virtio_mmio.device= 6708 [VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device. 6709 6710 <size>@<baseaddr>:<irq>[:<id>] 6711 where: 6712 <size> := size (can use standard suffixes 6713 like K, M and G) 6714 <baseaddr> := physical base address 6715 <irq> := interrupt number (as passed to 6716 request_irq()) 6717 <id> := (optional) platform device id 6718 example: 6719 virtio_mmio.device=1K@0x100b0000:48:7 6720 6721 Can be used multiple times for multiple devices. 6722 6723 vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode 6724 See Documentation/x86/boot.rst and 6725 Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst. 6726 Use vga=ask for menu. 6727 This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is 6728 passed to the kernel using a special protocol. 6729 6730 vm_debug[=options] [KNL] Available with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y. 6731 May slow down system boot speed, especially when 6732 enabled on systems with a large amount of memory. 6733 All options are enabled by default, and this 6734 interface is meant to allow for selectively 6735 enabling or disabling specific virtual memory 6736 debugging features. 6737 6738 Available options are: 6739 P Enable page structure init time poisoning 6740 - Disable all of the above options 6741 6742 vmalloc=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Forces the vmalloc area to have an exact 6743 size of <nn>. This can be used to increase the 6744 minimum size (128MB on x86). It can also be used to 6745 decrease the size and leave more room for directly 6746 mapped kernel RAM. 6747 6748 vmcp_cma=nn[MG] [KNL,S390] 6749 Sets the memory size reserved for contiguous memory 6750 allocations for the vmcp device driver. 6751 6752 vmhalt= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after system halt. 6753 Format: <command> 6754 6755 vmpanic= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after kernel panic. 6756 Format: <command> 6757 6758 vmpoff= [KNL,S390] Perform z/VM CP command after power off. 6759 Format: <command> 6760 6761 vsyscall= [X86-64] 6762 Controls the behavior of vsyscalls (i.e. calls to 6763 fixed addresses of 0xffffffffff600x00 from legacy 6764 code). Most statically-linked binaries and older 6765 versions of glibc use these calls. Because these 6766 functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice 6767 targets for exploits that can control RIP. 6768 6769 emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated 6770 reasonably safely. The vsyscall page is 6771 readable. 6772 6773 xonly [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are 6774 emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall 6775 page is not readable. 6776 6777 none Vsyscalls don't work at all. This makes 6778 them quite hard to use for exploits but 6779 might break your system. 6780 6781 vt.color= [VT] Default text color. 6782 Format: 0xYX, X = foreground, Y = background. 6783 Default: 0x07 = light gray on black. 6784 6785 vt.cur_default= [VT] Default cursor shape. 6786 Format: 0xCCBBAA, where AA, BB, and CC are the same as 6787 the parameters of the <Esc>[?A;B;Cc escape sequence; 6788 see VGA-softcursor.txt. Default: 2 = underline. 6789 6790 vt.default_blu= [VT] 6791 Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15> 6792 Change the default blue palette of the console. 6793 This is a 16-member array composed of values 6794 ranging from 0-255. 6795 6796 vt.default_grn= [VT] 6797 Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15> 6798 Change the default green palette of the console. 6799 This is a 16-member array composed of values 6800 ranging from 0-255. 6801 6802 vt.default_red= [VT] 6803 Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15> 6804 Change the default red palette of the console. 6805 This is a 16-member array composed of values 6806 ranging from 0-255. 6807 6808 vt.default_utf8= 6809 [VT] 6810 Format=<0|1> 6811 Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's. 6812 Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all 6813 newly opened terminals. 6814 6815 vt.global_cursor_default= 6816 [VT] 6817 Format=<-1|0|1> 6818 Set system-wide default for whether a cursor 6819 is shown on new VTs. Default is -1, 6820 i.e. cursors will be created by default unless 6821 overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide 6822 cursors, 1 will display them. 6823 6824 vt.italic= [VT] Default color for italic text; 0-15. 6825 Default: 2 = green. 6826 6827 vt.underline= [VT] Default color for underlined text; 0-15. 6828 Default: 3 = cyan. 6829 6830 watchdog timers [HW,WDT] For information on watchdog timers, 6831 see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst 6832 or other driver-specific files in the 6833 Documentation/watchdog/ directory. 6834 6835 watchdog_thresh= 6836 [KNL] 6837 Set the hard lockup detector stall duration 6838 threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector 6839 threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0 6840 disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10 6841 seconds. 6842 6843 workqueue.watchdog_thresh= 6844 If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can 6845 warn stall conditions and dump internal state to 6846 help debugging. 0 disables workqueue stall 6847 detection; otherwise, it's the stall threshold 6848 duration in seconds. The default value is 30 and 6849 it can be updated at runtime by writing to the 6850 corresponding sysfs file. 6851 6852 workqueue.disable_numa 6853 By default, all work items queued to unbound 6854 workqueues are affine to the NUMA nodes they're 6855 issued on, which results in better behavior in 6856 general. If NUMA affinity needs to be disabled for 6857 whatever reason, this option can be used. Note 6858 that this also can be controlled per-workqueue for 6859 workqueues visible under /sys/bus/workqueue/. 6860 6861 workqueue.power_efficient 6862 Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because 6863 they show better performance thanks to cache 6864 locality; unfortunately, per-cpu workqueues tend to 6865 be more power hungry than unbound workqueues. 6866 6867 Enabling this makes the per-cpu workqueues which 6868 were observed to contribute significantly to power 6869 consumption unbound, leading to measurably lower 6870 power usage at the cost of small performance 6871 overhead. 6872 6873 The default value of this parameter is determined by 6874 the config option CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT. 6875 6876 workqueue.debug_force_rr_cpu 6877 Workqueue used to implicitly guarantee that work 6878 items queued without explicit CPU specified are put 6879 on the local CPU. This guarantee is no longer true 6880 and while local CPU is still preferred work items 6881 may be put on foreign CPUs. This debug option 6882 forces round-robin CPU selection to flush out 6883 usages which depend on the now broken guarantee. 6884 When enabled, memory and cache locality will be 6885 impacted. 6886 6887 x2apic_phys [X86-64,APIC] Use x2apic physical mode instead of 6888 default x2apic cluster mode on platforms 6889 supporting x2apic. 6890 6891 xen_512gb_limit [KNL,X86-64,XEN] 6892 Restricts the kernel running paravirtualized under Xen 6893 to use only up to 512 GB of RAM. The reason to do so is 6894 crash analysis tools and Xen tools for doing domain 6895 save/restore/migration must be enabled to handle larger 6896 domains. 6897 6898 xen_emul_unplug= [HW,X86,XEN] 6899 Unplug Xen emulated devices 6900 Format: [unplug0,][unplug1] 6901 ide-disks -- unplug primary master IDE devices 6902 aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices 6903 nics -- unplug network devices 6904 all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks) 6905 unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is 6906 unnecessary even if the host did not respond to 6907 the unplug protocol 6908 never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds 6909 6910 xen_legacy_crash [X86,XEN] 6911 Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late 6912 panic() code such as dumping handler. 6913 6914 xen_msr_safe= [X86,XEN] 6915 Format: <bool> 6916 Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR 6917 access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The 6918 default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE. 6919 6920 xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN] 6921 Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations. 6922 This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which 6923 has equivalent effect for XEN platform. 6924 6925 xen_nopv [X86] 6926 Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to 6927 run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers. 6928 This option is obsoleted by the "nopv" option, which 6929 has equivalent effect for XEN platform. 6930 6931 xen_no_vector_callback 6932 [KNL,X86,XEN] Disable the vector callback for Xen 6933 event channel interrupts. 6934 6935 xen_scrub_pages= [XEN] 6936 Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back 6937 to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime 6938 with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages. 6939 Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT. 6940 6941 xen_timer_slop= [X86-64,XEN] 6942 Set the timer slop (in nanoseconds) for the virtual Xen 6943 timers (default is 100000). This adjusts the minimum 6944 delta of virtualized Xen timers, where lower values 6945 improve timer resolution at the expense of processing 6946 more timer interrupts. 6947 6948 xen.balloon_boot_timeout= [XEN] 6949 The time (in seconds) to wait before giving up to boot 6950 in case initial ballooning fails to free enough memory. 6951 Applies only when running as HVM or PVH guest and 6952 started with less memory configured than allowed at 6953 max. Default is 180. 6954 6955 xen.event_eoi_delay= [XEN] 6956 How long to delay EOI handling in case of event 6957 storms (jiffies). Default is 10. 6958 6959 xen.event_loop_timeout= [XEN] 6960 After which time (jiffies) the event handling loop 6961 should start to delay EOI handling. Default is 2. 6962 6963 xen.fifo_events= [XEN] 6964 Boolean parameter to disable using fifo event handling 6965 even if available. Normally fifo event handling is 6966 preferred over the 2-level event handling, as it is 6967 fairer and the number of possible event channels is 6968 much higher. Default is on (use fifo events). 6969 6970 xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] 6971 Format: 6972 <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] 6973 6974 xive= [PPC] 6975 By default on POWER9 and above, the kernel will 6976 natively use the XIVE interrupt controller. This option 6977 allows the fallback firmware mode to be used: 6978 6979 off Fallback to firmware control of XIVE interrupt 6980 controller on both pseries and powernv 6981 platforms. Only useful on POWER9 and above. 6982 6983 xive.store-eoi=off [PPC] 6984 By default on POWER10 and above, the kernel will use 6985 stores for EOI handling when the XIVE interrupt mode 6986 is active. This option allows the XIVE driver to use 6987 loads instead, as on POWER9. 6988 6989 xhci-hcd.quirks [USB,KNL] 6990 A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci 6991 host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be 6992 consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h. 6993 6994 xmon [PPC] 6995 Format: { early | on | rw | ro | off } 6996 Controls if xmon debugger is enabled. Default is off. 6997 Passing only "xmon" is equivalent to "xmon=early". 6998 early Call xmon as early as possible on boot; xmon 6999 debugger is called from setup_arch(). 7000 on xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon 7001 is only called on a kernel crash. Default mode, 7002 i.e. either "ro" or "rw" mode, is controlled 7003 with CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT_RO_MODE. 7004 rw xmon debugger hooks will be installed so xmon 7005 is called only on a kernel crash, mode is write, 7006 meaning SPR registers, memory and, other data 7007 can be written using xmon commands. 7008 ro same as "rw" option above but SPR registers, 7009 memory, and other data can't be written using 7010 xmon commands. 7011 off xmon is disabled. 7012 7013 amd_pstate= [X86] 7014 disable 7015 Do not enable amd_pstate as the default 7016 scaling driver for the supported processors 7017 passive 7018 Use amd_pstate as a scaling driver, driver requests a 7019 desired performance on this abstract scale and the power 7020 management firmware translates the requests into actual 7021 hardware states (core frequency, data fabric and memory 7022 clocks etc.) 7023